Closely allied to the housekeeper's work within the home is the care
of the exterior of the house and its surroundings. It is absolutely
necessary that the grounds be kept neat and clean. In addition to
this they should be made attractive by the careful selection of a few
shrubs rightly placed. While the gardens at the rear of the house
may be planned solely for the pleasure and use of the family, in
planning the lawn at the sides and front of the house the neighbors
and passers-by must be considered. The grounds should be a picture
of which the home is the center, the shrubs being grouped to frame
the picture. In order to do this, the center of the yard should be
left open with an occasional tree or shrub, so placed and pruned that
it will not hide the house. Shrubs and vines should be planted close
to the house to break the severe line between the house and lawn,
and so utilized as to hide the sheds. The arrangement and varieties
of shrubs and vines should harmonize both at the front and sides of
the house. One, two, or three kinds should be chosen as a has:.-,.
If a shrub is planted at one corner of the house, the same variety
should be planted at the other end. Similarly, the same sort of vine
should be planted on both sides of the front porch. Care should
be taken that vines do not cut off the supply of light and air from
the interior of the house.
The following list of shrubs and vines for planting close to the
house may be suggestive:
Shrubs: Barberry, deutzia, forsythia, hydrangea, Japanese quince, dwarf euony-
mus, lilac, privet, spirea, snowball, caps; jasmine, sweet shrub.
Vines: Boston ivy, clematis, English ivy, honeysuckle, wistaria, climbing roses,
climbing euonymus.
The center of the lawn should be left free of unnecessary walks,
drives, piles of stones, or pieces of statuary. A few flowers should
be planted among the shrubs to give color at different seasons.
The exterior of the house itself must be considered, if the picture
framed by the shrubs and vines is to bo a pleasing one. The house
should be painted in a soft brown or dark green to blend with the
landscape of oaks and pines. The paint will help to preserve the
BONS in 8ABB OF THE EIOMS. 33
house, but its color must be Cai elull y chosen 111 older to give h pl<
ing effect.
The back yard should be used for v< >le gardens with (lower
borders. For tins purpose a deep, rich oil is accessary and every
square fool of space should ho utilized. Every family should Learn
to make use of an increased number of vegetables and fruits and bo
ik them in a variety of ways. No crops should be allowed to go
to waste. Intensive L2-months gardening should be practiced. A
familj of live people could he entirely provided with vegetables
from a garden less than 7o by 5<) feet.
With the exception of sweet peas, all flowers needed for picking
purposes should he grown in the flower borders in tin- back yard.
Sweet peas should be planted in rows in the vegetable section. The
attractivenec well as the usefulness, of the. flower borders de-
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Closely allied to the housekeeper's work within the home is the care
of the exterior of the house and its surroundings. It is absolutely
necessary that the grounds be kept neat and clean. In addition to
this they should be made attractive by the careful selection of a few
shrubs rightly placed. While the gardens at the rear of the house
may be planned solely for the pleasure and use of the family, in
planning the lawn at the sides and front of the house the neighbors
and passers-by must be considered. The grounds should be a picture
of which the home is the center, the shrubs being grouped to frame
the picture. In order to do this, the center of the yard should be
left open with an occasional tree or shrub, so placed and pruned that
it will not hide the house. Shrubs and vines should be planted close
to the house to break the severe line between the house and lawn,
and so utilized as to hide the sheds. The arrangement and varieties
of shrubs and vines should harmonize both at the front and sides of
the house. One, two, or three kinds should be chosen as a has:.-,.
If a shrub is planted at one corner of the house, the same variety
should be planted at the other end. Similarly, the same sort of vine
should be planted on both sides of the front porch. Care should
be taken that vines do not cut off the supply of light and air from
the interior of the house.
The following list of shrubs and vines for planting close to the
house may be suggestive:
Shrubs: Barberry, deutzia, forsythia, hydrangea, Japanese quince, dwarf euony-
mus, lilac, privet, spirea, snowball, caps; jasmine, sweet shrub.
Vines: Boston ivy, clematis, English ivy, honeysuckle, wistaria, climbing roses,
climbing euonymus.
The center of the lawn should be left free of unnecessary walks,
drives, piles of stones, or pieces of statuary. A few flowers should
be planted among the shrubs to give color at different seasons.
The exterior of the house itself must be considered, if the picture
framed by the shrubs and vines is to bo a pleasing one. The house
should be painted in a soft brown or dark green to blend with the
landscape of oaks and pines. The paint will help to preserve the
BONS in 8ABB OF THE EIOMS. 33
house, but its color must be Cai elull y chosen 111 older to give h pl<
ing effect.
The back yard should be used for v< >le gardens with (lower
borders. For tins purpose a deep, rich oil is accessary and every
square fool of space should ho utilized. Every family should Learn
to make use of an increased number of vegetables and fruits and bo
ik them in a variety of ways. No crops should be allowed to go
to waste. Intensive L2-months gardening should be practiced. A
familj of live people could he entirely provided with vegetables
from a garden less than 7o by 5<) feet.
With the exception of sweet peas, all flowers needed for picking
purposes should he grown in the flower borders in tin- back yard.
Sweet peas should be planted in rows in the vegetable section. The
attractivenec well as the usefulness, of the. flower borders de-