GARDEN PLANNING

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 8 November 1919, Page 2

GARDEN PLANNING

(By J. Roiall, F.R.H.S by Exam.)

(Continued from last -week).

When the ground; at the back or front of the house is sloping, it in customary to have a terraced walk dividing house and lawn. The general conception of a terrace is that it shall be perfectly Straight, though a terrace that -curve* either oat-wards or inwards has a. more novel and graceful effect. When, there is a slope, on© often sees a. straight walk between lawn and window: this can-, not be objected to, supposing the sides of the lawn and the side paths offer deviation g from the straight-edge principle ; yet to undulate the lawn edges and the horizontal path is an easy method of securing a bettor effect. If there is no room for a path of xeaisoai 1 - able width, say 3 or 4 feet, i.tt is "wiser to let the lawn come right up to the borders jat the foot of the house. A path dividing the lawns, running from the horizontal walk down the garden, is at (tractive when it is. not stiff ian '® straight, and the pergola is .seen aj its best in each a situation, since , it may easily be made, in. fact, is .aafflosti bound, to lead to- some definite object. The flat-topped pergola, tintil cd in leaf and bloom, has a somewhat tunnel-like appearance, and a . pleasant alternative is to have raised arah.ea, .at intervals. They may be either rounded or sharply pointed, or, when creeper covered, a series of distinct icolour masses, high in the air, will be visible from some distance. If there is no pergola, the wide, undulating central walk (may be flanked by different ornamental features rum moon or square beds, which are the most prevalent in us© now, or groups of pilldr roses low trellises, curving from the lawn, -against which pretty seats can he built, specimen evergreen and other tree* or shrubs, and dump© of giant grasses. -Standard roses m small round bed, set along lawn edges ■are’often,seen, but they are not important enough to adorn much ot a fadr sized lawn, haring, a monotonous ami moan appearance. Along a small grass plot, however, they may be aUgffifie* P®ir m?», similarly iptW* I would recommend, and if the puiaJ roi are joined by slung thftm or high ruSc, The most rampant climbing will have room to grow It oellent plan to plant at the same pdlar ( a climbing rose of mod eTa *^, ’ auyh as Gross an Tiphte or Ards . - ver, to famish the lower part of tne nole and. a vigorous grower, such as -Hiawatha or Crimson Rambler, to cover . the top and to run along the con necting chains or rustic. where - broad.central walk joins the either pattw at the end of the garden, there pkould be formed a large piece of gravel, which could be variously used : W some two-thirds of its length the cm tral path raa v branch into two er paths leading to the exreme corners “( tte Rard*. The forM p.«e of growta that i s Ite- formed .“ Smirable site lor » poop of flow®™? shrubs, suoh as thotedendiw lilies planted among them. Small b©aa n la»e garden., must b« “f only plaoSd in pfflhts or «* grass or gravel where there i s n yr SS room, or el* gromrf about larger beds. A number of email beds must give a spotty and unpieosant effect to the scene. The same warnmg may be given with regard to single trees or shrubs. Bold masses of these are much to be preferred. (To be continued.)