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THE "ILLINOIS WAY" OF BEAUTIFYING THE FARM 



107. An Illinois Bird-Garden 



"Under this wild grape-vine is a little pool that attracts thousands of birds. Over fifty species have been counted 

 within a short time, and this too in a great city! The songs, colors, and actions of these birds have delighted our family 

 every day for many years. Anyone can have this sort of bird-garden. 1 he pool is simply an oval piece of concrete, about 

 2 by 3 feet, and the water is only three inches deep in the middle. Cost not more than $2 for cement, plants, and labor." 

 (Signed) O. C. Simonds, Landscape Gardener, Chicago, 111. 



thorns and crab apples, dogwoods, 

 elders, and viburnums. 



To feed the birds the year round, 

 plant some of the following: (The num- 

 bers in parenthesis indicate the number 

 of species of birds known to feed on 

 these berries.) Common and red elder 

 (67); silky, gray, red, and green dog- 

 woods (47); fragrant, Illinois, and 

 smooth sumach (47); high bush and 

 dwarf blueberry (37); dwarf June- 

 berry (20); maple-leaved and other 

 viburnums (16); Illinois and Eastern 

 spice bush (11); Illinois, glossy, and 

 smooth rose (10); Missouri and wild 

 black currant (10). (Statistics from 

 McAtee's "Plants Useful to Attract 

 Birds and Protect Fruit," which you 

 can get free from the U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture by asking for Yearbook 

 Separate No. 504). 



To furnish nesting-places for birds, 

 plant the Missouri and wild black cur- 

 rants. Intersperse the viburnums with 

 the Illinois rose, and then keep out the 

 cats by means of box traps and chloro- 

 form. 



On light and sandy soil plant red 



SHRUBS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS 



For the north or shady side of your schoolhouse plant 

 silky, gray, red, or green dogwood, fragrant sumach, wild 

 black currant, common or red elder, dwarf blueberry, high 

 bush blueberry, maple-leaved viburnum, arrow-wood, nanny- 

 berry or downy viburnum. 



To repeat the prairie lines, plant stratified Illinois haw- 



108. The "Illinois Way" of Cemetery Planting 



Not a stone in sight. The dominant thought is comfort, beauty, inspiration. Every spring this landscape changes 

 from death to life. It is Nature's symbol of the resurrection of the soul. The cemetery should not be the place of hopeless 

 grief, but a temple of beauty a vision of a better life here and now. (Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, designed by O. C. 

 Simonds.) 



elder, dwarf Juneberry, green dogwood, or fragrant, Illinois, 

 and smooth sumach. All shrubs in the table will grow in a wide 

 range of soils, except blueberries. 



Against high foundations plant Illinois spice bush, common 



elder, high bush blueberry, arrow-wood, nannyberry, high 



bush cranberry, red bud, black haw, scarlet and cockspur thorn, 



bladder nut, winterberry, strawberry bush or burning bush. 



To prevent cutting across and to protect birds from 



their enemies, plant prickly ash and 



Illinois rose, mixed with other shrubs; 



cat-brier trailing over other shrubs, or 



low-running blackberry. 



[The above lists were prepared by 



Mr. Franz A. Aust and Mr. L. E. 



Foglesong, who have rendered valuable 



assistance in many ways.] 



PERMANENT VINES 



MAY. Wistaria Chinensis. 



JUNE. *Wild grapes, * Illinois rose 

 (Rosa setigera) and its varieties. 

 Baltimore Belle, Queen of the Prairies, 

 and Gem of the Prairies, also Rosa 

 multiflora. 



JULY. Memorial Rose (Rosa Wichu- 

 raiana), *trumpet creeper, and *wild 

 clematis. 



AUGUST. Clematis paniculata and 

 *AmpeIopsis cordata (Vitis indivisa), 

 with showy blue berries. 



SEPTEMBER. *Virginia creeper and 

 *EngeImann's ivy. 



OCTOBER TO MARCH. Evergreen bit- 

 tersweet (Euonymus radicans, var. 

 vegetus), trailing myrtle (Vinca minoi), 

 * Illinois rose and multiflora rose. 



'Native to Illinois. 



