Base planting of flowers that is entirely out of scale with the house itself. It Simple massing of shrubs giving permanency and a background for the use of 
doesn’t fit and is temporary flowers in front if desired 
Practical Plans for the Home Grounds—rutu pean, ysis» 
9» Architect 
X. Foundation Planting for the Suburban Lot 
T THE other extreme from the Yuccas, Hollyhocks, Foxgloves, and To the decoration of the garden side 
house whose base is buried in  KEchinops, rather than such smalldainty of a house they are sometimes very 
evergreens, stands the house with sorts as Pinks, Pansies, Sweet Alyssum; adaptable, for here less formality is nec- 
nothing but flowers about its Forget-me-nots, which hug the ground. essary than on a street entrance side, 
foundation, a planting even and the flowers are in a 
more faulty in its way than more appropriate setting. A 
the evergreens. The pur- very good illustration of 
pose of any planting about their successful use at the 
the base is to tie the house foundation of a house is 
to its surroundings, to give shown in the picture of Mr. 
it a look of fitting into the Aymar Embury’s house, with 
landscape, and of belonging the supplementary plan. 
to the place where it stands. Here the house wall itself 
In order .to accomplish is softened by a covering of 
this result, whatever is trellis, which supports Ivy 
planted should be in scale and the twisted stems of 
with the house and should Wisteria, carrying their 
give an impression of green leaves up to a line 
strength and permanence. which would ordinarily be 
What could be less enduring furnished by shrubs or 
in appearance, less substan- trees. These vines, in fact. 
tial, less lasting for such a act as would a background 
purpose than flowers? Their of shrubs, and the flowers 
inadequacy as a base plant- which are planted in front 
ing is patent, and, aside are big sturdy ones which, 
from the fact that they are together with the vines, give 
out of scale with the house, the house an air of mas- 
and are too frail in charac- querading as a garden wall. 
ter to perform their duty, Without the Ivy to make a 
they disappear entirely for 5 green background for the 
six months of the year and A successful combination of the house and garden. Vines on trellises with tall peren- flowers, or shrubs to take 
leave the house with no GZS Gee USE) its place, the flowers would 
planting at all to lose all their charm, 
soften the harsh for they need not 
line of its joining only a strong solid 
with the grass. mass of foliage to 
The above photo- hold them together 
graph to the left and keep them from 
illustrates well the standing out as 
inadequacy of flow- enh Avent: individual flowers, 
ers used alone as a eee cee era et hus: losing) their: 
base planting. They pies aoe scale in relation to 
crouch like a tiny ; the house, but some- 
frill of lace around Sains thing strong and 
a giant’s neck, when permanent in habit, 
to supplement their 
what he needs to ; 
complete his cos- short flowering sea- 
son and act as 
tume is a large fur : : 
cape. Among shrubs foundation planting 
after they are gone. 
or against a back- 
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