Planting the Home Grounds 
A New Inspiration 
M OST people have the desire to beautify their 
home suroundings with fragrant flowers and 
living green. There is nothing that softens the 
lines of an attractive home and blends it into the 
landscape more artistically than well arranged shrubs, 
overgreens, flowers and trees. 
This booklet describes and pictures many new 
roses, shrubs, trees, plants and vines. It gives you 
planting hints, ideas on pruning, suggestions for fer¬ 
tilizing and even a few rules for fighting pests. You 
will want to keep it as a source of information and 
inspiration. 
PLANTING PLANS 
In planning the arrangement of your home 
grounds it seems best to divide the space 
into Public Area in front; Service Area for 
the garage, drive and vegetable garden; and 
the Private Area or Outdoor Living Room 
with appropriate shrub screens, shade, plant¬ 
ed areas and points of 
interest. Each home has 
its own individual plant¬ 
ing problems and should 
be given an individuality 
by special treatment. 
PLANTING BY BUDGET 
Many people think it is 
necessary to plant the 
whole place at once. This 
idea often prevents land¬ 
scaping for years because 
the cost is too great. By 
making a definite plan 
for the planting of each 
area, doing as much as 
you can this year and adding to it each suc¬ 
ceeding year the result will be a harmonious 
arrangement by following well laid plans. 
TREATMENT OF PLANTS 
Nursery products are living things. They 
cannot live without sunlight, air, moisture 
and proper soil conditions. Their roots must 
not be exposed to the air very long or they 
will die. If it is impossible to plant them as 
soon as they arrive, they should be unpacked 
and the roots covered with moist earth until 
they can be set into their permanent posi¬ 
tions. 
SOIL 
In moving any plant, shrub, tree, or ever¬ 
green, good soil is important If you do not 
have it, it is wise to haul in some because 
soil is cheaper than plant 
material and by not having 
good soil you are courting 
failure. 
Unpack; nursery stock as soon as 
possible and bury roots in moist 
eartli—shrubs and plants at 45 
degrees, large trees upright. 
SHADE AND SUN 
If you have a shady location it is wise to 
choose plant material that will thrive under 
those conditions. Some plants and trees will 
thrive in moist places, but most things would 
rather have well drained rich loamy soil. 
Roses will do well in clay soil, rhododendrons 
need a very acid soil. 
Willows like moist muck 
soil; evergreens do not 
need much water after 
they are established. 
Every variety of plants 
represented herein has its 
preferred growing condi¬ 
tions but space does not 
permit discussing each in 
detail. By reading books 
and magazines on the 
subject; by observing the 
plants growing, and prac¬ 
ticing on your own you 
will soon develop a new 
_sense of how to grow 
things. Don’t become im¬ 
patient. No one can make everything live. 
Nurserymen lose thousands of plants every 
year due to unfavorable weather conditions, 
defective plant material, poor choice of soil, 
etc. 
