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Decorative American Landscapes 
(Continued from page 74) 
selves are. They are part of an entirely 
new scheme, in which the room and every¬ 
thing in it is treated in much the same way 
as a stage decorator of the new school, 
such as Edmond Jones or Vincent Collins, 
designs a setting for a dramatic moment, 
except in this case the design is for the 
personality of the owner or it is to obtain 
an atmosphere which the owner desires. 
Much is said for the new decoration, 
and it is certain that much more will be 
said in the future. The idea is only “ex¬ 
treme” in its newness, and, after all, it is 
the only absolutely original, pliable and 
wholly expressive thing in decoration at 
the present time. The old line decorators 
revive and adapt the ideas of the past, 
and this method by its very nature tends 
to clumsiness and the negation of indi¬ 
viduality. 
“The new movement in decoration,” 
one of its champions asserts, “is really a 
sensitization toward form, rather than 
color.” 
This statement gives the key to the use 
of post-impressionist, cubist and futurist 
landscapes in original interiors, because 
they represent a revolution against what 
is regarded as the over-valuation of light 
in impressionism. Emphasis is given to 
form—not to form as it is seen literally 
in the objects around us, but to form re¬ 
arranged in a decorative manner. Just as 
the Impressionists make their colors sing, 
the “extremist” marshals his masses into 
a melody. And because of this emphasis 
laid on structure, the painting itself be¬ 
comes more akin to furniture. It is start¬ 
ling, in fact, to place a landscape by Henry 
L. Fee, Andrew Dasburg or Preston Dick¬ 
inson over an antique chest and see how 
well the new and the old pull together. 
The same thing can be said of the cub¬ 
ist work of Man Ray, Charles Demuth and 
Charles Sheeler. The water colorist, John 
Marin, is in reality an advanced Impres¬ 
sionist painting under cubist influence, 
and his bursts of bright color fit partic¬ 
ularly well in a bedroom. 
It takes a lot of art lovers to make an 
art world, and the American home builder 
will be able to find in the native art of 
his country a range wide enough to fill 
every need and satisfy any caprice. 
DECEMBER GARDEN WORK 
WILLIAM C. McCOLLOM 
E NCLOSING the garden is like fram¬ 
ing a picture. The fence or hedge 
you use is a protection, too, from the 
winds as well as other things. Sometimes 
your neighbor’s chickens form an excellent 
excuse for enclosing the garden, and cases 
have been known where the pet dog has 
come into disgrace by trying to see how 
deeply he can bury a bone in the new 
seed-bed. 
In England and the old countries of 
Europe, a wall is still considered the 
proper method to employ in enclosing the 
garden. These walls are made to cor¬ 
respond architecturally with surrounding 
buildings and are both ornamental and 
useful. Trained fruits of wonderful quality 
are grown on these walls, in many cases 
heating flues being built into the wall to 
protect the plants from frost. 
Evergreen hedges are also used for the 
garden framing. They are certainly pre¬ 
ferable to other types of hedging in both 
beauty and utility, but here in America 
privet has come into favor as the universal 
hedge plant because of its rapid growth. 
This plant, however, has many weak¬ 
nesses: it has an enormous rooting system, 
prohibiting the growing of small vegeta¬ 
tion close to it, and at times it winter- 
kills. However, the selection of hedges to 
suit each need is rather a personal one and 
should be considered always in this light. 
A fence of some description, covered 
with vines, or else a row of cane fruits to 
serve the same purpose, makes an excel¬ 
lent garden screen and protection, far 
more practical than hedges, but hardly 
as good in appearance when the gardens 
are isolated and not featured in any way. 
In these days of high prices and scarcity 
of material we should all avoid waste. 
Carelessness and indifference to the value 
of tools are just as wasteful as neglect; 
tools should be put away in proper con¬ 
dition. All the metal parts should be 
oiled and covered with a cheap grade of 
vaseline, but before this is applied the 
rust must be removed by using sand¬ 
paper or kerosene oil. Rust not only 
destroys tools but reduces by a great per¬ 
centage their efficiency. Wheel-hoes, 
seeders and other implements containing 
a number of parts should be assembled 
and put away together, so they can be 
located easily in the spring. 
The woodwork on all garden tools, ex¬ 
cepting the part that comes in contact 
with the hands when in use, should be 
painted to preserve it. Stakes, hotbeds, 
melon frames and any woodwork that is 
exposed to the weather, should have the 
benefit of a protecting coat of paint. 
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Rhubarb can be started tinder the benches in the greenhouse and grown 
there for a winter crop 
