The prairie spirit in landscape gardening; what the people of Illinois have done and can do toward designing and planting public and private grounds for efficiency and beauty . -ration too far in cities. The great danger isthat all front yards will look too gaudy, be-cause beginners tend to buy the showiestvarieties, like blue Colorado spruce andgolden elder. Consequently they often plant90 to 100 percent of foreign varieties. Thesame percentage of native plants would bemore restful. We do not ask anyone todeny himself any flower he likes—only tomove to the back yard the things thatrarely fit
The prairie spirit in landscape gardening; what the people of Illinois have done and can do toward designing and planting public and private grounds for efficiency and beauty . -ration too far in cities. The great danger isthat all front yards will look too gaudy, be-cause beginners tend to buy the showiestvarieties, like blue Colorado spruce andgolden elder. Consequently they often plant90 to 100 percent of foreign varieties. Thesame percentage of native plants would bemore restful. We do not ask anyone todeny himself any flower he likes—only tomove to the back yard the things thatrarely fit the front yard, for example, cut-leaved, weeping, variegated, and tropicalplants. Everyone has a place of unques-tioned privilege in the back yard, providedit is shut off from the public gaze, but thefront yard is public. And the real questionis, Shall we have 90 to 100 percent for-eigners, or shall we have a clear suggestionof Illinois such as a majority of nativeplants may give? WE WILL n Restore native scenery or vegetation to our farm at some of the ten places mentioned above,n Restore native vegetation to our city lot, at some of the seven places mentioned
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