Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-11
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harmless than garden-fOwers and some re-
vealed possibilities Of their cultured Mime
sofa Street is very bright with these floral
adornments as also it is with its trees, its clo-
yer patches and its trailing vines. Among the
gardens there-along is Mrs. John Rosser s
delightfully."- bright in it's fresh and varied
colors The older places further down, the
Hal Clayton grounds, Mr.. SchoolirP's place
and Mr.. Foote's cosy premises, these have
long been familiar to those of Us who like to
treat the eye to tbs restfull green of leaves
and lawns. Of course she old Nye mansion
and its grounds-Mr. Rice's home are even
more charming than ever; and Mr.. Fox's
place, and Mr.. Yerington's, next door, would
be beautiful anywhere Mr.. Bender's sloping
grounds, SO rich with their clover, their rose
trees, their elms, their abundent shady hooks,
these are almost without rival in the whole
city, full of gardens as it is. General Clarkes
handsome property is particularly rich in its
fruit-trees. and the other day, before the
season was SO far along, the cherry-trees were
actually red with their full ripened fruit
There are some of the older places-the
elegant establishment of Misses Clapp and
Babcock not 10 be omitted as the sightliest
place is Carson. But we are about to call
attention to what has been done in almost
no time at ALL i'll what is strictly a flower
garden. Go look at Charley Bicknell's front
yard and see what he and his wife have done
toward the cultivation of the more beautiful
and more easily raised flowers there Three
is circle a dozen feet in diameter, that is
just as much mass of variegated color as the
face OF a single pansey! 1t is one resplendont
gem of verbenas. The variety of color is
absolutely wonderful. They run all the way
from the most delicate tint and hint of blue
to the deepest and richest purple; from a
Inauve to the richest lilac; from a modest
faint -blushing pink to the full self-assertive
scarlets and the Cardinal Red. And there |
are combinations of color without limit and
all as fresh as daisy. Then there are pinks
without number. Now it is only two or
three years ago that these grounds were
abandoned TO the vegetative vagaries OF Jan !
Van Den Neuenheuisen-a backslidden Dutch !
priest from Amsterdam-but not from
Schiedam Dan never got far away from his
schnapps, poor soul; and OH how he could
labber monk LatinD Now see how they
gladden. the eye. Go look at the climbing
roses on Mr.. Bliss trellises, note the pansies
and the peoples in Mrs Hodgkinson's garden,
next door; and see, how in one season Mr.
Toby has coaxed the sweet lawn grass to
make his door yard beautiful. And so, as
you come down past Mrs. Days blooming
rose bushes and listen to the afternoon breeze
as it tips the sprays and the LEAKAGE of the
great cottonwoods at MIR, Chamberlain's cor
your mind, oh man or woman, that you too
viii set the earth to bring forth its possible
beauties But let not this Queriest do the {
injustice of neglect. Friend, as you trudge
along the line of the railroad on the walk, ,
yonder, toward the big lone pine (whose
yellowing top discloses the painful fact that 5
it has at last succumbed to the mean Vandals,
who seeking its generous shade, have Clipped
and hacked away its outer bark and wood |
until now, completely girdled, it dies), as 4
about shutdown the only legitimate time for :
a walk stop and watch the bright, lemon z
col0r-leave four o'clock as il untwists its j
spiral buds, and all at once leaps into life, u
full blown flower, bigger than baby's hand. Q
Il : a miracle Go over into the fields close j
by and snall the fragrance OF the new mown 5
hay, and come back a tireder but less +
comfortless man But we do wish the j
farm folk to the wind ard, yonder, had taken
our advice and cut the tickle grass (or fox "
tail as it is much caIled) before it had headed Z
out. Now it waves in great fields and the B
time is at hand when the light, thistle like l.
seed -feathers-the tickers-will be blowing y
about in great drifts, planting new fields of Il
this more than useless half cereal -. We are D.
glad to note how finely the trees on the Al
Warm Springs road are growing: and as one ~
sets his face to the fresh nor'west wind as he VI
comes up to town from his afternoons bath, ST
,e thanks the gods for the finest bathing a.
,lace on any continent and the most exhiler- E.
ting of all climates in which to enjoy it to Ov
he full .. 1t is well to go to Leftenant u
Morgan at Doc Benton's stable and get one 6Ye
II his teams. OF all horses in this equine
World they are the best for the Warm Be
springs trio. 1t takes this Annotator to SSa