Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-06
A s,r o. ctr naCk COUNTY,.
w. r. smiths l:~ansiGHl Gardens...
The f1Wu ri>hiNx Village Of Zen.
ton aud rs Fertile SAT.
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SEATTLE. Oct. <. 1852.


part of nv contract with the PosT-iS-
TgLLIGENcEa, 20 write King County
up" My plan. until yesterday. was to
start out some fine dry and make
three days job of it. ] shouid "admire
to see the mao who could get a
SUPERFICIAL IDEA EVEN
OF King Cot nty and its resources in
three times three days or twice that
leagth of time, if what Jaw yesterday
in couple of horrs' sojourn at Renton,
is indicative OF what il Ia he seen else
wieea.
took the train on Wednesday. more
for Il short run than for sightseeing. or
WIKI view 10 taking notes. ] had
heard something OF the country wntered
by White River and tributaries. hut
yt.ea the tram crossed the bridge near
i.entou. and looked or; of the car win
dow aud got "A glimpse of
BLACK AND CEp,R RIVER VALLEYS,
I re iized that not a moiety Of the half
had been told me.
Nv jonrneyiugs on this coast have ex-
extended from san Diego to the Straits
If Fuca. aud l think know - good
country" when | see 1t. | do not hest
tate To SAY that u prettier or more fcrtlis
region than this part Of King County. is
something that the traveller will search
u long time for before he finds it. The
40 BACK COUNTRY TuEoRIsr
would. if no we're fair minded man.
collapse utterly il he caught u glimpse
of this section. especially ii he were told
by q rel ible gentleman, and were not
incredulous, that this was
only small beginning, oDe of numerous
fruitful bodies of land seat
tered all through King County.
Let this piss, however. Following
the advice Of an acquaintance, after
leaving the cars 1T Ren,on walked ont
to the residence Of
Mr.. W. r. SMITH.
This farm house, seen from distance,
looks like a wealthy gentleman's orna-
mental villa. II sets back 3O0 feet from
the front gate. Standing sentinel at the
gate arc several beautiful Lonbardy
poplar trees. Between the gate and the
house IS an avenue handred yards
long. aligned by iiae cherry trees. The
entire front yard is pAralleloeR ram BOOK
go feet in Dimensions. The whole sur
face Is verdant lawn of clover and blue
grass, except where il is studded with
rare and beautiful shrubbcry. Near the
houss II pyrcanthus, beautiful in its
red aud evergreen garniturc. Ii would
take long time and much space To emu
ma PAt thu PAP mud IN
costly plants which adorn this from.
yard. / may, and pr 1bably will, at
some future time, make an inventory
thereof to show what can be done in
King County in arborlculture. cannot
resist The temptation 10 call OF the
names Of
rux FLOWERS RLooNINo
| l Mr.. Smiths garden on the 4sh Of 90
toher. lsSo. | noted dahlias, fuschias.
hsdrangii,s. aladio.a. SO ,scomb, hon.
eysucklss, psnsies, aslsrs. coreopsis,
sx eetwiliiams, bachcios's buttons, sew
ersl varieties OF piuks, roses, suapdrag-
On. mi2uonette. petuuiss. evening prim-
rose. phiox. and a new floral revelation
Ito me, at least. n ciematis japonica.
| consider IL u strange thing that have
never seen this flower before. in the gar
den or ON the canvass. What have tie
countless pal, tiers. Who have been adorn-
ing plaques aud panels With tire tsures
ritied from the floral world. been about
that the purple. even Regal, maQnificence
of this flower, with the dssiicrste grays
fr,neing its BORDERS and the shadoxs
blacks flecking its broad petals. has not
hecn made familiar by their art. There
wss an old French trspper wh, SAT and
watched the first steamer ascend the
Ouachit.a River. in Louisiana, half n
century ago. He noticed her approach
aud the process Of landing. ana arose
from his sssat on the river bank and ex-
claimed. wish no more pero0nes.
ufll have one of Re- steamboats, II Il shall
ccss me five hundred doilsres-' Same
way with me. IL ever have
GARDEN or MI own.
vii. have clematis jsponica i'll can
s6ord II. Bat this Is digr ssien.
What do Or Eastern frie,.ds, ia latitude
81 deg. b min. think ~ a garden which
c IN make the above showing III Ocso-
bar? Yet all bese things are there. ,nd
msre toc. Mr. Smith has lso acres In
sis farm. tine fednre of u 10 q fine
orchard comprising apple. pear. plum.
cherry and p.ach srces. The peaches do
xeil about every third year. His berry
ficlcis-
FIELDS, NOT PArCHEs-
embrace almost every known variety Of
rsspterries. blackbefries. Strawberries.
cnrrants and gsroseberries. Anasher no
iicsahle teaturs is mad. mp Of his PAS
,ure loss. where the native white clover
that ever and anon Governor Newell ex-
ps;ia.ss cloa. supports 4 line herd of
- to 10 cows. from the milk of which
eslt-ssi1e" butte, il made. Adjoining
his home place are
FINE kpcRRArfox GROUNDS,
With dancing hail, Swings and uSher
aids 10 amusement and comfart when
pscn,c PARTIES and excursions visit the
!ocSlity. In his residence il spacious
dining hall. said 10 be the most -labor-
ately decorated room VI The kind north
Of San Francisco. Mr.. Smith has, am
cr~<iibly informed. created this fine
property oni Of an ash. cotton wood
and vine maple ihicket in sx~ive yearx.
his lawn and shruhSery iock like = rich
ms frool yard taken IN bnuiiIv aud