The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-04
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GARDENING IN CITIES.

How Even Rack Yard With q Clothes
Line May be Made Beautiful.
It is not recorded how many housewives
in New York or neighboring cities have
tried to raise few modest Towering shrubs
or ANIMALS in the back yards of their city
residences and miserably failed. Most Of
those who love flowers have taken no steps
whatever in the matter. They have merely
stood occasionally in their back parlor win
dows, looked out upon cheerless landscape
of fences, clothes lines and tagging, and at
the thought of raising flowers have breathed
despairing sigh. Those who have made
the experiment have found many obstacles
in their way. Chief Of all the obstacles 10
the difficulty in obtaining sufficient sun
light for the plants, owing to the high
wooden fences that separate adjoining yards.
This caused the plants to fade and die and
cucumber the ground, SO that the last
state of the garden was worse than the
first. This ID the case when houses front
to the south and tho fences and the house
shut the plants almost entirely from the
rays of the sun.
Again, when plants were set on both sides
of a back yard where one side was visited
by the morning sun and the other by the
afternoon sun, it was found that the fierce
rays OF the afternoon sun eventually killed
the plants. while those in the line of the
morning sun throve and waxed beautiful.
sit is difficult to select large variety Of
plants that would grow and prosper in a
city back yard" q we'll known horticulturist
said yesterday, "but most assuredly there is
a possibility Of making pretty garden of
back yard. It must be assumed that the
middle Of a back yard on the twenty five
foot nikv Inf q Ha aud nd 1o,v 1wvv
purposes. That leaves the three sides Of
the yard next to the fence and the fence
itself to be cultivated. Honeysuckles may
be trained to cover the fence by lacking
Irvine from the bottom to the top
in perpendicular rows of diverging lines.
obtained by selecting yellow, coral or scar
let, white, pink, or golden varieties. Other
suitable climbing plants are passion vines,
the trumpet vine, German ivy and the
moon flower. Most desirable of these in
many ways is the moon flower plant. It
foliage, and puts out blooms through the
entire season. It is called the moon flower
from its nature of blooming best at night,
although it expands its flowers on dull
days. Tho flowers are of pure white, are
from five to six inches in diameter and
out rich ordor like jessamine.
As for the three sides of the yard, when a
two-foot space along the fence can be spared
pretty little garden may be made by plant
ing in front of the climbers a mixed border
of two lines of plants There are score of
hardy, Towering plants that ought to live in
any back yard if proper soil is provided,
and they are properly watched and watered.
Care should be taken, also, to plant the
slips foot apart in the rows. Pansies, or
pinks, or yerbenas, are we'll known, hardy
varieties. Others are begonias, heliotrope,
lobelia. forget-me-not. alyssum or s.double
Tom Thumb" coleus. chrysanthemums,
spirea and petunias. Any of these would
be attractive in front row next to the
walk. The taste and fancy of the house
holder may be exercised in the selection and
arrangement. Larger flowers may be in the
rear row, such as dahlias, gladiolus and
hollyhocks.
'sif the yard is large enough a pretty
flower bed can be made in the center. /
would recommend the circle az the best
form. In the center of the bed a brilliant
effect is made by planting q French ever
blooming Gamma. It sssms to 30 very Pop,