The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-07-18
NO. 9's HORTICULTURALISTS
Fine Flower and Vegetable Gardens al
the Engine House.


| the Engine House.
The people who live in the vicinity o
NO. 9's engine house on Ellsworth ave
nue. are adnliring this summer a fin
flower garden which has been planted
and cared for by Wilbur Cliff Foote,
member of the company. Captain Josepl
| e. Condren, who is in command of IN
| company, While not much of garden
er himself, takes great pride in the flow
| er garden and encourages Mr.. Foote II
| his horticultural efforts.
Adjoining the engine house at tn
west side and in the rear is yart
which gives opportunity for gardening
and this opportunity has been seized b!
Mr.. Foote and Henry j. Goebel, also {
member of the company, who has done
much to make the real garden. which
is devoted to vegetables, a success.
| The center piece of the flower garden
in large figure 8, the number of the
company, about six feet long and SET
with small bushy plants which is
kept trimmed down. The figure is
well designed for the work Of an
amateur, and makes pretty center
piece. At each of the four corners OF
the flower garden are set two small
Norway NAPLES which were selected by
the late Chief Hubbard. Between the
two small trees is a large bed OF YER
benas in full bloom, which are much
admired by all visitors at the engine
house
A neat walk through the gardens is
bordered by rows of silver geraneum
and lobeia. A pillar, which was in the
house and which was taken out because
it was found to be in the way was cut
in two pieces and each piece forms the
pedestal for pot of flowers, which adds
greatly to the beauty of the garden
In the center of the bed of verbenas
is a century plant said to be at least
seventy years old. 1t was given for
the garden by Mrs. Ives of Mystic. 1t
has been cut down several times and
consequently is not so large as plant
so old might be expected to be. At
each side of the yerbenas are some Jap
anese gladiolas, which were brought
from Japan by one of Mr.. Foote's
friends about year ago. They are Of
an unusual variety, and among them Is
one with black blossoms,
The residents in the neighborhood Of
the engine house have contributed lib
orally for the flower garden, among the
contributors being John N. Champion,
Stephen H. Moore, ]. C. Hubinger, Mrs.
Maria H. Robertson the Elm City MUIR
sery, Edward Malley and Walter e. NAL
ley. Mr.. Foote has received much en-
enlargement from Chief Fancher in his
attempts to beautify the surroundings
of the house
The vegetable garden at the rear of
the engine house contains among other
things some of the finest sweet corn to
be found in this vicinity. The garden
has produced already this season sew
eral bushels of string beans, peas, Gu
cumbere and some squashes. Cabbages
celery and watermelons are now COM
ing on.
The watermelon vines now cover con-
siderable ground, but have no melons set
yet. When the commissioners visited
the house on their trip of inspection last
week the firemen wishing to have their
garden appear to as good advantage as
possible purchased one of the largest
to be found in the market and
tied it to the vines. The commissioners
were taken through the garden and
wereie stonished to see such a large mel |
on there when one of them, more sus-
picious than the rest, made a closer eX- |
animation and discovered the string. 1t |
Is said that it was because they were
so eIated over the joke which they play |
ID on the commissioners that No. 9 COM |
oany made the quickest time on inspec- |
ton