The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-24
CHERRY HILL A-GARDENING
ITS COSGRESSHAN SHOWERS DOWN
SEEDS, PLANTS AND BULBS.
Convinccs the Department of Agriculture
That This Is n Tremendous Farming Dis.
trict-Eyery Voters Wife Gets EpiRBn
Inua... Gnu

tonNlnCcS the Department. OF agriculture
That This Is n Tremendous Farming Dis
trict-Eyery Voters Wife Gets EpigBa
Rspens, Cucurbitacem or Something.
Everybody who lives on Cherry Hill has
fire escape garden. and In each case the garden
promises to produce a crop Of flowers that will
he big enough to put all OF the florists in New
York out OF business. The condition OF Affairs
is due entirely to the work OF the Hon. Dan
Riordon. who represents Dlvvervllle in Con-
gress. He has exercised the right which was
given to him by the Department OF Agricul-
ture to call upon the United Skates Govern
ment for anything he wanted in the line OF
seeds, plants or bulbs. Congressman Dan has
convinced the Agricultural Department that
there are e. ore farmers in the Cherry Hill dis
trct than In any other part Of the state Of New
York He did this by sendng to the DEPART
ment list OF his constituents from last years
registry books. with instructions to mail seeds.
bulbs aud plants to the wives OF all OF them.
1t was on Saturday that the plants and seeds
began to arrive on Cherry Hill. Over on the
big tenement known as The Inkpot" three
women celebrated the arrival OF Congress
slonal pack age OF seeds.
"Danny's a great man." said Mrs. O'Raf-
ferty.
He is that" remarked Mrs. Brady.
What kind did you get ?" asked Mrs Ma
loney.
'BeRorrah." said Mrs. ORafferty. Danny
sent me Mirabils Jalapa. ! don't know what
they are. but II says on the paper that they're
! from Peru. Just listen till read this ter yer:
| 'Calyx-like involute is commonly mistaken for
| a corola"
! You're takin' about the calyx." added Mrs.
| Brady. Bad cess to the Guinea names they
give them anyhow"
| Trims not Guinea names. said Mrs. O'Raf-
| ferty. thim's Greek. l got u Genus Digitalis
| and 1t says on the paper that they have one
4 sided racemes and leaves OF medicinal value.
Then there's somethtn' here about querci-
folia."
Sure. thems cuckoo plants" argued Mrs.
Maloney. ."Whin my Jamie was in Oriental
the time he shipped on tho Medigeranium he
| brought Rome OF them home"
That's in California" said Mrs O'Rafrerty
60 on wild yc." remarked Mrs. Brady
| "Oriental's in Pennsylvania. But do you know.
Mrs O'Rafferty. that Danny'sa great Congress-
man. amt hep He sent every one on the hill
| bundle OF bulbs. Even the Dutch woman in
Casey's alley got package"
| It's garlic she should be havn." remark ed
Mrs O'Raferty. 'She knows no more about
flowers than DO about swinging Indian clubs
She sprung joke the other day about Casey
atm Shamrocks of OF Dutch Hennery's free
lunch counter and think!n' they were water
crosses. But here comes Jimmy. the letter
man. Hello. Jimmy. an how are ye?
Able to sit up and eat tree squares day"
| remark ed the letter-carrier who had day Off
and who Just dropped in to hnd out whether
little Johnny Brady would carry note up to
the Diver Club on Madison street. Mrs. Brady
said Johnny was playing skttch on Dem
kels coal box and she would call him over.
| We've Just been dlsgustin' the flower ques-
ton. said Mrs. O'Rafferty.
Oats what de hull push is doin' down here"
said the letter man. Il got a bundle OF seeds
meself an I'm rubin up against botny Just
now. Lsmms look At Dat paper yer got there
trate or trailing shrubby plants OF the heath
family. having evergreen. obI91g. rsticuated
Repcns is do trailing arbutus or May Hover OF
and here We have a eourd which is often called
'"wel. ven know more abou. thin after
marx %ssfytsd E Mrs ofaHsriy: 4 do Ike Pumpkin
when / meet Danny Ri}0sSdon;" said Mrs
lew crates OF straw berries. He sent me some
bulbs here that were abelled Delawares.butthe
81 ie grapes iii plant them list the same an an
find out what they are after they grow. Here
from The Diver Club. Mrs. Brady. want Yer
| to loan him to me ter git two more soap boxes
root FOOT an ny two in the yard and four on the rs
escape. and three in the alley; SO it's tn div
III et the soil for the seeds have here"
Mrs. Maloney was not tho only one on Cherry
HI who had soap, box gpr Tirin to solve Al
garden boxes and there were many petty
duarrels among, the tenants OF Divverviile
roofs Of the big tenements. The agent OF one
house suggested that several carloads of dirt
garden purposes. with equal plots assigned to
the various tenants.
Cherry Hill by CONGRESSMAN Riordon is pro- TO-
ductive. people who have occasion to travel
over tho big bridge may some day look down
upon roof gardens that will cause comm uters
to weep with envy.
But there is another phase OF tho situation
large number OF The people who received seeds
and bulbs from the AGRICULTURAL Department
planting many believing that now ia as good a
time as any. Congressman Hiordon is kept
"n sn Se
see the day when the people OF Cherry Hill will
know more about planting than Cherry Hill
Last night the Congressman was compelled
to attend meeting OF the Tammany delegates
TO the General Committee from the Second As
ICONS Of the Patrick Diver Asso"ation. at 50
door was Pat Wharn who said that. a woman
down in Oliver street was kicking for sham
| rocks. she wanted 10 know II II Would De pos-
sible to have tho United States send over to
| Ireland for 4 boatload Congressman Riordon
said hc would look into the matter. but he was
unable to say whether or not he could induce
the Government to, send to Ireland,
Two OF the dude members Of tho club.
Stenographer Jack Meara OF the District At
torney's Office and John Gichrist asked Con-
gresham Dan il he wouldn't stake them to
chrysanthemum, plants; They said they were
on Saturday and wanted quick growers that
would bear flowers viii hin few days.
Judge Diver asked the Congressman how
he came to hit M against tho free graft at
Washington and tho Congressman took tho
Judge aside and whispered something which
some Of the mem hers thought sounded like:
It's my wiIe's idea You know I've Just got
married and It takes q woman to teach u man
how to reach the hearts OF the people"