The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-01
new CLASS IN Art
Many Clever Landscape Gardeners
Developed by Commercial Clubs
Prizes for Best Kept Laws.
Winners Display Rare Taste and
r. Great Industry in Arrang-
ing Artistic Effects.

- Whom the Commercial club made out a
list of prizes this spring for citizens whose
lawns and grounds should make the fin
est display throughout the summer
months, the outcome did more than
merely add to the pleasure of the citys
summer visitors. A class in practical
decorative designing was established, the
result of whose work would compare IA
yorably with that, Of many landscape
gardeners. s7-4r-- 49,, s. -. H. .. D..
For though simple manual labor is
most necessary feature of gardening, the
cultivation Of the aesthetic sense is still
more important. - ~
One of the most genuinely decorative
and unique effects produced by the city's
amateur gardeners was seen in the grounds
of J. P. Wilkinson, Of 1912 Twenty third
avenue N, the winner of the flower prize
in the second district. A little gem Of
lawn in the shape of a horse shoe edged
with brilliant gladiolus, marigolds, asters,
and a hedge of the tall castor beans lies
on the north side Of the house, while
thirty-six foot hedge Of sweet peas climb
ing to a height of fifteen feet, borders the
strip of lawn lying on the south Of the
residence. .-~r5. ;.
Nasturtiums arranged in wide arches
form another novel and attractive feature
Of a garden in which Mr.. Wilkinson and
his children, who are his chief helpers,
take much pride. s., o. &c.,.
i've spent eight hours day in this
garden ever since the beginning Of sum-
mer," said Mrs. F.. H. Sessions, Of 1911
Harmon place as she pointed out the cir
cular, oblong, and square beds, bright
with dozens Of varieties Of geranium, be-
gonia, dahlia, and the chyrsanthemum
sun flower, a tall, poster-1ike shrub bear
Ing glowing yellow blossoms. Five years
ago. this was sand-heap," continued Mrs.
Sessions, as she cut, with reckless gener-
osity, the blossoms Of her choicest plants,
| land you can see by. the boulders in this
| verbena bed that all the loads Of loan
I've had put in, haven't entirely covered
| the old SOIL ~,i.rn s--.-r
Mrs Sessions only entered the list Of
| competitors a short time ago. 1.-THE neigh
bors said I was foolish not: to- she said,
| but I never had an idea Of winning a
| price, 80, -
Hydrangeas loaded with blossoms fif-
teen inches long and half a foot thick,
make the finest display in the handsome
grounds Of Adolph Guntner, 1918 Clinton
| avenue, who gets the first prize in the
fourth district A magnificent, bed of
cannas, and beautifully trimmed catalpas
and oleanders are other decorations which
| helped get Mr.. Guntner the prize.
| There were dogs on one side and chill
| dren on the other, SO father was simply
! compelled to put up these hedges" said
the daughter Of William Houliston, 1O15
Harmon place. Wild buckwheat and
morning-glories fifteen feet high cove,
the wire trellis work which separated the
Houliston grounds from the neighborine
apartment houses. 1.-The real reason FOL
fathers special. efforts in gardening this
summer, was the need Of the house for E
new coat of paint, and as he didn't fee
that he could afford it, he trained wood
bine all over the front and Sides" con.
t}cf1 ~. Co
peas, sun-f1owers and perfectly KEEP
lawn are among the features of the yart
which brought Mr.. Houliston the frs
prize in the third district 1879. =. -