The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-29
A SUBURB IN BLOOM CIIY's GOOD NAME

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Lawns and Hedges Are Barbered to
s5z a Finish.
FLOWER BEDS ARE MULTIPLIED
These the Results of the Improves
'ment Association Prizes in
Prospect Park.
When the Prospect Park Improvement
association, which was organized last
spring, meets next October to discuss the
distribution Of prizes for the best kept
grounds or most notable improvements
in property. its chief difficulty will be to
decide to whom to give the awards.
Beautiful and we'll kept grounds have
had new features added, and yards which
have formerly been disfgured with weeds
or rank growth of grass have been
worked over into trim lawns bordered
with bright flower beds, The school
children, to whom special prizes have
been offered, have been fully as active
as their elders, and have accomplished
wonders for such tyros in the work,
1--WE have only. front yards this sum
mer," said Mrs. Moax, Al Clarence ave-
nue., who is on the committee. Back
yards went out in the general furore of
improvement after our organization this
spring. Most Of the people on the hill
have well-kept grounds, but OF course
there are always a few exceptions, and
this association was formed especially
to reach those exceptions, If not this
year, perhaps next. And it is not to
those who have put in the most money,
but to those who have made most prog
ress or made the most of little that we
expect to give the prizes, At least that
is my idea,'' laughed Mrs. Moax; ''of
course, the next committee member may
have an entirely different conception of
the work. > =. - HI. =.
., Association's Other Aims.
"But this association has other aims
as we'll as the beautifying Of grounds,
and so successful has it been that we
have had more electric lights put in, and
even had the cutters scraped, thing
that usually takes place only Just before
election" - s.1 ..s-.. l..
when I came back from Florida this
April" said Mrs. G. S. Engelbrecht of
3103 University avenue, "I couldn't COM
prehend why everybody was so busy max
ing improvements this year.. Two years
ago scarcely anyone did thing toward
keeping up his grounds, and though last
ear there were some scattered attempts
at beautifying, it couldn't compare to
the organized movement begun this last
spring"
A buckthorn hedge 23O feet long is the
most prominent feature in the handsome
grounds surrounding the Engelbrecht
house, and though the shrub is only two
and one-half feet high now, in half a
dozen years it will make a beautitul, deco
ration and do away with the necessity
of a fence. .:,.,. 80,
The Gamma, which is used to border
one of tke three driveways to the grounds,
and Of which there is large circular bed,
Is the plant which has been most used
in the decoration of Mrs. Engelbrechts
grounds. Her flowers, which comprise
sweet peas, petunias and nasturtiums,
Mrs. Engelbrecht has cut and sent to the
city and the Swedish hospitals, each one
receiving several hundred blossoms every
other day. -:
-. Horse Ate a Few Samples
"If a horse hadn't, been sampling the
said Mrs. A, l.. Himle, as she pointed to
three foot white, birch canoe swinging
on tripod, from which there were still
enough vines trailing to make it an OBJ
ject Of admiration. 'We haven't put. in
bid for the prizes,' continued Mrs.
Himle, "and since my two boys have left
we can't, because the place isn't kept up
as 1t should be-" A bed of magnificent
perennial poppies, shading from scarlet
to palest pink and white, is the most
noteworthy feature of the Himle prop
erty. s .....
The grounds of F. p. Lindsey are, his
neighbors agree, the most interesting..in
+ MI lou in, PrNn FRI inO "
a row Of fine elms, is unbroken save for
few rare shrubs which are gathered
near, the dividing line betwe en- the front
and back yards. And what back yard
that is!
A Wonderful Back Yard. s
~''Three years ago this was sand bank:
said Mrs. Lindsey, q S she led the way over
pebbled paths, through new arbor, and
past the vineyards to the roses. A mag
nifo ent cluster of La France roses was
still in blossom. ''Our roses ave one OF
varieties, and bloomed until November
last year. We haven't entered the lists
in the prize competition this fall, and
my husband is not on the committee.
He is much interested in horticulture,
however, and was one Of the origlnators
Of the idea. Besides, 1t wouldn't be fair
to try for a prize as we have already
pEeA ~ "oAh VA sAsSSS 51o"Heo ."AAS
years." "<.~.-' IT,. r.. .->r,
In the diversity of it's features and the
unevenness of it's surface, which slopes
gradually down to the sidewalk below,
this garden makes a miniature Landscape,
for it covers only a quarter of an acre.
A treehouse, pool where lake and gold
fish dwell harmoniously together, and
where every garden flower from the Old
fashioned hollyhock and dahlia to rare
,iasmines and orange blossoms are to be
found in this back yard. besides rasp-
berries, cherries and dozens of rare
shrubs and trees.
Mrs. G. B. Sheldon of 110 Malcolm ave.
nue., is another member OF the committee,
but as yet, she says, scarcely anything
has been done toward deciding to whom
the prizes are to go. TN fact, haven't
done any inspecting yet said Mrs.
Sheldon, "but Mr.. Johnson, the chairman,
long" Mrs Sheldon's sloping grounds,
with their beautiful collection of trees,
which include the weeping white birch,
the weeping willow and the weeping
mountain ash, resemble a miniature En-,
gIish park An arbor and a sixty-foot
flower bed made of rows of mignonette,
sweet alyssum and nasturtiums, are two
Of The prettie st features of place which
is cared for entirely by her two boys.
An Old-Fnshioned Place.
Registrar Johnson of the state, uni-
yersity, who is chairman Of the COM
n1ittee, has a delightful old-fashioned
place sit isn't kept up the way it should
be, though asserted Mr.. Johnson. I'D
have to keep a man constantly at work
to take care of all my land A superb
collection of pansies, large grove OF
scrub oaks and an umbrella of woodbine
ora AMONG the rnOst interesting decOra-