The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29

ment walks lead from the gate, which is
at the corner of the yard, to the porch,
and around the house.
A few rose bushes flank the cement
walks, and half dozen shade trees, ma
pie and box elder, break the flat same
ness of the lawn. The lawn, itself, is
thing of beauty. Every blade of grass
seems just the same length of every other
blade. The grass is thick and close
grown, and as smooth as velvet. Not
weed can be seen, and there are no holes
nor dead spots in the entire area.
The porch is covered by dense and
perfectly trained bower of vines, afford
ing shade from the sun, and hiding the
angular lines of architecture Narrow
flower beds are located between the walks
and the house. A screen, covered with
trained vines, shuts off from the front
yard. view of the back yard, giving the
grounds a perfect setting.
Transforming a Lucern Field.
The winner of the front yard prize in
the southeast section was John W.
Thompson of 155 East Ninth South street.
Four years ago this property was a lu-
Germ field, filed with hufnmocks and go
pher holes. Now it is an example of what
a careful property owner can do with his
cient time and labor.
I'VE have tried to beautify our yard
because we wanted it to be beautiful,
said Mrs. Thompson we had the
knew that we were going to live here.
We asked ourselves why we should not
beautify the place, and we could find no
reason why we should not make it at
tractive and pleasant
I'VE have spent many hours at work on
the yard when we were wearied from
other duties, just because we wanted a
beautiful home. l suppose there are
others who have more ground, but they
can get no more satisfaction from it than
we do from our home Others may be
larger, but / believe we have done pretty
well, when you take into consideration the
limited amount of space we have had at
our disposal" Mrs. Thompson concluded
with pardonable pride
Mr.. and Mrs Thompson had no idea If
entering the competition when ii opened.
Their son, Milo, II years old, who has
cone all of the heavy work, including
wedding and moving the lawn, asked
permission to enter the lists, and his par
ents had no objections. though they be-
EeVed that they would not win a prize
because their V was too small The
hoy insisted That lie yard be entered in
the race, and presented the envy in per-
sen.
Beauty Won by Effort.
Ernest Fl. Rich, 40 West North Temple
street, who won the prize for the best
front yard in the northwestern section,
labored under difficulties in making his
q home beautiful tWO-Story building
on the west side of the property extended
a rod or more nearer the street than his
own home, and on the east his store also
extended nearer the sidewalk. This
caused the heat to radiate toward the
lawn. and he had difficulty in keeping it
alive until it had finally rooted The heat
also had a tendency to burn out the
flower beds which were planted around
the edges of the lawn, but this was over
come by the use of plenty of water
The grounds were cared for during the
hours after working in the store, and
many nights Mr.. Rich worked by moon
light to improve the property.
The yard presents a beautiful example
of the gardeners art The lawn is per-
feet A weed could not be discovered
with a microscope. Vines cover the side
fence, and at it's base tall flowers droop
and nod in the sunshine.
A graveled drive runs from the side
walk to the back yard. This is thanked
by narrow flower beds, perfectly ar
ranged.
The outer row is of tall stately asters.
Next to these are silver tip geraniuzps,
and the inner row is of tiny labelias. The
color effect is beautiful and the flowers
in narrow terraces form an ideal border.
of Mr. and Mrs. Rich. be
cause I want to buy poll parrot with
the money.
One Years Results.
Mrs. Thomas Gillette of So jefferson
street Won the front yard prize for the
southwest section. She is now in Park
City on a visit
This yard is a beauty in every respect
and Mrs. Gillette deserves great credit
for her work She is 81 years old, and
has done all of the work in the yard,
since the weeds were cleared out one
year ago last fall.
When Mrs Gillette began her work
soon after her nome WAS completed. the
weeds were tall and rank, filling every
nook and corner of the yard. Aided by
her children sne puiled every Weed and
ground for the lawn seed. Last year she