The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-05-04
FOR WOMAN WITH HOE.
Mrs. II. M. Gilbert Tells How
Yakima May Be Made the
Prettiest of Cities.

heartily in sympathy with the out
doNT movement which is making it
self felt here is Mrs. H. NJ. Gilbert.
Her beautiful home grounds at the
head of Yakima avenue speak elo-
quently of the belief which she ex-
presses in the article she has writ
ten for The Herald today that wo-
man can spend her time to better
advantage in making her home and
its surroundings cheerful and beau
tiful than in fighting for the ballot.
Mrs. Gilbert discusses especially the
shrubs and vines which may be adj
Vantageously used and gives a help
full list OF the varieties of roses best
suited to Yakima climate. Helps
and hints from other successful
flower growers and amateur land
scape architects will be gladly re-
ceived by the Herald. AS Mrs. Gill
bert very truly says, with two years
earnest and intelligent work, North
Yakima with it's unusual climatic
advantages, might be the loveliest
outdoor city in this part of the
country.
Mrs. Gilbert says:
When God created Eden he made
it "a garden typfying perfection,
contentment and beauty.
Some of us have been making
garden ever since, Tut, alas, the re-
suit is usually neither perfection NOR
contentment, and only a hint of the
beauty which we pictured ere we
planted. The real trouble with us
amateurs is that we do not live long
Of }-
finding out what not to do that life
is too short to find OUT what to do.
[ have planted over a hundred va
rieties of roses, but the list made for
a friend just beginning is not a long
one.
In distributing trees and flower
seeds the Portia club has shown wis
dom.
Is Not Suffragette.
The club recognizes that woman
may gain profit and influence through
gentle means. rather than by follow
ing the example of the suffragette.
There are too many things lert UNI
done by us for it to seem right for
womankind to fight for more worlds
to conquer; with so many tasks I'M
done. why strive for more?
The attraction in Southern Califor-
MIA is in the way the people live up
to their opportunities; in two sum-
rners we could be the most attractive
city in the Northwest if we realized
this-and the other cities did not.
Have Window Box.
Let the one who has no yard and
but one room have a windowboX
IN
morning glories sweet peas, natur-
tiums, mignonette sweet alyssum
petunias or pinks-a box of dirt, ar
ranged best if water comes to the
roots frst-and what possibilities
are there not in store?
For the Ugly Fence.
What if you, who rent your mouse,
do have an ugly fence, "a poor build
ing and a cherries yard? 1t is your
own fault if you keep it that way.
Use wild cucumber, gourd and morn
ing glory vines for the fences and
out-bUildings: all these varieties ask
is n chance. Plant them by the
windows for screens and beautiful
curtains as we'll; train them over
doorsteps or porch and you'll wish
the whole year was summer. For a
screen between front yard and rear
YOU may use SunfloWerS, cosmos,
castor beans. sweet peas, or the same
vines trained over any kind of rude
support. If there is grass, nothing
else is needed, but the same peds
that grow the vines can grow this
flowers which are especially liked.
The children plead for four o'clocks
loves the gay phloX and pinks.
For the Tent Dwcllcr.
The first tent house | ever saw
was in Denver and it was beautiful
with a dazzling display of nastutiums.
Has no other tent dWeller thought
of such a picture?
The roomer and the renter might
possibly be forgiven for not living
up to their opportunities, but what
can we say of the HORSEPOWER VINO
neGlectS so great decoration? Taste
ful surroundings are cOnuucIng not
only 10 the pleasure of the family
and the public, but in great measure
to the profit of the owner and the
locality. To the property-owner all
shrubs are possible: the white spiria
that comes first and the many vari-
cites of that hower of the olden time
the lilac. Do not stop with the
comm on lilac that we all love, but
get the white and Persian varieties;
they make a splendid background 1o1
.later blooming flowers. Next IN
bloom is that lady of the garden, that
woman in white. the Spirea Van
Houttei; it needs room for its droop-
bloom
crowdins. The SNOWFALL is not Sc
common here as in the east but
there are some fine bushes. The
Japanese SNOWFALL ias been a shy
bloomer, but the texture of the
flower eXcels the common variety
The dentzia is white Towering
shrub which comes with the Jun,
roses and is beautiful in it's some.
what artificial way. The syringf
does only fairly well in the garden
but in the mountains it is a vision OF
delight. The red spirea, Anthem!
Waterer, blooms for months il tn,
flowers are cut; the blue spire;
blooms later in the season and il
valuable chiefly because blue flow
ers are not common among cult
waited plants. The purple barberr.
is a favorite with all; planted in
clump it's richly colored leaves ant
berries make it a joy all the season
and. unlike many plants, it is said t.
do well on the north side of a build
ing. The coral and the white swee
scented Halls honeysuckle are sat
isfactory and quite hardy with
long blooming period. The daint