The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-04-20
BACK YARD MADE LOVELY.
Future improvements Clearly
Set Forth by Clubwoman at
Burlesque Convention.


described in Mrs. Wallis Williams
article on Horticulture which concludes
this week. 1t is to be noticed, too,
that it is the simple flowers, those
which everybody can own and grow,
which have gone into the making of
her home a beauty spot.
In tho Back Yard.
I am in the back yard now the place
revel in, the apple of my eye, for
here I have my rose bed, my lilies
and my old fashioned flower bed.
Roses.
l am loath to commence at talk
about roses, for there is no place to
stop, and besides an amateur is apt to
give such reckless and eXtravagant
advice, especially when he is passion
ately fond of the queen of flowers,
but suffice me to say it is wise to take
but a step at time in rose culture,
and that step very slowly unless you
are willing to lose both money and pa
thence experimenting. Study your To-
cation and soil well first, also the best
varieties for your climate, and then by
starting with a few of the best and
surest kinds you can grow with your
rose culture and can better appreciate
!. their beauty and individuality as your
experience ripens into understanding
and knowledge. i had a wire netting
put on the top of the outside fence
; and planted the hardy elm bling roses
next to it, mostly the rambler roses,
the Lady Gay, Dorothy Perkins and
May Queen, for I wanted a thick
screen to hide the barnyard of my
: neighbors across the way and also to
make nice thick background in front
of the climbers and consist mainly of
La France, Testouts, Virginia r. Cox.
Paul Neyron, Jacks, Kaiserine Au-
gusta Victoria, Frau Karl Drus<ii,
Docteur Grill, Papa Gontier and the
1Cochet roses, ! want a row or two
tof polyantha roses in front of these,
but then my wants are so numerous /
don't know when I'll be able to get
them, and at present | have a row of
! Marguerite carnations for a border.
They are very satisfactory and bloom
) abundantly.
A Sweet Pea Hedge.
t ] planted sweet peas along the whole
length of the fence which separates
! the front and back yards, and they
, are the pride of the back yard fence,
(of that side at least) The value of
the sweet pea is too widely known to
be dwelt upon. It's profusion Of bloom,
, its long blooming season, it's hardness
and it's value as a cut flower all place
the sweet pea among the favorite
flowers for general planting. Other
flowers might fail to bloom sometimes,
but sweet peas never. In front of the
barn and at right angles with my rose
bed is my old-fashioned flower bed.
with the cross fence covered with the
famous sweet peas opposite, just
across the back lawn. 1t is a big rec
tangle. l had vision once of laying it
off into fancy shaped beds and massing
each color, but 1 soon learned that !
( am not a landscape gardener and that
= beginner would better stick to
} straight lines for awhile at least. The
bed always looked patchy and it was
hard to keep both ends looking pretty
' at the same time. Although I plant
, in rows for convenience in wedding,
! cultivating and irrigating, 1 plant
, each flower in colonies in such way
that they look tu be massed when
blooming.
Vcrbenas AS Il Border.
l plant verbenas as a border here
always, as they are so dependable
They commence to flower and spread
the first day the plants are set out, and
continue growing more beautiful I'M
til late in the fall. You can have your
choice in color for they range through
!. the different shades of blue, pink,
g scarlet, white, purple, crimson and
! some variegated. Just back of the
I border have a row of summer phlox
also perennial phloX, then | plant sew
eral rows of petunias, alternating them
with peoples. The peoples are fairly
dazzling in effect when in bloom, but
their blooming season is not very long,
so by alternating them with the pc
tunias it is not so noticeable when
they quit blooming; besides l plant the
rows quite close together.
Alternate blooms.
carry out this scheme across the
entire bed. always planting the long
boomers close to those whose season
of bloom is short. In this way the
general appearance of the bed is kept
up. About the middle of the bed is
my row of hardy lilies. They grow
quite tall and bloom for several weeks
during the summer, so, of course, their
stately beauty is gone by the time the
asters just behind them are ready to
begin a series of startling effects, and
final burst of glory just about the time
the Virginia creeper that runs madly
up the side of the barn is in it's full
holiday attire of scarlet and crimson
4 Joy Forever.
SO, you see, this bed is always full of
color, and each month new flower j.
reaching its climax of bloom and beau
ty. and it can be truthfully said of my
old-fashined flower bed that it is a
joy forever, for it is here that the first
little snowdrops of spring lift up their
tiny heads and the daffodils and jon
Quils nod and smile at the first warm
days and the tulips revel in rich and
gorgeous colors 1 wish l had time to
tell you all the wonders of this bed
from crocuseS and vioets through a
long list of old-fashined perennials
and truSty ANIMALS down to the late
autumn flowers, but I'm afraid I'd be
like the brook "go on forever for !
haven't told you yet about my long
hedge of hollyhocks along the drive
way next the fence. and they are beau
tiful, too. They are great big double
things of such exquisite texture and
of crushed silk. | shaded them, be-
ginning with white, cream and sal
mon at the entrance and running
through all the shade of pink, rose and
red to maroon at the end. / think the
hollyhocks have as many admirers as
the roses, and they don't get half the
attention, which is a great point in
their favor. Opposite the hollyhocks