Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-13
HOME GARDEN WORK
BristoW Adams Addresses
Citizens Body on Subject.
TO HOLD MORE CONTESTS
Speaker Warns Against Steep Ter
races With Hard Lines and
High Hedges.

| The work OF creating and improving
home gardens was described by BristoW
Adams of the forest service at a meet
ing of the Rhode Island Avenue Subur-
ban Citizens Association last night III
Odd Fellows Hail. Rhode Island avenue
and Goth street northwest
Mr.. Adams outlined the work of the
citizens association in fostering home
gardening last year and also the plans
for still more work along the same line
this season. He illustrated his address
with lantern slides, showing the gardens
which were maintained by the members
| of the association last year, and pointed
| out the successes of the gardeners. and
also the mistakes which they had made
| "a year ago we had eighty con-
| testantS for the thirteen prizes offered by
| the citizens association and this year We
| expect to have twice many, said Mr..
| Adams. We have succeeded far beyond
our expectations in getting the people of
our section interested in planting gardens
| and beautifyng their homes. / believe
| that it was due in part to our great sue
| cess that the Washington Gardens Asso-
| citation has sprung into being this season
an association which plans to encourage
| home gardening all over the city. Among
| the judges of contests last season
were Henry Il. +. Macfarland and Glenn
| Brown, both of whom have taken an ac-
| tive interest in the formation Of the
Washington Gardens Association.
Work With Gardens Association.
cit is the aim of our association to ally
| itself with the Washington Gardens As
| ISOLATION and to do everything possible to
| help the work along. Those persons who
enter our contests will enter automatically
the contests for the prizes offered by the
Washington Gardens Association.
commissioner Rudolph and Glenn |
Brown will be invited to act as judges |
of our contests this season. A year ago |
we offered prizes for the best home |
grounds mainly. We offered, too, prizes |
for the best lawns and for childrens gar |
dens. This year will offer prizes for |
the home grounds which show the great
est Improvement in a single year. There
has grown to be a feeling that the con-
testants who have had gardens for sew
eral years, have a better opportunity to
win the prizes than those who are just |
starting their gardens. This Is borne out
by the results of the contests last year.
SO we are originating prizes which may |
be won by the new gardener as well as |
the DID,
Advice to the Gardeners.
Mr.. Adams, who is chairman Of the |
committee which has charge of these |
contests, gave much advice to the pro- |
spective gardeners. He advised against |
steep terraces with hard lines, and |
against allowing the hedges to grow too |
high lest the hedges become barriers |
rather than frames for the gardens. Mr.. |
Adams spoke strongly in favor of plant |
ing permanent shrubs at the bases of |
the houses.
Mr.. Adams touched on tree planting in |
the streets. He spoke of the advantages |
of the pin oak, the Norway maple. the |
red gum and the poplar, and opposed |
planting silver naples. He made no |
criticism of the tree planting of the city, |
which he declared to be better than in |
any city in the country.