The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-20
SPRING HINTS ON FLOWERS
AND LA WINS FROM PARK BOARD

timely hints te, the home owner who
taxes q personal pride IN the appear
ance or his lawn and home are made
py Nicholas Byhower In a bulletin is
sued yesterday at the instance Of the
BOARD or park commissioners. Though
Mr. Byhower has not yet been named
as superintendent of parks by the city
council. he holds that position so far
as the park board is concerned, and Will
continue to get out bulletins on the
planting OF lawns. trees. shrubs and
mowers and their care, until removed.
Ihls Is the right time to start beautify-
ing, according to Mr.. Byhower, and he
suggests that all take hand IN making
salt Lake the most beautiful city In
tne country. The bulletin is as follows:
The busiest time of the season has
now arrived. and upon the method of
care bestowed upon the care Of trees.
plants and lawns VIII depend the sue
cess for the whole year. Right after
the expected storms Il win be advisable
TO clean with 3 god lawn rake the
grass which viii remove al. dead
growth. leaves. eta. Such q combing,
especially for old lawns, viii have
most beneficial effect. Filling Up ell
Expressions with some good loan and
scattering 9 little seed at such spots
VIII be q good thing to do. Let US
state that a very good and inexpensive
way OF giving dne stimuIant to any
lawn IL the scattering over OF a very
, little wood ashes wherever available.
and even the SCOT from a chimney thin
Iy sprinkled and washed in gives a sur
prisingly good growth and color to the
grass.
New lawns should now be planted,
using good sod. as It Ia of no use to
attempt 70 grow a lawn on any poor,
weedy or zocky sol; 1t Is true. grass
grows On almost any soil, but TO get a
beautiful verdure II is necessary to use
g layer OF good. rich and clean soil. free
from weeds and rock. and where posi-
bic wei fortified to obtain a sward of
lasting quality. The seed OF such q
lawn should be good Kentucky blue
grass. mixed with one-sixteenth of
white clover. and such lawn after plant
ing should be well kept In moist condi-
ton, for one day OF dryness when once
terminated win certainly destroy every
part OF II. A mulching with straw, at
every exposed location, and certainly
at slopes. is necessary. We have no.
uced SONS lawns planted with red top
grass. but this being more In the line
or agriculture, we strongly advise to
the maker OF such lawn ito 20 back TO
the farm" Now is the time TO finish up |
the pruning Of shrubs and rose bushes.
and, regarding roses, we want to give
this information:
During the last years nearly all the
rose plants IN our city have been badly
affected with what is called "rnildew." |
II Is a fungus. making the bush appear |
like covered with a white coating. |
Which disease some three years ago |
nearly ruined all the beautiful roses at |
the Lagoon resort. Now, a remedy is |
not to be found. but a very good pre-
tentative Is this: from now on, and, say. |
every week following tin the roses are /
In leaf and bud. to sprinkle, or better. |
dust with powders of sulphur the whole |
bush. making the powder adhere by |
hrst wetting the plants. BY further re- |
peatediy cu1tivatfng the sofl around the |
bushes and occasional fertilizing with |
liquid manure. your roses viii most /
certainly be success.
Now Is also the tiTne for PLANTING
trees. shrubs. rose bushes, vines etc
In regard TO planting. we deem II very
advisable to attend to the following