Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-15
LAUDS C|TY'S TREES.

|LnUUU UIIt y INLLU
Continued from First Page)
town must elect tree warden. In
New Jersey and Pennsylvania the es-
Enlistment of shade tree commits
sfons becomes imperative in munich
palities only after the town or city
councils adopt the empowering regula-
tions. In 1904 the legislature of Ohio
granted to cities the power to regulate
the planting. trimming and preserva-
ton of shade trees in streets and other
public places"
MI. SOlOtarof enumerated number
of states and cities in which definite
action has been taken to secure super
vision of tree planting and care of the
trees after they are planted. and in
conclusion he said: More trained men
are needed as municipal arboricultur
lists. 1t is a new calling of dignity
and Importance for the tree warden or
city forester is the guardian of one of
the chief resources for maintaining the
beauty and health of a city
Sentiment in Gardens.
"A garden Is a bit Of ground on which
plants and people grow and love each
| other"
| With the expression of this sentiment,
Leroy j. Boughner, president of the Gar
den City Club of Minneapolis and city
I editor of the Minneapolis Tribune. sound
ed before the convention the slogan of
what promises to be one of the most
aggressive campaigns next year of the
American Civic Association, in the new
work which 1t will prosecute to secure
| more universal recognition of civic and
| economic values Of vacant lot gardens"
MIR Boughner's address was descrlp-
| tive OF the results secured in Minneapolis
in the summer Of 1911 by the Garden City
Club. He said the work was prosecuted
| almost wholly by people OF the office or
| prosperous laboring class, who were in
| Spired to apply for and work in the va
cant lot gardens largely by an appeal to
| civic pride. The idea that vacant lot gar
| dens are charities was ignored.
Tomato Cans Poor Crop.
| People were brought to the belief that
| things other than tomato cans and
weeds would grow on vacant lots by
strenuous campaign Of newspaper public
| ity and by addresses before lodges,
unions and Improvement associations. In
a summary of the years work. he stat
ed. the cost of ploughing planting and
supervision in Minneapolis last summer
was $4,000. With the experience gained.
the same work could be duplicated an
other year for $500.
The Garden Club Of Minneapolis in 1911
had planted in vegetables and flowers
$50 vacant lots, or approximately 2.225.-
coo square feet, of which 100000 square
feet were planted to vegeta bles. The city
was divided into six districts, about W
gardens to a district. each district being
in charge of an assistant gardener fur
nished by the Minnesota Farm School.
Careful instruction in gardening thus was
universal, and an idea of the extent of
that the club gave away $1,000 cabbage
| and tomato plants. The nasturtium was
adopted as the official flower of the club.
and $1,000 packets of nasturtium seeds
were distributed, in addition to which
40 600 packages were sold.
The economic value of the gardens to
| the people was almost incalculable. veg
| etables were plentiful and cheap in the
whole city all summer. And. instead OF
lrubbish-strewn lots, there were grassy
lawns and flowers and orderly gardens.
swatting the Fly.
Results accomplished in Swat the fy'
campaigns all over the country were re-
viewed at the session of the convention
yesterday afternoon, and In the same
meeting plans were laid for the still fur
Their elimination Of the fly from the
scheme of things next year.
Edward Hatch. jr., of New York, chair
man of the fy-fghting committee OF the
association, presented a report in which
he said that the real awakening of the
public to the need Of exterminating the
fly had occurred within the past twelve
months "Since the last annual confer
ence on the fly pest. letters have poured
in upon the committee from all quarters
of the country" he said, and we have
caused to be printed and distributed more
than 10000 pieces of literature which
served as ammunition in innumerable NY
IONS
lin many cities newspapers organized
swat the fly contests for considerable
cash prizes The numbers scored by the
winners ran into the hundreds OF
to the quartz, in Baltimore alone reached
15.OOOOOO. Washington boys and girls
caught and killed only 6,3S6,6O, but
Washington can't boast of really bump
er crop Of flies.
Swat the fly campaigns help" Mr.
Hatch continued. but what we need most
is to arouse such a consciousness OF our
duty to ourselves and to others that
we will first swat our own flies by de-
prving them of breeding and feeding
places and then coIepel our neighbors to
do likewise-compel them by force OF
public opinion and of the law as repre-
scented by that beneficient car, the health
officer. He is our side, and with the
support which he is sure to receive from
the people educated by our two years
campaign. eventually will be able to make
| house flies infrequent. if not absolutely
extinct
Forsees Flyless Cities.
Prof c. +. Hodge of Clark University,
Worcester, Mass, made an address on
the topic Civic Fly Campaigns" and he
referred to various fly swatting contests
to illustrate the most active phase of the
work of the past year.
Outlining the campaign to be followed
next year, Prof. Hodge said: ITO COM
pletely free the city of flies is the pur
pose. and the more that are caught and
the quicker, the better. But the PROPOSE
ton must he reversed. To place a pre-
MUM on the capture of the most flies
pays a premium on filthy conditions and
even may stimulate fly breeding. The
civic fly campaigns of the future Will
ha