Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-23

training on the golf links is said to account
for this facility as a bug destroyer. IF l
don't catch 'em first they'll catch my
flowers mapping and paralyze them" says
Mr.. Judson. But with the good old fash
Toned kind of plants and blooms / don I
have as much trouble as other folks do
with the more fanciful kinds. A holyhock
is much easier to get along with than a
paniculata, for instance, and gentle rose
of good breeding pleases me more in my
hours Of leisure than a fussy rhododendron.
like to revel in a riot of fragrance when
my mind feels like II needed filing. The
effect is softening and seems to set the
soul running smooth again"
John l.. Kennedy, William A. DeBord,
Judge A.. l.. Sutton Judge Howard Kennedy,
Judge Lee Estelle County Judge Leslie are
a typical group Of law doctors who take
delight in forgetting abstruse legal puzzles
while they strive to make elegance and
grace take the place of ugliness and dis
order in their garden spots. In fact, It is
hard to find a man with home place who
does not claim some degree Of cleverness
as a gardener. either with vegetables or
flowers
Business Men rs Gardeners.
w. S. Wright and II. ]. Hughes are two
typical business men who engage in agri-
cultural pursuits most earnestly, on city
lots. Mr.. Wright, being Of a well up
holstered style of architecture runs to the
generously spreading alfalfa plant, on his
larger areas When he has It ready for
stacking he exercises the pleasant habit of
calling in a choice bunch of friends who
need little exercise and gives them an OPP
portunity to show their ability as harvest
ora wifi lies
treats them TO strengthening prescriptions
compounded OF barlCS and pure water. Mr..
Wright does cultivate some poses in beds,
though, and he is credited with having
the loving touch that gets results.
Mr.. Hughes confesses to being an inter-
ested experimenter with rare varieties of
growth, some Of which It is difficult to find
a polite name for. He is never discouraged,
having an Unborn love for flowers and
shrubs and by continuous personal effort
succeeds in winning the compliments of ad-
miring friends.
Mcbride Makes Large Claim.
County Surveyor Mcbride lays claim
to having the best garden in the state,
for it's size, and has a natural talent for
laying out and cultivating plants sher-
if Bradley swels up a trifle when he
talks OF his garden, and County Assessor
shriver and his deputy. Harry Couns-
man, are past masters in the art OF COAX
ing beautiful growths from the soil.
Men like Henry w. Yates and George
Joslyn take a pride in extensive cult
walton OF Towering plants and shrubs,
and while they do not do the actual work
that class OF men, with large grounds
and ample means, as rule know good
deal about the various kinds Of flowers
and trees, from observation and study.
In even the most humble quarters OF
Omaha, the observer will be able TO find
delicious prospects Of glowing color, large
or small where loving hands have
planted. tended and trained beds or climb
ers and the grouping varies with almost
every display. In some sections, like
Prairie park, the Field club district,
Fairacres. Bemis park, the upper Far
nam street district and others that might
be named nothing Is to be seen but
green lawns decked with flower beds.
climbing beauties all about the houses.
and shrubbery in clumps and single
bushes More and more every year the
gardening bunch" Is spreading among
the men whose days are given over to the