Arizona republican., 1912-04-15
FLOWER GARDENS
 ARE GLORY OF CITY
The Spring is Backward But Day of Beauty Is at Hand.
 By Forest Mitchell.


 and mature the seeds and the roots or vegetable life. In consequence of thiS almost unprecedented inclemcncy of the weather, the usual outbursts of flower and rose gardens are con- slderably belated in making their ap- pearance in full fruition of their wanted Vigor and beauty nevertheless. | they are coming with their familiar ! beauty and fragrance and their sweet | perfume has begun to fill the air and | charm the senses.
 In the courthouse park variegated colorings and splendor of fragrance ! Is more prevalent than elsewhere in | or about the city. This can be attrib- 1 uted to two reasons, the first being | that the park of flowers is under the | direct and constant care of a keeper | who wants to see the fruits of his work eXcel1. The other reason is, that l the grounds, as we'll as the plants 1 themselves. are well protected from winter storms by a big array of for est trees, studding the grounds at 1 the sides and rear. But only anI l reason exists for the dereliction of l flower gardens at homes and private l places and that is the multiplicity of 1 labor in every day life and not enough | 10 dc it. People with private homes anG places have their time too fraught | with the constant labor of house. l hold or field duties to give anything | but casual attention to flowers, or to stimulate them to that growth which raises them to the top pinnaclcs of I beauty.
 But, as to the cold of the winter, it is fast disappearing. Alternating | showers have been of more than usual l frequency and proven of beneficent effect in causing the green to sup | plant the dead of winter. and now | where dead leaves and grass concealed the earth, bright flowers bloom in wondrous beauty.
 Sweet peas are in advance of most others. and are burdening the air with their fragrance. These are be- ! ing closely duplicated by others, not so sweet smelling. perhaps, but cas- fly distinguished as being "up in the air" dispensing their fragrance and rich perfume whithersoever they will and with a lavish prodigalitv It is noticeable that the people of IIC CllS are IdhIUp IGllSNCI Interest in the cultivation and growing of flowers ana blooming shrubbery, thus adding a new lustre of light and beauty to their immediate every day life and surroundings, an infallible index to refined tastes and the noble achievements of the higher life. The poet wrote:
 "A fairer red stands blushins in the
 rose
 Than that. which on the bridegroom's vestment flows;
 Take but the humblest lily of tho field,
 And, if our pride will to our reaso-
 yieli-
 It must, by sure comparison, be shown
 That on the regal seat great David's Array'd in all his robes anl types oi
 power
 Shines with less glory than that sinl- 1 pie f.rWer."
 The poets sentiment is very truth fully outlined in rythmic verse ant the thought occurs that he must have had a prophetic vision of some of tn; ) flower gardens of Phoenix. 5 But the poets verse may be lef behind and the birth of this disser Etation given, for it had it's origin upol
 beholdins some of the pretty rose ant 1 flower gardens on East Van Burcl
 street yesterday. Not enough tim
 could be taken to attempt a portraya
 of their exquisite charms. But tn impression was deep and the ob
 servation is set on the retina of tn , eye ana memory. One of these place
 was the rose garden of l.. N Ami rault NO. 214 East Van Buren street , which So cOnspiciouslv a1JrEs .h , front yard and sides of the fence. : | vine with dark, green leaves clam
 bers up one of the posts of tn
 porch of the pretty house in quie
 grandeur. Thicl1ly growing Bermud; grass grows in lovliness in the space
 and intervals of the rose trees. Tn
 grass occupies squares uniforml. defined in straight lines, as are tn
 rose bushes from the front fence t
 the backyard and fence.
 Another nursery of rose buShe stands across the street directly op , posite MT Amiraults. They are wig orous and thrifty and are crowne'
 and bespangled in glorious crimson But neither one of these gardens ar what they will be later on, for th trees at both places are young. Blu even from now on uatil maturity i
 reached, they will be objects of g~ea
 beauty, credit to the owners and t
 the city.
 All seeds do well in the soil of tn city and valley, there being no mar : of distinction between town an; : country, and the most care and at : tention they need is in the matter o irrigation and preparation of tn , ground at the time of planting. Tn : soil is already loose and porous, an the greater part of the work in hay 7 ing beautiful flower gardens is nh sinlIln larGhlelll of naAiStllrG