The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-06-18
GOOD RESULTS WITH PRO.
DUCTS OF NATIVE SOIL
N. w. NURSERY COMPANY WORK
ON COURT HOUSE LAWN WITH
GOOD RESULTS.

What can be done in practical way,
with the products of this northern
country, and the trees, shrubbery, etc.,
handled by the Northwest Nursery
Company has been demon.
strated at the court house grounds
where wonderful change has taken
place in a comparatively short time by
the planting and care of trees, shrub.
berry and grass seed.
Everyone in Valley City and sur.
rounding country knows that until re.
Gently, the grounds about the court
house presented anything but beau.
tiful sight and the Northwest Nursery
believing that splendid success could
be obtained by little work, planted
flowers, shrubs, etc., and cared for the
ground until today the entrance to the
court house is little shot of park.
Formerly the only path to the court
house was one on the side where resi-.
dents OF that neighborhood were wont
to cut across lots to their homes. Now
there are two paths from the opposite
corners Of the grounds to the court
house entrance. At the parting Of the
two paths, is a V-shaped bed contain.
ing buckthorn and gooseberry bushes
and outlined with spirea. This is a
pretty bed and was more beautiful at
the height Of the spirea season when
the small white blossoms were in full
bloom. At the corner of Fifth street
and Sixth Avenue flower bed has
been planted which is thing of beau
| ty. During the lilac season, these
flowers were blooming in abundance,
now the iris is out, in shades of violet
and purple, tans, browns and white
and are worth going to see. At one
corner of this bed are bleeding hearts
which are now blooming. The peonie
buds in this bed are ready to burst
and will be at their best when the iris
season is closed. Beautiful, large, old
fashioned snow balls are also to be
seen in this bed and the dainty spirea
also has a part in beautifying this part
of the court house grounds.
The variety of lilac used here is the
Persian lilac, a finer, daintier flower
than the one ordinarily used, with a
wealth of blossoms of particularly
sweet scent. Sturdy members Of the
Colorado blue spruce and the Black
Hill spruce are also growing there and
are strong as we'll as beautiful.
In the various beds which dot the
lawn are sumac, chokecherry, buck
thorn, sugar maple trees, the colored
maple or schweirdler, Mountain Ash
trees, Russian Olive. Colorado blue
spruce and the Black Hill spruce, ma
tive of the Black Hills. 1t. is general.
| ~ supposed that many of these varie.
ties will not thrive here, however, it
| Is apparent when one sees what has
been done in this one place, that with
care and proper preparation Of ground,
many beautiful trees and shrubs which
are not now seen here to a great ex.
tent might be used to advantage.
In their work, The Northwest Muir
sery have adapted so many things to
this particular country that are native
of countries whose climate is much
like ours. An evidence of what care
and preparation of soil will do, is
shown at the northern end Of the lawn.
There is an ash on the street that was
planted three years prior to the plant
ing of one of the elms inside the court
house grounds, without preparation of.
any kind to the soil. Before planting
the elm, proper preparation of the soil
was made and although three years
younger than the ash, this little elm
has in four years, grown about 16 feet,
while the ash remains, scrubby little
tree which gives promise Of but little
growth in the future.
On the northern side Of the lawn
also, Is to be seen what is called
Niobe weeping willow. This is beauti
full beyond words and could be used
to advantage by anyone here in the
city who cares to beautify his
grounds. A shrub named Caragana,
sometimes called the Siberian pea
tree, Is one Of the varieties used and
is splendid for decorative purposes.
Ivy planted last year at the bottom Of
the court house wall has grown so
rapidly that it has almost reached the
top Of the building and will probably
do so before the frost comes.
At the back Of the court house,
where improvements have not yet been
made patches Of scrubby grass, inter
spersed with much gravel are to be
seen and it does not take long for
the casual passerby to tell that lit!