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some and so on during the day.
Naturally this gets a bit irksome
after a while, but Mrs. Paddock Is so
keen for the success Of the plan that
she wants TO be as helpful as pos
sible. She urges every n to Join
in and help the movement alons.
Have a window box and put some
thing in it," she urges. "Geraniums
can be bought for 10 cents apiece or
two for rs and q pot Of Ivy for 20
or 25 cents Or you car plant seed
and grow your flowers yourself. Sweet
elyssum. nasturt1ums. morning gloriee.
forget-me-hots. all grow nicely from
seed. Among the plants are gerani-
ums. English ivy. pansies. begonias,
daisies. fucbsias, wandering Jew. hello
trope, all of which thrive out Of doors,
and the plants can be bought for SO
cents q dozen.
"A very convenient frame for potted
plants has been invented by a young
New York lawyer and Is on the mar
ket. It is for pots, not Tor boxes. and
has the advantage of being pretty,
strong and well made. When deco
rated in pink. blue or green II Is very
KAY anu ItEllN'. IVY 'oiiit " ~"
cents zach or s1.10 for three in a
set and they are approved by the
Safety First Society.
in winter the flowers can he re-
placed with sprays ~ holly which
stay green out of doors for two
months at least. or little cedar trees
| without roots ran he stuck In, as we'll
! ns sprays of bitter sweet berries, al
ways cheerful to look upon in winter.
For a few cents can buy a bit OF
green stuff from one Of the big whole
sale dealers In Twenty-eighth street,
one that makes a speciality of green's.
Even the Southern laurel the grocers
tuck in with their fruits and vege
tables will keep green for weeks and
a spray OF holly is always artistic.
"And then"-and here Mrs. Pad
dock stopped for a moment to lend
emphasis to her words-"if every one
who has an abandoned Christmas tree
will only plant II In her front or hack
yard instead NJ casting an unsightly
object on the ash heap. or will break
off the branches for window boxes, II
they have no yard. they will be re-
warded with a bit Of green for the rest
OF the winter"
Since Mr.. and Mrs. Paddock set up
housekeeping in Grove street other
artistic folk have gradually found
their way there until now there 10
quite an artists colony, each member
OF which has worked individually
for the Identification Of Greenwich
Village in general and Christopher
Park IN particular. At IS Grove street
lives F. Netelli. the landscape
gardener. who delights In an interest
Ing old house empowered with vines
and flowers and In the . a charm
ing garden. with u dial. artistic
planting and a quaint box bordered
brick path leading to a studio at the
end of the lot.
Mr.. vietelli and his family are also
privileged to enjoy the italian coll
onnade which connects Miss Helen
Stokes's house text door with her
studio in the rear. Miss STOKES, who
Is the daughter Of Arson Phelps
Stokes, has brought into the compost
ton this bit of foreign architecture
with telling effect. With its creamy
brown plaster and trailing vines II
looks like nothing so much a. Q leaf
from q Roman scrap book. for no one
would ever dream II was the heart of
Greenwich Village in little old New
York.
Around the corner at l3s Washing
ton place lives Mrs. Henry NJ. Hall.
who look one Of the old houses In the
village and with paint and flowers and
artistic taste transformed II into one
OF the SHOW" places Of this section.
which seems bound to become as
famous in it's way as the Latin Quar-
tier Of Paris. although the distinguish
ing feature Of Christopher Park will
always be It's window boxes and the
crusade that made them possible.