Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-09
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| ''iS ho"Sio lHdL doom IN Lne
spring are making Harrisburg de-
lghtful these days and there is no
part of the city where gardens are
not glowing with the colors that
bring JOY to everyone. To be sure
| the dandelions are putting forth
| their best efforts and many a lawn is
sadly dotted but even they are add
ing to the color scheme of nature.
Many gardens and plots are now re-
paying the care given to them last
spring and if a city flower show
! was 10 be held, many rare and choice
! blooms would be displayed. Some
| of the gardens out in the newer res
| idential sections on the Hill have
some flowers in bloom which are
well worth taking an automobile
trip around town to see, while sew
eral Front street homes are racing
with Second and up Third street
street gardens for honors. Harris
burg goes in for spring flowers. The
tulips have had their day and now
the second division of the floral pa
rade is going by with the roses and
the peonies in the distance.
Preparations are going forward
Tor the holding of a rose show in
| ilarrlspufg next month, the dates
to be fixed according to the weather.
wmch somewhat governs the rose
season in this locality. Last season
the first show ever held, STAGED in
the Y. NJ. C. A. building, brought
out very large number Of exhibi-
tors and 1T is believed that these
can be greatly increased. J. Horace
Mcfarland, who has some OF the
rarest roses grown, has a big aud
famous garden at his home in Belle
Nue Park and this city is the home
of The American Rose Annual,
which is the official organ Of the
American Rose Society. So there il
no reason why Harrisburg should
not have one of the finest rose
shows in the State.
Mr.. Mcfarland is one of the most
enthusiastic rose breeders in the
country. The rose future is bright
with rose PROMISE" said he the
other day I'VE are breeding roses
better adapted to the variable chm
ates of this land, of undoubted hard
mess and vigor; roses bloomin~
more finely and more freely: roses
good to look at for habit and foliage
when flowers are few. So it may
be, as our friendship for the Old
World becomes less dependent and
more brotherly. forcing upon us eff
forts and results here. We should
have men in America making roses
as well as Paul and Dickinson and
McGrecdv, as finely as Gullot and
-Ducher and Barber, to the
end that America may feed new
rose blood into the gardens of Eur
ope from which she has long drawn
in careless ease"
"a number of people in the vicin-
ity of Harrisburg have started TO
grow the loganbcrry," said T.. i.
Rockwell. the small fruit expert to
n Telegraph man Yesterday. "The
loganberry is practically n new fruit.
= obtained by. hyhridiZing and red
raspborrics. Tt possesses the dark
rcd color, texture and flavor of the
raspberry and the size of the big
gcst bla ackberry. Quite a few peo-
pic in the East are growing them,
, although it was once thought they
would flourish only in certain of the
Pacific Coast States" Mr. Rockwell
reports the planting in homo gar
dens of large numbers of raspberry
and strawberry plants this spring
and last fall. Strawberries in par
ticular are coming into favor with
homo gardeners because Of their
hardy nature and ability to with
stand winters of the most severe
character. Very few pests disturb
the strawberry.
Cleanup week should he more
than mere formality." said Mayor
Keister yesterday. THE CITY can
I. clean only the public places and il
has difficulty in going beyond that.
to reach the individual who permits
, his own premises to become a mon
ace to the health of himself and his
neighhors 7 wish 7 could impress
t on everybody the Importance Of
'oininG with the movement now un-
; dor way. There arc large numbers
, who are cooperating heartily but
there are others who do not paw
, any attention TO the cleanup cam
| paign."
7. y. Dickinson. tho monument
man. has inst returned from Erie.
where he attended n convention of
the Woodmen Of the World. The
other evening. talking with Charles
Stevens, following n meeting or the
Rotary Club. he noticed that Mr..
Stevens had almost lost his voice.
duo 10 severe cold.
: reminds mo of n man T mot III
T9rie." said Dickinson. zone of the
delegates had lost his voice from too
much cheering and singing" An
+ other Woodman approached him
: and said:
'T'r awfullv sorry for Won: in
deed I am. 7 know how You must
feel 7 can sYmpathize with Won
from the bottom of my heart We
, have the same trouble in our family.
, My wife often loses her voice
, thank the good Lord"
Among visitors to the city yester-
dav was Fred Newell the Canton
editor, who has spent much time
g. delving into the history Of the north
ern counties Mr.. Newell is eager
to hav" the old Indian trail incor-
roratcd into the Susquchanna trail
l ''The real Susquehanna Trail" said
: he. was that used by Shlllemy. 1t
| went up the valley of LyCominc
Q creek and is we'll defined. IT is a
( beautiful country and should he the
/ line of a great highway some time"