The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-08-19
DOCTOR HAS A
GOOD SIDE Line
Clty's Popular Surgeon Has Some
Interesting ecreatiOn-Remark-
able Gladiolus and Beans.

DR.. Hoyt is pretty well fixed to
say it with flowers, but at that,
Horticulture is one of his minor
habits, the deep seated character of
winch is known to only some of his
most intimate friends. That he comes
mighty near being an expert florist is
| a matter that he keeps under his
hat. The love for the beautiful in
| nature, has lured him into flower gar
denlng as an outdoor sport, that has
superseded golf, saving wood, or the
other fads, that many of us who are
% years young, are wont to follow
as an antidote from hardening of the
arteries, and as a substitute for real
work.
An inspection of the doctors back
yard by the Courier man Wednesday
morning, was pleasant and surpris-
ing. He has many hundreds of dol
lars invested in rare plants and bulbs,
which are receiving his loving care;
the display of Gladiolus comprises
more than thousand bulbs, some
very rare. AS one saw their lovi-
ness, as they radiated the bright sun
light, in a thousand tints, some old
and familiar, and other new, un-
named and unheard of, in any of
mans color schemes, one was over
whelmed, not only with the magnifi-
cence of natures best handiwork, but
with the seemingly infinite shades
and tints, that are comprised in the
spectrum. No artist could approach
them-no chemist initiate them. The
display is easily one Of the greatest
in the country, outside of some un-
priced botonical garden, and it is
doubted if it has peer as an amateur
production in the United States. 1t is
to be regretted that the beds could
fairs.
But this is not all, DR.. Hoyt has
taken on a side line and will here
after produce vegetables and garden
truck also-specializing on beans. In
this chosen branch of science, his sue
cess this year puts him in line with
any bean raiser in ancient or modern
times; he bids fair to out do the IA
nous Jack, of bean stock fame,
whose achievements have been hand
ed down in fairy tales. Following his
desire to obtain the unique, in answer
to an advertisement he obtained some
seed beans, of the "New Guinea" var
iety, and planted them near a trellis
so that their tropical foliage might
be utilized. This proved to be good
thing, only the trellis is not high
enough; both vine and pods have de-
veloped with all of the health,
strength and unexpected size, of the
Republican majorities of last fall.
Measurements taken of the largest
pod Wednesday morning, showed it to
be 30 inches long and 13 inches in
circumference; there are several 9TH
ers ranging around "a and 26 inches
in length and with diameter in pro-
portion. There is no telling where
the growth will end; holes are now
being sunk to accommodate the
growth which still continues with
magic like rapidity. The Doctor says
he knows how the man felt who had
hold of the bear; he fears he will
have to move building from the lot
in order to make room for the beans.
He don't know when they mature;
they may withstand frost and grow
all winter. The beans will be ex-
hibited at both the county and state
fairs, and no doubt high degrees and
titles will be pressed on the exhibi-
tor, with medals and crosses and all
of the other appurtances. We shall
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