The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-09
Nm Lecturer
Delight Asdience
With Garden Talk


q the club who were interested in
~ speaker and the subject on
which she was to speak. The room
No. filled with interested listeners
Who thoroughly enjoyed the priv
j1oeo Of hearing . woman so WIDE
y Known and highly recommended
- IN authority on her subject.
urs. p. T. Burrows Of Davenport.
pgOoldent Of the club, introduced
he speaker.
Blenora Agresti illustrated her
talk with slides--pictures and dis
ffans Of old and famous Italian
esrasns, which wonderfully illus
trated the chafactsristics Of Italian
Rardsning and the wide use OF
Fountains In that beautiful coun-
Try. She traced the development OF
gardening from the remote past up
10 the present time. Rome was
Garden CITY," began the speaker.
One-eighth OF the city was under
Garden, and was a wonderful place
m that remote past in which gar
denlnx has its roots. The Italian
gardens are in accordance with the
traditions OF the classic gardens.
they are really = prolongntion OF
the home, q place to be lived In,
and are divided up into spaces to
meet the needs OF them who are to
live in them. There is the hippo
6rums suggestion. the sunny walks
and terraces for winter use, the
cool groves for summer. a vegeta-
bile garden and fish ponds. and the
many fountains.
The speaker traced the revival
Of the garden after the fall Of i'm
perial Rome, rs the cities rose
aeain. She compared the English
and italian gardens. In England
they are flower bowers. while in
Italy flowers are the lesser feat
ure. The flowers bloom about this
time Of year in Italy, and by June
they are done. This climate neces-
states the use Of other things than
Garden. So stone, water and trees
are the features. All the gardens
have fountains, even the smallest
ones. These are the finest express
sion OF Baroque art, the grotesque
style of the 18th and 18th centur-
lea. There are many terraces and
steps used, too.
The gardeners carefully adapt
themselves to the land. Italians
take landscape and put garden
in It. They do not try to make
landscape or nature. They are
mainly built on hillsides.
The slides were not alone OF gar
dens, but the last ones shown were
Of the International lnstiture Of
Agriculture, founded by the Ameri-
can, the late David Lubin. a Call
fornian who had the vision to see
what such an institution could dc
FOR the world. He was the father
OF this real economic league Of ma.
tons. Signora Agresti was Lubin's
enthusiastic hacker Of the institute
located in Rome. For is years she
worked with him. Her mission tt
this country is to promote Interest
In the institute. She explained the
wonderful work Of the organiza
ton. how through it one natior
helps another. The work is to keeI
the various nations in touch witt
the advances in agriculture. Since
the World war there has been more
than ever a need for just such al
organization. because OF the awful
want and distress in some coun
tries. Sixty-One governments ar
represented, and each delegate ha'
his Office where reports Of thu
crops growth and results are sen
and tabulated. 1t is a little parlia
inent of the world.
The welfare center was a beau
tiful bower of plants and flower
yesterday in honor of the lecturer
The stages were banked with fern
! and palms and flowers. and the,
: were used about the room as well
The Garden club is very mucl
enthused over the affair. the frs
venture OF its kind. and appreciate
the cooperation Of tri-city peopl
and to Mrs. Jordan for her help il
making the affair such a success
- we'll as to Major Beller. who ha,
charge OF the decorations and sc
cured the soldier guards as ush
err. The lecture cleared $40 70
the club.
Mrs. Harry B. Jordan Of the ar
senal had invited the members o
the Garden club to meet Signor;
Agrssti at a tea after the lectur
1t the Golf club. The affair wa
very charming. the guests being re
csivsd by the hostess, the honore'
guest and the club president, Mrs
Burrows. The vice presidents O
the three cities. Mrs. J. H. Hau
berg Of Rock Island. Mrs. Georg
Peek OF Moline and Mrs. Mathild;
Koehler OF Davenport, assiste
about the rooms.
Baskets Of nasturtiums and mar
guerites and Easter lilies ar,
amarylis were used in profasiol
about the rooms. and tea was serv
ed In the dining room.
hugo Schroeder OF Bettendorf,
recognized bird authority in thi
vicinity. will address the Garde
club at its next meeting Tuesda
afternoon at the home Of Mrs. I. s
White. His subject is Gamer
Studies Of Wild Birds
Miss Buckley Hostess to Class.
Z. Miss Dorothy Buckley. 51s TWEEN
ty-third street, delightfully."- enter
tanned the members Of the Joll
Workers class of the First Meth
0dist church last evening. A shor
business session opened the NEE,
ing and games and refreshment
were enjoyed the remainder Of tn
time. Miss Helen Brown. 1919 Six
teenth street, will entertain tn
class May 5.
Tri-City Embroidery Clab Enter
tanned.
Mrs. l.. H. Karwath. s65 Henr
street, Davenport, DELIGHTFULLY."- en-