Evening star., 1923-10-21

: " " pomologists and plant-life
specialists Of international
fame-substitute hickory shirts and
denim overalls for conventional labo-
ratory aprons and office garb, get out
in the back yard with spade, rake
and hoe, and begin to grow things
suburbanite style, you may be sure
that extraordinary results will OBJ
tain. Leastwise, that IS what has
happened out Takoma Park way,
where the Takoma Horticultural Club,
the best garden club in the world,
has worked Identification wonders
with the flower garden and orna-
mental paintings as slightly home
adornments.
If, perchance, you were familiar
with Takoma Park as II looked nine
years ago. and If you will take the
trouble to view It's residential sec
! tions today, you will see transfor-
nation as astonishing as though It
had been worked by some eerie-
eyed eastern magician. Streets that
formerly looked drab and drear now
are naturally so attractive that you
pace them a second time in honest
admiration. Homes and lawns that
color now are bowers Of beauty. You
stand awe-struck for the moment to
gaze again and again at the marrels
which carefully planned and sys-
tematic paintings, flower culture,
shrub-raising and lawn and home
Identification have accomplished.
There Is one amateur gardener who
annually grows more than 200 diff
identify and name every one of them.
Another enthusiast specializes In
roses Blooms of over a hundred Diff
ferent families adorn his remarkable
garden. Still another of these
! suburbanites breeds and raises superb
iris plants SO excellently that his ex-
hibits ordinarily are in the money
at the notable Madison Square Gar
den (Sew York city) flower shows.
Bulbs from his garden are now I'm de-
mand in all parts of America, where
the iris is favored flower. And
another expert grows Easter lilies,
eleven different kinds, out-of-d doors in
! an ordinary flower garden.
If you are a flower lover; If you
like to get out in the spring OF the
year and turn over the loamy earth
and prepare mellow gardens: IL you
enjoy watching the remarkable de-
velopment of growing things; II you
can see any fun in the garnering of
beautiful flowers or dew damp vege-
tables; il you are interested in one
of the outstanding features of horti-
cultural Washington, it will pay you
to study what is being done in this
suburb.
n IINE years ago the Takoma Horti.
~ cultural Club came into being.
, Yes. 1t is a garden club, but II is as
, different from the general run of
Horticultural organizations as turtle
soup and plum pudding are disakin.
, The Takoma Park project-it now
has $50 members, one-half Of whom
are scientific experts OF the United
States Department of Agriculture, the
best body OF farming investigators in
existence--is really a miniature COL
lege of horticulture. for the organiza-
tion provides efficient facilities by
which the novitiate to flower grow
ing can learn all the scientific secrets
of the home garden as condensed and
boiled down by national authorities.
Did you ever hear of a suburb that
offered, free OF charge, the services
of one of. the leading landscape gar
denerS in the country for the beauti-
fication of its homes? Wouldn't you
get lots OF pleasure out of flower
raising II you could call on some of
the best horticultural and botanical
specialists in the world for aid every
time something went wrong In your
garden? Couldn't you afford worth
while garden IL you could purchase
your seeds, plants, fertilizers, garden
tools, lime and other materials CO.
operatively at cut rates? Wouldn't
you enjoy exhibiting your flowers and
the vegetable produce Of your garden
for prizes in community shows with
your neighbors? Wouldn't you like
to attend illustrated lectures once a
month where eminent experts would
tell you about the mysteries Of plant
growth how to spray and prune, how
to control diseases. how to fertilize
and about all the other how to dos"
Of garden ing?
The Ta }1oma Horticultural Club
does all these things and many more
for its mem bers, whose ornamental
lawns and gardens as a result are
aiding markedly in increasing, local
real estate values.
The object of the society is to pro-
mote horticultural improvement by
serving as a meCium for cooperative
buying Of seeds. plants and garden
sundries; by encouraging, through
lectures and expert advice, artistic
paintings about homes, public build
ings and IN parkings; by advising re-
garding the varieties of flowers and
vegetables best adapted for local con-
ditions, and by stimulating. through
exhibitions and lectures, the planting
of more gardens and better and more
suitable varieties of plants.
Any resident of Takoma Park and
the immediate vicinity who is in SYM