The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-04-24
CITIZENS TALK
GARDEN WEEK
TO STUDENTS
Present Subjects to be Used
in Essay Con-
test
BEAUTIFY
Atty. Young, DIR. Gilmore
Mrs. Quain, Mr.. Jackson,
MIR. Bell, Speak

sides, and boulevards should be
planted with trees said Atty c. l..
Young in presenting to the fifth and
sixth grade pupils at Will school
the subject of a "wcll planted city"
THE home grounds should be
planted with trees so that the shade
would not interfere with the flower
gardens in the front or the vcgeta-
bic gardens in the rear. The trees
best adapted to the city of Bismarck
are elm and ASH said Mr. Young.
"All home grounds should have
shrubbery at the sides of the lot or
against the house; the kind of
shrubbery to be planted depending
upon its position. In planting shrub
berry it should be IN clumps 50 far
as possible, and varitics selected
that will live through the winters,
all with the view to having differ
ent kinds of shrubs flower at differ
ent times. The home grounds should
have flower beds. There should be
perennials wherever possible. The
flowers to be grown should be low
or tall in accordance with their To-
cation. Where perennials are not
possible there should be ANIMALS,
depending more or less upon the To-
cation in which they are to be
grown and on the taste Of those
growing them.
"Flowers too should be grown in
holc ptrninrf The alamo
side of the lot so as to leave space
for the lawn
Beauty of Nature
Rhythm, balance, and symmetry
are just as essential in pleasing the
eye in a landscape as they are in
Melvin f. Gilmore in speaking on
the "Conservation of the Beauty of
Nature" Friday morning at the high
school.
at is just as painful a discord to
see the wrong combination Of objects
as to hear the wrong combination of
sounds" asserted the speaker.
Both the sense of beauty of OBJ
jects and the sense of beauty of
sounds are susceptible to cultiva-
ton. AS examples of the beauty
in nature the speaker pointed out
the following:
l. Landscapes in completeness;
elements Of landscapes in particu-
lar, as streams, lakes, hills, valleys.
forests, groves, copscs, individual
trees, wild flower masses, and in
dividual wild flowers.
2. Descriptions of beauty of ma
ture of this country as left on rec
ord by some of the early travellers.
Heirs Of Nature
owe are heirs and stewards of the
said Mr.. Gilmore. Our responsible
ty to those who are to come after
us can not be overlooked The way
in which to conserve these beauties
is to refrain from needless destruc-
ton, to deposit junk and waste ma
tcrials at places for that purpose, to
let the wild flowers produce their
seed instead Of plucking them while
in bloom
"To show care in the gathering of
fruit so that vines or branches are
not broken.
Uses Of Trees, Shrubs
"The uses of native trees, shrubs,
and Towering plants in identifying
our homes and our city" were ex-
planned to the pupils of RichhoIt
school Friday afternoon by DR.. Mel
vim r. Gilmore.
Reasons for the use of native
plants as given by the speaker were:
I. To keep distinctive local char
.cter
2. Keep harmony Of surroundings.
3. Assure success.
4. Preserve native species which
ire becoming crowded out.
s. Value for scientific study.
1t is by the native plants that we
IAN learn the normal behavior of
,lant life in conditions to which it
$ best suited. Plants introduced
nto new conditions, strange to their
species, do not behave in normal
way. Native species are needed as
Indicators of probably success in
growing crops Of related species in
Native Species
Trees which can be planted with
success and which are native in
Al .a1, I.