Evening star., 1932-06-11
The Weedery, as it Is called. Is large

The Weedery, as it Is called. Is a largs
vacant lot luxuriant with wildings undel
the sole care of Mother Nature.
The hand of man has not tamperec
with these small Wild daisies, onions anc
other plants. commonly called weeds fol
want Of a better name.
And 1t is safe to say that no land
scape architect no matter how skillful
would have been able to secure quite the
same effect.
The Weedery has to be seen to be
appreciated.
Day by day, In every way it grows by
leaps and bounds, filling in the few
vacant spaces. its plants getting evel
taller, Its leaves becoming greener ane
larger
Here are mass paintings" which
would be the despair Of the cultivated
garden If the gardener were to attempt
to duplicate them with tulips or dog
toothed violets or the like.
Exactly the same effect could never
be secured. in all likelihood, because
the landscape architect (Cr Landscape
gardener, as he used to be called, more
properly, some may think would bt
under the baneful influence of the
dlctum about planting things too CLOSE
together.
Nature. the old gardener, knows little
about tcO close planting.
In her gardens plants grow side BY
side or not at all.
They must take their chances.
Here is the survival of the flttest ir
many forms.
The joke Of 1t is that all OF the
growing things seem to survive
See them crowded there next to each
other, their huge leaves overlapping, YET
each plant as fine an individual speci-
men as one could ask TO see.
They are weeds, some one says. thriv.
ing on poor soil and lack of care
They are plants, my dear sir. just
the same as plants in garden.
They are plants which years Of neg
lect, If one chooses to call it that, have
rendered peculiarly able to take care
Of themselves
They have become accustomed to 9
rather poor soil and little water.
Tney make the best of what they
have
Here is the wild onion, now sending
up It's peculiar seed capsules, or what.
ever one chooses to call them.
II they were upon cultivated plants
they would be regarded as beautiful
The color. a deep rose, is exactly thu
same tint which devotees Of the gladi.
o!us find so charming.
In rose. the shade would be de.
scribed in all the catalogues as lovely
Here. In the Weedery, only the curiou.
will notice its beauty
The wild daisy sends its modest
flowers up on the ends Of long stalks.
One by one. these little daisies are
insignificant. but in the mass. growing
there as part Of the Weedery, they
make a brave show, although theil
white is slightly green, and their yellow
little pale
Here is a group Of grass-like plants
sometimes called star grass, with pale
FIVE -petaled blue flowers.
Here Is the lace flower. so-called, with
its pannicles OF greenish-white blossoms
soon; the unwanted ragweed and the
wild hemp.
The latter is rampant grower. at
tanning a height Of 10 to II feet in 8
few weeks
They are all beautiful. in their way
even the really obnoxious ones. such as
the ragweed.
The ground cover" fer all this Is q
low, lacey looking plant which put
forth its seeds in a form commonly
known as "beggars' lice"
These lice" are green burrs. very
small and very green. which possess
the power OF attaching themselves
firmly to cloth, either wool or cotton
and 10 The coats Of animals.
Thus a dog or cat which plunges
into this small Jungle comes forth