St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-06-15
Notes On The
Gorden Tour
Of Two Towns
by Marion Williams

Garden Lovers Club began at $50
a m. Tuesday June 5. 1856 in St
Paul at the home Of Laura Oliver
who displayed a beautiful split
leaf phileadendron and lovely
blazing rose climber.
Ann Mann and hubby who plan
ned the tour had several fine fruit
trees and beautiful hedge OF
peonies and llacs. Thelma Mann
and her husband had a very neat
front and back yard and grew
large blue and yellow irises. the
yellow yarruw, a wild flower /
admired was beautiful.
Leaving 81, Paul we enpoyed a
very scenic drive back to Mime
apolis, and noticed Oriental
peoples, and irises and hlacs along
the way.
Glorne Fassett had a beautiful
buttercup and lovely iris garden.
Mae Marshall displayed a we'll
planned perennial garden. liked
the clever idea Of the light bulb
Mae used to keep rabbits away
Marion Williams speciality this
year is her bird bath scheme of
cannas salavias, Lobelias, dusty
millers and yellow coleus and two
beustful namingos TO match bird
bath.
Ivy Msssengill, the Minneapolis
rose lady had a well planned front
and back yard display OF beautiful
flowers Matte Corners in her
lovely California style home is
having a professional landscaping
! job which is very lovely
Zerlina Bradley has very neat
front and back yard, beautiful
scdum, healthy grape vine and
rhubarb plants
Estelle Sims has a picture
pretty yard with beautiful flowers
Of every kind, a gorgeous patio
with a barbecue pit,
Lucille Shivers displayed a
well-planned vegetable and flower
garden, and such lovely hybrid
irises, Theresa Granger showed
her beautiful rose and green patio
surrounded by colorful summer an
nuals, Gladys Dixon has a nice
vegetable garden. She Is a lovely
newcomer to our fair cities. Eu-
nice Aston showed her lovely veg
etable garden and beautiful fir
tree. Bonita Nellie has a beautiful
white Towering bride bush and
several healthy peony bushes.
Vern Lucas, a carefully planned
yard, beautiful plant called
Geum, a member Of the Dolphin
ium family, the prettiest coral
bells, lovely oriental peoples and
several Intercollegiate plants.
Alice Webster has a scalloped
arrangement around her back
yard Of pretty ANIMALS and per
entails, a Towering plum tree, a
new hedge planted in the front.
Hazel Clark, a true gardner
displays her garden beauty from
A to 2, has a truly beautiful anc
picture-pretty yard.
Whsle White. the president Of
the Garden Club. displayed a
beautiful foliage arrangement a.
round the barbecue pit. and ex-
tremely neat front and back lawn,
and many. many lovely flowers.
Florence Csssius, whose yard is
a picture Of beauty from early
spring TO late fall displayed a
number Of perennials and ANNALS.
all in a colorful rainbow scheme.
Helen Thomas displayed a most
beautiful hybrid iris arrangement
with pretty white Canadian violets
a pretty annual garden surround
ing her new garage.
Cordelia Ashley exhibited a
beautiful lawn and tulip garden,
lovely Iceland peoples and num-
erous arrays Of summer ANIMALS.
Daniel Russell, who has the most
beautiful crop Of lawn grass has
won many prizes. The perennials
rock garden surrounded with
beautiful wild ferns and candle
lilies. a thing 10 remember with
thick tufts Of lilacs, hedge, and a
wonderful string -bean garden.
The Carl watson's home, always
an enjoyable place TO 90 for gar
den beauty, displayed beautiful
] red and white lilies in their green
house and also tomato plants.
They also had five rose trees, ap-
proximstely rs African Uolets Of
various kinds, beautiful iris
garden and a wonderful vegetable
garden.
After the very interesting and
delightful tour, the members en-