Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 16 Jun 1932, p. 45

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week. took a swing around several Glencoe gardens. ate lunch at the Glencoe park overlook ing the lake and then continued on through \Win- netka. Kenilworth, lWilmette and when it came- time to start home they were gardien filled and - stili happy. One car lost the trail just before- r.oon and has flotbeen found at the present writing, but we cannot, blamne them, as anyone cati get Iost in the, Woods. Some of the womfeni said-that they -wilI tell other. garden clubs: "'.if they can only, do one, thing' during the *~ear. thev must take. this trip." These flsfront Woodstock 'are good ýgardene rs, and. have tip-top gardens themnselves, :but they like our, broken country and varied op- portu.nîties. One menîher of the part'. witii bis good Wife,' has, since the beginning of the :depression, started in. the nurserand; landsgcape business, and is' doing9 very nicelv. actually Making, the thing a !stccess. The location is on the highway a few. miles out of-' Woodstock. With note books in hancithey went through these gardens collecting ideas. becoming.acquaintéd- with new flowers ini actual groWing conditions. and getting, a.better knio,.ledge Of the valuesý of thé better known fl twerS.. Thev talked of using this trip'as a basis of further study Iiii CIlb meet- ing,ý during the later -months. *Tbhev ttnjoyed their basket lunches. spreadj out on the fresh green grass. They l grcatlY appreciated the hospitalily and courtesv of these garden folks w-ho welctt:ucd them to their gardens. Many Kmnda of Gardens The trip iricluded Formal gardenis«. Rock Gardens. Ravine. 'Shore bihl- side garden!z, Novelty gardens, bigý gardens and srnall.gardlens.. In ,fiâct. < the folks seemed. to like the smaller.1 more intirnate an(l closeiv compact; formai gardens. wherie colons. ar.,1 More prominent, rather *.than iit spread out designs. It w,%as again demonstrated that tt truc gardener cati see h)eatini just trees. in just spacious lawns. 111 mene flowers, in 'the green foliagej or the lowly cutting beds just as well as in the artistic -design, cool, and without these open lawns, the flowered borders could not f ully displav thieir charms. It would take a poet and 'a nature lover to df scribe trees, but these vis;- tors revelled in, the splendid ones which'iphabit oun, hilîsides., Trhev séeemed greatly impnessed by theý varieci pnogram of .outstanding gardens which the north shone af- fords. This. of course. is langely made, Foeu.rly Pommwà' rkBJestr C.. rýEv.ryething Eloctical IO..WU.tt. 2i4 SNOW Trim Your Hedge c " -and Enjoy ht!c Eleëtiimmer -mi .k.o#this c hardeat garden job a joy. Cuti, liv. Urnmes fauter thon ~'by hand-100. feet of er ~'agi, hedge (toppand sides)ý Sini 30 minutes. -Mgkes f te- Squent trimming easy, in. proving growth mnd appear- ance. 1deil for iidies,c bushes, grass edging, etc. RANDLEVeS C DEMNSRATON1151 Wibnett. Ave. Ph. WiL 214 EVER GREEN saws both your ilowers and you veg«ables. Kills, insects and ants, yedoes flot haringrassor tender S fohiage. Non-poisonous to hwrnans and pets. in- exPensîve-one 3 5,cent, botdle should last test of summner. JEasy ro ir,l Pleasant and safe to use.ý On sale at seed, hard. Elf ware, drug, department ILLS ANTI ANDamAoisti ms1cT.i stores anid flotists. 1'OrenniIaiar, iedding and tofdotoboxe planter SA LE ANNUALS VINES Wandering Jew ........ e Potted PLANTrS Afferatum. do ........ ..... 0e Aematmu, doit. ....... " FPuchsias, det S. Beigonlas. <ot*..............1 DuXtY Miller, do......e Petuni,., 0. do.... ....eh Vorbenas, don... Se Geraniuuu. do .....1$.20 anS up M'rJols, dos. 80e Neieusu.do ................e KIliotrope, dos.........e Lantana, caeh..............lie Zinnias,0..il scalill, o ..........0 F4napdranonsg, do......0 Stocks, dos .......... Liobelias, ï d. *1-1 ..- . ,40e Pentatenion, dox. . .Se Bachelor Buttonas,do....0 * Pan...s. do. .25e FlOts (lie doz. or v.0 er 100) Verbe,.a Toînatoeg Calendula pe$pers Snnpdragons CaIba#e Z#nnias Celery Enigllsb )aisics Marfirolds Cosmes Clarles or Nusie LANDSCAPE'< ARDENINC, Prairie. View, Ill, AMERICAN.FERN SOCIETY WiLD FLoWER PRESBRVATION SOCIETY: AmERICAN LANDSCAPB ASSOCIATION, Phono'IL 32 OflOftOflflflOOflIftflOftOft4ê

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