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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
7
A collection of gardening notes praises kale for quality after freezing, extols chrysanthemums for hardy beauty, and suggests mulberries to deter birds from cherries. It covers hedges like arbor vitae and buckthorn, planting spacing, watering, and weed control, plus eggplant guidance and a nod to Lowell’s June poem as a month’s life reading.
The Society of American Florists and allied horticultural groups announce a national flower show in Chicago from November 6 to 15. Officials say it will surpass any flower show the country has ever hosted and hope it will eventually exceed any in the world.
The passage urges citizens to avoid letting rich men monopolize beautiful gardens. It argues cost is not the main issue as many shrubs and flowers are inexpensive. Each person has space to display blooms and should plan with care to outshine those with money but little passion.
Among the most effective of shrubs is the dogwood. The national council of horticulture highlights three: flowering dogwood, red osier, and carnelian cherry. Dogwoods delight with bright flowers and vibrant autumn color, with twigs offering winter charm.
The essay catalogs climbing rose varieties Prairie Queen Seven Sisters Climbing Hermosa Lady Washington and Crimson Rambler noting Rambler as best known. It riffs on a red headed politician nicknamed Crimson Rambler and humorously extols pumpkins as quick cover for outhouses and fences while praising the oyster plant or salsify as a versatile, non polluted, non tainted garden vegetable with parsnip like appearance and oyster like flavor.
A Missouri botanist argues against rigid lawn beds and straight-line plantings. He cites national bulletins urging free distribution of flowers among borders, with carpet bedding reserved for parks and squares. He warns formal lawns clash with Nature and dull the landscape’s living rhythm.
The author calls for a broad movement promoting horticulture and landscape gardening for all people, opposing formality in favor of natural grace. It urges city and village beautification, tree planting, forest preservation, better roads and streets, attractive farms, and especially beautified school grounds to engage children, asking societies, newspapers, churches, clubs, teachers, and agricultural departments to join.
The New York Times notes William Howard Taft as a dynamic public figure with a history from Yale to law, politics, and high office. Born in Cincinnati in 1857, Taft rose from local reform circles to judge, solicitor general, and cabinet roles, earning the title the busiest man in a busy government as he steered through major national duties including the Philippines commission and secretary of war.
The article notes that in Maud Oklahoma households, women pledged to stay out of debt and now perform farm work while men cut railroad tiles, reflecting a wartime or labor shift in gender roles.
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