80 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
foot border of turf line it, so that no precious space may be 
wasted. 
““The peony bush is rightfully the piéce de resistance of 
most small gardens, for its foliage remains a bright cool green 
throughout the summer. Spring is also represented in this 
garden by narcissus, tulips and iris, with columbine, oriental 
poppies and larkspur. Many wild flowers, such as trillium, 
Solomon’s seal, have oriented themselves in a sheltered cor- 
ner. A forest of labels indicates the owner’s interest in many 
different varieties of one plant. 
“*A little round summer house or gazebo is the principal 
attraction on a corner lot 65 x 51 feet. It is set 22' feet back 
from Humphrey Street and protected by a line of trees. 
The enclosing wire fence is covered with rose vines rooted 
in a two-foot border of pansies, and in the corners are grouped 
fruit trees, snowballs, ete. In the center, surrounded by a 
three-foot rose border, is the latticed summer house, of nine- 
foot diameter, offering absolute privacy from the passer-by 
who is only thirty feet away. 
‘‘Another south-side garden on Utah Place shows how an 
ordinary backyard, approximately 80 x 30 feet, can be trans- 
formed into a very delightful spot. The owner is not satisfied 
merely with growing plants but believes also in quality of 
production. Here he grew dahlias which ran away with a lot 
of the first and second prizes given at the Missouri Botanical 
Garden First Annual Dahlia Show last fall. The space in the 
borders and beds which grew the prize-winning dahlias is 
devoted to a very creditable display of tulips during the 
spring. These tulips include, among others, large specimens 
of Pink Beauty, Kaiser Kroon, and Pride of Haarlem. Pink 
rambler roses overspread the trellis work, while peonies, 
hyacinths, pansies, and daffodils fill the various small beds. 
Even all this leaves room for two broad greenswards, that fill 
the central area at either side of the walk. The owner of 
this garden has originated a very clever little propagating 
frame. It is three feet long, one foot broad, and nine inches 
high, made of boards and covered in front and on top with 
shaded glass. It slopes slightly towards the front in order 
that the seedlings may receive the sun’s rays more vertically. 
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