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LANDSCAPE GARDEN SERIES 





Fig. 9 A yard and garden contest will do much to arouse the owneis of hum- 

 ble homes to the amenities of attractive grounds 



PEOPLE INTERESTED. 



Davenport is a city of fifty thousand people. We have approxi- 

 mately eight thousand homes which have yards, not including flats and 

 dwellings which cover the entire property. 



In 1913, the first year of our contest, one home in every twenty 

 was entered ; the second year, 1914, one home in every six, and last 

 year, 1915, one home in every five was entered in the contest. 



In 1913, the first year of our contest, there was not one home in 

 fifty in Davenport where any particular effort had been made to make 

 the home yard attractive. Today it is the exception to find a yard 

 occupied by an owner where some attempt has not been made to 

 beautify it. 



Although our movement was intended primarily for the workingman, 

 we found the interest so strong that we created classes for those who 

 did part of their own work and for those who maintained hired men. 

 We succeeded in interesting every class from the poorest man to the 

 millionaire. 



We had four hundred and ten entries in 1913, fourteen hundred 

 and seven in 1914, an sixteen hundred and twenty-two in 1915. 



