LITTLE GARDENS 



of a rowdy district through the use of flowers, 

 lawns, vines, window-boxes and greenery. The 

 effect has been reformatory, not merely on the 

 appearance of the quarter, but on the character 

 of Its dwellers, for It has become one of the quiet- 

 est and most agreeable sections of the city. 

 Until the renters were stimulated by offers of 

 money for the best kept yards, the houses near 

 the factories had a forlorn environment. They 

 were surrounded by trampled grass, weeds, rick- 

 ety constructions and refuse. Now, a view over 

 the fences behind a house row will disclose abun- 

 dance of flowers, and the morning-glory Is espe- 

 cially in evidence as a covering for the fences. 

 It fairly loads those partitions with bloom and 

 leafage, and we have a park or garden where all 

 was squalor. The morning-glories are actually 

 rampant, and they pile upon the fence like green 

 breakers, flashing with multi-colored bubbles In 

 the early sun. 



When the architecture is worth while we do 

 not want to conceal it; and in alm.ost any event 

 we do not wish to cover it with vines so thickly 

 that the purpose or form of the construction be- 

 comes a matter for surmise. If Boston Ivy, for 



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