ALL SORTS OF DE- 

 VICES FURNISH VA- 

 RIETY AND SURPRISE 



CONVERTING WASTE PLACES TO BEAUTY 



WARFIELD WEBB 



Applied Imagination that Transformed a Gully to a 

 Sunken Garden on the Fringes of a Mid-western City 



URST let it be said that the beautiful garden, the at- 

 tractive lawn does not of necessity have to surround 

 a country mansion, or a home of more than ordinary 

 pretensions. Take a gully such as this one in 

 an outlying section of Cincinnati, before its redemption a 

 waste spot, unkempt and forgotten, and see what miracles 

 may be wrought by planting. This particular section of ground 

 separated a private lane from the main avenue, and was seem- 

 ingly a place unworthy of any consideration. It was, however, 

 purchased by Mr. Myers Y. Cooper, who, seeing its artistic 

 possibilities, had it cleared, planted trees, shrubbery, and Honey- 

 suckle to brighten up the dreary slopes in their desolation. 

 The lots were later sold, several modern homes builded, and the 

 owners, appreciative of the possibilities, continued to develop 

 the landscape scheme begun by Mr. Cooper. 



The result amply justified their efforts — the complete trans- 

 formation of a desolate gully into a sunken garden that is now 

 one of the beauty spots of "the Queen City." Flowers in 

 profusion, fountains, sun-dials, pergolas, steps of rough-hewn 

 rocks, rustic seats, shaded nooks — everything that tempts one 

 to linger and enjoy. 



The garden is 335 feet long and 267 feet at its widest point, 

 being located between two streets. This once despised and 

 barren waste, transformed in almost fairy-like fashion by 

 man's imagination and ingenuity, convincingly points the way: 

 so many other spots lie waiting for the gardener's handiwork. 

 Similar waste places with hitherto undreamed of artistic possi- 

 bilities are found in and about every city. The value to any 

 locality — not alone in cold dollars, but in essential health and 



happiness — of an attractive environment is incalculable. Why 

 should we continue to be oppressed by forlorn city wildernesses 

 when beauty may so readily be had ! 



STEPPING INTO A SUBURBAN FAIRYLAND 



The visitor to the "sunken gully " is immediately keyed to a mood 

 of expectation by the rather mysterious but friendly approach 



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