Show 1 1 no ME TOWI WHELPS TAKES DELIGHT IN GAR GARDENS DENS mrs france frances hodgson burnett one of thoe those who seemingly charm the flower flowers to grow there are few author authors who ho follow their pet pot hobby bobby to 10 assiduously as doe does frances dodgeon flod glion burnett anti her hobby la Is andl her iler artz boa at Plant doine dome near Man manhasset hasset I 1 L L I 1 1 Is a marvel of experimentation la in gar dening she seems to have the ability to coax moat most reluctant flower cut out of the ground when a new now se edmans catalogue arritt arrives other household a af faira fairs quite cease euch uch sordid matter matters aa an sleeping bleeping writing book books eating and talking chop shop till tb the catalogue has been crisscrossed criss cries crossed with approving marh marks and table li Is ilka ly ir to center about the gardens u a yacht mane mans centera centers about storms and rigging out but her present garden Is nothing as compared with the rare old gardens mr mrs burnett once had at her beautiful old manor house Mayth kra hall in england she mad made the most leau ticul garden in all kent it county noted tor for Lar gardens dens daca of the in mansion nalon stretched old brick alls bowing traces of ma sotir dating as far back as 1000 A D so son me of the walls wells were so old that areat cedars grew atop of them some were tumbled down gray with he its tracery of lichens among these quite old walls stretched many gar den the most interesting had once been an apple orchard the trees bad had rot ted away and the plot become a tangled 9 led wild back 0 the beyond here decided mrs tire burnett Du rnett she would have a IL rose garden in which to write ibm planted roses not merely in irk a fx fw format formal beds but in masses c roses and low shrubs making one great blaze of color 41 WIDTH OF COUNTRY ROADS los angeles times T a imes shows how imperative some system of uniformity has become uniform forra width 0 of country reads should bo be establish established el and strictly adhered to on each road running from the city to sea or to the outer boundaries boun darica of the county it appears that some roads on our present good roads system vary from 40 to feet feel the first figure Is as an nuch much too small na as the latter ie in too large it li Is laed indeed unfortunate that TO 70 or 80 feet tp I 1 not tha th 3 official width and the overhanging portion por tion sold ak abild the proceeds used to buy laad baad to the minimum up to the standard now that we e have a count county oard loard of forestry they should sho ld bo our chief highways but where shall be placed on a roadway varying in width from 10 to t lost it long graceful curven marked the transition from the width to ti another the problem would easily be solved but jogs lo lot angeles times GOOD IN SCHO SCHOOL OL GARDENS aside from everything elf else they bring dring teacher teachers and nd parents in cloer closer communication where school children have a been aa seeds and plants to take home no way hn hits been found to ascer tah bull icett except to visit the homa luckily the work provides Pr OTIdes an escuin and warrant for this for there 11 moma thins thing at borne home that belongs to the chool school feuilly teachers and pupils do not meet under circumstances favorable favo Able to loser and more friendly relations rela tlona the reverse Is usually the case and tid a the parent call calls at the chool school now the teacher call calls to inspect the garden an ark acquaintance result results with a 1 talk on an gardening simple but feces ary sary directions direct iove are given for garden work and all concerned feel feet better the and the pearl in the of inana experts ex pertis pearl are the product of decay the free pearls found in the common pe pearl art bearing mollusk are little tombs surrounding the bodies of the marine worm worms known as dis tomes in the month mouth of auguil august certain mol luski luskA are found that have numerous small reddish yellow points la the spot where pearls usually form then begins the imprisonment of the creature in the first stages the surface of the Is sprinkled with tiny grains of carbonate of f lime these granulations grow and take the form ot of crystals which end by form ire a calcareous deposit around the c creatures to a tur as body civlo civic center idea Is old the civic center idea Is not new it Is as oil all aj budding the tomm torum of pt roman city was flanked wh ich it courts of justice and building A of acim the agora of athers aa as cearly dearly as one may learn had its temple and schools and courts ot of law but in american cities only the oldest and the dewrst hive have their pub lie buildings so grouped that each may to 0 seen by itself and yet yot su 0 that all I 1 it at into at a consecutive architectural ichele UA fc |