Show I j I i i Unique Development of Plant I i Life at Sal Saltair tair Gardens Ill I ll S H S. S 5 pc f y t i y v j p. p 1 1 I. I t. t Y f 54 r 4 5 5 t i L Top scene e shows sweeping lawn space and bed cf of riotous petunias in front of dancing pavilion To left left Carefully Carefully planned circles s in front o oi pavilion brilliant with geraniums and rare border shrubs To right right One One of the charming nooks to be found in unexpected places at Saltair gardens filled with phlox geraniums and other colorful plants Two men stood too on the pier one da day I at Saltair It was a long time ago aso They looked Just uie like an any other men mOll menon menon I on the pier piel that Ilay day bur there was a difference if ono one CO couth could I have taken a alook alook look 00 at their thou thoughts I It U cant can't be done on S sad d the ta tall II man i and he lie paused and looked looke up and down i ithe the thc pier for the thc I hundredth th time Well it St his try anyway anyay urge urged companion and the tall man min ass assented Things TImings went vent on just jUHt the tue sam S at Saltair for fol some time lime to all ai appe appear appear- r- r ances The sun shone down do on tho pavement nn and ma made Je It bright an and warm the lake lale continued to sparkle just as asit asit it Jt has lone done for hundreds of oC years ears ln and ind I the crowds swarmed armed over the stairs stalls and Into the lance dance hall halt and into I the water r without a particle of change having ha just as good times as they ha had I ha had for or years car But Dut there was a change going on Just the same The elt city florists shook shoal their heads Just as ae the tall man had done nn and said It cant can't bo ho done dune it Isn't practical practical practical And other uninteresting things but the tall man went on with his p planning and lila his work antI and one day h he hied him off to 10 California to the thc landof land landof of oC the sheltering palm palms to commune e with nature Soon great carloads of earth soft loam and grasses rn ses were seen traveling tra In the direction of Saltair pier worK worK- mer with trowels an and hoes elaborate dab dab- orate designs on on the thc cement Pe People stopped to look and one of or them said Looks IH like c they're there hard up for something sonic some ome- ome thing to do o. o The tall man came back and started In In the cement patterns were finished an and he lie be began n filling them In with things s which ha had come on omi tho the cars He spread a l la cr er of cinders on the thc ce cement ce- ce ment made hlade a a. drain drain through it down downto own to the thc water beneath and then covered coy cov I co ered It all up tip with soft sott rich earth about four Inches deep Then he lie took I II I the grass gras sod great quantities of or it and planted it H carefully In the loam and kept It moist for a long lime line I An And then people came out to th tho he I lal lake e and saw sa something that they ha had never ne seen there before before beautiful beautiful plots of oC grass rass and amid spreading lawn out ont 01 0 the salt water growing ro ln In graceful grace grace- ful fimi patterns circular triangular clusters clusters clus clus- of circles and heart shapes shape T n. n ii an 1 n of ot mysterious 1001 looking ln ob obJects objects objects ob- ob this time men inca caine came an and amid took tool I Ithem them out of oC the cars very er carefully and arll put them In a sheltered place The Theold old clr Job who Inspected the maneuvers maneuvers ma ma- ers neU of or the workmen passed re re- re marks They hey grinned at the time tall man manan an and amid said all the thc Idea Going to start a museum The Tho tall nih man didn't havo o time to sa say anything nc tie was vas too bus busy fixing things Drought In In One morn morning IllS IllS' a wonderful thing be began began began be- be gan to happen nt at thc time lake hake Great tubs of or palms palm hundreds of them were moved mO from their shelter and amid their heavy y wrappings and placed on tIme the pier Soon the thc whole place was a n dancing lan dan dug cing waving wa scene acetic of or graceful green g palm trees their leaves es fluttering In iii Inthe the tho sunlight and amid turning the tIme vast ast ce cement ee- ee ment stretch into a veritable garden I I If U th these thoe e things wont won't grow out here well we'll g ge ome more next nr t said Manager Iann r Joseph Nelson to time the tall man moan manby manh h by wa way of or encouraging the fht he skeptical ho horticulturist r I Ic ii i t u r I s L LAs As the tho summer wore away and the thc 11 aSs I c cnn nn and the thc palms waved an and spread their leaves len the lie veil II of oC lIc I lifted from time the tall man all and amid I I from the time florist lt frIends but it settled I down a again somewhat in the autumn 1 It Jt was lat late hate In the thc fall before thc they could coull construct a suitable for 01 the thc and cr came be before before be be- I fore Core tho they thoy could coul be bc removed remo to shelter Special 1 provisions had lial to be made mad for the palm pahn hot water pipes were placed I close to the time floor of oC tIme the greenhouse HO fa as ns to 0 set a row of tubs bet between them and when all nil was In readiness the thin plants plana were cro brought In but hut despite tho time lateness of the lie season reason not a palm was las harmed h by the thc exposure n 01 n tI louise on 17 All th s occurred several cral years cars ago Rg-O. amid today tollay Mr Ir manager of at the horticultural department at Saltair Saltair Salt- Salt air will tell you ou that hInt the thc gardens g on time the pier are arc proving preying to be bc not only a wonderful success but are revolutionizing revolution revolution- lung izing theories In the lie school of garden garden- ing In- It was a generally en rl lb believed ed that nothing could grow gross when In such close contact with the salt water and that I e cr every plant set out would woul have ha to be replaced tIme the next year ear b by a new one As S a matter of oC fact tact the intense heat heator of or the thc cement and anil the moisture at Saltair Saltair Saltair Salt- Salt air axe are Just JUNt what t tho palms thrive on and the ones not in the thc path of th the stiff lake hake are growing to nor ot moos size I The rho jet In iii the thc flower are also o flourishing despite the thc cutting cutting- lal lake e winds wind The more delicate delicate deli dell cate varieties of course cannot Iannot be handled han died with success HM ml the wind ben bend them to the ground round Sturdy plots of or geraniums bask In the sun gall gaily colored colored col col- ored ord old fashioned phlox an and petunias cluster in 10 riotous color amid dainty vines are arc beginning to twist t their tendrils ten tell eu- eu drils around flower pots puts an and to clamber clamber clamber clam clam- ber up tip th the walls ill Here and amid there In the most niost unexpected places one ono ers discovers a rare specimen from the Amazon with o. o ih roots growing from Its branches seeking seeking seek seek- ing the lie earth carth with great like lace leaves len of almost transparent green and huge wax vax G blooms bloom or a prim little box tree looking like a n decoration from froman an art ma maLA I lne There are dainty little lit lit- tlc the plants tucked away In corners corners corners' i nd d boxes under the windows filled vines blossoming plants plant which have been een arranged arrange in such subtle fashion that ono one Instantly thinks of or natural confusion of oC growth and yet a p perfect harmon harmony In Landscape Gardening Mr has given untirIng untirIng untiring ing and cn endless less devotion and amid labor to his plant family at t Saltair an and expects ts to 0 make the he pier a garden wonderland within the next two years or so Tile The possibilities for tor hn landscape gardening at Saltair in all It its intricate phases phase's are areso dr r so great that It is 0 only I a question of or time now now he declares until he will b be athe to I perform r orm some unique an and beautiful beautiful beau beau- feats with vines vinci and plants in iii all all parts of oC the pavilion To give ghe an estimate of or the enormous amounts of oC labor and materials en entailed entailed en- en tailed in the tue construction of oC the lJ flow flow- 0 Into 1 i. i vO 5 t 0 noa v. v J Chrls proceeded p somewhat as follows Seven cars of or soil and amid one ono and One One- ji i half carloads of cinders ha had to DC ne provided provided pro pro- vided before we could prepare space for Cor lawn and then ve we ve planted one an and one half carloads of oC so sod in inthe inthe the time beds behs we wo had hatI prepare prepared There are palms on the pier and It took tool two tio cars to bring them here from California There are about an equal number of or other plants larg- larg g- g ing from ferns terns of man many arl varieties tle to box and antI ba bay baYe We Ye have experimented with all kinds of plants with varied varle success and amid find rind that due to the se severe se- se vere windstorms the hardiest varieties ore the tho most practical for our use The Theother Theother other kinds will grow under shelter but when taken outside thc lie wind cuts cute them to pieces Wo 0 can leave e our palms and potted plants out of or doors two or three weeks longer here than the people in I town own because tho the moisture from the lake keeps oft off the lie frost and we have ha ne cr lost lostan anything from freezing ye yet I I I I I 1 Time The amount of ot water used In Ill sUpplying sUp Up- sup supplying plying the gardens with sufficient moistures moisture is enormous an and amid r ranks up liP Into approximately gallons n a day dax The water Is 15 brou brought ht out in hu huge e tanks In time the morning pumped up tip Into containers at the top of or tho time buildings s sa a and ard d connected with the theater water ater supply distributing system which ishichi forms Corms a network network net net- work over o the lie pier It takes five the hours or 01 more to water all nil the plants and amid the thc lawns are continually supplied throughout hout the time day the storms come carr carrying ln salt all spray spra over the lawns w we have have- to tobe he be c careful an and cut the grass rass very close chose wash off thc time salt with a strong water pressure and t see ee that lint lr C every particle par par- tide I is removed tl or 01 the thc grass comes to grief We Ye have had Imad no trouble in imi havIng having hav hay ing hug to replace the lie soil In n toe lite grass grassplots grassplots plots and It looks as though we c would not have hn to do o so for Cor a lon long bug time tinie We e eo leave the he box and anul other dge e eI shrubs out all winter and tho they thoy have never ne evidenced o d too 00 H severe Here ere exposure With ith tIle the splendid facilities now provIded provided provided pro pro- vided for the tIme plants used in lii the time S Saltair i gardens In iii the tIme hi big greenhouse sante remarkable growths are arc expected Tl Tile e possibilities are arc inexhaustible an and amid with witha a continuation of the splendid plen planning and amid tireless care of Mr 11 the lal lake o will take t Its place as one oCI of oC the horticultural wonders of oC the lie |