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Show PflRK OF BEAUTY IS PLANNED FOR POST Landscape Improvements Projected With Fort's New Hospital. "Elaborate plans for landscape improvements improve-ments aU'ort Douglas in connection with the construction of army general hospital No. 27. are beins formulated and it is planned to put the program into effect as soon as the building construction for the new hospital is completed. For several years J title attention has been given the lawns, walks and natural park facilities at the post. The result has been that, much of the ground that was once beautiful lawn, has become bare and even weed cocred. The main parade, that need to be a veritable park of green gras, has been tramped over so much In Die last two or three years that a. narrow nar-row strip across the eastern side is ' all the lawn left. The large circle in front of the barrack bar-rack buildings has become denuded of I grans and Is rather tinaightiy. All of the j grounds hove been nogW'ted until they hav fa lieu jnlo disrepair a nd become I weed bearing. j -With a Uttie improvement work and the planting of a. few acres of lawn, the post could bo made a. park of unsurpassed natural beauty and attractiveness. Com-paray Com-paray vely little work a nd expense would be required to sod the lawns, put in somi flowerbeds and make other landscape im-DrovementR im-DrovementR rha L would add 1 00 ner cent to the appearand; uf the place. Now tiiat the post has been converted Into a general hospital where the battle-battered battle-battered and war-worn heroes from the front will come to be reconstructed and fitted again for civil life, it is necessary that special attention be given to the surroundings sur-roundings of the hospital so proper environments en-vironments may be thrown about the patients. pa-tients. Nothing helps In this Way lke a beautiful and. attractive landscape as a Retting for the hospital buildings. The ! fort lends Itself admirably to landscape improvements and plans for an elaborate program to this end are being worked out. H Is proposed to plant every available acre in the post pioptr to lawn and then see that the grass Is given opportunity oppor-tunity lo grow and thrive. It is also planned to have a large number of concrete con-crete flower urns installed along the circle cir-cle in front of the hospital wards and at other proper placeB around the hospital buildings. These urns will be filled in the proper season with flowers of many varieties. va-rieties. It is also planned to instell flowerbeds a I various places in the new lawns where roses, hyacinths, tulips, pansics and various va-rious other floral beauties may be raised. Jn short, it is planned to convert the post into a great paik or outdoor flower garden where the eyes of the patients may always be greeted with a natural bea nty that is conducive to contentment and restoration of health and vigor. |