Show Garden Urns Offer Pleasing Contrast Utility inUtility in Beauty By rAUD MAUD CHEGWIDDEN Telegram Garden Editor Urns Urns' for garden use may be obtained in a. a great variety of shapes and in many sizes from the modest one no larger than a abi abig bi jig big plant pot pot to those equal to hi hiding ing Ali Al Babas Baba's forty thieves The largest urns of ot course are not used for planting purposes uness unless unless un- un less ess they are fashioned like straw straw- perry jerry jars but are merely for picturesque pic- pic effect They are handsome handsome hand- hand some ome when pla placed ed on a brick terrace terrace terrace ter ter- ter- ter race race or on either side of a doorway or at the entrance to a special type of arbor or b by the gate leading to toa toa toa a formal garden and so on ori Strawberry jars are arc urns made in inmany inmany inmany many sizes around the sides of which from top almost to bottom are openings with lipped lons After the jar has been filled soil plants are set through these openings a and d the he result of a properly planted one is very nice indeed Vary Plants Not every perennial o of course Isto is iso isto to o be used in such a jar rather the choice hoice should b be confined to succulents lents and hd some of othe the cacti cacti and others I mentioned in this department yesterday that many of the garden adjuncts which are becoming so popular are arc being made locally of cement and either left in the natural nat riat- ural finish when they reaIl have havethe havethe havethe the appearance of an expensive bit bito bitof bitof o of stone stonO carving or finished with witha a glaze ze in various colors which makes them look like terribly expensive ex cx- pensive pieces of pottery They are priced most moat reasonably though and the fact that one does not have to pay freight nor endure the delay attendant on sending away for them nor have baye danger of breakage or d damage mage on the journey makes them doubly acceptable Watering Self Urn One Salt Lake City man who is turning out some especially nice pieces of this cement garden stuff has las hit on an ingenious idea for an urn If you have any of these ce cement cement ce- ce ment pots you ou will know that one has aas to be careful about watering to 0 do it often oHen otherwise the plants used there dry out and suffer The material of which the urns are made seem sec to absorb quite an amount of water This pot in qu question stIon was made madeo to o retain moisture so that for cemetery cemetery cemetery tery use or for tor gardens where the owner is away days at a time it Isa is isa isa a treasure Shaped rather like ah au hour glass it stands about two feet high maybe a little more The lower low low- er compartment holds water only no earth Over this a funnel fits which goes down to the bottom of the he water compartment When earth is placed in the upper section some of it passes down yn the narrow tube of the funnel of course and so is in contact with the water and by capillary action the whole contents of the planted part of the thear jar ar keeps mol moist moiL t. t Specimens placed in n. n such an urn could go for at least two weeks in the heat of oC summer And the urn itself is a charming piece of good design |