Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-08-01 | Page 3 | Old and New Combined to Form Unique and Charming Estate

I Dignified ed G Garden Proves Restful ul B Beauty u y Spot t S S S S 5 S SS d' d S S t S 1 4 TJ 1 S S. S 4 f S I S SL L S- S S c. c S S S S 55 S S 5 5 f 5 S 5 t S S 1 S 5 7 5 S S S. S 5 S S S S.- S. S S SS S S 5 L 4 S S Srn'S t tj j r 4 f f'S S 'S SI I. I V. V S t S 5 S. S 5 S S S 4 4 S. S 4 S 55 5 S- S S. S k 1 4 r 4 5 c 55 4 1 5 r 4 5 4 ev 1 S fui Miss Lavinia ij Brown with th-he th her Doberman ber pi Pinscher h in tb o the Brown formal garden garden garden- I Old and New Combined to Form 5 Unique and Charming Estate By MAUD CHEGWIDDEN Telegram Garden Editor The old and the new have been combined to form a garden of unique charm at the home of Edward T. T Brown 1686 East Thirty Thirty- ninth South street Ancient fruit trees plum and apricot and apple cast their fragile petals each spring over young bulbs and new lawns while I a relic relie of pioneer days a granite millstone centers a formal garden garden gar gar- den whose beds were laid out out but a year or two ago Over a period of six years when the property was bought by the Brown family the garden has been planned and planted and although it is still uncompleted there Is evolving evolving evolving ing a country estate of dignity loveliness loveliness loveliness love love- liness and peace for the acreage lies hidden from sight of two nearby nearby nearby near near- by busy thoroughfares Evergreens Planted Much use has been made of coniferous coniferous erous crous evergreens in the gardens and although many o of these were of Infant proportions when they were set out just a few years ago they have now taken kindly to their new surroundings and this year in particular Mr Brown states have made enormous strides in growth Hedges of arbor vitae and d juniper provide both shelter and privacy while whilo dwarf junipers are mingled with deciduous shrubs in other plantings A deep gully runs behind the English English English Eng Eng- lish Tudor style stylo residence and the grassed path which leads down to the tho lowest point is bordered on either cither side with French lilacs exquisite exquisite ex ex- to sight and scent alike each spring Across the gully nd in I sight of bf the large windows of the living room is a planting of ot young blue spruce trees which will be mag- mag specimens in a decade or two Cutting Garden GardenA A feature of this interesting es estate estate estate es- es tate is the cutting garden by dry walls of extremely handsome native stone and reached by a short flight of steps in the crevices of which tiny creeping perennials have bave been planted Both annuals and perennials are grown here in masses in rectangular beds with path f golden tinted gravel intersecting them The timeworn old millstone at the convergence of the paths is wreathed around with flowered blue-flowered myrtle Among mong the flowers grown are pink and rose roso colored mallows with blossoms blossoms blos bios measuring eight inches in di di- di ameter Campanulas in variety columbines delphiniums phloxes irIses hellums and masses of ruber afford cutting material combined with a a. selection of annuals At present one of the most brilliant parts of the whole place is isa a border of f golden coreopsis sis als which tops one of the stone walls combining its color with the browns brownsand brownsand brownsand and reds of ot the native rock in excellent ex ex- effect