Show FLOWER BEDS ARE beinli MANY LAWNS ARE INVADED BY DARING THIEVES people on the bench have complained to the police department cers to take action garden thieves are again active and complaints come to tho the police station almost daily thia this morning august kei of twenty sixth citret street reported thai that a choice flower bed in his front yard had bai been robbed during the night of its beautiful spring blossoms blos onas the thieve are evidently making a business busine 4 of selling cut flowers fl wera a they do not mutilate the plants but exercise some care in cutting from them i whole beds of hyacinths have been reduced to bulbs bulb by these j nocturnal prowlers whose eliose choice however does not stop abort short of any marketable flower in sight the tile bench seeing seems to b be the fhe richest field as all complaints coine come from above washington avenue not enly private gardens suffer but the public parks have been stripped of early decorations the thieves work with system dyste m evi dently they locate a number of beds and attala until the plants are in full bloom when they commence to act only full grown flowers are cut and these as soon ag as they arrive at a stage of maturity special efforts will be made by tho the police deportment to capture tho the van dais and ani stop the work of deserra j uon |