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Show tory plants, which, once established, rouder a continual fdoasure. .- ' ' ' 'Vines. To cover neatly without bclu.g Iron-bled Iron-bled with tying up a ood vine, clinging cling-ing to rock, brick and even glass, ls tho genuine Boston Ivy, Ampelopsls Veltchl. Our old Virginia creeper (four varieties) Is good for milck effect, ef-fect, but does not cling So well For vhady location the Clematis Panlcul-ata Panlcul-ata (whlto and very fragrant), and' for sunny locations the purple Clem-' atis Jackmani, and the red Clematis (Vlllo do Dyon) are splendid. Of trailing roses the old-standard crimson cannot be beat. However, the Philadelphia Phila-delphia rambler (dark red) and tho pink Dorothy Perkins are ery good. Whlto nnd yellow roses are always short for blooming period, though the white Baltimore Bello and the Yel-Oow Yel-Oow irosoH are always wejl worth I having. We know aloiit a hundred more but to have tho best is to have enough. We see mistakes made sometimes some-times in planting tho old English ivy (Hodcra) at sunny exposures; In our climate they only do well at the north or west f-ido of a wall or building. Shrubs. Besides ihe well known, shnib.j of our rardens, we like to introduce to the layman or amateur, some really real-ly beautiful shrubs not very often met with, but very well fitted for this climate, cli-mate, as the following; Currant, with beautiful red flowers, China plum (fine pink), and Flowering Peach (pink), Kerria or Globe flower, from Japan; beautiful yellow and continually continu-ally blooming: Golden bell (For.'yth-la), (For.'yth-la), which Is the Urst of all to bloom (six days from now) with yellow bell-shaped bell-shaped blooms. Of lilacs, tho Persian and the Chinese Chi-nese cut leaved are worthy companions compan-ions of our well known old purple one. Being more a vine than a shruT), or rather coming In both varieties, the Trumpet Creeper, Cruclgera and Kadlcans are highly to be recommended; recommend-ed; a couple of the first-named ones could be seen last year at the Lagoon resort attracting very much attention by its beautiful orange-colored blossoms. blos-soms. A very good wny to fence off some plot with a hedgo is to plant Japan Privet, two to ono foot, planting deep nnd cutting back to about twelve inches in-ches or. eight Inches from tho ground. This plant requires much water to grow up rapidly, and .should bo kept cultivated on both shies and free from weeds. Purple nnd Thunbergs Barberry Bar-berry make a good hedge, and so does Japan Quince, which lj ali-o a fine shrub, sometimes called tbo burning bush, HiAOiuIng ten days from now. Some fine specimens may be seen at the city hall building preimds. Now commence to work and Improve Im-prove what can 1m made to bxik wll around your residence. Declare war upon any old and unsightly tree or 6hrub of which a great numler nbiiund along our streets, nnl take care of such by pruning and cleaning ns are worthy of attention; replacing those which are needed, -.md remember remem-ber that "Natura est ariiK MagUtra." We will be pleased to give the bout advice on all subjects of bautlflca-llun, bautlflca-llun, horticulture, etc, feeling gratified grati-fied already by tho numerous inquiries addressed to ui and tho extent of Improvement Im-provement In this line suing on in our city. SPRING HINTS ON FLOWERS AND LAWN Salt Ike City, Utah, March 21. Timely hints to the bonne owner who takes a. pcrsoual pride in the Appearance of his lawn and home are made in a bulletin Issued at the instance in-stance of the board of park commissioners. commis-sioners. Though Mr. Byhowvr has not yet been named an superintendent nf parks by the Salt Lake city council, he holds that position so tar as the park board ls concerned, and will continue con-tinue to get out bulletins on the planting plant-ing of lawns, trees, shrubs and flowers flow-ers and their care, until removed. This la the right time to start beautifying, beau-tifying, according to Mr. Bhower, and ho suggests that all lake a hand In making the most beautiful tHy in tho country. The bulletin is as fob. lows; Tho busiest time of the season has now arrived, ami upon the method of care beotowr-d upon tho care of trec, plants and lawns will depend tho success suc-cess nf the whole year. Right after the expected storms it will bo advisable ad-visable to clean with u good lawn rake the grass which will remove all dead growth, leaves, c:c. Such a combing, especially lor old lawns, will have a most beneficial effect. Filling up all depressions slth some roihI l.iam and scattering a littlo ,-eed at such spots will be a &ood thing to do. Ix-t us stato that a very good and Inexpensive way of giving a fine stlm-ulent stlm-ulent to any lawn is the scattering over of a very Utile wo.k1 athes wherever wher-ever available, and even the soot frim a chimney thinly sprinkled and washed wash-ed In gives a BtirprUlngly good growth nihl color to the grass. Now lawns should now be planted, using a good soli, as It is of no use - j I to attempt to grow a lawn on any poor, weedy or'Tucky soil; it Is .true, grass grows on almost any soil, -but to get a beautiful verdure it is neces- 1 sary to use a layer of good, rich and ! i clean soli, free from weeds and rock, I and where possible well fertilized to obtain a sward of lasting quality. The seed of such a lawn should be good Kentucky blue grass, mixed with one-1 sixteenth of white clover, and such ( I a lawn after plaining should be well kept In moist condition, for one day of dryness when once germinal ed will certainly destroy every part of It. A mulching of straw, at every exposed location, and certainly at slopes Is necessary. We hac noticed some lawns planted with red top grass, but this being more In the line of acrlcul-ture, acrlcul-ture, wo strongly advise to the maker of such lawn "to go back to the farm." Now is the time to finlrh up the pruning of shrubs, and rose bushes and, regarding roses, we want to give this information; During the last years nearly all the rose plants In our city have been bad- ly affected with what is called "mildew." "mil-dew." It is a fnngiiH. making tho bush appear llko it were covered cov-ered with a white coating, I which disease some three years ago nearly ruined all ihe beautiful beau-tiful roses at the lagoon resort. Now, a remedy Is not to be found, but a very good preventative Is this: from now on, and. say, every week following follow-ing till tho roses are In leaf and bud, to sprinkle, or better, dust with powders pow-ders of sulphur the whole bush, making mak-ing tho powder adhere ly first wet-tlug wet-tlug tho plants. By further repeatedly repeated-ly cultivating the soil around the j bushes and occasional fertilizing with liquid manure, your roBei will most , certainly be a success. Now ls albo tho time for planting tree, shrubs, rose bushes, lnes, etc. In regard to planting, we deem it very advisable to attend to the following points: In planting, make plenty of largo holes, using pood rich s.ill and no manure in contact with the roots, fairly well tramp down the soli after filling around and in between tho roots, or wash down the soil (puddling) (pud-dling) In the holes. Cut smooth with a sharp knife the bruleed ends of tho roots and trim off after planting ropo I bushes to about elcht Inches from the ground, and about one third or one-lourlh one-lourlh of the length of wood from each tree or shrub, (this means from j the Inst year's growth). A good tree, or other shrubs, planted In such a Wanner is hound to grow, provided It-Is It-Is iu gooj condition, not dry or shriveled shriv-eled when received, and In no other manner can be expected to do well. When we consider that every year In our city not less than Bifio rose plants nnd a great number of deciduous decidu-ous shrubs and trees are. set out, the small number of ood rose bushes seen does not prove that the planting of same Is correctly done. Now, also plant your sweet pea, seeds of wild cucumber vines, morning morn-ing glory, hardy bluebulbs, gladioli, daisy, pansy seeds or nasturtiums, sweet allytsuru, Portulaca, magnon-ctte, magnon-ctte, ect. However, for the majority of varieties of annual flowers It Is too early yet. Perenr.ial Flowers. When one remembers to have seen a regular old fashioned flower garden, he will undoubtedly agre; with ua the usefulness In natulm; a few of thoso old but beautiful plants which always can lm SHt?n In gardens of this ttyl.-; Perennial popple, bleeding heart, per-eunlal.llax, per-eunlal.llax, golden glow, the old English thrift, wall flowers, rocket, larkspur, fox glove, plnk3, hardy car-nation, car-nation, love la a rulat, cuIunVjino, Adonic, etc., etc., ar a few of the vry Ions list of tLeso most tsicbfac- i |