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September 28. 1928 WILMBTTE LIFB . . ing. And ~ man dr~ving an old wagon through the flats, said thif the week before, one car had been there four days in succession taking away plants. A florist's car drove in while we were · · . there. or-Evanston wUI give a talk, taking as her subject, "Some Funci of Wilmette and Vicinity." She will discuss fungi that attack plants and also describe ·mushrooms that are common to Wilmette and the surrounding territory. ~I Garden Talks ENTERTAINED HERE Mrs. William McGibbon, formerly of Wilmette and now a resident of Cali-· fonda, is staying at the Orrington hoteL She is being entertained quite extensively by heJ' Wilmette friends dur· ing ~er stay. I -- ... ·- (Contributed by the Wilmette · ~arden club) I will tell you of a trip we took one Joseph Sean Girls Will day last week. The weather was deTake Hike This Saturday lightful, warm and sunny, when three of us started out to spend the day at Girls of the sixth, seventh, and eighth the Waukegan Moorlands. It semed grades of the Joseph Sears school in a pity a fourth person could not be Kenilworth under the direction of along to enjoy the wild flowers. So Robert Townley, athletic director at we stopped at several houses but we the scho.Pl, and Miss Gertrude Hernck, AT LOW COST found no ·one who had the power to hi~ a5sistant, will hike to Chippily ridge leave her household on a momenfs thts Saturday morning. They will Convert your present ice box into a cold storage system. notice and go. meet at the school building at 9 a. m. Then we stopped in the artists' col- T.hose going on the hike will cook ony at Ravinia to see if a friend there their own lunches at the ridge. Last could go with us, but her house was Saturday's Junior Scout hike wa'i a closed. We loitered about, enjoying decided St,lcc'ess, according to Mr. -the one without the motor - Lasts a life time. the glimpses we cought of the cottages Townley, who stated that sixty-five Manufactured by the Winchester tucked away in the ravines and the boys, the large5t number that has ever 'Repeating Arms C~mpany. picturesque gardens. Presently a wo - gone on a similar hike, went to the man caq1e out of one of fhe cottages forest preserve near Glencoe. Special price if your own ice box is used. "' and we; all started talking. She invited us in to see her home. We E · Ga d Cl b climbed down her ravine, admired her ven·ng r en u outdoor fireplace, and sat down a \ Meets Again Tuesday 607 MAIN ST., WILMETTE while on her stone terrace. We seemed . . . ~ regular monthly meeting of the Wit. 1789 1164 Peoples Gas Bldg., Chicago to be far away in the mountains. Sec- Evemng Garden club will occur Tuesing how much we liked it, she invited day, evening, October 2, at 8 o'clock, us to bring the whole garden club to at the Wilmette Woman's club on the visit the colony in the spring and have corner of Tenth street and Greenleaf a picnic there about her fireplace. We· avenue. The club anticipates a delightful were delighted with her. her hom~, and her ravine, and stayed on, talking, evening. Mrs. James Madison Stifler until suddenly we realized that time was passing and that, pleasant as ~t Large assortment of 250,000 choice native grown, hardy Perennials all was, it was not the Waukegan and Rock Garden plants Moorlands. So we asked her if she could go along with us. She could, and on the spur of the moment. \Ve had plenty of picnic things with us, hut she quickly gathered up some hacon, four long toasting forks, a coffee pot, coffee and cream and fruit, 3 Miles W. of Waukegan Rd. Telephone and we went back to the car much On DUNDEE ROAD Northbrook 230Rl pleased because we had found her. Before we realized it, we had passed \Vaukcgan and reached· the corner where one leaves Sheridan road and OUR KNOWLEDGE OF LANDSCAPE. WORK IS YOUR PROTECTION turns off onto a dirt road that leads Let u1 tell you all about it. Return this ad today. to Beach. At Beach, it is the safest volicy to leave the car and make one's GAGE ~ JORDAN, Contracting Department way on foot through the flats. But 2016 Central St., Evanston, Ill. our driver was a daring one who believed that where other cars had gone Dear Sir: she, too. could go in her car. So do·wn You may call at __ _ the narrow muddy road we went and through some deep, \vet ruts that retn reference to the following: quired slow and skillful driving. Cuhivating Arbor Vitae Evergreens We got out under a big tree, found lot 0 New Trees D Transplanting D Pergolas wood and papers to start a fire, and soon the fire was blazing and we were 0 Ne\V Shrubs D Black Soil D Hardy Plants toasting bacon and watching the cofon D Lawn Work fee. We felt like happy-go-lucky EVERGREENS D Trimming D Stepping Stones 0 Garden Work tramps. Not a little of our pleasure SHRUBS ~PERENNIALS came from our new friend who was Very truly yours. Call very original and amusing. Luncheon was over and the fire exJOHN OSTROWSKY tinguished, we started out to enjoy the wild flowers. Field after field of Highland Park 2098-Y -l flowers stretched before our evPS. Phone West Park Avenue Golden rod, of course, and small blue HighJand Park Show Garden a11d Nursery South of Deerfield on Waukegan Rd. · daises, and whole stretches of purple liatris. Then a lone . closed gentian was discovered. Then ladies' tresses. Then a colony of closed gentians. One plant of pink phlox. Quantities and quantities of grass of Parnassuslittle white flowers with faint stripes on each petal. Yellow flowers abng the water, not March marigolds. And then we saw a marvelous sight, · a colony of fringed gentians ! They were for l~rge or small places, call for the highest so bright and fresh looking, these · skill of the landscape craftsman. More and rare blue flowers, it made one happy i more, home owners are realizing the possibilities just to see such lovely living things. of rock treatment in portions of their grounds. They were the most beautiful flowers that we had ever seen and of the Our organization is being employed in this purest blue. work in greater capacity than ever. We strolled on and soon reached the lake. The lake was · almost as beautiful a blue as the gentians. We I sat down on the sand and let time drift by. LandactJpe Gardener· This is the wonderful Wauke~Z"an Moorlands, where. p-row rare wild GLENVIEW, ILL. Grounds of M. N. Rothschild, 1 1 o 9 Sheridan Road, plants that have disappeared from Glencoe, UliDois. Phones: Glenview 87 ~ 88 Rogers Park 6620 other regions near Chicago. It ought to be a safe refucre for flowers and birds, but the hunters are there shoot- SUent Relrigeratioa ICE·O·LATOR ICE.O·LA'lOR ARKUAL I'ALL SALB 6 for .$1.00 DUIIDEE ROAD PEREIIIIIAL IIURSBRY The Lowest Possible Prices ----------------------------------------------------- SUCCESSFUL ROCK GARDENS SWAIN NELSON & SONS CO.