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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 195a
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Spring Gardens
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By Olive Starcher
On every street, every country lane and sidi
road In the Rogue River valley one can find home
gardens which range from the pocket-handkerchief
size planted on a city lot and tended by the family to
xtensive ones tended by professional gardeners.
In May and early June most of these gardens
are ablaze with color, with iris, roses, snapdragons
and dozens of other flowers bringing joy to the
hearts of those who have been busy planting, weed
ing, watering and spraying.
Pictured today are four ardent and active gar
deners of the valley. Miss Claire Hanley (above) does
her gardening on the historical family ranch located
between Medford and Jacksonville, and is shown
here by the old spring house, built in 1855 when her
grandfather, Michael Hanley, took up the land.
Miss Hanley's two sisters, Misses Mary and Martha
Hanley, are also enthusiastic gardeners and the
three women not only tend the outdoor garden but
" have a small greenhouse. Miss Claire Hanley, a mem
ber of the Jacksonville Garden club, is now vice-president
of the Oregon Federation of Garden clubs.
Mrs. Elmer Wilson, 422 Beatty street, (below) gar
dens on a large city lot, Mrs. Wilson, shown here by
a white flowering perennial commonly called "gas
plant" because of the pungent odor given off by
. leaves when they are crushed, and Mr. Wilson "set
up housekeeping" at the Beatty street address in 1910.
Their attractive garden, filled with a variety of
flowering shrubs, perennials and annuals, is now
shut off from the traffic by a tall hedge and sheltered
by a spreading oak. Mrs. Wilson is an active member
of Medford Garden club, and last spring won two
prizes for flower arrangement, at the Jerome Prairie
Garden club's spring show.
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Though Mrs. G. W. Phetteplaee (above) Is a city gardener,
she has an acre of land at 2318 Capital avenue and is probably
one of the busiest gardeners in the valley. Mrs. Phetteplaee even
owns a little tractor, which she runs herself, and she grows vege
tables as well as flowers.
Mrs. Phetteplaee prefers a garden filled with bright color
and every spring plants two or three thousand annuals. This sea
son she is using the very dark blue petunia, Blue King, with the
newest petunia available, an Interesting dark reddish pink call
ed Tango, as a new color combination.
Mrs. Phetteplaee had just finished planting several dozen
salvia and is shown here holding an exceedingly large Elizabeth
Jordan amaryllis which is kept indoors in the winter time and
set out in summer. ',
Mrs. Howard Bush, 202 North Barneburg road, (below) Is
another gardener who does all the work on her city lot garden.
Mrs. Bush Is particularly interested in chrysanthemums and
dahlias, but also grows roses and other shrubs and perennials
and Is shown here with the spray rig which she uses.
. Mrs. Wilson, Mrs, Bush and Mrs. Phetteplaee are all mem
bers of Medford Garden club. Mrs. Bush, musician and bird
lover as well as gardener, often provides program numbers for
garden and music clubs as well as other organizations of the
yalley. (Brainerd photo)
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