Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1915 — Baltimore Sets Good Example. [ARTICLE]

Baltimore Sets Good Example.

About a year ago certain owners of real estate in Baltimore decided to create small parks ip the rear of their houses by tearing down division fences, and laying out the lots on each side of the midway alley, on a definitely arranged and uniform scheme of landscape gardening. In many blocks the fences were replaced by a continuous flower garden. Hundreds of house owners have co-operated in thi§ interesting effort to beautify what were formerly bare and forbidding wastes, and the city forester has given them every assistance. Many other cities might well emulate this example. Youth’s Companion.