ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Saturday, August 31, 1996              TAG: 9609030047
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: C-1  EDITION: METRO 

FEEDING THE FLOWERS

LENGTH: Short :   17 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  PHILIP HOLMAN/Staff. Elizabeth Shute gives the flowers 
          in her front yard a little fertilizer and water in order to help 
          them along. She has tended her Roanoke garden for 50 years, getting 
          out there "practically every day during the summertime - except when
          the sun's real hot," she said. color.