For names or comp—FEW sin.
“a. 111331861138. oalendnlax. pholx
ommondi. Verbena, stock. alter.
sen-la. and poppies.
For edges and borders—tweet slyl-
rn. drwarz nastnrtlumn, 'lobeltn.
wart marlgold (Toasted mt:
numlln), agoraturn, Virgina. stock:
.Q.nd forgetcme-nots.
For long stems tor cu Aster!
~1-llopsls, mooring bride or was...
«mos.
“Hatter stems for cutting-Hari-
;ds, snapdragons, alendunls.
eet peas, annual chrysantbemnms.
echelor buttons and sweet all”;
1:21 weeks' stocks and xypeopbh‘
For the shady portloan—‘Pnnsln,
”ream or wishbone plant; godeun.
-get-me«no$s. nemopbfia, mm
. ant and other rarities. 0! the
" .-.clsome monkey flower-
For very hot sltusfione—Sonfiow—Q
, baton-one. pox-tuned. too plant.
tuning, balsam. annual sullen-die.
For light or poor coll-Nutur~
'rr , Clarkla. zodetia. poplar. por-
lace. zinnias.
Plants tb. : bloom after frost—
.eet alysso m. bachelor’s buttons.
inlas. nmrigolds. calondulls,
y-tuit, stocks and phlox Drum-
ndl.
TRANSFERRING PLANS T0 GROUND
Having drawn a. plan on paper
m2}: the desired outlines, a. gardens»
or is often puzzled as to how to
transfer the attractive look-int Flux
* the ground, especially 11‘. th eplen
been drawn for him by 1 land-
pe gardener. As these plans are
rawn to scale, the simplest method
a small garden is to lay out the
plan in inch or halfdncb squaree.
gghtly drawn with a lead pencil. ne-
ng a halt inch or inch to a foot as
the scale,
The garden may then be laid out
with strings arranged a foot apart
each way, taking a small sectlon at
a. time to avoid entanglement with
too much string and the relative lo—
cation: 0: the plants exactly deter-
mined. 11' string is too inconvenient.
an easier method is to mark on the
garden plot with a tennis marker, or
with slaked lime sprinkled along the
, lines made by the strings when they
may be renamed and the 1113!: $91» '
lowed out
Tbs success in la} lng out the san-
depends, in {be first. place. on
as a. lap. drawn to scale care-
Often a gardener with s metho-
matical eye om have no such dlflio
A‘ ‘::y in marking o'fi the distance. on
plan on the ground, but it in
not. It ls best to try the string or
e-marking plan.
{he sunning“.
end tbe Monti. mag.
lavender. Q
inhibit belied-end
mucous.
Pink and blue—4.23m,“ mine-f
lax-mar no: blue we. the mm.
ex- blue lobelia‘s. men rim daisy,
pblo’x Wendi. mm pinks. '
orange Ind unmet -‘—- mm:-
flame. 03le “his, Contour}:
peoples. ornate Amoco moms.
tam-each mrlgolde, shim-21m
n
A felrly win-bounded border flu‘-
mixing flowers for all pug-pom
would 0031mm ‘flze Sellowlnk—n-Q-
tors. balsam; bachelori buttons and
the meet Italians; nonmembé. the
plum varieties; woolflower and
Clinton sot-tn; the mud! punks,
untangle, Shirley and other “annual
poppies. sweet almum, ueratum,
polo: DrummOhdl. calllopals, flow!
erlnk tobaccoe. summer coyotes: or
kochla. portulaca. met pea, zin-
nlas. cosmos. maul Qlarkspurs in
variety, mandala. Frencb‘dnd At-
rium max-$301411. petunia and ten-
weeks stocks.
Do not make too‘srnall beds; A
bed. three by three foobar a. number
of beds of such small dimensions as
this give e spotty exact and do not
commode»:- enough plants to make "
a. good display.
I: the plan calls for a. center lawn
space. a very 0.er plan, this
plot can be determined and staked
of! at the nut and-then the be“
can be easily passed out in relation
to the true plot. Pot lobeh. which
are sold very cheaply la iota of one
hundred. an" a. oonvenlence for '
max-kink on bed: in this manner. A
carpenter’s loom is useful in mak-
ing accurate corners it the bed: fol-
low' rectangular lines.
Elbe beds are to be cut out of
sod. an edging tool which resembles
a hoe with a. vertical blade is neces-
my to out the shape or the bed be-
fore removing the sod. A spade is
often used. but it cannot out the‘ neat
straight. edge tux-Md by the edg-
Grass oath: am. the ghost effect
cafe in the way
of dotting and trimming the edges
of the bed: to preserve a. neat apv
peat-once. A mistake is often made
in making the paths between the
bed: too narrow. particularly if grass
paths are used. .
Mimi mm with four-foot
beds is about the minimum for et-
tectlveneu;
It tor no other reason than “wink
tune and speeding up the work or
getting a semen gains. 1:; men
should be made in advance of. the
planting season This is a much no.
gueoted phase of gardening. Eup—
Qbmrd planting. putting seed into
the ground on the nearest plot that
seems handles: often lead: to garden
xwures. not so much in the growth
of the vegetables but in lesseninthbe
,moimt at crop that the rardon
might otherwise produce. ,
A well~consldorcd plan is neces-
ear), especially to settle the ques-
tiou of rotation crops. This on be
thought out in a. comfortable chnl‘r
alongside a; grate fire. radiafor or
base burner while it to zero Weather
outside. Garden books may be
studied tor crop rotation ideas and
the declslon set down on gape:- and
drawn into a. plan. no matter it it be
only a rough one.
With the plan worked out. there is
no lost motion. The gardener known
just where he latch: to put every-
thing he plants and he knows what
is to :0 ln where the redlsbes come
out. and what is to follow the pea.
crops towards the end of June nod
so on all through the gordenno mat-
A garden to incompletewlthent
the foil or a. fine. green, velvety
lawn to frame the colors at the
flowers. The care of the mom may.
start while snow is on the ground.
Sprinkling new seed upon the snow
and allowing thaws to carry it down
to the soil is inn approved method.
It has the advantage of permitting
a. more even distributlon of the Good
as it is more readily discernible on
the snow than when sown directly
on the soil and it is an easy matter
to get the entire plot covered; with—
out missing any spots. It also gives:
the needed early start. a ‘
W'ith the first thaw that clears
the ground. a mulch or pulverized
sheep manure may be strewn to en-
courage early growth as soon as
the frost is out of the ground.
It the soil is uneven. and the
lawn bumpy. the greenswnrd should
be rolled as soon as the frost is .9th
Art and Economy 111 Home Bmldlng
Design Subroiflod by the Rational Builders’ “Sateen, Spokane, Washington.
row or ongoing curly; tomato plea Q
man; the been: or in the onion m
to keep on going when the other
crops are removed.
By carom planning for (allow and
companion crops, a sex-den may. be
made to yield nearly double tbs
amount or vegetables it would it the Q '
gardener [had to figure it out when
he stood on the ground with the seed
packets in one hand and the hoe in
the other»
A series or record cards on a notea'
book are excellent aids to good gar-Q-
donlng. betting down the time of
planting the m8. the tune when
the crop m Wed end tbo
ground ready vtor mother. crop.
Carefully renewing,- this gun tbs-0nd:
one season will furnish a Working
been for succeeding seasons.
SPRING LAWNLSECRHS
o! the ground. Rollin: in I. most
important factor in doom-1n: I. am.
velvety Iowa and one moat neglect—-
ed. It also serves to arm the need
into the ground and beaten gamin-
atlon. .11
Easily manloulatod roller. with wo-Q
tor ballast are the moat convonteot
tor the man place where they mutt
be operated by band. These rollers
come in various uses, a ”mound
size hetero the water ballast in put
into it weighing 150 pounds my; the
water in the roller. Tbesy no;
alto up to 110 pound: dry and m
pounds water filled. QQ * '
In many communities three or
{our {amines are joint owner: at I-
roller which semleor in!” or fan:
yards. ' The heavier also: but M‘
men. one to push and one, tQ opal! tor ,
speedy action. They are Ollie? to
bandlo in small yard: mm the solid
rollers which need bemo- grower or ‘
motor.
muting days.
not be mmrlookcd.”t
Reylantins 11!!
not come up is to denomi value.
1119 m. stalks may ' Bans. rum: in the wit H
”food any a they finQ
high germination. on. ~ . . . to , - ‘ ~ ’ ' , . '
pence or replanting and QQ Q Q __ (Q ,, ' V ’ f , Feed :39 mck- , ,
entire crop through to motor: \‘ ‘ » Q . ‘ M véifimen ._ as, and only Sufi? 1'99”?” .
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