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GARDEN
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ASSOCIATE EDITOR-EDWARD-I-FAIUUNGTON
DECORATIONS BY JACK MANLEY R.OSE
N THE BEGINNING the Lord created a garden Eastward, in Eden. Small wonder, then, that gardens
hare fascinated mankind all down the ages. Une might almost trace the hittory of the race in it flowers.
Flower-growing hat been the recreation of civilized people in all lands, and it it our good fortune in
this country and in thia day to find attembled for ut the choicest offerings of Eurooe. Alia and the
itlsndt of the lea. We can grow the (lately irit of Japan in the tamo garden with the gay tulips of Holland
and alongside the chaste lilies of Bermuda.
Plant hunters are searching theends of the earth forstrangencw sorts, while the plant wizards are Dur.
bankizlng the modeit, old-time favorites into wonderful new forms. Fortunes untold are being spent to bring
to your door, Mr. Amateur, and into your gardens, the rarest creations of plant life. Never before was it
possible to revel in floralluxury as today.
Dut there is small satisfaction in the mere multiplicity of amazing bloom. The only way really to enjoy
a gardennow, as of old, is to get on intimate terms with the denizens thereof - the birds, the flowers and the
butterflies to know them by name, to pet them and love the m and make them a part of your life. Then the
garden breathes its secrets, and you learn that plants and llowers and trees are living things
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companions and your friends.
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"I love all things the seasons bring.
All buds that start, all birds that sing.
All leaves from white lo jet,"
A GARDEN TO LIVE IN
IV FACE MARKS the sunnv hours: what can you say of
yours?" This sun-dialed inscription is certain to evoke an
appreciative smile. A sun dial with such a motto gives a
garden chnrncter and clinrm. And a garden ought to he more
than a place in which merely to dig. It ought to he an out
door living room, nothing less.
A garden to live m mav still he a very unpretentious gar
den. To fill it with bric-n-brnc is to spoil it. And there is no sense in
turning a tiny hack yard into a shabby imitntion of an Italian garden.
Furniture there must be, of course, if the garden really is to he lived in.
In many gardens, especially if some distance from the house, rustic
pieces arc appropriate. If cedar
poles are available, these pieces
may be made at home, but when
purchased the cost is not great.
Home-made garden furniture
should be constructed of poles cut
in the fall or winter, after the sap
has stopped running, as the hark
will ding to the wood better than
if they are cut in summer. The
part which is buried under
ground should he stripped of its
bark and treated with creosote to
preserve the wood.
Garden furniture made of cy
press and painted white is de
lightful. Cypress is the wood
best adapted to the purpose; it
has remarkable weather-resisting
qualities. White paint is impres
sive against a foil of green foli
age. A comfortable-looking seat
at the end of a garden walk
tempts one to "loaf and invite bis
soul" under the happiest of con
ditions. To eat a simple luncheon
under a vine-covered arbor or
pergola is to get n fresh appre
ciation of garden possibilities.
There are very light folding ta
bles that may be used to good ad
vantage when dining out of doors,
and to screen in a pergola or
arbor where flies abound is not an
expensive matter.
O OME sort of summer house is
a welcome addition to a gar
den, if it is not too obtrusive. The
country has been very effectively
pergolarized in the past decade;
but the offense in most cases is not so flagrant as some writers would have
us believe. It is true that the pergola, as known in its native Italy, is
a vine-covered passageway from one point to another, and that as found
in this country it often begins nowhere and leads to the same place. Yet,
it has a charm that warrants its adaptation to American gardens as a
summer house substitute, provided it is used as a support for climbing
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ROSES FOR THE AMATEUR
F T 1IEHK AUK any llowers with which it pays to net on in
timate terms, they are the roses. Many amateurs fail to gel
satisfaction, because they choose the wrong sorts. Nome
nricties are free bloomers; others are chary with their flow
ers; while some, excepting under the most favorable condi
lions, will fail to grow at all, or their growth is so weak that
they will rarely produce a satisfactory flower. All of the
varieties named here are standard, well-tried sorts, of strong, vigorous
growth and free bloomers; and while it would be folly to call them nulls
putahly the best, they are varieties that will give the average amateur an
abundance of llowers the season through. Let us first consider the Hardy
Everblooming Hybrid Tea Hoses,
selecting twelve varieties:
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THK greatest, efforts of the
world's most noted rose spe
cialists, during the past quarter
of a century, have been devoted
to this class of roses, and the re
sults achieved have been really
wonderful. They have been pro
duced by crossing the tender,
free-flowering Tea Hoses with
other varieties principally of
the June flowering or Hybrid
Perpetual class; thus combining
not only tho Iree-floweriug habit
of the Tea Hose, with the rich,
varied colors of tho other classes,
but also infusing much of the
hardiness of the old-fashioned
hardy sorts.
All tho protection that it is nee
cessary to provide, even in the
northern states, is on thoupproach
of cold weather, to draw the soil
up around the base of the plants,
njaking a mound, as it were, eight
to ten inches high, then covering
tho entire bed with evergreen
boughs, corn-stalks, leaves or any
loose, strawy litter, to the depth
of three or four inches. This
should bo removed in early spring
w h c n the plants should lie
pruned, cutting out entirely all
weak, thin growth, nnd cutting
the stronger, heavier shoots back
to within six to ten inches of the
roots, according to the strength
of the wood; tho stronger shoots
being left longer; the weaker ones
being cut as short as your experience teaches you is necessary.
Caroline Tcstout: Hicb, satiny-pink, deepening toward the center;
very fragrant.
General MacArthur: A sweetly-scented, rich crimson-scarlet, of
refined form.
(InisN tm Teplit:: Not a largo flower, but a rose that will succeed
A garden gorgeous with Rose Paradise and Rose Lady Gay