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Show r : RDEN GOSSIV- "jjpETER HENDERSOj b General Advice PLANTING that makes a house a more desirable home for a family, is also increased in value many times the actual cost of the improvement. DO NOT BE too formal in your planting arrangement. A care-fully' care-fully' worked out informality is . often the' most attractive because be-cause it more closely approaches the natural. " ROCK GARDENS are desirable but keep in mind that much of. the charm depends upon its naturalness and it takes genius to create a natural looking artificial arti-ficial rock garden. , IT IS NOT generally known that Holland's renown for bulbs started start-ed when Dutch adventurers brought the first bulbs from the East Indies three centuries ago. IF YOU ARE bothered by cats and dogs in your garden, spray with nicotine solution as the odor is distasteful to them. Use 1 teaspoons of 40 nicotine sulphate in a gallon of water. JOIN a Garden club. The interchange inter-change of ideas is of value, and people who have a common hobby hob-by are always agreeable companions. com-panions. WHERE one has been exposed to Poison Ivy, thorough and repeated re-peated washings of exposed parts with a strong alkaline kitchen kit-chen or laundry soap is often effective. . . IF YOU WORK in a garden without with-out gloves, rub a little soap under un-der the nails to keep them from staining. '; IN SETTING out bedding plants, be sure and put them lower in the ground than originally. This is a good general rule for all transplanting. |