Show WORK WITH THE FLOWERS by JOSEPHINE DE MARR do not neglect the winter garden oven even though the plants are at their best beat turn the plants once a week stir the surface soil wash the pots with strong soapsuds give plenty of fresh air dally daily shower the plants once a week watch tor for pests see aee that the warm sunshine does not scorch your plants on warm afternoons plants tha tare intended for bedding should be shifted as they fill their pots with roots and give plenty of suns sunshine hine and air otherwise they will be leggy and weak if you wish specimen cannas and di kahlias dahlias dah lillas lias start a few in the house bouse early remove roots stalks and unnecessary fiber find and cut into single eyes then pot in tour four inch pots in rich soil shift when the pots till fill with roots the canna like corn needs moisture and heat to develop properly let the hedge take the place placeit of ot the fence where possible about the house grounds if the fence is imperative let it be hidden by a drapery of vines honeysuckle is the best permanent vine california privet leads the hedge plants in popularity then comes bar berry japanese quince althea buckthorn and some varieties of roses for utility the osage A flower friend says she rid her lemon tree of scale by applying a strong lather of soap suds with a stiff brush to both sides of the leaves stems and trunks this was allowed to remain tor for halt a day and then washed off with clear water the scale was then easy to brush off if you got a gloxinia bulb this spring when it blooms save the seeds and next spring experiment growing gro wini these gorgeous bloomers fill a well drained shallow pot or box with fine light soil even it carefully and scatter the seeds on it press the seeds into the soil with a flat block of wood put a 0 pane of glass on the pot and water from the bottom they will bloom the tha first year but the second year will greatly improve them dont transplant into the garden any sort of tender plant or hardy one that has been tenderly coddled until jack r frost rost is gone dont forget that rotation in tho the flower bends and borders Is as necessary as in the fields and gardens such hardy flowers as pansies pan for get me nots bots and phlox and the like that have been grown in a cold frame and hardened may be planted out six weeks before tender or hot house plants go over the law lawa a and it you find moss rako it out cut well veil below the crowds of dandelions and plan bains if possible top dress tho the lawn with leaf mold or thoroughly rotten straw or manure it you havea tree about tho the place that is dying and you wish to renew its youth plant woodbine at its baso base and in a very few years the tree will be covered with foliage and have waving banners more beautiful than in its prime of life dig deeply and thoroughly it if early crops of oc flowers or vegetables are wanted no matter what the texture of the soil light or heavy it Is always improved by spading deeply when planting trees in clay or other heavy soils not well dral drained ned follow this method dig holes 3 feet feat wide and 20 inches deep place la fix them 8 or 10 inches ot of drai drainage nago rocks bricks or cinders well packed upon this put p ut 3 or 4 inches of sod eod grass side down then plant the tree as usual early in april to is the time to trim the early roses that is if the alie winters cold has not cut down the stalks so that further pruning Is necessary cut out all the dead wood and weak shoots keep the center of the plant open leave four to six eyes on each shoot the generation of seed ro requires quires three essentials heat moisture and air therefore it is folly to put seeds into the ground until it has been warmed by tho the sun corn planting time is about th the proper tima for the majority of seeds if you want to get some satisfaction out of the cosmos sow it in march and push ita it along longas as fasti anat isyou arn it does not transplant easily therefore grow it in pots shift walong it along until it is growing in a nine inch pot Then sink the pot in the order and from the time the plants are six inches high until the end of july the shoots should be pinched out this will keep tho the plants low and stocky tong long at after severe frosts your cosmos will be a giving you beautiful flowers for the window |