Show and a c are favati I 1 aj ar it la ak X 4 h beamut spot in the H mie a ground grounds made particularly attractive by the little stream that flow flows through them PLANS FOR BEAUTY liu planning for next gears bears garden decide on a rockery for the back aard ard there are many bulba that are tor for rockeries rock eries Sc scillar Illas which are vt of a beautiful deep blue d well la in the shade erring spring snowflake with mith alto flowers tipped with inith green and slid snowdrop snow Cropf rop are excellent tor for rocker tries Slur caria or crape grape hyacinth cro cuser of various arlous colors thrive and vike care of themselves once es in the roc rockeries kerles or in borders in the garden chere they will nol not be df disturbed the alia beauty which Is near at hand Is often neglected for the prize that Is denied us ue e refer to the beau beauty and of the or bittersweet vine this natho clim I 1 tr kr found in our woods and along fences Is one of the satisfactory alues that can bo be grown abut the house the Is as birdy as granite a quick grower twining securely about its support and it Is not liable to disease la in the fill wh alim n flowers are fic cree it co cheis ei a it elf u ith clusters of orange a colored fruit which the frost froit opens revealing its crimson seeds choose a dark rainy lay day if possible for the tho transplanting otlie otherwise rIse do this vork mork at sunset we ie mean in transplanting seedlings water the tle thoroughly a short sort time before you begin to transplant then lift the plants with nil all the soil their roots will hold and remove to the nt bed keep the needling covered with nith a wet cloth jo 10 that the beat heat and wind kill not dv d v them with a sharp pointed stick make the hole for tho th plant ard then fill it with mith writer iter ilima the seedling in this cuddle puddle hiramine the dark boll soil about the stalk when ati ground has been finned firmed about the plant as much as possible A miniature water mater garden Is end and will prove amt Inte interesting retting needing less attention than a flower bed its size have a mu ugar ar or vinegar barrel burrel cut in two or use a wooden tub bink thia tills in the eoll soil make blake a potting box about anelo inches square and fill with rich mud from a pond or use half rich loam adding to the mud or loam about one third of well rotted manure plant tile root in this and place in the tub fill 1111 with water unter un until ill it in 1 two or three inches deep over the root when the growth commences and the leaves appear water may b be e kidded from time to time until tho the tu tub b Is full never change the water simply rei lace that which evaporates PLANTS WITHOUT SUN the beet best plants for sunless rooms are farns and palms and perhaps the best beat one of all Is to aspidistra the aspidistra has long narrow and dark green and variegated a ted coloring it requires a rood good soil of loam well uell rotted manure and and sand in about equal parts and must bo be kept moist but nut not wet ferni require the same treatment one of the hardiest Is lla its foliage ie Is less affected by the hent dry air and dust of a bouse house than most of the other varieties the asparagus Is good for a house plant both for its beauty and for cut ting purposes some of the little pines make decorative and hardy bouse house plants water the peas lavishly about i the he roots and be generous with tho the blooms allow no seedpods seed pods it if ou floers flo ners A 4 f tw I 1 I 1 f aja V P e 41 a e A f ts 4 ap 1 u A well pinned rockery |