Show anc 1 n are ancl t VR 41 1 1 t 1 4 p at 1 T 10 4 isa po 4 p M in an old fashioned flower garden among sweet smelling smelting plant plants SOME satisfactory BULBS C r JULIE ADAMS POWELL in planting a perennial flows r gar den one must spare a corner comer or strip of ground for the hardy bulbs bulba which come up from year to year A with ith very little care excepting the general care aich flower lovers all give to their gardens such as keeping the weeda weeds iown down fertilizing the ground in tha fall and loosening the earth in the tho springtime billerica la Is very satisfactory it bring being one of the first bright blue flowers to greet us for it comes la ia crocus time then there is to the sellia Campan ulata or spanish bluebell these bulbs grown gron la in masses with wilh snowdrops enow snow drope drops grape and feathered hy by acintha are chi charming aming in effect my bly crocuses are tire planted in the lan lama and are done blooming before th abb mowing machine Is to run over that part of the grass I 1 find the roman hyacinth tu will mill lie he crease from year to year it left in the ground while roman hyacinths are cata loguen as not hardy I 1 hae have them here in my garden in bouthern southern connect cut and their sweet graceful blossoms blos soma greet one in may time it I 1 give them a very light covering of rough manure late lat la ia the tle fall in my hardy bulb border I 1 have some old fashioned double white tulips and these with a few of the cot tage garden tulips of brilliant colorings mako a gay sh showing all through way slay they way be left in the ground from year to year and need no winter protection n 4 4 44 j 41 4 children working in A school garden in the bronx the utilizing uti lising of vacant property to extend nature study facilities for the school children la Is becoming more of a fact every day teachers and parents alike are reail renji ing the added benefits both mental ind rid physical phy sal to the child student of nature from work in the great out of doors the elementary classes in the pub he lie schools ip bools of new york are allowed to minutes a week divided into two to periods of 46 minutes each for na ture lure study vacant lots adjacent to the schools are couer covier ted into gar dens where practically All instruction la in given out ct of doors prizes are offered the children for he the best fl fi la in tha school garden and added interest Inte reet Is riven given by a reward for a continuation of the tile good THE KITCHEN PORCH the nicest porch PO tell la to enclosed with screen thus shutting abutting ou out t flies an mosquitoes if it the kitchen Is alio RIBO I 1 dining room the wide porch thus thug enclosed en cosed Is doubly available giving coci place to eat secure from rain min or sant insect visitors it Is still anolar g great gat at improvement over tho the lawn for or eating became because more convenient lenient to the kitchen kit cien saving saying the troa ble of going up aej in down stair A rocking chair and a high stool en able one to ork at the table while bile seated and are essentials to comfort it A 14 much better to keep the washing A in oce comer corner instead of lugging it up and down cellar every w aub sh day this can be concealed conC bAled from eight night by a cheaply bal constructed construe con ted screen shade will tk b needed during a portion ot of the day the virginia creeper readily of a florist if it not a neighbor la in the most rapid grover grower and most beautiful of our native vines aming u glory and nd wild cucumber cember cu dainty Curta curtain tD which must lie renewed from year to tj year though the latter renews without fork ork on cur pirt part through selaw scalf awn sel se l the clematis clemat lj in averl varieties native and ezolle are alth vives 1 for shade the housewife bou wf enjoyable i spot in may have a more which tn in do the drudgery ork in the home garden By DyBe curIng securing the childrens aid permanent improvement in the physical condition of the neighborhood la Is assured deficient children bare bave found great delight in the garden and hare have proved themselves capable ot of understanding how to plant and care for the crops to this end a brighter future hae has been secured tor for children ho he by the beneficent healing of the great mother nature hare have found a mile ritch they can call adel adequately quely fill 1 in the echeme scheme of things and instead of a burden to the community they will become useful member members of society 0 commercialized farm bai has been NE cured the earn earning ingi of which will be apportioned to the young vior workers kers ai as their reward PLANTS OF MAILING SIZE many fine varl otles ille of fruit ae as nell hell ao as shrubbery are to be had very cheaply by ordering mailing site plants from a reliable firm rr r nurseryman many of theae these make up a containing some excel at nt fruits chich they offer at a cos that moat most of us can reach and the plant plants a are to eo so well that with ordinary care and a email small knowledge of their needs almost anyone will succeed in growing every one of th am in case caje of standard fruits the will bo be a little longer in reaching the bearint period but it Is bet ter than ejot to hare have them at all look up th the e catalogues cataloguer catal be sure you deal with a reliable responsible firm and try tho tb mailing inize plants SOME SUMMER FLOWERS A bed 0 of f nasturtiums will supply blossoms until frost comes in planting mixed sweet peas you can tell whether they will be dark or light by the color of the seeds au tte tle different varieties of a single lower and the effect Is inon morl than when made up of a dorea dozen varieties on the lawn as la the tb a po popular polar taste hr his bo been trained to tamir iho harmony ot of unity |