Show ir and dive argir altheir are aiom ak FK 14 41 41 ato ilk 4 4 YZ ar t J remember the youngster Young ter like likes to help let him have a corner ot of hl his own and let him nan a and Plarl I 1 it THE ONION AND THE PARSNIP by W WR R GILBERT onions can neer have too rich a soil oll for their requirements parsnips can and att all we e want for the latter 1 I 1 n deeply tilled plot in fairly go good 0 d earth to which no frish manure manuro hae hal recently been added this given fairly dry weather cather i conditions di editions dit ions tion should be nindo made ready na as early na no possible us the sooner the seeds tire nr got in with nith safety the better the chances will be for their developing into shapely usable roots of nf good size As a mutter of fact i we a tie iwer er eco see pair kilps too biff big provided the tle roots tire afan and shapely nha but undersized with possible prongs to their bodies arc are hardly worth orth the dig gin ging most alost of the pronging wronging pro nging possibly pov sIbly oil of it arises from the pre prepared pored oil if white sand can be had to incorporate with the soil it should be freely used in digging two tuo flits slits ut loust are necessary and it if the grower chooses to go nr or tier per foot he ill be repaid for lila hn tr ahle after digging a dry day and dry eoll soil should be given for w arbing the ilia whole with a digging fork after that some little consolidation of the surface v will be to prevent sinking into hol hollows loNNo during the process of 0 boving for this the surface must be sum clentry dry to prevent nil all suspicion of clinging to the feet and if aou a cannot have those happy conditions just at the time wonted you must amit for them theta drills about two inches in depth should be drawn fur for the seeds and ns as wo no want really food riots the drills may well uell be drawn 18 inches apart in these the seeds should bo be own 11 thinly and the error of putting in CO 50 feeds seeds where but ont Is wanted raould not bo be go so common allowance allow Allou ance must of course be made for failures but two no seeds should never tonch or there Is trouble for the thinner who in pulling one ie Is opt apt to pull both those who glory in the big onion have the ground fattened ap up for its lt long beforehand but personally I 1 do not care for the Ool lathi 1 f this vegetable medium sized 11 good weepers cee pers teeing all that ie 18 ewry even these however hone er are not above peking lie file good tune things of plant life I 1 nd nd using them when found the onion Is n deeper rooting subject than many tire aware of and although all we want Is I 1 above ground 0 get that good the roots go don down into it so deep tillage in lit ON cose case Is to desirable it if the ground Is well w all worked under ry condit conditions lons it can be thoroughly fin farmed tied and it can hardly bo be too firm or too much consolidated for prior to the drills may be lie drann as for parsnips par snips but closer together ono one foot twine being ample and after sowing nith n thoroughly dry surface the roller rony may be brought into requisition or r falling failing that well walked and finally smoothed over billi the back of a rake mke PLANT TREES AND SHRUBBERY it if you cr ort planning to plant ornamental irk freoa es and shrubs plant in coups always leaving an open space for grass cut birch in 1 a favorite tree for planting on the homo grounds it la Is pyramidal in shape with mith drooping brunches the japanese maples are very beautiful small trees in bush form with i vid coloring of cut leave many shrubs are wore beautiful in foliage than in flower and some of them carry their fruits through the aln pr in bright color colors in setting trees or shrubs make a holo hole alde enough that the root roots can con bo be spread out avoiding tN twitting slating and cro crowding iding ne no much ns an work the soil 1111 la about the roots having no space and packing firmly avoid plant ln trees between can tho house and the ilia avet bt eft la in euch such a in inner aa to hido tilde the naw arc i tb t windows ond and doors to obstruct ob the outlook to 1 very annoying to those to the house trees ani ant shrubbery to placed so ax to form a background or setting for hie the t tc well elling lug E V 11 U DO NOT PLANT TOO DEEP 2 1 3 4 S Ss the picture shows that if plante plants arc set too deep in the ground they get up through the ground the fig urea ures on the elde side represent hinchee men hen planted very scip some seeds rot follow thy direction direct loni 00 u the eced seed rackets for the knows what ho he knows by experience t t I 1 r T rl 1 sea LL 1 1 1 A uva T v r 44 al an effective planting of spruce and fir which fernn forms an attractive atio in winter |