Show ok Is eind t M ei are wad i 11 4 of IQ al N t 4 ak 4 1 I A pleasing results obtained from some spare minute gardens SPARE MINUTE GARDENS by LULU G PARKER these minute gardens designed to foj buy busy women omen are not ormal formal affairs they arg border beds about two by eight feet in size and should bo b planted along the walks driveways ars and fences oct let good seed from a reliable fellable phlox will not germinate at rt all unless ft it Is fresh cheap balsam seed will produce poor flowers plant tall sorts in a row at the back medium sized sorts in clumps of a dozen seedlings or more and use the low growing sorta sorts for edging an of these little gardens will furnish enough cut ft A vere for or the table with ith a few to give away aay besides brightening the yard from june until frost five minutes each day or half an hour once a week given up to stirring the top soil and weeding ee ding will be all the attention required after the planting Is done no 1 annuals for a sunny garden with plenty of water flowers from june until november to Vo vember one packet cosmos early flowering three to jur 1 feet blooms in july until frost start seed indoors and transplant six feet apart in tho garden in may one packet balsam one to one and one half feet blooms june and july sow bow in the garden in may alay thin or transplant ten inches apart one packet phlox drummondo drum six inches to one foot blooma blooms june and july one dahlia eight eighteen pen inches to two feet blooms september and october start seed in the house bouse set et in garden one foot toot apart after da danger n from frost Is past one ono packet sweet alyssum six indus june to november sow seed in the garden early this alyssum will thrive la in a damp place as well no 2 garden in a dry sandy eoll soil these plants will require no watering during the driest summer if weeds are kept out sad end the eoll soil Is mulched with old manure marure or lawn clippings or if it the pints are aro set close enough together to shade the ground after july 1 one packet climbing nasturtium four to six feet feel bloome blooms in july until set sect abc one no inch dec dee in may alay ono one packet nicot lana two to three feet july until frost start la in may alay one foot toot apart one packet candytuft one foot june and july sow seed early in the gar den one packet poppy one to one and one half feet july tuly and august mix allix feed seed with sifted eoll soil sow the earlier the better firm th thi w toll foil with a board or the band hand but do not cover not easily one packet petunia avart elx six inches july to september start in the bouse house for early bloom G grown rown anywhere lacca roe rose moss ie Is another annual lor jor a dry soil growa grows tn 1111 16 sand pile alx six inches sow ow the eseed middle of may no 3 A handy garden 00 will blob bloom the firma year with a light winter protection and improve tib proTo in from year to year after atter the he first planting they will require only an mu mulch ia of old man uro pull the weed and thin the plants when they begin to crowd which will not be beford the third t start all these see eeds ds la in the hot hotbed bed or a box of fine soil ir a at sunny win dow one packet hollyhock four to ox ua feet july to august get single early blooming one packet delphinium hardy larkspur one to three feet june to july one packet new england asters one to three feet june to the end of august sow seed out of doors early one packet pompon chrysanthemum one to three feet october until snow files in october plant bulbs of daffodils late tulips and crocus la in this garden to have flowers from march 15 until november with practically no work CARE OF THE LAWN in a dry season dont mow the lawn as often olten as in the showery one regu into the frequency of mowing by the appearance u of the grass aim alm to keep li it looking green and velvety it will not have such a look if it you heep it shaved too closely in dry weather and dont don t mike mke the mistake at 0 clipping it too short A sward award that baa has the appearance of having been shaved with a razor cannot be ornamental there must bo be enough of the brass blade left to give the dark rich color and the plus blike effect upon velch all lawns lans depend for their attractiveness WIRE NETTING SUPPORT this arrangement makes an excel lent support for any of the climbing plants any kind of chicken wire will answer tho th purpose the posts should be driven solidly into the ground so that the weight eight of the plants will not cause them to sag plants supported in this way ay will grow faster and blossom more tree freoa support for climbing plant plants flan it if they are sup supporter porto kneet peas particularly should be support cd ed by wire netting or lath lattice work and not be allo allowed alloyed lo 10 straggle sirag glo up uncertain strings only to be blown down by the firak heavy storm SAVE GRASS CLIPPINGS save the arc uj clippings from the lawn lan to serve as r mulch for the bed of lea tea roses these plants like to have tho the soil about their toots roote cool coot and moist spread the gross over the bei bed to a depth of or three inches when it withers work it lio the eoll soil to act as a fertilizer as it de deb and apply fresh clid aings FIRE BLIGHT fire bucht Is I 1 caused by disease gems ig the tissue of th the plant and the mr laves ves and dew now growth turn black as ha having ving bee scorched cul cut out all the tbs infected p arte rte and burn bum hero them |