Show how to i improve the appearance si a to do with the back WHAT yard in summer Is not an easy proposition particularly the yard happens to be a city plot boasting the magnificent dimensions of about 20 by 20 feet of unattractive earth of cauree in the country where ground more or less Is the possession alike of the rich and the poor the question Is apt to be a broader one of individual preference as to whether the ground shall be turned into a truck farm on a email scale a chicken yard or a bit at beauty from the floral kingdom nut with the country variety we have nothing to do just now the ordinary back yard Is my problem that this inclosure may blossom like the rose in elead of being a repository tor tin rubbish and the jike not to mention its possibilities in the cat concert garden direction is possible tt one brings to bear on the subject a little patience a few dollars and some common sense A love of the beautiful as expressed in cowers Is an understood ingredient of this formula I 1 should like to suggest as a began jiing toward the yard beautiful the extermination of the cat and the drawing in of the clothesline but I 1 realize too well that there are denizens bt he town who recognize the divine rights of these animals and fo whom the sudden passing of thomas would be misery untold it would also te an unpardonable hock to the housewives sense of her laundry rights to substitute plants and rose burbee for clotheslines while accepting these small annoyances suppose we try to see what can be done with a twenty foot piece of ground As good eoll more than anything else in garden operations tends to satisfactory results it Is all important to secure it the condition of the average back yard soil Is not often due to natural poverty of the earth as to he trading off of the soil and tilling up ith material thrown out excavating r the cellar A toot of good soil over twe eustace eur tace will make the benough 1 enough sandy loam as the beet tor garden purposes but ft it ie possible to geta leaf mold from the t an deal fertilizer mature ab horsa straight line almost B aluch she does a vacuum stilt in k bartl te will have to be S 1 tty aad line borders do each side of the 0 gravel or cement laid KL u 18 arst 01 the 0 o kuts 1 u unless the garden Is to be a season berles of flower pictures it were better to put in plants which will last all eum and well into the autumn noth inar aves a better effect than a back etmund ot cannas planted in a straight line down these plants grow and with their beautiful yellow and red bloom harmonize well with or scarlet sage which should be planted in front of them in chinks arff candytuft A good big clump of nasturtiums or the japanese pompon a variety of aster at the back of the yard against the fence plant a border of egweet peas these dainty will things of beauty and a loy to tha beholder for the the reason why good effects are not generally obtained from these flowers that they are not sass sg 1 k I 1 vl 1 the most are tes V the cherlee and comte de sc exquisite can be obtained IP the ao 10 line jean john and fmc barney planed arc used pretty little blossoms to alii up odd L WC planted deep alx lx inches being the necessary depth it a poultry wire b two inch Is put up for them to climb on solid wall ot variegated floweres flo weris will hide the ugly wooden fence so high have these peas been known to that I 1 sometimes yon der if the immortal jack did not climb a sweet vine instead ot the reputed bean ata lk where a beed Is to be covered or any unsightly object put out ot view nothing Is better than a rose called the baltimore belle or a madeira vine tho queen ot all creepers however la the moon flower vine the most rapid of all annual vinca planted in rich around in a sunny spot and given plenty of water these vinea et tain a areat height the leaves are dark green and heart shaped the flower 1 a pure white fragrant blossom which opens in the evening and reinalda rein alna open until the following day it you happen to be a householder the beet investment in stock with a good paying dividend Is the rose of course the stock la watered still when properly looked after it will yield a splendid return abed of roses four feet wide and the length of the lot will supply adornment galore tor any email garden the bushes should be planted in two rows three feet apart the alternate plants being a little below the top line to avoid too great rigidity of arrangement it la fad just now to return to th old fashioned garden jot other days th days when sweet wllliam wll llam rosemary and the like were at their ze nith queen alexandra and the count ess of warwick take great pride 1 their sweet gardens and th 1 BACK women atour country following in chely footsteps coor you dispensa velh do not leave out yellow tower scheme ae garden with no yellow flowers la to me like a eun lees gray day of our yards are in the the patt of the time and need up the lay of the alarta will have to pov ern each gerdener in her choice of plants but tr tle average back yard the flowers mentioned will do well in all garden ethere la a great deal of hand work to be done A spade fork rake and hoe are absolutely indispensable and most important item Is that they shall ba kept 11 perfect order and in a certain ready for use all I 1 can say for the bandala who de light in whitewashing stones and ing them in rows around flower beds la that they ought to be obliged to do penance in purgatory tor their artistic blindness I 1 am sure a little attention were accorded the often neglected and scorned back yard it could be into a dream ot beauty eveni rt its deepest shadows and its only fault would be that it oa good thing GRACE |