THE FLOWER BED OX TOP OF A ROCK 



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A Beautiful Flower Bed in an Unusual 

 Situation. 



We ha\-e all heard that it is difficult 

 to grow o-rass on a rock, but a lady of 

 Sound Beach and her son have proved 

 that it is possible to grow petunias on 

 a rock. 



The accompanying photograph shows 

 a novel flower bed at the home of Mrs. 

 ]\Iary E. Campbell and her son, Mr. 

 Mr. George \V. Campbell, of Sound 



a rim of pointed stones along the edge 

 uf that hollow that was then tilled with 

 earth. The result is that with constant 

 care, prol)abl}' with more care than an 

 ordinary flower bed would need, Mr. 

 Campbell has one of the most luxuri- 

 ant beds of flowers ever seen in this 

 vicinity. "Indeed," he says, "it was so 

 sturdy a growth that we got tired of 

 the rankness, and recently cleaned it 

 out, and put in rosebushes." A good 

 suggestion for ornamenting an other- 



Tin-: FLOWER 1!EJ) (JX 



Beach. Mr. Campbell is an architect 

 of long experience, which he has ap- 

 plied in building a home for himself, 

 comfortable and unique. The wall 

 fronting the street is made of pointed 

 rocks ; the posts are capped in a simi- 

 lar manner. Within these caps earth 

 has been placed, and in them flowers 

 are growing. 



But perhaps the most novel of these 

 designs is the bold plan of growing 

 petunias upon the top of the ledge. Mr. 

 Campbell explains that the ledge was 

 naturally somewhat hollow'ed at the 

 top. and all he needed to do was to run 



TOP OF .'v R(_)CK. 



wise barren place to make it a thing 

 of beautv. 



The red rust of wheat has been vir- 

 tually extirpated from Germany by de- 

 stroying all wild barberry bushes near 

 the wheat fields. The barberry serves 

 as the host plant for one of the alter- 

 nating generations, the other of which 

 spoils the wheat. This being elimi- 

 r.ated, the rust can no longer reproduce 

 iliself. In the same way. pear rust can 

 be prc\-ented by remo\-ing all juniper 

 trees. 



