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before reaching the soil, may 

 have one or all of several bad 

 effects: (a) The usual practice 

 in the past has been to advise 

 against mixing of lime directly 

 with nitrogenous fertilizer 

 materials, such as ammonium 

 sulphate, bone, tankage, dried 

 blood, and similar materials, 

 for the reason that ammonia 

 nitrogen would be released and 

 wasted, (b) The formation 

 of a hard, lumpy physical con- 

 dition in goods containing 

 sodium nitrate or calcium ni- 

 trate is likely to take place. 

 These objections are not so 

 serious as ihey would appear. 

 .\t any rate, there can be no 

 danger when lime and fertiliz- 

 ers are added to the soil, sepa- 

 rately, especially if a few 

 days elapse between the liming 

 and fertilization. 



The use of lime as a top 

 dressing is often the only re- 

 course on permanent pasture 

 or grasses, owing to the physi- 

 cal character of the soil, which 

 prohibits plowing and work- 

 ing-in in the usual manner. 

 While it is obvious that top- 

 dressing does not afford the 

 fullest efficiency, the efifect can 

 be heightened somewhat: (a) 

 by applying the lime in the 

 IViiitcr or early Spring and 

 thus taking advantage of the 

 natural processes of freezing,' 

 thawing, and settling to imbed 

 at lea.st a portion of the lime in 

 the immediate surface; (b) by 

 working-ill lightly with a har- 

 row if applied in early Spring 

 or late Fall. The latter pro- 

 cedure is applicable to alfalfa 

 and grass lands as well as to 

 permanent pastures. If the 

 soil is sandy, the penetration 

 of the lime will be more pro- 

 nounced and the results ap- 

 proach those secured by actual 

 incorporation. Very .good re- 

 sults have often come from 

 surface applications of lime. 



In any event, the all-impor- 

 tant thing is to get lime on the 

 land; the benefits will come. 



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THE WILD GARDEN 



Any place which has a 

 piece of woodland included 

 in its area, or even a rough 

 piece of boggy uncultivated 

 ground, presents an oppor- 

 tunity for a style of garden- 

 ing which many people would 

 find very satisfying and rest- 

 ful. Fifty years ago \Vm. 

 Robinson, a noted F,nglish 

 gardener and author, wrote 

 his book, "The Wild Gar- 

 den," in wliich he earnestly set forth the 

 possibilities and pleasures of the naturaliza- 

 tion of both native and exotic hardy plants. 

 Since then the wild garden has become quite 

 a familiar feature in British gardening and 

 seems to be fully as pleasing as the stereo- 

 typed bedding system so much in vogue 

 when "The Wild (jardcn" was written. 

 There is a peculiar beauty and charm pos- 

 sessed by many of the native plants but 

 which shows out to good advantage only 

 when grown under conditions approximat- 

 ing their native haunts. What is there more 

 pleasing in the opening days of Spring 

 than a broad drift of Bloodroot or the little 



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Ili'piilicii. or what more lovely than a big 

 colony of the giant white Tnlhnm.' Violets 

 and Wood Anemones, Columbine and Vir- 

 ginian Blue Hells. Marsh Marigold and ■•'or- 

 gct-me-not come readily to mind as l)eauti- 

 ful features in the Spring picture, while 

 at the other end of the flowering season 

 we recall masses of Asters, Golden Rod 

 and Joe Pye weed just as effective and 

 beautiful in their natural setting as the 

 finest well tended border plants of the 

 garden. Then there are lovely Ferns 

 suitable for almost any situation, some 

 for open sunny places, others for shade, 

 some which flourish in dry ground as 



well as those which like much moisture. 

 There is really a much greater variet3' 

 amongst the native Ferns than might at 

 first thought be supposed, some forty 

 kinds being listed by one New England 

 X'urserynian. A strong point in favor of 

 developing tliis kind of flower gardening, 

 wherever conditions will allow, is that 

 all the subjects are quite hardy and the 

 labor and expense involved is not great. 

 There is every reason to suppose that 

 we shall see increasing interest taken in 

 this very satisfying phase of gardening. 

 — (Uirdrnrrs' Chronicle (Fnglish). 



