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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIS'I . 



beside the string at>out four inches deep, 

 drop the peas, one at a time, about two 

 inches deep. 



When, they are in, draw back into the 

 trench enoug-h earth to cover the seeds two 

 inches. With }Our foot press hghtly along 

 the row so as to bring the earth into close 

 contact with the seed. If the soil is very 

 heavy or clayey that is deep enough to cover 

 the seed; but if light and sandy, when the 

 plants are about four inches high, draw in 

 over the roots another inch of soil, and if 



very sandy fill up the trenx:h to the top. 

 If }our soil is very poor and sandy it will 

 pay to take a little more trouble in prepar- 

 ing it. Dig a trench a foot deep and the 

 same width. In the bottom put four or five 

 inches of manure, cover the manure with 

 three inches of the top soil, tramp firmily so 

 that the seed bed will not be too porous. 

 After tramping down, spread an inch or two 

 of loose soil on which to plant your seed. 

 Sow the seed, as directed above, filling in 

 the trench as the plants grow, until full. 



THE BACK YARD BEAUTIFUL 



J. M. HULL, HAMILTON, OXT. 



MY garden is 25 feet by 60 feet and was 

 very hard clay. To improve it the 

 first consideration w-as to have a good lawn, 

 which should be in the center, and graded 

 with a slope so as to carry surplus water 

 away. 



Having accomplished this the next step 

 was to beautify the boundaries, such as 

 fences, walls and outbuildings. I dug bor- 

 ders three or four feet wide along the fence 

 and enriched it with good soil to a depth of 

 18 or 20 inches. Where space is limited no 

 trees or shrubs should be planted 'on the 

 lawn. All planting should be done in the 

 border. 



Front of Mr. Hull's House 



In my garden are grape vines, Virginia 

 creeper and honeysuckle, clematis and 



rambler roses, which are perennial, and im- 

 prove each year. I have annual vines, such 

 as morning glory, scarlet bean, madeira vine 



A Clump of Iris in Mr. Hull's Garden 



and nasturtium, which grow quickly and 

 soon cover a fence. 



Next to the vines I place tall plants, such 

 as hollyhocks, sunflower, native asters, 

 phlox, valerina, achillea and golden glow. 

 The last named is a grand plant to hide a 

 fence. It multiplies rapidly and is very 

 hardy. In front of these iris, coreopsis, 

 marigolds, snapdragon and zinnia are 

 planted. 



The border or edge has white candytuft. 

 The garden is planted mostly with hardy 

 plants, which are more satisfactory than an- 

 nuals, and improve each year. 



