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and undiscovered. Query? How do they ever get 

 beans planted on the planet Jupiter where there are so 

 many moons? 



Most birds should be made welcome by every 

 gardener, especially the house wren. I have boxes 

 and cans up all around my garden and generally they 

 are all filled. The amount of insects these little fellows 

 destroy cannot be counted. A very simple way to pre- 

 vent the English sparrow from getting possession of 

 the box is to suspend the box by a short chain of about 

 two Hnks so it will swing a little. If the box moves 

 an English sparrow will not light on it, not so the 

 wrens. Our bluebirds, thanks to the sparrows, are a 

 thing of the past. 



One of the Best Suburban Gardens was that of 

 Frank J. Bell of New Jersey, whose report won the 

 third prize of fifty dollars. His report was beautifully 

 illustrated and a marvel of neatness and accuracy of 

 all the details incident to the work of planting and 

 harvesting the crops, etc. Brief excerpts from it, and 

 the accompanying diagram, will show that the space 

 was well utilized and that the methods employed were 

 such as to give the greatest returns for labor expended. 

 Like hundreds of city workers, Mr. Bell has a small 

 place which is sufficient to supply his family with an 

 abundance of fruit and vegetables. Mr. Bell writes 

 interestingly of his garden venture : 



My business keeps me occupied at a desk in a 

 nearby city and away from home from eight until five, 

 so that most of my work was done of necessity between 

 four and seven in the morning. The plowing, spading 

 and some of the rougher work I have hired done, 

 but nearly all other work has been my personal labor, 

 which has given me great pleasure and satisfaction 

 and been of great benefit to my general health. It is 

 not new employment for me, for fifty years ago I 



