GARDEN ACCESSORIES 



brought within doors. From some Chinese mis- 

 sion station came the nest of bucket-shaped bas- 

 kets woven of coarsely split strips of an unfamiliar 

 wood and stained dark brown. These are, I 

 understand, beyond our getting now; I shall, 

 therefore, not describe them further than to say 

 that their shape and lightness have combined to 

 make them indispensable. And last, the little 

 straw plates woven in North Carolina of a native 

 grass are most desirable additions to garden fur- 

 nishings, light, convenient, perfect for a few apples 

 or clusters of grapes, and precisely what is needed 

 when seedlings are to be transplanted, their tray- 

 like proportions fitting them specially for carrying 

 such objects as must all be seen at once. 



A clever little garden accessory has lately come 

 to hand. This is called the Crossroads Bulb 

 Planter. It is a light, round, wooden stake of 

 some thirteen inches in length. The lower part 

 of the stake is divided by lines burnt in the wood, 

 lines to show the depths at which should be planted 

 the narcissus, hyacinth, tulip, scilla, crocus, and 

 anemone. 



While I know little as to garden-pest remedies 

 beyond the universal ones common to all gardeners, 

 the blight which has affected hardy phlox within 

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