26 Shrubs and Ornamentals 



Peonies can be kept in the ground for several years and 

 made to bloom profusely if watered during summer and mulched 

 during the winter. 



Dahlias are easily grown. The bulbs must be dug up before 

 freezing weather and handled like potatoes. 



Phlox remains in ground during the winter. 



The Gladiolus bulbs should be dug in the fall and kept in a 

 dry place during the winter. 



There are many annual flowers that do well when properly 

 cared for, but none are likely to give as much pleasure to the 

 grower as the plants mentioned above. 



THE FARM GARDEN. To make the farm home complete there 

 must be a garden. The garden will likely be a source of dis- 

 appointment unless it is near the house, is small, well fenced, 

 protected from the wind, and subject to irrigation from the 

 windmill or elsewhere. Given these conditions, the farmer's wife 

 will have a garden that will repay its cost many times. And 

 with the lawn, the trees, the shrubs, the flowers, the garden and 

 a comfortable house, the farm home becomes much more attrac- 

 tive than the city home of the same cost. 



FRUIT TREES AND SMALL FRUITS. 



Fruit trees are being grown on both the bench and the table- 

 land without irrigation. Several varieties of apple, cherry, and 

 plum trees have been planted. A few of the apple trees planted 

 in 1907 bore some fruit in 1912. Plums planted in 1907 bore 

 fruit profusely in 1912, plums planted in 1909 on table-land bore 

 a fair growth on both sites, but we have not sufficient evidence 

 to permit us to make conclusive statements. It seems that the 

 growing of apple Irees without irrigation will prove quite dis- 

 couraging, as the trees do not grow thriftily or vigorously and 

 an injury of any ^ort is likely to prove fatal. On the other 

 hand, we believe that the growing of cherries and plums will 

 probably give satisfactory results. 



We have not done much with small fruits, but currants and 

 gooseberries are worthy of careful trials. Under expert man- 

 agement blackberries, raspberries, and grapes may be grown, 

 raspberries being the most promising. Windbreaks are quite 

 essential for growing fruit of this sort. Strawberries do well 

 when irrigated, and rhubarb and asparagus grow with almost no 

 care. 



