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by four feet wide; this was utilized for spring onions 

 and early beets. 



"The purely decorative gardening was confined 

 to a strip a foot wide and ten feet long, beside the 

 driveway, wherein was made a trench for sweet 

 peas. A double trench for the same flowers gave 

 two 20-foot rows toward the front of the yard and 

 outside the driveway; climbing nasturtiums were 

 planted beside the back steps and at the south end 

 of the enclosed porch, and a small bed of old- 

 fashioned flowering plants was made beside the 

 walk leading around the house. One plot of corn 

 was planted with Golden Bantam for first crop, 

 while in the other plots, two plantings of Stowell's 

 Evergreen were made a month apart. 



BEAN STRINGS, CHEAPER AND SIMPLER THAN 

 POLES 



"For the climbing beans, small stakes were driven 

 deeply into the ground at the ends of the trenches, 

 and strong wire was run across from one stake to 

 the other. Then stout twine, such as is used in 

 tying heavy parcels, was strung from the wires 

 to the walls — the walls being, in one case, the 

 lattice of the enclosed porch, and in the other the 

 front and end of the shed. The strings were placed 

 three or four inches apart and were run up about 

 seven feet. 



"For the support of the tomato vines a trellis, 

 English fashion, was planned, the intention being 

 to hold the plants well up from the earth so that the 

 air might circulate freely under and through them 



