SIMPLE GARDENING METHODS 



than I had believed possible. I saw recently a splendid and 

 most expensive row of young trees of rare variety that had 

 been dug up because they were not thriving, only to find that 

 the ignorant planter had put them down in the "original 

 package," and the young roots were unable to force their 

 way through the tin can in which they had grown in the 

 nursery, and which should of course have been removed. 



In putting out young roses, it is advisable to cut them 

 back rather vigorously if you wish to have healthy plants 

 next year. They should not be allowed to bloom profusely 

 the first season, but be kept clipped back. 



Judicious "pinching" enters into the training of vines, 

 and judgment is a hard matter to inculcate through printed 

 directions, but, if the vine is wanted for covering the roof or 

 upper part of the trellis, pinch off the side and lower 

 shoots. If it is desirable that it should spread rapidly, then 

 the upper shoots must be pinched back. 



For small or tender plants it is well to cover from the 

 sun rays and from frost at night with a light sacking or other 

 shelter, but this should be removed part of each day that 

 the plant may gradually harden. 



THE MAKING OF A LAWN 



Under the heading of "Simple Gardening Methods," it 

 will be advisable to take up the matter of lawn-making, 

 since even the tiniest city lot is made more attractive by the 

 patch of lawn, and yet very few amateurs are able to induce 



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