December, 1905 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



215 



ginning to use the delicate little cabbages 

 after the first frost — they need a freeze before 

 they reach their full flavor — and continue 

 cutting from out of doors until December. 

 Then we pull a lot of the stalks and hang 

 them up, roots and all, in the cellar. These 

 will last fresh for a month or so. 



Others, brought in at the same time with 

 those that are to be "hung," we plant in a big 

 box of moist sand or earth. These are ready 

 for use when the other supply fails. By 

 cutting off the tops and trimming off the 

 roots one can plant much more compactly. 



Select some of the finest stalks to winter 

 out and either bundle them up in straw, as 

 one would a rose-bush, or bend the stalk 

 over to the ground and cover with leaves. 

 They will not be injured by the hardest 

 winter, and can be picked in the early spring 

 when fresh vegetables are at a premium and 

 not always in prime condition. 



Record-Breaking Hedges of 

 Annuals 



L. M. Bell, Michigan 



DOES anyone know a better way of rais- 

 ing a temporary hedge quickly from 

 seed than by planting the castor bean ? The 

 one here illustrated was grown in Michigan , 

 by Mr. Chester Binns, and it required one-half 

 pound of seed for nine rods of hedge, the 

 plants being set 18 inches apart. By sowing 

 mixed varieties you will get a good mixture of 

 foliage color when the plants grow up. It is 

 better to sow the seed where the plants will 

 grow, as transplanting often stunts the 

 ultimate growth. I do not know of anything 

 cheaper, as a hedge like the one illustrated 

 can be had for about twenty cents. 



The old-fashioned pole lima can be trained 

 on wires to make a hedge, which is not only 

 an excellent screen but will yield something 

 for the table all through the season. If you 

 stretch wires and do away with the old- 

 fashioned and ugly bean pole, you will have 

 something that is pretty as well as useful. 

 Use No. 10 fence wire, stretched tight, and 

 plant your seed in hills, 4 feet apart, four 

 beans to a hill. Drive a small stick 12 inches 

 long in each hill, tie twine to the stake and 

 lead it over the wire, for the beans to climb 

 up. If you have double rows, lead the string 

 from one row to the other, to make an arbor. 

 One hundred hills can be staked in this way 

 for fifty cents. 



Specimen Trees from the 

 Woods 



W. Anderson, Massachusetts 



WE HAVE succeeded admirably in get- 

 ting good-sized specimen trees by 

 retaining the kinds wanted when clearing the 

 land for the lawn. Hawthorns were abundant, 

 and as ragged as any tree or shrub can be when 

 jostled and crowded by the wild undergrowth. 

 By clearing around them, adding a top 

 dressing of good soil and treating them like 

 other plants in a garden a year made a won- 

 derful difference to them. The lower growth 



Specimen thorns (Crataegus) on the estate of Mr. Bayard Thayer at South Lancaster, 

 natural woodland trees which were cleared around. Compare with trees in the 



Mass. They are al 

 figure below 



These are the thorns in the Thaver woods just after clearing out birch, etc. Notice the bare lower portions, 

 and see figure above for what a year's cultivation can accomplish 



A single branch of Prairie Queen rose that maKes a whole flower bed in Wisconsin. One year it bore 3,500 

 blooms. It is taKen indoors each winter. Has anyone a better rose bush than this? 



