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A happy inspiration! When you cannot get poles for 
the pole beans, grow sunflowers as supports. 
July, when the beans began to bear, they had 
climbed little more than half as high as some 
of the sunflowers, which on account of trans- 
planting, developed into very sturdy, stocky 
plants. |The only care the sunflowers have 
required has been cutting off the lower leaves 
and branches in order to give the beans more 
air and sunshine. ‘There are forty hills of 
beans, half of which are growing on wooden 
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poles, the remainder were trained on sun- 
flower plants. 
The labor of providing sunflower plants 
was considerably less than that of putting in 
the wooden poles. 
A Garden for Sixteen Cents 
LouisE KLeiIn MILier, Cleveland, Ohio 
BEN and J are neighbors. There was an 
empty space in our back yards and 
we pooled our efforts to make a neighbor- 
hood garden, utilizing his practical experi- 
ences and my ‘‘theories,”’ thus deriving some 
pleasure from digging in the soil, and in- 
cidentally having fresh vegetables during 
the summer. We bought sixteen penny 
packages of seeds, ten of flowers and six of 
vegetables. 
With line and tape measure, we laid out 
the garden, striving to combine. utility 
with artistic effects in color and arrangement. 
It is possible for a vegetable garden to be 
just as interesting and beautiful as a flower 
garden, and it is more practical; but a com- 
bination of the two is the plan par excellence. 
The garden was twenty feet square. All 
the paths of the garden were two feet wide. 
Instead of having a bed of coleus, or other 
“bedding plant,” we had a three-foot border 
around the entire garden of vegetables. 
On the outside edge of the bed was a row 
of carrots which were sown very thickly, and 
thinned when the roots were about three 
inches long. These young carrots are de- 
licious stewed with a few raisins and dressed 
with cream. By judicious thinning, we had 
carrots until frost. Lettuce bordered the 
other edge of the garden and was crisp and 
tender in the early season, giving good heads 
This 20 ft. square formal combination garden of flowers and vegetables was planted ata total cost of sixteen 
cents for seeds. 
For details, see plan 
DeEcEMBER, 1906 
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later. Next to the lettuce was a row of beets 
which were thinned, and the young beets and 
tops used for greens. After the lettuce had 
passed its prime, and was removed, the beets 
had grown so as to require the additional 
space. 
Next to the beets came a row of peas, 
which were harvested early and the vines 
pulled out. Between the carrots and the 
peas was a row of beans which bore extremely 
well. In the early spring we had a border 
which was really beautiful, made so by the 
contrasting colors, diversified foliage and 
manner of growth. The light green of the 
lettuce produced a good effect next to the 
varied reds of the beets, and the yellow-greens 
of the beans and the bluish green of the peas 
were quite harmonious. When the bean 
plants were full of the dainty white pea- 
shaped blossoms, and later of yellow-green 
pods, the border was exceedingly effective, 
The autumn beauty of the feathery leaves 
of the carrots and strong upright leaves of 
the beets was charming. 
The centre of the garden was reserved 
for flowers. Marigolds occupied the centre 
of the circular bed with a row of corn flower 
next, with the four o’clocks around the edge. 
The yellow and blue afforded a fine con- 
trasting of color. 
The corner beds were planted with refer- 
ence to manner of growth, color, and time of 
blooming. Zinnias were placed in the centres 
of the beds, being rather strong and vigorous 
in growth. By the time they were in their 
prime, the poppy border (which came next) 
had ceased flowering. Next came the bal- 
sams, bearing their blossoms on a lower 
plane than the poppies. The China pinks 
added a row of flowers of rich velvety texture 
and varied colors from the most delicate tints 
to the deepest shades. 
Perhaps the brightest border was the phlox 
which bloomed all summer. Here for late 
blooming we planted asters, which always 
are most satisfactory. 
The arrangement of our beds may not have 
been the best, but it afforded pleasing variety 
and we had a great deal of satisfaction out 
of it. Corn is not the best thing to put into a 
