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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



May, 1907' 



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Kansas the next year we do not know how 

 well they succeeded. 



Two years later we obtained from this 

 planting what plants we wanted for our 

 garden here. We set them two or three feet 

 apart in the row and the rows six feet apart. 

 They were irrigated and made a good growth. 

 At the beginning of real winter weather a 

 mulching of wheat straw was scattered over 

 the patch and the plants only having had 

 one season's growth the vines were near the 

 ground, so remained under the straw. 



It was our intention in the spring to place 

 the mulching under the vines and prune 

 them. But it seemed an impossible task, so 

 they were left in disgust with their winter 

 covering over them, to live or die as they 

 might. But in due time the flower stalks 

 made their appearance — pushing their way 

 up through the straw — and we soon realized 

 that our seeming lack of care was really 

 the best of care. An abundance of fruit was 

 set and developed amongst the luxuriance- 

 of the foliage. Had the dewberry vines 



A dewberry plant. Irrigation and a winter mulch 

 are necessary for its success 



been protected in north-eastern Kansas, as 

 they were here, they would surely have 

 yielded well there, too. 



Raspberries, even when irrigated, are not 

 as satisfactory here in our unprotected 

 prairie gardens as are the dewberries; for 

 the raspberry loves shade and protection 

 from winds, as well as moisture. But dew- 

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 under their canopy of leaves great clusters 

 of large luscious berries are to be found. 

 But it takes searching to find them, and sharp 

 thorns as well as leaves protect the fruit. 

 So a pair of good gloves is a necessary part of 

 the equipment of one who would gather from 

 the vines all of the ripe berries. 



Kansas. Viola McColm. 



The Easiest Grown Iris 



THE German iris like that shown on this 

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Although the flowers seldom produce 

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 of division of the rhizome. This is best done 

 in April. Give the iris a light mulch during 

 the winter. 



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