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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1 9 1 {> 



the emotions from big events for the past few 

 years, and we have neglected our flowers. Nu- 

 merous novelties of merit have been introduced 

 during the past few years; buy them and get up 

 to date. See that the perennial border down 

 the centre path of the garden is always attractive 

 with a selection of varieties to bloom at all sea- 

 sons. Sow annuals in abundance to give color 

 and to cheer up the surroundings when the peren- 

 nials are lagging. Make a Rose arbor at the 

 entrance of the garden, introduce a few pieces 

 of well placed and tastily chosen garden furniture. 

 The only value of money is to procure for us 

 the things that we desire. What more worthy 

 purpose than pleasant, healthful and wholesome 

 surroundings? 



Greenhouse and Frames 



A FTER the fuel scare the greenhouse looms 

 **■ up again as a big factor in successful gar- 

 dening. It will need putting into order too, the 

 boiler and heating apparatus looked over and 



put in proper repair, broken glass replaced, the 

 woodwork painted, etc. Get some compost 

 ready and make some flats for seed sowing, and 

 so start work on full schedule again and enjoy 

 postponed or interrupted pleasures. 



The coldframe is a worthy substitute for the 

 greenhouse, and is indispensable for the small 

 garden. If you have been struggling along with- 

 out frames, start now on this new basis. If you 

 have frames put them in commission at once. 

 Get some manure to make the hotbeds. A few 

 loads of good top soil is quite necessary; it will 

 be improved for this work if it is screened through 

 a coarse sieve. The earlier you get these ma- 

 terials assembled the better prepared you will 

 be to start sowing the seed properly when the 

 time arrives in a few weeks from now. 



Lawns and Shrubbery 



LAWNS have been neglected to a great extent 

 for the war period, many were turned 

 into potato fields and must be brought back. 



But the soil will be all the better for the change. 

 By getting active now, effort and expense next 

 summer can be saved. Where there is any sub- 

 stantial top growth that was neglected in the 

 cutting last summer, burn it. The fire won't 

 injure the roots, and the ashes are a good fertili- 

 zer. A top dressing will be very beneficial. 

 Lawns that have developed any baldness due to 

 war worries should have some grass seed scratched 

 into the surface. 



Ornamental shrubberies have also been neg- 

 lected and need a thorough overhauling. Those 

 that have becpme woody from lack of proper 

 pruning must be handled vigorously. It may 

 seem harsh treatment in some cases but the game 

 is worth it. Needless growth that is gradually 

 wearing out the vitality of the plant and all thin 

 weak interior branches must be removed en- 

 tirely. Plants that flower on new wood, such 

 as the Rose, must be cut severely; early spring 

 flowering shrubs such as the Lilac can be cut 

 after they have finished flowering. 



Conserving Beauty in the Victory Garden Elizabeth l. strang 



Planning for Present Intensive tjtility and Laying Lines for a Later Transition into a Bower of Beauty — Trees and 



Shrubs That Serve the Dual Purpose of Flowers and Fruits 



IN THE first burst of enthusiastic prepara- 

 tion for the growing of foodstuffs in the 

 home garden one was tempted to ignore, 

 even totally sacrifice, its beauty spots— an 

 altogether unnecessary proceeding. The accom- 

 panying plan is designed to show how beauty 

 may be obtained by the careful selection of a 

 few varieties so disposed as not to interfere with 

 the intensive use of the land, and which will 



nevertheless be good to look upon when the 

 backyard is once more carpeted with green. 



Many useful trees and shrubs of striking beauty 

 of form, and others selected for their bloom 

 alone, may be so arranged as to take the place of 

 flowers where beds must be filled with vegetables, 

 and the flowers that are permissible in a victory 

 garden must make up for their lack of numbers 

 by size and effectiveness, and intrude as little 



Ornamental arbors and other pieces of garden furniture m?y well find place in space temporarily given over to vegetables— to 



remain after the transition 



as possible upon the gardener's time. We take 

 a typical suburban or village lot 60 x 120 

 ft., the house well forward to the street, 

 the usual garage and driveway, a space reserved 

 for drying yard, a paved terrace faced by a small 

 grass area, and a wide open space which is in- 

 tended at present to be devoted to vegetables,, 

 and which will ultimately make a lawn framed 

 with green foliage and flowers. 



C*OR the time being this outer border should 

 *■ be separated from the central plot by a walk 

 of firmly trodden earth or a line of stepping 

 stones. A few feet back from the sidewalk 

 where the fallen fruit would not be annoying to 

 the passerby, Black Walnuts would make ex- 

 cellent shade trees. They are shapely, large, 

 and their finely divided compound leaves furnish 

 an agreeable shade. 



Toward the rear of the lot it is decidedly utili- 

 tarian. Fruit trees are so placed that their 

 blooms will mass effectively in the early spring, 

 when we have only a few Daffodils as a forecast of 

 the garden to come. Small sour cherry, plum, 

 crabapple, pear, dwarf apple, or sweet cherry 

 are all of suitable size to partially screen the 

 garage on one side, and form a balancing high 

 mass upon the other. 



Quinces are placed at the edge of the drying 

 lawn where their picturesque shrub-like forms 

 and large pink and white flowers may be seen 

 to advantage. Massed in the corner against 

 the garage is the Goumi (Eleagnus 'ongipes), 

 whose fruit, like small plums covered wit!, silvery 

 bloom, makes excellent jelly. Another harbinger 

 of spring is the Shadbush (Amelanchier canaden- 

 sis), conspicuous for its masses of white flowers 

 in April, but not so well known for its delicious 

 fruit which ripens in June, and which have the 

 appearance and taste of blueberries. This like 

 the Bush-honeysuckle will thrive on the shady 

 side of the house. 



Next the street and driveway is a hedge of 

 Common Barberry whose yellow blossoms are 

 attractive in spring, whose foliage colors well in 

 autumn, and whose abundant red berries make 

 splendid jelly, either alone or mixed with apple 

 juice. In sections of the Country where grain is 

 a farm crop this should not be planted because 

 it harbors the wheat rust, an objection that does 

 not apply to its relative the Japanese Barberry 

 which is also more gardenesque in appearance. 



