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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Mat, 1909 



A Revolution in Spraying! 



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Codling Moths, Potato - Bugs and 

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BACK YARD 



Shirley Poppies with Candytuft 



AN EFFECT of Shirley poppies and giant 

 white candytuft mixed was what caught 

 the eye oftenest in our garden last summer. The 

 bed ran along the south and east sides of the 

 living room, beginning at the front hall entrance 

 on the south and extending around the corner of 

 the house toward the dining-room porch on the 

 rear east — a stretch of about thirty-five feet in 

 length and from two to three feet in width. 



While the early tulips were still in blossom, 

 poppy seed was sown among them in rows and 

 small groups, the object being to make a solid- 

 looking bed as the poppies came up and the old 

 tulip tops decayed and were taken out. A mixture 

 of candytuft seed with a little of the yellow Cali- 

 fornia poppy was then sown for a wide border 

 along the outer edge. The plants soon appeared 

 and were subsequently thinned out wherever 

 necessary. 



The poppies were kept in flower until frost by 

 cutting away the seed-pods as soon as they formed. 

 At noonday, in very warm weather, the blossoms 

 looked rather warm against the gray-pebbled 

 background, but at all other times the color scheme 

 was very good. The white of the candytuft 

 strengthened the poppy colors, and its dainty 

 flower proved to be of the right character to offset 

 the graceful, nodding flowers of the poppy. 



Illinois. M. M. G. 



More About Toads 



IN The Garden Magazine for March, 1909, 

 L. C. Porter, of Wisconsin, suggests that Mr. 

 Howard Earl should introduce toads into his 

 garden in order that he may rid himself of the 

 insects which ruin his nasturtium vines. 



May I say that we, too, have had our vines 

 ruined by these small black insects, and that 

 within a foot of the vines is a large colony of 

 toads? 



There are big toads, little toads, and middle- 

 sized toads, and every other size that one can 

 imagine. They come out in the day-time from 

 under the edge of a large flat stone, and sit blinking 

 in the sun. Toward evening they hop around the 

 garden seeking food. We protect them and treat 

 them with great consideration, and, although the 

 large number of toads is quite out of proportion 

 to the small row of vines, they do not rid us of these 

 pests. Are there toads and toads, and does 

 L. C. Porter know of any particular kind of toad 

 that we should have? 



New Jersey. H. C. Anderson. 



