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June, 19 3 



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ATLAS 





NOME JUSIAS GOOD 



Keeping Up 

 the Place 





Every owner of a home or farm has the 

 expense of " upkeep " to contend with. 



There are sidewalks, curbs, steps, 

 clothes posts, horse-blocks, watering 

 troughs, chicken coops, and the like to 

 be built, repaired and built again later. 



Why not make these improvements 

 of concrete and settle this annual ex- 

 pense for all time ? 



Concrete is the great, modern build- 

 ing material, easy to handle, economical 

 and durable as stone. 



We have published a text-book de- 

 voted exclusively to this sort of work. 

 It tells just how to make these improve- 

 ments — how to mix the concrete and 

 how to make the molds. 



You can do much of the work your- 

 self ; all of it can be done under your 

 supervision. The book is called 

 "Concrete Construction about 

 the Home and on the Farm " 

 and will be sent to anyone on request. 



Concrete is a mixture of sand, gravel 

 or broken stone and some kind of Port- 

 land Cement. The kind is important — 

 _J so important that you should know about 



ATLAS 



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which, because of its purity and uniform 

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 the best — and everybody gets the same. 

 Atlas is the brand the government has pur- 

 chased to the extent of 4,500,000 barrels 

 for use in building the Panama Canal. 

 Get Atlas for your own use and 

 specify it for all work you have done. 



Other books: 



"Concrete Country Residences" 



(delivery charges 25c.) 

 "Concrete Cottages" (sent free.) 

 "Reinforced Concrete in Factory 

 Construction" (delivery charges 10c.) 



If your dealer cannot supply you with Atlas, write to 



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Japanese Irises on a Hill Top 



I HAVE been for many years interested in the 

 culture of the Japanese iris, and for a long 

 time had the common idea that it needed bog 

 conditions. To meet this fancied need I made a 

 sunken area with appropriate soil and a hydrant 

 to keep it wet. The flowers I had were but little 

 to boast of. 



Later I placed the plants in ideal soil — moist, but 

 well drained — and had flowers that I was really 

 proud of, and my pride was further increased by 

 having an English gardener of wide experience say 

 that my irises were the best that he had seen. 



At about that time I visited an estate in charge of 

 a Japanese gardener. His bed of irises was situated 

 on the top of a hill with the natural soil a thin sticky 

 clay. The plants stood nearly breast high, with 

 flower-stalks like small bamboos and flowers such as 

 I had never dreamed of. 



I found that the secret of such success was to 

 have a clay soil, the heavier the better, working into it 

 about two inches of well-rotted manure and giving a 

 liberal dressing of bonemeal or nitrate of soda. 

 The plants should be placed about two and a half 

 feet apart in rows and in the rows at least a foot; 

 and for the very best results, planting should be 

 done on slight ridges about three inches above the 

 trough of the row. 



When the plants have started to grow put at least 

 six inches of half rotted stable manure between the 

 rows but not against the plants. Water liberally 

 with the hose, washing the manure into the roots. 

 The flowers will be best the second year; the third 

 year the plants should be reset. My own experi- 

 ence is that much finer plants are to be had by divid- 

 ing to single eyes; when crowded man)' of the shoots 

 are weak and do not flower. 



The above method is doubtless the best to follow 

 if one desires flowers for show purposes, but when 

 planted wild about the banks of ponds or streams 

 and flowering among wild plants, there is a charm 

 about Japanese irises that cannot be obtained in 

 any other way. 



California. Carl Purdy. 



Important Jobs to Do Now 



THIS is the last month in which dahlias and 

 gladiolus should be planted. During this 

 month the main work in the flower garden is that 

 of general care, watching closely to see that no 

 plant suffers for lack of water. Plant out the last 

 lot of chrysanthemums. 



The following vegetable plants and seeds may be 

 planted during June: Beans, late cabbage (seeds 

 or plants), cauliflower (plants), lettuce, melons 

 (musk and water), peas, sweet potatoes (plants), 

 pumpkin, radishes, tomato (plants). 



Los Angeles, Cal. Ernest Braunton. 



Chickens in Our Garden 



IN ORDER to keep the garden from being 

 scratched up do not allow the chickens to 

 run at large during the day for more than an hour 

 or two before roosting time. When releasing them, 

 keep the cocks back, for hens will hardly ever do 

 any damage unless they have chicks, but will really 

 do good work by quietly picking up- grubs. The 

 minute the cock gets his liberty, he feels it is his 

 duty to provide for his family by showing them a 

 good feeding ground. That spot is sure to be 

 the garden. He will take only a few glances around 

 before starting for it on a run, calling for all to 

 follow him. In a few minutes every leg is flying 

 in the midst of the choicest planting. 



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We are quoting a large assortment of novelties and 

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