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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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Cages to Protect Corn From 

 Crows 



HAVING no mind to present to the crows our 

 few hills of extra early sweet corn, we in- 

 vented cages to put over each hill till the plants were 

 large enough to lose their " crow-attractiveness! " 

 Each cage required five feet of one-foot chicken 

 netting. They were made in the form of hollow 

 cubes, with the side that rested on the ground left 

 open. They were made of new wire and cost three 

 cents each. They are equally satisfactory and 

 cost less when made of wire that has been used be- 

 fore. These little cages were left on the corn 

 day and night, as there was nothing to keep 

 the sun and air from reaching the plants. It 

 is an easy matter to anchor them down with 

 small stakes or stones, if located where they are 

 in danger of being knocked over. A cage set over 



A cage for protecting corn from crows, which costs 

 three cents to make 



a newly transplanted plant as a support for bagging 

 or other covering, is a protection, not only from the 

 sun, but from chickens and from trampling until 

 the plant has taken a firm hold of the soil. 



These cages are not the easiest things to store 

 away, but if turned upside down they may be used 

 as wire baskets in which to pack the various garden 

 odds and ends till the next season. They are also 

 useful individual covers for choice flowering plants 

 when frost threatens. Carpeting can be thrown 

 over them at night without bruising the plants 

 and they are lighter and easier to adjust than 

 other sorts of frost coverings. The blooming 

 season of many plants can be considerably extended 

 with a little protection from the first early frosts. 



New York. I. W. Angell. 



Nasturtiums in Mounds 



ONE of the best nasturtium tricks that I have 

 run across is the creation of a nasturtium 

 mound effect. Brush is laid on the ground so as 

 to form a loose pile that soon is completely covered 

 with climbing nasturtiums, which remain in good 

 condition until frost time.- B. G. 



