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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Mat, 1911 



Half Service 

 Or Double Expense 



TWO telephone systems in one 

 town mean a divided commun- 

 ity or a forced duplication of 

 apparatus and expense. 



Some of the people are connected 

 with one system, some are con- 

 nected with the other system ; and 

 each group receives partial 

 service. 



Only those receive full 

 service who subscribe for the 

 telephones of both systems. 



Neither system can fully meet 

 the needs of the public, any more 

 than a single system could meet the 

 needs of the public if cut in two and 

 half the telephones discontinued. 



What is true of a single commun- 

 ity is true of the country at large. 



The Bell System is estab- 

 lished on the principle of one 

 system and one policy, to meet 

 the demands for universal 

 service, a whole service for 

 all the people. 



American Telephone and Telegraph Company 



And Associated Companies 



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 It improves the mechanical conditions of the soil. 



\ Makes compact clay more open and porous, makes light, 

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a modified form of the culture suggested above for 

 the tomatoes. I did not attempt to get the roots 

 nearly so deep but made the bed much richer and 

 fed the plants a little high grade fertilizer each 

 time they were worked. They came into bearing 

 the middle of August, and were bearing in fine 

 order when frost came in November. Enough were 

 then brought in to last for two weeks longer. 



Salisfy requires such a long time to mature that 

 I cannot afford, in my small garden, to let it use 

 its space alone. I grew four hundred splendid 

 roots in four rows, fifty feet long, between the 

 corn. The corn was planted first and was worked 

 thoroughly until its tassels began to show. Then 

 the soil was deeply spaded between the rows and 

 the salisfy sown. When the corn had finished 

 bearing the stalks were taken out, root and all, 

 and covered in the compost heap. The salsify 

 had prospered in the partial shade and now grew 

 apace. But the corn rows were spaded thoroughly, 

 without disturbing the salsify, and a late crop of 

 potatoes put in. The salisfy supplies fresh stuff 

 from the garden even in winter. 



North Carolina. Charles E. Raynal. 



The Southern Summer Begins 



SOW cabbage seed during the month for use 

 in the late summer and fall. Drumhead 

 and Flat Dutch are excellent varieties. Better 

 sow also some seed of the red sort for making 

 cole-slaw and salads. Be careful to keep the 

 cabbage bed watered during dry weather. Seed 

 of collards may also be sown now, but cabbage 

 is much better and just as easy to grow. The 

 southern gardeners can, and should, have headed 

 cabbage in their garden every month in the year. 



Yard beans and lima beans should be staked now. 

 Oak poles, with a little brush left on, will last 

 through the season. Have them about one and a 

 half or two inches in diame- 

 ter at the bottom and nine 

 or ten feet long. Lima 

 beans make heavy foliage 

 and require strong support. 

 Set out tomato plants 

 during this month. Keep 

 careful watch over the 

 white potato patch for the 

 striped potato bug. Spray 

 with Paris green when it 

 appears just before sun- 

 down, as there is then no 

 danger of the sun scalding 

 the plants. 



Be sure to sow at least 

 a few sunflower seeds. They 

 require no attention, give 

 pretty flowers, good shade 

 for poultry and the seed 

 makes excellent poultry 

 food. 



If the madonna lilies are 

 not already in flower, give 

 a liquid manure and have 

 blossoms. The same ap- 

 plies to dahlia plants which 

 should commence to flower 



this month. Stake them in order to prevent the 

 stalks from breaking during high winds. Keep 

 all old flowers cut off — sweet Williams, pansies 

 and sweet peas— so as to prolong the flowering 

 season. 



It is important to keep both the flower and 

 vegetable garden well cultivated during May and 

 June. If the grass gets a start now, it will be 

 hard to control. 



Plant pumpkins and winter squashes now. 

 They are excellent in pies during the winter and 

 should be more generally planted in the South. 

 Thin out late fruits now if they are crowded. 



Continue to set out sweet potato plants. A 

 friable red clay soil makes sweeter potatoes than 

 a sandy soil, and they keep better. I got twenty- 

 five bushels of yam potatoes from about five 

 hundred feet of rows. The plants were set out 

 in June after oats were harvested; on another 

 patch three times as large, but with a sandy soil, 

 planted in April, I had only thirty-five bushels. 

 Therefore, it seems that a soft, red clay soil is the 

 best generally for sweet potatoes. I expect to plant 



Yard-long beans are 

 good eating 





