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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



July, 1911 



The Book of lOO Houses 



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NEW "GARDEN LIBRARY" VOLUMES 



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Chrysanthemums, and How to Grow Them by I. L. Powell 



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Garden Planning by W. S. Rogers 



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Former Issues: 



Roses, and How to Grow Them 



By Many Experts 

 Ferns, and How to Grow Them 



By G. A Woolson 

 Lawns, and How to Make Them 



By Leonard Barron 

 Daffodils-Narcissus, and How to Grow Them 



By A. M. Kirby 



Water-Lilies, and How to Grow Them 



By Henri Hus and Henry S. Conard 

 House Plants By Parker Thayer Barnes 



Orchard and Fruit Garden 



By E. P. Powell 

 The Flower Garden By Ida D. Bennett 



The Vegetable Garden 



By Ida D. Bennett 



factorily for us on strong pieces of brush set well into 

 the ground; this provided endless twigs for the 

 tendrils to take hold of. The vines spread well over 

 the brush and hid it from sight. 



We have also had very successful crops from 

 cucumbers raised on a 3-foot netting trellis. 

 No doubt the vines would have covered a still 

 higher trellis, for the meshes are conveniently 

 close for the tendrils that are always reaching out 

 for support. One season the vines were trained 

 on strings over the back porch. Barrel culture, 

 also, proved satisfactory, serving the purpose of 

 raising the plants above the ground level, where 

 they could receive more attention and where they 

 could be kept well supplied with soapy water from 

 the laundry. 



New York. I. M. Angell. 



"Living" Bean Poles 



A SHORTAGE of poles one season led us to 

 experiment to try to find some strong- 

 growing plant that might act as a sort of "living" 

 pole. We chose Ricinus, or castor bean, because 

 of its rapid growth and thick stalks. 



The seeds were planted in a spot where the ordin- 

 ary bean poles would have been unsightly and 

 where a partial screen was desirable. The type 

 of ricinus selected was not of the rankest growth, 

 so that the shade was not too heavy for the beans. 

 An overabundance of shade was likewise avoided 

 by planting the castor beans a good distance apart. 

 Neither seemed to interfere with the other and it 

 was proved that our limited space was put to 

 good use. 



The castor beans were sowed first, for in spite 

 of their rapid growth of three feet in a month, 

 the pole beans would have been too quick for them. 

 When the ricinus was a foot high the beans were 

 sowed. The cost of seed was fifteen cents an 

 ounce, enough to make more than fifty poles. The 

 tallest of the castor beans measured eight feet in 

 height, with stems two inches thick. Ours were 



The castor bean plant forms an excellent living 

 substitute for the real thing in bean poles 



not troubled by the wind, but in any locality 

 where they would be likely to be so affected, 

 plant them near a fence and tie them as they grow. 

 This can be done without the tying being too much 

 in evidence and spoiling their appearance. 



Other "living" bean poles were tried also. 

 Corn proved useful but not specially attractive; 

 the stalks become shabby and weak unless a 

 strong late kind is chosen. Sunflowers also 

 made bean poles that were both strong and 

 ornamental. 



New York. I. M. Angell. 



