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// you are planning to build, the Readers' 

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THE GARDEN M A G A Z I N E 



March, 1910 



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 Your Grounds Attractive 



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 plants. Besides the necessary fee, there was a large expense bill, and an 

 ultimate cost much in excess of your original expectations. 



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Hydrangeas started from cuttings three years ago 

 will bloom like this 



except the one farther from the bush. The spring 

 of 1908 saw the first blossoms on the bush, while 

 already the shoot was of the size to assume indepen- 

 dent existence, and by mid-summer it was moved 

 to its permanent position where it bloomed in the 

 spring of 1909. 



Clematis, climbing roses and trumpet vine can 

 also be started by layering. A long vine branch is 

 bent over from the parent vine and planted at inter- 

 vals under two inches of soft soil. Shoots will 

 appear at every exposed bud. When they are 

 thoroughly rooted the stalk can be cut and the young 

 vines removed. 



Pennsylvania. Flora Lewis Marble. 



Sweet Peas in the Vegetable 

 Garden 



THE sweet pea is often very effectively used as 

 a border plant in the vegetable garden. The 

 earlier the seed is sown the better. If sown in fall 

 and wintered over by means of an impromptu 

 frame the plants are much better than if sown in 

 spring, but as this is out of the question for this year 

 we will make a point to get them into the ground as 

 early as possible. Plant the seed just as soon as 

 frost is out of the ground. Sow in trenches six 

 inches deep, in which some good manure has been 

 turned under, and as the seeds sprout and grow, 

 keep them covered w'ith soil until by spring the 

 trench is level with the surrounding ground. In 

 filling the trench do not throw in the soil with a 

 spade but take a -handful and rub it between the 

 hands to thoroughly pulverize it. 



The benefit from this early sowing is that al- 

 though no top growth of any amount is made, the 

 roots keep going deeper and deeper, and by the 

 time summer arrives they are down in cool, moist 

 earth and do not feel the ruinous effects of drought. 



New York. W. C. McCollom. 



A Hedge For a Driveway 



IF the driveway to your house curves up a steep 

 hill both guests and horses will feel apprehensive 

 about pitching over the bare bank. You can remove 

 this danger and add great beauty by planting first an 

 edging of Japanese barberry, then a line of tall 

 shrubs, and finally a line of tall trees. There is a 

 beautiful example of this on the Steele estate near 

 Westbury, L. I. The place was originally planted 

 by Mr. Charles D. Lanier. 



Black Spot on Roses 



FOR black spot on roses spray with three ounces 

 of Bordeaux mixture or potassium sulphite 

 dissolved in ten gallons of water. Spray thoroughly 

 so that all the leaves are well covered, especially on 

 the under sides. Black spot is a fungous disease. 



