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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



December, 1911 



Summer and Winter Gardening 



By H. E. A., New York 



COULD anything better emphasize the 

 actual service rendered by proper 

 planting than do these two photographs? 

 They show the same place, but at dif- 

 ferent seasons of the year. In the one, 

 a picture of foliage and bright flowers; 

 in the other, the chief object in the view 

 is the neighboring building. Obviously, 

 the desirable thing to do is to provide for 

 winter effect by planting large ever- 

 greens. 



Already a beginning has been made 

 and the welcome relief given by the small 

 conifers conveys a suggestion of what will 

 be ultimately. Year by year the larger, 

 taller growth of the evergreens will lessen 

 the present winter bareness. Permanent 

 material grows slowly, as nursery stock 

 goes, and is therefore somewhat costly 

 in large sizes. But you will be surprised 

 at the growth made by some of these 

 so-called slow-growers if you give them 

 good soil and as high cultivation as you 

 give your vegetable garden. Many of 

 the pines will grow fully two feet in a sea- 

 son while still young, and by using the 



Trie puff-ball fungus of the meadows is a delicious 

 morsel. Ever taste it ? 



quicker, taller kinds in the background 

 and the more ornamental, picturesque 



kinds in the foreground, you can get re- 

 sults in a very few years. 



When planting out small evergreens it 

 is well to intermit some of the quicker 

 growing deciduous trees for screen and 

 shelter till the others attain a proper 

 size. 



Are Giant Puffballs Good to Eat? 



By J. E. R., New York 



'"THE answer to this question is easy; 

 -"- all puffballs are edible. Some species 

 are too small to putter with. All are 

 inedible when they get by the creamy white 

 stage. Do not try to eat one that shows 

 the least tinge of color. 



I know by the solicitous and interes- 

 ted posture of this lady that she knows 

 she has something unusually good to 

 surprise her family with at supper. She 

 will peel these puffballs and cut slices an 

 inch thick, about fifteen minutes before 

 the meal is served. She will broil the 

 slices and season them with pepper, salt 

 and butter. Next day the whole family 

 will wish they could knock off work at 

 three o'clock, and hunt puffballs for 

 another feast. 



This picture shows the beginning of a permanent effect with evergreens 

 which will screen the distant house in winter time 



In summer deciduous trees are already an effective screen, but they serve 

 the purpose only for a few months 



