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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1912 



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pipe will not stand freezing. By using a large 

 pipe, the danger of freezing is reduced to a minimum. 



The soil in the flowerbed was removed to the 

 depth of two feet and two strings of 3-inch tile 

 were laid side by side across the flowerbed, for a 

 distance of ten feet. The iron pipe was connected 

 with the tile by a section of eaves trough which 

 had been discarded. Over the tile, fine horse 

 manure was packed to a depth of one foot and the 

 remaining foot was filled in with earth. 



A row of sweet peas was planted on the side of 

 the bed nest to the house and the remaining space 



This pipe drains a kitchen sink and sub-irrigates 

 a flower bed 



was planted to dahlias. We soon found that the 

 sweet peas was a mistake. The dahlias which 

 were a decided success grew so rapidly that the 

 peas were soon overshadowed, and while we 

 picked quite a good many, the}' were crowded out 

 early in the season. 

 Michigan. C. R. Ross. 



Plumose Asparagus from Seed 



I HAD been depending on the florists for plants 

 of the beautiful asparagus for several years 

 until I noticed directions for growing the plants 

 from seed. Last March I started some seeds 

 indoors in a window box and raised an abundant 

 supply of plants for the winter. The process is 

 so easy, simple and inexpensive that it seems worth 

 while to describe it. 



The name "asparagus fern" is, of course, a 

 misnomer. The plant is not a fern at all, but a 

 true asparagus, closely related to the familiar 

 vegetable of our kitchen gardens. The true ferns 

 reproduce by means of tiny spores which develop 

 slowly and require better conditions and more 

 care than the average amateur can give. The 

 name plumose asparagus is really to be preferred, or 

 perhaps fern-leaved asparagus. This asparagus 

 blossoms and bears seed in much the same way 

 that the garden asparagus does. The seeds are 

 small, round and black and may be purchased of 

 any of the larger seed houses. The most de- 

 sirable seeds are those grown in greenhouses, as 

 the plants from them are more likely to do well 

 under indoor conditions. The seeds cost twenty- 

 five cents a packet, naturally being more expensive 

 to produce than ordinary flower seeds. 



After you have received the packet of seeds soak 

 them in tepid water for a day or so until they, be- 

 come swollen. Then plant an inch deep in a 

 window box filled with good garden soil. They 

 will come up as slender stalks before long, and these 

 stalks will soon spread out to form attractive little 

 plants with the same characters as the larger ones. 

 As the weeks go by new stalks will appear from the 

 roots so that soon you will have a lot of vigorous 

 seedlings that are of greatest interest. 



In May when danger from frost is past trans- 



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DREER'S 

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We have over 500 varieties, including the 

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HENRY A. DREER, 71 ^t»» St - 



R. S. V. P. 



"What is that 'R. S. V. P. to 

 residence of bride ' ? " Abe Pot- 

 ash asked. 



Morris reflected for a mo- 

 ment 



'That means," he said at 

 length, " that we should know 

 where to send the present to." 



"How do you make that 

 out ? " said Abe. 



"R. S. V. P.," Morris replied, 

 emphasizing each letter with a 

 motion of his hand, "means: 

 Remember to send vedding 

 present." 



From 



Abe and Mawruss 



Being Further Adventures of 



Potash & Perlmutter 



Illustrated. Fixed price, $1.20 



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