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(5) If you arc making a water pond 

 this year you will find arrowhead, water 

 cross, blue flag and sweet scented water 

 lily satisfactory plants to use. These 

 (lower in June. Where several different 

 kinds of plants are used in one pond it is 

 well to plant each kind in a separate box 

 or partition, and sink this contraption. In 

 this way the roots of the different plants 

 do not intermingle and the stronger kinds 

 choke out the weaker. If you cannot 

 build a fine cement pond this season 

 try a barrel one. Cut a barrel in two. 

 Sink the lower half in the ground, nearly 

 till it with earth, then fill in water. Plant 

 in this pond water hyacinths. Their 

 roots will strike down into the mud. 



(6) Add to the wild flower garden these 

 June bloomers buttercup, lupine, wild 

 geranium, daisy, soapwort, and great 

 Solomon's seal. 



(7) How would a rockery look in the 

 school yard? If you make one be sure 

 to have the soil right and plenty of it. 

 A good soil receipt to use for the rock 

 garden is two parts of garden soil, to one of 

 sand, to one of leafmold. The cigar plant, 

 vinca, ferns, begonias, portulaca, candy- 

 tuft, baby's breath, clarkia, and nastur- 

 tiums do well in a rock garden. 



(8) An outdoor window box adds to 

 the looks of the house. The box should 

 be 8 inches deep, otherwise make it to fit 

 the window. Use | or inch lumber and be 

 sure to paint the box. Add to every half 

 bushel of soil you use in filling these window 

 or porch boxes one cup of bone meal. This 

 adds extra goodness to the soil, much 

 needed under window box conditions. If 

 the box is to be in the shade, Boston ferns, 



Square boxes may be used in place of these molds 

 and thus reduce expense of the sundial 



fuchsias and begonias may be used and 

 for a trailer use "little pickles." For the 

 sunny exposure box use Vinca minor or 

 tradescantia for trailers; nasturtiums for 

 a climber; alyssum, verbenas, heliotrope, 

 petunias, snapdragon and geraniums for 

 body effect. Lemon verbena adds a de- 

 lightful odor to the little garden. 



(9) As you transplant seedlings from 

 place to place in the garden, try taking up 

 very small ones in groups. After the little 

 group of seedlings has become at home in 

 its new spot thin out until only the strongest 

 plant of all is left. The ordinary little 

 wooden label is a first class instrument to 

 use in this work. Also use the same little 

 label for drill making and cultivating 

 between plants. Cut back the leaf area of 

 lettuce seedlings one half. This method 

 reduces the w y ork the leaves have to do and 

 gives the root system a better chance to 

 work without heavy drain. Shelter the 

 seedlings in the first days after transplanting. 

 The sun's rays are too strong for them just 

 at first. 



// you are interested in doing some garden work, 

 read Lady Grecnsleeves's letter on page 328. 



Home-made hanging basket for the porch: simple 

 and effective 



Another Home-made Basket 



SOME of you girls might like to make 

 a hanging basket like the one I 

 made. To make this little plant basket 

 shown in the picture cut eight stakes twelve 

 inches long and make the centre exactly 

 the same as the one for the gathering basket. 

 (For the directions turn back to your De- 

 cember Garden Magazine where I gave 

 them when telling about my gathering 

 basket.) After this has been done take 

 No. 1 weaver and do the regular over and 

 under weaving. It may be woven up as 

 far as one wishes, being sure to shape the 

 basket as you weave. The edge is made 

 the same as that of the gathering basket, 

 only be sure to put the handle in before 

 making the edge. 



Do not forget and cut off the stakes 

 beside which you insert your handle. Then 

 bind in your handle so it will not come out, 

 and the basket is completed. Your basket 

 may be stained any color you wish. It 

 looks better when you stain it. There is 

 a regular wicker stain which can be procured 

 at any paint store. 



Newton, Mass. M. E. S. 



How To Make Your Own Sun- 

 dial Pedestal 



COME of you boys and girls might like 

 ^ a sundial in your gardens, and make 

 the pedestal at home as I did. 



The first thing to do is to get the molds. 

 The top and bottom molds are shown in 

 the picture. The shaft mold is a piece 

 of sheet iron about two feet high, rounded 

 like a stove pipe, smaller at the top than 

 at the bottom. The top measure is eight 

 inches, the bottom measure is eleven inches. 

 This mold any tinsmith can make easily. 

 The height of your mold is four inches. 



When these molds are all ready the 

 next thing to do is to get your sand, gravel, 

 and cement. The proportions for mixing 

 are one quart of cement, two quarts of 

 sand, and three quarts of coarse gravel. 

 This rule is commonly known as "one, 

 two and three. " Mix materials thoroughly 

 together while dry. After they are mixed 

 add water. Do not make this mixture 

 sloppy. Make it more like soft clay. 

 After this is done fill the molds. Make 

 cement enough in the proportions of the 

 table. Let the molds full of cement stand 

 about three days. Then they will be ready 

 to take apart. 



Before filling put a small block of wood 

 on the top and bottom molds. Have the 

 block about i| inches square. Be sure and 

 put the block in the centre of the mold. 

 In the pedestal put a block in both top 

 and bottom. The holes the blocks make 

 are to put the cement in when joining the 

 shaft to the top and bottom pieces. If 

 any boys cannot afford these molds, they 

 might use square boxes about the same size 

 as my moulds. 



The height of the pedestal is about three 

 feet when it is all put together. 



West Newton, Mass. Jackson Shaw. 



The sundial and pedestal standing on the edge of a 

 cement lily pond . 



