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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1918 



Germany's 

 Plots Exposed 



JOHN R. RATHOM, the courageous editor of the Providence 

 Journal, begins in the February World's Work his great 

 series on Germany's plots against America. The first article is 

 "The German Spy System From the Inside." In their an- 

 nouncement the editors of the World's Work say: 



Mr. Rathom, in the series makes exposures of some of the German plots 

 in America, of the systematic, secret war of the Kaiser on the American 

 democracy, a war conceived in the cool calculations of peace, using 

 diplomats, men of learning, professional men, and the leaders of our 

 business life in an orderly plot to undermine our ideals, to control our 

 commerce, and finally to conquer our nation by force of arms. The 

 story Mr. Rathom has to tell has all the action and adventure af romance, 

 but it has besides a message for the most serious contemplation of the 

 American people — the message that this machinery of internal disrup- 

 tion is still in operation, that the agents of the Kaiser still ply their 

 trade of death in the United States. 



CX-AMBASSADOR HENRY MORGENTHAU will begin 

 L-j in the World's Work, probably in the April number, the 

 grapic story of 



German Intrigues 

 in the Near East 



This series of articles will be written from his letters, diaries, etc., revealing 

 the inner facts of the German activities in Constantinople, the key to their 

 Berlin-Bagdad dream, and the crucial point 

 in their attempt to gain world domination. 

 The articles will picture the machinations 

 of Baron Wangenheim, the German Ambas- 

 sador, and the usurpations of the Young 

 Turks, headed by Talaat and Enver Pashas. 



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over, a sprinkling of nitrate of soda the last 

 week of the month after the other fertilizers 

 are harrowed in will be most helpful. This, 

 however, is almost impossible to procure now, 

 but a manure barrel should be kept in a 

 convenient and secluded place in the garden, 

 and if the plants are watered bi-weekly with 

 the liquid they will grow to maturity very 

 rapidly. 



Plant the smooth variety of English peas 

 if weather is open and the ground is in good 

 condition. Plant Irish potatoes with a com- 

 plete fertilizer mixed well in the soil. Have 

 the rows two feet apart and plant the potatoes 

 fifteen inches apart in the rows. Do not cut 

 the sets too closely. They should have two 

 or three eyes left on each piece. A precaution, 

 against disease is to soak these sets for two 

 hours in a solution of formalin before planting, 

 one pint to thirty gallons of water, allowing 

 them to dry before putting them in the 

 ground. 



In the open ground plant the Sweet Peas 

 in trenches with well rotted manure in the 

 bottom, and as the plants appear push the 

 earth about them and thus the trench is 

 gradually filled. 



Fruit Trees, Shrubbery, etc. t 



TRIM back the grape vines to two good 

 buds on each branch, cutting away all 

 weak growth, especially near the base of the 

 main vine. The clover which should have 

 been sowed between the rows in the fall may 

 now be plowed under and bone meal and acid 

 phosphate applied and harrowed in. Fertili- 

 zers containing much nitrogen should be 

 avoided as the vines will go to leaf. The 

 necessary potash will be applied by deep 

 plowing both in fall and spring. 



Deciduous trees of all kinds should be set 

 out before the sap rises the early part of this 

 month, and also the stone fruits such as 

 peaches, apricots and plums. Poplars and 

 Beech are best planted in early spring and 

 indeed all ornamental trees that have a 

 pithy, soft wood. 



Set out strawberry plants and work in a 

 good fertilizer with the soil both for old and 

 new beds. Place coarse straw or pine tags 

 about the plants after working the ground, 

 in order to keep the fruit clean. A good 

 fertilizer for strawberries is a mixture of 250 

 pounds of acid phosphate to IOO pounds of 

 nitrate of soda to the acre. 



To Make Better Flowers 



IF THE wood ashes and soot were saved as 

 advised they may now be placed about the 

 base of the Roses and worked lightly into the 

 soil. Do not dig too close or too deep as it 

 will loosen the roots. 



After the soil in the flower borders has 

 been worked over thoroughly to a pulverized 

 condition, low growing annuals can be sowed 

 for edging or under the Roses. Such are 

 Mignonette, Sweet Alyssum, Dwarf Phlox, 

 and Portulacca. Annual" Poppies can be 

 sowed now and the Oriental Poppies trans- 

 planted. Though both are best sown in the 

 fall they can also be sown early in spring and 

 it is not too late this month. 



Look over the orchard and spray for scale 

 if there is any evidence of it. Cut out all 

 obstructing limbs and suckers at the base of 

 trees. Look over the small fruits and cut out 

 the old canes of the raspberry plants and the 

 gooseberry and currant bushes. At end of the 

 month spray with bordeaux mixture. 



Virginia J. M. Patterson. 



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