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two tubs of hyacinths, tulips, Phlox subulata and 

 arabis. These I use in the order named just as 

 soon as the weather will permit. After the display of 

 hyacinths has gone the tubs that held the bulbs are 

 filled with campanulas, digitalis, delphiniums, etc. 

 This is, oi course, an unusual way to use these 



Wall flowers are easily .grown from seed. Their 

 violet-like tragrance is delicious. 



hardy plants, but it only shows how adaptable they 

 are to the requirements of the very smallest gardens. 

 The general impression has been that they were 

 satisfactory only for large areas. 



Tubs filled with wall flowers are a veritable 

 delight; not only are they beautiful to look at but 

 the odor that rises from them forcibly suggests an 

 abundance of violets in the immediate vicinity. 

 The wall flower is certainly the best substitute for 

 the violet that I know of. Grow the plants from 

 seed and winter them in a cool place and they Will 

 be ready for setting out in the garden the following 

 spring. 



As a sort of surprise grow a little crimson clover. 

 In the West every one knows it and its long beau- 

 tiful flowers attract but little attention; but in the 

 East it always proves a decided novelty. Grow 

 it in pots and shift into the tubs when it has reached 

 a good size. Sow the seeds thickly. 



Endless suggestions might be made as to plants 

 that might be used in this tub scheme; to any one 

 interested in the work there will be no lack of ideas 

 to follow out the plan. 



Massachusetts. L. J. Doogue. 



How We Irrigated Our 

 Back Yard 



IN COMMON with others who have the desire 

 to dig and plant, and to have vegetables that 

 are not withered and dusty and fly stained, we 

 went to work last year on our little spot of ground 

 that we called "garden" with much enthusiasm. 

 We dug and raked and planted, and then turned 

 it over to Nature to finish. And if we who planted 

 had depended on that same Nature to water, the 

 finish of our little garden surely would have been 

 complete. 



The summer turned out to be unusually hot and 

 dry, not a drop of rain falling for weeks. 



The Head of the House evolved the idea of 

 irrigating the few beds and potatoes. Fortunately, 

 our water supply was excellent, furnishing water 

 in abundance for the house and a little to spare. 

 So the Big Man dug a series of ditches between the 

 rows of potatoes — short ones, to be sure — and 

 between the beds of lettuce, radishes and onions. 

 Our part consisted in saving all the waste water 

 from the kitchen and the best of the water from the 

 laundry. To this was added what we felt safe in 

 taking from the house supply — we were lucky 

 enough to have a good well with a pump — and 

 after this was all carried to the garden, it was 

 poured into the ditches at night when the air was 

 coolest. In daytime the ditches were covered with 

 small pieces of boards, old papers, straw, and 

 anything that would prevent the evaporation of 

 moisture. 



This plan was followed about twice a week all 

 through the hot weather and we had our "garden 

 sass" in season when others were bewailing their 

 losses. It took only a little extra labor and 

 care on our part in saving the water that would 

 otherwise be wasted. 



Iowa. Florence Jones Hadley. 



