﻿February, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  XIX 
  

  

  plants 
  find 
  nourishing 
  surroundings 
  and 
  keep 
  

   on 
  growing. 
  After 
  they 
  have 
  taken 
  root, 
  a 
  

   little 
  nitrate 
  of 
  soda, 
  purchaseable 
  at 
  any 
  seed 
  

   store, 
  spread 
  around 
  the 
  stem 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  and 
  

   hoed 
  in 
  will 
  work 
  wonders. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  quick- 
  

   acting 
  fertilizer, 
  easily 
  dissolved, 
  and 
  will 
  show 
  

   its 
  enriching 
  qualities 
  by 
  pushing 
  the 
  growth 
  

   of 
  the 
  plant 
  forward. 
  Frequent 
  hoeing 
  and 
  

   keeping 
  the 
  weeds 
  out 
  will 
  be 
  necessary 
  if 
  an 
  

   early 
  crop 
  is 
  looked 
  for. 
  Vegetables 
  started 
  

   this 
  way 
  will 
  be 
  ready 
  for 
  the 
  table 
  from 
  three 
  

   to 
  four 
  weeks 
  earlier 
  than 
  if 
  sown 
  in 
  the 
  open. 
  

  

  THE 
  OLD-FASHIONED 
  HARDY 
  

  

  GARDEN 
  AND 
  HOW 
  

  

  TO 
  PLANT 
  IT 
  

  

  By 
  Ida 
  D. 
  Bennett 
  

  

  LET 
  us 
  leave 
  the 
  gorgeous 
  geranium 
  and 
  

   . 
  the 
  ubiquitous 
  canna 
  and 
  hie 
  us 
  back 
  

   to 
  the 
  gardens 
  of 
  other 
  days 
  — 
  our 
  grand- 
  

   mother's 
  garden, 
  and 
  evolve 
  an 
  old 
  time 
  sweet- 
  

   ness 
  of 
  the 
  things 
  of 
  the 
  past, 
  redolent 
  with 
  

   the 
  sweetness 
  of 
  clove, 
  pink 
  and 
  valerian 
  and 
  

   all 
  the 
  dear, 
  old 
  fashioned 
  things 
  that 
  grew 
  and 
  

   bloomed 
  when 
  the 
  world 
  and 
  love 
  were 
  young. 
  

  

  The 
  sweet 
  old 
  gardens 
  with 
  their 
  rows 
  of 
  

   tall, 
  single 
  hollyhocks 
  and 
  stately 
  lilies; 
  do 
  

   we 
  doubt 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  beautiful? 
  then 
  let 
  

   us 
  put 
  on 
  canvas, 
  if 
  we 
  can, 
  the 
  gardens 
  of 
  

   yesterday 
  and 
  to-day 
  and 
  who 
  would 
  hesitate 
  

   to 
  choose 
  between 
  their 
  gracious 
  sweetness 
  

   and 
  the 
  tawdry 
  splendor 
  of 
  our 
  beds 
  of 
  formal 
  

   bedding 
  plants, 
  or 
  what 
  artist 
  would 
  care 
  to 
  

   paint 
  them 
  as 
  a 
  background 
  for 
  even 
  a 
  modern 
  

   beauty 
  ? 
  

  

  Let 
  us 
  have 
  our 
  bedding 
  roses 
  and 
  gerani- 
  

   ums, 
  but 
  somewhere, 
  in 
  some 
  sequestered 
  nook, 
  

   let 
  us 
  have 
  our 
  sweet, 
  informal 
  gardens 
  of 
  

   old 
  fashioned 
  flowers. 
  

  

  The 
  old 
  fashioned 
  hardy 
  garden 
  should 
  be 
  

   generous, 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  day 
  when 
  all 
  things 
  

   were 
  on 
  a 
  generous 
  scale, 
  and 
  land 
  was 
  not 
  

   purchased 
  by 
  the 
  square 
  foot, 
  but 
  in 
  generous 
  

   slices 
  of 
  mother 
  earth. 
  Let 
  it 
  have 
  its 
  high, 
  

   protecting 
  wall 
  or 
  hedge, 
  for 
  we 
  want 
  to 
  make 
  

   this 
  much 
  of 
  our 
  gardens 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  our 
  daily 
  

   life, 
  to 
  be 
  lived 
  in 
  and 
  worked 
  in 
  free 
  from 
  

   the 
  prying 
  eye 
  of 
  the 
  passing 
  stranger. 
  Or, 
  if 
  

   neither 
  wall 
  or 
  hedge 
  are 
  available 
  let 
  there 
  

   be 
  a 
  screen 
  of 
  vine-covered 
  netting. 
  

  

  The 
  garden 
  — 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  ample 
  space, 
  

   should 
  be 
  planned 
  from 
  some 
  central 
  point, 
  

   which 
  should 
  give 
  tone 
  to 
  it; 
  this 
  may 
  be 
  an 
  

   open 
  bit 
  of 
  grassy 
  lawn, 
  or 
  even 
  a 
  bit 
  of 
  lawn 
  

   surrounding 
  a 
  wide 
  spreading 
  tree, 
  that 
  may, 
  

   if 
  ample 
  enough, 
  contain 
  a 
  tree 
  house 
  or 
  seat 
  or 
  

   at 
  least 
  have 
  its 
  trunk 
  surrounded 
  with 
  seats. 
  

   Where 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  tree 
  of 
  sufficient 
  beauty 
  to 
  

   excuse 
  its 
  presence, 
  the 
  open 
  space 
  may 
  be 
  

   provided 
  with 
  a 
  garden 
  table 
  and 
  seats, 
  or 
  

   even 
  with 
  a 
  simple 
  sun 
  dial 
  — 
  something 
  that 
  

   will 
  dominate 
  the 
  garden 
  and 
  make 
  a 
  central 
  

   point 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  beds 
  and 
  paths 
  may 
  

   radiate. 
  

  

  And 
  the 
  old-fashioned 
  garden 
  calls 
  for 
  

   paths 
  of 
  ample 
  width, 
  for 
  was 
  not 
  the 
  old- 
  

   fashioned 
  garden 
  of 
  the 
  days 
  of 
  the 
  crinoline 
  

   and 
  pannier 
  of 
  wide 
  graveled 
  paths 
  along 
  

   whose 
  trim-kept 
  edges 
  the 
  sweet 
  smelling 
  

   cinnamon 
  pinks 
  or 
  the 
  formal 
  box 
  was 
  

   trained 
  ? 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  certain 
  charm 
  in 
  this 
  use 
  

   of 
  the 
  box 
  as 
  edging 
  that 
  appeals 
  to 
  one, 
  but 
  

   wherever 
  used 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  kept 
  primly 
  trim- 
  

   med 
  and 
  not 
  allowed 
  to 
  grow 
  beyond 
  a 
  certain 
  

   fixed 
  height. 
  Perhaps 
  the 
  pinks 
  will 
  appeal 
  to 
  

   one's 
  love 
  of 
  perfume 
  and 
  color 
  more 
  and 
  

   they 
  are 
  certainly 
  very 
  charming 
  when 
  in 
  their 
  

   full 
  florescence, 
  but, 
  unfortunately, 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  

   period 
  of 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  weeks 
  at 
  most 
  and 
  during 
  

   the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  the 
  plants 
  have 
  

   only 
  their 
  bluish 
  green 
  foliage 
  to 
  recommend 
  

  

  For 
  a 
  June-like 
  Winter 
  

  

  No 
  need 
  for 
  old 
  age 
  to 
  give 
  

   up 
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  at 
  

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  window- 
  

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  zero 
  weather, 
  for 
  

   every 
  part 
  of 
  every 
  room 
  is 
  

   made 
  as 
  balmy 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  

   sunniest 
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  afternoon 
  

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