﻿XVI 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
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  March, 
  1907 
  

  

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  JOSEPH 
  DIXON 
  CRUCIBLE 
  CO., 
  JERSEY 
  CITY, 
  U.S.A. 
  

  

  Peas 
  can 
  be 
  sown 
  very 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  season. 
  

   In 
  fact, 
  they 
  must 
  be 
  sown 
  early, 
  if 
  you 
  want 
  

   a 
  good 
  crop 
  from 
  them. 
  Late 
  sown 
  peas 
  are 
  

   failures 
  as 
  a 
  general 
  thing, 
  (jet 
  your 
  seed 
  

   of 
  this 
  most 
  delicious 
  vegetable 
  into 
  the 
  ground 
  

   as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  in 
  workable 
  condition. 
  

   Sow 
  thickly 
  and 
  cover 
  well. 
  Be 
  sure 
  to 
  have 
  

   a 
  good 
  supply 
  of 
  early 
  varieties. 
  For 
  a 
  late 
  

   crop, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  variety 
  superior 
  to 
  the 
  good 
  

   old 
  Champion 
  of 
  England. 
  

  

  Do 
  not 
  uncover 
  raspberries, 
  blackberries, 
  or 
  

   grapes 
  until 
  the 
  danger 
  of 
  frosty 
  nights 
  is 
  

   past. 
  If 
  uncovered 
  too 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  

   they 
  frequently 
  make 
  a 
  start, 
  and 
  will 
  have 
  

   got 
  fairly 
  to 
  growing 
  when 
  a 
  "cold 
  spell" 
  

   comes 
  along 
  and 
  kills 
  the 
  swelling 
  buds. 
  Bet- 
  

   ter 
  leave 
  them 
  where 
  they 
  will 
  remain 
  dor- 
  

   mant 
  until 
  all 
  danger 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  is 
  over. 
  

  

  If 
  you 
  have 
  not 
  ordered 
  garden 
  seeds, 
  do 
  

   so 
  at 
  once. 
  Get 
  the 
  best 
  seed 
  you 
  can 
  find. 
  

   It 
  may 
  cost 
  you 
  more 
  than 
  ordinary 
  seed, 
  but 
  

   the 
  extra 
  cost 
  will 
  be 
  money 
  well 
  invested. 
  

  

  Send 
  in 
  your 
  order 
  for 
  asparagus 
  and 
  rhu- 
  

   barb 
  plants, 
  if 
  any 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  set 
  this 
  spring. 
  

   If 
  they 
  arrive 
  before 
  you 
  have 
  the 
  ground 
  

   ready 
  for 
  them, 
  spread 
  them 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  cellar, 
  

   and 
  keep 
  them 
  damp 
  by 
  covering 
  with 
  moss 
  

   or 
  old 
  carpeting 
  until 
  you 
  have 
  the 
  ground 
  pre- 
  

   pared 
  for 
  them. 
  

  

  Set 
  asparagus 
  two 
  feet 
  apart 
  in 
  the 
  row. 
  

   Let 
  the 
  rows 
  be 
  at 
  least 
  three 
  feet 
  apart. 
  This 
  

   will 
  give 
  you 
  a 
  chance 
  to 
  work 
  among 
  them 
  

   with 
  the 
  garden 
  cultivator 
  during 
  the 
  summer. 
  

   I 
  would 
  advise 
  two-year-old 
  plants. 
  Set 
  them 
  

   so 
  that 
  their 
  crowns 
  will 
  be 
  at 
  least 
  four 
  

   inches 
  below 
  the 
  surface. 
  Have 
  the 
  ground 
  

   dug 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  two 
  feet 
  and 
  heavily 
  

   manured. 
  Keep 
  the 
  weeds 
  down, 
  and 
  don't 
  

   cut 
  the 
  plants 
  any 
  the 
  first 
  season. 
  

  

  Make 
  the 
  soil 
  rich 
  and 
  deep 
  for 
  rhubarb. 
  

   Set 
  the 
  plants 
  two 
  feet 
  or 
  more 
  apart. 
  Buy 
  

   strong 
  roots, 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  variety. 
  

  

  Arrange 
  the 
  garden 
  in 
  advance. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

   most 
  excellent 
  plan 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  rough 
  diagram 
  

   of 
  it 
  on 
  paper. 
  If 
  this 
  is 
  done, 
  you 
  can 
  locate 
  

   your 
  plants 
  to 
  the 
  best 
  advantage, 
  because 
  your 
  

   plan 
  will 
  be 
  made 
  while 
  you 
  have 
  leisure 
  to 
  

   give 
  the 
  matter 
  careful 
  thought. 
  If 
  you 
  have 
  

   no 
  plan 
  when 
  the 
  season 
  opens, 
  quite 
  likely, 
  

   in 
  the 
  rush 
  of 
  the 
  work, 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  of 
  your 
  

   plants 
  will 
  get 
  in 
  the 
  wrong 
  places. 
  Avoid 
  

   the 
  possibility 
  of 
  this 
  by 
  deciding 
  where 
  they 
  

   shall 
  be 
  beforehand. 
  Aim 
  to 
  plant 
  the 
  tall- 
  

   growing 
  sorts 
  at 
  the 
  north 
  side, 
  where 
  they 
  

   will 
  not 
  shade 
  the 
  low-growing 
  kinds. 
  

  

  Give 
  up 
  the 
  warmest 
  places 
  to 
  such 
  vege- 
  

   tables 
  as 
  you 
  want 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  quick 
  growth. 
  

  

  Arrange 
  for 
  rows, 
  instead 
  of 
  beds. 
  Keep 
  

   the 
  garden 
  cultivator 
  and 
  its 
  use 
  in 
  mind. 
  

   Where 
  this 
  can 
  be 
  operated 
  to 
  advantage 
  — 
  as 
  

   it 
  always 
  can 
  under 
  a 
  system 
  of 
  row-planting 
  

   — 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  weeding 
  can 
  be 
  so 
  simplified 
  

   that 
  it 
  need 
  not 
  be 
  dreaded 
  in 
  the 
  least. 
  With 
  

   a 
  cultivator, 
  a 
  man 
  — 
  or 
  a 
  boy 
  — 
  can 
  do 
  more 
  in 
  

   an 
  hour 
  — 
  and 
  do 
  it 
  better, 
  too 
  — 
  than 
  he 
  could 
  

   do 
  in 
  a 
  day 
  with 
  a 
  hoe. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  easy 
  matter 
  

   to 
  keep 
  the 
  garden 
  free 
  from 
  weeds 
  where 
  the 
  

   cultivator 
  is 
  used, 
  and 
  in 
  disposing 
  of 
  the 
  

   weeds 
  the 
  soil 
  is 
  so 
  stirred 
  that 
  no 
  work 
  with 
  

   the 
  hoe 
  is 
  needed. 
  You 
  "kill 
  two 
  birds 
  with 
  

   one 
  stone." 
  

  

  What 
  has 
  been 
  said 
  about 
  uncovering 
  garden 
  

   small 
  fruits 
  too 
  early 
  applies 
  with 
  equal 
  perti- 
  

   nence 
  to 
  roses 
  and 
  other 
  tender 
  shrubs 
  and 
  to 
  

   the 
  bulb-beds. 
  Nothing 
  is 
  gained 
  by 
  being 
  in 
  

   haste 
  to 
  remove 
  winter 
  protection, 
  and 
  quite 
  

   often 
  all 
  is 
  lost. 
  Wait 
  until 
  you 
  are 
  sure 
  the 
  

   weather 
  is 
  settled 
  before 
  uncovering 
  them. 
  

   Then 
  they 
  will 
  come 
  forward 
  rapidly 
  and 
  

   satisfactorily. 
  

  

  If 
  any 
  changes 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  border, 
  

   or 
  among 
  the 
  shrubbery, 
  plan 
  for 
  it 
  now. 
  

   Decide 
  just 
  what 
  you 
  want 
  to 
  do. 
  Never 
  go 
  

   at 
  any 
  work 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  in 
  haphazard 
  fashion. 
  

   Have 
  a 
  definite 
  aim 
  in 
  view, 
  and 
  work 
  toward 
  

   it 
  steadily. 
  If 
  this 
  is 
  done, 
  the 
  home 
  grounds 
  

  

  