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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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which was not also a play- 

 ground for birds. The 

 garden-maker should not 

 forget his little feathered 

 friends. Let him plant Sun- 

 flowers with this in mind, 

 and then when Jack Frost 

 in sportive mood has nipped 

 the noses of all the Petunias, 

 and has finally overcome 

 even the tenacious Salvia, the 

 tall stems crowned with 

 ripened Sunflower seeds will 

 sway with the weight of 

 some throng of finches and 

 seem to the birds you have 

 loved a store of reward for 

 their Summer's service. 



HOME garden-makers 

 should be alert for 

 their fight against the Elm- 

 leaf beetle. Elms should be 

 sprayed in time in order that 

 the warfare against this pest 

 may be effective. 



WINDOW BOXES WITH 

 NORTHERN EXPOSURE 



A READER of this de- 

 partment has written 

 to ask what plants will 

 succeed when grown in win- 

 dow boxes having a northern 



A new use for an old pump 



exposure. The Caladiums 

 will thrive well under these 

 conditions, as well also the 

 Boston Fern, Asparagus 

 Sprengari, the Rubra Be- 

 gonia, the Fuchsia, and such 

 vines as the Vinca, Mau- 

 randia, and the Trailing 

 Fuchsia. 



THE OLD PUMP 



A READER of Ameri- 

 can Homes has con- 

 tributed the accompany- 

 ing photograph of an old 

 pump, the water trough 

 of which has been utilized as 

 a feature of the garden in 

 which the old pump remains 

 by cleverly planting with 

 Petunias. As the old well 

 had run dry the owner of 

 this attractive garden had 

 intended having the pump 

 and trough removed, but the 

 happy thought here pictured 

 as carried out has saved it 

 from a less attractive fate. 

 One notes with satisfaction 

 that the Petunia is regaining 

 its old-time place in favor. 

 It is regretable that it ever 

 became so "out of fashion." 



The month of May brings with it the loveliest of garden sights — an apple-tree in blossom 



