May, 1912 
things, too, that will require 
attention in the Strawberry 
bed. Newly set Strawberry 
plants should have their blos- 
soms removed, and the old 
plants should now be 
mulched with clean straw to 
conserve moisture and to 
protect the fruit from dust 
as well as from weedy 
growths. The main crop of 
Potatoes will be planted in 
May, and this will, indeed 
prove a busy month around 
the garden. 
A NASTURTIUM WALL 
O lovelier color scheme 
of orange, gold, gray, 
green and vivid blue was 
ever conceived by artist than 
that which has been worked 
out with a low wall of gray 
stones, embroidered with 
nasturtiums, set upon the 
very edge of Lake Amper- 
sand, in the Adirondack 
Mountains. The wall ex- 
tends for a distance of about 
half a mile or more in the 
shape of a crescent and mere 
splashes of gray show 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
A home-made pergola, rustic in effect, that could be made at small 
expense and would be suitable as a complement to the garden area of 
any small home in the country or in the suburbs 
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through the thick embroid- 
ery of flowers and foliage, 
which hang over the wall to 
trail in the vivid blue of the 
water and there to reflect a 
submerged repetition of wall 
and blossom in a gorgeous 
band of orange and of gold. 
One comes suddenly upon 
the end of this crescent 
where it touches a drive 
through the woods, and, 
with a quick intake of breath 
at the loveliness of it, every 
one pauses to look across the 
vivid line of curving color 
and its reflection in the 
lake. Upon the shore of 
Lake Placid, some eighteen 
miles away, another wall of 
the same sort has been set 
before the grounds of a bun- 
galow, and both teach the 
lesson of what may be ac- 
complished in any country 
spot where there is water, 
by gathering native stones 
into a low wall and planting 
nasturtiums, which care for 
themselves and offer unend- 
ing pleasure. 
