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THE FLORAL IVORLD 



MY CHIPYARD GARDEN. 



We have our chipyard in front of 

 the woodshed, which joins the kitchen, 

 consequently it has been an eyesore 

 during summer, out it is so no longer. 

 I went on my knees, figuratively, for 

 possession of that chipyard, the trou- 

 ble being to get the wood out of it 

 early enough. The chips were raked 

 and put in barrels, the sawdust and 

 rubbish thrown into the closet and 

 henhouse. 



A strip on the east was well spaded 

 and planted with string beans, toma- 

 toes and lettuce. These grew finely. 

 A path through the middle and on the 

 west, nearest the house, was bordered 

 with flowers. 



Next the road was a round bed of 

 dwarf nasturtiums, with three castor 

 beans for the center, next a bed of 

 cannas, with castor beans for center 

 of that, with sweet alyssum border. 

 Nearest the house was a three-cor- 

 nered bed of asters, and such giants 

 1 never saw. 



A strip where the yard was uneven 

 was planted to morning glories, which 

 were given support. I used phosphate, 

 but no barn dressing. The only draw- 

 back was weeds, but ten minutes with 

 a hoe on hot days kept it clean. I 

 did ail the work myself after it was 

 spaded, and did some of that. 



Maine. Sister Bee. 



ONE WINDOW BOX. 



A small boy and a puppy will pre- 

 clude the possibility of vines at the 

 windows this year in the ordinary 

 way, so I will procure a box of the 

 proper size and length and suspend it 

 by means of stout hooks and a small 

 rope, and in the rich soil it contains 

 will plant my window garden, includ- 

 ing a generous supply of smilax, se- 

 cure from the mischievous young- 

 sters. The hooks will first be wound 

 "With cloth, so as not to cut the rope. 



and there will be two pieces of boards 

 a little longer than the width of the 

 nailed across the bottom of it, and the 

 rope fastened around the ends of these 

 so the box will not tip and spill the 

 contents. 



Then, when the frosty nights come^ 

 we will unhook the ropes and transfer 

 the box, with all its beauty, to the in- 

 side of the window as the strings for 

 supporting the vines will be tied to a. 

 stick fastened across the top of the 

 window frame, and can be removed 

 and placed' on the brackets inside the 

 window. 



Minnesota. Eleanor R. Bartlett. 



BEDDING OUT VIOLETS. 



Last June I took my violets out of 

 the boxes in which they were planted 

 for the winter. I separated them and 

 made a bed of good, mellow soil along 

 the fence, where they would only get 

 the morning sun. I planted each vio- 

 let separately and pinched off all the 

 tops and the runners. I kept them 

 watered and did not let them dry out 

 during the hot summer months. The 

 first day of September I took them up,, 

 planted them in clumps in shallow 

 boxes. They soon filled the boxes and 

 bloomed continually all winter, and 1 

 had violets till the following summer. 



W. Va. Miss. Carrie La Rue. 



A BIT ABOUT DAHLIA CULTURE. 



I plant my dahlias on the east side 

 of a shed, about three feet from it, sa 

 the water from the eaves falls back: 

 of them. This provides them witlt 

 water most of the time. If the soil 

 is good, it will do without a fertilizer; 

 if not, give a good supply of well-rot- 

 ted manure. Let your border be twa 

 feet wide and spade it well; then you 

 are ready to plant. About the first of 

 May get good dahlia roots, plant twa 

 feet apart in the row, cover the top 



