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one inch apart and cover four inches. 

 As they come up draw the dirt to 

 them. I plant my sweet peas hy the 

 wire netting fence running north and 

 south. They need plenty of sunshine. 



For pansies, use at least half wood 

 earth. One can hardly make the pan- 

 sy bed too rich. I find they do best in 

 shade the hottest part of the day. 

 Mine do best on the north side of the 

 house. They get morning and evening 

 sun. Keep well watered. 



In growing nasturtiums use very 

 little manure and a rather heavy soil. 

 Give them all the sunshine possible. 

 Petunias, like pansies, enjoy a light, 

 rich soil, but plenty of sunshine. 



Pansies are best planted in a box in 

 the house. I plant early in January, 

 then I have bloom by May. 



Kansas. S. J. Harris. 



AN INDOOR GARDEN. 



I have in mind some contrivances 

 that we may make in order that our 

 plants may be more attractive. 



First — A jardiniere stand that the 

 owner is not ashamed of made out of 

 an^old lawnmower wheel and a chain 

 pump wheel, with an upright piece 

 made of eighteen inches of a broom 

 handle, and all painted black. You 

 can make a pretty hanging basket of 

 a bird cage. Make a light box three 

 inches high, fill with soil, plant with 

 vines or oxalis bulbs and they will 

 soon cover it. 



One more suggestion, and then I 

 have finished. To make a frame for 

 smilax or other delicate vine, take 

 strong wire and make a frame of any 

 size or shape (I prefer round). Ravel 

 a piece of wire scfeen. Put the fine 

 wire across the frame, fastening each 

 end and crossing in the middle. Now 

 commence in the middle and weave 

 around in imitation of a spider's web, 

 fastening at each cross-piece as you 

 go around. 



Mo. Mrs. Candace Powell. 



FERNS— A BIT OF EXPERIENCE, 



My success with ferns this season is 

 phenomenal. I venture to give my 

 method after so many repeated fail- 

 ures, trusting it may help some fern, 

 crank like myself. Yes, I am an ar- 

 dent lover of ferns^ and since my won- 

 derful triumph am more enthusiastic 

 than ever. Conditions for growing 

 ferns in my house and on the gallery 

 are so unfavorable I decided to try a 

 new and rustic situation under a large 

 tree, arranged on some old steps and 

 stumps. Pots of adapted sizes were 

 filled with light, fibrous leaf loam and 

 sand, an inch of charcoal for drainage. 

 The one great secret is regularity of 

 treatment. I resolved to give my 

 ferns the first and last attention of 

 my numerous duties of each day, and 

 the result is wonderful. Work with 

 them systematically. Don't alternate 

 between a drouth and deluge; v/ater 

 and sprinkle every day; keep the sur- 

 roundings moist and cool; add fresh- 

 fibrous loam occasionally. Ferns love 

 companionship. There is something 

 invigorating in affinity. Besides, it is- 

 less trouble to have plants classified,. 



La. Mrs. W. N. White. 



A GOOD OLD ROSE. 



Among the many varieties of climb-^ 

 ing roses which have lately come into 

 notice I have not found one which, for" 

 all-around good qualities, outrivals 

 the old La Marque. There is scarcely 

 a Southern garden in which it is not 

 found, either cut back into, bush form^ 

 or running high over frame or trellis 

 at its own sweet will. It would be 

 hard to find a time in the blooming 

 season of roses when the La Marque 

 would be without some stray clusters,, 

 and in the early spring it is a revela- 

 tion in the prodigality of its blossoms. 

 They are usually large, full, and fra- 

 grant, and the color is a pure untinled 

 white in the open rose, and bud, witk- 



