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every other row of tliose potatoes. The bugs never 

 touched those squashes. I do not know how much the 

 man got for the potatoes on those four rods of ground. I 

 understand there was a good crop, and that the squashes 

 did not hurt the potatoes a speck, and vice versa. Of 

 course, they didn't. You can grow two crops on the 

 same ground, without a bit of trouble, if there is ifood 

 enough for both. I am not sure but that the shading 

 from the hot sun was a benefit to both. Here is an in- 

 stance of two crops grown on the same ground. One of 

 the crops yielded at the rate of $304.40 per acre. Returns 

 from the other have not yet come in. Is there not a 



thorn, or Japanese quince ; or it may be of evergreen 

 that will bear cutting back, and which will thicken 

 under the operation. Three wires, around which the 

 hedge will grow and hold in place, would make a strong 

 combined fence through which intruding animals would 

 not attempt to pass. — Country Gentleman. 



Elm Lodge, Beckenham, England. — The accom- 

 panying illustration represents one of the many pretty 

 gardens which abound in and around Beckenham. As 

 is usual in suburban districts, the garden at Elm Lodge 

 is rather small, but notwithstanding the smallness of 

 the area, the arrangement is very effective during the 



little bit of daylight streaking through the clouds when 

 we consider these facts. — Cleaninffs in Bee Culture. 



Barbs and Bushes. — A neat and handsome form of 

 the barb fence, with its conspicuous line, is made by in- 

 closing it in an ornamental hedge. Stretch the gal- 

 vanized wire lengthwise along the center of the hedge 

 when it is half grown, and again in subsequent years, 

 successively, till it is completed. The hedge may be of 

 some plant not forming a sufficient fence of itself, but 

 Tendered amply so to resist any animal through the 

 additional aid of the barb wires — a small deciduous tree 

 that has a hedgy growth, like the buckthorn, privet, haw- 



summer months, as may be seen in the engraving. The 

 portion depicted is situated in the rear of the residence, 

 and by the judicious planting of shrubs and trees, Mr. 

 Wilson, the owner, has managed to produce a rural 

 effect, in what is really a thickly-populated district. A 

 few hardy plants are grown, but ordinary bedding plants 

 and annuals form the bulk of the summer display. It is 

 the tasteful arrangement of the plants and shrubs used, 

 not merely the material, which gives to this villa garden 

 such a quiet, secluded, " lodge in the wilderness" effect, 

 alluring to every one who may chance to pass near it. — • 

 Gardeners' Chronicle. 



