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same old-fashioned way, that is, to have every path in 

 the flower and kitchen garden walled in with hedges of 

 box, but for geometric designs and artistic flower gar- 

 dens, nothing else is so well adapted as box edging. All 

 that is required to keep it in excellent order is but to 

 see that it never dries out and that it is always trimmed 

 at the proper time. It never needs protection from 

 frost, providing it is well established before winter sets 

 in, and if not well and firmly rooted a slight shading of 

 of hay or small evergreen branches are sufficient pro- 

 tection. In planting box edging, 8 to 9 inches long or 

 tall is plenty, one half of which should go into the 

 ground and be well fastened and made firm in the soil. — 

 Henry A. Siebrecht, Rose Hill, New Rochelle, N. V. 



Interesting Combinations. — An attractive large bed 

 along one of the principal walks at Kew is made up of 

 compact bushes of Olearia Haastzi and tiger lilies. 

 They are in flower together, and the gray foliage and 

 white flowers of the olearia are a capital foil to the 

 bright orange of the lilies. Another bed is formed of 

 small bush rhododendrons and Liliiiin Canadense : 

 another of American azaleas and L. superbum, while L. 

 aitratiini is grown in large quantities among various kinds 

 of shrubs. The effect of these large masses of lily- 

 flowers could not be easily surpassed, and their perfume 

 makes the whole garden pleasant. L. candiditni , which is 

 usually a failure at Kew, has done well here this year. 

 L. longiflortim is also very fine ; in fact, the lilies gen- 

 erally are better than they have ever been. This is pro- 

 bably due to the moisture and coolness of the present 

 summer. — Garden Forest. 



Our Garden. — When we were married, and moved 

 out here, the door-yard would have discouraged almost 

 any one, it looked so bare and unpromising. We con- 

 sulted together, however, and came to the conclusion 

 that work was needed even more than money, and as 

 we were young and expected to make this our home for 

 life, we determined to try what could be done. The 

 yard was covered with hard-pan that had been thrown 

 out of the cellar, and nothing would grow in that ; so 

 John dug it out to the depth of eighteen inches and 

 carted it away from where we wanted the beds to be and 

 filled the place up again with rich garden soil. We had a 

 very little lawn, which was carefully seeded, manured, 

 raked, and clipped, until we had a fine, close turf. We 

 have never found anything better for the grass than 

 wood-ashes spread on broadcast. 



Our little house had two unprotected south windows 

 where the sun poured in without mercy in the summer, 

 but a little work and care transformed these into bowers 

 of beauty. John made for each a "hood" — I don't know 

 what else to call it — of strips of lath fastened to the 

 boarding of the house at the bottom, and pointing out 

 until at the top it extended three feet from the house. 

 This was roofed with slats like the sides, and now in 

 summer both are covered, one with grape vines and the 

 other with cinnamon vines, whose bulbs are planted out 

 each spring. Around the yard was built a plain picket 

 fence on one side, that next the wood-pile six feet high, 



and on the three others, three feet. At the foot of the 

 high fence another bed was made and filled with the 

 richest soil we could find ; in this we planted roots of 

 grapes, American ivy (Ampelopsis ?), running roses and 

 a beautiful vine with a pure white-flower shaped like a 

 morning glory. Now the wood-pile is completely hidden, 

 and our little garden is bounded by a bank of foliage 

 and flowers, thrifty and beautiful. 



I wanted some flowers that I did not feel able to buy, 

 so we invested what money we could spare in seeds of 

 iris, hardy phlox, gladioli, dahlias, etc., and with lots of 

 care we had a fine lot of plants ready for setting out 

 when the weather was suitable the next spring. This 

 fall we intend to invest what we can afford to spare in 

 hardy bulbs, and next on the list will be hardy roses. 

 Of course, we have lots of varieties collected in other 

 places and ways ; but we have never regretted the work 

 we have done, and we can do lots more in the near 

 future. — Florence H. 



Harvest Song. 



Laugh out, laugh out, ye orchard^lands, 



With all your ripened store ; 

 Such bounteous measure nature yields ; 



What could heart ask for more? 



With earth's broad lap abrim with food. 



The azure skies above, 

 The heavens whisper, " Earth is good ;" 



Earth answers, " Heaven is love." 



The winds that wander from the west 



O'er fields afar or near, 

 Find plenty nowhere manifest 



In richer stores than here. 



The golden rick, the bursting bin, 



Of rich and ripened grain 

 Bespeak the wealth which all may win 



In industry's domain. 



The corn fields set in grand array 



Of solid rank and row, 

 Are streams of wealth, which set this way 



And soon shall overflow. 



Laugh out, laugh out, ye ripened fields. 



With e'er-increasing mirth; 

 The joy your bounteous measure yields 



Shall bless the whole round earth. 



Dart Fairthorne, in Harper' s Bazar. 



Florida Camphor. — I regret to see the article on 

 " camphor production in Florida " in the columns of The 

 American Garden, which usually is so free from such. 

 "Well, well, well!" If the article "has any saving 

 grace, it is the enormity of its claims," as you so well 

 put it in regard to nut culture. It is just such "pro- 

 phylactic " (vulgare), to quote from the article, which has 

 retarded immigration to the state. Fifteen or sixteen 

 years ago just such claims were made for the Eucalyptus 

 glolnilits. No one now puts them forth. Even the land 

 agent is not fool enough to longer talk of "the marvel- 

 lous growing eucalyptus" which "would thrive on any 

 sort of land." One intelligent Englishman gave a barrel 

 of water a week to a eucalyptus tree, and when 52 weeks 

 from the seed it was 18 feet high and its branches had a 

 spread of 12 feet. This growth is not marvelous in the 



