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The Garden Magazine, September, 1920 
Beautify Your Home With Evergreens 
Direct from lUttle £ree Jfarm£ 
Our Famous Offer of 
6 
Ornamental 
Evergreen Trees 
$ 
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iunds 
iy year 
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We make this special offer solely to acquaint homeowners with the service and 
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Silver Fir 
ROSES 
Dingee roses are always grown on their own roots 
1 — an<l are absolutely the best for the amateur planter. 
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Have a “Fleur de Lis” Iris Garden 
Is there a little nook in your garden where you 
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Like glowing velvet and scintillating precious 
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We grow acres of Irises, Peonies, Lilies and other 
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PLATYCODON 
This is a desirable, hardy plant, and always 
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I have a large supply of these desirable 
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A descriptive list of my new seedling iris 
on request. 
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Mantorville Minn., U. S. A. 
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RANDOM OBSERVATIONS IN 
THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 
B ECAUSE the Climbing Cucumber would 
take up much less room in the garden 
than the ordinary running kind I tried it along; 
the stone wall, and on a trellis. Those on the 
trellis did well and produced a full, even crop; 
those on the wall grew more quickly in the early 
spring but when the very warm weather came on 
the sun made the wall so hot that it blistered the 
vine and the fruit ripened long before it was 
properly developed — a three inch cucumber 
would be yellow and the inside soft and pulpy 
like a very large over-ripe cucumber. 
Growing Celeriac is not difficult. A little 
sand sprinkled along the row with the seed when 
the latter is being planted helps to make a large, 
firm root. It is difficult to use the same plant 
for both a full course vegetable and seasoning, 
so in the same corner of my garden with my 
herbs and savories I plant enough seed for a small 
row of Celeriac, having the ground rich and 
using no sand. The result here is a heavv 
growth of stalk; and when sown this way ft 
needs no more care than Sage or Thyme while a 
stalk or two slipped into the soup when it is 
simmering gives it the coveted flavor. 
English Lavender is planted at the corners of 
my vegetable garden beds. It attracts the 
bees, which helps the distribution of the pollen 
which is so necessary for a successful garden. 
The dried flowers are used of course for my linen 
chest. 
1 1 is useless to plant Okra seeds until the ground 
is thoroughly warm and the sun shining. I 
have tried the early planting only to find that 
the seed had chilled in the ground, and when the 
plants did appear they were stunted and the 
pods were imperfect. Moreover, they came up 
no earlier than the seed planted later in the warm 
sunshine. 
There are many so called “greens” in the seed 
catalogue, yet there is very little difference in 
their taste after they are cooked that if 1 were 
cramped for room I would not plant any, but 
trust to my weed patch. Two thirds Lamb’s- 
quarters and one third Mustard makes a most 
palatable dish and Purslane which grows every- 
where and is a weed in our country, though in 
England it is quoted in the seed catalogues, is 
decidedly a dainty. It has a thick, fleshy leaf 
and can be used right up to its flowering time. 
The Belgians also use it. Everyone knows 
about using the Dandelion but this is best in the 
early spring. One can indeed clear the garden 
of weeds and furnish the table at the same time. 
If you have room, however, there are a few greens 
that it is worth while to plant. The first one is 
New Zealand Spinach which is good during the 
whole summer, for it can be cut down and grows 
up again very quickly. 1 always have a few rows 
of Sorrel too for that is a perennial and is up 
almost as soon as the snow is off the ground. 
It has just a little acidity to it and is used for 
soups or cooked as a green and stirred into a 
puree. It is invaluable as a spring tonic, and 
more of it should be grown. It requires very 
little care. Swiss Chard is good too. 1 really 
like it for a midsummer vegetable better than 
any of the others for it is very tender and sweet. 
Eor fall, Kale is splendid — cannot be beaten in- 
deed and a touch of frost improves it. Covered 
with straw I have been able to use it until late 
in January. 
Emily H. Rowland. 
