C7u?  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
could  not  bo  disturbed  this  Spring,  but  low 
st.uk as,  or  mnrkors  of  some  sort,  must  be 
placed  before  the  leaves  die  to  show 
where  to  iind  the  bulbs  in  August.  Cnn- 
didnm  lilies  and  Oriental  poppies  must 
be  treated  the  same  way,  and  maybe  re¬ 
setting  those  will  remind  me  to  beg  a 
root  of  Di centra  from  a  neighbor  at  the 
same  time*.  A  perennial  garden  is  not 
complete  without  bleeding-hearts,  but 
ours  died  out  long  ago.  Considering  that 
one  seldom  sees  it  in  uncared-for  borders, 
and  recalling  the  huge  chimps  that,  in 
mv  childhood  days  used  to  scatter  dew- 
drops  on  both  sides  my  starched  pina¬ 
fores  as  I  went  down  the  garden  walk 
before  breakfast.  I  concluded  that  Di- 
centra  spectabilis  needs  generous  treat¬ 
ment.  I  note  also  that  catalogs  charge  20 
cents  a  root  where  other  perennials  are 
selling  for  15  cents.  What  gold  mines 
I  should  have  thought  those  great  roots 
in  the  old  flower  borders  if  I  could  have 
sold  them  at  20  cents  the  handful!  But 
mums?  Are  they  vigorous  and  hardy 
enough  to  be  of  use  in  the  farm  flower 
border?  Or  would  Stokesia  or  Pyre- 
thrum  be  a  better  ehoiw  in  white  daisy- 
like  flowers?  Will  this  season  see  me 
trying  the  experiment  of  growing  sweet 
violets  in  that,  bed  east  of  this  house? 
Mildew  and  all  sorts  of  enemies  suggest 
themselves  when  I  think  of  growing  any 
violets  other  than  the  tiuy  white  ones 
that  make  the  air  so  sweet  near  the  back 
door  in  May.  One  new  rose  I  must  have. 
It  will  be  a  Yellow  Rambler  because 
there  is  a  sunny  place,  against  the  wood 
shed,  where  everything  seems  favorable 
to  its  growth.  And  in  a  bouquet  of 
roses  given  me  last  June  no  sort  was 
more  plcasiug  than  the  sprays  of  Yellow 
Rambler.  But  when  I  can  invest  in  new 
roses  for  the  border  it  shall  be  first  a 
Gross  an  Teplitz  and  a  pink  Maman 
Cochet.  I  know  a  bush  of  the  latter  sort 
that  is  vigorous  and  very  sure  to  be  in 
bloom  from  early  rose  time  till  frosts. 
Engineering  the  Telephone 
THE  great  Bell  System,  with 
its  telephone  highways 
connecting  the  farthest  points 
of  the  country,  is  primarily  a 
brain  creation. 
Whatever  the  difficulties,  they 
must  be  overcome  so  that  the 
progress  of  the  telephone  shall 
continue  equal  to  the  ever¬ 
growing  needs  of  the  people. 
It  is  not  enough  to  provide 
only  for  the  present — the  future 
must  be  anticipated  and  dis¬ 
counted. 
In  the  Bell  System,  more  than 
two  thousand  highly  efficient 
engineers  and  scientists  are  con¬ 
stantly  working  on  the  complex 
problems  of  the  telephone 
business. 
As  a  result,  the  service  keeps 
step  with  present  requirements 
and  the  assurance  is  given  to 
every  subscriber  that  the  Bell 
System  is  prepared  for  whatever 
the  future  develops. 
l  ne  telephone  engineer  is 
the  genius  of  communication. 
Like  the  general  of  an  army,  he 
plans,  projects,  and  directs  his 
campaigns  far  ahead.  He  deals 
with  the  seemingly  impossible 
— transforming  ideas  and  ideals 
into  concrete  facts. 
His  problems  may  involve 
doubling  the  capacity  of  a  city’s 
underground  telephone  system, 
or  the  building  of  a  transconti¬ 
nental  line,  or  a  serious  war- 
shortage  of  supplies  needed  in 
telephone  work. 
Mo,  459,  27-inch  Centerpiece 
Stamped  and  tinted  on  fine  white  embroidery  fabric.  Price 
with  mercerized  floss,  75  cents. 
The  bloosoms  are  a  clear,  lovely  pink 
and  charming  for  cutting.  Grnss  an  Tep¬ 
litz  was  doing  wonderful  things  where  I 
visited  last  season,  giving  us  great  heads 
of  the  most  beautiful  deep  red  velvet 
AUGUSTA  BOSE. 
never  saw  opened  except  for  the  Spring  Pigeons  and  Squabs 
/plowing.  Forkfuls  of  that  best  of  plant  Broiled  Squabs. — Dress  like  broiler 
goods  went  broadcast  over  flower  and  chickens,  split  down  the  back  and  flat- 
vegetable  beds  in  prodigal  impartiality,  ten,  butter  the  broiler,  and  cook  over  it 
It  may  have  cost  foolishly  in  hand  labor,  clear  fire  until  a  delicate  brown,  turning 
but  what  of  newer  methods  compares  in  often.  When  done  sprinkle  with  salt  and 
charm  with  those  old  fenced-in  gardens  pepper,  and  spread  with  butter, 
where  vegetables,  fruits  and  flowers  held  Broiled  Pigeons. — Put  the  pigeons  in 
equal  but  well  ordered  dominion!  a  kettle  that  will  crowd  them  slightly, 
But  the  grass  did  finally  creep  in  so  that  it  will  not  take  a  large  quantity 
among  the  currant  bushes  next  the  back  of  water  to  cover  them.  Cover  tight  and 
fence,  and  I  am  reminded  that  iny  1916  boil  slowly  until  there  is  only  half  a 
garden  must  be  hoed  steadily  until  all  teacup  of  water  left  in  the  kettle.  Spread 
those  sods  have  lost  power  to  put  up  a  the  birds  with  butter  and  brown  them 
blade  of  grass  and  have  become  humus  on  the  broiler.  Serve  on  buttered  toast 
for  other  growths  to  feed  upon.  Be-  and  pour  over  them  the  drippings  from 
cause  Iris  roots  seem  hardest  to  keep  the  the  pan, 
grass  out  of,  it  may  be  best  to  delay  Roast  Pigeon. — Wipe  dry  and  spread  a 
moving  them  till  1917.  This  Summer  lump  of  butter  on  a  bit  of  broad  and  put 
the  colors  can  be  marked  and  when  they  in  the  cavity  of  each  bird.  Cover  the 
are  moved  I  mean  to  have  them  well  bottom  of  the  baking  pan  with  thin  slices 
pulled  apart  and  only  the  newer  and  of  salt  pork  and  put  the  pigeons  in, 
most  vigorous  roots  set.  The  Chrysan-  trussed  and  with  the  backs  down.  Put  a 
themums,  too.  must  be  broken  up  and  little  water  in  the  pan,  baste  often,  and 
only  single  and  thrifty  shoots  set  out.  I  roast  a  light  brown.  It  will  take  from 
note  that  tin*  Persian  Iris  did  not  bios-  20  to  30  minutes.  Make  a  gravy  from 
soni  last  season  and  am  wondering  if  it  the  drippings'  in  the  pan,  and  just  before 
disliked  the*  heavy  top-dressing  of  wood  sending  the  pigeons  to  the  table  garnish 
ashes  given  it.  Yuccas  delight  in  wood  them  with  bits  of  the  salt  pork  and 
ashes,  but  they  also  thrive  where  drought  squeeze  the  juice  of  a  lemon  over  them, 
would  kill  any  other  plant,  so  must  have  Baked  Squabs. — Draw  five  fat  squabs 
ideas  of  their  own.  I  have  a  stand  of  and  put  the  livers  to  cook  in  a  little* 
them  doing  well  on  a  dry  hillside  where  suited  water.  Gut  the  birds  in  four 
elm  roots  would  starve  out  any  other  pieces  and  flatten  by  pounding,  lightly 
plant.  with  a  kitchen  knife.  Sprinkle  each 
It  is  said  that  .Tune  is  the  month  for  piece  with  a  few  grains  of  salt  and  a  dust 
moving  roses.  This  may  be  because  after  of  pepper.  Line  the  bottom  of  deep 
flowering  the  rose  naturally  starts  into  meat-pie  dish  with  a  thin  layer  of  chopped 
vigorous  growth.  But  no  doubt  one  fat  hum,  sprinkle  over  it  a  teaspoon  of 
must  water  and  mulch  thoroughly  if  the  chopped  chives  (or  a  less  amount  of 
work  is  done  then,  'for  the  drying  sun  chopped  onion)  place  one  layer  of  the 
jjnd  wind  of  midsummer  would  have  to  squabs,  thru  one  layer  of  sliced  hard 
be  reckoned  with.  cooked  eggs,  a  thin  sprinkling  of  ham, 
But  what  is  a  garden  in  which  there  chives,  a  layer  of  squabs,  another  of  egg 
is  nothing  new  to  watch  over,  to  see  slices  and  cover  the  top  with  thin  slices 
bud  and  to  wait  impatiently  attendant  of  fat  bacon.  Crush  the  livers  and  mix 
upon  till  the  blossoms  expatyl !  Will  the  with  one  tablespoon  each  of  flour  and 
long-spurred,  blue  columbines  sowed  last  butter,  pour  one  pint  of  warm  veal  or 
September  be  alive  and  give  us  flowers  chicken  stock  into  the  flour  and  butter 
this  season?  Is  the  newer  Achillea,  the  mixture  and  pour  it  over  the  squabs. 
Pearl,  so  much  superior  to  the  old  sort?  Cover  with  an  oiled  paper  and  bake  in 
What  of  the  single  hardy  Chrysanthe-  a  moderate  oven  one  hour*. 
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