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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[April, 
broadcast, immediately after the plowing 
and before using the harrow, etc,, and then 
harrow it in well. Some planters do not 
plow the land again in the spring before 
planting, but merely furrow out the rows, 
plant the trees, and then plow the piece, be¬ 
tween the rows, for other croDS, throwing 
the soil towards the trees. This may save a 
little time, but it is a slip-shod policy, espe¬ 
cially as a heavy open furrow is left between 
the rows, which, where the land is sloping, 
makes a water course that soon becomes an 
unsightly gully. All good farmers avoid open 
furrows as much as possible. We think this 
caution is necessary to beginners who might 
fall into this error through a desire to hurry up 
matters when other spring work is pressing. 
Plants for the Wild Garden. 
A wild garden is not, as many suppose, a 
garden run wild. It is not made by sowing 
annual and other seeds promiscuously and 
allowing them to struggle for existence. The 
term the “ Garden of Naturalization" would 
better express its character, though that 
would imply that it contained exotics only, 
which is far from being the case. The wild 
garden should contain such plants, native or 
exotic, as are hardy and capable of main¬ 
taining themselves when once estab¬ 
lished. So far from the promiscuous jumble 
that some seem to consider the wild garden 
to be, plants should be selected for their fit¬ 
ness for the places they are to occupy. In a 
tory or a rocky and wild place, the bold out¬ 
lines of its robust foliage would be in keeping 
with the surroundings. Among the dowers 
that are excellent in 
the border, and also 1 
well suited for natur- • 
alizing in the wild IMBSM 
garden, is the beauti¬ 
ful white Japan Ane¬ 
mone, known as 
“ Honorine Jobert." 
The lateness of the 
season at which its 
pure white dowers 
are produced is great¬ 
ly in its favor. Au¬ 
tumnal dowers are 
apt to have glowing 
tints, but this, dg. 2, 
comes with all the 
freshness of spring. 
This anemone is wed 
suited to associate 
with shrubbery in a 
partly shaded place, 
though it will flour- 
ish in any good soil. 
The accompanying 
a shingle nail at each end. The paper was 
fastened on by split laths,laid over the ribs and 
sides of the sash, with cigar tacks 5 inches- 
Fist. 
-THE WHITE JAPAN ANEMONE .—Engraved for the American Agriculturist, 
beautiful engravings 
our artist has reproduced from one of William 
Robinson’s attractive volumes on doriculture. 
Fig. 1. —the giant cow-PAKSNIP. — Engraved for the Am. Agriculturist, 
Oiled Paper a Substitute for Glass. 
Six weeks ago I completed a 50-sash hot-bed, 
glazed entirely with paper. 
Since then there have been bve 
weeks of wind, rain, and snow, 
the latter being 14 inches deep 
on the lee side. The house 
shows no signs of injury, and 
the light is much better than 
with ground glass. The seed¬ 
lings I am starting are an en¬ 
tirely new stock of plants from 
some of my own sowing, in¬ 
cluding Tuberous and Rex 
Begonias, Gloxinia, Coleus, 
Mimulus and many other va¬ 
rieties, and also Pinks, Pan¬ 
sies and Geraniums. The seed¬ 
lings of these are doing as well 
as can be ; there is no damp¬ 
ing off and they are not drawn. 
Now for cost for 50 sashes, 
which is as follows: 1-inch 
lumber, 3 inches wide, 6 feet 
long, and same 1-inch wide, 
and 6 feet long, $5 ; paper 16 
cents per pound, $2; boiled 
oil, 90c.; kerosene, 15c.; cigar- 
box tacks (3 papers) 6 / 6 -inch, 
45c. ; nails, finishing, and soft 
shingle, 30c. ; laths, 200, 50c.; 
cost of material, $9.30; to 
which add cost of labor, 5 days 
at $2, $10;*total cost, $19.30. 
The first sash on trial, alluded 
to, was on the house for 12 
months, and showed but little 
sign of wear. In making the 
sashes they were not mortised 
at all, a simple lap at the top 
was fastened with three shin¬ 
gle nails; the bottom piece was 
halved in with the sides and 
quiet grassy hollow such a plant as the Giant 
Cow-parsnip (fig. 1) would be out of place. On 
the other hand, if there is a rough promon¬ 
f astened with two 10-d. finishing nails on each 
side. The ribs, of which there were four to a 
sash, were bevel-notched in, and fastened with 
apart. The paper was covered with a mixture- 
of half-boiled linseed and half kerosene, liber¬ 
ally put on, two coats. The paper must be 
put upon the sashes in a very hot room, or the- 
contraction, when exposed to heat, will be 
likely to cause a fracture. 
I by no means claim that my material, 
either paper or oil, is the best, all I wish to do 
is to start the ball a rolling, trusting some 
of your readers will take up the matter and 
report for the general good through your col¬ 
umns. The points to be aimed at seem to be 
a tougher and more fibrous paper, in rolls 
three feet wide, the avoidance of contraction 
and expansion, and whether a drying or non¬ 
drying oil, such as lard or cotton-seed oil 
would be best, or -whether paraffine dissolved 
in hot kerosene would answer. 
With these sashes the house is much 
tighter and there is a total absence of drip. 
In the event of a hole being made, a frag¬ 
ment of paper smeared with boiled oil and 
applied, repairs the damage instantaneously. 
When houses are subject to intense cold, I 
believe the paper might be put on both sides- 
of the sash, thus leaving % of an inch of 
dead air between. A. R. W. 
[The substitution of paper for glass prom¬ 
ises in some respects better results than the 
use of cloth for covering sashes. The Japa¬ 
nese, who make a very different paper from 
ours, use it entirely in their greenhouses and 
frames, as well as in their dwellings.—E ds.] 
Morning Glories and Sweet Peas. 
Among our climbing annuals -we have- 
none that equal Sweet Peas and Morning 
Glories. If a screen for a window or porch 
is desired, the Morning Glory should be 
planted. It grows rapidly, will climb to the 
top of any ordinary window, and generally 
grows until frost comes. It is a most pro¬ 
fuse bloomer, and a quantity of thrifty vines 
covered with velvety purple and mazarine 
blue and pearl white flowers, early in the 
morning, is a fine sight. 
Sweet Peas are beautiful and are delight¬ 
fully fragrant. They are especially adapted 
for use as cut flowers, having a graceful 
habit of growth. They do not fade or drop* 
their petals soon after being brought into the> 
