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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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A LARGE EAR OF CORN. 
The ear of corn shown in the picture, 
Fig. 49, took the prize for the largest 
ear of corn at our street exposition held 
in October. This ear weighed two pounds 
and contained 1,500 grains of good size 
and shape. The variety is Funk’s Yellow 
Dent, and this ear was grown on the 
farm of Frank Ayres, in Highland Co., 
A PRIZE CORN EAR, Fig. 49. 
Ohio. Mr. Ayres’ cornfields averaged 
SO bushels per acre or better, and his 
crop of several thousand bushels is in the 
cribs, thanks to the shredder. The corn 
was planted on well-prepared sod and 
some fertilizer used in the drill. Despite 
the very wet weather this corn received 
good cultivation and was kept free of 
weeds at all stages of growth, insuring 
a good yield of corn and easy prepara¬ 
tion for wheat seeding. w. E. d. 
Hillsboro, Ohio. 
THE FARM WOMAN’S GARDEN. 
Part 1 . 
The women’s garden often occupies 
a very small place on the farm, and in 
many cases its value as an asset is not 
realized. The Colonial settlers of the 
: tern and Southern States brought 
n the Old World the respect for an 
w garden as a necessary part of the 
1 : mestead, and we are indebted to this 
f r the naturalizing of many useful 
Wants, as well as some troublesome 
weeds. The old-fashioned gardens 
c nsisted quite largely of herbaceous 
perennials and biennials — that is, 
plants that could be depended upon to 
r produce themselves indefinitely, either 
by spreading at the root or by self- 
ebing, and these are still the most 
iseftil class of flowering plants for a 
Farm garden, though we should sup¬ 
plement them with a number of the 
howy annuals that cost so little and 
mean so much in beauty. To fill a 
garden with hardy perennials all at once 
would be too expensive for a modest 
purse, but a few plants, purchased 
from time to time, supplemented by 
others raised from seed, will soon fill 
the garden. 
Since a permanent border for hardy 
plants is expected to be a perpetual in¬ 
stitution, it should be prepared with 
care. A sunny well-drained location, 
with deep soil, is best; plants that do 
well in shallow rocky soil belong to a 
special class, and should be considered 
apart. Such a border should be en¬ 
riched with a top-dressing in the Fall, 
and the permanent plants (excepting a 
few subjects, such as paeonies), lifted 
and replanted every third year; with¬ 
out this the permanent plants run out 
or become spindling. 
Suppose we begin our hardy garden 
with nothing more than paeonies, Irises 
and herbaceous Phlox. We can get a 
nice root of one of the older paeonies 
for 50 cents, or we may give a dollar 
or two for a choicer variety if we 
choose, but the 50-cent root, properly 
selected, will give us a fine variety. 
1'eint the dormant root in early Spring 
or late Fall and remember that it will 
need lots of space after a while. Deep, 
ll 'h. rather moist soil is desirable, and 
a clay subsoil will give best results. 
zeonies will do well with partial shade 
so we may leave the sunniest part of 
the herbaceous border for other plants, 
and they will often do well along the 
porch, if the soil is good, and not 
merely arid subsoil turned up in dig¬ 
ging the foundations of the house. In 
preparing the bed, trench it about two 
feet deep, working in plenty of well- 
rotted cow manure, and in November 
put on an annual top-dressing, which 
can be forked into the soil in Spring. 
Set the crowns two inches below the 
surface. Once properly established, pae- 
onies stay in condition as long as an 
asparagus bed. When in bloom they 
need plenty of moisture, and it will 
pay to water them in a dry season. 
They are very attractive grouped on the 
lawn, when their foliage is almost equal 
to Rhododendrons. 
The ordinary German Irises are the 
most available for the farm garden, be¬ 
cause of their cheapness and beauty, 
though if any woman once acquires the 
Iris fever she will not rest until she 
supplements these, the old-fashioned 
flag lilies, with many other members of 
the same family. These German Irises 
are best transplanted soon after flower¬ 
ing, when they commence to make new 
growth, usually early in September; 
they often fail to become established 
when, planted late. The rhizomes, 
which creep along the surface should 
be planted flat and covered to half 
their diameter; if these thick roots 
are dried up when planted withhold 
moisture until growth starts. They want 
a sunny situation and rich, but not 
manured soil, with good drainage 
There are a great many named varie¬ 
ties of hybrid German Iris, cost¬ 
ing about 25 cents a root; if we could 
have only one it would be Madame 
Chereau, white feathered with blue, 
with undulated edge, but we would like 
to add to this Aurea, clear golden yel¬ 
low, and Common Purple, the familiar 
blue flag of old gardens. These Irises 
should be transplanted every third 
year, after flowering; otherwise the 
clumps become weakened and full of 
grass. 
Next we will add to the border the 
herbaceous Phlox, which are in their 
full glory after paeonies and Iris arc 
over. They seed very freely, and if the 
surface of the bed is kept mellow there 
will be plenty of self-sown seedlings 
the following Spring, which should be 
set in little nursery rows, and trans¬ 
planted to their permanent place in Fall. 
The distinct varieties do not always 
come true from seed, but one is sure to 
get some good colors, and the faded 
tints can be discarded after cne bloom¬ 
ing. They like a rich, rather moist 
soil; in a dry place, during a dry Sum¬ 
mer, there is often an infestation of 
red spider, a tiny rusty parasite on the 
under side of the leaves, which injures 
the foliage severely. If this appears, 
hard syringing or drenching with water 
will destroy the trouble. When in 
flower it is well to water them freely 
every evening, unless the weather is 
damp. The occasional use of manure 
water, during blooming time, greatly 
increases the size of the trusses. Plant 
the Phlox in early Spring or Fall and 
allow each clump from two to three feet 
of space when fully developed. The 
clumps would better be reset and di¬ 
vided every second or third year, as the 
stools enlarge outward, and become 
root-bound. This work should be done 
in the Fall, after growth ceases. The 
usual flowering time is July and August, 
but if the flower shoots are pinched 
out in June and again in July, the 
plants will flower in September. 
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