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■Che RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Some Unskilled Gardening 
Calendulas had never particularly ap- 
I)ealed to my fancy, but I chanced to pick 
a stalk of seed in a friend’s garden, and 
so had Calendulas in my own border the 
past season. They came into flower just 
when we were looking for fresh material 
for bovKiuets. and I think it was the 
bright and cheerftil green of the stalks 
and leaves which pleased the eye almost 
as much as the clear lemou-yellow of the 
flowers. The way the Calendulas stood 
by us even after frosts were an almost 
nightly occurrence (piitc won my heart to 
them. Each morning it seemed as if they 
would have succumbed, but it was well 
on toward Thanksgiving when I could 
still pick a handful of their pretty golden 
disks set in crisp even foliage. The Gail- 
lardias were still making a brave effort 
to flower, but their blossoms were ragged 
and less fleshy looking than the Calendu¬ 
las. 
In the r'aH of 1915 I bought a packet 
of seed of the Rocky Mountain colum¬ 
bine, sowing some in the open gi-ound and 
keeping part for Spring planting, as I 
ing a stalk for the house that would 
not wilt and fail to hold up its head. 
This refusal to become decorative in¬ 
doors is quite in contrast to the Gladio¬ 
lus. What dear plants they are for long- 
continued blooming in water ! Some lovely 
pink ones and others, white with crimson 
throats, made a pretty dash of color in 
the sitting-room for a week or two after 
bringing in. Always it is a comfort to 
have extra bulbs set in back corners or 
among vegetables where one does not 
mind cutting the flower stalks for bou- 
(piets. 
Some dwarf morning-glories sown to 
cover an exposed place where there was 
no turf proved useless for the purpose, as 
their blossoms seemed inconspicuous and 
the whole plants made little show. But 
at the last moment we began appreciating 
them as cut flowers. In October their 
pretty chalices, white with deep blue 
edges, had an almost Springtime look, for 
there were no other blue flowers to be 
had. We found that the branches would 
keep opening blossoms day after day, and 
That they did not close as promptly as 
sown in boxes in April made but a plant 
or two, but later I found little plants 
where seed had been s<‘atter(‘d in a shel¬ 
tered i)lace, and in August behold a row 
of little Columbines in another forgotten 
part of the border. Transplanted to the 
garden these have made fine bushy plants. 
Ry Autumn the double white columbines 
transplanted early in the season sulked 
as if determined to die, then grew hope¬ 
fully leafy, but finally decided that, come 
whiit would, they were biennials, and 
would die, it being their second season. 
So they gave up and disajtpeared, flower¬ 
less. Yet the catalogs describe them as 
hardy garden perennials forming perma¬ 
nent clumps. Hereafter I shall not try 
transplanting them in Spring, as the or¬ 
deal comes too near their flowering sea¬ 
son. 
Snapdragons seem another sort of i)er- 
ennial .seed easy to make germinate, but 
larkspurs have .so far dis:ii)pointed mo. 
The hollyhock, if loft undisturbed, 
makes a taj) root reaching deep and not 
easily transpliinted, but being such sturdy 
creatures they recover from a good deal 
of wilting and sulkine.ss. Three clumps 
which I made by transplanting what were 
seedlings of the year before finally recov¬ 
ered their thrifty green and gave us tall 
stalks of bloom lasting in i)icture.squo 
grace till fi’osts came. Yet, it is Ixdter 
to sow where they are to stand, though 
my clumijs were made by digging out gen¬ 
erous places in the turf where the lawn 
mower ran around them all Summer, and 
one would scarcely like having beds of 
seedlings all the previous .sea.son in such 
a idace. Of course, we made the ground 
rich by putting in fre.sh .soil and compost. 
Once the hollyhocks are under way their 
big leaves keep the gra.ss and weeds down 
and they need no further care. And what 
is jjrettier for ii bold and decorative ef¬ 
fect? Some that I transplanted to the 
garden were of little use for, try as I 
Would, rainy weather, early mornings, af¬ 
ter dark, never, could I be sure of pick¬ 
little effect for a time, but of cour.se. a 
real freeze will make an end of them. We 
must grow some next year for late bou¬ 
quets, but any corner of the garden will 
an.swer, as they come uj) promptly after 
sow'ing and need only to be kept weeded. 
The new glass flower-holders, that can 
be placed in any flat dish or bowk help 
one to enjoy any little handful of deli¬ 
cate flowers as an arrangement in vases, 
the blo.s.soins standing upright with their 
foliage, as if growing in a pool of water, 
seem quite at home ami show ,their na¬ 
tive grace and charm. We liked to have 
something fresh for our ►Summer guests 
each morning at breakfast—now a few 
fairy lilies (Zephyranthes) then pansies, 
again poppie.s, sometimes all of one color 
and next time of Viirious shades and 
marking.s. It was interesting to run out 
each morning to see what would offer it¬ 
self from the jjarden or flow(>r borders. 
The blocks of heavy glass, pierced with 
hole.s, cost from 25 cents up. Last season 
and those we have bought for friends 
have seemed to give a g(H)d deal of plea.s- 
ure. The early Spring flowers are charm¬ 
ing in them, even two or three daffodils 
with their leaves making a pretty bit 
of out of doors. prtidknce pkimkose. 
Table Talk 
“There are just two things I wai 
to ask you about, Patty.” IMrs. Brow 
(ait into this talk, holding up a spoonf 
of cherri(‘S half way to its destinatio 
*TIow did you fix these cherries—they’ 
delicious, and I‘d like to know your r 
cipe for this cake—it’s new to me?” 
, Patty b-aimed. “I made a pie for di 
ner and ju.st adchal a cuiiful of sugi 
to the left-over cherrie.s—I never sweet< 
pie cherries when I can them—ai 
cooked them with a couple of tablespoo 
fills of gelatine.” 
“Why, I never thought of doing that 
exclaimed Hattie I)., who, with her hu 
band, was making a little farewell vis 
and had been pr'rsuaded to stay for su 
per. “Why don’t you sweeten the cher¬ 
ries when you do them up?” 
“Because these sour Montmorency cher¬ 
ries keep just a.s well without sugar, and 
really taste more like fresh-picked fruit 
in a pie. One cup of sugar to a pie I 
use.” 
“No\v about the cake?” insisted Mrs. 
Brown. 
“Oh, do you really like this cake? It’s 
an eggless brand—one that my neighbor 
makes for her Summer •boarders, and so 
simple I won’t have ,to write anything 
dpwn for you. One and a half cupfuls 
of light brown sugar, one-half cupful of 
butter, one cupful of .sour milk or coffee, 
one teaspoonful of soda, scant; one-half 
teaspoonful each of cinnamon, nutmeg, 
cloves and salt. I addend the juice of half 
a lemon, and a cupful of nuts or raisins 
may be put iu.” 
“I like it just as well without them. 
We surely are not reducing the cost of 
living by leaving out eggs only to add 
nuts and raisins,” declared Mrs. Brown. 
“It seems to me that our friends ai’e living 
pretty high if they were not expecting 
company to-day, or else we are eating 
their Sunday dinner! Fried chicken with 
rice, elderberry and currant jelly, too; 
something I never make. How did you 
manage to have currants in elderberry 
time, Patty?” 
“.lust canned some currant juice and 
saved it. Elderberries won’t ‘jell’ alone, 
you know; neither would you like the 
flavor. I also save elderberry juice ,to 
put with crabapples and (piinces. We 
have loads of elderberries in the pasture 
lot. We have always let the neighbors 
have them, but last season I discovered 
how good they are when mixed with an 
acid fruit. 
“As for the chickens, we were literally 
presented with two dozen. Summer- 
hatched. Our old hen came out of the 
jieach oi'chard with 12 and another 
hatched out 12 down by the lake, and 
not one of them all was lost, drowned 
or stolen.” docia dykens. 
Glen House Flannel Cakes.—Put two 
ounces of butter into a pint of hot milk 
and let it melt, then add a pint of rich 
cold milk, four well beaten .eggs, a tea¬ 
spoon of salt, a half yeast cake dissolved 
in half a ciip of cold water and sufficient 
flour to make a stiff batter. ►Set it in a 
warm place three hours to rise; then fry 
the cakes on a hot greased griddle and 
serve with hot maple syru]), fre.sh butter 
or whipped cream. 
JOS. H. BLACK, 
SON & CO. 
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