X^he RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1207 
Notes from a Maryland Garden 
The earliest sown spinach has made 
a wonderful growth under the iiiiluence 
of plenty of moisture and moderately 
cool weather, and the early Se]>tember- 
sown is almost ready to cut. The third 
sowing, made the last week in Septem¬ 
ber, is showing a little above ground and 
will get large enough to winter well. 
The scarcity of coal is getting to be 
a serious matter. Our large sweet po¬ 
tato houses have no other means for 
heating but hard coal. Our public schools 
have not a pound of coal and the deal¬ 
ers say that the railroads either cannot 
or will not haul it. After months of 
trial I succeeded in getting two tons, and 
cannot guess when more can be had. I 
have drawn oft the water from the heat¬ 
ing pipes in my little greenhouse, and 
will try to keep a few house plants and 
let the greenhouse stay idle till time to 
start tomato plants in February, and 
by that time we shall be able to know 
whether we are to freeze or not. 
I begin to get sorry that I ever plant¬ 
ed a privet hedge. The everlasting she:- 
ing in Summer is a task, and then in 
spite of all the shearing the hedge con¬ 
stantly increases in size and height, and 
the roots draw so heavily on the soil 
that we Ciinnot have good grass near the 
hedge and when next the cultivated 
ground the hedge I'obs the plants for 20 
feet or more away. I have one hedge 
allowed to grow tall as a wind-break 
for cold frames. It answers this pur¬ 
pose well, but it mats its root into the 
frame too, and does move damage than 
good. I abolished one line of fiO feet 
next the street and put an ornamental 
woven wire fence there, and get better 
results in the ad.'oining garden soil than 
when the hedge sheltered it from the 
Northwest. I r.-ither expect that all 1 
have will soon bo grubbed out. 
In answer to a correspondent, page 
“K.” says it is doubtful that the 
raspberry plants mentioned are f't. 
Tiegis. I think that it is evident they 
are. for that is the way St. Kegis does 
here. I.ast year there was a fine growth 
of new canes, but not a blossom nor a 
berry in the Fall. Imst Spring they 
made a moderate crop, and again made 
fine growth of canes, and now here and 
there a cane has a cluster of bloom and 
fruit at the tip. but so few berries that 
they are an aggravation. Of course, it 
may do better under different conditions 
in soil and climate. 
I find that the everbearing strawber¬ 
ries are be.st treated almost as annuals. 
That is. set the plants here in November 
and let them bear through the next Sum¬ 
mer and Fall, and get a Spring crop 
the following season and then turn them 
under at once, luiving in the meantime 
another bed si-t. I have found that while 
they will give fruit nicely all through 
the first season, and will give a Spring 
crop the next year, there will be no Fall 
crop that year to amount to anything. 
Northwa’rd probably the Spring i)lanting 
will be best, and keeping the bloom off 
tin July, and then let them bear all they 
will. I have never had them make a 
gold Fall crop the secfuid seasf)n afte- 
fruiting well in the Spring. They are 
l)lentifut on our local market now. and 
have been for some time at 10 cents a 
box. Rut if I was growing strawber¬ 
ries for market I wotdd le.ave out the 
everbearing varieties, exeept a few ff>v 
home use. 
^ly Narcissus bulbs have been planted, 
ai d some of the early tulips. My Darwin 
tulips of my own growth are as fine as 
any imported bulbs I nave ever seen, 
and I get fine .spikes on my hyacinth 
bulbs of three years* growth. In ap¬ 
pearance my bulbs are as large and 
heavy as the I )utch. and make just as 
fine spikes of bloom. Hence 1 am not 
worried by the difficulty in getting the 
r>utch bulbs across the water. We can 
SBAe Most Beauiiful Carinyimeriai 
The True Meaning of Economy 
Webster defines Economy as the “wise, careful administration of 
our affairs.” Please note that word, ^vise. Also note that there 
is no reference to cheapness or frugality. 
In this definition you will find the proof that Webster was not mere¬ 
ly a master of the English language, but a philosopher as well. 
The cheap expenditures are never the wise ones. The near-wool 
clothing, the “marked down” shoes and the cut price harvest¬ 
ing machinery cost less to be sure—/ / the beginning. 
But cheap clothing shrinks to boy’s size in the first spring shower. 
The cheap shoes “wear out” after a few months of service and 
the cheap harvesting machinery fails you at the critical 
moments. So—in the long run—your cheap purchases become 
shockingly expensive. 
And so it is with a motor car. 
There are many cars that sell for less money than a Paige. We 
could readily build them ourselves if we considered that policy 
the best one. But we don’t. 
We firmly believe that Self-Respect, Comfort and Enduring Satis¬ 
faction have an actual market value. So we build those things 
into our product. 
We take just a little more time—just a little more care in selecting 
materials—just a little more pride in our work. And the result 
is a real motor car—not a makeshift or compromise. 
Unless we are greatly mistaken, the Paige “Six-39” is just the kind 
of car that you want. It costs $1330 and it is worth every penny 
of the price. 
If you are truly Economical—truly wise and careful—it will be the 
car of your choice. 
Essex “Six-55'’ 7-passenger $1775; Broolclands 4-passenger $1795; Linwood 
“Six-39” 5-passenger $1330; Glendale “Six-39” Chummy Roadster $1330; 
Dartmoor “Six-39” 2 or 3-passenger $1330. All Prices f. o. b. Detroit, 
grow the Roman hyaoinths and the Poly¬ 
anthus Aarietie.*^ of Naroissns by de¬ 
ferring the planting till the soil is final¬ 
ly cold. Planted early while the soil is 
still warm, they Avill grow at once and 
of course get hurt and are considered 
tender. Planted late they will remain 
dormant till Spring; I have had the soil 
in a cold Winter frozen down below the 
Paper Wliite bulbs, and they came out 
all right in Spring. AV. F. MASSf;Y. 
No handsomer line of enclosed vehicles can be found on the market. 
PAIGE-DETROIT MOTOR CAR COMPANY 
221 McKinstry Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 
