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WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
March 
Blossom on the plum. 
Wild wind and merry; 
Leaves upon the cherry. 
And one swallow come. 
Red windy dawn, 
Hwift rain and .sunny; 
Wild bees seeking honey, 
Crocus on the lawn: 
Blossom on the plum. 
Grass begins to grow, 
Dandelions come; 
Snowdrops haste to go 
After past month’s snow; 
Rough winds boat and blow, 
Blossom on the plum. 
—Nora Hopper. 
Many people regard the first I'obin as 
the earliest sign of Spring, but all signs 
failed during the past hard ^^'^nter, and 
our fir.st robin this year was one that 
stayed with us through the season. Per¬ 
haps he missed his train h^outh, or per¬ 
haps he was of a hardy and adventurous 
disposition, but his presence has been 
very cheery during the prolonged period 
of snow, sleet and bitter cold, and if 
robins act as human beings do, that brave 
little bird Avill tell his friends some won¬ 
derful tales of life in the frigid zone 
when they finally come North. It has 
been a hard Winter for birds, and we 
have fed great flocks of them daily with 
bird-seed, hominy and suet. In our local¬ 
ity—a surburban one—bird damage in 
the gardens is not great, though we are 
beginning to have more English starlings 
than we need. Sparrow.s, however, are 
rather a nuisance, and one of their exas¬ 
perating traits in early Spring is their 
habit of destroying Crocus flower’s. They 
have a special spite against the yellow 
ones, and tear the buds to pieces Avhen 
they are just ready to open. It has been 
suggeked that they are seeking nectar or 
tiny insects, but it looks more like wan¬ 
ton destruction. 
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While we are all expecting to grow 
food first in our home gardens, we have 
no sympathy with those Gradgrinds who 
would cut out flowers entirely. Our own 
garden is now so well filled with hardy 
herbaceous plants that we do not require 
many annuals, but there are some flowers 
we always need for cutting, or to fill 
odd gaps. Sweet ^lyssum is always 
needed for borders, baskets, rockeries and 
for general cutting. As it seeds freely, 
it is always self-sown the previous Aut¬ 
umn, but it is also sown in Spring, as 
soon as the gi’ound may be worked. 'Sown 
late in August it is admirable in pots 
all Winter, Constantly in bloom. Calen¬ 
dulas or pot marigolds are showy and 
constantly in bloom, sown in the open in 
early Spring. There are handstnne strains 
that are ivory white, as well as orangt 
and yellow. Both Calliopsis, yellow and 
brown, and Coreopsis, bright yellow, are 
fine for cutting and easily grown. We 
think farm women who have many young 
chicks to care foi find it hard to start 
many seedlings in the house; hence they 
are likely to get more .satisfaction from 
seeds they can sow in the open. 
It is rather hard to confine oneself to 
a brief list of annuals, for there are so 
many of them, but our choice, for a coun¬ 
try flower garden, would include, in addi¬ 
tion to those named above, Shirley pop¬ 
pies, cornflowers. Cosmos, California pop¬ 
pies, nasturtiums, four o’clocks or marvel 
of Peru, mignonette, pansies. Drummond 
Phlox and Zinnia. All these may be sown 
out of doors, and all are robust and free- 
blooming. This is but a partial list, ex¬ 
cluding many flowers we like to have, 
but they all bloom abundantly with the 
most ordinary care, and are sure to give 
satisfaction. There should be an effort, 
however, to grow some herbaceous plants 
from seed each year, and thus form a 
permanent collection of hardy flowers. 
Dooryard Dont’s 
Don’t fail to keep the new privet 
hedge closely clipped to insure a stocky, 
well-branched base. Trim the tops two or 
three times each season, cutting off half 
the latest growth. Once a hedge has run 
up, thin and tail, it takes nerve and time 
to make anything good of it. Especially 
CAc R U RAL N E W-YO R K E K 
March 2, 1918 
in the country a hedge should turn dogs, 
and possibly poultry, and only much cut¬ 
ting back when small will branch the 
plants sufficiently. City florists are apt 
to set a double row of plants, thereby se¬ 
curing a double price, but a single line, if 
started with well-branched base, will make 
as good V. hedge. 
Don't think of Nigella, Salpiglossis, pop¬ 
pies and other rather delicate annuals 
as too frail for making effective bouquets. 
The new flower holders that are blocks of 
heavy glass enable dainty and slender- 
stalked flowers to stand erect in a low 
dish ,showing their native grace as if 
growing in a tiny pool of water. 
Don’t fail to have one of these new 
flower holders. If you have company or 
Summer boarders let them have a few 
fresh flowers on the breakfast table evei-j- 
morning. Morning glories, Zephyranthes. 
poppies, the white day lily that is a Eun- 
kia, these are charming and make one 
eager for the breakfast table to see what 
the day’s flower will be. 
Don’t be without plenty of Dorothy 
Perkins’ roses. A branch left to trail 
U])on the ground and covered by dead 
leaves over Mlnter, will be found in 
►Spring rooted at every joint. Contrive 
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some .sort of arch for them to cover. 
Nothing is prettier than a gate shaded by 
a rustic archway. Some one says, “Every 
garden should be entered by a swinging 
gate.” We cannot all make that conform 
with modern ideas of unfeuced gardens, 
but we can have the arched-over path¬ 
way. 
Don’t transplant columbine in the 
Spring. That is its blooming season. You 
will get no flowers and the plants will 
probably die. 
Don’t try to grow sweet peas in a sour 
or very damp soil. They need good 
drainage and a deep, rich trench. 
Don’t fail to plant some of the ever¬ 
lasting flowers, Ilelichrysum. The yellow 
and j'ellow-browus are prettiest. The color 
is very clear and pleasing, making them 
attractive for picking. But some oue will 
be delighted to get them as Winter bou¬ 
quets, for they go well with the antique 
miri’ors, vases and prints people are so 
crazy over. For this use cut the buds 
as soon as they open and bang them iu 
bunches, heads downward, where they 
will di’y. To send them in the mail at 
Christmas time sew the stems inside a 
box iu a way that will keep the flowers 
from jostling upon one another and they 
will go safely. 
Don’t expect to raise asters in the 
kitchen windows and then transplant 
them as you would lettuce plants. If 
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