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you have heretofore found them difficult, 
try making circles of heavy paper and 
setting the seedlings inside these. Water 
can be poured in around it without over¬ 
whelming the small plant, cutworms and 
insects will be kept off and no careless 
stroke of the hoe will work havoc. Salvia 
plants are well handled in the same way. 
Don’t set trailing Memorial rose to 
cover a sandy knoll unless you can de¬ 
cide where the lav.^n mower shall stop and 
the trailing rose sprays begin. You can 
pull weeds from among the rose branches, 
but if you make the place wdiere the rose 
is set as rich as you ought, they will 
travel far, even during the first season. 
Don’t let the dainty grace of the annual 
poppies cause yon to overlook the re¬ 
liability and gorgeous blooms of the hardy 
Oriental poppy. The latter come readily 
from seed, and a clump, if given room 
and riSt top-dressed, can be trusted to 
live 20 years and blossom every .Tune or 
•Tuly. ^ 
Don’t fail to have a root of Platycodon 
in your hai-dy border. This, too, will 
live many years if given a fair chance. 
Some are blue, some white, and there is 
a semi-double variety. 
Don’t pinch back your old-fashioned, 
hardy Chrysanthemums, expecting to get 
more or better flowers. This sort is best 
left to grow as nature directs. Top-dress 
them liberally and pull out the less vigor¬ 
ous stalks, if you like, but let them grow 
to what height they will and branch little 
or much. 
Don’t feel that you must first sprout 
your Dahlias and then divide the roots. 
Some of the most successful Dahlias last 
season had the large bunches of tubers 
set as they came from the cellar. 
Don’t be too prompt in believing it 
beyond your strength to make a flower 
bed just where you want one. You have 
only to begin the year before, and have 
all the lawn clippings raked and piled on 
the spot. But do not expect them to stay 
there, xinprotected, if you have poultry 
about. Buy a circle of new, two-foot 
netting to surround the heap and keep the 
size planned for. It will need only a 
few slender stakes to keep it in place 
and these can be pulled up and the 
netting moved while fresh' material is 
raked in. 
Don’t expect any back-breaking spad¬ 
ing the following Spring. The clippings 
will have rotted on the under side and 
with heat and dampness made the turf 
into plant-food easily spaded in. 
Don’t make the mistake of setting 
shrubs too close together. Leave room 
for them to grow into large bushes. Tf 
you like to put in Iris or peonies to be 
removed after four or five years a fine 
clump of shrubs will be left. 
Don’t neglect putting a circle of net¬ 
ting around plum or peach trees set in 
the dooryard. Careless hands will push 
the lawn mower against them, bruising 
the bark and causing injury. Then re¬ 
member to mulch them during Summer. 
Don’t forget to pull away the mulch and 
make a little heap of coal ashes about 
the tree stems as Winter protection 
against field mice. 
Don’t hesitate about giving away all 
the flowers, slips or rooted plants your 
garden can spare. You will never miss 
them and you are planting pleasant 
memories in all sorts of places. The poor 
will speak of you gratefully and those 
who have plenty will have pleasant re¬ 
minders of your friendliness and love of 
nature. prudence primrose. 
Hand-made Towels 
Linen buck toweling by the yard makes 
up handsomely if a pi’otty crochet inser¬ 
tion is placed just above the hem, which 
.should be 1% inches wide. The opposite 
hem, same width, should be hemstitched. 
If desired, hems may be applied of linen 
crash in colors to harmonize with the 
color scheme of the room. Directions are 
here given for making a suitable inser¬ 
tion. 
Insertion.—Ch 7, 1 sc in first ch, mak¬ 
ing a ring. Ch 7, .3 dc in ring with 3 ch 
between, ch 4, turn. 
Four de and 1 sc in .3 ch, 1 sc and 
4 dc in next eh 3, ch 3. 4 dc, 1 sc, in 
same chain, 1 sc and 5 de in 7 ch, ch 10, 
turn, *4 dc in 3 ch with 3 ch between, 
ch 4. turn . 
Four dc and 1 sc in .3 ch, 1 sc, 4 de, 
ch 3. 4 dc and 1 sc in next 3 ch, 1 sc and 
4 de in 3 ch, si st in 4th st of 10 ch, 
ch 10. turn. 
Repeat from * to length desired. At 
end ch 11, 1 sc in 3 ch, ch ll, 1 sc in 
point of leaf, ch 7, 1 sc in point of next 
leaf. Repeat to end, sc across the end, 
ch 5, 1 dc in 2 ch, ch 2, 1 dc in 2 ch. 
Repeat to end. sc across the end, ch 5, 
1 dc in 2 ch, ch 2, 1 dc in 2 ch. Repeat 
to end. ADELE J. WOOD. 
Tested Recipes from Virginia 
Everyday Bread.—Soak two cups stale 
wheat bread in cold water until soft. 
Add to this one cup sweet milk, one 
beaten egg, one teasnoon baking powder, 
salt to taste; thicken to a stiff batter 
with sifted cornmeal. Bake in a quiet 
Insertion for Hand-made Towel 
oven as a loaf or muffins, serve hot. 
This is a delicious bread. 
Raisin Dessert.—Boil one package 
macaroni or spaghetti in slightly salted 
water until soft. Use one cup of the 
boiled water, add two cups seedless rais¬ 
ins, one cup sugar or syrup, one beaten 
egg, one teaspoon spices, a bit of butter. 
Bake slowly until set. Serve with a 
lemon sauce. 
Pleasant Pudding.—Scald two cups 
sifted cornmeal, add one-half cup sweet 
milk, two teaspoons- baking powder, one 
cup syrup or sugar, one beaten egg, one- 
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end in cross-stitch style with space for 
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half teaspoon salt, one-half cup rai.sins 
or stewed fruit. Bake slowl.v for one 
hour. Flavor as desired, or serve with 
a flavored sauce. 
Soldiers’ Fruit Cake.—Nothing is too 
good for the soldier’s birthday, and the 
home folks are glad to contribute a cake. 
The following ingredients give a cake the 
right size for convenient mailing: One- 
half cup vegetable fat, one-half cup but¬ 
ter, cream; add one cup sugar, one cup 
dark molasses, four well-beaten eggs. 
Now add one pound seedless raisins, one 
pound chopped dates, one pound of mixed 
nut meats, and chopped citron, or any 
preferred fruit. Do not use over three 
pounds of fruit. Next add one cup of 
grape juice, four teaspoons mixed spices, 
four cups sifted flour, with four teaspoons 
baking powder, one-half teaspoon salt. 
Mix weU and turn into a greased and 
papered pan. Bake slowly for four 
hours. MRS. c. c. M. 
Squash Muffins.—^Two-thirds cupful of 
cooked squash, one cupful of milk, one- 
fourth cupful of sugar, 2% cupfuls of 
flour, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one 
egg, well beaten, three teaspoonfuls of 
baking powder, two tablespoons of but- 
tei’. Add milk to the squash, then the 
sugai and egg. Sift flour, salt and bak¬ 
ing powder, add to first mixture, and 
add i.ielted butter. Beat well, bake in 
buttered gem pans .30 minutes 
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