571 
They dean creases and seams inside and 
outside of pails and tin cans, open the 
choked apertures in lamp burners, “try” 
I he cake to see if it done, and teach chil¬ 
dren to dean their own finger-nails. 
LILLIAN TROTT. 
A Woman's Hardy Garden 
After selling the farm and living in a 
rented house eight years, we bought an 
old-fashioned house of the Cape Cod etyle, 
with 1 % acres of land. There was already 
<>n it a jungle of roses of the Seven Sis¬ 
ters variety, out of which climbed an old- 
fashioned single red rose and a magnifi¬ 
cent Dorothy Perkins, covering the south 
porch to the roof on one side of the south 
door We instantly planted another 
Dorothy Perkins on other side of door, 
which trails over the two south kitchen 
windows A double pink Rose of Sharon 
bush already shaded kitchen windows, 
and I have now filled the space beneath 
with dark pink hardy Chrysanthemums, 
which bloomed freely and were beautiful 
last Fall. We have also planted a Crim- 
som Rambler at the back kitchen door, 
which we hope will bloom this year, and 
we will train that along the lean-to wood¬ 
shed. In front of the house were old- 
fashioned rose bushes of two varieties, 
which we have encouraged, and a white 
honeysuckle, which reached to the roof 
on one side of the front door, and an 
American Beauty climber on north side of 
front door, both of which badly winter- 
killed the Winter of 1919, but revived last 
Summer. The old house was a picture 
in its setting of pink roses last season. 
In the front yard toward street was a 
jungle of flowering almonds, with black 
currant bush in center, which is very- 
pretty, the first thing in the season. We 
water the roses freely with wash water, 
etc., all the year around. It is better 
than turning it down the sink for both 
roses and us. and they appreciate it. 
There is nothing like soapsuds for roses. 
T have started a little bank of moss pinks 
along the flagstone walk, and lilies of the 
valley, which we enjoy as we sit on south 
porch. 
Back of the house, facing east, was a 
large, beautiful white lilac' bush. A 
quantity of Seven Sisters roses followed 
line of sink trough, and a lovely large, 
light, moss rose bush, and you can im¬ 
agine how they all grow in the richness. 
I have added clumps of wild blue ..violets, 
and we already have white violets by 
roadside. T.ast year the road men plowed 
into bank in front of the house, and I 
am going to sow poppy seed there this 
year. We have also set out syringa and 
purple lilac. (Whoever heard of an old- 
fashioned place without a purple lilac 
bush. Hydrangea, bridal wreath. Japan 
quince, etc.?) I have started a barberry 
hedge at southern boundary of the garden. 
I have had a row of Dahlias there every 
year, which have looked quite pretty. I 
am also trying to start a row of shrubs, 
old-fashioned varieties, along the north 
side of house, but it is uphill work. I 
tried wild ferns, and some continue to put 
in an appearance; also have purple lilac, 
barberry, and to make sure of something, 
last year planted a Missouri currant, 
which usually thrives anywhere. If all 
the things I have planted should start 
and grow, we should have a wilderness. 
That is what I want. I am trying all 
old-fashioned things, as more in keeping 
with the low seven-roomed house, which 
I have christened the Rose Bungalow. I 
forgot to mention lie wild Clematis 
which crops out in the flowering almond 
jungle, and three of the blighted red 
swamp maples in front of the place, which 
is a beauty spot in the landscape all the 
Autumn. When all the other trees with¬ 
in a wide radius are of the brightest gold 
they simply blaze with color when the 
sun strikes through them. Another young 
one has started in the fence line, which 
we are cherishing with care. Sometimes 
we wonder at finding so much beauty 
already growing on such a small plot of 
land; not mentioning five apple trees, two 
large pear trees, one plum, which bloom 
and yield freely, to which we have added 
two peach, two pears, two quince, a nice 
row of currants and strawberry beds; 
red raspberries (everbearing), grapevines, 
etc. We found the back fence lined with 
blackcaps and one fence corner filled with 
red raspberries, also rhubarb, horserad¬ 
ish. and some asparagus, so we had a 
good yield of fruit from the beginning— 
all we could use and some for canning. 
Now we walk down the old flagstone 
walk to what T call my hardy garden. 
If is in a straight line from the south 
door. First we come to a line running 
east to west, where I planted five clumps 
of fleur-de-lis the first Spring we came, 
orange and maroon and pure white; 
passing between is the straight path to 
our southern boundary line, with a wide, 
old-fashioned garden on either side. There 
I planted foots of four varieties of hardy 
Phlox, which have grown and bloomed 
since the first year, until they threaten 
to smother a white Madame Plantier rose, 
and dark, velvety red rose on one side 
and Sweet William on the other, so last 
Fall I transferred several roots farther 
down the line The Phlox is pure white, 
dark, rich red. light pink and white with 
red eye. Not a sprig of old-fashioned 
purple among it. 
Of course my hardy garden had to 
grow. The first year I filled in with nas¬ 
turtiums. poppies, stocks, asters. Petunias 
and Cosmos. The foxglove. Canterbury 
hells and hollyhocks did not bloom until 
the second year. This year I do not 
expect to have room for any seeds, and 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
the poppies which were the glory of my 
garden the past two years will have to 
flaunt their gaudy wings elsewhere. They 
began to bloom early in July and lasted 
until after the first frost; great red silken 
ones, pure white, lovely shades of pink, 
purple and an occasional yellow. There 
were also great double white pompons and 
crushed strawberry and rose. 
The way I made my garden at first I 
planted the hardy things, then sowed 
poppy and larkspur broadcast, and was 
richly rewarded. Last year I had to pull 
up poppies to give the hardy things a 
chance. After the poppies began to go by 
a little, the straight spikes of larkspur 
filled in in the daintiest colors of lavender, 
pink, white and dark and light blue, which 
harmonized prettily with the pinks, whites 
and blues of foxglove and Canterbury 
bells. Last year I scattered the small 
hardy plants all along each side of the 
path, and set out white and blue Iris, 
peonies. .Tune pinks, lily of the valley, 
yellow lily. etc. The Sweet William is 
very satisfactory, blooming a long time, 
and for low planting mignonette and 
candytuft or sweet Al.vssum are lovely. 
My hollyhocks were quite gay and I may 
plant some Gladioli, and roots of a lovelj 
white cactus Dahlia I saved last year. 
Some of the sweetest of my hardy piants 
are mountain heliotrope and day lily. 
Every year I add something to my hardy 
garden, making it a permanent thing, 
which will resurrect itself every Spring 
and bloom on forever, while the transients 
which linger until Summer and vanish 
with the first frost will have to take a 
back seat, though one of the loveliest gar¬ 
dens I ever saw was one where poppies 
grew the year before, and which had no 
care since. It looked like a field of bright 
colored butterflies in which there -was no 
room for weeds. This year I am going to 
scatter poppy seed by the wayside and see 
what result I have. 
No one need go without a bright spof 
on lawn or garden as long as there are 
poppies. My neighbors all went wild 
over them, and seed of one of my biggest 
and brightest dark red ones flew over into 
my neighbor’s strawberry bed and 
bloomed gaily as a welcome guest. It. 
looks as though we might develop into a 
poppy neighborhood. Some sowed seed 
after mine began to bloom and had poppies 
in bloom before frost came. They may 
rival the lilies and poppies of France. 
Mine were so gay that they reflected their 
beauty a long distance in a large mirror 
hanging in our south living room. 
A. E. P. 
More About Feather Mattresses 
My feather mattress was made by a 
mattress maker, hut I should have no 
hesitation about making one myself, it 
is so simple. T T se regular mattress tick¬ 
ing. Measure the area to Ik* covered by 
the mattress and allow six inches more 
on the width. The bottom of tin 1 mattress 
is flat. The puffs or compartments go 
across the bed. On each side of the bot¬ 
tom piece cut in three inches to allow 
for the ends of the miffs If you have 
nine sections there should he eight slits. 
The upper piece is large enough to allow 
for the puffs, which are made by turning 
u)) the pieces made by the slits in the 
sides and making as you would a box 
tick. One side can he made on the ma¬ 
chine. then turned and stitched across 
between the sections, which are then filled 
one at a time and closed by hand. 
My own mattress is 90 inches wide, S9 
inches long on the under side and 120 
inches long on top. It has been marie 
six years and is as light and soft as when 
made. When it was made I furnished 
the feathers. The ticking and the work 
were $9. I understand it costs twice 
that now. e. f. t. 
Blue Hydrangeas 
Some time ago one of your correspond¬ 
ents made inquiries about blue Hydran¬ 
geas. I found out by accident that pink 
Hydrangeas, the tender variety, will 
bloom bright blue if watered through the 
budding and blooming season with soap¬ 
suds. A good soaking once a week on 
wash days will be sufficient to change the 
color. 1 have experimented with this 
until I am sure it will not fail. When 
soapsuds are withheld they will bloom 
pink again. While I do not think they 
are so pretty as the pink ones, yet they- 
are a decided novelty and attract a great 
deal of attention, especially in contrast 
to the pink ones. Hydrangeas are easily 
grown from slips, so it is easy to have 
both kinds. I don’t know what effect this 
treatment would have on the hardv white 
Hydrangea. These are the tender sorts. 
MRS. J. M. F. 
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