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to  rye.  This  rye  will  not  make  a  heavy 
growth  through  the  Fall,  but  it  will  keep 
alive  through  the  Winter  and  in  the 
Spring  it  will  start  up  quickly. 
The  rye  can  be  plowed  under  when.it  is 
of  good  size  and  then  you  can  seed  either 
to  buckwheat  alone,  or  to  buckwheat  and 
Alsike  clover.  This  will  make  a  good 
growth  and  you  can  either  plow.  in  the 
buckwheat  in  the  Fall  or  let  it.  die  down 
at  frost,  so  that  the  Alsike  clover  will 
come  up  through  the  buckwheat.  Then 
you  can  plow  the  whole  thing  under  the 
following  Spring  and  plant  potatoes. 
While  the  buckwheat  alone  will  add 
considerable  organic  matter,  to  the  soil, 
the  rye  and  Alsike  in  addition  will  give 
more  and  will  help  in  that  way.  In 
some  cases  the  Alsike  clover  is  seeded  in 
the  Fall  with  the  rye,  or  in  the  Spring, 
as  desired.  In  that  case  the  rye  is  cut 
when  of  good  size  and  if  the  fodder  is  not 
needed  it  is  left  right  on  the  field  to  de¬ 
cay.  The  clover  comes  up  through  it  and 
will  make  a  nice  growth  to  be  plowed  un¬ 
der.  Sweet  clover  can  be  used  in  the 
same  way  and  of  course  any  kind  of 
clover  would  be  better  than  the  buck¬ 
wheat,  as  it  will  add  some  nitrogen  to 
the  soil.  There  are  a  good  many  com¬ 
binations  of  this  kind  which  can  be  used. 
One  crop  may  be  better  than  another 
under  certain  conditions,  but  the  general 
plan  of  letting  one  acre  rest  in  this  way, 
thus  preparing  it  for  the  potato  crop,  is 
a  good  one. 
With  My  Neighbor’s  Flowers 
June  is  the  month  of  roses  in  books, 
hut  in  Vermont  we  seldom  have  roses  be¬ 
fore  June  20.  After  the  Fall-planted 
bulbs  are  through  blooming  we  have  to 
depend  on  other  hardy  plants,  so  I  have 
been  visiting  my  neighbors’  gardens  and 
looking  at  the  gardens  along  the  way. 
Many  hardy  shrubs  died  back  badly  in 
many  parts  of  New  England  last  Win¬ 
ter.  Perhaps  last  year’s  excessive  rain¬ 
fall  encouraged  growth  so  late  in  the 
season  that  the  wood  did  not  properly 
ripen,  and  even  lilacs  bloomed  very  spar¬ 
ingly. 
The  glory  of  the  gardens  in  June  was 
the  herbaceous  perennial  border,  and  the 
most  conspicuous  plants  have  been  Iris, 
columbines,  peonies  and  Hemerocallis. 
The  most  common  Hemerocallis  is  the 
lemon  lily,  but  the  orange  day  lily  is 
equally  as  pretty  (H.  Dumortieri).  One 
lawn  had  a  pretty  combination  in  a  cir¬ 
cular  bed,  white  peonies  in  the  center, 
with  a  border  of  the  common  blue  spider 
ily.  I  do  not  know  the  catalogue  name. 
In  one  garden  I  saw  the  Trollius  or 
globe  flower  for  the  first  time  in  over  20 
years.  My  friend  assures  me  it  is  per¬ 
fectly  hardy  and  increases  each  year.  In 
fact,  hers  had  increased  so  she  divided 
with  me.  Its  beautiful  golden  blooms, 
looking  as  if  made  of  wax,  keep  well  in 
water.  All  of  these  plants  can  be  planted 
to  good  advantage  in  the  Fall,  especially 
if  covered  with  litter  and  houghs  after 
planting.  September  and  October  are  the 
months  for  peony  planting,  and  the  new 
varieties  are  lovely.  By  selecting  early 
and  late  bloomers  of  peonies  and  Iris, 
they  may  be  had  in  flower  a  longer  pe¬ 
riod. 
The  flowering  quince  was  in  bloom 
more  than  a  month  this  year,  and  I 
counted  41  fruit  set  on  mine.  They  are 
said  to  he  equally  as  good  as  the  other 
varieties  for  preserving,  only  the  fruit  is 
smaller.  My  friend  had  a  lovely  hush  of 
Tartarian  honeysuckle  in  bloom,  a  new 
shrub  to  me,  and  has  been  added  to  m.v 
•.hrub  list.  She  says  this  is  perfectly 
hardy  in  Vermont. 
Last  year  I  had  some  trumpet  vine 
seed  sent  me.  It  started  readily  and 
wintered  finely.  We  expected  it  would 
not  endure  our  Winters.  Another  friend 
sent  me  some  Chinese  cherry  trees,  say¬ 
ing  they  were  fancy  flowering  and  very 
hardy,  as  they  were  natives  of  Northern 
China.  The  fruit  is  edible,  but  rather 
insipid. 
One  seedling  Yucca  survived  the  Win¬ 
ter,  but  they  were  rather  tiuy.  Lavender 
winter-killed  as  usual.  A  friend  tells  me 
she  thinks  it  only  winters  here  under 
very  favorable  conditions.  Thyme  came 
through  well;  the  end  of  June  was  full 
of  tiny  blooms.  I  transplanted  45  sage 
plants  from  a  5-cent  package  of  seed  pur¬ 
chased  last  year. 
My  Arkansas  neighbor  hunted  last  year 
for  dill  for  her  pickles said  everyone  had 
it  in  Arkansas,  while  here  she  could  find 
none,  and  some  had  never  heard  of  it  be¬ 
fore.  She  can  find  it  this  year  if  she 
looks  in  our  garden.  It  germinated  freely 
and  is  growing  lustily.  Of  course  every¬ 
thing  needs  rain. 
Once  I  mentioned  a  plant  known  to 
me  as  Scotch  fern,  but  no  fern  at  all.  A 
flower  lover  this  Spring  told  me  it  was 
Spiraea  filipendula.  It  is  said  the  lily 
family,  unlike  most  human  families,  lias 
no  “poor  relations.”  I  wonder  if  the 
Spiraea  family  has?  The  seven  varieties 
in  my  garden  are  all  desirable  and  hardy, 
a  little  aggressive,  that  is  all,  and  in¬ 
clined  to  encroach  on  their  neighbors,  but 
friends  are  always  glad  of  the  extras. 
The  bridal  wreath  Spiraea  is  not  apt  to 
spread  much. 
After  trying  in  vain  to  raise  an  old- 
fashioned  double  feverfew  from  seed,  I 
found  one  in  a  friend’s  garden.  This  is 
another  much  named  plant,  emerald  from 
its  deep  green  leaves,  bride’s  buttons 
(Achillea  is  also  called  that),  and  cam¬ 
phor  geranium  from  the  fragrance  of  its 
leaves.  It  is  biennial  with  us,  hut  I 
start  slips  from  it  each  year  and  used 
always  to  winter  one  in  the  house,  as 
sometimes  the  garden  plants  would  die, 
especially  iu  an  icy  Winter.  I  know  of 
no  one  white  flower  that  stays  in  bloom 
and  holds  its  blossoms  perfect  for  as  long 
a  period  as  double  feverfew,  and  the 
blooms  are  equally  lasting  in  bouquets. 
It  is  simply  a  good  plant  that  is  out  of 
style. 
We  went  to  the  city  last  week  and 
found  another  plant  of  long  ago  filling 
the  florists’  spaces,  the  brilliant  blue  Lo¬ 
belia.  Crystal  Palace  is  the  variety  I 
raised  when  a  girl.  This  will  surely  be 
on  next  year’s  seed  order. 
A  correspondent  wrote  me  of  her  pleas¬ 
ure  last  year  in  raising  Cuphea,  or  cigar 
plant,  from  seed,  and  sent  me  seed  for 
trial.  She  used  hers  as  a  garden  plant 
in  Rhode  Island  and  tried  to  lift  the 
blooming  plants  for  Winter  (as  catalogue 
recommended  them  for  greenhouse  cul¬ 
ture)  but  they  died.  I  had  the  same  ex¬ 
perience  with  Linaria,  which  I  wanted  to 
give  me  its  royal  purple  blooms  the  first 
part  of  Winter.  But  learning  wisdom 
from  experience,  we  set  four  or  five 
Linarias  in  one  small  box  and  three 
Cupheas  in  another. 
MOTHER  BEEX, 
CONTENTS 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER,  JULY  21,  1923 
FARM  TOPICS 
The  Hired  Help  Problem . 
Short  Rotation  for  Potatoes . 
Twice  Told  Tales . 
Hope  Farm  Notes . _ . . . 
Sod  Webworms  Destroying'  Com . . 
Outlook  for  Silos  and  Silage . 
A  Drop  in  Wheat  Prices . 
LIVESTOCK  AND  DAIRY 
Selling  Small  Lots  of  Wool . 
Various  Live  Stock  Questions . 
Ration  for  Far  West . 
Feed  for  Cows  on  Pasture  . 
Feeding  Two  Cows  . . 
Feeding  and  Care  of  Pigs . 
Ration  for  Milk  Cows . 
Removing  Warts  . 
Ropy  Milk  . . 
Proportion  of  Cheese  to  Fat  in  Milk. 
White  Specks  in  Buttermilk . 
Incipient  Heaves  . 
Dea.th  of  Sows  . 
Fits  from  Indigestion  . 
Blood  in  Milk  . . . 
Eye  Disease;  Wind  Galls  . 
THE  HENYARD 
.  967 
967,  968 
. .  .  .  973 
....  974 
. .  . .  975 
. .  . .  977 
....  977 
977 
980 
980 
980 
982 
982 
982 
982 
982 
982 
982 
984 
984 
984 
984 
984 
Naked  Necks  or  “Flapper”  Poultry .  967 
Feed  Hoppers  for  Range  Chicks  .  975 
Color  of  Black  Giants  .  985 
Coccidiosis  . . .  9(  5 
HORTICULTURE 
Wild  Seedlings  for  Apple  Stocks .  966 
With  My  Neighbor’s  Flowers  .  968 
Storing  Vegetables  . 969 
Marketing  Onions  . 969 
Cherry  Season  is  Over  in  California .  973 
Inspection  for  Raspberry  Plants  . 977 
New  York  Apple  Exposition . 977 
Frame  for  Cabbage  and  Tomato  Plants ....  969 
New  Sweet  Cherry  .  969 
The  Rose  Chafer  Pest  . 969 
Earthworms  in  Window  Boxes .  975 
The  Golden  Tortoise  Beetle  .  975 
Can  We  Poison  Moles  .  975 
Treatment  of  Rhododendrons  . .  975 
WOMAN  AND  HOME 
From  Day  to  Day  . 
Choke  Cherry  Juice  . . 
Grandmother’s  Rainy  Day . 
Sunshine  Boxes  . 
Some  Supper  Recipes  . 
Easy  Picikles  ‘ . 
Linoleum  on  Uneven  Floor . 
Fruit  Juice  for  Winter  Use . 
Persimmons  and  How  to  Use  Them, 
Part  1  . 
Improving  the  Child’s  Vocabulary  . 
How  to  Use  the  Flag . . 
Two  Kitchen  Helps  . . . 
A  Fifteen-cent  Canning  Outfit  . 
MISCELLANEOUS 
978 
978 
978 
978 
978 
9(8 
978 
978 
979 
979 
979 
979 
979 
Rail  Movement  of  Fruit  and  Vegetables 
965,  966 
Condemning  Sharp  Corner  Land .  971 
Helping  the  Home  Trade  .  971 
Title  by  “Adverse  Possession” .  971 
Cistern  with  Filter  .  973 
Defective  Cistern  . . . .  •  973 
Contamination  from  Well  .  973 
Fire  Damage  from  Railroad  .  9' 4 
Failure  of  Title  .  974 
Buying  Real  Estate  from  Administrator.  .  974 
Agreement  for  Care  of  Aged  Person  ......  974 
Illegal  Votes  at  School  Meeting  . .  974 
Inheritance  of  Adopted  Child .  974 
Editorials  . . . _ .  976 
New  Warnings  at  Railroad  Crossings  ...  977 
Two  Views  of  Henry  Ford  .  977 
Publisher’s  Desk  .  986 
