HOUSE AND GARDEN 
July, 1911 
cup full of water into this, and covering 
earth over the hole, which can be done 
rapidly with the foot, a crop will be helped 
along wonderfully. 
In connection with the question of ap¬ 
plying water artificially, the practice of 
surface cultivation to reserve moisture al¬ 
ready in the soil should not be lost sight 
of. After irrigating, or after every 
shower, go over the flower-beds or gar¬ 
den with hoe or wheel-hoe and loosen the 
surface. 
ABOUT THE GROUNDS 
In keeping up the general appearance 
of the place nothing is more important 
than to keep the lawn from getting 
rusty and brown in spots. Such a water¬ 
ing system as suggested above will go a 
long way toward keeping the lawn even 
and green, but beside water it must have 
food. A top dressing of nitrate of soda 
about this time — if possible applied just 
before or just after a rain—will make a 
very marked difference in the appearance 
of things. Better than the nitrate alone, 
however, will be an application of nitrate 
bone (or acid phosphate if the odor of 
bone is objectionable) and muriate of pot¬ 
ash, in the proportion three parts soda, 
two bone and one potash. Sown broad¬ 
cast in the ratio of about three hundred 
pounds to the acre, this will induce a 
strong and continued growth. Another 
practice in keeping the lawn in first class 
condition that in this country is too little 
known, is that of rolling. English lawns 
are famous the world over, and their per¬ 
fection, while due, of course, to a favor¬ 
able climate, owes much nevertheless to 
fiequent and heavy rolling. 
IN THE FLOWER GARDEN 
There is one error that most non-pro¬ 
fessional gardeners make with many of 
the annuals sown from seed. They 
sow them carefully, tend them faith¬ 
fully, and guard them with the greatest 
diligence from any stray dog or other in¬ 
truder which might perchance break one 
off. As a matter of fact, such a breaking, or 
rather cutting back, is just what they 
need. Otherwise, almost all the strength 
is thrown into the first main stalk which 
produces one large flower or cluster of 
flowers, and thereafter is practically 
worthless. If carefully cut back in time 
—when six inches to a foot high, accord¬ 
ing to variety—these plants would have 
thrown out strong flowering side shoots 
and remained in full vigor much longer 
than when growing up to a single main 
stem. This cutting back does for the 
plant above ground what transplanting 
does for the root system. 
Top dressing or liquid manuring of the 
flower-beds to maintain good growth 
throughout the season is another good 
practice seldom resorted to. The average 
home gardener gives his flowers one big 
gorge in the spring—if indeed he does not 
neglect to give them anything — and never 
thinks of their requiring anything else to 
eat during the remainder of the year. For 
this mid-summer manuring, whether used 
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