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other ferns clustered about it, and each 
with the desired “hang” of fronds. 
Granted that nature is the great artist, she 
is not above taking a hint or two and sub¬ 
verts with perfect grace. 
A most effective finish is the so-called 
gray moss or even a fluted gray lichen. 
Stiff growth of this sort is adjustable when 
thoroughly wet; just enough should be 
broken away to allow the new fronds to 
push through without scalping themselves. 
Young maidenhair with a touch of the 
Christmas fern above this gray carpet is 
an exceedingly lovely combination. 
A Barrier Against Garden Mud 
W HENEVER the weather has been at 
all damp—which time is, of course, 
the time when most of the garden hoeing 
has to be done—I have met with consid¬ 
erable objection on the part of my house¬ 
hold regarding the mud that is tracked in 
Nailed at thle threshold of the garden doer 
is the device that keeps peace in the family 
during the garden season 
over the floors. I have finally discovered 
a way of preserving peace in the family by 
means of a combined shoe scraper and 
brush which is attached to the wooden sill 
at the bottom of the cellar stairs. In com¬ 
ing in from the garden to leave the tools 
in the cellar, where they are kept, it is an 
easy matter to scrape off that portion of 
the garden that has been brought along. 
R. F. 
For a Longer Bloom 
r I ''HE amateur gardener may be inter- 
A ested to know that a second crop of 
flowers may be obtained from many gar¬ 
den plants whose season of bloom would 
otherwise be short by cutting away the 
faded flower heads, and not allowing seed 
pods to form. 
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