November, 1912 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
339 
peas, Escholtzia, gaillardia, iris, corn 
flowers, etc., are in bloom. It is perhaps 
our loveliest garden month. 
In May there is no planting done, but 
much work in keeping down weeds. The 
foxgloves, nasturtiums, daisies and ver¬ 
benas begin blooming. 
In June we turn in the green peas, which 
are now over and plant sugar corn in this 
space for a late crop. We plant pole lima 
beans where the sweet peas were and zin¬ 
nias where the poppies were, thus utilizing 
every space. The tomatoes, eggplant, pep¬ 
pers and lima beans begin ripening this 
month and the hardy phlox, single dahlias 
and dwarf sunflowers commence to bloom. 
In July and August and early Septem¬ 
ber there is little to do except keep the 
garden clean and worked, fertilize and de¬ 
bud the chrysanthemums and gather your 
flowers and vegetables. Many of the 
flowers bear on until frost. 
The dwarf sunflower and zinnia stand 
our hot weather remarkably well. Our 
corner of dwarf sunflowers was most suc¬ 
cessful this summer. 
Of course we have made many mistakes 
and had some failures. There was one 
awful day when a row of plants, carefully 
nourished and tended as young eggplants 
turned out to be poke berries, but on the 
whole, at the end of three years we can 
look with pride on many successes and 
many happy hours of work, and best of 
all, bodies made strong and healthy by the 
time spent in the open air. We can truth¬ 
fully say “A garden is a lovesome spot.” 
Of course I have not mentioned every 
plant we have in our garden. I have only 
tried to show what can be done by any 
amateur in a small space. I have not given 
many directions for planting, as we sim¬ 
ply follow the directions of a good seed 
catalogue and the suggestions contained 
in certain of the magazines devoted to this 
sort of thing. As for expense you will 
find that, by raising your own seedlings, 
the seed, bulbs, etc., for such a garden 
will amount to only a few dollars. The 
work we did mostly ourselves. 
Louisa K. Smith 
Preserving the Shingle Roof 
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