HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, 
1912 
think that had the original “man with a 
hoe” been provided with one of these use¬ 
ful instruments, he might not have been 
held up to the world as a “brother to the 
ox.” I fertilized the garden with stable 
manure and the ashes from some burned 
cow-pea bushes. 
Aside from the value of the vegetables, 
the benefit of the fresh air and good ex¬ 
ercise is of great importance to the gar¬ 
dener, for the bracing morning air is a 
veritable tonic to him and gives him a 
keen appetite. Likewise if his business 
hours are such that he can put in a half 
hour before dinner at night, he will soon 
forget his office concerns and be able to 
enjoy his evening meal with added zest, 
and the satisfaction of having on his table 
something that his own efforts have 
helped to produce. In every respect I 
found my commuter's garden a source of 
satisfaction and success and would urge 
others to try it. 
Remaking a Small Lawn 
(Continued from page 40) 
place your order until you are satisfied 
that you are going to get the best possible 
value for your money. You need not be an 
expert on grasses, or even a partial ex¬ 
pert, to find out certain things about grass 
seeds that probably always escaped your 
notice simply because you did not know 
how to go about searching them out. 
Judging from the literature spread about 
the country one might be led to believe 
that there were several thousand kinds of 
grasses adapted to lawn use, and that be¬ 
sides these many kinds that there were 
certain individuals who had the monopoly 
of a few other mysterious kinds known 
only to themselves. All this makes good 
advertising literature of the spellbinder 
type, but when the matter is sifted down, 
the truth will show that the list of seeds 
available for making a lawn is very short. 
When this is known it is up to the pur- 
, chaser to get busy to get the first quality 
of these particular kinds. 
Even where but a small quantity of 
seed is to be purchased the same precau¬ 
tion should be followed, and under no cir¬ 
cumstances should seed be purchased in 
already prepared packages. Your need 
for the small sowing is proportionately 
the same as for the larger and the care 
consequently in selectng should be the 
same. If combinations of seed are used 
—Blue Grass, Red Top, bents — sow from 
two and one-half to three bushels to the 
acre. 
Before sowing try the following way to 
administer fertilizer. Take sheep manure 
and subject a quantity of it to a strong 
heat, not hot enough to cause ignition; 
after this powder it very fine and mix it 
liberally with the seed that is to be sown. 
Or, instead of mixing with the seed, 
spread it over the ground just before the 
seed is put out. This treatment has a 
Standing at the opposite end of the sunken garden, this 
interesting, attractive grouping faces you. It fits in wonderfully 
harmoniously with the garden scheme. A very natural linking 
of the two gardens—the outside and the inside ones. The out¬ 
side one, beautiful for but a few short months at best; the in¬ 
side one, a wealth of rose blooms practically the entire year around. 
And what roses! 
Some gardners sav U-Bar g'reenhouses are the best rose houses. It is 
only logical that, constructed with the U-Bar as they are, that they should be. 
If they are better for roses — they are best for all things whether 
flowers, fruits or vegetables. 
The catalog tells exactly zvhy. One of our representatives can make 
it still plainer. Send for either. Or better yet — for both. 
Another one of the joys of a greenhouse garden is that you can keep your conservatory constantly sup¬ 
plied with flowers and foliage plants. When a plant looks laggy — send it down to the gardener and 
replace it with a fresh, healthy one. 
U-BAR GREENHOUSES 
PIERSON U-BAR CO 
ONE MADISON AVE, NEW YORK 
CANADIAN OFHCE. lOPHILLIPi PLACE. MONTREAt 
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