HOUSE AND GARDEN 
July, 1913 
three light posts of wood, gas pipe, or even 
stout board, to support each of the two 
nozzle lines. The inch pipe might cost 
a little more or a little less than five cents 
per foot, according to local conditions and 
the market. It would cost something, but 
very little, to have the holes for the noz¬ 
zles drilled in the pipe every four feet 
apart, or to put in a large number, you can 
buy a drill especially designed for the pur¬ 
pose for $10. 
It will be seen from the above that the 
cost of an overhead irrigation system is 
by no means out of the reach of the or¬ 
dinary garden budget, and furthermore it 
is not an experiment, but a practical, sim¬ 
ple thing. The advantages of it are un¬ 
questionable and very great. Therefore 
I repeat what I said at the beginning of 
this article, that in my opinion there is no 
garden investment you can possibly 
make that will bring returns as great 
as those to be derived from this system of 
supplying that vital element, water, to the 
garden, whenever, wherever, and in what¬ 
ever amounts you like. 
But even where such a system cannot, 
for any reason, be put in, it is by no means 
necessary for you to give up the fight. I 
have, at various times, said so much in 
this magazine about surface cultivation, to 
conserve the moisture in the soil, that it 
is not necessary to repeat it here. The im¬ 
portance of doing it, however, may well 
be emphasized again. The soil between 
the plants and in the rows should never 
be allowed to form a crust even if it is 
necessary to go over it every ten days or 
so, and this can be done with great rapid¬ 
ity by the use of the wheel-hoe. And then 
those special things which need water 
more than others, such as celery, egg¬ 
plant, peppers, lettuce and anything else 
that you are especially desirous of hasten¬ 
ing in growth, should be so placed that 
they can be reached by the hose. But 
do not spray water over them during the 
day, getting the foliage and the surface of 
the soil wet only to evaporate again in the 
hot sun. Take the nozzle off the hose and 
water them late in the afternoon, letting 
the water soak down about their roots. 
If a few holes two inches or more deep 
are made with a rake or hoe handle so 
much the better, the idea being to get the 
water down below the surface, where it 
will not be evaporated during the hot sun¬ 
shine of the following day and where the 
thirsty plant roots will get the good of it. 
By this time, if you have been this year 
trying to make your garden produce up 
to its maximum, you probably realize that 
the attainment of the 100 per cent, garden 
is very likely to be the result of more than 
one year’s study and experimenting. Pre¬ 
sumably you have made failures with 
some things this year that you will be 
able to avoid next year. And aside from 
actual mistakes, “practice makes perfect” 
in the art of gardening as well as any 
other. But you should, and probably 
have, also come to realize one other thing, 
still . more important, and that is, that 
making a success of your garden will pay 
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Plant Hicks* Evergreens 
In August 
And September 
G ET away from the old-fashioned 
irli=>a that .^tArinrr ie 
For years we have kept careful 
records of both Spring and Au- 
gust-September Evergreen plant¬ 
ing. The results point in favor 
of August and September. 
The roots of Fall-planted trees 
make a good, strong growth be¬ 
cause the ground is warm and 
the hot, drying winds of summer 
are about over. 
Fall planted evergreens be¬ 
come established quicker and 
show better condition the follow¬ 
ing year. 
You also have more leisure in 
August and September. You can 
the better select the sizes you 
need and decide where best to 
plant your evergreens. Help is 
always easier to secure and 
weather conditions less liable to 
hinder the work. 
When buying evergreens, re¬ 
member that six-inch trees will 
in three years catch up with the 
two foot ones; and you can’t tell 
the difference. But from three 
feet up, the condition changes 
and it pays best to buy big trees, 
especially Hicks’ root-pruned 
sturdy specimens. 
Fortunately, we have thou¬ 
sands of trees to sell in al! 
sizes. Here is one of the careful 
ways we crate for freight ship¬ 
ments, so they will reach you un¬ 
harmed and transplant happily. 
Run down to our nursery in 
your auto and make your selec¬ 
tions now. If you can’t come, 
order from the catalog. But start 
planting in August and Septem¬ 
ber — that’s the point. 
Isaac Hicks (&. Son 
Westbury, Long Island 
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