HOUSE AND GARDEN 
March, 1913 
Your Garden: 
lour garden and grounds should be thoroughly and care¬ 
fully planned during the winter and early spring. A new and 
special feature of our 1913 issue of the “Garden Guide and 
Record,” is the introduction of a department showing several 
garden plans laid out by our experts, to fit various sized plots, 
with the view of obtaining the most satisfactory results. 
To get the best results from your garden it is necessary to 
get the best seeds. Every packet of Henderson’s seeds that is 
sold has behind it the accumulated experience of sixty-six years 
of successful seed growing and selling. Most of the accepted 
methods of seed testing and trials in use to-day originated with 
the founder of our firm, and the methods that were the best 
three generations ago have been improved and bettered by us 
from year to year and are to-day still the best. The initial 
cost of the seeds is really the smallest cost of your 
garden and it pays to be sure you have started 
right. Henderson’s are Tested Seeds. 
Special Offer 
Our 1913 catalogue, “ Everything for the Garden,” a book of 209 
pages, over 800 illustrations, color plates, etc., will be mailed on 
receipt of 10 cents. In addition, we will send without extra charge, 
our new book, “ Garden Guide and Record,” and our collection of 
6 Henderson Specialties, in a coupon envelope which will be accepted 
as 25 cents cash payment on any order of one dollar or over. 
PETER HENDERSON & CO. 
35-37 CORTLANDT STREET NEW YORK 
mv observations I finally decided on the 
perennial pea as best meeting all particu¬ 
lar requirements. Soon afterward the 
young seedlings were ready for business. 
My house has the modern overhanging 
roof that extends three feet beyond the 
window. I had a wide piece of wire fast¬ 
ened to the extreme edge, stretched tightly 
and pegged to the ground. Another strip 
was fastened parallel to this, joining a hol¬ 
low square to be covered with vines, allow¬ 
ing a fine circulation of air and keeping 
the pantry excellently cool. Vines grow¬ 
ing flat against a window add but little to 
the comfort of a house, and the extension 
roof is so sane an idea that it makes one 
wonder at its comparative lateness. 
The perennial pea vine is not consid¬ 
ered a rapid grower, but with good rich 
soil and plenty of water it covered my 
wires to the roof in less than a year. This 
vine is easily kept in trim. It is not too 
heavy in growth, and has shown itself in 
all respects perfectly adapted to its place. 
For three months the vine itself goes into 
total eclipse under a veil of sprays of the 
tiny pink peas, giving a striking and beau¬ 
tiful effect that cannot fail to attract at¬ 
tention. And the delicate form and tender 
green of the vine itself is extremely pleas¬ 
ing even when out of bloom. 
In the winter when its shade was no 
longer needed, and even disadvantageous 
through the need of extra light, I cut it 
hack to the wires and thinned it out, leav¬ 
ing only enough to guard against the 
frames becoming unsightly. 
The beautiful old jasmine with its starry 
white flowers grows anywhere in the gar¬ 
den, and in practically every locality ex¬ 
cept where there is very cold weather. Yet 
this beautiful vine that is attractive 
throughout the year is often disregarded. 
A. E. Stockton 
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It is not a flashy stimulant, but 
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Being a powder, it is not unsight¬ 
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For roses and all kinds of flow¬ 
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Less 
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The Hundred Per Cent. Garden 
(Continued from page 172) 
surface of the soil becomes simply a layer 
of hard lumps among which the roots are 
unable to find a continual feeding ground. 
The degree of fineness to which the soil 
is pulverized has a great deal to do with 
the amount of plant food which will be 
released for the crop that is growing. 
Some years ago the Cornell Experiment 
Station grew potatoes several successive 
years on the same ground without adding 
fertility of any sort, except what they 
were able to release in the soil itself by 
extra thoroughness in plowing, harrow¬ 
ing, cultivating, etc.—and the crops they 
produced averaged over three times as 
much per acre as those of the average 
farmers in the state, the great majority 
of whom used manures or fertilizers of 
some sort. Another very desirable prop¬ 
erty of soil upon which crops are growing 
is plenty of humus, or decayed vegetable 
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