May, 1913 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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teacher stops short of the same thing in 
handling a group of high spirited chil¬ 
dren; but who shall say how this is done? 
All gardening is really from within — 
within the gardener—out. This more 
than all else, is the key to successfully re¬ 
producing any kind of garden, for any 
type of house. To secure for the English 
cottage, or more pretentious dwelling, the 
garden which suits it exactly is therefore 
more a matter of individual ideals, after 
the general characteristics of the common 
and usual English garden are understood, 
than of anything else. Flowers, flowers, 
flowers — these are essential to this type of 
garden; flowers around the dwelling and 
on the dwelling and wherever there is 
space for root hold. Adopt this ideal — 
then learn to know and love the individual 
flowers, and the plants whereon they 
grow. Learn to garden with real cultural 
skill as well as with an esthetic sense; 
unite the garden with the house by direct 
walks; do away with steps into the house 
wherever possible — and the type of gar¬ 
den which suits the English type of house 
will grow up a part of your home, almost 
without your knowing that it has done so. 
Success with Asters 
(Continued from page 389) 
stone lime each in two quarts of water. 
Stir well when dissolving and while mix¬ 
ing the two half-gallons of liquids. In 
slaking lime, add but a little water at a 
time, as it generates great heat, stirring 
till all lumps are slaked. Slaked lime 
should be kept covered with water until it 
is used. Another remedy is equal parts of 
freshly-slaked lime and flowers of 
sulphur, mixed and placed in a coarse bag, 
and shaken thinly upon the foliage. A111- 
moniacal copper carbonate is also valuable 
and it does not discolor the leaves as does 
Bordeaux. Whatever cure is applied, it is 
important to remove and burn all affected 
leaves, or other parts of the plant when 
possible, before using. Destroy plants in 
which the disease is much advanced, to 
prevent its spread. 
Give a plant good soil and it will better 
withstand the attacks of its foes, says an 
authority on horticulture. 
Dig a deep hole for compost, throwing 
into it from early spring till fall all vege¬ 
table kitchen refuse, such as potato par¬ 
ings, rhubarb leaves, pea-pods, corn-husks 
—even tea and coffee-grounds — faded 
flowers, dead leaves, etc.; sprinkle each 
layer liberally with lime ; and you will soon 
have a mass of the rich, humus-bearing 
material that asters crave. Save all the 
grass-clippings and add them to this stuff, 
or pile them up alone — mixed with lime 
or wood-ashes, or not, as you please, and 
let them decay till like black earth. This 
is more valuable for asters than any stable 
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