October, 1914 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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in a state of nature these pods, drying on 
the parent plant, shoot the seed, which are 
hard and rather heavy, to a con¬ 
siderable distance. This is Nature’s 
way of insuring a large stand of 
the plants, and acres of them in fields 
together are not unusual where they 
are still growing wild. If you are to save 
seed from a plant of your own garden, 
therefore, be sure and watch it carefully, 
lest the pods ripen before you know it and 
scatter the seeds beyond any prospect of 
finding. It is well, indeed, to gather 
daily, putting the seedpods as they are 
picked into something which can be cov¬ 
ered with a cloth, else they will snap away 
even after they have been captured. 
This pod or shell must surely be broken 
up before sowing, otherwise the moisture 
of the earth will cause it to swell and re¬ 
tain the seeds instead of drying and pop¬ 
ping open to let them escape into the 
damp earth. Any means by which the 
pods may be broken up will serve—and, of 
course, it is not necessary to separate seed 
from chaff, for the latter can perfectly 
well go into the ground along with the 
former. Grind the pods under a wooden 
potato masher on a board, or with a roll¬ 
ing-pin, until they crack to pieces; unless 
you let them open of themselves by drying 
thoroughly and “shooting” out their seeds. 
Seedlings will ordinarily bloom the first 
year; that is, seed sown now will produce 
plants that will blossom next summer. 
And although it is true that few varieties 
run true, there are some that seem to; 
and some that produce most interesting 
variations. So in addition to increasing 
by root cuttings an especially favored 
kind, it is well worth while raising seed¬ 
lings of it also, if you have the space and 
the time. And it does not require much 
of either. 
An Oriental Gentleman 
(Continued from page 204) 
these dogs were English importations. In 
fact, most of our chows have come to us 
via Great Britain. Importing direct from 
China has been uncertain and unsatisfac¬ 
tory. The Mongolian dog fancier has not 
always proved to be a very reliable person, 
and, of course, breeding for type and 
color are quite beyond his comprehension. 
Some few of the Chinese importations 
have turned out to be nailing good speci¬ 
mens, but they have not been so successful 
in the breeding kennels. 
It has been extraordinary that this 
quaint Chinese dog should have won its 
way in the United States without any spec¬ 
tacular booming and almost in spite of his 
marked unfriendliness toward strangers. 
Plenty of printers’ ink, a judicious boost¬ 
ing of prices, and a specialty club with 
some prominent persons among the mem¬ 
bers—these will inflate the stock of any 
dog not utterly outlandish in looks and 
impossible in disposition, and a hail- 
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