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shows tills remarkably pro- 
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Why Not Your Own Nursery ? 
(Continued from page 68) 
come in most satisfactory fashion, 
however, by using them only in beds 
which are bordered with boxwood or 
some low, dense, formal little growth 
like it, which hides their shortcom¬ 
ings. They almost cease to seem 
like. geraniums when given such a 
setting as this; and, really, it is too 
bad that they do not more often 
find their way into the hands of 
those disposed to deal with them 
thoughtfully, for they are splendid 
plants en masse, quite unrivalled in 
their particular field. We despise 
them only because they are usually 
despicably treated. In white or a 
faint pink “Mme. Becamier” for the 
former and “Berthe de Presilly” or 
“Jean Oberle” for the latter—massed 
in the midst of boxwood’s rich green 
outline, there is nothing finer. 
The Problem of Soils 
Many flower gardens fail, or fall 
short of what is expected of them, 
because of soil peculiarities which 
have not been taken into considera¬ 
tion. Usually the common garden 
flowers will grow in “good garden 
soil”—which is presumably the soil 
common to all gardens, generally. 
Unhappily for the gardeners, how¬ 
ever, it is not common to all gar¬ 
dens, and where special earth faults 
exist they must be met by a selection 
of plants especially adapted to them. 
Of all soils in the world the most 
discouraging and disgusting is clay. 
Unresponsive, sullen and antagonis¬ 
tic, clay seems to defy you to make 
it yield; and its defiance is successful 
beyond question, in many instances. 
There are things that will not grow 
in it; and you might just as well 
resign yourself to this sooner or 
later. Indeed, you might better, for 
when you do the chances for secur¬ 
ing something that will grow rise. 
There are different kinds of clay; 
and, perhaps, I ought not to lump it 
all off together for condemnation. 
But many years of struggling with 
it have made me pessimistic, and I 
must confess to being almost re¬ 
luctant to admit that there is such a 
thing as a rich, a favorable clay, 
which no less a plant that the rose 
delights in. If clay is your garden’s 
lot, therefore, turn attention to roses; 
specialize in the many kinds of this 
unrivalled flower which especially 
thrive in clay, and let the splendor 
of these compensate for the lack of 
variety in your flower garden. Cer- ! 
tain bulbs may do well there also; I 
and perhaps certain other perennials; 
but it is hard to say just which ones. 
For myself, I have grown superb 
larkspur, splendid fox-gloves, Can¬ 
terbury bells beyond desire, spice 
pinks in unlimited quantities, dear 
old yellow day lilies —hcrmerpcallis 
—speciosum lilies, hardy pompon 
chrysanthemums, Sweet Williams, iris 
of the Germanica strain of magnifi- 1 
cent quality-—the Japanese not at all ; 
successfully—all kinds of roses in : 
greatest abundance and of fine qual- ! 
ity, and just one kind of annual—the 1 
California poppy. Daffodils and tulips 
also have done fairly well. Other I 
bulbs die out. 
Hollyhocks, phlox, shasta daisies, 
many of the other lilies, and practi¬ 
cally every other flower in the list 
of possibilities,' have lived to give 
me hope for a season perhaps—and 
then vanished from the face of the 
too hard earth. So I would suggest 
the plants named in the paragraph 
above as perhaps the only ones cer¬ 
tain to live and give satisfaction in 
a heavy, clay soil of the yellow and 
particularly unfavorable type. This 
does not mean that these plants pre¬ 
fer this soil, by any means; but they 
have seemed to be able, with me at 
any rate, to adapt themselves to it— 
and that without any more care or 
fertilizing than has been given to 
the other things that have died out. 
Go Slowly! 
To everyone who is this spring 
beginning a flower garden I would 
like to say, earnestly and with 
solemn emphasis, “go slowly.” Do 
not try to have too many kinds; do 
not try to have too large a garden. 
A garden is like a house, anyway, 
improved by being added to now and 
then—not, of course, without pre¬ 
vious consideration, but along lines 
which this previous thought may 
have opened up and made possible. 
I sometimes think the charm of the 
old house and the old garden is that 
they are the work of one generation 
coming after another; thus they 
have endless vitality and spirit in 
their design, instead of being the 
monotonous creations that altogether 
too many of our modern houses and 
their complete gardens are. 
The Matter of Grooming 
While the average dog owner sel¬ 
dom has aspirations of a bench show 
tendency, and consequently is not es¬ 
pecially interested in the tedious 
grooming methods employed to put 
dogs in exhibition trim, yet he should 
by no means neglect the care of his 
own pet’s coat. Regular combing and 
brushing will result in greater satis¬ 
faction to both parties to the trans¬ 
action. 
There is more to practical dog 
grooming than many people realize. 
For example, a short coated dog can 
be “dry cleaned” as well as a horse. 
An occasional bath is of course neces¬ 
sary, but systematic brushing will 
largely take its place. You cannot, 
however, get satisfactory results with 
any old brush that happens to be 
handy. A regular dog brush must 
be used, one that will get to the very 
roots of the hair. There are many 
such on the market, but few of these 
are better than the metal bristle type 
in which fine, blunt pins are set in a 
flexible rubber base which in turn is 
fastened to the back of the brush. 
This does very well for most of the 
work; when it comes to polishing the 
coat, so to speak, use a softer brush 
or one of the specially made rubbing 
pads. 
Long haired, thick coated breeds 
like collies and chows need a good 
preliminary combing in order that 
the brush can do its work properly. 
Get a heavy, rather coarse, comb for 
them, as it must be able to straighten 
out the tangles in the hair without 
breaking. 
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under soil and climate advan¬ 
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Palmyra N. J. 
HOWARD STUDIOS, 
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5 W. 28th St.,N.Y. City 
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Pedestals,Statu 
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127 Chamber of Commerce Bldg. 
Boston, Mass. 
CARTERS J1 s e t d ed s 
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give warmth and cheer to the winter land¬ 
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PIONEERS in the growing and moving of 
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Our nurseries cover more than 600 acres. 
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STEPHEN HOYT’S SON COMPANY, New Canaan, Conn. 
Tel. 333. Established 1848. 
HOIS fold S Cold Weather Plants 
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all the best Kinds of shrubs, 
trees, fruit stock, lilies, old- 
fashioned flowers, the kinds you 
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Box J Charlotte, Vt. 
RHODODENDRON 
CAROL1NIANUM 
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of the only large collection of Hardy Native Plants 
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Boxford Nursery Salem, Massachusetts 
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These specimens are eight years old, 
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179 Main Street Geneseo, N. Y. 
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Also expert services on 
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TREES 
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