April, 1914 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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Adequate plant supports are another 
item which should be looked out for at 
this stage; it is much better to put them 
in first rather than to wait until the 
plants need supports, for once they have 
begun to fall over it is very difficult to 
make them grow straight or to take 
kindly to a support, and there is more 
danger of injuring the roots in putting 
the stake in place when the plants are 
fully grown. Gladiolus, dahlias and other 
tall-growing flowers, and tomatoes and 
pole beans in the vegetable garden, re¬ 
quire supports. For the various flowers, 
plain, round or square stakes painted 
green, which can be bought at a very low 
price, are the most convenient things to 
use. Rough, wooden poles of either 
cedar or birch are frequently used in the 
garden; but regular plant supports of 
two or two-by-four scantling, with laths 
nailed across at intervals of one to two 
feet, and of a suitable heighth, are more 
satisfactory, and if properly looked out 
for they will last for a number of years; 
with them it is easier to care for the 
plants, and a much better bearing surface 
is exposed to the sunshine than with 
poles. 
Of equal importance with the planting 
of the seed in the making of the spring 
garden is the setting out of plants. The 
first point to learn in connection with this 
job is how to select the plants when you 
are buying them; it may be a box of cab¬ 
bages, a dozen geraniums or a couple of 
dozen tomatoes—remember that a small, 
sturdy, stocky plant that looks vigorous 
and tough will outstrip a tall, lanky or 
stalky one that has not had sufficient ven¬ 
tilation or hardening off, every time. In 
the case of buying plants, do not be par¬ 
ticular about buying those with blossoms 
on; as long as you are sure of the va¬ 
riety, a plant with well-developed buds is 
much to be preferred to a blooming one. 
In the matter of vegetable plants it is 
very important that you are sure of the 
variety, and in the case of tomatoes it 
is very frequently the case that those of 
dark green color and stockv form, making 
splendid growth, are very poor varieties: 
but they are such very nice-looking plants 
that they sell more readily than do others 
to people who do not know. Dwarf 
Giant and Dwarf Stone, however, are 
plants of this type which do bear good 
fruits, and both are very satisfactory for 
the home garden. 
In setting out your plants, both flower 
and vegetable, make the surface as 
smooth and fine as you would for sowing 
seed, and mark out for your rows and 
the places where the plants are to go 
just as carefully. If manure and fer¬ 
tilizer is to be added “in the hill” and 
under the individual plant, it is best to 
mix it thoroughly into the soil before 
setting the plants out. A little well- 
rotted hen manure, or bone flour, or, bet¬ 
ter still, bone dust and cotton-seed meal 
mixed, are good for this purpose. In the 
case of such vegetable plants as cabbage, 
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