HOUSE AND GARDEN 
May, 1911 
Garden Furniture 
One of our many new 
designs for the coming 
season which can be 
made up in any desired 
color ::::::: 
Catalogue sent on request 
Tognarelll & Voigt Co. 
2302 CHESTNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
"Farr’s Hardy Plants”—A book ' , 
that tells about the wonderful Irises, Peonies, Poppies and 
CjTj/’Anemones that have made Wy. missing famous, besides numer-VYV 
ous other garden treasures. More than a mere catalogue—Free. WjE' 
Bertrand H. Farr, Wyomissing Nurseries, 643 F Penn St.. Reading. 
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Spinach. Is rapidly grown, either by 
sowing (the hardy varieties) in Septem¬ 
ber and wintering over, or sowing for suc¬ 
cession crops early in the spring and on 
through summer. Swiss Chard is, in my 
opinion, the most satisfactory spinach for 
the home garden. It is grown like beets, 
of which it is a variety. It yields early 
and provides continuous cuttings all 
through the season, of very tender, light 
green leaves, the mid-ribs of which are 
frequently used like asparagus. Do not 
fail to try it this year. 
The Fruit Crops. With the exception of 
peas, and early beans, these require hot 
weather. Tney like a warm, light, quick 
soil. Nothing is gained, and everything 
may be lost, by trying to rush the season 
and put them in before the ground is 
thoroughly warmed up and all danger of 
frost is over. The soil should not be made 
too rich, especially in long-lasting forms 
of nitrogen, which will cause delay in the 
maturing of fruit. An application of ni¬ 
trate of soda, during the early stages of 
growth, will give a good quick start and 
enable them the sooner to begin their work 
of setting and ripening fruit. Many of 
the plants in this class need special pre¬ 
paration of the hills in which they are to 
be planted or set. Such hills are made by 
digging out the soil to a depth of six or 
more inches and eighteen to twenty-four 
inches square, and filling in with the com¬ 
post or thoroughly rotted manure, to which 
it is well to add half a pint of cotton-seed 
meal, and a few handfuls of wood ashes. 
Incorporate the compost thoroughly with 
the soil and fill in with good earth to about 
two inches above the general level. 
Bean, dwarf. The dwarf varieties are 
sown in single or double drills, and like a 
light, or even gravelly soil, which should 
not be made more than moderately rich. 
A slight hilling will help to hold the stalks 
erect. Never pick, or work among them 
when the foliage is wet. For blight, spray 
with bordeaux. 
Bean, pole. These should not be planted 
until ten to fifteen days after the first 
early sorts. It will pay to prepare the hills 
as described above, being sure, however, 
to use only old rotted manure. Plant a 
dozen or more seeds to a hill, and when 
well up thin out to two or three. 
Bean, limas. These are the tenderest, 
and also the best of the beans. Wonder¬ 
ful improvement has been made in the 
bush limas within the last few years. 
Plant when there is not likely to be a rain 
within forty-eight hours, edgeways and 
eye down, covering with light sandy soil. 
Corn. For a few dozen extra ears, to 
surprise your friends, start on inverted 
sod, cut six or eight inches square, in 
frames, and set out after danger of frost. 
Corn is often grown too thick. If you 
must plant in hills, do not leave over three 
or four at the most. An easier and better 
way is to plant in drills, thinning out to a 
foot or eighteen inches according to va- 
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and purpose. FREE to you. Get it now. Be ready for Spring. 
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and any length; in any color or 
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You can keep your lawn neat, with a vel¬ 
vety appearance without continual raking— 
catch every blade of grass while mowing, if 
you use an 
“Easy Emptying” Catcher 
It can be put 
on and off in 
a second. 
So light that 
it never drags 
on the mow¬ 
er — so dur¬ 
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will last 
for many 
years. 
Can be adjusted to 
fit any size mower 
perfectly. 
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—“Useful Things 
for the Lawn.’’ 
It illustrates 
and describes 
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1045 Raymond Ave. 
St. Paul, Minn, 
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Office records. Our Mr. Greeley was 
formerly Acting Commissioner of Pat¬ 
ents, and as such had full charge of 
the U. S. Patent Office. 
Greeley & McIntire 
PATENT ATTORNEYS 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
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