Gardening in a City Lot 
well as the very best, sweet corn known; and it was 
found to bear out its reputation in both respects. 
In tbe second nine by fifteen foot space, prepared 
the same as the first, the “ Stowell’s Evergreen ” corn 
was planted, the treatment being exactly the same 
as that given the “Golden Bantam.” The “Ever¬ 
green” is a larger sort, maturing two or three weeks 
later than the “Bantam.” l he third of the nine by 
fifteen foot plots was reserved for a later planting 
of tbe “Evergreen” corn. 
As soon as the corn was in, the one by seven, one by 
nine and one by ten foot spaces, at the back of tbe 
porch and the front and end of the coal house, were 
given a second working-over. In these places it was 
decided the pole beans should be grown, the purpose 
being to train the vines up on strong twine, instead of 
the poles they grow on in larger gardens. Stout 
pegs were driven into the ground to a depth of per¬ 
haps ten inches, at each end of the spaces, and a 
strong wire was tightly stretched from peg to peg. 
The beans were planted in shallow trenches partly 
filled with manure, and again care was taken to place 
each seed eye down. The mixture of earth and 
manure, as in the case of the wax beans, was pressed 
closely down on the seeds, so that, in case of a heavy 
rain, they would not wash out of the ground. I his 
done, heavy twine, such as is used in wrapping large 
parcels, was run from the wires at the bottom to 
points about six and a half feet above. Rows of 
small nails were driven into the weather-boarding of 
the coal house and the strings for the beans planted 
there were fastened to the nails. For the beans 
planted at the rear of the porch the strings were 
taken up and drawn through the openings in the 
latticework, where they were fastened at the height 
of about six and a half feet. 
Late in May, when it seemed absolutely safe, the 
four and a half by eighteen foot plot was spaded and 
raked, and prepared for tomatoes. In the space 
we figured there was room for seven plants. Holes 
were dug at regular intervals, about a foot across 
and eight or ten inches deep; these were partly filled 
with manure, and the tomato plants were set in. 
The holes were filled to the top with a mixture of 
soil and manure, the plants were given a good water¬ 
ing—they were set out in the evening—and for a few 
days were shaded from the sun by spreading doubled 
newspapers over them, the paper being held up by 
means of short bits of lath. The plants were 
extremely vigorous and well-started, being fifteen 
inches high when set out, and all grew uninterrupt¬ 
edly. It was the intention to train them up in the 
English fashion, on a sort of trellis arrangement 
slanting against the division fence and facing south. 
By the use of this sort of support the vines are held 
up, the fruits are kept off the earth, and a free cir¬ 
culation of air below keeps both plants and fruits 
free from blight and decay. 
“Kentucky Wonder” Pole Beans Grown upon Strings Making 
a Handsome Rear Porch Screen 
When the tomatoes had been set out the garden 
was completed, with the exception of the latest 
planting of sweet corn, which was made late in 
June. All that was left to do was to keep the plots 
clear of weeds—which must not be permitted to 
gain a foothold (or perhaps roothold would be better) 
and to keep the soil well worked and hoed up 
about the roots of the growing things. A dry spell 
in June caused us to turn the lawn hose on the gar¬ 
den, and for some time the entire space was given 
a thorough soaking twice or three times a week, 
in the evening. 
The beans, both bush and pole, under the stimu¬ 
lus of heavy fertilization, frequent watering and a 
special treatment given the seed, made a growth that 
was amazing. The special treatment referred to was 
the wetting of the seed in a solution of nitro-culture, 
a single twenty-five cent package of which was 
sufficient. The bush beans were all treated with 
the solution, made and used according to directions 
accompanying the packets; the seven foot row of 
“Kentucky Wonders,” at the back of the porch, and 
the ten foot row of “Lazy Wife,” at the end of the coal 
house, were similarly treated, the nine foot row of 
“Kentucky Wonders” at the front of the coal house 
being left untreated for the sake of comparison. 1 he 
wax beans made a handsome, heavy, bushy growth, 
reaching a height of about fifteen inches, and the 
plants were positively loaded with clusters of full, 
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