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THE PATIO—YOUR OUTDOOR LIVING ROOM. By all means, provide some 
living space in your garden, if you want to get the most enjoyment out of it. Pav- 
ing materials such as porous bricks or sand stone are usually the best. Wet the 
paving on warm days and enjoy the cooling effect of the evaporating moisture. 
If you are not fortunate enough to have a shade tree in your patio, be sure to 
plant one and use a beach umbrella for shade while it is growing up. 
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THE FLOWER BORDER can be the most interesting feature of your garden with 
its ever changing aspect of masses of color. By using annuals, biennials, perennials 
and bulbs, the opportunity to create pleasing and unusual effects is unlimited. Be 
sure to select plant materials that will give you flowers over a long period of time. 
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TRELLISES AND SCREENS can do wonders in improving the appearance of 
your garden. Also they provide a good excuse for planting some of the lovely vines 
that are so attractive: Sweetpeas, Morning Glory, Cardinal Climber, and Climbing 
Nasturtiums for instance. Then of course, there are many woody vines such as 
Clematis, Jasmine, Wistaria, Roses that will appear to good advantage on a trellis. 
Berries and grapes often need the support of a trellis or a screen. 
SOMETHING ABOUT SOIL 
The ideal soil for seed is light 
and porous but will hold moisture 
enough to permit good germina- 
tion. 
A good soil mixture for seeding 
either indoors or outside is: % 
light loam, 4 sand and 4% granu- 
lated peat moss. The addition of 
leaf mold improves the mixture. 
The top 2 inches of a seed bed 
should be screened through a 
¥%-inch mesh screen. The ingre- 
dients should be thoroughly mixed 
and, just before sowing, firmed 
down with a flat block of wood or 
similar implement. 
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Mark the surface of the flat or 
seed bed by pressing a narrow 
edged ruler or garden label lightly 
into the surface. Sow the seed 
thinly in the depressions, either 
directly from the seed packets, or 
by sifting it out between your 
thumb and forefinger. The seed 
should be covered lightly. A fine 
meshed kitchen screen serves very 
well for this purpose. Place a 
handful of dry soil mixture in the 
screen and sieve onto the seed drill. 
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