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THE HOME GARDEN
OUR GARDENS
Bringing up plants is very much like
bringing up childre. There are folk
who understand the matter instinctive
ly—but not many. To embark sudden
ly on a large garden enterprise; to be
gin with a wide variety of trees and
shrubs and plants, expecting them all
to prosper—is like adopting an en
tire orphan asylum and then wondering
why each individual child doesn't do
one credit.
Therefore for one's peace of mind
and for one's credit in the community,
it is better, when making a first
year's garden, to bid valor wait on
discretion and choose the strongest and
most easily grown plants, turning reso
lutely from extraordinary novelties as
from so many temptations of the devil.
There are, in gardening, obvious evils
for which there are definite remedies,
such as when insects descend or when
disease thins the ranks; but when, with
no apparent cause, one plant or an
other simply does not flourish, here
are some of the possible causes:
SOME REASONS FOR FAILURE
Wrong planting.—The hole may have
been neither wide enough nor deep
enough, In which case the roots were
cramped, perhaps broken. Not only
should the hole admit the roots com
fortably, but there should be room
enough for a shovelful of manure in
the bottom to give the plant roots some
incentive to go down. In planting, look
for the earth-mark on the stem and
plant it precisely as deep—no deeper.
Starvation. —More plants suffer from
this than is supposed, for to many peo
ple soil is an unknown and unknow
able element—the thing that one covers
roots with, and anything will answer.
It is on new places and where grading
has been done that starvation for gar
den or lawn is especially immanent.
Contractors have a distressing habit
of burying the good top-soil several
feet deep while the hardpan is put on
top; which labor-saving process makes
a good lawn or garden impossible for
several years. Another situation in
which plants are likely to starve is
when planted near a pergola or a
piaza. Vines here are rarely given
enough to eat. If a wistaria, for In
stance. Is to flourish, remember the
distance it Is to travel and provision
its new home accordingly. It should
have a hole dug four feet deep, a
yeard square, and the space filled In
with good soil well mixed with ma
nure.
Too rich a diet.—Perhaps the shrubs
have had the other extreme; they have
had too much manure. When they
"run to leaves," as gardeners say, and
do not flower, they may have been
overeating. Any manure used must be
well rotted and not fresh, and well
mixed with soil. The roots must not
come into direct contact with it or they
will suffer.
Planted too late. —If trees or shrubs
have been planted when coming into
leaf, they have a hard time of it; they
are like people who begin to work di
rectly after an operation, omitting the
period of rest and recovery.
Shrubs planted when leafing out
should be cut hard back to enforce rest
after the shock of transplanting, so
that the roots will have less to feed
while making their connections with
supplies. If this was not done, and
the newly planted shrub left with all
its leaf buds to care for, the poor
thing was subjected to a severe strain,
and may well have shown the effects
of It.
Overcrowding. —It is customary to
plant shrubs and young trees closely
for immediate effect, with the praise
worthy intention of thinning out later,
but the thinning is rarely done, and
there is no way for the shrubs to se
cure the space they need but the
jungle method of killing one another
until only the strongest survive. If,
therefore, the plants are too slow for
comfort, dig them up in the early
spring, while still dormant, and set
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them at a peaceable distance from one
another.
ll' YOIK FLOWKRH DON'T GROW
They may be too near trees. —Garden-
ers have a quite unnecessary panic If
the bole of a tree is not hidden by
shrubbery, and if nothing whatever is
planted beneath, and yet half of a
tree's beauty is in the outline of stem
and branches balanced by the quiet
stretch of greensward beneath. If
grass will not grow, the trees when left
to themselves will usually provide a
very charming carpet of brown dead
leaves and little hardy ferns; but to
attempt flower beds underneath them
is a mistake—both trees and plants
will be unhappy, and the trees will do
their best to prevent you.
Plants In the wrong place.—Be sure
to find out the situation a plant likes
before sowing the seed or setting out
the root. It is useless to expect sun
loving plants to bloom In the shade;
they won't do it; but there are many
plants that not only like, but require,
partial shade, such as tuberose be
gonias, many varieties of lilies, petu
nias, coreopsis, California poppies.
And mignonette has no objection to it.
If there are shady places which must
be planted, you can always put in
ferns or German iris, pansies or for
get-me-nots.
Wrong soil.—Any one knows that
some flowers grow wild in moist,
shady places, others in dry, barren
spots; therefore, one cannot expect
that within a garden all will like the
same diet. The wise gardener will
do one of two things: either he will
plant such things as will like his soil,
or else he will fit his soil to the plants
he wants In his garden. With a stiff,
clayey soil and plenty of manure, one
can have roses, dahlias, zinnias, in
abundance; with a light, sandy soil
one can have poppies, nasturtiums and
tea roses in luxuriance, but not sweet
peas. Therefore, before planting, find
out what manner of soil your plants
prefer, and whether you can meet
their preferences.
Wrong watering.—All plants like to
have their leaves sprinkled, but to
sprinkle the soil about them as a
means of giving the roots a drink does
very little good, and a thorough soak-
Ing once a week is infinitely better
than a slight daily wetting. When
flowers or vines are planted near a
house they are In especial danger of
suffering from lack of water and
should have much more than in other
situations. Among the plants which
are heavy drinkers are dahlias, helio
trope, forget-me-nots," Japanese iris.
Nasturtiums and popples both will
starve and go thirsty contentedly, only
blooming the better.
Overcrowding.—This is a frequent
cause of ill health. Probably more
plants fail to realize the gardener's
expectations from lack of thinning in
early life than from any other one
cause. When sweet peas turn yellow
and look blighted, overcrowding in In
fancy is almost always the reason. It
requires quite a little heroism on the
part of the gardener to properly thin
plants, a Brutus-like firmness to pull
up the infant annuals that their fel
lows may have enough to eat.
Lack of picking.—lt is the seeding,
not the flowering, that exhausts a
plant's vitality, and many flowers
sweet peas, cornflowers, pansies—will
bloom continuously if kept picked and
not allowed to go to seed.
These are a few of the rocks where
on one's gardening adventure is most
likely to meet shipwreck, and to note
dangers beforehand is one of the surest
ways of avoiding labor and sorrow.—
Harper's Bazar.
TWELVE. MIXED ROSES
For present planting the following
are reliable kinds for town air; Aimee
Vibert (white noi«etts). Kalsern Augus
ta Victoria (cream hybrid tea), Chene
dole (vermilion China), Coquette res
Blanches (white perpetual noisette),
Madame Berard (salmon-pink tea), Ma
dame Georges Bruant (white Rugoso
WINSEL'S GARDEN CALENDAR FOR MAY
FIOWGK GARDEN We offer the following list of summer flowering plants
at 250 per dozen. 11.50 per hundred: Aster plant., large flowering varieties Ini sep
arate color.: Pentslemon.. Verbenas. Sha.ta Daisies. English Daisies. Pyrethrum.
Centollna Violets, Lobelia, Salva Zurich. 60c per dozen; Dreefs »lng>e and double
fringed Petunia* In three-Inch pots. 10c each; Marguerite. In th.ree-inch pots. 10c
each Carnation plants and Chrysanthemum., all the choicest new and old varieties,
In three-Inch pots, 76c per dozen; Althernanthera plant., yellow and red, 3»c per
dozan; Canna Uoots, 11.00 per dozen; aladlolu, bulbs, 50c per dozen; Tuberose b u lb».
35c per dozen; Hydrangea, ready to bloom, large plant.. S6c each.
FIELD UKUWN KOSES—Established In pots, 35c each, 13.50 per dozen. This
as.ortment consists not only of the popular varieties, but also of the new and scarce
varieties. We still have over sixty varieties to select from. ABk for our special
rose card. Also, ask the neighbor who planted our rose, about the re»ults. 1 here
I. no comparison between these roses established In pot, after having been grown
for two year. In the field, and the rooted cutting, that are offered for sale In tin
cans at really higher price.. Our rose, can be transplanted from the pot. without
the slightest Injury to the roots. They are In full bloom and will stay in full bloom
if properly transplanted. Special alter— The New link Cherokee at 35c ea«-h.
VEGETABLE GARDEN—Mu.kmelon. Pumpkin., Sweet Corn, Cucumber, are the
main vegetable seed, to be planted this month. Sowing can be .till made of the
foliowing In order to give a succession of crops: Lettuce. Radish. Peas. Beans.
Spinach, Carrot, and Watermelon.. Burbank Seed Potatoes planted this month will
give good result.. We have the following vegetable plant, on hand: Cabbage. Cau
liflower and Tomatoes at 10c per dozen. Peppers 15c per dozen. Eggplant. 5c eacn.
Tarragon Roots, 25c per clump. Onion Sets, white and brown, 15c per pound. Mul
tipliers. 20c per pound. Rhubarb Roots, Burbank crimson. 10c each.
| LAWNS—Put In your lawn, with our Kentucky Blue Grass and White Clover
Seeds.. We carry the best grade, only.
I SHEEr MANURE —Free of weeds and odorless. Give. Immediate result.. De
livered anywhere In Lo. Angeles. Pasadena or Hollywood for J2.25 per 100 pound..
VISIT Oliß NI'K.HEKIKS —Bouthwest corner Washington and Figueroa street..
Los Angeles. Everything In the line of trees, flowering plants, palms and fern,
kept In stock. Among them a large lot of Coco. Austral!., one of the hardiest and
most beautiful Palm, for setting out In lawn, or for tub plant.. A good selection
of Kentla. especially adapted for house plants, and a large stock of Araurlcarlas,
Clematis Jackmanl, the blue and red varieties, heavy two-year-old plants in large
pots.
LANDSCAPE GARDENING —Free advice to customers as to the arrangement or
new grounds or remodeling olu places. Many years of experience In landscape gar
dening In this territory. One of the best landscape gardeners In the city has hi.
office at our store. Some of the finest gardens In the city have been laid out by him.
FREE FOR THE ASKING—Our Catalog containing complete Garden Calendar,
giving direction, of how and when to plant everything. Call for a copy, or .end In
your name and address.
WINSKI.'s SEED STORE,
251 South Main street, Lo« Angeles. Cal.
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CIRHUBARB
B'-«:'** «l 150 PER DOZEN
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B^M'lßpi^Jm^f April and May are th« best months to plant
W-'^iHrvr^>";?»&i"/ Rhubarb. Berry Plants of all kinds.
ymlsW J. B. WAGNER
.3*vvS«tr*iir RHUBARB AND BKRKY SFBCIAXJfIT,
PASADENA, OAUFORNIA.
Eucalyptus Seeds Sir to fJ™tnm.
My special pamphlet, "Eucalyptus Culture," mailed free.
Superior garden, flower, tree and palm seeds. Roses, car
nations, flowering plants, etc.
New descriptive catalogue mailed free upon application
THEODORE PAYNE,
345 South Main street, Los Angeles.
hybrid), Madame Plantier (cream hy
brid noisette), Safrano (apricot tea),
Sombreuil (ping and white tea),, Glolre
de Dijon (bun* tea) and Glory of
Waltham (crimson hybrid perpetual).
FLOWER GARDEN HINTS
Seed sowing and border planting will
be the order of the day for several
weeks now, and this is just the time to
go over the mixed borders and dig up
big clumps of things, dividing and re
plantlnsr the soundest roots only, and,
if possible, renewing the soil or chang
ing the position of any that have been
in one spot for a very long time. Lily
bulbs and hardy perennials, primroses,
polyanthuses, etc., can be planted free
ly, also gladioli, four inches deep and
three apart in groups of a dozen, with
a pinch of silver sand under each, In
sunny borders. Primroses, silene pen
dula, compacta, arabis, aubrietia, for
get-me-nots and polyanthuses should
be pHced between the bulbs In beds
and borders to extend the spring dis
play as long as possible.
Beds of lilies of the valley should
be mulched with old manure thinly,
and German irises are almost sure to
need looking over and replanting.
MAY 22, 1910.
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Hardy creepers, ferns, sweet Williams.
carnation layers, delphiniums, panstes,
pinks, pyrethrums, Solomon's seal,
London pride, lilies of the valley (the
last three for a shady position), and
crocosmia bulbs are all ripe for plant-
Ing now.
Seeds of tall nasturtiums and canary
creepers may be sown, but dwarf
nasturtiums and most other hardy an
nuals should be left for a week or so
yet. Seeds of shrubby calceolaria may
be sown now in shallow boxes of com
post of equal parts of loam, leaf
mould and sand. The surface should be
even and the seeds sown thinly.
"And, dear," said the mother when telling
of a recent trip, "we saw a turtle with the
date 1839 cut into Its Bhi-11."
"'WmI was It a cold-storage turtle, mamma?"
ar l,ii(l little Bobble.—Yonkera Statesman.