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m The Investment Mlbnrban dwellers a ‘few ro ert P!‘ c" Years sgnklﬁlgfre hing: ymodest be!" in“ adjolnlng 50-foot lots. homes f)? little to choose between Thﬁe-guhgusuii. they belnl! V917 ‘Mm In m.“ nnd quality with “mm nurhbcr of rooms. Ono ‘he samec enilerl a few hundred own“ ‘In? trot-s. shrvabs, vines. dons” d plants for tho decoration bu")? BlTnme converting‘ the bulk o‘ gsinto ti very attractive and ﬁtrlstic ﬂower HUM"-

u“ y“, each had an offer to n" Om, w“ ltffprsd $6,000 and the o"... 53.5.00. The tamer of!" W“ m“ W, m“ who had provided dreoratlvc planting Both houses lull ‘been kept In excellent repair. Here “~55 a concrete example of the value in cash of decorative mulling. ln the $8.500 garden. the m", depcyiflullce had been placed on annuals after the early bulbs u“; ‘hrllhl and the June per- ennials had bloomed. Marlgolds. both French and African were used l‘ bold groups. Scarlet zinnial gave the needed color emphasis. Blue annual larkspurs and white ﬂowering tobacco relieved tho brlllisncy cf the yellow and scarlet at the marigolils and sinnias.

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Paying for the family dinner be- tomes more and more of a problem in this sra of high prices. Together

with hiirh prices is the constant problem of varying the diet. Thou- sands of families. particularly in "IQ city and suburban districts. have a ready means oi‘ reducing living expenses by utilizing back- yard splice. Besides reducing the "price of food in dollars and cents the back yard offers-a means of providing variety and duality that lllinol be secured readily by da- pending upon the limited stock lffered by the stores.

‘Almost ary kind of ground that

Ias sunlight for the greater part If the day will [row vegetables of some kind provided only that it is lot permeated with gas or cora- posed of tin cans and ashes No one Iho has as much as five feet square of available ground need g0 without some fresh homegrown Vegetables.

The only price that doesn't go up ll the price of seeds. They are always the same and from -flvs to ten cents will provide seed for the smallest plot. For those who are more fortunate and have s lot 50 by iiili or 150 the problem is easier. They need not be without vege- tables for the entire summer of a quality that money cannot buy. By the first nf .\iay_ they may have "dish". young onions and spinach.

And so on throughout thc season. "iiwins with green peas. sweet ll lilkili‘. that cannot be bought. tender and stringlcss string ‘beans, 7W"? "iiliﬁlr- young turnips. to- matoes. Lima beans, always an ex-

The Tenants Floral Standby

Annuals nrc thc ﬂowers for ton- liits to attempt. A few packets of seed sown In the spring will give him a an!‘ iii-spiny nil summei and if he dccitlcs to move the next year he is out nothini: and may repeat

o“ u“ m“! h‘! hi‘ "Plfiiiiiéﬂ- Mil)’ 1- start, for in inrzc proportions of

3M4"? dill’. ulvcs ample opportun- ‘Y 1° Ki‘! n unrdcn pzoln¢ in time 0 have a lavish display from July "m" kuliiii! frost.

‘Xreifiigc a rvntcr would hesitate to on "r Iiii.\' lnrlzc sums of money Cami; Iennisls and bulbs which he [m “n”! "1"". he may very easily mums “much display from the cm‘ I "ii complete their life

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. annuals or the porch rail may ‘M un converted into a srarden by bu"!

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Asters made a ﬂnc September display. Splderwort was planted l". 11°01" emqnt: the shrubbery to enliven the greenery of the foliage after the blooming period. ln fact. this little garden ‘became the show place of tho neighborhood. After the initial expenditure for the trees and shrubs, the yearly up- keep seldom ran over $5 for seeds e and a few punt‘ ornamental border is the most con-

ASN.3 from the aatlgmﬂmn or ven ent and most suitable method khan“; a “berm lupply of "awe" flower i-rroiviuil. but it is a Dian 1m. cutung ﬁght at ‘h, (‘Mr and a rcquirts considerable thought the beau“, and comm" Hwy ‘and if it is to bc a sueccss. First of all. to the homo atmosphere. they add ‘he b°°kg'°"“_d is “r ‘Mme ‘m’ "M vnue to property“ Many real Puiildllck‘. formini; the screen upfln "m"? men’ J-elnzlng the Bump vrinch the colors of the brilliant tiveness of decorative planting. are Zwfmall Tkrwgb" ‘tﬂsklfmgmd; Strwlz‘ now seeing to it that their pro- e y a e n“ m ° a a“ ' perty is made attractive and hire ggmlind’ but “m”: that‘ a’ wrml" landscape gardeners to keep it in g dv "n" is n“ ‘dent ammgemem ‘Hm "m" n ‘a 501d‘ n o e very easy o arrangement.

Any hume own" may hum be“ if the bcirdler ‘is! along thr boundary autiful home grounds even on a ‘ant?’ tote” 811° 19x52“ ‘Qmgqfht S

ll i t tn fl t . °" e "M Zlltaﬂ. i111 TLJZ? 1.11.111 $1‘;§>§u§"';";'ﬂj_g="re""'§" y"; judiciously planted and arranged m l m: c “ab? ‘"5! ca? y‘ " about his premises. The cost o: wmo u“ a“ n 00m a

d h ‘ 5Z3 131L112“..if.i..i'“i‘.°.'ii§ﬁi‘“‘lll' T" "m" 0' i“ he'd" e l“ the care required will not be more xgItllSaCEQQI“ Igoafxe henna enilcgﬂll‘ than a few houp a week after the o ' y go '

around six feet. but for practical “ma! preparation o! diggmg and effect four feet is about the proper

. hmlmng‘ . width to permit convenient weed- _ - in; and cultivation. If the border HOW is to ‘bc six feet or more wide. a

path should be left between the border and the fence to permit of cultivating and weeding from both

pensive luxury. and last and most gratifying of all the vegetables. sweet com that is really sweet.

ity for a bountiful supply. On

petite. It would be foolish for a h“ 99'1"“ d“ u w" Wm" to you nmny wmch d“, not ca“ M‘. egg that you are encountering a vege- plant or string ‘beans to waste space on these vegtabies.

In several commlmlgle; who" such ancient ‘lineage. Moses men- (hi; iota were small g happy tions melons. onions and garlic] arrangement is'made whereby each The BMW"! PiillY- WM bevllm? 100i owner grows and specializes in one Qliriﬂllﬂ 85011! the BDPPIUOPI 01' crop and then they divide the pro- Vesuvius when it was verwhelm- duce. furnishing a liberal supply of ins Pompeii and lost his life "W"! several vegetables in their season. ‘"019 I 1M 0f gardening ﬂfliciei‘ However,‘ it needs m be I describing several kinds of cab- neighborhood of particularly klnd- ‘bases If"! 01h" Vegetable“ m“ 1y ‘m; unauﬂplclo"! dlsposlllon thc ancient Latins used at their when it comes to picking sweet 5P5!"- carn or green peas for distribution Ollie" ‘*7 ‘he “mm” "gnaw" in order not to start trouble. But B" "m" 1-000 1° 4'00‘) yea“ 0m‘ the arrangement has worked out "i? °"|Y “l” “f ‘he 1°‘ ‘being ‘he nicely in several places. Um“ beam whm‘ erg“ htﬁdﬁ;

Even a plot five by ﬁve feet will °' “ me" ° grow half a dozen tomatoes train- ‘ _ Cd to ﬂush "em. wmch Wm During all these centuries con furnish a family with fresh to- matoes to slice for the table for . two months. The plot before the Bringing Up Father tomatoes are ready to function will

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sides. Alum: a walk a wider border is more practical than a boundary fence.

The height of the annuals is nn- other factor-tall once for the

in a great many homes. tho backizround, grading down to the dwarf growers for the edgings. it is a wise plan to bring the taller growing clumps to the front- of the border occasionally to brenk up the monotony of too_ regular Rfﬂdlitlﬁll.

And thcn there is the very im- portant factor of colo.. This is a matter of lfidllllﬁllul taste In large measure and ‘borders may be planted to a prevailing color. to chromatic scales or to harmonies and contrasts.

A color graduation found harm- onious and practical starts with the purples, violets. and lilacs at one end grading into oranges. scarlets and yellows. then into light and dark blues with yellow and pink groups for contrast and liarmomles. While groups should Inot be too Inigo. but are needed occasionally, particularly among the darker colors.

if the_|ot is only half the size ' mmuom "we ,_ u... nppgrtun- New Forms of Ancient Foodstuffs ‘mule;- plotm the hmny mun When You Dick 11D 8 ﬁne biS-istant improvement has been going

"mu "a H" m only mo” vegeb solid head of cabbage at the grfoc- on. The original cabbage was mg ‘Ne. whlch mo,‘ "weal u, m. a’; "Y 0i’ bu)’ Pill!!! 0i‘ PIG-ht 889d III loose-leaved as the lettuce that

won't head. It solidiﬁed much as the lettuce does through culture

able that ls eight thousand years and selection until now heading is old? A number of the vegetables its normal habit. The lettuce. as all now commonly in use rejoice inigardeners know. hasn't become

anywhere nearly as ilrm in its heading habits as has the cabbage. but it is on the way and the right culture will make it curl up into a golid crisp. creamy-hearted salad plant. -

The discovery of America brought in the potato and other vegetables so that now we have a great variety. and when it comes to ordering seeds for the garden only thc best varieties should ‘be selected. Some sorts are standard. found in every catalogue. and each ccdman specializes in these aeedg to keep the standard to the highest point.

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—----_ 300 years have done more for ails improvement of vegetables than was accomplished in all the pre- ccdinl’: centuries by learning the secrets of crossing and selecting. America. in the lagt century. has taken its place in the improvement and has excelled especially la the production of string beans. For some of its vegetable seeds it d9- pends on European countries. no- tably Demark. for the cauliﬂower. but a largo number of varieties have originated in America and the seed is raised here.

Buy improved varieties for your Harden. Do not depend upon the sorts that were favorites of your parents or grandparents. Vege- tables have imorpved since their time. _ They would have scored the littls Yellow ears of Golden Bantam corn, merely on its coionalthough Golden Bantam is the ﬂnest ﬂavor- sweet cornvthat can be grown. String beans that have to be un- strung before cooking are thing-s of the past. No one nerd grow them unless he wishes to do so. Giant poddeddwarf peas ‘are now as easy to grovv as waiting for ths tail plants which have to be given brush on which to cllm‘b, wvhlcig formerly were the only ones to produce the_ giant pods.

There are improved strains in every ‘variety of vegetables. Get the best. The best is the cheapest in the ions: run and the price is only slilzhtly more than the oldest standard varieties.

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money is tied up in such a way that nobody gets anything out_ of it until too late.

--By Geo. McManuii

llurnish a- iroodly supply of radishes and young onions planted closely. ns intensive culture is possible in such a small plot. A few half hours n week will be all the time needed for the average back yard garden after the preliminary work of pre- paring the soil has ‘been done.

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cardinal climber. Unsllshtly ‘back fenccs may be screened with lhesc same vlnrs all from a ﬂrst of May

the country annuals may he plant- ed up to the middle of the month and even into June with certain!) of a ﬂnc‘ return in bloom.

A beautiful garden ls as easy a proposition for a temporary GWOU- er as it is for a home owner. Tin-r» is a remarkable variety of annuals for all purposes. tall and dwarf for sunny and shady. or for wet or dri’ situations which may be "PP" i" the taste of the occupant of thc premises. if gardening seems im- practical there are window boxes which may be planted with net- unlas or other handsome ﬂowi-rins:

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which will yield decoration as well as ﬂowers for bond“!!! l0 d°°“"““‘ Indoors.

No home, either rented or own- ~sd. is too small for a PM?" °Y "l": nuais to brighten it uD- c i” blantlnl‘ has new "Mm" ‘Mm l“ and the most beautiful view’ .n many localities ls from ti" "W"

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