Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-01
FIELD AND FARM.
The Flower Beds,

E. The Flower Deds.
Now is the tine to plant in the small
garden pot geraniums ofevery variety,
yerbenas, sweet alyssnms, rose gerani-
ums, pelargonians or Lady Washingtons,
and roses in every variety.
In gardens with southern exposure it
!. is safe to plant all kinds of ANIMALS -ge-
raniums of every variety, roses of all
kinds, without exception, begonias of
the towering order, Verbenas, lantanas,
Madagascar peFiwinkles, which blossom
in two colors, white and purplish pink,
and in general, all plants which can bear
considerable heat.
AS warmer days grow frequent seed
sowing will be attended with ..great re-
suits. The best anpuals for selection are
the portulacca, mignonette, the China
aster, sweet alyssum, sweet pea, four
o'clock, the double balsam (or as some
people call it, lady slipper), candy tuft,
double zenna (or youth and old age) and
phlox of various kinds, notably phlox
drummondi.
Very often plants purchased in pots
are unsatisfactory and soon fade away;
90, too, the gardeners finds himself face
10 face with similar experience in the
garden plot. Often this arises from the
prevalence of worms, and it is we'll to
know that lime water will often ex-
terminate such destructive parasites.
Ordinary lime should he placed in pail
of water and allowed to settle, and if the
water is freely passed over the mould
tenanted by worms, 1t will destroy them
efiectually.
Creeping animals and climbing plants
Of every kind are always fascinating;
whether for the open garden, for
porches or for window gardening. The
best for present planting are the morn
ing-glory (which, although it will shut
up, ls always decorative by reason of its
extensive foliage). the hyacinth bean,
scarlet runners of various kinds, nastur-
tiums (not the dwarf), Madeira vines
and hop vines, all Of which, under fa-
vorable conditions, sufficient sunshine
and careful watering, will appear above
ground within two weeks and grow pro-
litlcally, They are all excellent for
sunny.
One Way to Make q Strawberry
I y
For the private garden have found
the following plan about as desirable for
garden culture of the strawberry as any
I have ever tried
With turning plow throw up bed
five feet wide (not wider), pulverize thor
oughly and rake of smoothly. Lay of
rows with the point of hoe across the
bed (not lengthwise), two feet apart and
set the plants one foot apart in the row.
When the plants throw out runners,
train them across the bed so as to form
q matted row Of plants one foot wide,
thus leaving one foot space between the
rows for cultivation. After the
fret year the runners may be cut
of. Common sense and good iudg-
ment must be consulted in training the
runners 80 that the pants in the matted
rows are not allowed to set too thickly.
enough. If the bed is not wider than
fi7e feet, it can be cultivated to the CEN
ter from either side, and the berries
can be picked to the center from either
side without mutilating the plants.
Oak boards an inch thick and six
inches wide Ordinary fencing plank)
may be placed around the edges of the
beds and secured in position by slabs or
stakes. This prevents the soil from
washing from the bed during heavy
rains. and also assists in retaining the
moisture. In late Fall or early Winter
the bed should be mulched with wheat,
oat or rye straw, pine leaves, decayed
tan-bark or wood-pile chips. This
mulch should be allowed to remain on
the bed until the following Spring, when
it may be renoved or worked into the
soil.-Rural New Yorker.