The herald., 1897-04-25

Surround this with path Two feet wide
and leave the angular corners of the
square for smaller divisions; this will
give you a useful and practicable little
garden. With heliotrope in one corner,
mignonette in second, sweet alyssum
in third and rose geranium in the
fourth, you have established a store of
sweets. The small, almost forgotten,
Bon Silene and Hermosa. so-called
monthly" roses, are really ever-bloom-
ing. insuring you bud on almost every
day of the summer, and the pretty
dwarf polyanthus rose clusters fit in de-
lightfully to the corsage bouquets and
all the dainty combinations one likes to
gather from her own beds to give to a
friend. This year the beautiful new
rose, president Carnot," promises, with
its exquisite colorings and extreme re-
finement of growth and form to be suit
able to such pleasure spots as those of
which am now talking, and the florists
say that it will be a constant bloomer. A
good strong plant of sweet-scented ver-
bena (Verbena citriodora) makes an ex-
cellent choice for the apex of your cir
cular mound, and is the exact thing
you need to add perfection to the ming
led odors of the blossoms alerady named.
The spicy fragrance of its young leaves
is especially acceptable to an invalid.
For myself. having been very fortu-
nate with the hardy perpetual roses. I
have a great enthusiasm for them, but
shall have to wait to try to tempt 9TH
| ers to seek the same pleasure until the
autumn comes; now 1t is simply an ag-
gravation to talk of what a joy big bed
of those robust, generous plants will
give.
For a woman to work in garden
xxrtt IL hAs rra
certain properties" to use theatrical
phrase. which ought to be provided.
Usually one thinks first of a spade and
hoe and rake; for the first two you have
little need. Spading needs good mas
culire arm and foot, and a. hoe is little
used on a. small plot kept we'll weeded. A
small rake Is often useful.
First, you need a pair OF good, stout,
comfortable soes and a short, scant,
storm serge skirt to wear with calico
or gingham shirtwaist; wide brimmed
lightweight straw hat; pair of thin
India rubber gloves and all your old
giants de Suede" the thinner and more
flexible the better. Stiff, so-called gar
dening gloves only tempt. you to pull
them off and use your bare hands When
ever you have any delicate operation
to perform.
Then you want a common uncovered
splint basket with a handle for your
trowels Zone large, one smalD, knife,
scissors, strings, labels, syringe, etc. To
these add some grass mating to tie up
your plants; this any florist will sell
you and it can be used when twine will
injure, and with it have some long, mar
row strips cut from the arms Of your
evening gloves, which are of great value.
And be sure to provide something to
kneel upon. India rubber cloth is the
best thing, and can be folded handily
and laid over your basket when your
work is done. These are all the material
essentials, but for myself needed some
one to quicken my conscience as to neg
lected duties, or else I should have been
a gardener and nothing else. should
like to make convert who could, find a
similar joy in this God-given occupa-
tion.
If you have flowers enough to make
something in which to carry them a
help and comfort, have a contrivance
like mine, sharp pointed stick like an
alpenstock thrust through a circular
basket. You can put the strong ferrule
into the earth firmly so it stands up
right and steady, and as you cut them
lay your flowers lightly in the basket
where they will keep fresh, unharmed
by your warm hand or from pressure
one against the other
And just here let me say, take the pre-
caution TO lay all summer flowers which
you wish to keep fresh loosely, one by
one (not in, a. mess), in. a, deep basin Of
water. In dark, cool place for a couple
or hours before you arrange them, and
you will find that they Will last twice
the usual time and resist the effects Of
gas or any ARTIFICIAL light. Even hello
trope, that most disappointing of de-
lightful things, will generally live when
thus treated. For Wild flowers it is
sometimes worth the trouble of carrying
small tin pail continuing enough water
to help them to bear their removal from
the woods.-New York Evening Post.