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A New Giant Snapdragon.


One of the finest new introductions among
flowers for the year 1907 is new giant
snapdragon. One who has not seen these
beautiful orchid-fiowering snapdragons can
not conceive of their immense size and
great beauty. They can be lowered from
seed in one season. The seed should he
sowed early, and when the plants are Of
sufficient size they should be either put
into two-inch pots or potted of into fats
tsnall plant boxes, one by two feet, and
two inches deep The soil for these plants
in the garden must be of the very best.
rather heavy and have considerable lime
in its composition. as the brilliancy of the
colors Is enhanced thereby. The plants
eventually grow to height of two feet,
and are bushy. and should have plenty OF
room in which to spread, say two feet
apart. This flower has attracted the atten-
ton of the hybrdizers, and we will soon
have named varieties and a ''snapdragon
cult" At present they come I'm separate
colors, as follows: Scarlet, white, yellow.
garnet. pink and striped. Give them
sprinkllng Of bonemeal in June and keep
them well worked They can be put in
the open as late as June-in fact there is
no advantage in too early planting.
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Poplars for Nothing.

Whenever you prune a poplar, take the
longer branches at once and thrust them
into the earth where there is fair guam
tity Of good loan. Nine out of ten Will
take root and begin to show leaves within
a month or two. 1t Is wonderful how fast
they will grow. If there is any part of the
back garden that needs to be fenced or
otherwise defended from trespass, yon can
secure an impenetrable barrier in two sea-
sons by planting enough poplar cuttings
within few inches of each other.
If you want to raise good trees from
your cuttings you must give them more
room and transplant them after the first
summer. I sold So worth of poplars one
summer from space fifteen feet long and
two feet wide. l had stuck the branches
in there to hide dogs runway, and in
exactly nineteen months the saplings Were
so tall and straight that a gardener took
ten and paid me 80 cents each for them.
The closer the cuttings planted to-
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for an hour In a bowl of naphtha, then
squeeze and sop 1t to get out the dirt.
Rinse In a second bowl of naphtha. Pull
into shape and hang in the air. Let the
naphtha remain in the bowl until all the
dirt has settled. 1t can be then returned
20 the can. When using naphtha do the
work in a room away from fire and lights
and keep the windows open. Or the article
may be washed IL the washing is done care
fully. Make strong suds of white or cas-
tile SOAP and TO every gallon of suds add
one tablespoonful of borax dissolved in boil
ing water. Let the article soak in this for
fifteen or twenty minutes, then sop and
squeeze, and finally squeeze out all the
water. Put into a second suds and treat
in the same manner. Then rinse in water
in which there Is a suggestion of soap.
Press out all the water and hang out TO
dry, drawing into shape as it dries. The
three waters must be of the same tempera-
ture.
There
Are three things that are particularly bad
for plumbing-lint, hair and grease. Do
not use cleaning cloths or dishcloths after
they become so worn that they shed lint.
Be careful not to have grease poured into
the kitchen sink. Once a month, at least.
pour two quarts of strong, hot I've into the
kitchen sink. first having maue the pipes
hot by a generous flushing with hot water.
After waiting ten minutes follow the lye
with a plentiful supply of hot water Use
a pound of sal soda or pound can Of
potash in making the lye.
Tablecloths-
And napkins are made with narrow hens.
Basic the hem and hold 1t when sewing In
the position for "overseaming' or "over-
casting" which insures the stitches rum
ming parallel with the threads Of the linen
and making them almost invisible. Table
cloths now are marked in the corners d.
agonally opposite and for a cloth two yards
square about thirty-six inches toward the
center from the corner. This distance
varied with the size OF the cloth. the idea
being that the marking rest on the corner
of the table. The entwined letters, long
and narrow. running diagonally. are pre-
ferred the sizes being from three to five
inches long for tablecloths and from three
charters Of an inch to two inches for nap
kins. Sheets are hemstitched and the let
tiers placed just above the hens and In the
center. Exactly the same styles of letters
which are used on the table linen would be
just a. suitable for the bed linen.
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Canary Pudding

Canary Pudding
With London sauce.-Two eggs and their
weight in butter and -four and caster s: gar,
one teaspoonful Of baking powder, one ia
blespoonful of milk, the grated rind of a
lemon. Thickly butter a mold or basin.
Then take the weight of the eggs in the
above mentioned ingredients. Put the but
ter and sugar in a basin. and beat them to
a cream. Then add the eggs one at time
and beat them well in. Sieve the flour and
baking powder together and add them light
ly to the other ingredients with one table
spoonful of milk and the grated lemon rind.
Put the mixture into the basin, cover 1t
with a piece of buttered paper, and steam
1t for two hours. Turn 1t out on hot dish.
Lemon Sauce.-Two lemons, half pint of
water, half an ounce Of corn flour, one
ounce of caster sugar Put the water on
the fire to boil. Mix the corn -four thinly
and smoothly with the lemon juice. When
the water bOlS pour in the corn -four and
stir until the sauce boils. Then add the
sugar and the grated rinds Of the lemons.
Serve the sauce in hot tureen.
Halibut la Vatel-
About two pounds of halibut, one ounce
each of Guiyere and Parmesan cheese, two
! ounces of butter. quarter of an ounce of
| flour, half pint of milk, half a lemon. half
a small onion, sprig of parsley, glass of
sherry. Cut the flesh of the bone and cut
, it into neat oblong pieces. Put them in a
| buttered tin, sprinkle them with salt. pep
per and lemon juice. Lay the rings of onion
on the top; pour in the wine, cover with a
piece of buttered paper. and bake in a mod
crate oven from ten to fourteen minutes.
Put the milk parsley and fish trimmings
in a sauce pan on the fire and let them cook
gently for half an hour; then strain off the
milk Melt the butter, stir in the -four and
add one and a half gills of the fish stock.
Stir over the fire till 1t boils, then add half
of each kind of cheese, the rest of the but
| ter and any juice there may be in the tin.
| Season the sauce carefully, pour a little of
1t in an oval fireproof dish, lay In the f1llets,
pour the rest of the sauce over; then shake
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Useful Items.

Useful Items.
To blacken a stove when hot clean first
with newspapers, then add te3spoonful
of sugar to one cupful of mixed backing
The sugar makes the backing adhere to
the stove.
To frost a bathroom window dissolve Ep-
som salts in vinegar, making as strong
solution as possible. Apply this to the in
side of the window panes with brush
and when dry give it a coat of white var
nsh
Paint marks on glass may be removed
by moistening them with strong solution
Of ordinary soda, which will loosen the
paint When all the stains are rubbed off
polish with little methylated spirits and
a soft cloth.
All fine brass work is lacquered nova
days with the exception of pieces exposed
to the weather or strong heat. Therefore
it cannot be secured with rottenstone, vine
gar or the substances formerly used Tor
brass. Wash it in warm water. dry 1t
thoroughly and polish with chamois skin.
For a useful floor polish take two ounces
of white and yellow wax, an ounce or
white soap and quart Of boiling water.
Shred the soap and the wax and melt them
in a saucepan with the water over the fire.
Mix by stirring and pour into. jar or bot
tie until wanted for use. Apply with
wooden rag or a piece of flannel, then rub
with another flannel and polish well until
all sickness is removed. Some people add
to this mixture half pint OF turpentlne,
stirring in after 1t is taken from the fire,
but 1t is not necessary.
To clean a carpet shave half pound OF
soap and boil in a quart of water until dis
solved. then add gallon of hot water and
one ounce Of salts of tartar. Mix thorough
w. Use a stiff brush and scrub the carpet
with the mixture which should lather free
ly. and clean the carpet without making 1t
damp. AS you clean a breadth, wipe 1t
hard with a cloth wrung out of cold water.
II there Is much green in the carpet put
cup of vinegar in the cold water. This
quantity will clean large carpet and the
process Is approved by long experience.
saxony Wool
Articles may be cleaned IN three ways.
Spread the article on clean sheet and
sprinkle 1t thickly with powdered starch.
Fold 1t in the sheet and put away for
week or more At the end of that time
take out and rub gently between the palms
Of the hands. shake out the starch and
wipe with soft cloth. Let the article soak
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Quick-Growing Vines.

~ HERE are many vines that will grow
quickly. and each one has its at
tractive features Some are grown
mainly because of beautiful foliage. Others
are desired for their floral beauty A few,
like the honeysuckies. are very popular
and seen everywhere, acting as porch
shades or screens. Others such as the
Dutchman's pipe. or Cobaea, are rarely
seen because they little known.
AS rule. the ANIMALS are selected in
many cases because the average American
wants something different each year
Again. the home often is merely rented by
the year. and thus there Is no feeling Of
permanency, and hardy, continuous per-
formers are not selected.
First to come to ones mind when vine
Is wanted is the faithful old favorite, the
morning glory. 1t does well in any soil, and
with absolutely no care. However, even
though 1t will thrive without care, 1t does
very much better if street sweepings are
mixed in the bed and the soil about Its
roots is kept loose and fine.
This vine will grow from fifteen to
twenty feet in season. Its leaves are
many and run from light green to deep
dark shade. and in some varieties the foil
age is beautifully blotched with white
It's shades are manifold-white, pink, red.
blue, purple and variegated. The hand
soonest are the Japanese varieties, whose
leaves are more broken in outline, while
the flowers also are larger and more at
tractive in every way. Some have white
borders to the trumpet. others are striped
with white and all are more futed than
the commoner kinds. Some, too, are double,
and the tints and shades are very beautiful.
The Cobaea tscandeus) is well worth
trial. Its stem Is reddish. Its leaves are
very beautiful and it's bloom is wonder.
The buds are a light green. They open as
an irregularly shaped trumpet, which 1s
delicate whitish green at first: then rapidly
1t changes through violet to purple. Its
flowers come daily from summer through
the fall to heavy frosts.
Seeds should be started in pots in the
house The young plants will do well upon
the window sill They must be set out OF
doors as soon the trees are in full lear.
The Cobaea will grow from ten to fifteen
feet in one season and send out many side
shoots
growers: and to this is added superb leaf
and flower followed by quaint, curious and
useful seed pods. Among them Is the
Luffa (also spelled "loofa), or Chinese
washrag, sold at drug stores-a little round
fellow with a handle better far for stock
Ing darning than any wooden one made
for the purpose.
This Is the pear shaped gourd Then there
Is one that grows three feet long and lives
I'D to its name of Hercules club. Another
is long and slender and twists into many
fantastic shapes 1t is called the snake
cucumber. One that was favorite with
grandmother. for 1t has pleasant odor,
which it holds for long time, is called
the pomegranate melon.
All grow vigorously and run from ten to
twenty feet in a season. They have pretty
leaves and large white or yellow flowers.
and will cling to strings or trelis. They
make a splendid shade, and yet the foliage
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Old Friends.

Four-o' clocks are good ones. almost for
gotten nowadays; yet they are among the
best flowers that there in our list
They are easy to grow as any flower
known. and they are full of interest
and pleasure in very many ways. They
are very sturdy plants. growing up two
feet or more. with massive stalk, which
throws out many branches covered with a
profusion of handsome leaves.
The flowers come in wonderful quantity.
1t is not uncommon to see hundreds of
the brightly colored blossoms covering the
bush. They are shaped like morning glo-
ries, but smaller. and each bush dis
plays combinations of colors here there Is
a bright red; beyond may be a brilliant
yellow or pure white: then comes a cluster
of variegated beauties. yellow and red in
stripes. in blotches or in spots. Sometimes
the tube is red and the trumpet yellow.
Every day new surprises open wide at
about the same time In the afternoon; but
all day they are treat to old and young
alike.
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oven until it is hot through and nicely
Drowned on the top.
Sailed Almonds
Blanch the almonds by throwing boiling
water over them Let them remain about
two minutes then put them in cold water
and the skin will slip off easily. When the
almonds are all blanched and dried with a
cloth they must be measured. Sprinkle
tablespoonful of olive oil over every cupful
of nuts. Let them stand two hours. then
sprinkle a tablespoonful Of salt over each
cupful. mixing thoroughly with a spoon.
Spread the almonds out on a shallow tin
pan and put them in quick oven, when
they will become a delicate brown and be-
come crisp and tender In from ten to fifteen
minutes. They must be watched closely
and stirred often, they scorch quickly.
When taken from the oven they should be
spree on clean blotting paper to absorb
the oil. Are better if kept day or two be-
fore eating.
Date Mullins
Remove the stones from half a pound of
dates and chop them into small bits. Cream
one-fourth of a cupful of butter and add the
dates to 1t gradually, beating all the time;
beat one egg thoroughly, and add it to the
dates and butter, then add, alternately, a
little at time, one Cuplul VI ullih anu one
pint of -four, sifted, with three level tea
spoonfuls of baking powder, beat thorough
ly and bake nearly twenty minutes in a
well-buttered muffin pan or shallow tin pan.
Sauces
Drawn Butter Sauce.-Put into stew
pan one-half pint of milk. set over a moder-
ate fire. put into a bowl one heaping tea
spoonful Of flour, a large piece of butter
and little salt Work these together with
a spoon. then pour into 1t, stirring all the
time, half pint OF boiling water When
smooth pour into the boiling milk, cook
slowly five minutes. Good with boiled sal
mon or halibut.
Caper Sauce.-Make a butter sauce, stir
into 1t one tablespoonful Of lemon juice and
two of capers. Serve with boiled mutton.
Mayonnaise Sauce.-Mix In q large bowl
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one even teaspoonful of ground mustard,
of salt and one-half of vinegar; beat
at time, half pint Of olive oil or melted
butter, stirring briskly all the time. Flavor
with vinegar or lemon Juice; will keep for
weeks in cool place.
Tomato Sauce.-Put in a stew pan piece
of butter the size of an egg and one small
onion sliced thin; simmer two minutes;
pour into this one can of tomatoes, season
wltn salt, pepper and little sugar, thicken
tened in cold water, Cook fifteen minutes,
then strain. This is good for chops and
outlets.
Most People
Blanch almonds and English walnuts in
the hardest way. To do the work in the
most satisfactory manner put the meats
in dish of cold water over the fire and
bring them quickly to boil; then drain
and rinse. The skins can be rubbed from
the almonds but a sharp knife must be
used with the walnuts. Chestnuts are,
perhaps, the hardest nuts to blanch. The
best way Is to score the chestnut shells in
three or four places and then put them into
q frying pan with butter. teaspoonful
of butter will be needed to every pint of
the nuts. Shake the pan over the fire until
the butter Is melted, then put the pan In
the oven for five minutes. After this treat
ment the shells and skins will come of
easily.
Russian Salad.
-Four ounces each Of boiled knob celery
beets and potatoes; two ounces each Of
smoked salmon, smoked ham and smoked
tongue; four ounces each Of white celery
stalks. apple and walnuts Chop all these
together into dice. season with salt, pepper
and some tarragon vinegar. and put them
on ice. When ready pile in a bowl, drain
Ing of the vinegar. Toss 1t lightly and
pinch of mustard. Around the outer edge
put a wreath OF crimson beets minced.
Half way to the center another wreath Of
chopped gherkins sprinkled with minced
parsley. In the middle put pointed star
Of lengthwise slices Of hard-boiled egg,
the yolk removed and the cavity filed with
caviar.
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Worry


Is the twin sister of nervousness. Neither
God. in His all wise providence. put the
head Of a human being on top that all be
meath might be suoservient to il. There Is
something wrong above the eyes, in the
region OF the will power. when one becomes
nervous i'm the sense of eXcitabllity. Know
thyselC' is good: control thyself is better.
Worry and excitement never aided any one
anybody can get along when everything is
all right. but 1t takes d wise man. level
headed man. To get along and not worry
nor become nervous when everything Is all
wrong Nervous indigestion. to be cured.
must have the attention drawn To diet and
exercise In order to strengthen the nerves.
heterogeneous food, such as Is Ia be FOUND III
the lean Of meats. good cereals fish. beans,
etc. should be your diet. Cleanse the stom-
ach and strcngt hen il and cure your consti-
patton by drinking salt aud water.
Tea Is harmful To almost any one who has
the slightest stomach or bowel trouble. IT
Is too much OF an astrngent. Coffee. if
taken clear. is harmless
Pillows
Oc;entimcs are heirloons. AMI Should be
renovated and put into new ticking quite
frequently or washed as often practical
Bile The sun hath is an excellent purifier
for pillows and for the whole bed as well.
Sheets and pillow slips should be assigned
to each room and plain marked with some
simple device so that they easily and quick
~ may he separated. Blankets are the
ideal covering; comforts. soft and light.
come next Taste and ingenuity can best
suggest the dressing OF the bed In the
uIden days a trundle bed often was found
beneath the high old-fashioned bedstead.
When ii was out of date habit was strong
and underneath the bed was a common re-
ceptdcle for things wanted handy but out of
sight. All this is changed now. and a peep
beneath the bed must not disclose even
dust.
II health has been considered first of all
IN the arrangement of the sleeping room the
battle is half won. With a mating the
floor the sweeping will be easy that
there absolutely will be no excuse for dusty
bed rooms. All soled articles should be
taken from the sleeping room each day
Nothing should he left in The room for any
length of time which will make the atmos-
iphere impure These are little things and
lsasy to do, but the leaving of them undone
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High Prices for Orchids.
From the London Tribune.

A collection of orchids from Chillingham
Castle. one Of the seats of the Earl of
Tankerville, in Northumberland, Mas sold
by Messrs. Protheroe and Morris at auc-
ton yesterday. plant of the Odonto-
glOssum Crispum Leonard Perfect was
sold for 1875. Two of the Crispum Mabel
Whately variety fell at f21O and f1S9, re-
spectively. Among other prices were 1921
for a Cattleya Warneri alba, f105 each
for an Odontoglossum Crspum Tanker
villiae and an OdontogloSsum ardentissi-
mum and f141 for Crispum briliantissi-
mum.
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Planting Hardy Azaleas.

In planting the hardy pink azalea. re-
member that the flowers come before the
leaves do. Therefore your azalea group
in blossom should have a dark back
ground of some kind-evergreens or dense
shrubs-to set off the brilliancy of the
colors. Remember. too, that aZaleas are
lovers of rich earth and that they don't
need or want lime. Put plenty of garden
mold rotted leaves and similar rich mat
ter into the hole that you dig for them.
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gether in the beginning, the straighter the
trunks will be and the more perfect VIII
be the crown. because each little tree
strives to reach to the sunlight. AS soon
as the saplings are four five feet tall,
they must be thinned out IL You want 10
make good trees OF them Each tree should
then have at least five feet space on every
side. Cut back all the branches in the au-
tumn and transplant the following autumn
to wherever you wish the tree to stay per-
manently,
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Copyright, 1907, by ]. "

average small gardener. because it con-
tains in one plant the advantages of being
quick grower, insect-proof. nearly SO;
very hardy, beautiful in foliage all the
season. and truly marvellous when in
bloom. Its flowers are pure white stars,
almost an inch in diameter and borne in
great clusters that make the vine look as
II 1t were covered by a soft mass of sud
denly fallen virgin snow Four plants.
well started, can be obtained for Is cents
or 81, and in two seasons they should
make vine covering the whole front of a
Veranda. AS matter of fact, one good
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MI OWING into new house at the end
NI of spring Is of the experiences
that discourages the average
person that little or no attempt is made
that year to do anything toward making
garden The ground is usually Uttered
with builders refuse. the frost has worked
every stone and pebble out of the ground
and to the surface. and altogether things
look hopeless and as if II would require
an unpleasantly heavy expenditure OF
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crimson in the autumn, this vine is salts
factory all the year round and never
monotonous. Woodbne too. especially
the variety known Virginia creeper, is
glorious in the autumn. An advantage of
both of these vines is that they need no
trellis or other artificial training. They
cling directly to the stone or brick.
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plant will furnish all the vine any one can
desire a small house.
The ageratum was the variety known as
blue perfection, which is the darkest blue
Of any of the ageratums and grows almost
one foot high. Ten cents worth of seed.
planted in border around the geranums.
produced mass of heavily Powered plants.
The geraniums, which were planted In
the bed. crowded much more closely to-
gether than the average gardener does.
were the s. A. Mutt variety, old and
standard kind sold everywhere making
double flowers of a rich blood-red.
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Joinery as a Hobby.

From the Sheffield Telegraph.
Jonery is a delightful hobby. We would
not for anything be without our bench and
tool kit, while we are quite proud of the
fact that at this moment our hands are
decorated with no fewer than nine scars,
the work of erratic mallets and ungovern-
able hammers.
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is open enough to permit the breezes free

is open enough to permit the breezes free
access.
A particularly good grower Is the Wild
cucumber which will run thirty feet easily
and cover with its graceful leaves great
deal Of territory. 1t Is profuse bioomer.
sending UP stems covered with small whlte
flowers that fairly look like a snow storm
in the late summer The seed pods are III
tie elongated balloons. with hedgehog
knobs all over them and two big seeds In
each, which plant themselves for next
wears growth.