Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-29
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GREEN THINGS GROWING

Everyone loves garden, whether 1t
be only the small enclosure of turf
and side beds of a suburban. villa or the
luxuriant sweetness and space of a
country garden.
OF course, the first thing to study in
any garden is the needful watering of
the plants, and few amateur garden
ers know that in the spring, autumn
and winter the water used should be
some degrees warmer than the atmos-
phere where the plans live, and at
the chilly seasons of the year water
ing operations are best done in the
morning; it is only after a hot sum-
mers day that the plants are best re-
freshed in the evening, and rainwater
Is the ideal water to employ.
A good housekeeper should appropri-
ate a little corner in the garden for
herb growing. Apart from their homely
sweetness, herbs are invaluable in the
kitchen, for chervil, fennel, marjoram,
mint, parsley, sage, tarragon and
| thyme, with it's orange and lemon va
rieties all play important parts in
garnishing and seasoning. Although
fresh herbs are naturally better than
dried, still dried herbs are not to be
despised. To dry herbs put them,
when INTO Cl6dn MIlLG paper
bags, which should be so tied as to
exclude air. and hang them up till re-
quired; some people reduce the leaves
to powder when dry and keep the pull
verized herbs in closely corked bot
ties.
Now that the country beckons holt
| day making city dwellers, the garden
lover has a chance to rob hedgeside
and rocky clefts of their ferny treasures.
Ferns are very handy, but they re-
quire a sheltered spot and plenty of
shade and moisture. When ferns
adorn a rockery, those brought from
rocky homes should be planted, and
not the other varieties, for nature re-
sents change.
Fragrance Under the Window
There is one thing that the lover of
sweet-scented flowers should remember
when arranging his or her garden, and
that is to have a bed of fragrant bios
| SONS under a window. Who does not
appreciate the joy of breathing the air
near bed of dewy white pinks, or the
more subtle charm of the evening air
| family imbued with the perfume of the
tobacco plant, while bed of the night
scented stock is a joy to those who APP
precite delicate odors. All these plants
are quite inexpensive and easy to rear,
and in the case of the night-scented
stock, small quantity of seeds pro-
duces a large quantity of plants.
When the garden possesses a we'll
nouirshed light soil it will make an
ideal home for the beautiful passion
flower, which was first discovered in
Peru by the Spaniards, and takes its
name from it's likeness to the emblems
of our Lords crucifixion. The corona
of the flower represents the crown of
thorns, the five antlers are in the five
wounds, three styles show the nails
and hammer, scourge and lance are
distinctly traceable. Some imaginative
persons say that the five sepals and
five petals are typical Of the ten faith
full apostles, Judas and the impulsive
st. Peter being deemed unworthy of a
place in the mystic passion flower.
OF course it stands to reason that
there are people who do not possess
even a tiny garden, and their more
fortunate friends should remember this
and sometimes send a few fragrant
messengers to convey a memory of
their pleasant surroundings. When
| such is the case, flowers are best gath
cred when the sun is on them, and
| they should be placed in a wooden box
on a bed of fiat leaves; the heaviest
blooms are laid underneath and the
most fragile ones last, but as tin and
cardboard boxes prevent flowers re-
tanning their pristine freshness on ar
rival, a wooden box is always pre-
ferable.