The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-04-10

the mind OF the man who VIII have
a few window boxes On the rear porch
OF his fiat, the man who Will cultivate
a little strip of land back of his
cottage, the man of moderate means
who has a little summer home over in
Michigan and the man who owns a
real summer home, out in the country
districts.
II all started when the congressman
from the several districts sent out gar
den and flower seeds. They always do
that every year and when they do, the
planting microbe begins to work. That
starts things going. Then tie seed
houses do their share. too; for they
mall out bushels and bushels Of gaudi-
ly coIored catalogues. and the mag
aGincs blossom forth with all sorts OF
garden advertisements and every one
who has ever seen anything grow, or
who has ever had spade or hoe in
his hand, begins TO look for tho mel
low dirt, the fallow fields and the gar
den patch. The spring fever comes
along when the maple trees begin to
give out their sweet sap and tho pus-
sy-willows show gray along the
streams
The man with the big garden begins
his plans early In January. He talks
over seed. laws out the designs for his
flower beds and even puts in his
orders for seed while the snow is vet
thick on tne ground. The man with
the little patch In town waits until the
last minute before he lays In his stock,
and the Saturday before he begins the
garden-for he usually makes II on
Sunday-he bastens to the seed store
and there, with crowds of other i'm
patient customers. buys his supply.
The Microbes at Work.
These are the times when the sur.
| burban trains are clustered up with
| hoes. rakes. spades and garden tools
! The suburbanite bethink6 him of the
! garden patch and as he passes the
! hardware store in the city he sees all
sorts of tempting garden implements
He lays in stock and insists upon
| Juggling the tools home in the train
| much to the annoyance OF those who
| fall over the awkward bundles and
| bark their Shins.
The proper seed for the lawn, the
right way to plant radishes. and other
| interesting garden questions are topics
| vi
exclusion OF politics or the latest bis
| sensation. and with the advent OF the
first robin every man with garden
patch as large as a Turkish rug sub
scribes for every garden publication
on the llst-
Seeds 500 Per Pound.
Pansy seed Is not expensive. as ;
general rule. and yet thore Is new
variety which costs $40 per pound
One of the costliest vegetable seed is
the cauliflower AS high as $3.50 al
ounce is paid for this seed of course
one ounce ought to plant about hal
acre Of ground if the seed is uset
carefully
In the crowded city, where space Is
limited, there are a few vegetables
which can he raised easily and at ;
profit The average city gardcI
should consist of lettuce. radishes
Swiss chard, OF summer spinach
beets, beans and onion sets Peas
take up too much room Tomatoe.
Gun be raised in a small space. Al
most every city garden Will contain
FIVE or six tomato vines trellIsed, 3,
they take ,ap small space Some city
farmers, with little space have founC
an ingenious way of raising cucum
bers. They ill barrel with soil ant
allow the vines to Chamber down III,
sides.
The usual flower garden Of the cit
is restricted 10 pansics. morning glo
ries. nasturtiums and sweet peas AS
terS and gladlolus and other show,
flowers are not common The aboy,
mentioned are easily grown and taxi
up but little room In the crampeC
gerdenS OF the poor Some persons
raise n succession of crops on th,
same ground each year After th'
radishes are we'll under way they sticl
onion sets In the ground, and by tb'
time the radishes are out of SeasoI
young onions are ready for the table
OF the amateur gardener and his at
tempts TO make things grow. IL 4
related OF one man who had lived al
his life in the city. and who, for som'
unknown reason, was attacked by tn,
gardening microbe. that he planted
garden. after spending much none.
Tor seed. and awaited with impatlenc,
for tho green things to sprout. II
due time the warm SUN and the sprlnl
rains brought out a vivid green crop
end the man viewed his little gardei
with pride every morning By an,
by 1t came time To weed the plot, an,
he did SO. picking out all the ugI
looking weeds, as he supposed. an,
leaving the better looking plants I,
grow. But. II Is sad TO relate wheI
the garden had begun TO grow vigor
ouSly il was found that he had pulle,
all the plants and left the weeds In
stead, and he had 20 do his work al
over again by planting a later sort o
vegetable.
Most people would be of the opin
ION that garden seeds are raised II
america, but II is a fact that they ar.
imported from all parts of the world
ard vast quantities Of seed come from
Europe. France. Germany and HOLLAND
! supply great quantities. II is because
labor is cheaper there that seed rails
ioS is more profitable The people o
.nose countries are also more careful
ana are willing TO putter about at tbir
sort Of work with great patience
california. Michigan and Wisconsin
are good seed-raising states
Gardens for the Poor.
Fully 40 per cent of the onion sets
raised In the United States are from
Chicago. From 1000 to 5000 bushels
are shipped out each season. and thI,
crop nets the truck gardeners of the
vicinity something like s75O.oOO
lhcse arc raised by truck gardeners