The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-05-13

II all the old soil is to be kept remove
the top soil for a top dressing and dig
In manure with .subsoil. Replace the
surface soil on top of the bed. Many
gardeners advise turning It under. but
1t is rich in leaf-mould and should go
where the young plants can best get
1t rather than underneath. Only turn
under surface soil when a richer soil is
to be dug in or when manure is to be
added 1
If your garden has been enriched be-s
fore it will need little preparat ton save u
pushing blade of ,atspade into the
soil for its entire length, then twisting
It around to break UP and mellow, the .
earth. This method does. not put the,
good top-son underneath, where young
plants with shallow roots cannot get
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In planning your beds consider the
size and shape Of your grounds Put the
beds on the side where they get tho
most sun, and If shrubbery is to be set
out, put it at the back Of the yard rath-
er than towards the front, to give great
er distance AS rule in d city yard
the planting looks best along the sides
and end. leaving an unbroken grass
plot in thert center. If a flower bed IS
wanted in the lawn it should be a more or
lass formal one, filed: with bedding
plants that will do well the greater part
Of the season. If you have porch. utll-
lie the space beside the front steps with
flower bed with low shrubbeEy ana
free-bloomins plants. *f-s><
Suggestions for Flower Beds
FER narrow bed along side OF a
house, not more than three feet wide'
n,antine of perennials that will not De
likely to prove disappointing, is row
- 1ananese anemones at the back. or II
the wall be blank a row of hollynocks'
1rra FORMER should go about foot ana
= half a part and the latter from twelve
to fourteen inches.
Tn front of this row can be set two
rows of phlox in variety, and the bed
can be edged with phlox drummonoh'
or the second row can contain yellow
dav lilies. German iris, speciosum lilies.
hardy chrysanthemums. a few plants OF
azalea mollis, peony or two. The edse
NAV be of sweet alyssum or Of blue Tom
Thumb ageratun.
For a bed in front of porch, set at
one corner a Dorothy Perkins climber
or one of the red ramblers; in the center
a vine of clematis paniculata, and at
the opposite corner wild cucumber vine'
In this way there should be blooming
vines the greater part of the Summer.
In the bed should be tulips and hya-
cinths for Spring and after they are
taken out, it can be filled with solid
masses Of zinnias, in harmonizing colors.
Scarlet sage is also effective, unless the
house is red brick. Border it with sweet
alyssun1 or ageratum. A bed OF gladiol
set out from ten days to two weeks
apart, from May first to- July first, tc
give succession Of bloom, would also
look we'll The bed can be edged with
golden saxatile. ;s, -. -
: A good hardy border for the shady
side Of back yard could contain fox.
glove, bee-balm, Solomon's> seal, monks
hood, sedums or stonecrop, lilies-of-the'
valley, platyoodons, myrtle, Short:
= aster. A sweet alyssum edging can b
used or a bordering Of common prim
roses or violets. With this combination
there should be something in bloom con
tinuously from May to November.
For a central <bed in a lawn a goot
combination can be had with a castor
bean in the center, surrounded by calad
iums or elephants ear. then a row o
dwarf nasfnrfiun4