The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-03

Attend 10 stalking the chrysanthemums now. The wind has probably done no damage yet, but the time to prepare against it is before you suffer the loss Very soon, too tiny buds will appear on the chry ysanthemums. In its zeal to re- produce itself this plant produces an overabundance of blossoms. Pinch off the buds that come now and after a little, select the best ones that come of the tips of the main stalks and leave them to develop, Dinching of all others. Also pinch off the part of the numerous side shoots. These are not needed and will only take the food, of the plant that should be put in the blossoms.
 Characters to Gardens"
 Now Is the time you can give the character to your gardens by attending to those plants that need stalking and by giving the mid season cultivation. It would be a pretty plan, to- to put a mulch around many of the plants. espe- caily those that do not shade the ground themselves The mulch will help to con- serve the moisture and prevent the soil from baking
 A beautiful garden Is not judged by the number of flowers in it. It is not judged by the profusion on the blooms. But it is judged by the care and thought that have been bestowed upon 1t. These are both shown in the selection of varieties, the arrangement, and the size and quality of blossoms.
 "FlOwers and Their Names
 There are many flowers lovers who re- main ignorant of the names of the plant which claim their devotions. This is less evident nowadays than it was few years ago, although in colonial times not to know the names of every flower or herb ill the garden was to indicate d tremendous flaw in ones education. and ignorance not to be condoned.
 One need not know that the quince Is cydonia vulgaris or that mignonette IS reseda dorata, but not to know quince or mignonette is misfortune indeed to the garden maker who expects to get any true enjoyment out of his garden. There is, of course, strong appeal in the mere pleasant vision of things; but how much more pleasure in understanding them. Names were invented for pur- pose. even Latin ones, and every one who professes or who exhibits the slight est interest in gardening ought to appre- ciate the wealth of interest closer att tention to plant lore and botany will dis close.
 Now and then we meet with the type of person who calls every sort of flower either rose or a pink. but even that is better than to have flower described as the sYellowish flower with velvet brown center" or "The plant that looks like a photograph horn,' which leads you to guess "corespsls or to wonder which is meant "Petunia or morning glory"
 lust as 1t Is one's obvious duty to &C., quaint himself with the name of the plant in his garden. true friend they should be- Even those good folks who can tell you that this is geranium, that heliotrope are occasionally indiffer- ent to the nomenclature of varieties of a species.
 A rose might smell as sweet by any other name. but it's own name has be- come associated with its fragrance that even old Omar could not imagine any board of revision willing to rename this lovely blossom.
 However, 1t is not amiss to remember especially the names of the roses. also that some roses are more fragrant than others. Do you know which ones? Does not the fragrance of the tea rose suggest the perfume of olden dimes? And that of the yellow rose the perfume of our grandmother's gardens, and have not the American Beauty rose and the LaFrance rose each exquisite perfumes as peculi- arly their own as perfume of the red roses of samarkand? Ought we not