Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-03

the perennials and biennials, such as
pansies, English daisy, fox gloves,
Canterbury bells and larkspurs This
work should be done by the middle
of the month and preferably in frames
where the new plants can be shaded
! and protected from the cold weather.
Spray the roses every ten days to
prevent mildew and black spot.
Mulch the roses and flower beds
with cow manure, or very old morse
manure and even then watering may
be necessary in time of drought.
The rhododendron beds must be
watere6 during droughts. They might
not show the effects of the droughts
until next spring, and then the cause
of their drying probably would be at
tributed to the winter rather than to
the drought
Cut the grass frequently. according
to the growth it has made. Make fire.
quent moYings, producing short clip
pings, during the hot weather, and let
the clippings remain on the lawn as
a mulch.
Remove the leaves and flower stalks
as soon as their usefulness has passed
from the herbaceous border, in order
! to keep it looking well. Dead or
dying leaves give the border a very
untidy appearance.
When the perennials have died down
plant few ANNALS They will add
color to the border and keep it from
looking ragged.
Lilac and rose bushes must be
sprayed with potassium sulphide to
prevent mildew
Make a final planting of gladiolus
bulbs about the first of July for early
fall flowers. This so-called garden
orchid is unsurpassed as a cut flower.
Watch the asters closely. If they
| are not doing well it is probably due
to aphids on their roots. Make de-
| coction of tobacco water by sleeping
stems, and water the ground about
the aster roots thoroughly with this
solution. Make it about the color of
weak tea, or work O little tobacco
dust into the soil about the plants.
Mulch the ground about the SWEEP
peas with lawn clippings, or litter, TO
Keep the ground cool and moist. The
vines must not be allowed to suffer
from lack of water.
Geraniums, coleus and other plants
used in formal beds can be kept down
to one height, if necessary, and they
can also be kept much stalker by
| frequent pinching. Do 1t often, so
that the appearance of the bed will
| not be marred, as it would be If done
only occasionally.
Spray the cherries. plums and
peaches with a much-diluted lime
| sulphur wash, to prevent injury from
the brown rot.
Spray the potatoes every ten days
! or two weeks with bordeaux mixture
containing arsenate OF lead or Paris
green. to keep the blight and potato
beetle in check. Unsprayed potatoes
will not keep so well as those that
have been sprayed, and in most cases
spraying will increase the crops suffi
GENTLY to pay the cost.
Spray beans to prevent rust Never
hoe them while the foliage or beans
are wet Spray melons to prevent
| blight, and cabbage and caulifiower
with poison to kill the cabbage
worm.
Sow lettuce seeds every ten days
to maintain a succession. Plant
black seeded varieties. During the
summer weather, lettuce will sue
coed better If grown where 1t is
shaded from the monday sun.
Radishes and beans may be fire.
! quently sown, and there should also
be a few hills of an early sweet corn
planted for the late fall picking.
Country Gentlemen and Evergreen
varieties are best.
Tomatoes are much easier to pick
| if the vines are trained over trellis
or on stakes, and the fruit will be
cleaner and less liable to rot.
Pinch off the tips of squash and
melon vines and tomato plants for
a better yield Of finer fruit.
Sow wax beans every ten days for
a succession. Plant in ground pre-
! yiously occupied by early cabbage or
spinach. Make two sowings during
| August.
Make sure the horse you buy has a
clear. bright eye.
Every year vegetable crops are
| much injured by being sown too
! thickly, and perhaps it is hardly too
much to affirm that most gardeners
would be the gamers were only half
| the seed sown that there is now.
Corn, being a cultivated or hoed
crop serves we'll to clean the land;
that is free it from weeds, so fitting
! II for grain growing and putting 1t
| into shape to seed down to grass or
hay.
! It is very important to start right
| and begin the flock with birds that
| are free from contagion and para
| sites. and to put such birds upon
ground which is likewise free from
these causes of disease.
The reason why trenching improves
plants is that it breaks up the hard
sub-soil and supplies good feeding
soil below At the bottom of the
trench should be placed strong
manure. this covered with good soil.
and layer after layer built up soil
and manure till the trench Is full.
TRY a row of blackberries in soil Of
| this kind and you will find they will
| yield in manner to astonish you
What is most needed in the care OF
work animals is to make their work
| as regular as possible. The horse IS
q muscular animal, and upon the
| strength of his muscles depends his
| efficiency. The way to keep the flesh
| round and the muscles hard and
strong is to give the horses feed for
| energy and muscle building. and to
give them some exercise in the form
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