The Washington times., 1914-03-30
Points on Gardening|
Dainty
Attract the
Rose Grower
Bv Anne Marie Llovd.

ME woman VINO gardens has
been well remembered this yea,
by the maker of tools. The
gardening basket offers every
necessary implement for making a
complete. garden. arranged in the
most attractive manner Just to
look at one Of these garden baskets
makes you crook your arm and long
to seize it and fly to the sunny
slope. where your dream garden has
been blooming these many years.
The baskets are generous. strong.
substantial, efficient looking. They
are of heavy wicker. lined with
leather in green. red. brown or blue.
Fixed in leather straps around the
edge is a row of tools. There Is the
steel hand which scratches around
the roots of shrubs and plants and
helps make the soil -of the flower
bed soft and fine and free from
weeds. There Is a tube-shaped i'm
plement which cuts out its fill OF
soil and leaves a deep and SYM
metrical place for setting out plants.
pointed tool. which will make holes
for the planting Of tubers. or roots,
or will draw a trench deep enough
for the smaller seeds that lie nearer
the surface.
Charming Rose Baskets.
Two spading forks are in the bas-
kets. One with four prongs is fit to
turn the turf. or deepen the root
spaces. or turn over the-earth for a
fresh summing. The other, with two
narrow prongs. permits the gardener
to lift q single plant from a row
without disturbing its neighbors.
There are also shears and clippers.
In the corner Of the basket Is q
hand spray. Fastened on each side
are spools of wire and twine.
Gather ye roses while ye may
takes on a special significance whom
the charming rose baskets are con-
sidered. Some Of these are in brown
wicker, open at the ends, with high
sides and a wicker handle. Others
have curving sides, and still others
are almost fiat trays, with handles
at each end. and are supposed to be
slung about the neck Of the flower
picker by a rose-colored ribbon. leav-
Ing both hands free for her fragrant
task.
Tai, sticks topped with wooden
birds in gay colors are the latest
fancy for supporting roses where
there Is no trellis. They are fasc.-
fou: scattered through a rose gar
den would have the effect of won
derful plumaged birds lowering over
the perfumed blooms.
The real birds are well provided for
in the various shops which deal with
country home furnishings. For their
protection are complete little houses
with roofs which overhang in Swiss
chalet style. or end in towers like
ming homes have all the modern i'm
provements. and any birds looking
for rents would be most fussy crea-
lures II they were not content to
settle in them. Moreover. they are
ornamental, either placed on cedar
posts or tucked away in the leafy
boushs of the trees.
Magic Weather Prophets.
There are also quaint houses in
which live two old weather prophets
that for years have been foretelling
with surprising accuracy the wea-
ther of the immediate future. These
dwellings are OF painted tin in gay
hues. There is a tiny piazza and two
doors. always open. On one side Of
the house lives a little old lady. with
a blue and yellow dress and a fiow-
er. decked hat. II you see SO much
as a glimpse OF her out on the piazza
you may safely leave your umbrella
at home, no matter how lowering the
skies. She has never been known to
venture out in storm.
On the other side Of the house
GWeEs a little old man. When you
see him come out Of the door with
his coat collar turned about his ears
and his hat drawn down over his
eyes. look out for rain or snow, or
whatever kind of bad weather is sea-
sonable, Queer little tin couple, they
have the faith of people all over the
world and the actual affection of all
the children that know them, and
they are OF never-failing interest, II
giving a niche in the corner of the