Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-01-30
r GARDENS ARE PRACTICABLE FOR THE SMALL YARD;
WHAT TO PLANT AND THE PROPER WAY TO DO II

It IS well to begin to lock forward
to the garden you are to have next
spring, summer and fall. II you are
to do The planning yourself you
should get the dimensions of the
plot now, get out your seed and
plant catalogues, look at your plot
from different points of view and try
to picture in your mind just how you
would like to have it look, study
your catalogue for the things you
want. If in doubt. call up florist or
scotsman and he viii be only too
glad to give you his advice
Don't get the idea into your head
that the wonderful" seed and plant
and shrub offers you see advertised
in the magazines from other places
are any better than can be had right
at home, tor they are not. Not only
can you secure just as good flowers
right in Newark as elsewhere, but
you have the additional advantage OF
The advice these local merchants can
give you, and which you cannot get
when you send away for your supply.
Almost invariably you find a Won
derful offer Of a combination OF
seeds or of plants that sounds like
bargain, when Il moments Consid-
GRAFTON will show you that the com
binat4on contains some Of the things
that you are particularly anxious for.
as Wen Us "a number of things you
cannot possibly have any use for, SO
that, in reality the ones you do want
cost you much more than you would |
have TO pay at hore.
If You have the space for it, there
is nothing that adds more attraction |
To n garden than q pool. To have u !
pool Of some sort even in q small |
garden, is net a difficult task, the re-
Of water growing plants |
being sunshine. still. warm water |
and a go,d bottom soil. And since
water lilies love the water warm and
still, they are seldom successfully
grown in fountain basins or in nat
ural lakes or ponds that are fed with
a large inflow of cold spring water
The stagnant pond or pool, how
ever, can be made sanitary and beau
riful by the Introduction of fish and
aquatic plants. Submerged plants
lerify the water, While fish destroy
ali mosquitoe larvae and other
germ breeding insects. The best
plants Tor this purpose are Anarchis
giganta, Camboba viridi-
folia, Sagittaria natans and Wallis
1eria spiralis These can be planted
IN water six inches to two feet deep.
Only enough water should be intro
luced into artificial ponds and pools
TO replace what is lost by evaporation.
Sense should always be the guide in
Il stands to reason that
-tia i,a -
lecayed vegetable matter from the
bottoms Of ponds and marshes. II
his cannot be obtained, an excellent
substitute may be made by adding
)ne-third part of thoroughly decom-
posed COW manure to rich garden
oam.
Making the Basin.
One artificial basin was made Of
connecting the basin By
pipe to the water faucet on the 9ut-
side of the house The entire cost
was twenty dollars.
Frogs and gold fish live happily N
this square pool: lilies. water hya-
,inths, water poppies and other
acouatic plants float on its sunny sur
face, while about It's wet sides grow |
all those moistUe-lOYing things that !
win only grow well near. water hard !
rushes, sweet flags. the Japanese iris, |
marsh marigolds, double Towering ar |
row head, lizards tail and hardy |
ferns.
The last and best JOY OF this little
pool is the invitation it gives to tue
plumbers Of unusual BIRDS that come
there to drink and splash. A huge
maple grows near enough TO shade
lne end, yet not cut cff the full sun
lght from the water lilies and ether
aquatic plants.
In making a concrete pool q total |
lepth OF two feet is sufficient, one |
foot for the soil ana one Tor ths water.
The line OF beauty being q curved |
9nc, the round pool is most attractive, |
II the sides shelye gently |
down to the waters edge. And What |
an excuse a pool gives for tbs dro5p- |
Ing grace Of a weeping willow.
Ii concrete or cement Is too great |
an expense or trouble, one car st'il |
have a very attractive water garden |
oy sinking tubs, boxes or barrels into |
tie lawn, using those that have rs
large Il diameter as possible, since tle |
greater the surface the better the re- |
suits.
When more than one tub or box is |
used a very pretty effect can be pro- !
luced by setting them little distance |
apart and filling the space between
them with o small rock garden. Good !
plants for growing among rocks are
) Weet nlyssurn, rock cress, columbine,
harebell, candytuft, stone-crop, snow
in-summer, periwinkle. forget-me- e-not,
moss pink and portulaea.
Among aquatic plants the beautiful