The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-07-08
WORK WITH THE W
BY JOSEPHINE DE MARI.

DO not neglect the winter garden,
even though the plants are NJ their
best. Turn the plants nee a week,
stir the surface soil; wash the pots
with strong s%oapsuds; give plenty OF
fresh air daily; shower the plants
once a week; watch for pests; see
that the warm sunshine does not
scorch your plants on warm after.
moons.
Plants that are intended for bedding
should be shifted as they fill their
pots with roots, and give plenty OF
sunshine and air. Otherwise they
will be leggy and weak.
II you wish TO get specimen cannas
and dahlias, start a few In the house
early. Remove roots, stalks. and un.
necessary fiber and u into single
eyes. Then pot in four.inch pots in
rich soil; shift when the pots I'll with
roots. The Gamma, like corn. needs
moisture and heat TO develop properly.
Let the hedge take the place OF the
fence where possible about the house
grounds. II the fence Is imperative,
let IL be hidden by n drapery Of vines,
Honeysuckle is the best permanent
vine.
California privet leads the hedge
plants in popularity: then comes bar.
berry. Japanese ounce, althea, buck.
thorn and some varieties OF roses.
For utility the Usage.
\ flower friend says she rid her lemon
tvee OF scale by applying n strong
lather OF soap suds with a stiff brush
to both sides OF the leaves. stems and
trunks. This was allowed to remain
for half n day and then washed Of
with clear water, The scale was then
easy TO brush of.
II you got n gloxinia bulb this spring
when II blooms save the seeds. and
nex spring experiment growing these
gorgeous boomers. FIJI a we'll
drained, shallow pot or box with fine
light soil; even 1t carefully and scat
ter the seeds on II. Press the seeds
into the soil with a fiat block OF wood
Put a pane OF glass on the pot and
water from the bottom. They vii
bloom the first year, but the seconC
/, year will greatly improve them.
, Don't transplant into the garden an!
| sort Of tender plant, or hardy one tina
has been tenderly coddled, until Jacl
Frost is gone.
Don't forget that rotation In tn,
] flower bends and borders IL as neces
sary az In the fields and gardens.
Such hardy flowers as pausies, foI
h get.me-nots and phlox. and the like
: that have been grown In n cold fran
and hardened. may be planted ou
six weeks before tender or hot hous
plants.
Go over the lawn and II you I'm
moss. rake II out. Cut well belo'
the crowds OF dandelions and plai
talns. II possible, top.dress the law
: with leaf.mold or thoroughly rotte
straw or manure
II you have a tree about the plac
: that is dying. and you wish to rene.
It's youth, plant woodbine at its has
and In a very few years the tree wi
l. be covered with foliage and hay
waving banners more beautiful tina
5. In It's prime OF life.
Dig deeply and thoroughly II earl
II crops OF flowers or vegetables al
q wanted. No matter what the textui
10 OF the soil. light OF heavy. II is alwa!
% improved by spading deeply.
N When planting trees in clay or 9th,
N heavy soils not well drained, folio
this method: Dig holes 3 feet wi,
o. and 20 inches deep; place In them
Or 10 inches OF drainage, rocks. bricl