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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-20

tips Of the branches are cut about four
inches in length and tied in small
punches to dry. Sage Is used espe-
cially for 1avoring pork sausage and
in dressings for poultry.
Two varieties of mint are often
grown. Peppermint is used In large
quantities for the manufacture OF pep
permint oil and to some extent for
fiavoring, The kind most commonly
grown in gardens, however, Is that
known as spearmint, the young and
tender leaves of which are extensively
used for making mint sauce and for
flavoring lamb chops and other kinds
Of meat Spearmint may be grown by
sowing the seeds, but 1t Is easily
started by taking offshoots from old
plants. One or two clusters of 1t are
sufficient for ordinary use, and care
must be taken that II does not spread
The old plants should be dug up at the
end of the second year and small divi-
sions reset.
The true taragon does not produce
seeds and must be started from roots
or offshoots, either in the fall or In the
spring. The tender leaves and stems
of taragon are used for flavoring cider
vinegar, making what is termed tara
gon vinegar"
Other savory herbs which are desir-
able for home use or marketing are
sweet basil, dwarf basil, coriander,
balm, thyme horehound, summer saw
Dry. sweet fennel and sweet marjoram.
The most important point in con-
nection with producing good savory
herbs Is proper curing. The tender
stems, leaves and flowers, where in
cluded, should be taken from the plants
at the proper stage and then dried in
tho shade. A very good plan is to tie
them in small punches, allowing some
space on the string between each
bunch. then roll loosely in a piece of
paper. leaving both ends of the roll
open so that the air will pass through.
The roll should be tied with string and
hung UP In the shade to dry.
In order to prevent the punches OF
herbs sliding out OF the paper the
string should be attached to the nail,
or whatever they are to be hung upon.
After being thoroughly dry the herbs
should be taken down and each indi-
vidual bunch OF herbs wrapped in par
ATTN paper to retain its color and
flavor and also 10 protect the herbs
from dust.
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CELERY.

Celery II a good crop to grow In
home gardens where space and the soil
will permit. Make u trench about
three inches deep. and II the ground
is very dry turn the hose on 1t in the
evening. wetting thoroughly Cover
level with dry soil. The small plants
are then planted into this row. and
II precaution Is taken every plant
should live and soon develop. II well
rotted manure is obtainable, place a
few inches OF 1t four or five inches
deep in the row. The virtue OF the
manure consists not alone in the plant
food which it gives off but in its ca
pacity to hold moisture which will
tide the plants over even the driest
spells.
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SANDWICHES, DELICIOUS AND
DAINTY, FROM THE GARDEN.

The most delicious OF all the summer
sandwiches can be made right from the
garden. Nothing makes a more ac-
ceptable lunch for a summer day than
a vegetable sandwich, with a crisp
cool filling and bit OF mayonnaise
and glass of iced tea Cut smaller in
fancy shapes this is an ideal menu for
the porch tea also.
Lettuce sandwiches have for a long
time been favorites. To make them,
pick the lettuce the night before, wash
thoroughly and put in n cheesecloth
Gag on the ice. When ready to use II
will be very crisp. Vegetable sand
witches are always better made just
before using, as the dressing softens
them. II this be out OF the question,
they may be opened and the mayon-
naise or cooked dressing spread on
them.
Another good sandwich Is made from
ripe tomatoes simply sprinkled with a
bit Of salt. The tomatoes arc cut very
thin, and either brown or white bread
is used. A particularly dainty and de-
ncious sandwich for a refreshment
sandwich Is made from cucumbers.
Try to pick them all about the came
size. Peel and crisp on the ice. Cut
small circles of bread, a little larger
than the slices and put one slice be
tween. covered with a bit OF mayon-
naise.
II more substantial sandwich Is de-
sired. a supper sandwich for example,
make a potato salad with chopped
chives, cut large slices of brown bread,
spread with butter, put a lettuce leaf
on each slice and fill with the salad.
Another sandwich that IS popular
with the masculine side OF the family is
an onion sandwich. Cut the onions
into very thin slices and let them stand
for some time in cold sailed water To
, extract some OF their strength. Spread
thin slices of brown bread with butter
and a thin coating Of mustard. Season
with paprika and salt.
A vegetable club sandwich makes a
splendid emergency luncheon. Toast
two slices OF bread for each person
and broil one slice OF bacon. Have
ready lettuce. tomatoes and cucumbers
sliced. Put on half the slices a large
leaf of lettuce, tomatoes. then the
bacon and cover with cucumbers and
more lettuce. Add a spoonful OF
mayonnaise and the second slice OF
toast and serve at once.
! very good sweet sandwich is made
by MASKING berries; gooseberries and
currants should be cooked n Dit, sweet
ening them and spreading between
slices of white bread when cool.
Unusual sandwiches for garden
! party can be made by picking nastur-
tium, clover or rose blossoms and pack
ing them about both the bread and
/ butter to be used in an air tight tin box
the night before. Wrap the butter in
! n cloth. When the sandwiches arc
made they will have the flavor and
odor of the flowers used. Serve on
sandwich plates garnished with the
I flowers.-NEI.LIE RYDER GATES, Penn
| sylvania.
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Annual and Perennial LarkspurS Are
Excellent for Cut Flowers

rieties, In artistic arrangement FIR"
50: second, 81. .u
for shipment, box not over sAiSA''
inches. First, 50; second, ~.
Class S-Vase Of 1919 Seeding dahnN
not over twelve varieties. First. IS;
second, ~.
Class T-Best three flowers, any color
on long stems varieties and prizes al
follows: Hybrid cactus, 81; hybrid Pc
ony lowered, 81; hybrid show. VI. ahs
hybrid decorative, 81. For the most rer-
torious exhibit shown by an amateur
silver cup
Glass U--Best arranged vase or bas-
ket of collarette dahlias First prize.
Sc second prize. 81.
Largest flower in the show without
regard as to how or where exhibited.
prize 81.
Best display Of cut dahlias. First,
silver medal second. bronze medal.
The silver and bronze medals of the
American Dahiin Society will be
awarded for the best and second best
exhibits In the show.
The society's certificate of merit IL
offered for any Seeding dahlia novelty
which IL deemed distinct and sufficiently
meritorious and may be awarded by the
adjudicating committee.
JOHN II. PEPPER
Secretary.
ITO Broadway. New York
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AMERICAN DAHIIA SOCIETY.

At meeting Of the executive COM
mittee OF the American Dahlia Society
held in New York on July IL the fol-
lowing list of special prizes for award
at the society's annual show to be held
this year in New York on September
%, "a and IS was adopted:
Class A-Finest and most meritorious
display OF dahlias any or all classes
grasses or other foliage allowed. quality
and arrangement to count. 100 square
feet or over. First, SEQ; second $40.
Glass R-Finest general display OF
ia hlias, any or all types, arranged for
effect, space so square feet First. SO
second. IS.
Glass Best display OF six vases of
coilarette dahlias, distinct varieties
First. Sc second. 81.
Class D-Best howl or vase decora-
ton OF peony, Powered or decorated
dahlias. any foliage. First. Sc : second. 81.
Class E-Best basket or hamper deco
ration Of cactus dahllas. any foliage.
First, Sc; second. 81.
Glass F--Best table centrepiece OF
dahlias for effect, any foliage. for anna
tours and private gardeners only. Sill
YER cup.
Class G-Best decorative vase of ball
shaped double dahlias Silver cup.
stemmed decorative, cactus, show or
pcony Powered dahlias, ono variety,
six flowers 10 the vase. First, SC; sec
ord. 81.
Glass best vase OF modern cactus
dahlias, twelve flowers. not less than
four varieties. First. IS; second, 80
Class J--Best vase Of long stemmed
cactus or hybrid cactus dahlias six
blooms OF one variety. Stems must he
not less than IA inches long to the first
branch. First. IS.
Glass Recollection OF dahlias. MOI
over twenty-five varieties, any or all
types. exhibited by an amateur. First,
Sc second. 81
Class L-Best unnamed tested seed
ling dahlia, TO be shown in ono vase on
long stems subject TO the rules OF the
society. Prize, so. II deemed worthy
the winner TO be called Dahlia ]. Har-
rison Dick IN honor OF our late secre-
/ tary. No restriction as TO the number
Of entries in this class by one exhibitor
Is 10 be made.
Class M-Best vase OF long stemmed
peony Powered dahlias. six blooms Of
than Is inches long TO the first branch
Prize, 50.
Glass N---Best vase OF any type OF
dahlla. arranged for decorative effect.
Open TO amateurs and private gardeners
only.
Class o-Best vase OF mixed dahiias,
arranged for effect Private gardeners
only. First. SO; second, -.
Class P-Collection OF dahiias not over
twelve varieties. any or all types First.
IS In War Savings Stamps.
Class Q-Best vase Of hybrid cactus
dahliaA twelve blooms, one or more va
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-20
FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN RE-
PORT BUSY SEASON.

James Vick's Sons. Rochester, y. Y,
report that the greenhouse department
the past season did a record breaking
business. The demand for plants and
flower seeds was unprecedented.
Haying on the big farms has been
finished with over $50 tons in the
barns. -Four wheat binders have been
running for several days in the wheat
fields and the grain will be threshed
before 1t is put under cover. The crop
is expected TO make about 5000
bushels.
The acreage Of asters is smaller than
for several years on account OF damage
to the seed beds by storms. so that
half the plants were destroyed. About
seventy acres Of asters are in splendia
condition and will yield a heavy crop
OF seed.
N' Enough salpiglossis, nigclla, candy
tuft, cosmos, &C., will be harvested to
supply almost the whole United States.
The stand Of phlox is small as a
miniature cloudburst washed the field
badly. but what remains looks well.
There are thirty acres in sweet corn,
sixteen acres OF potatoes, forty acres
of oats, twenty acres OF buckwheat
and eighteen acres of cabbage.
The apple orchard will produce
about 1000 barrels, one of the largest
apple crops in western New York.
The Dingee & Conard Company.
West Grove, Pa. say they received
more orders for roses the past season
than at any time during their sixty
nina years in business Sufficient helm
could not be secured to pack and ship
the plants nor to handle the CORE
spondence in the office.
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LARKSPURS.

The difference in the foliage is so
great as TO lead a person to believe
that the annual and perennial lark
spurs are a different family of plants.
The foliage OF the annual is fine and
graceful, somewhat resembling myrio-
phyllum. or parrots feather, the popu-
lar aquarium plant. The broad leaved
foliage OF the perennial larkspurs is
entirely different; this also is attrac-
tive.
The annual larkspurs make hand
some beds with their light, graceful
foliage and bright colored flowers. The
flowers keep well when cut and placed
in water and really seem more delicate
and refined than the perennial sorts.
Both the annual and perennial lark
spurs are benefited by liberal fertiliz-
ing and daily watering during the hot
weather.
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THE FRIENDLY GARDEN.

All the flowers of love and memory.
You will find them--in the friendly
garden.
Climbing over my side veranda are
three lovely white cherokee rose
bushes that have grown from a bou
quet given me four years ago. After
the blossoms Of my pretty bouquet had
shattered, I selected the sprays that
had old wood and three or four good
joints or buds and put these cuttings
into a box of sand. At the end Of
FIVE or six months these cuttings had
fresh green leaves and sturdy white
roots, waiting to be set in more nour-
ishing soil. planted them and
watered them and now they are a
mass of white blossoms to furnish
me constant pleasure and sweet mem
cries OF the friend who gave me the
bouquet.
One friend l know has the beauti-
full shade of a willow tree, grown from
a cutting. to remind her OF a happy
outing with friends in the country
years ago. Another acquaintance has
an ivy, fifteen years old. a slip. that
she brought across the sea from the
home OF one Of the old composers.
pleasant jaunt to the country, a
visit to a friends in some nearby
town, an excursion or picnic can all
yield the souvenir of some slip of
plant or vine that will grow and can
be set in the friendly garden. To
them can be added many more-the
roses from a bridal bouquet. carnations
from a June graduation, and the gifts
OF flowers from friends at Easter and
Christmas.
Plants that can be grown from cut
tings with little care are numerous
roses, carnations, geraniums, sweet
geraniums, ivy geraniums, pelar-
goniums. begonias. verbenas, hello
trope, honeysuckle, climbing fig, grape
vine, ivy and periwinkle.
To be successful In roofing plants
from slips have good cuttings. Lengths
about nine to twelve inches are best,
varying according to the number OF
joints. which should be at least thre<
or four. The slips should be cut with
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NC THE GARDEN INSURES CONTINUOUS INTEREST

watered by dew ana mist and invig-
GRATED by the cool night air.
One other thing must not be for
gotten: Most of the rhododendrons
about New York, no matter what the
variety nor how hardy nor how we'll
shaded or watered. are being ruined
by the rhododendron lace bug, a little
insect resembling an animated fish
scale. Examine the under sides Of the
brown rhododendron leaves and there
will be found numbers Of these insects,
scattered over the leaves, sucking out
the sap and slowly killing the plant or
rendering It unsightly and worthless.
The remedy Is to be continually on
the alert with the spraying machine
and keep the insects covered with
nicotine solution or kerosene emulsion,
just the same treatment required for
plant lice. w. a. MURRILL.
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CLEMATIS.

BY selecting the proper varieties,
clematis may be had in flower from
spring until autumn. Too many gar
deners have ono or two varieties of
clematis and give the others no con-
stderation.
Every one knows the familiar blue
clematis jackmani. It is easily grown
is very foriferous. Towering about
midseason. In the patens and florida
sections the flowers are produced on
the previous years growths and only
very thin and dead wood should be cut
out in the spring pruning, but after
Towering the plants may be thinned
out and cut back.
OF the patens type We have Albert
Victor, pale lilac; Fair Rosemond,
pinkish white with red stripes; Miss
Bateman, pure white; Sir Garnet
Wolseley. slate blue with red stripes,
while IN England there are several
excellent varieties that have not seen
IN America, including Mrs. George
Jackman.
In the florida type are Duchess of
Edinburgh. a double white with fra
grant flowers.
One Of the earliest to flower Is Mon
tana grandiflora, a very strong grower.
The flowers are snow white, about two
inches In diameter and frequently
begin to expand by the first week in
May and soon almost completely hide
the plant.
The lanuginosa group begin flower
Ing in June, the flowers being pro-
duced from lateral shoots OF the cur
rent years growth: these sorts should
be cut moderately hard back. The
flowers are from three to six inches
In diameter and appear continuously
through the summer. Some OF the
best are Enchantress, double white
shaded roee; Fairy Queen, white shade
rose; Gem. lavender blue: Lady Caro-
line Nevill. white with purple stripes:
Lawsoniana, large blue flowers; Mar
eel Moser, white striped red.
The Jackmanii and viticella sections
require to be cut back much harder
than any OF the previous sections. as
the flowers are produced on the wood
of the current years growth.
Jackmanii is too well known to need
description. but superba, violet blue,
Is equally as good. Alba, white shaded
blue, Gipsy Queen, reddish purple, and
Madam Baron Veillard. pink. are all
good and why they are not more gen.
orally used Is a mystery.
In the viticella section. wearing
flowers about two inches in diameter,
with four petals. we have NJ. Roster
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-20
IOWA GARDEN CLUBS INCREASE

Garden club leaders in Iowa have
found since the war ended that inter-
est in gardens has increased rather
than diminished. There are more gar
den club members in the State this
year than last. The city OF Des Moines
alone has 1000 more members this
year than year ago. That additional
interest Is being taken in gardening
throughout the State is shown by the
fact that 90 per cent of the garden
club leaders are being paid this year.
as against so per cent who were paid
last year.
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PARSLEY.

The dainty garnishing OF food is the
first big step in digestion. Nothing
adds more to the appearance of
juicy brown beefsteak or piece OF
boiled fish than a few sprays OF pars-
ey. The seed may either be broad
casted or sown in rows. However, the
rows are preferable, because weeds
may be kept out much more easily. In
the fall when freezing weather arrives
cover or mulch with strong manure
TO protect from the cold. Many start
the seed In the garden and then trans
fer the plants to window boxes for
use during the\Yinter. 1t is as orna-
mental as a fern as we'll as having
food value.
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Border of perennial larkspur.

a sharp knife, as scissors or clippers
are apt to mash and injure the wood.
The cuttings should have some old
wood and should be placed in sand
so at least two joints are buried.
The best place to root plants is In
II wooden box, filled with sand about
six inches deep. with holes in the
bottom for drainage. The box should
be kept in an exposure that gets sum
shine one half of the day and the
sand should always be kept moist but
not soaking. for slips will rot easily.
Many times cuttings will send out
leaves and appear to be growing. but
1t is often a false growth, as will be
found when they are pulled up for they
will not have grown any roots. merely
living on the sap within the slip.
When the leaves stay permanently
green the roots are usually grown and
the slip is ready for the ground
, DoRoTHEA DE MERITTE DUNLEA, Cali
fornia.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-20

The garden department of THE Sun
has for a long time advocated making
changes in the garden every year.
That is the way to create continuous
interest in the garden. OF course there
are certain satisfactory plants that we
never wish TO be without. and making
changes does not mean discarding the
good, but rather dropping the things
that are not quito suitable to the soil
or climate or are little below the
standard In quality Of foliage, fruit or
flower. or not sufficiently disease re-
sisung or free from insects, or do not
harmonic with the surroundings.
Making changes does not necessarily
mean replanting the entire garden.
Some satisfactory plants may be
omitted for a year or two to give room
for something new. and when the old
friends are replaced again they will
be appreciated all the more for their
temporary absence.
This idea now has many advocates.
u. P. Hedrick, horticulturalist Of the
State Agricultural Experiment Station,
embraces the idea in his Fruits for
the Home Grounds" issued this year
for the American Association of Nur-
serymen. He says:
"The fruit garden must never be
finished. To change and plant and
plan constitute the chief delights of
gardening. To travel hopefully is
better than to arrive says Stevenson.
Travelling hopefully in an unfinished
orchard is better than arriving, no
matter how happily one arrives"
Walt Mason in one of his homely
illusions expresses the idea in a way
that makes 1t plain. THE rose bush
blooms little while beside my cottage
door; a week or two It puts on style.
and then It blooms no more. With
lovely things It's always thus, they're
doomed to swift decay; a little while
they stay with us and then they fade
away. And while I toll the passing
bell a bird sings in my ear: You
would not love them half so much If
they were fixtures here"
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DID YOU ORDER YOUR FERTILIZER.
ORDER NOW.

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TILIZER When ordering FERTILIZER
think OF LIMO" LIMO" Is endorsed
rs tho best FERTILIZER on the market
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+ reases the nitrogen OF the soil acts a
ionic, Is IA plant food. is a crop builder, and
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LIMO IL sold with guaranteed analysis,
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Some Changes May Be Planned to Be
Made in the Autumn

but unless sufficient other feed is sup
piled the animals gradually lose weight
and become greatly run down, and
finally diseased. This shows that
bakers bread Is deficient in nouriJh-
ment.
Where there are children in tho
family do not depend on bakers
bread, but use good home made bread
for the benefit of the health Of the.
little ones,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-20

Cheap clover seed is the most OK
pensive seed to buy. If cheap clover
can be had for nothing. refuse it. The
weeds It will introduce will cost more
TO get rid OF than many times the
value of the seed. The best clover that
can be bought is the cheapest, regard
less Of the cost price. Have the state
Experiment Station test the seed for
purity before sowing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-20

What is called the inch worm or
looper frequently causes considerable
damage to vegetable plants. 1t will
bore into the head OF a cabbage.
Spraying with lead arsenate will con-
troll II, but this must not be used on
headed cabbages. See paragraph above.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-20
APHINE MFG. CO., Ma Msdi ..5:,
strawberry PLANTS

Fall planting VIII bear fruit next sum-
mer Raspberry, Blackbery, Gooseberry,
Currant, Grape Plants, Fruit Trees, Shrubs.
Catalogue free.
HARRY l.. sQUIREs. Good Ground. n. Y.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-20

Parents may profit by the expert
chce of one who has purchased stale
bread and rolls from bakers for feed
\pr poultry. rabbits and swine.
I The animals eat the bread and seem
tb like it. 1t is satisfying for the time,
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Flower of annual larkspur.

Do not use arsenate OF lead or other
poisons on cabbage plants after they
have headed. Use hellebore after the
plants have headed to keep of insects