Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-11
pring Flowers for the Farm Home

Spring Flowers for the Farm Home
We may well inquire as to what
should be done now in the way of
getting ready for an abundance of
spring bloom. This is the season
when the land should be prepared
for sweet peas. | doubt very much
the wisdom of planting them until
late December in this section of
Georgia. In south Georgia, where
the winters are mild, earlier plant
ing may be practiced What more
beautiful sight has ever been seen
than a grsat trellis of Spencer sweet
peas lin full bloom? Even if the
trellis be only 10 feet long, it will
supply the home with all of the
flowers that can be used for a pc
Rod of from two to four weeks
About all the peas ask the owner is
to be planted in a trench made rich
with j yard manure and some COM
mercial fertilizers. They may ask
for a drink occasionally, but the re-
ward will be hundred times great
er than the cost in any event.
Long before sweet peas come in
the spring, however, one may have
an abundance of bloom from bulb
GUS plants If they have not already
during early December. What should
be planted? For the open. garden.
there is the jonquil and the narcls-
slls in almost endless variety. Moth
ing" could be finer or more luXu-
RANT than the massed bloom OF
these plants. They will come peep
ing out of the ground early IN the
spring, a harbinger, in fact OF the
glory that is to follow after when
nature wakes up from her period OF
rest and sleep and sets out TO pro
duce another harvest for mankind.
After these come flags of almost
every kinda and description. From
the blue of the German or the Span
ish iris to the saffron hues of those
+ obtained from Japan. Few Dubious
plants will respond more generously
to a moderate degree of attention and
consideration than the flag. Yet,
one may travel a long way through
the country and maybe in the city
as we'll without finding a single one
of these wonderful plants in bloom.
1t only takes a moment and
thought to plant one of these, ana
vet, when this is done, what a
splendid reward is certain to follow!
There seems to be no drones in the
family of flowers, but rather a de-
sire to work and grow and reproduce
beautiful colors along with flowers
of delicate fragrance and inspiring
beauty. Nature uses the flower TO
decorate her most difficult and in
accessible places. Why should man
be so. careless, indifferent, and neg
li5ent in regard to matters of this
kind about his home when he has
J been set such wonderful example
by. the God of the universe in which
he is allowed for a little while to
live and move and have his being?N
There are two other types of
spring blooming bulbs to which [
wish to refer before closing this
rambling dissertation on flowers.
The first embraces the lily family,
and the second, the peony. There
are several very beautiful lilies,
which may be grown with practically
no. trouble at all. They come into
season when other blooms are not
so likely to be abundant They are
so entirely different, and yet so ra-
diant in their beauty as to offer a
new thought and inspiration to those
who admire the beautiful and
aesthetis So, by all means have
some of the standard and harder
/ sorts planted in some shady, favored
nook where the lily will find condi-
tons to its liking, and it will offer
you "a glorious reward for the time
and trouble expended on its care.
The peony is an old friend of
every good gardener. 1t also comes
at a season when there are not
many other blooms available. One
no !, III
according to taste or fancy One
may have them from three to six
inches across, depending on the To-
cation selected and the generosity
of the food supply accorded the
bulbs. In any event, these plants
must have a rich location that is not
TOO much exposed to the direct rays
Of the sun. Where such conditions
pertain, they will yield a profusion
Of bloom that is really amazing, and
the size and glory of the blooms can
|. never be forgotten.
/ am sorry to feel that we live
IN a state of such marvellous posi-
5ilities in so far as floral beauty is
concerned and yet We are failing to
capitalize our potential resources for
the inspiration, uplift and enlarge
ment of the vision of the youth of
DiIf state. i regret TO Inlnk tnat
Georgia might indeed and in truth
be regarded as the Land of Flow
ers," but through a failure to I'M
aerstand and appreciate the impor-
lance of the resources which the
Creator has placed at our disposal
we have let another, and, as I con
slider lit, a less favored state run
away with part of what is our
birthright. SO, I have written this
little rambling sketch in the hope
that 1t might attract the attention
Ind interest of our people and slim
hlate them to the point where we
may emphasize flower culture to a
.nore desirable and complete degree
N the not distant future.
Cultivating Legumes in Coweta
County
r. r. s., Newman, Ga, writes:
Which leSumes are best adapted
to CoWeta county and on what
type of soil should they be
planted? Do they need to be in
oculated? How should they be
planted and fortified? How
should they be cultivated and
when cut for hay?
The following legumes can be
grown with success in your section
or georgia; CoWpeaS, soy beans, vel
vet beans, crimson clover, alfalfa,
and hairy vetch. AS a rule it is not
necessary to inoculate the seed of
any of these crops save that of Grim
son clover, bur clover. and alfalfa
The large seeded legumes usually
have enough Of the bacteria on the
seed coatings to insure the develop
ment of nodules on their roots. or
rourse all crops should be examined
during the early stages of growth.