Evening star., 1933-11-07

| that one had turned on the water for
the outside spigot, and thus forgetting
to turn it off again; in which event the
affair would stand a very good chance
of freezing up and bursting. Few gar
dene->, one might think, would like TO
have this on their souls more than once
year.
| Winter ends outside gardening, for
| most of us. And, for most, this is a
welcome relief for time. 1t is good
to contemplate the outside world for
space as place of possibilities, but
where there is nothing to be done in
the planting line for time.
Every season has its compensations;
this Is one of them. Now no more for
a space are digging, and planting, and
watering, and cutting the grass, and
| spraying Of roses, and all the other
tasks so pleasant to those who find
them so and so tiresome to those who
do not find them so.
1t is possible now to see even the
small garden as whole, wherein more
planning might go with less planting,
to the benefit of everything.
Now bright colored leaves come sift-
ing down, covering walks and filling
cutters, making problems for scrupulous
home owners.
Careful raking, and removal of fallen
leaves should include attention to those
which happen to fall into lily pools.
An astounding number of leaves can
fall into the average pool, no matter
how small. They will not be good for
| the plants therein, and they will mean
positive harm to the goldfishes, no mat
ter how deep the water.
1t Is generally understood that no
fishes should be left to Winter in pools
unless the water is at least two feet
deep. Perhaps slightly lesser depth
would serve. if care were taken to break
the ice consistently in freezing weather
| Permitting fallen leaves to remain,
however, is extremely bad for the ami
NAL life contained in lily pools. Some
solve this problem by putting screens
over their pools until after the leaves
have fallen, but even this method is
not sure, since, if the screen is re-
moved too early, leaves may blow over
the ground into the pool
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| A few dwarf marigold plants sur
Vlyed the recent heavy frost out our
way, where the temperature went down
to minimum of 81 degrees a few days
before the beautiful Spring-like days
OF the last week of October.
We regretted the loss of the others.
These dwarfs are splendid, bushy plants,
resembling small evergreens They
seemed very hardy, but could not stand
the sudden cold of that one night.
After the sun struck them, they
began to wither, with the result that
by the next day they had to be re-
moved. Those which remain were pro-
tected by other plants.
Loss of most of the marigolds might
have been prevented by covering them
up with newspapers for just one night.
But every one who has ever tried to
protect plants in the open with a wind
blowing knows the real difficulty of
the task. Still it seems a great deal
of pity to fail to protect such beau
tiful plants when one nights covering
would have preserved them for a full
two weeks more of blooming or longer.
This small experience shows the ne
cessity for constant vigil in regard to
outdoor flowers. One cannot give over
the garden yet a while. The hardy
chrysanthemums still bloom Tower
ing specimens of hardy asters, some
times despised by finicky gardeners,
send their lilac flowers 5 or s feet
into the air. Outdoor gardening of
1888 is not finished until the last flower
falls victim to the advancing cold.