The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-04-10
HOBBY RIDING
WITH
MAX CHAMBERS
GARDENING

Gardening must be among the
oldest pastimes for we quickly recall
the Garden of Eden, the Hanging
Gardens of Babylon, the fitches,
leeks. lentils and garlic; cinnamon,
mint, mustard, rice, saffron, spike
nard. cummin, beans, and dozens of
other foods and flowers of the Bible.
Then we think of the dwarf trees
of Japan-developed by cutting and
recruiting the tap roots; the love
apples (tomatoes) taken from the
Inca country by Pizarro or his con-
sorts to King Charles of Spain who
was suspicious of the love apples
edible qualities and grew it only for
garden and table decoration. We
must not forget old Charleston,
Florida and the Dupont CLongwood)
Gardens near Wilmington. Every
type Of garden may be found on the
Delmarva peninsula from the back
garage kitchen garden, pools and
rockeries TO the priceless labyrinth
lockwood gardens.
And there is a book of supersti
lions about gardening. Plant by the
moon. the tide, the mouse ear leaves
IN the white oak, the migrating
birds. the neighing horse, the dog
barking at the moon and thousand
others and you'll harvest a bountiful
crop OF tubers or tulips regardless of
The fact that LINNAEUS, the
swedish botanist. analysed and
Classified more than three hundred
thousand plants and proclaimed that
he crop depended upon the germina-
ion qualities OF the seed.
Gardening Is getting under the
hides Of hundreds Of young and old
his spring They're itching to
grabble" in the ground and get
Whit of the newly turned earth;
glance at the disappearing seed; the
racking soil. the unfolding leaves,
he popping blooms and the deliei-
BUSINESS of home grown delicaeies or
beautiful flowers for sick friends.
homes. birds. and bees. Talking
about glory in grocery stores. you
see it only in the springtime when
The seedman opens up his colorful
boxes. Who remembers the Govern
ment seeds once sent out by the
Senators? Fruit and vegetables
hardly ever look like the pictures on
the packages. Flowers almost al
ways do. A simple tool will do the
work-primitive man used a limb
and science doesn't have a chance
when a hobby riding hoe litter can
lind a DR. Miles or Hagerstown
Almanac.
Among the hundreds of gardening
enthusiasts are Mrs. Charles York OF
Denton and Mrs s. J. Stein. Seaford,
grower of old fashioned flowers. And
we must not forget the Eastern Shore
Potato Blossom Festival on May 90
3d. This will be a good time for
that trip to the interesting Shore OF
Virginia. Watch your paperi
Try your luck with garden oddities.
Plant a few "two-foot cucumbers":
"cat-gut" beans as long as a buggy
whip; Australian beefsteak plant
that looks like a cucumber, tastes
like steak and called a bean.
Flower shows and fairs ofer
fanciers excellent rewards for ex-
ceptional exhibits who will be
champion vegetable and flower
gardeners of 1886? Who will offer
some new idea for beautifying the
towns and highways OF the Garden
Spot OF the World?"
What u your hobby Gardening
is good!
Books: Garden Guide-De la mare:
The Little Garden for Little Money
Brewster; The Scented Garden
Rhode; Pioneering with wildhowers
Aiken; Wild Flowers-Homer
Visit the nearest library and browse
through the books on gardening. 1t
will be a pleasant adventure.
Next week: TAxIDERMY--Free
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