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two exceptions, such as Thousand
Beauties. are equipped by nature to
resist invaders. 1t might well be
hoped that when the breeder develops
harder climbing roses he also con-
slider thornless types.
The Vegetab Bile Garden.
THERE are many simple devices
that may be practiced to insure
an early vegetable garden if one has
the time and inclination. Lima beans
and sweet corn may be planted in
pots and held in a cold frame until
all danger of frost is past. When set
in the garden these plants are ready
to go ahead irrespective of cold, vet
soil. 1t is too late this year to resort
to such practices for open soil sowing
is now most logical. Radishes
planted at this time are certain to
become infested with white worms,
yet by covering a frame with coarse
cheese cloth it is possible to grow
radishes until the hot weather of
June stops their successful growth.
The young cabbage plants may be
protected from the same worm that
lnfests the radishes by placing a disk
OF tar paper closely about the root or
by saturating the soil about the roots
with solution of mercury bichloride,
l part to 1000 OF water. Cut worms,
the burden of newly set tomatoes,
cabbage, peppers and the like, may be
poisoned by sprinkling a mash made
of wheat bran, a little Paris green
and thin sugar syrup.
The Cold Frame.
A THOUGH one thinks generally
of cold frames and hot beds in
connection with early Spring plants.
there is no reason why the cold frame
should not be in use the whole year.
The side walls should be made of
brick or concrete rather than wood,
so as to better resist termites and de-
cay. A sash for early Spring and a
lattice cover for Summer complete
the equipment. The cold frame is
really the ideal location in which to
grow seedlings Of such plants as
columbine, delphiniums. trollius.
geums and the like. The soil, if
mixed with leaf mold, peat moss and
sand will not become hard and the
lattice covering will prevent too rapid
drying or injury from heavy rainfall.
The cold frame is a fine place for
roofing soft cuttings and becomes
in Summer a small propagating house
in which many plants may be grown
for subsequent planting in the open
garden when they have become large
an strong.
Garden Notes.
CHINA ASTERS fail in many home
gardens because the soil has be-
come infested with an organism of
the fusarium group. which persists
in the soil long after the owner has
given up the crop in despair. This
organism comes in with purchased
seeds that have not been treated with
mercury disinfectants and one can
not be certain that the seed is
free of disease unless he treats it
himself. Fortunately, a much better
solution is in sight since plant breeders
have developed varieties of asters SO
resistant to this disease that they
can be grown in badly infested soil.
Certain seed dealers now offer such
seed in their catalogues. Yet the
story is not fully told since there is
another disease of virus nature that
may be brought to the asters by leaf
hoppers flying in from various weeds
of related species. From these hoppers
and their burden of disease, there has
been found only one sure prevention
and that is to grow asters under
coarse cheese cloth tents. However,
with the fusarium resistant strains.
there is fair chance of success,
particularly in city gardens where
weeds are scarce
The snapdragon is another fine
garden flower that is beset with
trouble, namely, a rust disease that
breaks out in brown ruptures all over
the leaves. This trouble bids fair
to disappear shortly altogether as
the California and other agricultural
experiment stations are developing
completely immune kinds fully as
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