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J FOUNDATION PUNTINGS SHRUBS HIDE THE UGLY CORNERS ( i BY ADOl-PH KAMIS. Any landscape architect will tell •â-  that the way to plant home grounds Is to keep the lawn as open M possiblo and to confine our plant- ^nff!! to the house foundation, tho comers, fences, boundaries and the like. The most important of theso •Tid the one that should receive the most attention ^n planning the pic- ture is the foundation planting. It is the mn.st important bwause it has to do with the settitiK of the home pror-P. There are two main reasons for a foundation plantin,f. Wo may wish to accent sonic features about the homf, and we may wish to conceal cr vubdjo others. The entrance to the home is naturally the place whcro the Ki'Witest activity is going on, and hence It would be advisable to accent thts particular foature bo as to brin? It out from among th<> rest of the things. We may do this by planting ft specimen tree or shrub on each ((de of the entranceâ€" something that (• different from the rest of the plant- ing. It may be a slirub with differ- ent-colored foliage or blossoms. Or it tnay bo a group of shrubs which, though of the sam« variety as the The plants to use for the founda- tion will depend largely upon the likes and dislikes of the individual. The height of the window-sills gen- erally governs the kind of shrubs to use. Do not use shrubs that grow b<>yond your windows or that are out of proportion to the' architectural features of the house. Place your shrubs about 18 inches or two feet away from tho foundation. This will give them some chance to develop all around. As the plants grow nioro bushy it will be noticed that they tend to lean away from the house, d^e to tho excessive growth of branches on one side. To avoid this, tilt the plants toward the house slightly when planting. By placing all the taller-growing shrubs next to the house and the smHllcr-growins varieties alternately in front of these, a gradual incline will lie created that will merge into the wall proper. Tha stems of the taller-growing speci- mens will be concealed by the smaller shrubs and will "face down" the planting. By this arrangement all the shrubs will be in plain view. Be careful to consider the natural growth of the specimens. If a par- Nurte Crop* for Alfslfa. Ther* is considerable advantage in using a nurse-crop when seeding down alfalfa. It greatly reduces the Initial cost of production, and, ex copt where the land is comparativel; clean, helps to prevent the ww Is from retardin'g the de elooment o the young alfalfa plants. The stubble of the nurse-crop lends to hold the snow and thus redojce i\\r possibility of winter killinr. Tests were ma.'e. (luring the last three years with whoat, oat.s. barlp\ and flax as nurse crops, at the Bran- don, Manitoba, Ext>erimental Farm In all three years, flax, on acoou t of its shallow root-systL-m and tb'.' small amount of shade it caused proved the least detrinvntal to the young alfalfa plants. WV"';it. on th average, was better than oats or bar ley, as it stands up better and i*^ smaller lejif develonv-ent I'.llows more sunlight to reach the alfalfa. In the experiments tho aKa'fa wi« seeded at the rate of 10 pounds per acre, while the nurse crops, with the w^B/^^sffS^^B^M Wjk ^H <^^HRfl< n^^ flPS'^tt^K ^^^ %V ^^S^^B^XF\ ^B B^^H^^^T^*^^ '''^'â-  vH j^^H W^^^m^^^0' ^"W^BK K^^ §1 THE ONTARIO GARDEN Ashmead Bartlett exception of the flax, was sown at a ^y^^ correspondent of the Lond<«> slightly smaller rate than when nor- ^^ j^„^^.^ headqti.-rters In the mally used. In seeding, the alfalfa ^,^^ ^^.j^,. ^ ^^^^ japaai-.* war with seed was mixed with the grain in ^^^^^.^.^_ ^.j,,, ^^^^ p^pn,.j, ;„ moix.cco the grain-box. and now In China. SHRUBS FOR FOUNDATION PLANTING. Height, Name Feet Japanese barberry 3-4.. Welgelia Eva Rathke 4-5.. Hydrangea P.G 5-8.. Hydrarvgea, Hills of Snow.. 6-6.. Tartarian honeysuckle C-8.. Mock orange 8.... Cut-leaved elder 5-9 . . Spirea Anthony Waterer. . .2-8. . Splrea Arguta 3-4 . . Spirea Bumalda 2-3 . . Bplrea Billardi 4-5.. Spirea Van Houttel 5-6.. Snowberry 8-4 . . Lilac 6-8.. Tamarisk 8-10. Snowball 6-8. . , Month of Color of Bloom Bloom Yellow; red fruit June Red June White Aug.-Sept. White June-July Pink; red fruit May-June White June White May-June Crimson June-Sept. White May-June Pink July-Aug. Pink July-Aug. White May-June Pink; white fruit June-July Purple or white May-June Pink July While May-June rest of the planting, will create an accent by their mass effect. The doorway may also be brought out by Using larger plants for framing it •o as to make it appear a little bit different from the rest. Vines trail- , Ing over the porch make a splendid •ccent, which can be used succeas- fnlly in many cases. | There are some things nlx>ut the' home, however, that are not so at- tractive ami which either must be I eoncealed or partially subdued. The foundation proper is generally not very beautiful and it will be best if thi.s is hidden from view. Small por- 1 tlons showing here and there from •mong the foliage are enough to sug- ' fest that a foundation exists. This [ lirrangement w^ll make the house •ppear as If it had grown up from Among tho ihrul»; In other words, the house will bo tied to the land- pcape. Some things which must not be concealed altogether are the base- tnent windows, water faucets and tho coal chute. Plants must not bo set Olrectly In front of the windows, as this would interfere with anything that may want to be taken in and out of the basement. Occasional branches drooping over the openings are not objectionable. Outside water faucets for the attachment of the hose may be concealed, but they â- hould be easily accessible. ticular shrub has a natural spread of three feet when mature, plant it about that far from its neighbor. While it is useless to put in more stock than necessity calls for, yet it is unwise to make the planting too scanty. By zig-zagging the plants in various ways a more interesting design wil be produced and a better mass effect will be the result. Needless to say, good soil should be used throughout the planting-beds â€" a rich, black, sandy loam vAth enough humus and fertility in it to insure good growth. Well-rotted stable ma- nure can be mixed in to insure the latter. If the soil is naturally poor around the foundation, it must be taken out entirely to a depth of some 18 inches or two feet and refilled with good soil. This is absolutely essen- tial for good plant growth. You cannot plant a shrub in gravol, cin- ders or hard clay and expect it to perform. It simply can't be done. Finally, when you have finished off tho planting, mark off your bed Into a pleasing informal design. Keep tho soil stirred and free from weeds throughout the growing season. The graceful curves around tho beds will not make tho plants thrive better, bu{ will give the planting the appear- ance of neatness which oftentimes goes a long way. The owner of a vibrating-type bat- tery-charger had trouble keeping his battery fully charged because his charger did not seem to charge at as high a rate as it should. In trying to locate the trouble he noticed that the connecting wires from his charger to the battery were excep- tionally long, and got very hot when the charging was going on. He concluded, therefore, that there was too much resistance in the v\'ires, so he made them as short as possible, and used heavier wire that had less resistance. This had the desired ef- fect, for it increased the charging rate and there was no further trouble.â€" G. S. -*- If you live where fence posts don't grow, you ought to talk your neigfi- bors into buying posts in carload lots. Your dealer will make you a nice price on a carload. Each one could haul right from the car and save the dealer the cost of unload- ing. Another way out â€" make cement posts during slack sesaon. Do the work in the barn, or in a sheltered location, if there is danger of freez- ing. « I would much rather take a new and progressive ideal to the street corner than to the House of Lords. â€" Viscount Astor. CONSERVING MOISTURE. In the cities where every gardener has a hose and an endless supply of water at his command the con.ser^'a- t.'on of moisture is not ao important, but in the village and on the farm one cannot afford to waste wate.-, hence gardening becomes a real job. \s a matter of fact where there is a •nse, watering is often abused. Sonie- nv's the hose is turr.exl on both ^morning and evenin-?. while daily watering i.s the rule rather than the •xcc'ption. A sprinkling every even- ii.ig does more harm than good. One >r two real soakings e\ery week is what tho garden needs. Where there s no hose, however, one must save •â- .f<'ry drop of rain. To do this get >ut the hoe or the cultivator after vijry shower and loosen up the soil. This not only keeps down the weeds but it prevents the sun drawing tip the moi.sture through the soil. When the plants get so big that close, shal- low cultivation is impossible mulch around carefully with old straw, leaves or other refuse. Above all things avoid high hilling up of plant-i or raised beds. These will dry out in a few days. GET VEGETABLES IN E.\RLY. With the exception of those vege- table, such as beans, peas, corn and tomatoes, which raise the edible part on a separate stem, speed is the es- .sential thing in getting tenderness. Spinach, radish, beets, carrots and a host of others must be produced in a hurry or they become tou^ and ' tasteless. Thia means early sowing, getting the first crop in Just \s soon as the soil is ready and fetrilieing with nitrate ot soda, one scant tabl»- spoonful to the square yard and wat- ered down. Even where the garden is well manured, three or four ap- plications of nitrate early in the sea- son will be found a wonderful help to get growth started. ANNtJAI-S IN PERENNIAL BED. One cannot go ahead nad have a perennial bed in full bloom in one season, or in the second either, for that matter, unless a few annuals are allowed inside the boundary. Moreover, without the addition of cheap annuals, the establishment of a perennial bed in a hurry is quite an exi>enslve matter. The best way ia to make haste slowly. - Plant only those perennials tiiat you know and like, in clumps with the taller sorts toward the rear, then as you gradu- ally get acquainted with other peren- Tvials in your neighbors' gardens or elsewhere add to your collection. Study carefully the place whera these must go, taking into account the color of the flower, height of plant and the blooming season. Th« whole bed must blend together both In height and color. In the meantime, 'before all the space U taken up, fill [ in with annuals, such as zinnias, mar- jigolds, California poppies, petunias, 'cosmos and other pleasing flowers that have attractive foliage as well I as bloom. STUDY THE SPRAY CALENDAR SUGGESTIONS FOR 1927 SPRAYING BASKETBALL IS LOTS OF FUN Chosen Varieties of Vege- tables. Experienced growers of garden crops have learned that there are groat differences In varieties of vege- table.s as well as corn, melon.s, pump- kins, peafl, tomatoes and other crops that are grown either for homo use pt for the market. Tho names of Varieties as published In seed cttl4'.- Kogaes have not always been a safe folde to tho grower. Aji analysis . i^f Canadian seed catalogues made liy tbe Seed Branch of the Department ^ Agriculture, and the Canadian Growers' Assnciatlon, revealed , 1«M than 2,246 variety names ad- 1 ^rtlxed from year to year. Many of were found on lost to be dupli- Ites of the same variety, and in tier casea they were so inferior as be unworthy of a place In the gar- (|«n. For the gulcknco of the grow- of these crops the best varieties, proven by testji of various kinds, %Tt been selected out nn<l reduced to Bd4 in number. The solertod list has l»een published â- M a supplement to the regulations ttndsr the Seeds Act, Issued as Acts, Crdera and Kegulation No. 1 1 of tho })«partent ot Agriculluro at Ottawa. The list Is arnuiged alphabetically, commencing with tlw> artichoke, of Vhich two varieties are named, fol- lowed by aaporagus, with throe varie- ties, covering in all forty-four kinds of garden crops. The varieties given •re arranged accroding to earliness of Inaturity, and those of ouljttunding fberit are indicated by the letter "X". This supplement. Just off the press, U being distributed by the Pubilcn- {lons Branch, Department ckf Agrl- enH)ure, Ott«w«. To the extent that ll is followed will g*rdoner« reap fAti«factlon In realizing that they are K owing the beet available sorts of t di(i''«rent crops. Tooli< are half the garden. Are }-our cullivaton, fork4 and hoes In |}l^.,a? If Dotf W ntm OtMS. Geaning Dairy Utensils. A plentiful supply of boiling water! or steam i.s a necessity for the clean- ing and sterilizing of pails and other I utensils If a bacterlologically clean ] milk Is to be obtained. Detailed in- structions for cleansing dairy uten- sils Is contained in a new pamphlet, <m Producing Clean .Milk issued by tho Dominion Department of Agricul- ture. Tho uten-sils should bo rinsed in cold or luke-warm water Immedl- ! ately after u.sing, and then they! Bhould l>e washed well In warm water to which soda or a dairy cleansing powder has been added. After wash- ing, the utensils should ho rinsed in clean hot water to remove traces of the cleaning solution. | Hut even this is not altogether suf- ficient. Utensils that apjiear to be perfe<'tly clean may contain many thousands of germs. Where steam treatment is available tho sterilizing, Is be«t done by placing the utensils | in ii dosed container and blowing steam Into it for 15 minutes. In- j vorling the cans or pails over n steam , Jet for a couple of minutes is also a good method. When live steam is not available the utensils should be' Immersed In scalding water for ati least two minutes. Clean utensils, however, are only one Item in the pro<luctlon of clean ' milk. Kqual care must be taken at I every Rtage from the time the milk I Icuve.i the cow until It Is consumed or used In manufacture. What the nece»«Ery precautions are is told In the new pamphlet, which may be ob- tained from the Publications Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. If a drop in temperature threatens yoiir early tomatoes that are sot out, and yon h»\-e no frost probectorg, turn tome quart fruit-Jars or flower- pots over the plants. If jroa have many plants, you may run out of Jars and pota. B« prepared next time â€" have some frost protectors. Cheap and qulckljr put on. By L. CAESAR. Provincial Entomologist 1. Do not spray at all unless you the liquid; a mere mist or a liiiht are g^iing to try to do it well. It spray will not kill the insects. Use will not pay. lime sulphur 1 to 7 of water, pre- 2. You cannot make a success of frably just as the buds are burst- apple growing without good spraying, ing, or a 3 per cent, lubricating oil 3. You cannot spray well without emulsive slightly earlier â€" when buds a good outfit which will give you ' are nearly ready to burst. plenty of pressure. So overhaul the | 10. For scab and codling moth old spray machine at once, or if it is cover every leaf. Scab attacks the not satisfactory buy a new one with leaves, too, and is often washed from plenty of power. them to the fruit. It will require 4. Get a spray calendar from your from 6 to 10 gallons for each tree Agricultural Representdtive, or from twenty-five years old or upwards, not Mr. P. W. Hodgetts, Director of Fruit Just 2 or 3 gallons. Branch, Toronto, or Professor L. 11. Be sure the spray reaches right Caesar, O.A.C., Guelph. Tack it up through the trees. To insure this go in tho spray shed where it will al- in, if necessary, underneath the tree ways be available. and spray the part beyond the trunk 5. Use only tho spray materials re- first, then step back to the outsido commended in the spray calendar. and spray the remaining part. Do 6. Do not spray when it happens this from both sides. Remember that to be convenient, but spray at tho it is the centre or shaded part of the times the spray calendar says. The troo where scab naturally is worst, time of spraying is of vast iinport- and poor sprayers nearly always miss ance and the times given in the spray this side, though they often cover tho calendar are based on years of study, sunny or outer side all right. 7. Omit none of tho first three 12. .\ tower, even with a spray regular sprays, some years the first gun, is a groat help. Often it will is the most important, some the sec- suflioe to stand on the tank. A saw- ond and some the third. Each spray horse type of support along the helps to make the next more effeo- centre of the tank is a safeguard tlve and each must be given to insure against falling off. clean fruit. I 1^- Do not use large openings in 8. Mcintosh and Snow trees should the discs of either nozzles or spray always receive a fourth application. I guns unless you have 225 pounds Read what the spray calendar recom- ' pressure or more. They are waste- mends under "Special Sprays and ful, make it difKcult to maintain high Remarks," and lie guided by it. I pressure and give too coarse a spray. 9. You wfll not control San Jose' 14. In many ca.sos better work will scale on large trees, twenty-five j-ears be done with a nid and two angle disc old or more, unless you first prune nozzles than with a gun. In any | them heavily and scrape the loose case use some system in spraying, soj bark off with a hoe. Then s« that that you will make sure everj-thing every particle of the bark is wet with Is being covered in a methodical way. How to Make Cottaige Cheese. Cottage cheese is one of the kinds which can be made satisfactorily in small quantities. The process of making it is very simple and is fully described in a pamphlet of the Do- Basket ball Is probably the moat n^lu'ion Deipartmient of Agriculture ' popular indoor sport of the girl. It entitled "Why and How to Use ! is played by her in the colleges, in Cheeea" It ia made from soured , the high schools, in clubs â€" wherever skim-milk. The soured milk is put ! groui>s of girls athletically inclined in a pan and set over hot water until i may gather. It separates into curds and whey. It ! As a game it has all tlie fascina- is then strained through a double tion of hard and interesting compe- chee;?c cloth over a dish and the curd tition. As an exercise it has been put in a bowl, well-mixed, seasoned endorsed, when properly regulated, with salt and pepper, and a little by many physicians and directors of cream or butter added. After chill- physical education. Although devised ing it is ready to serve. Stale as an indoor sport, it may be played soured milk should not be usred, and in the open air when weather per- the milk should not be allowed to mits. heat above lukewarm temperature, j The object of the players is to otherwise the curd will be tough. [ pass the ball from one to another The whey which drains from the until it is tossed into one of the'bas- curd may be used as a beverage if kets which hang one at each end of snveetened with sugar and flavored the court. A successful attempt at with lemon juice. It should bo strain-' the. basket is called a goal and may ed and chilled before serving. | count either one or two points, de- pending upon the condition under which it Is made. The team scoring the gre.atest number of points, of course, is the winner. The rules are too numerous to de- For the eradication of weeds a | geribe In detail, but. in a general partial summer-fallow is sometimes | ^-ay, they resemble those of the fa- useful. The land is handled as a sum- , niiliar professional or school game mer-fallow up to the time it is neces- ' played by men and boys. The essen- sary to sow some late seeded crop|tial differences are that the girls' ^such as buckwheat. The process is | rules do more to eliminate rough- fully described in a bulletin of the ness, hold the players within certain ; Dominion Department of Agricul- ' niarked divisions of the field--to ture on Crop Rotations and Soil Man- 1 g^ard against over-exertion â€" and Bgement in Eastern Canada, in a sec- shorten the i)eriods of play, tion on methods of controlling weeds. a marked effect of the girls' rules It is stated there that buckwheat is | ig to emphasize team play rather â- - a fairly good crop with which to ^ than individual sUrring, thus eneour- 1 smother out some weeds and, since i aging that spirit of co-operation it is not seeded in some districts until ^vhich Is the essence of all true about June 21, time is available to Bportamanshlp. As played to-day, give the land very thorough cultiva- the game encourages more girls to tion before seeding. Another good ent«r, with the result that almost crop to use is rape, which also may every college and high school has its be seeded late. When this system of teams that participate in regular partial summer-fallow with a smoth- inter-achool or interclass games. In er crop is used it is advisable to plow that it has fulfilled the purpose for the land in the preceding fall, culti- ; ^Wch basket ball was invented some vate thoroughly during the spring thlrty-fi'.'e years agoâ€" to develop a and again plow and cultivate before ' form of indoor exercise which should Partial Summer-Fallowing. seeding. TORONTO WOMAN WINS $10,000 ATLANTIC MONT Above la tho luiUioneoi of "Jalna" ^ the .sea. And uii(» iiHis.t not t'oree.t her and the winner of tho Atlantic Month- .â- \lM>rde<'n tenter. "Hunty," who la ly** |IO,(K)0 prize novel comi>etltlon. ! shown above. Mls.s de la Roche Is a MIm Mazo de la Roche. Her Inaptni- great lover of horsHW and birds as wtxll tion has been tho rural llfo and land- j na rt<>Ks iind lior favorlto hobby I* gar- •oape ot Onrtarlo. the great lakes and denlu* un h«r t'larkaoa eetate. ller rILY NOVEL PRIZE ambit km in her own words Is "lo write a fine Canadian play anil have a good asixinigiis lied." "Julnu" Is her fourth noveJ; and her chief sutisfauiim at lis success Is that It e^nables her with her mlud at ease to start her fifth naveL combine inu.-icular effort with the fun of a game, and yet 1>« available to ail. .\ny group of girls who want to play the game can enjoy it together, even if they do not seek outside ct.n- testi*. If no teacher is aviailable, a book of rules and directions will quickly explain the underhand, over- hand and chett "passes"; the fine points of "guardinig" and "blocking" an opponent; the skilful "dodging" and "pivrkting"; the Imti^icacies of signals and team play. Girls find thcmst'lves becoming adept in a win- ter sport which is tx>th fascinating and healthful, and which can be played in the op-en when spring calls them out-of-doors. â€" Jean Merrill. The High Cost of Smashing. Why do Ihivs break windows any- way? Because of the fun of It, the smash of l>reakitig kIhss that fol- lows a good shot or a careless swijioi Why, then, don't lioj-s break windows all the tinic? Why do they gi-t over it? And the answer to tb'.4t is right here: berau.>* boys learn that glass costs money, an 1 what money means, and how much work it takes to earn a dollar, and what property rights aw, and why civilized people have agreed to respect the other fellow's things. Grown-ups don't go around Riiiash'ng windows. Neither do Iwys, after they've developetl to a point when they've '•learned better." It's merely a matter of how far along they are in their social development. â€" .J, liOt's do our bit for apple pie. The toothsome dish supreme That hiits the very spot â€" oh my! â€" • .•\nd helps keep up the stearo There's lots of pie in prospect noW, And mother feels at ea.se To konw our lummip; .'ar. b* filled, 'C-ause father sp'a>'<»d the treaft