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By J. R. Foote An 0.utdoor Living Roomn created by our Comnplete Landscape Service SAVE at CLAVEY'S V7ISIT the CASH and CARRY DEPARMENT of the Lake Shore's Iargest and finest nurseries. Make your personal selection from the LARGESI ASSORIMENT 0F EVEFRGkr-ENS,> TREES, SHRUBS,- and PERENNIAL$5 IN THE CHICAGo ARIA. Ail sizes, freshly dug, balled and bur- lapped. ready for you ta take home. at Special Low Prices. OPEN E'VERYý DAY AND.EVENING ýINCLUDING.SUNtIAYS SAVE TH-IS AD: I1t.is good for one Japanese Flowvering Arniond, or Flowcring Plum, when -Presentei .ît the nursery. F. D. Clavey Ravin a urseries, Inc' i The Lake Shore's Larqest Nurseries AND NURSERY J SELECTING amounit applied and the availability of THE LOCATION the foods both, in the soi! aind iii the X\7Tlen the pioîîeers were.spyinig out fertilizers. the land and selecting: the valicys or That is to sayj that wet sour soils,, prairie,. stretches where they wvould dlay soîls,, rocky souls, or' even barni- establish homes' for. theniselves and yard rnanures do have inuch plant f ood their' children'.s children,ý they wvent to tha.t. is in a condition that the -plants a great dca! .of trouble, traveling and cannot extract, it and iii their systems. îardships, to find flot only a f avorabl-l i2is, iniaccessible plant f ood becomes place, but the best place. The chosen usable by pcss of cultivation, the land 'must be fertile, tillable. subject to action of mosure, air, the sun's good rainfaîl, SvelI drainéd, and lio.t' warmth9 aging and by the action of. înenaced by excessive, winds or other. the* chemicals in the soi! .itself. excesses of nature. A piece of beef steak, may be f ood When the pioncer fanmer, had selectfor man w~ith the saine ingredients ini edhis valley, his' f ami, decided on te th ramv state -as i a ve okd spot to use for bis house,' and for bis' but wlen properly cookecl and other- barns, -lie then sawv to it that there ývise prcpared, it. becomes muclh better sbould be a good g4rden spot,. near at! food and wvil1 contribute more to man's hand, easilv tillable,ý fertile, properly UPkeep wben eaten. Releasing the drainied and a spot' favored by the lant food ini the> soil is somewhat Spring sun, if possible, protected fromi similar. excessive winds- and yet noutý over- It is possible to over-feed plants, to .shadow\ed by any big trees. 'icken theni, just as stirely as it ig The small townsite is quite Iiidted' possible to founder a horse on ti'oo n-uclî as to choice garden locations, so the oats., or to spoil a child's entliusiasni bonsebiolder mnust as f ar as possib)le,ý for *fo>d 1w placing too.nînicb iii f ront alter the existing conditions to bestsuiitiof inii at one tirne. the needs of the garden. A heavy.cday,, soil needs to be broken i by cultivat- SOIL ACTION ing and by mellowing by mixing Ili \Vithin the dark recesses of the seeni- sand, humus, peet. or b h croppin.g ingly dead soil, we, have triany things process. gon n term passing through toý the lower depths,. returniiîg to the sur- PLANT FOOD face as needéd, the air following tlie The soi! contaiis somne ten por twelve water- into the soul, the cheinical various varieties of plant f ood, and 0f changes constantly, the breaking up of these, there are three sorts which cor-:stony miaterials .and the disintegratio responid to our i)opular NitalifiiiS,: tliey of vegetable or humus mnaterials, plant are in great demand .hy aI! kinds of' food being càrried. do\wn and up by thie plants.' passing of water botbi down and uip. Potassium, potashi and nitrogen Con- Groving.planits also.bri iîg ,up ieiiî- tribute ini quite differenit ways hi the icals, f roni the. lower déptlis andc draw' gro\\-th of the plant and vet tiîey are i ln od o h iiioprt ail eede 1wpracticallIl o or g ar - ing these foods iiîto tlîesoi! for the uise dein vegetables an.d fliowNUrnigpans f terpatst1olo. oepln Sonile very pôpuilar fertilizers, 'snic 1 as thîe legumnes, fostet bacteria, anîd lac- houe meal, donot con tain alf of these teria iin turnî act upon other soul mater- tlîree ingredientq' in halanced . q...îIiantîtmes. ial1 s to ees lan lt food. So'p aîîd so hold bc tused 1ul vth viler- loniger. seenîs lifeless wxlen .wve egin t standling and jUdgmrent. 1s,;e inito its secrets. Water, peîîetrating Most commercial fertilizers are eithèr the sou snucks. in the air and fliat watis balanced as, to the tliree principal plant tlie soi!. Capilliary action drawviîîg the fodsl or bal.anceci as to a \vider rjg îitîebc pf h u ç.as ~ th plat fôod~ It berfore fo- rnlgs alonig the foods as the planits low-s that the aclitin of stucfertilizers, îîeed thieni. to worn ont or partly depIcted soils, 1Uinless, theii, the soil is .miellow \\11i ake a wvell haacd oLiVl1ethc r naturally and is kcpt imellow\v bx cul- flie soi! i s su fi c i e l v. fertile dckîen(ls t'V......î 1(1 nî...-.. itQ if.roi ...:t î1_ éý,N1R1C.'ýNF RN SOIETYÇU 'cîous. /XMRIAN EE SOIEY .~Of course a mellow or loose soil a!- WILD FLOWVER PRESERVATION SOCIETY lovvs the growving plant roots to fiîîd 6X.MRICN LNDSAPEASSCIAIONtheir way through in search of foods. An unbrciken cday soul is just about as forbidding as soft rock and the plant fo od it contains is just as well: iocked c up. F REEý OFFICE ý.'est