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I J. R. Foote CENERAL GARDEN' PROBLEMS This year b as seen -mort garden lovers doig their own, work, aIl or, in part. More gardeniers are doing more, with their own .hands to keep the shrub borders, the flower beds and- the, lawns ini neat and- healthy condition. This general teildency has, niade mnore apparent the. weak, spots in. the knowledge of growing things on the part of the less experienced workers. Some operations which have been. re- garded as- of mînor value :have been elevated ini the scale of import.ance. 0f course there are gardening items, work, .materials .and furnisbings, which can be left out tif the program without 1serions harm. It is also becoming apparent that many.tme work slighted ýis very poor economny and, in some instances, is not even 'tetnporary econorny. 1; ail evenits,'we find that this more in-. timate participation by the homue owners in the upkeep of theit grounds has contributed permanent changes Ini present and future technique. EXPERIMENTS IN WATERING More and oftener, it becomes ap- .parent that folks thin.k thiat Iaw.ns and borders which seemi te be wet really are soaked. If the ground i.s as wet *as it seens. it is Iikely too wet, but usuallv it isn't. \Water wbich is sprayed onto th.e plants or grass with nozzle, wliirligig, ramn imiitators, or whiatever sort of painless easy device mnav be at hand, bas- an 'uncanny. way, of being inef- feictive. 0f course, ini loose, soil , cul- tivated or loamy sil, it reacheS to a better dcpth. Just try t 'his little -test' It is s0 simple that we caii hardly give it sucb a big tiame as *"experimfenlt.". I aI- miost any Iawn there are somne spots whiicli are dryer thian oth ers. Take1 onie spot, let the hiose run on, it with- ont any nozzle ôr sprayer whatever, j ust lay the hose down and(e ~ i left untouched for ten days or' twô weeks without furtber watering, andl may be then comipared with the other portions of. the lawn which bave been given t he ordinary treatment. KEEP.IN4GTHE FLOWERS TIDY >J ust n ow we have occasional days wbIen the gard'ens seems to prefer going on vacation, resting, browning off, and just'generally -quitting. 0f. course these days are, dry and bot and the winds co-operate to defeat the.gardeners best efforts. Now, wi th ail, this admitted, it. is stili fairly easy to keep the pe rennial bordersand the other fl9wer beds in attractive, neat, vigorous"beauty. Just one. application of water, as. sug- gested in Our little test, and then some general housecleaning and you'd be surprised. This housecleaning must consîst of cultivating after the thorough water- ing, cutting off the old bloom stalks, seed pods and untidy leaves and stems of ail kinds, removing out of place stragglers among the peren- niels and the job is baîf done. The other hiaîf-of the job consists> iin filling in the thin plantings andý thinning out those which are too thick. Of course in mrnving plants now, soul must be moved with the roots as much, as possible .and ample and continuons watering.must follow until lb ey are re-established. Pick. a rainy day or thie cool of the eve- ning to plant, so they will flot have to endure tbe sun immediately. *This is aijother good time to cbeckI oyer the color effects and make im- provements for better continuation and contrasts. in bloom. PLAN FALL BULB PLANTIN - Tulips, hyacintbs, the crocus, the snowdrop, grape hyacinth and sev- eral others are not only for the beds,, Early~ plantings make for early blooms. Many plantings of peren- niais may bc worked over just now and the bulbs may be planted right among themn giving an extra crop of blooms, and at a time of. the. year wheni blossoin.s, are most, acceptable. Right now the time is favorable for, replanting phlox, iris, peonies, and ver y many other hardy garden plants, if it is.done theright way. By working over the permanent beds in the fali much. room may be founid for new varieties and kinds of choice flowering plants. And better effects can be worked:out as experi- ence with any particular gardený shows. up. the needs. RENOVATING THJE -LAWNS We have been having occasional, days when lawns. need to be léft, un- cnt, se that tbey may be protected from the sun ~and the moisture better preserved. Cutting too frequently or too close gives tbe undesirable grasses the upper hand as they do not sufer from abuse as do the finer and more desirable sorts. Thin lawns and lots of watering develop the quack grass, the crab grass, the water grass, the fall grass, by whatever names yon may èall them. But when they do show up as they usually do, the next thing is "what to do." Well, to be sure, some- thing must bc dône to keep this grass from smothering out the finer grasses, but it is not riecessary tç dig out thie roots, but. rather to lceep down the growth by mowing, roughing np with the iron rake and then cutting again until the bulk of wild hay bas been removed. The plants are annuals but there is enough seed flying about to seed any lawn which is not already seeded. The trick is to keep it down and then get such a beavy and -vi- There are two good seasons in which to sow grass seed, authorities say. One is late, August and early September. The other is early spring as soon as, the frost is out of the ground and the' soit is dry, enough to be worked. Fail seedingý, bowever, bas. several advantages over spring seeding, par- ticularly in the nortbern half of ýthe United States. Weather is more favor- able to planting in the fail. Grass seed germinates more quickly and, wîth- proper plant.,food, thée g rass will de- velop strong roots before winter cornes and grow- during the spring into a thick, beautiful turf.- Here is the metbod recommended. by expert gardeners as the, easiest, . most economical metbod of making. your new lawn now. . Prepare«,the seed bcd by spading or plowing; then*cultivate the ground inito a pulverized surface,. free of lumps. Before planting the seed, rake ightly but tboroughly into the soit four pounds of completeplant f ood to every hundied square ý feet. Then s0w good grass seed of a variety suit- able for your communi.ty. Your local seed cealer's recommendation will be reliable as to the best mixture for you to use. Sow the seed evenly, then roll the surface lightly to bring the sou l i contact with the seed. Water. the soil f requently, using a fine spray until the grass is big eniough to mow. The amount of plant f ood you have applied will be sufficient to assure the grass ini your lawn a. square meal dur- ing the fal season. It will enable the grass to develop a strong root systemu before winter cornes, the best. lueur- ànce you can have against winter kiRk- Inig. gorous turf of bine grass or some other desirable combination, that the wild and coarse growths cafnt find standing room. ýi GLENCOE GOLF. CLUB HOHL LANE ... NORTH LIMITS OF GLENCOB witb its roots pointed toward the surface, may be favorabiy compared ' lifema wi.h hbak bo w50that ghePne W n e k91 lieto man wbo kbo walk throuh ho e W n e 1 faces the gronnd. Now, after the onte brown spotis gi ven this' one thorongàh soaking, t which takes bo urs, then it mnaybe tOhfOfùIlOOOOOBOIIlOSfO