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Lilce al other living thingi. plants necil food., and will thrive only when well supplicd with the necessary food éléments. Amazing results have been obtained by sientists *ho deter- mincd Just ýWhat plants needed, anud just how# to give'it. to them. Unfo)r-' tunately, the why and what of, it is flot clear to most igardenceisas î should bie and thêy. are likely -to gît advice front so many sources and of sucb ayn kinds that thcy are oftencofsd There is one Method, of plant feed- ing that is, preferred by a majority. of successfut 'gardeners. It bas sev- eral advantages over other metbods, the most important of which are its simplicit ,ad its positive resuIts. The scientific way of feeding plants is gaining 1 in preference, steadily over the pet mnetbods .of individuals. Which catI for a bandful of this and a band- fui of that and a pinch of something et.. if conditions aeem to -warant F.ed Plats Sciemtifically just as cookery experts bave aban- doned -the otd guesswork method in favror of exact receipes which give known resuits so gardeners are turn- ing tscientific plants feeding witb complete, balanced ptant food.. To- dey, anyone can be sure that.he is supplying bis garden frienids 'with aIl of the plant food elemients tbey, neect for greater beauty. No longer need the ijrdener wrry that bac-. terial action in the soit will ot be quick enough to mnake the organics (inanures andi bone meal) available w~hen the plants nec'd food most. Evèn more important, automatic release of large quantities of plant food at a time detrimental. to plants is no longer a probleni. The use of modern, complete plant food zives the gardener complete control of bis feeding probleni. Thie Geta Sure R.sulte Here is the new way of, feeding plants whicb gives such sure resuits: 1. Don't overfeed. plants. Four nonnAi of rnmplete plant food for 100 Mooriiitrveling, Lake avwe *iuMe;taI. .pply the brakes as they. catch the firsi glimpse of a gorgeour rose arbor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Max Schichi at No. 2114. The picture, taken iast wveek, showt the color fui arbor in full bloom, a mass of blossomns and promising buds. The arbor extends over the awlk, joining two sections of the welI-kept hedge fronting the at-, tractive 50-foot estate. T'he roses are the popular Dorothy Perkipis variety. GARDEN HINTS By Dr. J. F. Fonder Editor's Note: We are happy to pro- vide, for our readers, a series of articles by a recognized expert on gardenlng subjeicts, D)r. J. F. Fonder of Evntn who received bis NIh. D. degree at Michi- gan State college, after attending col- leges in his native state of Colorado and in Utah. H~e bas iectured èxtensively on gardening in many statès and bas written much on topies of soil and plant physiology. His experience extends In- to the practical business end of the plant culture, thus enabling hlin to write with authority on al matters, pertalning to the subJeet. Dr. PFonder's articles ap- pear in this section each week. Crab Grass Days The month of August brings dog davs. hay fever da'vs, and. crab orass, sitnilar in appearance and their, habits of growth are so much atike tbat there is generally no reason for distinguish- îng between th-cm. Each variety pro- duices light green, flat leaves which in the early stages are about one-fourtb inch wide. The plants grow upright until they have been cljpped several times, when they assumie a recumbent type of growth in whicbi the leaves and stemis grow so closé to tbe grotind that- the tawn mower passes directly over theni. A careful examination of the plants will disclose many fine bairs atong'the stem or at least at the point on the stemi wbere the leaf leaves the sheath. As the plants become older' the leaves and stemis become coarser and creep out f romi the crown for a distance, Qf six or eight incbes. It is at this Deafh to fnsects: *Improvemnents in gardening meth- ods and materials have been-relative- ly few. In the last few years, .how- ever, notable contributions ha ve been made to the effectiveness of insecti- cides àlthough tbey are based on age- old, practices utitizing the. dried fiow- ers of pyrethruni- which- bave- been, used. for entr for insect powder; and a, substance called rotenonie, which 1 is obtained. froni the romots of derrisan Asiatic pflant wbich bas long. been used by -savages to kilt fisb. Considerabte change in spraying and' dusting înethods, bas resulted froni these two substances. Both. are known as. contact poisons whicit means they kilt what tbey touch. and. ttuey have the advantage of being * .harmless to man and- domnestic -ani- mais white beinz death, to insects of ait kinds. Contrest ýIIki1n» mmd "Now' Prior to the development of these materials, a gardener was obliged to use a contact poison to kilt apbids and other insects- that, drink plant iuices. and'a stomach poison for th.c teaf eaters. Nicotine- wasý the most reliable contact poison and arseic wa5 used for the leaf eaters. A nuin-' ber of preparations are now oftered under. trade names which furnish al around protection, by combining both pyrethrum and rotenone in one spray. Although it is possible. to-get eacli of these substances separateIy they are usually prepared ini a mixture which iieeds only a dilution of water. Rotenone is Poweîful Rotenone, govemfimenit experts say, is thirty times as powerful as arsen- ate of lead as a stomach poison, and fift.een tines as powerful as nic oti ne as a 1contact poison... it s- barmless to warm blooded animais, but keep it away froni golul fish. Both pyreth- runi and rotenone are inclined to be instable, whicb means that they lose their power under certain conditions, Inpurchasing trade rearations of rie bui they don't answer ime. y ,nercly woy vith evrbrecee d u4nk, and nod iheir heiçdsati e; rw secrets they 2141l fot disclosie. nse day, f'erhaps, if 1 but ivaitt t'lI uthis>er, fi', the Garden Gate. .-Dorothy Shaw. ICMPUitLFCS tII lb IIIÇ U-LIVC111.1, ore, the ngnm against crab grass frost in the fait.. be expected to cover a period o Tw. Veiies or three years. There are two varieties of crab grass The plan of control fo be sugî common to this area but tbey are so dots flot involve digging or p ýed development of the grà ng pertinent sgetos s and to