Three short courses in home making

pends upon the choice and arrangement of flowers. The jlov should he chosen as in height of plants, color of blooms, and s< of blooming. The talles I plants should i.<- placed at the back of tha border; for a border 6 feci wide none of the pi .-mi- need he over 5 feet. There can he .i riot ol colors if the flowers are arranged in (lumps (,f four to si \ throughout the entire length of the border. In a well- planned flower border some flowers should be in bloom each mouth. perennial flowers should predominate, with enough annual ilov. . fill up the spaces and hide the soil. A surprisingly large QUmtx r o1 plants * ill he needed. Perennial (lowers should he started iu -t-vA beds in March and the plants transplanted into the floi borders in October. Annual flowers should be started iu (hits in i\ Bpring and i!ii' plants trail-planted into the (lower borders in d. The well-tried, old-fashioned flowers will give the besl satis- faction. Everj four years the flower borders need to he spaded, II manured, and replanted. TO Perennialt B - heart, carnations, chr inthemums, columbine, coreop dahlias, gaillardias, golden glow, iris, larkapui oriental j" 'j>j>o-.- peonies, phlox, pinks, platyi inapdraj me-not, i Canterbury bells, hollyhi eet-william, wall Hi >v. Annuals. Airican da ratum, a ula, calliop on, candytuft, lonette, Dasturtium, petunia, popp :. verbena, zinnia, annual phlox, red sunflower, cul and-ci i sunflower. Bach home gardener will need to studj garden literature to help solve the garden problems, for the da ha ed when one ueeds only to scratch the soil with a shell, plant the and receive an abundant crop. To-daj successful gardening depends upon intelli- gent, management of the soil and crop, and upon persistent Labor. 95619°-] -17 3 34 THREE SHORT COURSES IN HOME MAKING. The Department of Agriculture at Washington, D. C, publishes many helpful farm bulletins that may be secured free of charge. Many State experiment stations publish bulletins on vegetable growing. These bulletins are sent free of charge to the people within the State on application to the director of the experiment station. A few of the bulletins published by southern experiment stations are: The Home Vegetable Garden.— Virginia Truck Experiment Station, Norfolk, Va. Truck Growing in North Carolina. — Department of Agriculture, Raleigh, N. C. Vegetable Gardening. — Georgia Experiment Station, Experiment, Ga. Farm Gardens.— Division of Extension, College of Agriculture, University of Teu- nessee, Knoxville, Tenn. Books on gardening that are useful for the home garden. Card.— "Bush Fruits." Price, $1.50. The Macmillan Co., New York City. Duncan.— "When Mother Lets Us Garden." Price, 75 cents. Moffat, Yard & Co., New York City. Ely.— "A Woman's Hardy Garden." Price, $1.75. The Macmillan Co., New York City. French.— "The Beginner's Garden Book." Price, $1. The Macmillan Co., New York City. Lloyd.— "Productive Vegetable Garden." Price, $1.50. Lippincott Co., Philadel- phia. The United States Bureau of Education through its division of school and home gardens sends out literature and gives direct assist- ance to those schools that wish to have the home-garden work car- ried on by their pupils. PRELIMINARY PLAN.