. Biggle garden book; vegetables, small fruits and flowers for pleasure and profit. very rich clay-loam soilwith sufficient moisture. Rose-bugs are the worstpest, generally, and no very good remedies are the bushes with mosquito-netting, or knockthe bugs into a pan of kerosene twice a day, or spraywith arsenate of lead as suggested in Chapter V.(For other enemies, see general remarks and hints onpages i66 and 167.) THE FLOWER GARDEN l6l Climbing Vines.—These as a rule do not belongin the border, but should find a place somewhere inor near the garden—on porch, house, wall, latticesc
. Biggle garden book; vegetables, small fruits and flowers for pleasure and profit. very rich clay-loam soilwith sufficient moisture. Rose-bugs are the worstpest, generally, and no very good remedies are the bushes with mosquito-netting, or knockthe bugs into a pan of kerosene twice a day, or spraywith arsenate of lead as suggested in Chapter V.(For other enemies, see general remarks and hints onpages i66 and 167.) THE FLOWER GARDEN l6l Climbing Vines.—These as a rule do not belongin the border, but should find a place somewhere inor near the garden—on porch, house, wall, latticescreen, or climbing upon a dead tree-trunk, post orfence. Crimson Rambler, Prairie Queen, BaltimoreBelle, etc., are hardy climbing roses that succeed al-most everywhere (give slight protection the firsttwo years in extreme northern localities, by layingthe vines down and covering during the winter; oldervines seem quite hardy; no protectionnecessary at anytime in Philadelphia).Boston ivy, Virginiacreeper, English ivy,trumpet flower, honey-suckles of variouskinds, wistaria and. clematis are all good atis paniculata and clematis Jackmani are especially attractive. Little ifany pruning is necessary, except to cut out dead ordiseased wood at any time, and to remove surplusor not-wanted growth in the spring. Cultivate a circleof ground around the roots, and mulch with stablemanure. English ivy is not hardy in the extremeXorth, but the others will do well nearly everywhereif laid down and protected the first two years. Annual Plants and Vines.—Planting flowerseed every year is a bother, but flower lovers cannot quite get along without some of their favoriteone-season bloomers. I can only mention a few ofthe best-known: in their proper flowers of clem- ENTRANCE TO A LONG ISLAND GAR-DEN. ARBOR COVERED WITH CLEM-ATIS PANICULATA,ETC. BIGGLE GARDEN BOOK Aster : The various annual varieties permit ofa blooming season from July until frost. Sow seedin window boxes in early sp
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