Good Designs for Homes

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7871, 5 August 1911, Page 13

Good Designs for Homes

Cosy Bungalow for the Bride

Ting house was planned for the woman who does her own work. USE OF STRIPES Just now in this day of stripes the short woman can use the favourite material to advantage, if the disposition of them bo vertical. The appearance is greatly heightened by fine stripes running lengthwise. SWEET PEAS. There are very few annuals that 'will better repay good 1 cultivation than sweet peas, especially the large-flowering strains that are so popular, and where cut flowers axe in request they _ ought to receive every attention,' as with judicious management a plentiful supply of bloom can be had. from May to September of the most exquisite colours. It is not necessary for a lot of ground- to be occupied, but rather make the most of the space allotted' to them, as one grower will get more bloom from one short .row than another 17111 from half a dozen rows.. Having selected the site for >tlie row, open out a' trench about eighteen inches deep; then, put in a dressing of well-rotted manure and. fork it thoroughly into the lower part, as it is into this that it is; so necessary the roots should penetrate. Return : some of the soil, sufficient to leave the trench about three-parts full, and cover with soil to about three inches of the top; after a good watering, sow the ©eed two inches apart on tins, and cover with about another inch of soil. The seeds will ’ quickly germinate, and when they attain a height of two or three inches place four-feet branching sticks along each side of the rows. They will need but little attention until flowering commences. Should dry weather set in, they should be liberally .supplied with water, and perhaps a dusting of soot occasional- 1 ly to check slugs, and a mulch or coating of manure over’ the roots about eighteen inches each side will serve the double purpose of keeping the soil moist and the roots fed at the same time. They are quite .hardy. l but well repay being grown in a position protected from cold, cutting winds. & # #

An emergency , ooat hanger may bo made from a portion, of la wooden barrel hoop cut to the proper length and wound with white muslin, and having a loop of cloth sowed to the centre of 'hanger to hang it up hy.