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BALD SPO*^ IN TBE GARDEN BY AMELIA LEAVITT HILL. About Vae middte of <*« rommer w« often And that our garden*, in many vayn at the Mffht ol their b«auty, have aad surprises in store for us, due to the "ba!'d spots" left by the dying down of spring and early- (ununer flowers. In pVace ot actual nothingness some departed blossoms have left behind a mass of greenery, peaceful and de- corative, it is true, and satisfactory enough in effect for the avewkge gar- dener. But some enterprising flower iovers aspire to introduce among this nest of verdure some sugfgestion or its earlier glory and, by a skillful management of flower grouping, to insure a succession of bloom''through- out the entire summer. Chief among the blossoms .which leave unfortunate gaps crying aloud for filing are the spring bulbsâ€" daifodils, hyacinths, tulips and nar- cissuses â€" which have not only ceased to bloom, but which are literally sere and yellow by July. With the exception of the tulips, none of these is likely to be lifted, and though tulipa are not lifbad by many gardeners, others feel that-^ orde-r to insure the best results they should be dug up after they have ripened. We need not go into a dis- cussion of the relative merits of the different methods liere; the point is, in the present case, the rep'ianting of tlje bald spots to the best advantage. Most experienced gardeners make provision for midsummer's quota of greenness or bareness by the planting of a seed .bed of annuals, from which flowers which have yet to bloom may be moved to beautify the desert wastes of passed spring loveliness. SEEDLINGS THRIVE ON MOVINGS. If you have already planted annuals throughout the garden, however, it is possible that even without such pre- paration you will have a supply of ecxtra seedlings which wi'il answer the same purpose. Most annuals thrive all the better for one or two movings, so that your efforts to keep the gar- den bright will accordingly benefit both plants and vacant spaces. Petunias, ballsams, marigolds â€" either the low-growing red-and-orange French variety or the tall yellow African marigolld â€" prince's-feather and nicotiana are especial'ly well adapted to such uae, since they are both decorative and prolific. If the place to be filled be sunny, portulaca will fill the void charmingly and the annual aster will provide many eheary blossoms for autumn cutting. Obviously we may note that iate-blooming flowers are particularly well adapted to bald'-spot use, since they provide color at a time when this is at a minimum, have ample time to become established after their instal- lation and are too smalil at the time of transplanting to interfere with their dying neighbors. In this connection cosmos may be mentioned, although this, to obtain the best resTilts, should be transplant- ed while still small. The reason for the selection of annuals in fllUng in, apart from their allnost immediate! effect, is simply that they are not so' deeply rooted as to interfere with the plants among which they have been â-  placed. I When your spring plants, therefore, begin to leave you, set rows of an- nuals between them to carry on the bloom. If the plants which the an- jtoals are to replace ai-e not to be moved, ' the annuals may be set more thickly ; but, for example, if tulips are to be lifted â€" which, if done at all, will be as soon aa they are ripe â€" the new- eomera must be so placed aa to allow ample room for digging without be- coming actively involved in the pro- oesti themselves. As the foliage ot the ' departing pLant shrinks and yelltows the smaller ones will increase in sta- ture until the ultimate withering of the foliage which marks the ripening of the bulb is itself concealed by the prolific new plante. ; Seed, too, may be sown In the re- quired spots; the elight foliage of the bolb plants will not interfere with the â- aedlings, nor will the latter attain • size which will interfere with them until their bloom ia past. j PROVIDING CONTINUOUS BLOOM. i The gorgeous Oriental poppy leaves • void which calls for decoration when | Its bloom is over, but care_must be exercised in providing it with a neigh- ; bor. Though one of the liveliest ad- ditions to the garcten, it is exceedingly temper.amental, being hard to estab- lish and, even when established, very Jealous of interference. I have known ; these plants to be set in the same bed : iiitb the perennial coreopsis, which ' eompletoly concealed the unsightly ^ K»pe left by the passing of the pop- ' pfea, and the i««att was perfectly sat- 1 Isfactory; but it was obtained only! •t the price of ruth5es9ly weeding out Mid breaking off the coreopsis plants ! which ventured to trespass too near Hm poppies wben-ihey began to stir from their summer sleep early in Sep- tRnber. The Iria, which remains a cod, soft mass of green long after its flowering It over, really needs no aid in adding effect to the g^arden, unless you are desirous of color everywhere. Its â- Mson may be considerably prolonged hj the combining of the so-calted Gerawn and the Japanese varieties, f«r tho latter wil.^. take np the t«le wheiv the earlier variety is passed. Tho Iris may bo ^ven color by scat- to;in3 ttiA-ough;>ut it dump* of phiox or, even better, by tlks inclusion of gladioluses. These latter will blOom ninety days after planting, and may be set out from time to time so that the season of their bloom will be pro- ! longed. Their foliage is much like I that of the iris, with which they har- monize excellently, and- they may be ! tuc;(ed in here and there among the I rhizomes wherever they are needed. I There are 'gardening magazines ! which give . tho names of wholesale ' dealers in" these lovely flowers, who ' will supply coniparati\'ely small quan- 1 titles at j)rj<«s well below the usual I i-ctail rate.s ; so that, although the j scattering of gladioluses broadcast thvoughou*. the garden may soi'iid I like tho wildest extravagance, it is I really not a particularly expensive ' luxury. j When it comes to actual pluntiii;?, : gladiolus hulbs shQuld be .set from i four to r..r.e inches deep, according ! to the sW.e oil the conn or bulb, an-l six inches apart, and should, of course, bo lifted overy autumn. The dahlia root, or "toe," is set Jujt below the ground, and must also tie lifted at the end of the season. Dah- lias are set a considerable distance apart in order to permit the free de- velopment of the plant. In transplanting seedlings, or in^ deed pHante of larger growth which are grown from seed, a word as to the method to be used may not be amiss. The most commonly employed â€" and the easiest â€" is simply to move the pl'ant to the desired spot, to give it a good watering and to await the result. Thi.q generally involves a complete wilting down of the plant in question and its subsequent revival after a day or two of prostration which has sapped it of vitality and im|)edted its growth. If, on the other hand, you will lift the plant with a little earth about it, fill the hole which lias been mad>e for ite reception with water and set the plant in it, piling in dry earth upon the water, the seedling will stand in liquid mud and wifl almost invariably survive without undergoing tlie weak- ening wilting and reviving process entailed by the other method. It need hardly be said that the roots should be supplied with a^p>l!e space in their new home, and should never be tightly p." 1 together; the earth should.be pu 1 down firmly about the plant, and in the hottt of summer a piece of newspaper should be laid over^ transplanted plants during the heat of the day to, shield them from the rays of the jun. Although Bucn transplanting may seem to entail much extra labor, you will find some compensation in the fact that it will not be necessary to move a very large number of plants in all. It is surprising to see what large and attractive gfrowths will re- sult from a rathar scattered planting. Generally we sow annual seed thick- ly and have not sufficient hardness of heart to thin extensively, and the re- sult is a mass of bloom born upon minute plants. If, however, you. will in transplanting set your petunias, four-o'clocks, balsams and other an- nuals perhaps six inches aptirt, not only will your labors bo greatly re- duced but you will be surprised to see what showy and decorative growtlis will result. Apart from the treatment of un- avoidable bald spots in the garden it will be found that actual flowerless spaces can, by a little care, be reduced to a minimum. This is. done by the simple process of keeping the flowers blooming, which is an easy task, since it consists only in preventing the formation of seed pods. I know of cases where Canterbury bells were enjoyed well into August by merely pinching off these pods when they formed, after the passing of the flower. This does not mean tho cutting off of the entire stalk with the sacrifice of some bloom, but simply the removal o€ tho pods as they form along the stem. Larkspurs will bloom a second time if cut back when the first bloom is over, as will phlox if the flower heads are removed as noon as they begin to fade. Pansics, so popular in the spring and so yellow and hopeless later, may be coaxed into a longer lease of life if in late J-uly or early' August the straggling stems be cut severely back. ; • Forget-me-nots may be kept green ] and fresh-looking by removal of the seed pods, but this will be at the cost of the lavish crop of self-grown "ba- bies" which will next year more than make up for any winter mortality, and which are dearly bought at such a price. Of course if flowers be cut profu.se- ly the seed-pod problem will not pre- sent itself so soon. I have known of communities, where literally everyone boasted a garden,! in- which this fact was attested by the ; garden owners who, armed with scis- sors, went daily through their domains { catting off blooms, which were left on the ground to die because the house was already filled with flowers and there was no one in town who was not similarly well supplied. Of course such cutting docs pro- long bloom, and in the case of roses adds a supplemental pruning as well, which is beneficial to the plant. When | many railroads, however, ^e<r free! tranaportatiun to flowers which arej traveling to hospitals or missions, it •eems almo«t cruel to let our cutting be to so little purpose and to tormln-j ate with o,ur own needs or those of our gardens. ; T* Variations in Egg Quality. £}ggs when laid vary considerably In size and color, and somewhat as to sliapo. Sixu is a matter of very great Importance because ot the (act that egg» ai-e sold by tho dozen and not by the pound. It Is generally acceptad that a standard dozen eggs should weigh one and a half pounds, or an average of two ounces for each egg. i If tho current price Is based on two- ounce eggs, the consumer has a right to expect somo reductton In the price of eggs smaller than the standard. Similarly, the producer has a right to If You Are a Blonde. The cbuavglng of pretty, light-blond hair into that despised "dishwater" shade can easily be avoided and with- out the lea»t injury to the hair. I am â€" wellâ€" past thirty and «tUl have pret- ty, lljlil hair. Btoep two ounces of camomile In two quarts of water until the tea is quite blroug. After the last rinsing of the hair pour this tea well ovur and Into tho hulr. Do not dry thoroughly with OUR VACATION AT HOME BY GRACIA SHULL. Last year wo spent a most enjoy- able and profitable vacation, and we never laft home. A quarter of a milo back of our farmhouse on a beautiful knoll is our made one hundred and sixty glasses of jelly and sold it at thirty onnte a glass. Forty quarts of cucunwer cat- chup we sold at fifty cents a quart, and twenty quarts we kept for home use. Wo nuide about ten gallons of large orchard, and at tho foot of the slope is a brook fed by a spring as | tomato cat<!hup and sold par* of it, a towel, but rather let tho hair dry clear as crystal. In the centre of the ; receiving twenty cents a lialf-pint slowly, thus gaining tho full benefit of orchard we constructed a "cook bottle for it. the camomile. . i shack"; about twenty feat away wa If the hair haa boeir^rung well after . made a platform of rough boards, the. last rinsing tho oamomllo solution : measuring 16 x 20 feet, and then can' bo bottlo.l for use In the next ] pltthed a tent over the platform. The Our canning was all done in our cook shack and the men made 'trips to the cellar every few days to store it, but the women never weitt near the washing. If you object to tho faint tent was waterproofed and then paint- hou.se during the months of July and expect a premium for eeea that are „dor which will remain for a few days, i «<J » dull moss green to ehminato the' August. uniformly larger than the standard, aJd some powJared orris root to the ' ulare pix)vlde,^ all are equally good lu other ^ea. The camomile rinse will not , This was our dining room and Hv- lespecta. ^ ^ , ,y. » b\eae\\ or lighten the hairâ€" It merely i i„g roomâ€" whenever we could prevail Color of egg depends for the most gjves it the original shade. u,x,n anyone to stay inside. Meals part, on the breed of the hens laying Never use tar soap if you are blond, v^e^e carried from the cookjxK>m to the j them. Cer am breeds lay white-shell. ,t will surely darken the hair. So will dining tent on a huge tray; only two i ed eggs, whereas It Is equally charac- petrolatum, olive oil and tlie majority 1 trios : terlstlc ot other breeds to lay eggs of hair tonics. I have found that a 1 having brown shells. Of course there good soaking of the scalp once a are to be found all graxlatlous between month with kerosene will keep 'H cImoi the pure white egg at one extreme and and not harm the hair or its coloit For the very dark brown shell at the other, the shompoo scrapo somo pfire soap Consumers, naturally, have individ- mto a little water, let dissolve anS^^ven on rugs on cie*r nights, but on | one-piece bungalow ap'rons'That hid ual preferences with respect to shell pcmr onto the hair. Ulnse weU, beln« e â-  i ^ si "»u c9lor Just as they have with ras-peot to sure that no soap remains, the oolor of roses or neckties' or any i ^ little borax or soda can be used, other commodity In which color varla- but If the hair Is very dry ftid brittle tlon exists, la eertein markets' the after washing discontinue tfielr use. I preference fof ettlter white or brown wash my hair once a week and hiive slieUs Is so general and so marked never found It Injurious^ The injury that the dally qu-itatlons for eggs show in frequent washing lies mostly in us- a consistent difference in i»-ice between ing tho wrong soaps or hair lotions brown and white eggs of equal size and in improper rinsing. and equal Interior quality. While tlio casual buyer..of eggs Is Indulging his preference as to shell color, the shrewd housewife, who knows that chemlscally there is no If possible, always wash in soft water and dry the hair in the sun. As a general thing, blond hair looks its best when waved or curled. I roll mine up with rags, preferably cut-up were needed to carry the entire meal for the seven of us. Wash water and water for cooking BUSY, HAPPY WEEKS. We bought our bread and butter and eliminated pastry. Wo broiled fish, meat and fowl over a camp "Rre. We roasted wienies and we rolled whole picnic hams in clay and baked them in our camp fire. We used a long-handled toaster to bi-oil meate, thus saving burnt fingers and face* purposes were carried' from the I We did our laundry work at the brook spring. Wo slept under the apple and did not iron a single garment in trees in hammocks or on cote and I two months. We wore knickers and ^amp or rainy nighte the women slept seen better days. The men wore ten- on cots and jMllete in the tent and ^ nis shoes, old colored shii-ts, old wash the men slept in a large hay barn just at the edge of the orehard. Wo closed up the house as though we were going away for a long visit and promptly forgot all about it. We took old, plain dishes â€" mostly tinware â€" plenty of cooking utensils, all of trousers or overalls. We rigged up n shower bath under a V-.shaped tent of muslin. The youngsters wont bare- foot and mother and I wore sandals. Tho fruit, berries, and so forth, were clear profit except for the sugar, vinegar and spices used in canning distinguishable difference in the interl- 'Old stockings, and if this is done be- or quality as related to shell color, Is fore the talr dries, after a washing, the I looking for other measures of quality while making her purchases. thajt straight hair. If you succumb to the bob, don't have the hair cut close to the head or shingled. That Is for brunettes. A blonde will always look Really pretty, light hair on adults la rare and well worth preserving. Try the camomilo for a year â€" you will be pleased with the rsult DcXL Dishes. Don't Wait to CulL The annual culling season is here and care should be taken to start the elimination of the loafer hens just as soon as any of them appear. The real poultryman Is no longer satisfied with one or even two cuilllngs a year. He Is finding It pays to make a culling every two weol!» for a considerable period In order to get the boarders out ot tho way as' soon after they stop laying as possible. In making these early cullings all that is really necessary is to be able to | tell a laying hen from one that Is not j This can most easily be done by exam- ' Ining the vent, the abdomen and the spread of pelvic bones. | The vent of the non-layer, whether she be a good or a pcor hen tor the year, will be more or lesa dried and shriveled In comparison with the large, moist vent of the laying hen. If a yel- low-skinned breed la being observed the return of yellow color to the vent will aid materially in picking out the vacation hens. SlmilarlV the abdomen loses its soft, velvety condition when the hen stops laying. ' The pelvic bonea- are always fairly well spread when a hen is laying but close up when she stops. The non-| layer can easily be identified by this condition. The hen that stops laying In July is usually not much ot a hen, provided she has had a fair chance and good management. i - She can be culled by the three points >'0"r poppies and be sure to get freshly I suggested. In the later cullings more opened ones. j care must be exercised and hence ' D'P the tips of tho i-tems immoaiate- 1 more factors considered. I ly 'i very hot wator, then arrange ' _...„ I them in a large pitcher or crock of: cold water and set them in the cellar for tho day. They will droop at first i but s'traighten up later and if they do not need to be moved about w^lll often last two or three days. sUnbonnets and turned them loose. Horses were turned out to pasture, but the men had to milk eleven cows twice each day, feed and water the Hogs, tend 150 hens and about 800 young chickens and other poultry, curl wU stay much tonger. , occasionally a little weeding in the Be sure the curls and waves are large ^^,3„ ^^ indulged in "or a little fw?.i.L,!.".l°f ^i' „^^''".!!l.!;f !! i wood gatherxsd and cut for our oamp, but not one stroke of unnecessary our old cotton clotlies, dressed the ; them, as wo liad. never tried using youngsters in rompers, overalls and j windfall apples before, or berries and work was done. Tho men went on fishing trips near- ly every day. We women gathered, better with a nether long stialght p'^;e;;;d,'"^'ck.lerand"cann^"neariy Buster Brown cut and the ends softly ^ ' '^ curled. 300 quarts of berries, grapes, water- melon rinds and tomatoes. We made forty gallons of tho finest apple butter from windfalls and sold the greater part at two dollars a gol^ Ion to touriste and summer camps. We I wild grapes, picked in fence corners. The youngsters grow brown and strong. Tho horses grew sleek and fat and liozy â€" the men also â€" and I found time to make many duinty pieces of needlework for the coming Christmas box, read many good' maga- zines and books, write letters to neg- lected friends and relatives and dream many happy dreams under the stars at night. Altogether we were a busy, happy lot, and when the last week in August rolled round and we made a bonfire of our old ctothes and sent the men down the hill to open up and air out the house for our homecoming, it was with real pleasure that we looked back over the happy weeks of our delightful vacation. Curtain Tricks. Whetf hanging fresh curtains, re- member that there are tricks to this On her birthday my daughter asked for a set of doll ddshea big enough to oat from when her little friends came in to play. We went shopping for j P^'"*- °^ housekeeping as well as any them in toy departments ot stores and â-  other, found such sets expensive. But in the houEo-fumlEhings section wa, bought TEaiPSii from open-stock china better dishes at ' half the price. We bought six bread-and-butter ' plated' of a dainty flower pattern, six If the thin ones have shrunken so j they look like a little girl's skirt at the | window, hunt up some old thin white ' material and lengtlien each curtain i from the top, covering this seam with a valance, set on straight or pleated, ' , .â- â- &«hswejhf(mt \ afterdinner cups and saucers, the ' °' ^"'"^ ^^Ight material in ooloa- har- , smallest meat platter, an Individual monions to the room. | teapot, sugar bowl and cream pitcher. I Straight curtain.s. which have split I My daughter says any pieces left after I "'"^ a^e may bs ironed into pleating, ; doll days sihe is going to put away to ^"^^^ fastened back with cords or form the nucleus keeping dishes. of her own house- 1 bands. A Pc^py Bouquet. V.'hlte net or laco curtains may be washed and starched and put on the ; rods wet to dry. Pull out the edgoa Do not deny'yourself the pleasure ^"^ ^he fingers when periectly dry. of a beautiful bouquet of rich red pop- , ^hla is most suoces'sful when there pies right in tho house where you can '»'•« t^^° '''^^' '«» «"'' ^o\.X.om. as for see them. Early in the morning cut French windows. Don't try to fasten tie-backs with pins pressed in by the finger. Hold tho : pin firmly and pound It in with a ham- mer, i Iron net curtains and marquoette. \ damp rrom the line. It saves time and the result Is as pleasing as' when damp- ened. I Pongee curtains' hold a nicer sheen i when ironed quite dry. | White bone rings mako an excellent I 1 £ T' lengthener for a ,iash curtain, serving Inches or lime. â-  also as InsoA for the rod. We housewives are often held in the Two yards of percale, ruffled, makes kitchen, watching the progress of a dainty, woshable and gay kitcheu tember has been more productive than \ w^hatever may be over the fire, waiting curtain for lesa than fifty cents. that which was sown at later -dates. I for things to get done. I used to chafe I Don't forgot Ww posuibiiilies of Iho Winter w^heat sown on summer fal- \ "t tliese wasted moments. But I don't j dye-pot for faded curtains. Color Is low or after clovers or alfalfa gives ' waste them now â€" not since I thought j lieing used more than ever and, If this better reisults thoji that sown after of establishing in my kitchen, on a con- is not desired, try creaming or bulfing timothy, buckwheat, etc. j venlent shelf, a worthwhile book to ^ dingy white ones. Even tho "tints" ff I read at those times.. I have read in added to the last water give e-xcelient Quality pays regardlesQ of whether ' this way a nnmber of fine hooks that results. It is in the goods >-ou soU or the goods I could not havo gotten through with ! -.» . you buy. Tho added price of quality otherwise. Busy women who think j Wo take all podsible pains tn wash \ product? shows value received hi the they have no time for reading will find clean our palls, pans and cans, but sun- added-service or satisfaction one gete that they can accomplish ranch in that! shine can make them S'tlll purer and from them. Quality often makes the line if they real'.y wanted to, just by I swooter. They ,should be turnod up In difference between success and failure using their inches of time. â€" Alice A. the open iili- evrry day to 1st tho sun's in farming. Keen. I rays find Ihoir way Into thorn. Seed Wheat. Experiments at the O.A.C. show that for the best returns it is important to sow seed wheat which is (1) large; (2) plump; (3) well matu'red; (4) un- broken and (5) uusprouted. In the average of ten yearfl' experi- ments wheat E'own at the College from the 26th of August to the 9th of Sep- â- 'â- ^- â- â- â- â- ^ '•" ' iS 'â- ''"ir- imr %.M ^^^8 ^gg^ 1 •..• ^^ ^IttiOHl HHv^^f ^PC'I ^f'^^m^i ^\ ^^^9 ^/^ 1 â- ^;-?<^?* { 'r*w^ 5' V m ^Wm .^^B. 1 'i^t^-^* 1 v« , i X W. i ^Er ^ 1 f . i IMv .V.-- ^^r-i- .- â- * ^ """Wy^ m bOVS' NORl'OLK SL'il. This type of suit will appeal to par- ents who dress their young sons smartly and sensibly, and is a style the young l)oy will wear with much pl'OHauro. Tlvj Iwx-plaits in the front and back fit under a yoke. The collar fita closL-ly to (he .neck, and the slepves may be lone: and gathered into a cuff, or short, 'i'he patch-pockets are gen- oi"ous in size and will hold many trea- sures. Ths trousers arc straight .ind knoo-length, with sido closing. Si2ies 4, 6 and 8 ycar.v Size 6 yeans re- (juires 2"i yards of 3G-inch, or lv4 yards of .")4-inch material. Price 20c, Our new Fashion Bonk contains many styles showing h-;w to dress b<)>-s and girls. Simplicity is the rule for well-drcsssd children. Clothes of character and individuality for the junior folks are hard to buy, but easy to make with our patterns. A small amount of money spent on good ma- terials, cut on^ simple lines, will give childnen tho privilege of wearing adorable thing;*. Price of tho book 10 cents tr^e copy. Each copy includes one coupon good for five c-iite in the purcha&o of any pattern. HOW TO OllDEH PATTERNS. Write your namo and ;'.cdress plain- \y, giving number and size of such jiattcrns as you want Cr.ciose 20c id ^t;;nlps or coin (i".,in prrftrrcd: wrap it carefully) for each number, and .-ddress your order to Puttern Dept, Wlson Publishing Co., "iS West Ads- lido St., Toronto. Patti-rns sent by riturn mail. This photograph, taken in Trafalgar .Square. L'jn.lun. .^Ijons llio openi ^ of iJic lirst cunlbler ot Canadian peoniesv donated by Mr. W. Onnlston Roy ot Montreal and shipped in cold storage. I. Ire and mi\(\» ar<» pamsitos Mlltoll suck awny poultry profits. It Is a good. Invpsfmcnt of time and money to keep ( them la ebeck.