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Now is the time for the ruddy faced
beer gardener to lay out his beer
garden. First procure a license and a
few nice rustic chairs and tables. Next
extract the seeds from a couple of seedy old
suits and get your wife to sew them. Your
barber will gladly supply you with cuttings,
or, if you have the chance, unscrew a dozen
or so bulbs from some healthy young electric
light plant.
With ordinary summer weather you
should soon have a blooming fine lot of
Anheuser bushes. As soon as the "buds"
begin to pop, pack the roots with ice.
Care should be taken to keep the plants
from drying out.
Bottle flies, while annoying, do no real
injury to the plant, and a judicious use of
fly-paper will hold them in check.
In weeding, the beer gardener should be
careful to distinguish between true widow's
weeds and grass widow's weeds. The
latter not only add color and beauty to the
garden, but also give life to the plant.
Beer was never worn so much or used so
extensively for interior decoration as it is today.
There is a ready market for it at five
cents a small bunch, and with intelligent
grafting the bearing of the plant can be
increased tenfold.
| THERMOMETER ECONOMY:
This is the best time to buy thermometers.
They cost no more than during the winter
months and contain more than twice as
much mercury.
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