The Chemawa American, December 01, 1913, Page 10, Image 10

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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
VII. Keeping records of planting.
FR U IT PLANTATION
1. Arrangement of the fruit garden.
2. Advice upon fruits for the Northwest. (Apples, peaches,
plums, pears, prunes, apricots, quinces, cherries, grapes.)
3. Small fruits. (Red and black raspberries, blackberries and
dewberries, loganberries, currants, gooseberries, and straw­
berries.)
4. Means of propagation of fruits. (Grafting, budding, cut­
tings, layers, runners.)
T H E VEGETABLE GARDEN
1. Culture of:
a. Root crops and tubers—beet, carrot, parsnip, turnip, ruta­
baga, radish and potato.
b. Alliaceous group—onion, chieves, leek.
c. Leguminous group—beans, peas.
d. Brassicaseous group—cabbage, kale, cauliflower, broccolli,
brussel sprouts.
e. Solanaceous group—tomato, eggplant, pepper.
f. Cucurbitaceousgroup—cucumber, melon, squash, pumpkin.
g. Salad plants and potherbs—lettuce, cress, corn salad, endive,
chickory, dandelion, spinach, mustard, swiss chard, parsley,
rhubarb.
h. Miscellaneous vegetables—celery, celeriac, asparagus, sweet­
corn.
2. Vegetable seed study and seed testing.
F ir s t H a l f S econd Y e a r — L a n d sc a pe G a r d e n in g
I. The picture in the landscape: (Plans of the place)
1. How to obtain a picture effect.
2. Contrasts of scattered and massed plantings.
3. Discussions of flowerbeds and borders.
4. Types of bushes for lawn effects.
5. The use of various trees on the lawn.
6. Fundamentals of landscape gardening.
II. How to make improvements:
(Grading, terraces, banks, sunken fences, filling about trees,
walks and drives, curbs, suburban streets, edges of walks and
drives, materials for walks and drives.)
III. Making the plan.
IV. Making the lawn.
V. Planting the ornamental grounds.