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' ' ' r4 r' ;S4V- That "Are-Well iGf ?P ." -TI ', mmSm'-4 Worth Cultivating Even .jk jOfe f 4,' v - . " . ' ..t 7v.iii; by Rose Growers 1 t, . , , v v 'sl THIS week is a good time to plant those so-called "summer bulbs" many of which are not bulbs at all, which will give the flower-loving woman a wealth of blossoms from the time when the roses' first glory is passing, until the frost warns us of the dying year. I have met some ardent rose-growers who seemed to think It a sort of treason to give attention to any othw flower; but while I think I share and understand their love and loyalty to the Queen of Flowers, It seems a good thing, quite literally to "consider the lilies" as well. Roses and lilies have always been poetic ally linked. Don't plant a single rose the loss the Rose City wants every one you can possibly raise, but Just plant a lily (or whatever else your choice may be) the more, and enjoy both kinds of beauty. Lilies of the Valley should be set at once, and will grow and thrive in shady places where other flowers will not do well. There are many desolate corners that could be utilized In this way. The "pips" are hot expensive, and once start ed, lilies of the valley may be trusted to Increase and multiply and take, care of themselves In a most obliging manner. One lady tells me that about this season she quite often takes up a clump of these lilies and keeps them In a very cool place (even in the refrigerator In hot weather) ro as to delay their growth. Then later, when their proper flowering period is long past, she gives them their chance. They grow and 'flower very rapidly; and she has a pot of beautiful . blossoms for in door use, or to give away. It is a little late for planting the tall lilies. They are best started in the Fall. They are hardy here and can be left five years .in the ground without Interference. An exception to this Is the pure white Kaster llly. which "runs out," and has to be renewed yearly.- The "Mount Hood Tily" (native of Ore gon; white tinted with lilac), the Japan lily (spotted white) and the Lillum Spe closum (white, .red or spotted) are favor ite kinds. The Tiger Mly Is best in gar dens where flame color and scarlet pre dominate. Gladioli "soldier flowers," a small friend of mine calls them are very use ful and decorative. They may be planted between young rose bushes without harm ing them; or among early flowering roses that want to rest just about the time that the Oladiolus spikes are bursting Into bloom. One experienced grower has AMATEUR VEGETABLE GARDENS Special Hints About Certain Plants That Every Novice Should Know. OE.of the most delightful points in connection with amateur gardening effort is the feeling of neighborliness and good fellowship that It produces un less of course your neighbor happens to keep hens and there Is a hole in her fence. The amateur gardener is usually Willing not only to share the product of her skill, but also to share the knowl edge that secured the good results; and that apparently without the mental re serve that sometimes accompanies 'rfhe Riving of a pet cooking recipe. Where the donor tells you the Ingredients, but al the same time somehow makes you feci that It Is utterly Impossible for you to achfove equality with her specially talented efforts. Here I offer you a mixed collection of valuable special hints "in gardening lore accumulated from vari ous kindly sources. 8oak beet seed In tepid water and let Hand over night before sowing. Give wood ashes. Sow thickly in rows. Thin out when the plants are a few inches high, leaving the strongest ones six inches apart. Use the "tr1mmings, for greens. Combine them with other greens if you have not enough; for it takes a big pile of leaves to make a satisfactory dish ful when they are cooked. You can transplant some of the thinnings If you like. Sow spinach every ten days for a suc cession. It needs rich ground. Sow a "Winter variety in the Fall. New Zea land spinach Is good for hot, dry weather. You will find that children who ordinarily refuse greens will eat daintily cooked home grown spinach.- In limited space it is a good plan to raise just one crop of early Hpinach and then use the ground for later crops." If you grow beans, don't cultivate them when the soil is wet, and don't allow any of the pods to ripen. Give string-beans he warmest place and the poorest soil In your garden, and plant them late rather than early. Next year, plant your root-crops where you had beans and peas this year. Plant potatoes where you want straw berries next year. But don't try potatoes If your garden Is less than 50 by SO feet. Potatoes ought to have at least 25 by 25 feet; although I know of a woman "back East" who plants In a very small garden Just enough very early potatoes to give her a few dishes of small new ones while they are still rather high In price in the market. Give your cabbage some lime. IX cabbage worms attack them, try sur I If ' - " ' ' . -- - "p (clvu51551 "ill - r pallia a very effective boundary hedge of roses and . pink Gladioli. As cut flowers they are very effective and last a long time, for new blossoms open on the spikes as the lower ones fade. In cutting, remem ber that you must leave some of the leaves on the plant to mature the bulb for next season. Do -not cut the whole thing off close to the ground as one In experienced woman did. When the stalks turn yellow, cut them off an inch from the surface, dig up the bulbs, dry In a cool place, store in a warm cellar and set out again next spring. In planting,' it is rounding the stem with, a sort of little petticoat of tarred paper cut like this. Dusting with one part prelthum powder to five parts flour is also recom mended. Set out late cabbages in July in places where you have had lettuce, radishes or early peas. In transplanting, If the plants are long and spindling, you may cut back the outer leaves a little, but be careful not to Injure the center. Plant on a cloudy day or set them out In the evening, and next day give them a shade of folded newspapers. Remember that they need air as well as shade. One woman shaded them altogether too close ly and was very unhappy when she came to look at them. If the cabbage heads show a tendency to burst before you gather them, break them a little at the root. Plant cauliflowers early or late in the season, as they will not do well in the hottest weather. "When the flower is about four inches across, tie the leaves loosely over it to protect it and keep It white; but be careful not to do this when the leaves are -damp, or you may . rot the head. Plant a few Brussels sprouts to eat in the Fall. They can be used effectively in Winter salads and are delicious served in a variety of ways both hot and cold. They are improved by a touch of frost. Don't forget to shade . your lettuce in hot weather if you want to keep it crisp and tender. Use a little radish seed to mark , and break the ground for the slower-growing carrots. You can cat up the radishes before the carrots need the space. Keep the carrots well weeded when 'they do appear. A few radish or mustard seeds may often be conveniently employed to mark the rows of any slower germinating vegetables so that early cultivation may be given between the rows without fear of disturbing the seeds. Start peppers in boxes indoors. "Kuby THE SUNDAY OREGOJiTAN. PORTLAND. " lUCk h0rSeSh0e " UttIe Blrl thOU8llt -''.- ' ' ft'lltHl1' ' I that if you are planning a six-foot bed of I should have woll-prepared soil, treated 1 t- ' "--j ' ' ' 1 well to set them two or three Inches deep so that they get a good hold on the soil and don't fall over. They should not be less than eight inches apart. In ordering Carinas, remember to state what heights and colors you want. The heights range from two feet' to seven feet and you can get magnificent tropical effects. Much disappointment comes to the inexperienced woman who vaguely orders ""two dozen mixed Cannas." Get solid colors, and use the majgniflcent foliage of the "Canna Musafolia" for background. It may be useful to know King" is "a good kind. Give the soil hen manure if you can get it. Set them out in May. Try the Swiss Chard if you have never done so.. . The leaves make good greens and the thick mid-rib is cooked like as paragus. Did -you ever try, for a change, celery cooked and served like asparagus? Don't try to raise celery if you are a novice. For a quickly grown salad and effective garnish use garden cress. If you like good horse-radish give It rich, moist soli. Start cucumbers early Indoors and trans plant in hills when the fourth leaf Is out Give manure and wood ashes. You can have a succession, by sowing at intervals of 10 days. If you have only a few cu cumbers and want to pickle them, keep a crock of brine with a few horse-radish leaves in it and add the little cucumbers as they come on. Keep a weight and board on top and cover with a cloth. Later you can drain them from the brine, just heat through (not boil) in special vinegar and put up in bottles at your convenience. Don't forget that cucum bers are good cooked as well as raw. Gather nasturtium seeds daily and drop them into a bottle of vinegar to use later for sauces or relish. You will have all the more blossoms. If you plant endive for Winter salads, remember that the white kind is best for table use. Plant salsify (oyster plant) and par snips for Winter use. Leaue both in the ground until you need them. ' If you cannot grow all the varieties you like in your own garden, make "a deal" with a. like-minded neighbor. One can grow early peas, the other late ones; one, cabbage, the other cauliflower; one par snips, the other salsify; and so on, to mutual advantage. In laying out a garden have it long rather than square. Rows running north and south are generally best. Don't have rows running at right angles. Plant tall crops at the north so as not to shade the other things. - Group your root crops together as far as you can. Give onions your best soil and thin them evenly, by degrees, as you need the green ones. Use radishes, lettuce and spinach be tween the wide rows of slower growing things. l. Remember that rhubarb needs all the manure you can give it, and that the roots should be divided every three years. You can gain some time by starting that if you are planning a six-foot bed of Cannas you will need 18 plants. The prices range from IS cents to. 60 cents each. One of the largest new varieties is the "King Humbert," five or six feet high, with bronze foliage and .orange scarlet flowers. The "Pennsylvania" . Is another of the tall growing kinds and has blossoms six inches across. Dahlias nowadays are very different tfrom the prim, quilled, old-maldlsh flow ers that I feared rather than loved in my childhood. They always seemed so provokingly and reprovingly . tidy which I was not, I am sorry to say. Then, too, I had the proud responsibility of arrang ing all the cut flowers about the house, and It was almost impossible to fix up those stiff dahlias in a way that did not bring forth disrespectful fraternal com ment about "colored cannon-balls." The cactus and crysanthemum dahlias of today are graceful and beautiful, and are welcome for both house and garden. The single dahlias, some . of which re semble the cosmos, are also attractive, but do not last quite so well. Dahlias early corn indoors. Use paper pots, as already described, cut them when planted but don't disturb the plants.' Put manure under each hill and set three good plants in a hill. , The planting of some small fruits, rasp berries, loganberries or currants . will prove an excellent investment for any garden. . Finally consider these two aphorisms: "Whatever is worth growing at all is worth growing well." "Show me a well-ordered garden and I will show you a genial home." LILLIAN E. TINGLE. BROWN HAIR THE FASHION THE fashionable color for hair this coming season is to be the pure sold brown, beloved of youthful poets, writes a "correspondent in Paris. It Is always difficult to trace directly back to the actual personage who starts a new fashion; fashions very often seem to start themselves. In the affair of gold brown hair It is possible that we have to thank two famous beauties one a true Parisienne and the other a Parisienne from New York City. Both these lovely women have hair of delicious shade of brown gold, absolutely and entirely nat ural and difficult beyond words to imi tate. On the other hand, it may well be that some autocratic Parisian coiffeur has, under the rose, given this new mode a push forward. There is no color so difficult to imitate as pure gold brown and the attempt to imitate It is very costly and elaborate business. For the last two years the coiffeurs of Paris have been complaining bitterly of "bad times," etc.; they have found their hands more or less idle since artificial undulations began to go out of fashion and coiffeurs are quite human. Many things can be done at home by amateur hands, but hair tinting, except with henna, is not one of them. To tint the hair with henna is a horribly dirty piece of work, but it can be done at home with the help of a clever maid or obliging sister. On the other hand, it Is impossible for an amateur to make her hair gold brown otherwise than by the use of peroxide, and peroxide can only be used in small quantities and with the greatest care, for it quickly gives a glittering, unpleasant tone of color which is clearly artificial by daylight. Apropos the hair on the head of a prettv woman the fashion In the matter of hairdressing Is slowly but surely chang ing the low natural looking headdress is coming in again. We have for some little time back been swaying in thla direction; picture hats and dresses, have dominated picture headdresses, and more and more it has ceased to be correct to dress the hair stiffly and in artificial undulations, and every effort is made to produce a natural effect APRIL 21, 1907. should have . well-prepared soil, treated with well-rotted manure and stirred to a considerable depth, so that there will be' good drainage during excessive rain and so that the roots may go down deep after moisture during ' dry weather. .The novice often makes the mistake 'of plant ing the stem vertically with the eye up, as shown In figure 1. This seems the obvious way, but it gives extra trouble to the roots when they begin to grow. A sloping or horizontal position, as in figure 2 is the proper way. Dahlias and caladiums are often planted with a slight depression round the root so that abundance of water may be sup plied during the Summer. Even more im portant with Dahlias than watering is thorough cultivation. The soil should be thoroughly stirred around them while they are growing. They need less deep but still frequent stirring when they are in, bloom. Never allow the soil surface to become hard. Give soapsuds occa sionally. ... By removing all but the strongest shoot, and pinching out the center of LARGE FORTUNES FROM FEES Lawyers and FhjsicianS AVho Became Rich Quickly One Fee of a Million Dollars. A MILLION DOLLARS for a fee! As much pay for a brief transac tion as the owners of some of America's largest industries are able to make in a lifetime! It is a well-to-do citizen in this country whose total earnings through life reach $50,000; what of fhe man who, in payment for a single service, taking only a few weeks or days, may collect as much as 30 prosperous men earn in long lives of toil? That the day of the million-dollar fee has come is shown by one bona fide and another partially authenticated instance recently disclosed. That James B. Dill, of New York, received a cool million for settling a steel corporation dispute has been asserted as a fact; that "William Nelson Cromwell made tl,000,000 or possi bly 12,000,000 by negotiating the sale of the Panama Canal is a sub rosa assertion. One of the most difficult achievements of the century was the selling of the Panama Canal to the United States, and , well-informed persons agree that even if William Nelson Cromwell did get $1,000, 000 or J2.000.000 for it he earned it. He even risked his life to make his negotiations successful. One day while the treaty was under discussion in Wash ington it looked very much as if the whole project would fall through. But one man could save it. Arose From Sickbed. Where was Cromwell? Friends of the canal found upon inquiring at his hotel that he was In bed very ill with a tem perature of 103. Yet upon learning of the situation he arose, drove to Secretary Hay's office, stayed "with him an hour, then returned to the hotel and lay bat tling with typhoid fever for six weeks. But the canal was bought. Before a Senate committee Mr. Crom well admitted having received $200,000 and said he expected more. How much? Only the gossip of Wall street attempts to an swer and this places the" total amount at almost $2,000,000. The canal cost $40,000,000. This is not Mr. Cromwell's first big fee. For reorganizing . the firm of Decker. Howell & Co. In 1831 he received from the court $260,000. He is said to have got a $100,000 fee on another occasion. One of the deepest muddles In American industrial history was the series of dis putes between Andrew Carnegie and Henry C. Frick over the transfer of the properties merged in the United States Steel Corporation.- There are those who say that James B. Dill he has since be come a Judge on the New Jersey bench at a comparatively small salary was the only man in the country who could have untangled the mess; that the job was worth the $1,000,000 he received. The group of attorneys who secured payment by the Government of the long lieferred claims of the Cherokee Indians ZZALMA it, but a trap to catch the wily" earwig that seems to nourish an unrequited passion for dahlias. It is not safe to leave the roots in the ground all winter. They should be lifted and stored when the first frost comes. - One Portland some time ago. amounting to $15,000,000, were allowed 15 per cent of the whole, or nearly $750,000. Of this fee. It is said, a great part went to one man or firm. Broke Will for $800,000. A fee of $800,000 is said to have been paid to a New York lawyer, Wliliam D Guthrie, for breaking the will of the late Henry B. Plant, owner of a system of steamships, railways and hotels. Of the $24,000,000 estate the widow's share was $8,000,000, and as this was tied up in trust she engaged counsel 'to secure its release, giving him 10 per cent of her share. Another large attorney's fee recently granted in a court decision at Seattle, Wash., was that of United States Senator S. H. Piles, who will get $450,000 In the famous John . Sullivan will case. The estate Is valued at $900,000 and two of the heirs gave deeds of conveyance to their tounsel for half the amount. Modest In all things, the city of Milwau kee. Wis., would, of course, be expected to furnish examples of modest legal fees. Witness these charges in the Schandein will case,, recently closed; Frisbee & Red field, attorneys for Mrs. Clara S. Heyl, $107,000; Quarles, Spencer & Quarles. for the proponents. $150,000; Winkler, Flan ders. Bottum -& Faweett, for the con testants. $60,000: A., W. Hard, guardian for the Frank children, $20,000. and George P. Miller, guardian for Erlck Heyl. $15,000. For a single argument before the United States Supreme Court Joseph H. Choate, ex-Ambassador to Great Britain, once re ceived $200,000. The effect of the argument was the declaring unconstitutional of the Income tax. It has been stated repeatedly that At torney D. M. Delmas was assured of a $100,000 fee for his work in defending Harry K. Thaw. Big Foes of Doctors. It is not alone the law that offers op portunities for making tremendous sums quickly. Medicine is a profession quite as rich In possibilities. A Philadelphia physician, the late Dr. William Pepper,' It is understood, charged Robert Simpson $1500 for an examination lasting about a minute and Dr. S. Weir Mitchell Is said to have been given a fee of $15,000 by one patient. When America learned that Dr. Adolph Lorenz, of Vienna, received $59,000 for set ting the hip... of little Lolita Armour, of Chicago, and later pay for further atten tion swelling his total fees to $78,000, there was amazement, and yet this would not create surprise in Europe, especially in court circles. When the present King Edward of Eng land, then Prince of Wales, was seriously HI years ago. Dr.- William Jenner pulled him through and for his four weeks' at tendance was paid $60,000. The physician who attended the father of Emperor Will iam of Germany In his last illness Dr. S. Morrell Mackenzie rexenled a. hill Xar 7 grower lost two-thirds of his plants last year through overconfldence In Port land's mild climate. You will certainly be repaid If you plant the beautiful Japan Iris, and now is the time to do it. Moist soli is preferred, but almost any except dry, gravelly soil will do. It Is a little late for the Eng lish and German Iris, but don't forget ti secure some of these graceful flowers In the Fall. The German iris will flourish even in poor soil and without special care. There is a beautiful Spanish Iris with a delicious odor which is the par ticular fad of one friend of mine, but which I have never met outside her garden. Tuberoses will do well if planted now. They are favorites with some people, but their fragrance is oppressive, and to my mind carries always a faint funeral suggestion. If you plant them, see that the tip of th bulb is Just level with the soil. Amaryllis will be good cither in open ground or in pots as porch plants. Caladium are useful In providing the foliage relief and background that is sometimes forgotten by the novice who is striving for brilliant effects. The bulbs should be stored in dry sand and kept from year to year. These also make . handsome' porch plants. ' The tigridias, or shell flowers, are easy to grow,, and appeal to those who like gorgeous and slightly bizarre effects. Cin namon vine bulbs can be started this week. They want rich- soil, but are hardy and will increase in growth year by year. Remove the vines when they die down and cover with manure for the winter. - - The Japanese anemenone is not among "Summer - bulbs," but I cannot resist mentioning it. It is one of the cosiest perennials for the beginner to grow and ought to be more freely used. Its blos soms are very graceful and abundant, lasting from August until very late in the Fall. It Is one of the most satisfactory flowers for cutting, lending Itself to very artistic arrangements . under skillful fin gers. If you have never . tried it, get one and plant It now. LILIAN E. TINGLE. . . $100,000, which was paid without a mur mur. Professor Zacherine of Moscow, got $76,000 for two days' attendance on the father of the present Czar. Dr. Thomas Dimsdale, for vaccinating the Empress Catherine I at St. Peters burg, got $60,000 and a pension of $2500 for life. A bill for $190,000 was sent by Dr. Walter C. Browning, of Philadelphia, to the es tate of Senator C. L. Magee at Pittsburg. It was brought out in evidence that Sena tor Magee had once declared his intention of giving Dr. Brown a fee of $1,000,000, and had added: "I intend to beat Peter Wide ner's record. Widener, you know, paid his doctor $800,000." Grateful Fathers Liberal. A review of high voluntary fees seems to show that a father whose child has been saved by a physician Is especially liberal. Gratitude of the Chicago father to the Vienna "bloodless" surgeon was eclipsed by that of Mr. Flagler, of New York, who gave Dr. Shelton securities worth $87,000 for curing his daughter. The late Shah of Persia paid Dr. Galezowski, of Paris, $25,000 for curing his son of an affliction of the eye. After the death of Marshal Field, the Chicago merchant prince, his 'physician. Dr. Frank Billings, filed in the Probate Court a claim for. $25,000. a bill for seven . days' service. For 100 days' attendance upon 'the late. William L. Rainey. a millionaire cork manufacturer in Philadelphia, Dr. Samuel T. Barnes made out a bill amounting to $33,000. This charge of $330 a day can not be noted as among the modest claims of practitioners. That payment of large fees may be ex acted even when cures are not effected was shown by the recent decision of a French court in the case of George Crocker, of California, against Dr. Doy en. Mr. Crocker sought to recover a. $20,000 fee which he paid in 1904 for having his wife treated for cancer treatment which he asserted was unsuccessful. Tne court held that the Paris physician had done his best to fulfill the contract and that he was entitled to the $20,0u0 fee. . Mock Bisque Soup. Meat stock soups are a trifle heavy for Spring. Here Is a Spring soup that Is easy to prepare and because of the acids In the tomatoes, most palatable when Spring fever begins to be felt: One-half can tomatoes, one and one-half table spoons butter, one and one-half table spoons flour, one quart milk, salt and pepper. Stew and strain tomatoes; scald milk in double boiler and thicken with the flour and butter; season tomatoes well and reheat. Take both, from the fire and mix together.. If tomatoes are acid add pinch of soda. If mixed on fire sous is ant to curdle. IET1 1 04.0
