In the Garden
Some old-fashioned gardeners are opposed to the promiscuous compost heap on the ground that it contains weed seeds, and some amateurs have found this to be true; but it is true only when the heap, or rather pit, has been used too soon. Like wine, it must be allowed to mature. If time is allowed even groundsel and chickweed may be used safely. . . . Which rose is the most perennial, if such an illogical phrase is permissible? In my garden the only rose which supplied a good bouquet for the Christmas table was an unpruned bush of Hugh Dickson. That splendid rose, especially for picking, President Hoover, tried hard to expand its tight little buds, but failed, but those on one unpruned bush came nearest to success. Roses, of course, must be pruned hard; but where possible room should be found for a few bushes protected from " the abhorred
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