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How can the flower garden be made more attractive? 

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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



August, 1907 



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A New Weed Killer 



T REMOVED an old waterproof, tarred felt 

 -*- roof from the farmhouse. It lay on the 

 grass several weeks. When found it had 

 killed a patch of orange hawk weed which, 

 even salt by the barrelful had failed to de- 

 stroy. 



I cut the waterproof tarred roof in pieces 

 just large enough to haul handily on the 

 wagon rack, bound them with lath to prevent 

 tearing, placing a ring at every corner so they 

 could be held down by stakes (tent pegs). 

 They can be overlapped to cover a spot 

 any size and have done effectual work in 

 killing hawk weed in the pasture. I never 

 could do it any other way. Of course, it 

 will kill anything, roots and all, if left long 

 enough. It is certainly much better than 

 fallowing. 



Since doing this, I have accomplished the 

 same results in ridding one of my fields of 

 quack grass. I bought a roll of tarred felt 

 at a local hardware store and cut it into 

 pieces which were easily handled. I spread 

 it on the ground over the quack grass where 

 I allowed it to remain for about six or seven 

 weeks; when I removed the paper the 

 quack grass had been killed. 



New York. F. E. B. 



Peep o' Day Corn 



To the Editor: 



I am in receipt of a letter from Messrs. 

 Northrup, King & Co., of Minneapolis, 

 Minn., calling attention to an error in my 

 article on Table Corns, which appeared in 

 the May number of The Garden Maga- 

 zine. 



Peep o' Day corn was offered by them in 

 the Spring of 1900, while the Early Mala- 

 kopf corn brought by Prof. Hanson from 

 Russia was not disseminated by the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture until 1902 or 

 1903. I am also informed that the Peep o' 

 Day originated in Minnesota and was under 

 cultivation and development for several sea- 

 sons before being offered to the public. As 

 both varieties came under my observation 

 in the same year, and were so nearly alike in 

 growth, season, and ear, I was led to be- 

 lieve that they were of common origin. 



Perm. E. D. Darlington. 



