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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



August, 1907 



ENLEAF 



GARDEN 

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 proof against pin-hole leaks and dribbling water. 

 "Greenleaf" is the most durable hose made, and 

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 easiestof all to handle. Water pressures which burst 

 ordinary hose fail even to expand "Greenleaf." 



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August Work in the Greenhouse 



PREPARE for winter by repairing broken 

 glass, in fixing up leaks in the heating 

 pipes, etc. Don't wait until you have to use 

 the heating plant to find out whether it has 

 become defective. Paint the inside of the 

 greenhouse now when it will quickly dry and 

 free ventilation can be given. 



Arrange plenty of space in the benches 

 for geraniums, coleus and other bedding 

 plants that are to be used as stock during 

 the winter. By starting now, the old plants 

 will be given time to make sufficient growth 

 for another crop of cuttings before frost. 



Attend to disbudding of chrysanthemums 

 but do not "take" final buds before August 

 15th, except in the case of early flowering 

 varieties. For exhibition flowers, select 

 an August crown on nearly every variety 

 grown to-day. 



For poinsettias for Christmas, strike 

 cuttings in 2A-inch pots, shifting on to larger 

 sizes as they grow. It is no use attempting 

 to grow poinsettias with the temperature 

 below 50 . 



Propagate aspidistra by division, splitting 

 the old clumps into small pieces to fit 3- or 

 4-inch pots. The aspidistra is the toughest 

 of all evergreen house plants. 



Calla lilies that have been resting during 

 the summer and are now showing signs of 

 growth should be cleaned, repotted in new 

 soil and started into growth. They will 

 flower from Thanksgiving onward. Plants 

 that have not been dried off may also be 

 divided and be potted up. 



Buy Bermuda stock of Easter lily (Lilium 

 longijlonim ) for Christmas flowering, and pot 

 up, using a 5-inch pot for a 5- to 7-inch bulb, 

 and a 6-inch pot for a 7- to 9-inch bulb. 

 Japan-grown Lilium longiflorum cannot well 

 be forced for Christmas but comes in for 

 Easter. 



Sow cyclamen seed for next year's plants. 

 Sow sweet peas for winter flowering. 



Freesia and oxalis, fifteen bulbs to a 

 6-inch pot, should also be started now. 



Field-grown carnations must be dug up 

 during August and planted on greenhouse 

 benches, shading the house until the roots 

 have taken hold, and removing the shade 

 gradually. 



All the foreign bulbs for winter flowering 

 reach the seed stores during late August and 

 September, and it is well worth while to get 

 them as early as possible and pot them 

 at once. The secret of forcing into early 

 flowering is establishing a perfect root system 

 before forcing is attempted. 



