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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



August, 1907 



Hammond's Slug Shot for Potato Bugs, 



Caterpillars, Cabbage Worms, Etc. 



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DRAKE'S GARDEN, East Brookfield, Mass., Jan. 14, 1905. 

 We have used Slug Shot and always found it very useful. Our potato 

 crop yielded 200 bushels to the acre. Slug Shot for Cabbage Worms is the 

 best defense in the world, Very truly, F. A. DRAKE. 



Cabbage Worms 



The Cabbage Worm has spread wherever cabbage is grown. Whether 

 early cabbage or late cabbage, in garden or field, it perforates the plant, and 

 is of all worms one of the most disgusting to find hidden away in the 

 folds of the leaf. 

 IF YOU WAHT CABBAGE FREE FROM WORMS, USE HAMMOHD'S SLUG SHOT. 



How to Destroy Cabbage Worms. — Slug Shot can be used lightly or heavily and the 

 cabbage suffers no harm. The cabbage forms its head by the interior growth ; it throws off its 

 earlier and outside leaves, and no dust can enfold within its head. Apply Slug Shot with a 

 Duster, sift it over the plants or full-grown cabbages. The powder is very fine and goes a 

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GRANITE WORKS: 

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Some Really Good Cannas 



TN PLANTING beds of cannas select talL 

 -*- varieties for the back row. Here are a, 

 few suggestions of good varieties arranged 

 according to height and color: 



Dwarf, 2^-3^ ft. Green-leaved: Martha, 

 Washington, Betsey Ross, pink; Buttercup,. 

 Coronet, yellow; Philadelphia, red. Bronze- 

 leaved: Hiawatha, pink; Brandywine, red. 



Medium, 3^-5 ft. Green-leaved: Venus, 

 pink with white border; Luray, Louise, pink; 

 Gladiator, Florence Vaughan, yellow; Duke 

 of Marlboro, President Cleveland, red. 

 Bronze-leaved: King Humbert, scarlet; Mrs. 

 George A. Strohlein, Egandale, red; Presi- 

 dent Meyer, carmine. 



Tall, over five feet. Green-leaved: West 

 Grove, Ottawa, pink; Wyoming, orange. 

 Bronze-leaved: Black Beauty, crimson. 



Anyone can grow cannas and by a 

 little care anyone can save the roots 

 from one year to another and increase the 

 stock. The roots are not hardy, and must 

 be stored in a warm place over winter. After 

 the first frosts have browned the foliage dig 

 up the old roots with a fork, shake out the 

 loose earth and put them under cover to dry 

 off. Then pack them in boxes and place 

 in a dry room where the temperature will 

 be about 40 to 65 all the winter. That 

 is the ideal, but a warmer room may be 

 used. 



In the spring cut up the old roots and plant 

 them out after the first of May, when the 

 ground has warmed up. Or the roots can. 

 be started in a frame and divided so as to 

 get one growth to a piece and planted out 

 about the end of May or in June. Any good 

 garden soil will grow good cannas, but the 

 best soil is a deep rich, moist loam; water 

 copiously in dry seasons, if possible, how- 

 ever. 



If you wish to have the fun of growing 

 to plant from seed be sure to buy seed of the 

 modern strains. Germination ordinarily is 

 very slow and much can be gained by soaking 

 the seeds in hot water for twenty-four hours, 

 or by cutting through the coat with a knife. 

 Whatever is done in the beginning does not 

 much matter. Sow the seeds in a light soil 

 or sand covering about one-fourth of an inch. 

 This can be done at any time in the late 

 winter or early spring. Pot off the young 

 plants as they develop and plant outdoors 

 in June. 



Cultivation will encourage a vigorous 

 growth and under the best condition the 

 plants should flower from July until the frost 

 comes. 



New York. L. Barron. 



