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Information on the fates! farming imple- 

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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Sept em be k, 190 



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The Anglais Table Deco- 

 ration for Arranging 

 Cut Flowers 



Naturally the ANGLAIS TABLE DECORATION will 

 be at once appreciated by lovers of flowers. The ANGLAIS 

 TABLE DECORATION is made up of two low Colonial 

 glass vases, oie crescent and one rectangular in form, each 

 containing a JAPANA CUT FLOWER HOLDER ready 

 for use. (See Note.) 



It takes 6 Cres. to make a circle; 6 Cres. and 2, 4, 6 or 8 

 RECT. to make an oblong according to the size desired. 

 The Effects Possible are Limited Only by the Possessor 



NOTE— The JAPANA is a solid piece of glass full of holes 

 allowing a perfect circulation for the water and holding the 

 flowers in their natural position (the Japanese idea of beauty). 

 Being of glass the JAPANA does not show when in water 

 and flowers last much longer. 



Just the thing for a Wedding Gift. 



Centre Piece in Use. 



Low Vase with "Japana" complete $1.00 

 "Anglais" units with ''Japana" com- 

 plete, each - 75c. 

 A 2 x /i inch "Japana" sent prepaid 



on receipt of - - - - 25c. 



Sent upon receipt of price. 

 Circular on application. 



M. V. GARNSEY 



6Cres.2 Rect. with Japana $6.00. AN 6VAL ARRANGEMENT 129 Waiola Ave., 



LaGrange, 111. 



Strawberry Plants 



set in August will produce a crop the next Spring. 



HARDY PERENNIALS SEED 



planted in August will flower the following year. Our 

 list of above mailed on application. 



September 1st our Autumn Bulb Catalogue is ready. 

 It is complete with all the Hardy Bulbs for indoor or out- 

 side planting. Early orders obtain the best selection. 



We mail our Autumn Catalogue on application. 



H. E. FISKE SEED CO 



12 and 13 Faneuil Hall Square, Boston. Mass. 



OUR BULB CATALOGUE, beautifully illustrated with full and 

 reliable cultural directions, and containing as formerly, the 

 largest and most varied assortment of high class bulbs in America, 

 is now ready and will be mailed free to all who send for it — a postal 

 is sufficient. 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



II Barclay St. through to 38 Park Place, NEW YORK 

 Founded 1802 



PRUNING NEGLECTED PEAR TREES 



C. B. T., Penn. — Keiffer pear trees which have tall 

 main branches fifteen feet or more high had better be cut 

 back to a point where a side branch shoots out. The 

 result will be a cluster of water sprouts at that point the 

 coming season, but this cannot be helped and it is absolutely 

 necessary to keep the trees in manageable shape. 



COMBATING HOLLYHOCK DISEASE 



C. V. A., New York — So far as known, there is no cure 

 for the hollyhock disease, but if the plants are sprayed 

 with Bordeaux mixture from the time they show above the 

 ground in the spring until the flower buds begin to show 

 color, undoubtedly the recurrence cf the disease will be 

 prevented. Continue spraying after the flowering season 

 is over. Spray once every ten days or two weeks, the object 

 being to keep the foliage covered. 



SOIL FOR JAPANESE IRIS 

 T. W. B., Wyoming — The Japanese iris likes an abun- 

 dance of water. As the nature of the tcp soil is unknown 

 to me, definite advice cannot be given. If it is heavy 

 an addition cf sand would be desirable; I have never used 

 coal ashes for this purpose. Spade into the soil a liberal 

 quantity of well-decayed manure. The heavy, stiff, yellow 

 clay subsoil is all right provided it is porous and does not 

 clog the soil. Water freely, soaking the ground. 



E. S. M. 

 WEEVIL IN BEANS 



G. W. R., Maine — The best way to prevent injury to 

 beans from the weevil is by fumigating the seed with 

 bisulphide of carbon. As soon as the beans have been 

 gathered put them in a box or other air-tight receptacle 

 and put in, in a saucer on top of the beans, the bisulphide 

 of carbon. This is a liquid but vaporizes immediately 

 upon coming in contact with the air. Bisulphide of carbon 

 is highly inflammable so that when used there must not 

 be a light or fire in the vicinity or it will catch fire. 



CANADA PEAS AS GREEN MANURE 



C R. D., New York — For a green crop to turn und-ir 

 use Canada peas. They do not make so heavy a growth as 

 cow peas but the latter are of lather uncertain hardiness in 

 this climate. Too heavy a growth turned under would 

 interfere with the best success of the grass seeding. Crim- 

 son clover is a very valuable enriching crop but should 

 be sown in the fall. Spring seeding produces but a short 

 growth, matures its seed and dies early. If Canada peas 

 are desired sol-ly as a green manuring crop, they must be 

 sown as early in the spring as the ground can be properly 

 prepared. A light application cf wood ashes or lime will 

 be beneficial. Sow at the rate of two and one-half bushels 

 per acre of a small-seeded variety or three bushels of a large- 

 seeded one. Mummy, Duke, Crown, Cailtnn and Pride 

 are good varieties. Drill in the seed three or four inches 

 deep. When about half the pods are filled, chop the field 

 thoroughly with a disk harrow, sow broadcast 1,000 pounds 

 of lime per acre and plow under. If you wish to get some 

 hay this season from this crop sow oats about two weeks 

 after the peas are in and the quantity cf peas sown should 

 be reduced nearly one half. Cut when the oats are in the 

 "milk stage" and cure for hay. Plow under the stubble, 

 which will be considerable. 



PRUNING A NEGLECTED ORCHARD 



C. B. T., Penn. — The first thing to do to put into shape 

 an orchard which has not been pruned for nine or ten years, 

 is to remove the dead and dying limbs. It is likely that 

 there are many of these, especially on the under side, and 

 if the trees have been planted too closely there are likely to 

 be many dead or weakened limbs. In the second place, 

 cut out water sprouts along the limbs cf the tree and 

 suckers from around the base. If, however, any of these 

 water sprouts occupy such a position that they might be 

 developed into a branch to fill a vacant space, they might 

 be left. Third, take out a part cf the crowding, interlacing 

 branches. Do not, however, cut out this year all of the 

 crowding branches that ought to come out. Cut out 

 perhaps half and leave the other half until next year or the 

 year after. This will prevent the tree from growing a big 

 crop of water sprouts next year. Fourth, look carefully 

 for all limbs that have been partially girdled by apple 

 canker, or by fire blight, and cut them out. Paint all 

 wounds over an inch in diameter with thick, white-lead 

 paint. I would prefer to do the pruning after the buds 

 have burst, rather than before, so that the branches ?hat 

 are dead or weak may be easily distinguished from the 

 healthy branches. If the orchard is in scd and if a heavy 

 pruning is given, it may be best not to plow up the so r J 

 until another season. Heavy pruning and plowing together 

 might make these trees run to wood badly. S. W. F. 



