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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



May, 1906 



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ON THE INSIDE OF OUR GREENHOUSE 

 POTTING ROOMS 



We have told you of the charms of our little greenhouses, their delightful possi- 

 bilities, how they are joy and health giving — but perhaps you have wanted to know 

 about the work room, how the boiler was located and all that sort of thing. So here is 

 an interior view of a plain working proposition. 



The boiler is in the open cellar, down the stairs at the right. This cellar is just 

 large enough for the boiler, the coal and plenty of elbow room for yourself. A shake 

 out and coal up in the morning, more coal at night — not complicated, this matter of 

 heating, — if you have the right boiler. 



Placing the work bench beneath the casement windows makes an opportunity for a 

 pleasant outlook. Under the bench you would always have a bin of rich dirt and leaf 



mold, another bin for pots, and the 

 third for odds and ends. 



Some, also, shelter their garden tools 

 in these little houses. 



We keep these potting houses as simple 

 and inexpensive as possible. Frequently 

 it is feasible to attach the greenhouse to 

 the garden tool shed or some other build- 

 ing you already have; so much the better, 

 for then you can put all your money in 

 the greenhouse. 



OrtCOraJC POTT1/HG COOW3 



LORD & BURNHAM CO. 

 Greenhouse Designers and Manufacturers 



i [33 Broadway, Cor. 26th St., N. Y. 



Boston Branch: 819 Tremont Building. 



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The Fastest Growing Vine 



A HARDY, ornamental, twining climbei 

 to cover unsightly places, or to climb 

 over verandahs is the Kudzu vine (Pueraria 

 Thunbergiana, known in the trade as Dolichos 

 Japonicus). There is probably no other 

 hardy vine which will make as much growth 

 in a season as this attractive plant when once 

 it has become Well established. 



I do not know the extent of its powers ol 

 growth when cultivated in rich soil, but my 

 root, planted in a clay bank, produces an 

 almost incredible amount of stems and 

 foliage, and, being rather unusual, attracts 

 much attention, as it is trained to the second 

 story of the house and around the sides. 

 The stems are not hardy here, being killed 

 b:ick to within three or four feet of the 



The Kudzu vine, because of its rapid growth, has a 

 remarkable covering capacity. Good for growing on 

 porches, trellises, pergolas, and over unsightly objects 



ground each winter; but, once started, they 

 grow very rapidly. 



The stems are thick, rounded, and brown- 

 ish, bearing three-parted large leaves on long 

 stems, about a foot apart. A subsidiary 

 stem starts in the crotch formed by each leaf 

 stalk and, as each of the main stems grows to 

 forty feet or so in a season, its covering 

 capacity will be seen to be very exceptional. 

 It does not flower here, in this latitude. 



This plant is one of Mr. Thomas Hogg's 

 introductions from Southern Japan, where it 

 is much grown. It does not seem to be well 

 distributed, or in general cultivation owing 

 perhaps to some difficulty in propagating it 

 from cuttings, and seeds do not seem to be 

 available. It can be propagated in the spring 

 before growth starts by division or cuttings of 

 the roots, but these go to such a depth as to 

 discourage an ordinary seeker after new stock. 

 It may, however, be increased in August by 

 layering the stems, preferably in pots. As the 

 young plants do not make new roots rapidly, 

 the first winter they should be kept in a frost- 

 proof place. 



New Jersey. J. N. Gerard. 



