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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



August, 1915 



CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT 



DAHLIAS 



DAHLIAS. For the benefit of those who would like to see samples 

 of my dahlias and cannot visit my gardens, I will send a sample box 

 of flowers a short distance after Sept. ist, 50 blossoms labeled for 

 $1.00, express collect. Geo. L. Stillman, Dahlia Specialist, West- 

 erly, R. I. 



FENCE AND WIRE WORKS 



FENCE FOR EVERY PURPOSE. Lawns, gardens, rose gardens, 

 tennis courts, dog and chicken runs, also window and tree guards, 

 weather-vanes, furnished and erected complete. Let us know your 

 wants. A. E. Brook, 37 Barclay Street, New York City. 



FOR USE IN THE GARDEN 



STAKE HERBACEOUS PLANTS, Gladioli, Lilies, etc., with 

 Japan Bamboo Stakes. "They Last." 



NATURAL COLOR 

 50 100 250 1000 



6 ft. long .60 , $1.00 $2.50 $7.50 



EXTRA HEAVY BAMBOO POLES 



For Dahlias, Polebeans, young Trees, Tomatoes 



12 50 100 



6 ft. long, Jinch up in diameter $ .75 $2.50 $ 4.00 



6 ft. long, f inch to r inch diameter 1.25 4.00 7.50 



8 ft. long, 1 " " " " " 1.75 6.00 10.00 



GREEN colored (Invisible) 



50 100 250 1000 



2 ft. long .35 $ .60 $1.50 $ 4.50 



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4 ft. " .60 r.oo 2.50 7.50 



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 H. H. Berger & Co., 70 Warren St., New York 



GARDEN LECTURERS 



MR. ROBERT PYLE— the well known Garden Lecturer and 

 Rosarian invites correspondence from garden lovers and societies. 

 Subject — "The American Rose Garden," illustrated with finely 

 colored lantern slides. Address: West Grove, Penn. 



GRASS SPECIALIST 



WORN OUT LAWNS RENOVATED. 20 years' experience in 

 the production and renovation of lawns, tennis courts, golf courses, 

 etc. Write for valuable instructive booklet, "Practical illustrations 

 of Turf Production." William Tucker, Grass and Turf Specialist, 

 35 Nassau Street, New York. 



HERBACEOUS PLANTS AND FLOWERING ROOTS 



PERENNIALS for August and September. Planting list complete 

 and priced low on account of large stock. Rosedale Nurseries, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y. 



IRIS IN GREAT VARIETY at reasonable prices. Rosedale 

 Nurseries, Tarrytown, N. Y. 



IRISES. Eight choice varieties, all labeled, including Pallida Dal- 

 matica, Florentina, Black Prince, and Madame Chereau, delivered 

 postpaid for one dollar. August delivery only. Order now. Oronogo 

 Flower Gardens, Carthage, Mo. 



INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES 



ARE YOUR HOUSEPLANTS LOOKING SICK? Franzens' 

 Plantlife brings them back to health and beauty. A trial can for 

 ioc, by mail. Advise how to care for your plants free. Franzens 

 Seed Store, 5319 No. Clark St., Chicago. 



ORMOCIDE. Carbon Bisulphide is acknowledged by agricultural 

 authorities to be one of the most powerful insecticides known. It 

 is the most deadly enemy of all insect life. Its use has been re- 

 stricted due to its volatility and the danger of explosion if its vapors 

 are ignited. In Oimocide we have overcome these drawbacks 

 without lessening the efficiency and thus make available for your 

 use, the cleanest, safest, and most efficient means for destroying 

 insects, worms of all kinds, scale, larvae, and fungus. It is harmless 

 to trees or plants and will not stain. A trial will convince you that 

 Ormocide is superior to anything in the market, and is a preparation 

 which will solve all your insect troubles. Write for samples and 

 literature. B. Ormont, 104-106 John St., New York City. We 

 also analyze and make reports on fertilizers, waters, foods, soils, 

 and all agricultural products. 



NURSERY STOCK 



EVERGREENS — August is the ideal month to plant Evergreens, 

 Rhododendrons, etc. Our Nurseries at Flushing, L. I., and 

 Springfield, N. J., embrace over six hundred acres, and contain per- 

 haps the most complete collection of Evergreens and Evergreen 

 Shrubs available. We will design and plant if you wish. 72 page 

 catalogue. Also booklet, "Evergreens — Planting and Treatment," 

 by H. £. Holden, free upon request. American Nursery Company, 

 Singer Bldg., N. Y. 



MAY WE CALL ON YOU? Our Expert plantsmen (we have no 

 agents) travel widely in the coming months, and will gladly tell 

 you about our hardy plants. Thomas Meehan and Sons, Box 17, 

 Germantown Philadelphia, Pa. 



COLORADO NATIVE SHRUBS, Evergreens, and Flowers for 

 every American Garden, and the best ornamentals for western 

 planters; 40-page catalogue free. Rockmont Nursery, Boulder, 

 Colorado. 



PEONIES 



SPECIAL PEONY OFFER, one each, Festiva Maxima (large 

 white) Officinalis Rubra (large red), and a fine late rose colored, all 

 prepaid for one dollar. Crest Nurseries, Piqua, Ohio. 



A CARD will secure our catalogue describing the two hundred and 

 fifty choice Peonies which won the gold medal and silver cup. E. 

 A. Reeves, South Euclid P. O., Cleveland, O. 



P/EONIAS. Mixed choice varieties, white and pink, $1.50 doz., 

 Sro.oo per 100. C. Winterich, Defiance, Ohio. 



OBERLIN'S PEONY GARDENS. Fine and popular varieties. 

 Ask for Catalogue B. Sinking Spring, Pa. 



PETS 



BOSTON TERRIERS. Fine markings, good breeding and excel- 

 lent dispositions. I have sold fifty of these fine pets and com- 

 panions to Country Life readers during the past year and satisfied 

 every one. Also Bull Terriers and English Bulldogs. Reasonable 

 prices. Write. Box 330, Garden Magazine.ii W. 32nd St., New York. 



ROSES 



DINGEE ROSES. Pot grown plants safely transplanted any time 

 during the growing season. Can be sent with the soil on the roots. 

 Send for Guide to Rose Culture Free. The Dingee & Conard 

 Co., West Grove, Pa. 



SEEDS AND BULBS 



AUGUST. Time to plant Roman Hyacinths, Paperwhite and 

 Golden Sun Narcissus, for Thanksgiving and Xmas Flowering. Lil- 

 ium Candidum must be planted now to insure next summer's bloom. 

 Our Fall bulbbook tells you all about it. H. H. Berger Co., 70 

 Warren Street, New York. 



TULIPS. Postpaid for One Dollar: eighty fine mixed Late Tulips, 

 or seventy-five fine mixed Darwin Tulips. Oronogo Flower Gar- 

 dens, Carthage, Mo. 



NARCISSUS BULBS. Postpaid for One Dollar: one hundred of 

 the lovely Mrs. Langtry, or one hundred Mixed Narcissi, varieties 

 good for naturalizing. Oronogo Flower Gardens, Carthage, Mo. 



PANSY SEED Vaughan's "Giant" and "International" Mixtures, 

 alsoseparatecolors; high vitality, widest range of colorings, packages 

 at 25c and 50c. Jounce Giant $1.00. Vaughan's Seed Store, 43 

 Barclay St., N. Y., 31 and 33 West Randolph Street, Chicago. 



SOW IN AUGUST. All perennial seeds. Pansies, Primula, Cin- 

 eraria, etc., for winterbloom. Our Fall Bulbbook gives you lull 

 information. H. H. Berger Co., 70 Warren Street, New York. 



WATER WEEDS 



WATERWEEDS of all kinds are easily removed from lakes, ponds, 

 streams, etc., by the Submarine Weed Cutting Saw; send for par- 

 ticulars. Aschert Bros., West Bend, Wis. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



BARWELL'S IMPORTED ENGLISH LAWN GRASS SEED 

 and Barwell's complete Lawn and Garden Fertilizer at your dealers 

 or Blatchford's Calf Meal Factory, Waukegan, 111. Business 

 established at 15 to ig Cank St., Leicester, England in 1800. 



HARDWOOD ASHES AND POTASH. Large quantity un- 

 leached and leached hardwood ashes by ton in car lots. First sort 

 Potash supplied on short notice. Full particulars, Box 8, Maxville, 

 Ontario. 



JAPANESE TEA GARDEN made most unique and artistic in 

 short time, in any part of U. S. and Canada. T. R. Otsuka, 414 

 South Michigan Blvd., Chicago, 111. 



THOROUGHBRED PLANTINGS at Klairdale Keystone Florist 

 & Seed Co., Connellsville, Pa., Box 813. 



BOOKS FOR THE GARDEN ENTHUSIAST 



SPECIALTY BOOKS. We are widely known throughout the 

 United States as publishers of practical text books on specific horti- 

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 Fruits and Vegetables under Glass, $5.00; Gardeners' and Florists' 

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 Plant Propagatron (in preparation); Commercial Rose Culture, 

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 receipt of price. Sample pages on application. The De La Mare 

 Co., 438 West 37th St., New York, publishers of horticultural 

 literature since 1888. 



"HOW TO GROW ROSES"— an instructive booklet of 10 delight 

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 & Jones Co., Box 24, West Grove, Pa. 



"BOOK OF THE CANNA"— a history and treatise describing 108 

 best Cannas. Free. Write now; season here. The Conard & 

 Jones Co., Box 24, West Grove, Pa. 



The Last of Summer Duties 



MAKE over the coldframes. Take out all the old 

 soil, scattering it in the vegetable garden or on 

 a compost heap. Get new soil from the garden and 

 mix with it one third each of well rotted manure and 

 wood's earth. Put this in the coldframes, incorporat- 

 ing with it one part nitrate of soda, two parts acid 

 phosphate, and one part muriate of potash. 



At the end of the month sow seeds of perennials 

 in the frames. Sow in rows three inches apart, 

 cover with only a sprinkling of soil, and press down 

 level with a board. The soil should be well watered 

 before sowing the seed; after planting lay burlap 

 bagging over the bed and each day water through 

 the burlap. In a few days, when the seeds have 

 germinated, remove the bagging and put the slat 

 shades over them. Water in the late afternoon. 

 When the plants have four leaves transplant to an- 

 other coldframe, placing them at least four inches 

 apart. Be careful to keep them shaded. 



Pansies, English daisies and forget-me-nots sowed 

 now will bloom in February in the coldframes. Sow 

 wallflower, delphinium, pyrethrum, Shasta daisies, 

 sweet William, stock, and all other perennials now, 

 for plants to set out in the open ground in March. 



Make your lawn now. Get the ground in good 

 tilth and roll. Sow grass seed along with bone meal 

 and roll again. Mend all bad places on the lawn by 

 raking thoroughly, fertilizing, sowing seed and roll- 

 ing. If the season is dry water daily, if possible, 

 until the seeds germinate. 



In time of drought the newly planted lawn 

 could be strewn with pine tags or grass clippings, 

 watered thoroughly to conserve the moisture and 

 shaded from the September sun. 



Water thoroughly one section of the garden daily, 

 having certain days for each part so as to get over 

 the whole garden in a week. This is far better than 

 a daily sprinkling of the entire garden. 



Cease fertilizing the roses and shrubs and fruit 

 trees else the new stems will be too succulent and 

 tender to withstand the cold of winter. The latter 

 part of July or the first week in August is the proper 

 time to set out celery plants in the open ground. 

 Keep thoroughly watered during the dry months. 

 Celery requires a great deal of water and is also a 

 gross feeder; therefore, every two weeks sprinkle a 

 little nitrate of soda between the rows. 



Transplant Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, and cab- 

 bage plants for fall and winter use; also sow cabbage 

 seeds in coldframes to be planted in the open in the 

 late fall. 



Sow rutabaga turnips, collards, purple top turnips, 

 and mustard now. The latter should be broadcasted 

 for salad, and the turnips sowed in rows to be thinned 

 out later in order to develop and use as a vegetable. 



The early varieties of corn, peas, lettuce and string 

 beans should be sowed now for fall use. Plant 

 in well tilled soil with an application of well rotted 

 manure, adding to this a mixture of commercial fer- 

 tilizers and every two weeks a sprinkling of nitrate 

 of soda between the rows. 



Set out strawberry plants now. New beds should 

 be made every two years. Water thoroughly and 

 put well rotted manure between the rows. 



In the parts of the garden not in use sow crimson 

 clover to be turned under in the spring as a green 

 manure. Nothing is better or cheaper and the 

 clover adds humus to the soil. This is especially 

 necessary where soil is heavy. 



Do not plant evergreens in August in the South. 

 September is a very dry month and evergreens 

 should be kept constantly wet after planting until 

 well established. March is the best month for 

 planting evergreens in the Middle South. If planted 

 later in the fall, that is, in September, should the 

 winters prove mild they might live, but with a dry 

 fall and the constant freezing and thawing in winter, 

 and the high winds to loosen the plants, they have 

 the odds against them; whereas in March the 

 ground is moist, and the air cool. 



Virginia. J. M. Patterson. 



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