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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



September, 19 15 



Fall Made Lawns are Best 



Send for Our Lawn Book — It tells Why and How 



TAKE the question of the time it takes to 

 start the seed for example: in the spring 

 it .requires from fifteen to twenty days 

 before a sprout comes; while in September only 

 five to ten days. The ground is warm and 

 continues to stay warm enough to rapidly pro- 

 mote root growth long after frost has killed 

 things. Think a minute and you will recall 

 how you have seen green grass even after 

 snow. 



With the frequent rains we had in August, 

 the ground is in ideal shape for turning over 

 and making an entirely new lawn; or renovat- 

 ing an old one. 



We can't recall a season for many years when 

 the conditions were quite so favorable. 



By using Alphano to enrich your soil; that 

 part of the work is easily and inexpensively 

 solved. 



Being odorless you can use it even right 

 under your dining room window, without 

 offense. Being free from weed seeds gives it a 

 great advantage over barn yard fertilizers, 

 which are bound to bring all kinds of pests to 

 your lawn. So patch up your old lawn; or 

 make your new one now. Have it off your 

 mind for next spring. 



Send for our New Lawn Book. You are 

 most welcome to a copy. It tells you in a 

 chatty, interesting way all about the making 

 and care and fare of lawns. It is abund- 

 antly illustrated. 



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For Lawn Building and Renovation 



Late August and September is the season for building new lawns 

 and for renovation work on old. If you are contemplating new 

 turf or if your present grounds have bare or burnt out spots use 



Boston Humus 



the complete lawn and garden fertilizer. Superior to manure — 

 it has no odor; does not breed flies or vermin and gives lasting 

 benefit to the soil. Write for booklet giving information on Boston 

 Humus and its use on lawn and garden. 



SPECIAL TRIAL OFFER: 5 bags for $5 

 (if remittance accompanies order). Freight 

 prepaid East of Mississippi. 



BOSTON HUMUS CO., East Lexington, Mass. 



quality this year was equal in every respect except- 

 ing the stems of the flower sprays, which were a 

 trifle shorter. 



As grown outdoors in and around Newport, the 

 plants are given liberal room and each tied to a 

 bamboo cane or other support 6 to 8 feet high. All 

 side shoots are removed as they appear until the 

 growth, which is to bear the exhibition flowers, is 

 reached, when selection is made. In The Gar- 

 den Magazine for February of this year, this 

 improved method of growing sweet peas was ex- 

 plained in detail by one of Newport's recognized 

 experts. 



Burpee's new variety, Fiery Cross, winner of the 

 National Sweet Pea Society's medal, is a brilliant 

 scarlet, very solid flowers and stands exposure to 

 the sun. The record price of $417 an ounce was 

 paid for the first three ounces of this variety. Presi- 

 dent, another scarlet novelty, was also attractive. 



Among the prize winning varieties were: Loyalty, 

 Blue Picotee, Sincerity, Hercules, Constance Hin- 

 ton (white); Nubian, Rosabelle, George Herbert, 

 Mrs. Hugh Dickson, Robert Sydenham, Royal 

 Purple, May Unwin, Lady Evelyn Eyre, Mrs. 

 Breadmore, Scarlet Emperor. 



Next year's exhibition will be held at Bar Harbor, 

 Me. 



American Dahlia Society Show 



ON SEPTEMBER 24-26 inclusive, there will 

 be held in the Museum of Natural History, 

 New York City, the first show of the American 

 Dahlia Society, the youngest society claiming notice, 

 though vigorous and growing for its age. New seed- 

 lings and some of the newer varieties that have been 

 either grown here or imported and not exhibited, 

 will be shown for the first time at this meeting, as 

 well as seven or eight hundred varieties grown by 

 Professor F. H. Hall, of the New York Experiment 

 Station at Geneva, with other trial and experiment 

 lots from other sections. Another feature will be 

 the presence of some one who will explain the 

 planting, growing and handling of the plants. 



Richard Vincent, Jr., Pres. 



The James River Garden Club 



ABOUT twenty-five women interested in garden- 

 ing met together on March 1st at Hillcrest, 

 the home of Mrs. M. C. Patterson, in Richmond, 

 Va., and organized the first garden club in that sec- 

 tion. Mrs. Francis King, having visited Richmond 

 the year previous, was the inspiration for the club. 

 At their third meeting, the club was named the 

 James River Garden Club, as the homes of most 

 of the members are on the James River. 



Meetings are to be held the first and third Mon- 

 day afternoons in each month at the homes of the 

 members. There are to be additional meetings in 

 the spring and fall months, which are to be held at 

 the country estates of members. The object of 

 the club is to promote interest in gardens, their de- 

 sign and management, to cooperate in the protection 

 of wild flowers and native plants, and to encourage 

 civic planting. The eligibility to club membership 

 is to be a true garden lover, giving personal atten- 

 tion and application to gardening. 



The officers are: Mrs. M. C Patterson, President; 

 Mrs. W. R. Massie, Vice President; Mrs. John S. 

 Williams, Second Vice President; Mrs. Oliver J. 

 Sands, Recording Secretary; Mrs. Hugh Taylor, 

 Treasurer; Mrs. B. B. Morgan, Cor. Secretary; 

 Miss Carrie Coleman, Librarian. 



The Exposition Flower Show 



THE flowers, which have contributed so largely 

 to the great beauty and wonder of the Panama- 

 Pacific International Exposition, will have an- 

 other festival of their own this fall, supplementing 

 the several shows that have proved so highly at- 

 tractive. The Grand National Fall Flower Show is 

 scheduled to last five days, from October 21st to 

 26th, and will take place at the Palace of Horti- 

 culture in the Exposition Grounds, under the aus- 

 pices of the Pacific Coast Horticultural Society in 

 conjunction with the Department of Horticulture. 

 Special prizes for chrysanthemums in a contest 

 open to all are offered, and these include the silver 

 cup of the Chrysanthemum Society of America, 

 the National Association of Gardeners' Prize and 

 one offered by the Society of American Florists and 

 Ornamental Horticulturists. 



