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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



November, 1915 



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FOR THE 



Continue the Fall Planting 



CLEAN up and burn all trash from flower and 

 vegetable gardens and so destroy the insects 

 and spores of fungi and disease germs which are 

 likely to be in it. Humus for the garden can be 

 obtained by sowing crimson clover, mixed with 

 vetch, wheat, and oats so that in case the winter 

 is severe they will be a protection for the crimson 

 clover. 



Soil in the vegetable garden needs lime much 

 oftener than other soil — every two or three years, 

 in fact. Scatter the slaked lime broadcast and 

 plow the ground deep. Later put on manure, plow 

 again and leave in a rough state. It will be mel- 

 lowed by the freezing and thawing. Lime destroys 

 wire worms and other destructive worms and in- 

 sects, besides sweetening the soil. 



Birds should be encouraged by planting berried 

 shrubs, such as barberry, lonicera, wild currant, 

 high bush cranberry, wild evonymus, viburnums, 

 and sassafras. These are most ornamental with 

 the bright red or blue berries, and in attracting 

 the birds they are a great asset to any place, for 

 the birds are the gardeners' best friends in destroying 

 destructive insects. 



Plant deciduous trees and shrubs, also fruit trees 

 with the exception of the stone kinds, such as peach, 

 plums, and apricots. They are best planted in the 

 early spring, however. In the middle South the 

 winters are so rarely severe that fall planting of 

 stone fruits has usually been successful. 



Plant more nut trees. Pecans are exceptionally 

 beautiful trees and are also profitable. The Stuart 

 variety is the most satisfactory in this section, be- 

 ginning to bear in five years. English walnuts 

 and Japanese chestnuts are also desirable. 



The Japanese persimmon has fine fruit for fall. 

 It is large, mellow and of good flavor and comes at a 

 time of the year when fruit is scarce. 



Continue to bank up the winter celery; the self 

 blanching kind is now ready to eat. 



Hyacinths and tulips and all spring-flowering 

 bulbs should be planted now. 



This is decidedly the best month for sowing 

 sweet peas. Be sure to dig deep trenches, eighteen 

 inches at least, and cover the bottom with well- 

 rotted cow manure, with some commercial fertilizer 

 incorporated. Leave out nitrates until spring, but 

 bone meal is good and a small amount each of phos- 

 phate and potash is desirable. 



Transplant a second lot of lettuce from the seed 

 bed into the coldframes the early part of the month, 

 and again in the middle of the month. Make the 

 beds rich with fertilizers to force the lettuce to 

 quick maturity. Water in the mornings and do 

 not wet the leaves. Every day let air into the cold- 

 frames. 



Trim raspberries and blackberries by cutting 

 out old canes and cutting down others to within 

 two and one-half feet of the ground. Gooseberries 

 and currants should be looked over and all dead 

 wood cut out. Go over entire orchard, dig out 

 peach borers at root of peach and plum trees with 

 a sharp knife or wire and paint trunk of the tree 

 with tar for two feet, going quite below surface of 

 ground. Also pull away earth from base of tree 

 as freezing will help destroy worms and insects. 



Cut out dead limbs from all fruit trees, also 

 those that rub against each other and limbs which 

 crowd and keep out the sunlight. Cut from top 

 and head low wherever practical. Be very careful 

 in the trimming of young trees to give them the 

 proper start. 



Though rather late, strawberries can be planted 

 now. Let the crowns be well up above surface of 

 the ground. Put well rotted manure between the 

 rows. 



Turnip seed and spinach can be sown the first 

 part of the month and it is not too late for grass 

 seed, but this is the last opportunity for all. 



Virginia. J. M. Patterson. 



Save The Birds 



DODSON 



Feeding Shelters and Bird Houses 



famous because they win birds to live in them. 



Put out bird shelter* now. Many birds stay 

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 Sheltered 

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The Dodson Sparrow Trap— no other 

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A set of beautiful books about birds, 

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 709 Security Building, Chicago, III. 



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Befriend the birds 



Wild birds are our friends and neighbors. Feed them 

 suet — one of the basic foods for 

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 price list of "Bird Devices". 



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Kenilworth, Illinois 



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Sparrows are destructive. Eat seeds and grains; drive val- 

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