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THE GARDEN MAGAZI N E 



January, 1916 



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MODERN GLADIOLUS 



My Gladioli arc known all over the 

 United States for their good quality and 

 low prices. I want more people to know 

 them and do not know of any better way 

 than to offer again fifty (50) flowering 

 size gladiolus bulbs, carefully selected, 

 for 50 cents, postpaid, and instructive 

 catalogue. This includes many of the 

 best sorts (not labeled). I have also the 

 best new sorts, Blue Jay, Golden King, 

 Mrs. Pendleton, Princepine, Pink Per- 

 fection, Niagara, Hiawatha, Europa and 

 many others. All American grown. 



Geo. S. Woodruff 



Box B 

 Independence Iowa 



DAHLIAS 



STRONG FIELD ROOTS 



My carefully selected collection of over two hun- 

 dred distinct varieties of the Dahlia comprises 

 some of the most wonderful creations to date. 

 For profusion of bloom, quality and size of flowers, 

 my Dahlias are unsurpassed. I have exercised a 

 great deal of care and patience in my endeavor to 

 obtain these results, and I have been successful. 

 A trial order will convince. 



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thirty thousand importations, quite a number of 

 guavas from Asia, and I think from the Indian 

 Archipelago. I have received eight varieties of 

 these new comers, and if the fruit is as rich as the 

 bushes are beautiful, it will make a rich contribution 

 to our gardens. None of them, however, class with 

 our common hardy guava, nor do any of them so 

 overload with fruit. Guavas do not have exactly 

 the gooseberry flavor, but they have the same 

 smooth seeds and plenty of them. They grow freely 

 everywhere. They lack the gooseberry thorns, but 

 otherwise they look quite like some of the red or 

 yellow sorts that we have in New York. Many 

 of the reds stay green in color until ripe. 



You can grow them as freely as you grow goose- 

 berries, and they are used very frequently on our 

 lawns as well as in our gardens. A little hedge of 

 guava is about as good as anything to border a lane 

 path, or to plant inside the fences along the street. 

 They do not care very much for water, and stand 

 dry spells exceedingly well. E. P. Powell. 



Jobs to be Done Now 



BULB forcing should be progressing earnestly. 

 All hardy bulbs, such as Narcissus, Tulips, 

 etc., can be brought into the heat and forced as 

 required. They are usually placed under the 

 benches in a semi-shaded location for a few days to 

 lengthen the stems. They demand an abundance 

 of water and are gross feeders, liquid manure being 

 the best thing for the purpose. The flowers will 

 keep better if they are grown in a moderate tempera- 

 ture — not more than 55 degrees. All such hardy 

 bulbs can be saved and planted in the border in 

 the garden; they will not amount to much the first 

 season but will be fairly productive the second year. 

 The bulb is gradually ripened up by reducing the 

 supply of water after the flowers are cut until the 

 tops turn yellow. The bulbs can be stored in some 

 dry place until planting out time arrives. 



For next month's work, plenty of pans and flats 

 will be needed for seed sowing. Wash clean all the 

 utensils intended for this work; nothing will more 

 quickly cause "damping off" than dirty, moss- 

 covered pots. Flats, which are always useful about 

 the greenhouse, can be made at home very easily. 



Liquid manure for the plants indoors is now 

 advisable, as they are commencing to grow more 

 rapidly. Top dressing the beds with a rich mixture 

 of soil and concentrated fertilizer is also excellent. 

 This, of course, applies only to plants that are 

 flourishing which show that they are in need of 

 feeding, as plant food in the soil in excess of what 

 the plant can consume is a great detriment. Calla 

 Lilies, Roses, Carnations, Mignonette, etc., are all 

 heavy feeders. 



This is a good time to start French globe arti- 

 chokes from seed if you want them to fruit this 

 season. The plants should be carried along in post 

 and kept growing, and if properly handled they 

 should be in 7-inch pots, by the middle of April when 

 they can be set out. 



Bedding plants are usually grown in quantities, 

 the stock plants being carried through the winter 

 and cuttings taken from them and rooted. It is 

 now time to attend to this, so start the stock 

 plants into active growth so that the cuttings may 

 be made. 



Early flowering, hardy shrubs, such as Forsythia, 

 Japan Quince, Almond, Pussy Willow, etc., can all 

 be forced by simply cutting the sprays and placing 

 them in water in the greenhouse. Keep the wood 

 sprayed. All the early flowering apples and peaches 

 can be forced in this way. 



Do not make the great error of taking flowers 

 directly from the greenhouse into the dwelling. All 

 flowers will keep considerably longer and will ship 

 better if cut at least twelve hours and placed in 

 deep jars of water in a dark, cool room before using 

 or shipping. 



New York. W. McC. 



