THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



41 



On a hot, dry day I water the trench in 

 which each plant is set, throwing in a little 

 earth — just as a mulch to hold the water. 

 After the whole row is planted I go over the 

 -whole with a rake and finish off. 



AN ONION THOUGHT TOR AUGUST 



If you have too many onions at this time 

 from spring sowing, the small bulbs may be 

 harvested in August and kept as sets for 

 •early planting next spring. These will 

 mature for early summer use. It matters 

 not how small a set you have, it will make a 

 respectable onion for use next season. Pull 

 up the sets with a rake — that saves time — and 

 spread them out to dry. Store them, tops 

 and all, in shallow boxes in a cool cellar or in 

 an outhouse till frost comes, when they are to 

 be covered with hay or straw and so kept 

 frozen all winter. Of course they can be 

 cleaned before being stored, which saves 

 work in the spring, but usually one is too 

 much occupied in summer enjoyments in 

 August or September to enjoy cleaning up 

 onions. 



The Welsh onion sown in August will be 

 ready for use as a salad or seasoning in early 

 spring. This does not make a bulb like the 

 common onion, being grown for its leaves 

 only- L. B. 



August Bulbs for Christmas 

 Flowers 



r I TIE Roman hyacinths and paper-white 

 *■ narcissi are so easily grown for Christ- 

 mas flower that the amateur should not 

 neglect to start up a few bulbs of each. Pot 

 the bulbs in August, placing three bulbs in 

 a five-inch pot, and using soil as for the Dutch 

 bulbs. Give one good watering and plunge 

 the pots in a frame or in the cellar (where 

 they can be covered with coal ashes). In 

 about six weeks they will be thoroughly 

 rooted and may be brought into the light. 

 For the window garden there is nothing 

 better than these two easily grown bulbs. 

 If only a few pots are brought into the light 

 at one time a longer season of bloom can be 

 assured than if all the supply is started into 

 growth at once. 



THE FATAL FROST 



It is very important that the place where 

 the pots are plunged for rooting the bulbs 

 is quite free from frost. The Roman hya- 

 cinths are very sensitive to cold, and failure 

 in their growth (as in the case of the Dutch 

 hyacinth too) is more often due to frost 

 reaching the bulbs than to all other cultural 

 shortcomings combined 



Of Tested Hardiness 



EVERGREENS that have withstood the 

 severe cold of the last two winters and 

 have been root-pruned and transplanted many 

 times. We keep our imported stock in the 

 nurseries several years and transplant at regular 

 intervals, thus insuring strong stock that is sure 

 to grow. We believe we have the finest speci- 

 men trees in the country, which have been given 

 the most systematic care to make them symmet- 

 rical and thrifty. Each tree is, given 64 square 

 feet of ground in growing. We discard all 

 stunted and unsymmettical trees. 



Our stock comprises the rarest European and 

 Japanese varieties as well as the domestic, and 

 is composed mainly of fine specimens in large 

 and small sizes that will give immediate effect. 

 We have an unequaled stock of 



COLORADO 

 BLUE SPRUCE 



every one of which is a specimen — symmetrical, 

 bushy and of the most exquisite blue. 



Pines, Spruces, Retinosporas 

 Arborvitaes, Box 



Write for our little booklet containing illustrations of 

 grounds lhat we have planted showing the results that can 

 be obtained by planting tastefully. Ask also about prices. 



Telephone 506 W. Orange 



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Evergreens at Wholesale 



Send for our estimates before placing your contracts. We can guarantee delivery in perfect condition. 

 We are large growers of all kinds of Hardy Trees, Plants, Fruits and Ornamentals. Roses, Vines, etc. 



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Rhododendron Catatubiense {true species) as it grows in the high Carolina Mountains (Mt. Mitchell, 6,600 feet in the distance 



THE NATIVE AMERICAN 



Rhododendrons, Catawbiense, Maximum and Punctatum 



are the Only Strictly Hardy HJiododendrons Kno-zvn or Grown in the Northern and New England States. 



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ALL THE BEST HARDY BROAD-LEAVED EVERGREENS for American conditions are 

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Leucothoes, Andromedas, Azaleas, Kalmias, Galax and undercover shrubs in great variety. 



Our Salem, Mass., branch Sursery has grand specimens of Rhododendrons and other large 

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