Vol. II.— No. 2 



Published Monthly 



SEPTEMBER, 1905 



( One Dollar a Year 

 I Ten Cents a Copy 



Contents 



The Gardener's Reminder 



PAGE PAGE 



57 Hardy Hydrangeas for Summer Flowers 



John Dunbar 66 



How to Have Flowers Earlier Next Spring 



James T. Scott 58 Saving the Garden's Surplus 



^ , ja/ti re n Edith I.. Fullerton 69 



Cucumbers and Melons tor Summer Use y 



E. L. Fullerton 61 The Peony Month . . .J. Eliot Coit 72 



Ether Forcing without a Greenhouse Cornflowers That Lived Outdoors All Winter 



Flora L. Marble 64 (Photograph by the author) R . A. Mason 75 A Hydrangea That Climbs . . H. Heaton 84 



fVilhelm Miller, Editor Cover design by Henry Troth Doubleday, Page & Company, I33~IJ7 East l6tb St., New Tori 



COPYRIGHT. 1905. BY DOl'BLEDAY. PAGE 4 COMPANY. ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER, JANUARY 12, 1905, AT THE POST OFFICE AT NEW YORK, N.Y.. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879 



August Sown Lettuce That Broke the Record 



/. M. A. 75 

 How to Get Pansies Blooming in March 



Flora Leivis Marble j6 

 A Hundred Thousand Bulbs for School 



Children . . . Stella S. McKee 80 

 The Borers Are Active . . E. P. Felt 82 



A Month of Harvest 



TT'S a time to sit down and enjoy the results 

 -*- of one's spring and summer work. The 

 tree fruits are ready to eat and to can. So 

 are the main crop vegetables. It is cider 

 time. too. 



Resolve to begin earlier next year. Begin 

 now! Plant out a few more apples and 

 pears, another row of currants or goose- 

 berries. But don't do either on wet land. 



THE OUTPOST OF WTNTER 



About the middle of the month the first 

 frosts are due. Stretching cheesecloth over 

 the tender plants of the flower garden will 

 often save them for the Indian summer. 

 It's worth trying. 



Coleus, cannas and dahlias are specially 

 sensitive, and if they overcome the first 

 cold snaps may yet flourish all through 

 October. 



VEGETABLES TOR SEPTEMBER SOWING 



It is well worth while to make a few sow- 

 ings for late crops. Even if they don't all 

 mature, what's the odds? Seeds are cheap, 



and if the crops are a success, what 

 satisfaction is yours! During the month 

 sow: 



Cabbage, to winter young plants for next 

 spring. 



Cauliflower, to winter young plants for 

 next spring. 



Chicory. 



Chervil. 



Corn salad, for wintering outdoors. 



Endive. 



Lettuce, once. 



Turnips, before the 15th. 



Radish, twice. 



Spinach, in frames for Christmas, about 

 September 1st. 



Lettuce will be fit for use in October and 

 later. Or sow in coldframes and follow 

 with spinach as the lettuce is gathered. 

 Cabbage and cauliflower sown in frames now 

 will give stronger and sturdier plants for 

 early planting next year: far better than 

 from spring-sown seed in heat. 



IF YOtT HAVE A GREENHOUSE 



Overhaul and put every part in good con- 

 dition before the end of the month. Repair 

 broken glass. Paint the woodwork. Fix 

 leaks in pipes. Get ready to turn on the 

 heat at any time. Get in a supply of tobacco 

 stems for winter use against insects. 



Why not try to raise a few vegetables to 

 follow the garden crops ? Beans sown just 

 after the middle of the month will be ready 

 in seven weeks. Beans are easy to grow. 

 Give good, moist soil and it need not be 

 watered again until the plants are well 

 above ground. 



Sow cyclamen and cineraria about Septem- 

 ber 15th, and keep them cool during the 

 davtime. Take "stock" cuttintrs of tender 



bedding plants that you want in quantity 

 next year. Propagate from these in spring. 



SAVE THE VEGETABLES 



At the first touch of frost gather all the 

 remaining fruit from the tomato and egg- 

 plants. They will ripen in a dry cellar. 

 Beans will yield longer if the pods are gathered 

 regularly. Gently pull up the poles support- 

 ing the limas and lay them down in the 

 rows — vines and all. Gather the pods while 

 still green, and put some covering material 

 alongside the rows ready to put over the 

 vines on frosty nights. 



Lift some parsley roots from the border, 

 and replant in the coldframe for winter sup- 

 ply. Earth up celery. Don't let frost injure 

 winter squash. Dig potatoes. Transplant 

 lettuce to hotbeds or coldframe. Plant out 

 hardy perennial onions for bunching in 

 spring. Cultivate. Keep down weeds. 



A BUSY TIME IN THE BORDER 



The Dutch bulbs are ready in the early 

 part of the month, so get the dealers' 

 catalogues. By all means plant peonies. 

 They simply must be planted in September 

 if they are to flower next June. 



Fill up gaps among the perennials by 

 moving or dividing large clumps of peony, 

 phlox, monarda, Funkia, rudbeckia. Buy 

 extra plants from the nurseries and get them 

 well rooted before winter sets in. 



Sow flower seeds indoors for the winter 

 window garden; or dig up a few plants of 

 petunia, phlox or sweet tobacco and plant 

 in boxes or pots for winter flower indoors. 



During the latter part of the month new 

 lawns may be seeded on well prepared, 

 thoroughly drained land and on sandy soil; 

 otherwise wait until spring. 



