Vol. II —No. 4 



Published Monthly 



NOVEMBER, 1905 



: One Dollar a Year 

 ' Ten Cents a Copy 



Contents 



The Gardener's Reminder .... 

 Campaigning with Chrysanthemums 



J. N. Gerard 

 Propagating Plants at Home James T . Scott 

 A Home-Made Propagating Device 



L, J. Doogue 

 All the Species of Phlox worth Cultivating 

 Leonard Barron 



Photographs by J. Horace McFarland Co., except 

 Nos. 241, 245 by Henry Troth, and Nos. 243 and 

 244 D. M. Andrews 



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 164 



166 



167 



PAGE PAGE 



How to Make New Varieties . M.J. Ioms 170 Ever Beautiful Window Plants 



Millie F. Lupton 178 



Growing the Luscious European Grape 



/. L. Powell 172 



Photographs by A. R. Dugmore and Henry Troth 



The Incomparable Japanese Lilies 



Wilhelm Miller 174 



Photographs by Vermont Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, except No. 265 by O. V. Lange, and No. 266 

 by S. Atterbury 



Things We Want to Know 180 



The Best Trellis for Tomatoes 



Albert R. Mason 180 



Wintering Tender Plants in Window Boxes 



S. T. Orchard 182 



The California Garden in Winter 



Ernest Braunton 184 



Wilhelm Miller, Editor Cover design by J. Horace McFarland Co. Doubleday, Page & Company, I33~I37 East 16th St., New York 



COPYRIGHT. 1905, BY DOUBLEDAY. 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 



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Remind Pi 



[For the purpose of reckoning dates, New York 

 city is generally taken as a standard. Allow six 

 days' difference for every hundred miles of latitude.] 



Are the Big Things Done? 



TT AVE you planted your bulbs for outdoor 

 *- ■■■ and indoor bloom ? They deteriorate 

 every day after November 15th. 



Any time before the ground freezes it is 

 safe and convenient to plant hardy trees, 

 shrubs, vines, fruit trees and berry bushes — 

 not evergreens, peaches or the other risky 

 things mentioned in the Fall Planting (Octo- 

 ber number). 



October and November are the big months 

 for planting lily bulbs. 



Too late for peonies; not for phlox and iris. 



THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



Plow the garden, if practicable, and turn 

 under all the manure you can get. 



This is about the only time one can spare 

 for trenching and subsoiling. They are 

 costly but permanent improvements. 



Burn all weeds, so that they may not come 

 up next year. 



Cut off asparagus tops and burn those with 

 berries on them, as the seeds may sprout 

 where they are not wanted. Mulch with two 

 or three inches of rough manure. 



Cover spinach with coarse straw or, better, 

 with gleanings from the horse stable. 



STORING VEGETABLES 



Pull up cabbages and pack them closely 

 in a dry spot, with their heads below ground 

 and roots above. In December heap up 

 earth as high as the roots, or if the soil is not 

 light cover with leaves. 



North of Virginia celery for winter use 

 should be stored before December. Dig up 

 the plants, roots and all, and stand them 

 close together in a narrow trench, the 

 tops level with the ground. Cover them 

 with boards and a little earth. As the 

 weather gets colder, put on more earth and 

 some manure. 



If you have a root house or damp barn 

 cellar, you can set the celery upright on the 

 floor, so that the roots will keep moist and the 

 tops dry. 



Celerv to be used before Christmas can be 

 left outdoors, but must be covered if a cold 

 snap threatens. It can stand io° of frost, but 

 nothing below 22 F. 



Beets and carrots keep best in pits. Put 

 some in the cellar for winter use, but cover 

 with sand or sods to prevent shriveling. 



THE FRUIT GARDEN 



Small and lately planted trees must be 

 staked and tied with a broad band. Cut out 

 all dead limbs of fruit trees, "suckers" and 

 limbs that rub together. You will have no 

 time next spring. 



If the fruit trees are growing too tall and 



spindly, cut off the top limbs to make the tree 

 spread out. 



Don't leave any old grass or other mulch 

 around the bases of trees for field mice to 

 nest in. They will eat the bark from the tree 

 close to the ground if it is a hard winter. 

 After the first hard freeze (which will send the 

 field mice to their permanent winter quar- 

 ters) raise a little mound of earth around the 

 stem for protection against mice. 



Cover strawberries two inches deep with 

 hay or straw, not this year's autumn leaves. 



If you are afraid that your blackberries are 

 not hardy, lay the plants down and cover the 

 tips lightly with soil. 



LAWN AND GROUNDS 



Top dress lawns with fine compost or 

 scrapings of barnyard. Tie straw around 

 the rose bushes. 



Put boards up on the north and west sides 

 of boxwood hedges, if they are exposed to 

 heavy winds and winter sunshine. 



Burn all dead stalks and other matter not 

 used for mulching, in order to kill weed seeds 

 and disease germs. 



LATITUDE OF RICHMOND 



The Southern planting season for trees, 

 shrubs, evergreens, vines, fruits and hardy 

 roses begins in November and reaches its 

 climax in January. 



Wheat, rye, barley, timothy and vetch can 

 still be sown, but the earlier the better. Sow 

 Canada field peas. 



Set out lettuce and cabbage plants that are 

 to stay outdoors all winter. Sow lettuce and 

 cabbage in coldframes. Set out asparagus roots 

 and strawberry plants. Plant Dutch bulbs. 



Sow lawn grass seed, the earlier the better. 



