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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



December, 1905 



To Drive 

 ■I a Nail or 

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The Keen Kutter Cabinet is the only cabinet in which all the tools are strictly high 

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The Keen Kutter line of tools was awarded the Grand Prize at the World's Fair, St. 

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Keen Kutter Tool Cabinets and Keen Kutter Tools are for sale by all first-class dealers. 

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Galax All the Year Around 



ij AST year we adopted the suggestion of 

 ■■— ' Country Life in America, and put a few 

 galax leaves in every package along with the 

 usual sprig of holly. Although a hundred 

 million galax leaves are said to be sold by 

 the florists every year, most of our friends 

 had never seen them, and all were de- 

 lighted with their dark, rich, glossy green 

 and bronze, their wonderful waxy texture, 

 heart-shaped outline and exquisite venation. 



Most people allow galax to shrivel in a 

 fortnight or so by treating it like holly or 

 mistletoe, i. e., leaving it in a warm living 

 room without water. But a teacher to whom 

 we gave some galax astonished us later by 

 returning some of the leaves in perfect con- 

 dition the following April. 



We asked for an explanation, and she de- 

 clared that she had simply kept them in a vase 

 of water. 



Just for curiosity I kept them two months 

 longer. The children who were too young 

 for drawing lessons amused themselves by 

 tracing on paper with a pencil the beautiful 

 outlines of the galax leaves. Once a week, 

 if I thought of it, I changed the water, and in 

 June, when our friend went to California, we 

 put some of these same leaves into a trifling 

 box of edibles that was intended to beguile her 

 journey. Six months after Christmas and 

 still in perfect condition! 



Although this simple story has never failed 

 to astonish everyone who has heard it, there 

 is really nothing very wonderful about it, and 

 I dare say, if one took the trouble to clip the 

 stems a little every fortnight and put a bit of 

 charcoal and a drop of ammonia into the water 

 at the same time, every leaf would maintain 

 its beauty from one Christmas to another. 



Another thing — galax lends a charming 

 touch, when used with fruit for a table decora- 

 tion, at the Christmas dinner. 



After dinner put them in the refrigerator, 

 and you can use themfor New Year's and later. 

 In fact the florists now keep galax leaves in 

 cold storage for use every day in the year. 



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Don't Burn Your Autumn Leaves 



YOU might as well take money out of your 

 pocket and drop it in the river as to 

 give away your autumn leaves. 



Even if you burn them on the vegetable 

 garden you will get only a fraction of their 

 fertilizing value. Nothing is more quickly 

 soluble. The heavy first rain may wash off 

 a dollar's worth of plant food. If the ground 

 is frozen the potash will not sink into the 

 ground — it will be carried away on the sur- 

 face, to your neighbor. 



But even if you burn the leaves in the 

 wisest fashion you throw away the most 

 important thing of all — its value as humus. 

 What most gardens need the worst — more 

 than plant food — is leaf mold or other well- 

 decomposed vegetable matter which does two 

 things : (i) loosens the soil, so that the air can 

 get in and make the roots grow apace ; and 

 (2) makes things comfortable for the nitrifying 

 bacteria and uncomfortable for the denitrify- 

 ing fellows. 



