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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



September, 1917 



&1it^£l(uafof(gs Timely Topics 



The keynote of September garden activity, is "Preparation!" If you would 

 enjoy inexpensive flowers all winter, now is the time to prepare. To be able to 

 gather flowers outdoors soon after snow disappears, prepare now. You may 

 enjoy green, velvety lawns next spring while your neighbor is just planning his, 

 by timely action this month. And, last but not least, you can have a better garden 

 that will yield bigger crops of choicer vegetables in 1918, if you lay the foundation 

 for greater soil fertility this fall. The following offers will help you materialize 

 all of above possibilities. 



More Flowers For a Bulbs — All Kinds 



Brighter Christmas 



DARWIN 



A small sum invested in bulbs 

 this month will help make 

 Christmas a doubly cheerful 

 occasion. Plant the following 

 in pots or pans (which we also 

 offer) : 



Roman Hyacinths, the earl- 

 iest of all to bloom and easiest 

 to grow. White. $1.25 per 

 doz., $8. per 100. 



Narcissus, Giant Paper- 

 White, fine for growing in wa- 

 ter, with pebbles to support 

 bulbs. Large Bulbs, 5c each; 

 50c per doz.; $2.75 per 100. 



Jumbo Bulbs, 10c each; 

 75c per dozen; $3.50 per 100. 



Enjoy These 

 Extra Early 

 Spring Flowers 



The brilliant little Crocuses help much to 

 make the lawns a great source of satisfaction 

 very early in the spring. Who does not love 

 the modest little Snowdrops and the more 

 showy Daffodils? Here are the kinds that 

 will help brighten the early spring days: — 



Select, Named Crocuses in blue, 

 white, golden, purple, yellow and 

 striped. 20c per doz.; $1.25 per 100, 

 postpaid. 



Snowdrops, select bulbs, single, 30c 

 per doz.; $1.50 per 100; double, 35c 

 per doz.; $2 per 100. 



Daffodils, six select sorts, extra fine 

 bulbs. Six bulbs each, six varieties, 

 36 bulbs in all, $1.50 postpaid. 



The Tulips of Milady's Garden 



in any quantity, of the most cri- 

 tically selected quality only, are 

 available at prices within the 

 reach of all. Tulips are our 

 specialty ! We handle, perhaps, 

 a greater assortment of choice 

 kinds than any one in the trade. 

 Besides Tulips, we handle im- 

 mense quantities of Hyacinths, 

 Daffodils and scores of other 

 bulbous roots. Our bulb depart- 

 ment constitutes a very impor- 

 tant part of our establishment, 

 the high standard of which we 

 maintain at all costs. 



Beautiful Spanish 

 Irises 



Select mother bulbs for plant- 

 ing out this fall that will bear 

 those glorious flowers commonly 

 called the "poor man's orchids." 

 We offer a splendid selection of 

 sorts in the following collection: 

 — 10 bulbs each of 10 varieties, 

 100 bulbs in all, for $1.25. 



Inexpensive Fertilizer 



As soon as part of the garden has borne the 

 crop, dig up the ground and sow either Winter 

 Vetch, Rye or Rape. Turned under in the spring 

 the plants will enrich the soil. Our stock of 

 these useful forage and "green" manure plants 

 is excellent. Since market prices change fre- 

 quently, write for latest quotations. 



9 9 



" Staigreen 



Lawn Grass 





A Garden Full 



of Tulips for One 



Dollar Postpaid 



Giant Darwin Tulips that bloom in May 

 are one of our leading specialties. So well 

 is the quality of the bulbs we sell recognized 

 by the most critical that our sales of them 

 ran into hundreds of thousands of bulbs. 

 Fine Darwin Tulips, in a mixture including 

 choicest varieties, such as Clara Butt, Europe, 

 Pride of Haarlem, etc., giving 75 bulbs in all, 

 prepaid $1.00. (West of the Mississippi $1.25.) 



is a scientifically compounded 

 mixture of the choicest grasses 

 especially adapted to eastern 

 soils and sections. Sown this 

 fall, it will make a strong, quick 

 1 growth this fall, and become 

 firmly established to provide a 

 beautiful lawn next spring. Staigreen Lawn 

 Grass Seed, delivered anywhere in the U. S. at 

 the following prices: — Pound, 40c; 5 lbs., 

 $1.75; 25 lbs., $8; 100 lbs., $30. 



Write for Free Fall Catalogue 



It will help you formulate fall plans for both your in- 

 door and outdoor gardens. Really a complete guide to 

 fall planting of bulbs, plants, seeds of such kinds as our 

 lifelong experience in the business enables us to recom- 

 mend to you as thoroughly dependable. Offers all you 

 need for your gardening activity at reasonable prices. 

 Please ask for it TO-DAY. 



30-32 Barclay Street 

 New York 



Forcing Bulbs in a Greenhouse 



YOU CAN have flowers in the greenhouse 

 during the winter without seriously af- 

 fecting the use of the greenhouse for gen- 

 eral purposes, as the bulbs when they 

 are first brought indoors, are placed under the 

 benches to develop a stem growth and they 

 occupy bench space for only a few days as they 

 are simply brought up to the light to give 

 color to the foliage and finish to the flowers. 

 The bulbs are usually planted in boxes, pans 

 or pots according to the purpose for which 

 they are to be used (see pages 43 to 46). 

 Lilies, Callas, Ranunculus, Oxalis, Anemone, 

 and Cyclamen are usually planted in pots and 

 placed in the frame, covering them with one or 

 two inches of ashes to insure even soil con- 

 ditions. When the growth shows through 

 above the covering, they can be removed to 

 the greenhouse or retarded until wanted 

 by maintaining a low temperature in the 

 frames. 



Freesia, Oxalis, Chionodoxa, Spanish Iris, 

 and Gladiolus are also handled in this manner 

 but they are usually grown in boxes as they 

 are used more extensively for cutting. 



The hardy bulbs such as Tulips, Hyacinths 

 and the various Daffodils and Narcissus, 

 Allium, Ornithogalum, and Crocus are to be 

 planted in boxes or pans and buried in trendies 

 out of doors or the boxes can be laid flat and 

 several inches of clear sharp sand over them 

 will prevent them from freezing. The freezing 

 will do no damage but makes it very trouble- 

 some to get the bulbs without breakage. I 

 prefer the burying method. They are, of 

 course, more trouble when handled in this 

 manner, but the even temperature of the 

 ground at a depth of two feet is very condu- 

 cive to root growth; and that we rnust have 

 for high grade flowers. The bulbs are dug up 

 as required, of course using the early bulbs 

 first, such as Paper White Narcissus then the 

 French grown single Narcissus, Crocus, and 

 the single early Tulips in the order named. 



Forcing can be started in November and 

 continue throughout the entire winter. 



Forced Bulbs After Flowering 



AFTER they have been forced all the 

 hardy bulbs may be used for outdoor 

 planting. You won't get any returns for the 

 first year, and they should not be used in con- 

 spicuous places as there is always some 

 uncertainty about them; but those bulbs that 

 increase such as the Narcissus, will in the 

 course of a few years make some very re- 

 spectable clumps. 



Bulbs, generally speaking, are cool growing 

 plants. There are but few that delight in 

 high or even moderate temperatures. If 

 grown in too warm a place, you get inferior 

 flowers and weak stems. They are also much 

 more likely to be attacked by insects and 

 diseases when growing in uncongenial con- 

 ditions. The flowers when cut, do not keep 

 for so long a time when forced rapidly and it 

 also tends to develop any weakness in the bulb 

 and you will get a large percentage of blind 

 buds; that is to say, buds that "blast" and do 

 not mature. The maximum growing tem- 

 perature should not exceed 55 degrees at 

 night and 50 degrees would be better on an 

 average. Exceptions are: the Lilies of all 

 kinds, which may be grown at 60 degrees or 

 even 65 degrees; Lily-of-the-valley can be 

 grown at 70 degrees without harm; Amaryllis 

 will stand from 60 to 65 degrees. Freesias 

 and Cyclamen should be grown at 55 to 60 

 degrees. 



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