October, 1917 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



81 



Sweet Pea frame, full particulars of which are 

 contained in my article appearing in the 

 September number of the Garden Magazine. 

 — George IV. Kerr, Doyle stoivn, Pa. 



Leaders of the Societies. — The accom- 

 panying portraits represent four leaders in 

 four of the prominent national societies that 

 are fostering and promoting our horticultural 

 interests. At the summer convention of the 

 Society of American Florists, held at New 

 York in August, the presidency for 191 8 was 

 conferred on Mr. C. H. Totty, of Madison, 

 N. J., whose service as the introducer of nov- 

 elties (new Roses and Chrysanthemums es- 

 pecially) makes his name quite familiar to 

 our readers. Mr. Totty has also rendered 

 yeoman service as chairman of the Board of 

 Jurors of the National and the New York 

 International Flower Shows. At the meeting 

 of the American Gladiolus Society, also held 

 at New York in August, Mr. Kunderd of 

 Goshen, Ind., was chosen as the next year's 

 leader and the big exhibition will be in Cleve- 

 land. Mr. Kunderd is an experienced grower 

 and breeder, having originated the ruffled type 

 of flower among others. Dahlia lovers who 

 have visited the National Society's shows in 

 September in the last few years will recognize 



in Mr. Richard Vincent, Jr., of White Marsh, 

 Md., the genial president and founder of that 

 live organization. He is a grower of florist's 



Charles H. Totty, Pres.-elect, Society of American Florists 



plants on an enormous scale. The last por- 

 trait is that of Mr. Benjamin Hammond, of 

 Beacon, N. Y., very well known as a manu^ 

 facturer of insecticides, etc. He is now presi- 

 dent of the American Rose Society and for sev- 

 eral years past its secretary, during whose in- 

 cumbency the membership has been increased 

 very greatly. 



Gardening From the Outside. — Here's a 

 street car newspaper's contribution to the 

 spud stuff. 



"A hint to the ladies: If you want potatoes 

 from your garden do not pick the blossoms for 

 a bouquet." They say lots of society people 

 have planted sweets, thinking they were 

 "murphs" — W. M., Detroit. 



Has No Rival. — I shall be obliged if you 

 will have sent to me Index and Title page for 

 Volumes XXIII, XXIV, and XXV. I take 

 this opportunity to express my appreciation of 

 the Garden Magazine which I consider has 

 no rival in America and deserves a constantly 

 increasing circulation. It is valuable both for 

 the amateur and the professional, and person- 

 ally I should miss very much not receiving it 

 regularly. — AubreyTealdi, Landscape Gardener,. 

 Ann Arbor, Mich. 



A. E. Kunderd, Pres.-elect, American Gladiolus Society Richard Vincent, Jr., President, American Dahlia Society Benjamin Hammond, President, American Rose Society 



THE MONTH'S REMINDER 



FALL PLANTING AND PREPARATION FOR WINTER 



OCTOBER presents more opportuni- 

 ties to increase the value and the 

 permanent beauty of your place 

 than any other month. 

 Where time is limited, spring work must 

 include so many routine planting jobs and 

 fixing up that frequently there is little time 

 left for special things. 



So much has been said of trees, shrubs, her- 

 baceous perennials, etc., in the Garden Mag- 

 azine (see last month's, and previous years) 

 on the advantages of fall planting that it is 

 needless even to recapitulate here. There is 

 one thing, however, that cannot be repeated 

 too often, and the beginner particularly 

 should pay particular heed to it. Do your fall 

 planting early! 



The term "fall planting" may be mislead- 

 ing. Some people consider fall to begin only 

 with the advent of real cold, freezing weather. 

 Now, while some things can be put in late 

 (until the ground freezes), yet for the majority 

 the safest rule is "the earlier the better," as 

 they need to become "established" before 

 freezing weather. 



Give heed to the following considerations in 

 doing your fall planting: 



1. Get stock shipped in from the express 

 office promptly and unpack immediately. 



2. Check up with your order carefully and 

 make prompt complaint of shortage, poor 

 stock, or bad condition. 



3. Keep all roots, shrubs, etc., away from 

 vvind and sun, and wrap with burlap or water 



to keep the roots moist until ready for planting. 

 If several days' delay is unavoidable, bury 

 roots in soil in a shaded place — that is "heel 

 in. 



4. Make holes large enough to take the ball 

 of roots easily, and enrich the soil with well 

 rotted manure and bone meal. Plant in well 

 drained positions. 



5. Pack the soil firmly about the roots, 

 pressing down with the foot or a tamper, so 

 that the tree or plant is in the soil almost as 

 firmly as if it had been growing there. 



6. Use water if the soil is dry, but not on top 

 of the soil! Pour in water before planting, let 

 it soak away and put in more when hole is half 

 filled up. Leave an inch or two of loose soil 

 on the surface after planting. 



