THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
SEPTEMBER, 1906 
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Of Gardens and their Furnishings 
is the title of a brochure which we wish to put in your hands. It 
is accompanied with a series of illustrations of different Garden 
Accessories made in marble and stone, which we think very good. 
If you are interested and will ask us, we shall be glad to send you one 
Fountains Sun Dials Benches Pergolas 
Vases Tables Well Heads Statuary 
Altars ‘Baptisimal Fonts Monuments Mausoleums 
In Marble, Stone and Bronze 
We furnish original models as well as authentic copies of classic 
subjects, producing the antique finish, which is so much sought 
since the almost total disappearance of the bits of old art 
Mousoleums, Monuments and Tablets in Granite 
Stone and Bronze 
Designs sent upon request without charge 
LELAND & HALL CO. 
WORKERS IN STONE 
ss7 FIFTH AVENUE 
NEW YORK 
GRANITE WORKS: BARRE, VT. 
Figure for the 
centre of a 
pool, cut from 
Carrara marble 
in our studio at 
Pietrasanta, 
STUDIOS § LONG ISLAND CITY 
Italy, for Chas. 
( PIETRASANTA, ITALY 
W. Leavitt, Jr., 
architect. 
EVERYTHING FOR THE HARDY GARDEN! 
Plant now FOR A MASS OF BLOOM 
NEXT SPRING AND SUMMER 
Our catalogue tells what you wish to know. 
We have a fine stock of all the best Phlox, Larkspurs, Foxglove, | 
Iris, Peonies and Hollyhocks. 
EASTERN NURSERIES 
M. M. Dawson, Manager Jamaica Plain, 
‘THE PAINT PADDLE 
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charges for the time wasted in performing an ill-done task. His materials are antiquated and 
his methods medieval. High-grade ready mixed paint is the logical up-to-date material and 
being based largely on Oxide of Zinc, will cost less, look better and last longer than 
rule-of-thumb shop-mixed paints. 
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71 Broadway, New York 
We do not grind zinc in oil. Lists of manufacturers of oxide of zinc paints will be furnished on request. 
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WOOD ASHES AS A LAWN FERTILIZER 
A. R., Mass.—The wood ashes will make an excellent 
fertilizer for your lawn or garden, Apply at the rate of 
one to two tons an acre. A sugar barrel will hold about 
200 pounds which will be enough wood ashes for a plot 
forty or forty-five feet square. 
MAKING TREES FROM BEDDING PLANTS 
G. G. S., PENN.—To grow lantana in tree form, follow 
the directions given in the April Garpen Macaziner for 
growing the heliotrope to tree form. Any variety in the 
trade may be grown this way, with perhaps the exception 
of delicatissima, which although a very profuse bloomer, 
has very weak stems. 
MAKING NEW RUBBER PLANTS 
W. P. F., Penn.—If your rubber plant is growing in a 
living room, the best way for you to get new plants is by 
scoring the bark of the limb where you want the roots to 
grow, and covering the injury with sphagnum moss, which 
must always be kept damp. Roots will soon permeate 
the moss, when the limb should be cut off and potted. 
GROWING CAPE BULBS 
C. D. J., Mass.—Separate your freesia and oxalis 
bulbs from the soil and sort them. ‘The very small ones— 
those of about the size of corn kernels—will not bloom 
this winter, but should be grown on in separate pots, or 
boxes. Sow them } in. apart. The large blooming bulbs 
should be planted 1 to 1} in. apart. If you fail to sort 
out the bulbs, or plant the larger bulbs too closely, you will 
get only a few flowers. 
MAKING HARDWOOD ROSE CUTTINGS 
T. M. P., Maine.—As you do not have a greenhouse, 
the best way to increase the number of rose plants is by 
hardwood cuttings taken this fall, before the hard frosts 
come. When the wood is thoroughly ripened, take cuttings 
six inches long, tie them in bundles, and store in a cool place 
over winter, in damp sand. Here they will callus before 
spring. In April, plant these cuttings six inches apart, 
in V-shaped trenches. 
LIQUID PLANT FOOD 
W. N., I:t.—Liquid manure is usually made by putting 
fresh manure into water, a bushel of cow manure, or an or- 
dinary bucketful of horse droppings, or a five pound pack- 
age of sheep manure to a 45-gallon barrel will be found 
plenty strong enough. Where manure is allowed to stand 
in a hollow place with poor drainage, manure water col- 
lects. This is not good for plants in pots or boxes, or in 
greenhouses’ benches; it will sour the soil. 
CHOICE SEPTEMBER FLOWERS 
W. J. B., Mass.—Buy bulbs of Amaryllis Belladonna 
in September. Potin a heavy loam, to which has been 
added some bone dust and well-decayed cow manure. 
Do not allow the bulbs to flower. Grow in a cool, airy 
place and put outdoors during the summer. When the 
bulbs begin to ripen—the leaves turn yellow—place the 
pots on their sides in a sunny situation, and let them 
bake until the flower spikes begin to show. 
MAKE GOOD POTTING SOIL 
J. A. H., Conn.—A good compost is easily made if 
you can get sods about three inches thick from the sur- 
face of an old pasture. Pile these in layers, grass side 
down, with alternating layers of manure, using one part of 
the latter to three of the former. Cow manure is better 
than that from the horse, unless the latter is well rotted. 
It is better to take the sod from the field in October or 
November, when the grass has been killed. If the pile 
is worked over two or three times during the winter, it will 
be in good condition for use in the spring. A compost 
heap may also be made in the spring; but it must be done 
early in April before the grass starts. 
CARE OF MANURE 
A. R., New Jersey.—To give best results in the garden 
stable manure should be piled under cover, and turned 
over frequently enough to keep it from “burning.’? Horse 
manure will need frequent turnings, but cow manure needs 
little or no attention. When manure “burns,” the heat 
from fermentation becomes so great that the ammonia 
compounds in the manure are driven off, thus losing the 
most valuable fertilizing quality it contains. You will 
know when the manure is well rotted, by watching the straw, 
or litter in it. “When this has lost its identity, the manure 
may be called rotten; but manure is often used long before 
it reaches this stage. Manure is better for being kept under 
cover, as its soluble properties are not then leached by 
the weather. 
