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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



How can the flower garden be made more attractive? 

 The Readers' Service will aid you with suggestions 



May, 1907 



KELLER'S DELICATE ANEMONES 



The charming Japanese Anemone is the loveliest white flower 

 of the late autumn. It glorifies the garden after Phlox is gone. 

 It survives a succession of late frosts and lasts well into October 

 or November until the killing frosts devastate the garden. 



While one of the most delicate and beautiful of all flowers, the 

 Japanese Anemone is not critical, for it will grow in any location 

 either in sun or shade, demanding only a fairly good garden soil. 



Its blossoms are either a pure white or an exquisite shade of pink 

 and massed against a dark background make a strikingly beau- 

 tiful effect for the autumn garden. The Anemone is excellent for 

 cutting, and will furnish flowers for the house in great abundance. 



Of all our stock of hardy perennials none surpasses our collection 

 of Japanese Anemones. They are strong one-year-old plants that 

 will bloom profusely this fall. The Queen Charlotte, with its 

 large pink flowers, is especially beautiful. 



PINK 



DOUBLE — A. Japonica Rubra. Carmine with yellow centre, 

 DOUBLE — A Japonica Queen Charlotte Flowers a beautiful and 

 pleasing shade of pink, semi-double, very large, fine for cutting. 



WHITE 



SINGLE — A. Japonica alba. Fine large white flower. August to 

 November. 



DOUBLE — A. Japonica Whirlwind. Flowers pure white. 



Price, 15c Each, $1.50 per Dozen. $10 per Hundred 



We grow hardy perennials exclusively and have a superb stock such 

 as only a specialist can have 



Our I$07 catalogue of Hardy 

 Perennials is yours for the aski; 



J. B. Keller Sons, Rochester, NY. 



GLADIOLUS "HARVARD" 



(Our own introduction lor 1907) 



is but one of the many choice things offered in 



Rawson's Garden Manual 



for 1907 



Mailed free upon application. This booklet is entirely new, 

 most complete, artistically illustrated, and contains more choice 

 and rare things for the garden than we have ever offered before. 



SEEDS 

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DEPARTMENT A. CINCINNATI. O. 



secondly, keeping all insects from the plants 

 till they are able to take care of themselves. 

 The frames can remain on the hills till the 

 vines begin to push their way out. Squashes 

 will make a very rapid growth under this 

 treatment. 



The squash bug lives by sucking the sap 

 from the plant, and should be sought for 

 eagerly, at least once a day, and destroyed. 

 It is of a light-brown color similar to a 

 mosquito but much larger, and wherever 

 it attacks the vines, they wilt and gradually 

 die, and your whole labor will be lost. 



The best varieties of summer squashes are 

 Bush Summer Crookneck, Custard, Vege- 

 table Marrow, and Pineapple. 



THE WINTER SQUASHES 



These require similar treatment to the 

 summer squashes but need to be planted 

 eight feet apart each way, and do not need 

 to be planted until June ist. The vines will 

 often spread from twelve to sixteen feet and 

 as they will root at the joints, should be 

 lifted occasionally, to prevent rooting, when 

 hoeing; be careful not to break the vines. 



STORING SQUASH 



Squashes may be kept successfully till 

 May in a room or cellar the temperature of 

 which is kept from 55 to 6o°. As soon as 

 there is danger of a sharp frost all mature 

 squashes should be gathered very carefully. 

 Do not bruise them in any way. A sharp 

 knife is best for this purpose, cutting about 

 two inches of the stalk with the fruit. They 

 should then be placed for a few days under 

 a light, airy shed before taking them into 

 the room or cellar. Handle them carefully 

 when putting them in, and if the weather 

 remains cool and dry, keep them well ven- 

 tilated; but if damp weather sets in, it is best 

 to start a fire to keep them dry. It often 

 happens in early autumn that we have one 

 or two light frosts, after which the weather 

 will remain good for three or four weeks, 

 so by a little fore-thought as to covering, 

 the whole crop can be harvested. The 

 unripe ones can be protected with burlap, 

 or any light covering material. 



When the entire crop has been gathered 

 and put in the cellar, they should be placed 

 from two to three deep, turned over and 

 sorted at least once a week, removing any 

 that show signs of decay, as one bad one will 

 soon destroy a dozen good ones. 



There are several good varieties of winter 

 squashes. The Mammoth Warted Hubbard 

 and the Golden Hubbard keep the best and 

 longest, and do not shrink as much as the 

 other varieties. But for a small family, 

 Delicata and Fordhook are two very good 

 varieties of excellent flavor but of small size. 

 They are remarkably good keepers. It is a 

 good practice to plant a few hills in the 

 garden to entice the insects, thus making 

 it much more easier to destroy them than 

 where space is limited. 



Squashes may be grown among the corn 

 hills, and a good crop can be raised in this 

 manner without using any extra space in the 

 garden. Plant in each alternate row of 

 corn. 



Connecticut. George Standen. 



