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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



August, 1918 



ntf.nter 



HICKS BIG 

 EVERGREENS 



can be successfully transplanted, 

 in midsummer to add a wealth of 

 immediate beauty to your lawn. 

 Winter or summer, their stately 

 beauty and warm green color 

 make a picturesque outlook. 



Use evergreens for seclusion, hiding 

 unsightly views, small and large hedges. 

 We ship successfully 1000 miles and 

 guarantee to grow. Send for catalog. 



Hicks Big Trees Save 10 Years 



HICKS NURSERIES 



BoxM Westbury. L. I., N. Y. Phone 68 



FOUR HEIGHT 

 ADJUSTMENTS 



Gardener's Heart! 



You use some tools because you have to ; others you 

 use because you -want to. The latter holds true in 

 home gardens throughout the country, of the 



Liberty Cultivator Weeder 



A seven-toothed cultivator 

 easily and quickly adjusted 

 to from 4" to 10" width. By 

 means of a patent socket, it is 

 attached to a wheelframe, as 

 shown to left. You then have 

 a wheelhoe that is adjust- 

 able as shown. Write for 

 freely illustrated, descriptive 

 circular of this and other 

 Gilson Garden Labor Savers 

 TO-DAY. 



J. E. GILSON COMPANY 



Port Washington 



Wisconsin 



for Hot-beds 

 and Cold-frames 



Fall 

 Gardens 



You must use glass from September now until 

 June next. And the Sunlight Sash (double or 

 single glazed) and Sun- 

 light small greenhouses 

 are ready for immediate 

 shipment to you. Order 

 now and be sure of the 

 very best possible equipment. 

 Catalogue and price list 

 mailed free. Ask for them. 



Sunlight Double Glass Sash Co. 



937 E. Broadway Louisville, Ky. 

















"Home Attractions" 



PERGOLAS 





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Lattice Fences 



Garden Houses 



For Beautifying Home 

 Grounds 







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When writing enclose 10c. 

 and ask for Pergola Cata- 

 Iocme "H-30." 





HARTMANN-SANDERS CO. 



Elston 



and Webster Aves., Chicago, 111. 



New York City Office, 6 E. 39th Street 



GIVES ENDURING CHARM 



Sbnd for our illustraf ed — * 

 'catalogue of Flowerpots. 

 Boxes,"Vases.Benclies. Sundials. 

 Gazing Globes, Bird Fonts and 

 other-Artistic Pieces for Garden 

 and Interior Decoration. 



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3214 WALNUT ST. PHILADELPHIA. 



Moss Aztec Pottery 



Offers a wide choice of objects, from simple fern dishes and 

 bud vases to impressive jardinieres and plant stands. Its 

 predominating characteristic is refined elegance in designs and 

 colors. A post card request will bring you the "Moss Aztec" 

 catalogue and name of nearest dealer. 



DISTINCTIVE FERN PAN $1.50 



is square with 

 separate liners 

 measuring 7x7 

 inches by 4 inches 

 deep. Order as 

 No. 495. 



PETERS & REED 



POTTERY 



COMPANY 



So. Zanesville, 0. 



White Lilies of France 



The True Fleur de Lis 



U Silvery white, with pale azure tints like snow M 



■ shadows. Deliriously fragrant, earliest and most ■ 



■ prolific bloomer. Absolutely hardy. Five strong, 1 

 | freshly-dug roots for #i.oo, ten for $1.75, by m 



■ Parcel Post, prepaid. Order now for early ■ 



■ September delivery. 



■ Write to-day for list of rare and unusual Bulbs, I 

 j Roots and Seeds for Fall planting. 



H. DURAND 



I 100 Tanglewylde Avenue, BRONXVILLE, N. Y. I 



HARDY PHLOX 



Are the peer in the garden, blooming during all sum- 

 mer until frost. We have the last word in phlox. 

 Send for list; it's free. 



W. F. SCHMEISKE 



State Hospital Station 



Binghamton Box 11. New York 





These Tulips Are Ready for Delivery 



Mixed May-Flowering, all colors $1 



Mixed Parrot, the gaudy kind 1 



Mixed Darwin, all colors 2 



Bouton d'Or. golden yellow 2 



Caledonia, vivid orange-red 2 



Kate Greenaway, Mush white 2 



Wedding Veil, blue-gray, white 2 



Clara Butt, richest pink 2 



Light Purple, tall and fine 2, 



White Queen, stately and dainty 3 



Baronne de la Tonnaye, late pink 3 



Farncombe Sanders, best red 3 



Kev. Ewbank, beautiful heliotrope 3 



Ellen Willniott, cream-yellow 4 



Mrs. Potter Palmer, very dark purple 4, 



Price is per 100, postage paid. 25 of a kind at 100 rate, pro- 

 vided order totals 100 or more. Order now, and make sure of 

 your supply. 



Peonies; 20, all different, $2.50, postage paid 



Oronogo Flower Gardens Carthage, Mo. 



Advertiser! will appreciate your mentioning The Garden Maaazine in writing — and w( 



(Continued jrom page 28) 

 cooked by artificial heat — and much fuel is 

 saved. Prepare the fruit as usual and spread 

 the sugar between layers of fruit in the kettle 

 and cook on stove for five minutes and take off 

 and spread preserves on a platter and put in 

 the hot sun and cover with a piece of cheese 

 cloth. Do this for two days until the syrup jells. 

 Fruit can be dried by cutting in thin slices and 

 spreading in the sun in pans — or in wire trays 

 swung over the stove. These require no sugar 

 and can be sweetened when used. 



For Next Year's Flowers 



' I "'HE end of August plant seeds of peren- 

 -"■ nials in the cold-frames — of herbs and 

 flowers. New soil should be put in cold- 

 frames. See Garden Magazine, August, 

 1916, about how to prepare the soil and 

 method of planting perennials in coldframes. 



Sow seed of Snapdragon, Canterbury 

 Bells, Gaillardia, Lupin, Delphinium, Holly- 

 hocks, Wallflower, Columbine, Sweet William, 

 Platycodon, Candytuft, Penstemon and Pyre- 

 thrum. 



Pansies and English Daisies sowed in cold- 

 frames and transplanted five inches apart 

 with protection in severe weather only, will 

 bloom all winter. Set Violet plants six 

 inches apart in coldframes. If well fertilized 

 they will bloom in January and February. 



Flowering Shoots 



PEARLY flowering shrubs such as Lilacs, 

 ■*-' Forsythias, and Spireas fshould have 

 been pruned immediately after blooming; only 

 late blooming shrubs can be trimmed out now. 

 Do not fertilize Rose bushes after the first of 

 this month as it is not advisable to encourage 

 late new growth — it is likely to be winter 

 killed. Keep the soil well stirred about the 

 rose bushes and put grass clippings about 

 the base of them, unless there are low growing 

 annuals in the beds, to prevent the soil from 

 baking. J. M. Patterson. 



Whence Comes the Aster Louse? 



I HAD a discouraging experience with 

 my Asters and would like to have some 

 advice from others having had the same 

 trouble. From early startings I set out a 

 large number of plants of six of the choicest 

 varieties. They made a nice growth until 

 August when I noticed some of the plants 

 beginning to turn yellow and droop. In- 

 vestigation showed the roots thickly clustered 

 with a small grayish white root aphis. All 

 plants were successively attacked and went 

 the same way. The ground had never been 

 used for Asters before and the plants had been 

 sprayed every other week with bordeaux- 

 arsenate of lead. With a second planting 

 I worked in about a tablespoon of tobacco 

 dust to the plant with the same result. The 

 roots were removed and burned and the holes 

 saturated with vermine. Has any one had a 

 similar experience and how have they con- 

 trolled it? How are these aphis introduced 

 to the soil, and do they attack any other 

 plants? From the fact that a neighbor two 

 yards removed did not have this trouble 

 with his Asters, I am led to believe that 

 mine came in the barnyard manure I applied. 

 The only remedy that I have had suggested 

 is kerosene emulsion sprayed on the plant 

 and applied to roots. Others tell me that 

 this will stunt the growth so that little or 

 inferior bloom will result. — E. A. W., Pa. 

 — Unfortunately your experience with Asters 

 is not at all uncommon; but we do not think 

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