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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



June, 1909 



Ornamental Fixtures for Country Grounds 



Copyright. 1908, by 

 The J. L. Mott Ikon Works 



LAWN FOUNTAINS 

 DRINKING FOUNTAINS 

 RAILINGS and GATES 

 ELECTRIC LIGHT POSTS 

 FLOWER VASES 

 STABLE FITTINGS 

 SETTEES and CHAIRS 

 TREE GUARDS 

 STATUARY 



We issue separate Catalogue of 

 each of the above which will 

 be sent on request. 



Address, Ornamental Dept. 



ELECTROLIER 



The J. L. Mott Iron Works, Fifth Avenue and lfth St., New York 



Vick's Bulb 

 Catalogue 



HYACINTHS TULIPS 

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PLANTS SHRUBS 



will be ready In August. Send 

 for it at once and it will be 

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QUOTATIONS FURNISHED NOW 



on Bulbs and Plants in large or small 

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From a Long Island Gardener. 



"The Use of GrapeDtjst and Slug Shot." 

 Mr. Hammond, Dear Sir: 



It's with pleasure I give testimony to the 

 value of your Grape Dust. I consider it the 

 safest and cheapest and most reliable Fungi- 

 cide I have ever used. I use it in grapery, 

 rose houses and amongst any plants that are 

 subject to Mildew, such as Chrysanthemums, 

 etc. I have never had any bad effects through 

 its use for the past twelve years so this ought to be convincing of its good 

 qualities. ' f ** 0£ 



You can ship me without delay 50 lbs. in 5 lb. bags of the same old stuff and also ship me a 

 "Slug Shot" which I also consider the best general insecticide. I used to have lots of trouble with currant 

 worms, potato bugs and that little striped Devil that affects the melons, cucumbers, squash, etc., also the 

 rose bug; but all I want is to have your "Slug Shot" on hand and the rest is easy. 



I can take care of the whole lot in a short time without having barrels of water to pull around, which 

 makes hard work and a troubled mind. I came near forgetting to say that I use it in chicken houses and 

 jor setting hens and amongst young chicks, and we all seem to be thriving and growing fat. I use it for fleas 

 on the dog, and they leave for other parts without delay. With best wishes, I remain very respectfully, 

 Babylon, N. Y., May 25, 1908. William Wincott. 



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FAILURE OF DAFFODILS 



Why does the double Van Sion daffodil gener- 

 ally throw green blooms instead of yellow after 

 the first season's blooming? Am I correct in 

 attributing it to soil conditions? 



Georgia. T. P. H. 



— This problem is a very elusive one. It is 

 doubtful whether double daffodils will hold their 

 color in warm climates under any conditions. 

 Large growers grow the Italian bulbs for a year 

 or two in Holland and the British Isles so as to 

 turn the flowers yellow, but as soon as the stock 

 is again grown in southern climes, the tendency 

 to green reasserts itself, and is seemingly incurable. 



L. B. 



FLOWERS PACKED FOR SHIPPING 



Could sweet peas, narcissus, and daffodils 

 be shipped to large markets to advantage, and 

 would it be necessary to use ice in packing ? 



Tennessee. L. E. R. 



— When shipping to market, the flowers of 

 bulbous stock (i. e., narcissus, daffodils, etc.) are 

 placed in wooden cases, fifty to one hundred bunches 

 to a case, twenty-five flowers to a bunch. If the 

 shipment is to any great distance, a little ice is used, 

 and in the case of sweet peas the stalks only should 

 be moistened. It would hardly be necessary to do 

 this for a one-night's journey if the packing is care- 

 fully done. In many cases shipments arrive in 

 the market in a ruined condition owing to water 

 having been sprinkled over the flowers. 



HOW TO PROPAGATE PRIVET 



How can I slip and start a privet hedge? Also, 

 how shall I cut slips, how deeply plant, how far 

 apart, and can they be set at once in the place 

 where thev are to grow? 



New York. F. N. H. 



— Privet can be propagated either by green-wood 

 cuttings taken at any time during the summer 

 and inserted in the ground or in an ordinary 

 cutting bed, or by dormant wood taken in the 

 winter, heeled in sand, and planted out in 

 nursery rows in the spring. Nothing is easier to 

 propagate. The plants to be used for hedges 

 must be cut down to within three or four inches 

 of the ground after they are two or three years old, 

 and induced in every way to throw up suckers. 

 The trimmings that are cut off with the shears 

 during the summer can be stuck into the ground 

 and are almost sure to grow. Merely removing 

 the lower leaves is the usual way of trimming. 

 Do not set the plants in the place where they are 

 to grow, but in nursery rows, nearly two inches 

 apart, so that they can be more easily cultivated 

 until well rooted. Having the plants once rooted, 

 of course you can set them out where the hedge 

 should be. The plants should be finally set in. 

 the row, or double row, about nine inches apart, 

 and decidedly deeper than they were growing in the 

 nursery row. 



CRIMSON CLOVER AS A FERTILIZER 



How can I use crimson clover as a fertilizer 

 in a vegetable garden ? Can it be planted at any time 

 during the summer, and should it be turned under 

 while young, or allowed to blossom and ripen seed ? 



Connecticut. J. C. D. 



— Crimson clover improves the fertility of the 

 soil in two ways: First, by being turned under as a 

 green crop, it adds humic matter the same as any 

 other green fertilizer; second — and this is its chief 

 value as compared to other plants — it adds nitrogen 

 to the soil by gathering it directly from the air 

 through colonies of bacteria which inhabit nodules 

 or galls on the roots. Most leguminous plants do 

 this, but the crimson clover has such an extraordin- 

 arily large root system and commands such a large 

 number of bacteria colonies that it adds more 

 nitrogen in proportion than any other plant. Nitro- 

 gen is the most evanescent and most important fertil- 

 izer, the one that is most easily washed out of the 

 soil when applied in mineral form, and is the basis 

 of all systems of fertilization. It is because crimson 

 clover catches this from the air and adds it to the 

 soil at practically no cost that it is so highly valued 

 as a fertilizer crop. Sow the seed either in drills or 

 broadcast, and plow under just before the flowers 

 open. Or another way is to sow the seed late in the 

 fall, so that the stand may be had all winter, and 

 plow it under as early as possible in the spring. 





