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information about motor boats THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



June, 1909 



The Capitol at Washington 



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No other white paint material meets 

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When you select house paint, ask the 

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Does your paint contain 

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Oxide of Zinc is unalterable 

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"We do not grind Oxide of Zinc in oil. A lift of manufacturers 

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The Garden in June 



SOW seed of annuals in June for a second crop 

 of flowers which will continue to bloom until 

 frost. Use plenty of seed, as it is much easier to 

 thin the plants than it is to replant; and it is also 

 desirable to have the plants all the same size. 



Both vegetable and flower gardens should be given 

 shallow' cultivation once a week, to keep down the 

 weeds and loosen the soil, thereby preserving the 

 moisture. 



Place a stout stake five feet long at each chrysan- 

 themum plant to hold it up from the soil. Put the 

 stakes twelve inches deep in the ground and tie the 

 plants to them. 



Ever} T gardener should stake the tomato vines so 

 as to keep the fruit up from the sand and to prevent 

 rotting; or else make frames by placing a strong 

 stake, about seven feet in length, eighteen inches 

 deep in the soil, by the side of each plant. On 

 these tack barrel hoops ten or twelve inches apart. 

 Where one does not have the time nor the material 

 to make the frames, buy wire ones which will last 

 a long time. 



Do not allow plants intended for house decoration 

 next winter to flower during the summer. Keep 

 all flower buds trimmed off. 



It is not yet too late to plant out water lilies. 

 After they are once started, they will require but 

 very little care. 



To keep crows out of the watermelon patch, tie 

 thick white twine across and around the patch early 

 in the month, on stakes four or five feet in height. 



Cut the runners from the strawberry plants and 

 keep them well cultivated in order to develop large 

 healthy plants. The bed should also be given a 

 light dressing of well decayed compost now. 



Plants are often injured by having flowers broken 

 off; cut them off with a sharp knife or pair of shears. 

 In order to induce continual bloom, keep all the 

 blossoms cut off the annuals; don't let seed form. 



Don't neglect the rhubarb. Keep the beds well 

 cultivated; a top dressing of manure will help very 

 much at this time of the vear. 



Depth to Plant — a Question of 

 Latitude ? 



IN THE April issue of The Garden Magazine, 

 in my usual "reminder" to amateurs in the 

 South, I made the statement that gladiolus bulbs 

 should be planted two or three inches deep. 



The accuracy of this statement has been questioned 

 by a grower living in Massachusetts who states: 

 "The gladiolus bulb reproduces itself by forming 

 a new bulb on top of the old one. As bulbs are 

 seldom less than an inch in thickness, it can readily 

 be seen that the new bulb must come too near the 

 surface, if planting is two or three inches deep; 

 and as a result the subsequent growth would be 

 weak and spindling. Gladiolus bulbs, therefore, 

 must be planted five or six inches deep." 



It may possibly do to plant gladiolus bulbs at such 

 a depth in Massachusetts, but it would not be suc- 

 cessful in the South. We usually have very heavy 

 rains in the spring which pack the soil, and if the 

 bulbs were planted so very deep they would rot 

 before they could push their way through the six 

 inches of heavy, hard soil. The one great trouble 

 with all gardeners and farmers in the South is that 

 they plant all bulbs and seeds too deep. 



From experience I have found that three inches 

 is a sufficient depth for gladiolus bulbs. The late 

 Mr. E. D. Darlington advised planting from three 



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It is easy to use. Its use will improve 

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