The Garden Magazine 



Vol. XII— No. 1 



Published Monthly 



AUGUST, 1910 



) One Dollar Fifty Cents a Year 

 ' Fifteen Cents a Copy 



[For the purpose of reckoning dates, New York is 

 generally taken as a standard. Allow six days' difference 

 for every hundred miles of latitude.] 



What You Must Do 



FIVE things there are that you simply 

 must do in August, if you would have 

 a really beautiful garden next spring. 



1. Yoti must plant bulbs of the Madonna 

 lily, the most beautiful hardy white lily 

 there is, and which everybody wants at its 

 flowering time but which is usually absent 

 because of the neglect to plant it now. 

 Plant the bulbs before they shrivel. They 

 will make a small growth this fall, but the 

 tuft of leaves will not suffer any injury 

 from frost. 



2. You must sow pansies, for really 

 grand flowers, in April, May and June. 

 Nothing else will give you an equal return 

 in variety, brilliancy and intensity of color, 

 and nothing else is easier to grow, but if you 

 would have superlative results, follow care- 

 fully the directions given on page 22 of this 

 month's Garden Magazine. Mr. Gerard 

 has there given his conclusions after forty 

 years of experimenting, and he gets results. 



3. You must sow perennials now, if you 

 want to have bloom next year. Sow the 

 seeds not later than the middle of August 

 in a coldframe. Give very light protection 

 over winter. Read the article in the August 

 Garden Magazine, 1907. 



4. You must set out strawberry beds. At 

 this time use potted plants. Runners that 

 have been rooted in pots, and which can be 

 lifted and re-set without suffering any shock 

 are the ones to use. Buy varieties that are 

 suited to your neighborhood. You can get 

 them from all the leading nurserymen and 

 seedsmen. Planted in well prepared soil, 

 they will positively give good returns next 

 June. Water the plants as soon as received, 

 to assist "knocking-out." 



5. You must transplant evergreens dur- 

 ing August, or before the growth of the 

 season ceases, if you would be sure of keep- 

 ing them alive. August planting of ever- 



greens should always be done in regions 

 where the spring is hot and dry, but if your 

 late summer is dryer than the early part 

 of the year, wait until the following spring. 



Among the Vegetables 



DON'T neglect the celery. It is now ready 

 for blanching, and the quality, when 

 you come to eat it, depends entirely on 

 how you handle it now. Read Mr. 

 McCollom's article on page 28. 



Don't omit to sow for succession: Bush 

 beans, beets, carrots, endive, lettuce and 

 spinach. There is a particular enjoyment 

 in gathering fresh vegetables when your 

 neighbors' gardens are empty. For the 

 latest crops, remember that the early 

 varieties must be sown, because they have 

 a shorter time in which to mature. 



Worth Remembering 



BUILD coldframes; you have more time 

 now than you will later. See that the 

 greenhouse and all its appliances are in 

 perfect working order; repair broken glass, 

 and leaking pipe joints ; paint wood-work, etc. 



For three years you have been intending 

 to plant a lot of those autumn-blooming 

 crocuses. Don't forget that August is the 

 time to plant them, because you want them 

 to bloom in September. 



No, we don't mean what they used to call 

 "autumn crocus" fifty years ago. We have 

 dozens of new species since then. What 



you mean is Colchicum aulumnale. We have 

 many true crocuses that bloom between 

 September ist and Thanksgiving. And 

 there are lots of new colchicums you don't 

 know. Get up to date on these things. 

 Write postals to your favorite bull:) dealers, 

 and if you can't get what you want, appeal 

 to our Readers' Service Department. 



The famous equivalent of the Madonna 

 lily in pale yellow is known as Lilium 

 testaceum or excelsum. Unlike all other lilies 

 these two must make a leaf growth in the 

 fall and therefore must be planted a month 

 or two before other lilies. 



Spanish irises also have to make a leaf 

 growth in the fall. Those lovely things, 

 are orchid-like in form, purer in color and 

 almost as cheap as crocuses! 



Also plant Eremurus in August or 

 September. 



In the Greenhouse 



GET seeds, as soon as possible, of ciner- 

 aria, cyclamen, and Chinese primrose 

 for cultivation indoors during winter. 



Do not let the chrysanthemums get 

 checked in growth. The quality of the 

 November flowers depends upon continuous 

 • growth now. 



Violets must be kept as cool and airy as 

 possible and thoroughly picked over for any 

 diseased leaves. 



Carnations that are being planted out- 

 doors must be kept cultivated and ready for 

 bringing in later. 



Plant Lilium candidum bulbs as early as you can — before they shrivel 



