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]i'hat is a jarr retiral jor a given 

 property? A sk the Readers' Service 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



A-UGUST. 1910 



Andorra Grown Peonies 



For 



August and September Planting 



We catalog a special collection of 

 one hundred choice varieties, and list 

 them with complete descriptions in bur 



Calendar of Perennials 



Also a special offering of Choice Pink 

 Peonies, thre^ year old plants, good 

 standard sorts in varieties of our selection 



Per Dozen - - 



- $ 4.00 



Two Dozen - - 



7.00 



Fifty - - - - 



- 13.00 



Per Hundred - 



- 25.00 



Reproduced from photo of Andorra's Peonies 



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PAEONIES 



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Festiva Maxima ?5 cents Marguerite Gerard $1.00 

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Strong roots, well grown by one who has given ten 

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Winning this year at the big New York and Boston 

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"Ci)e iflotoer IBeautifuI" 



for 1910, a gem of the printer's art, tells you in detail all about 

 this noblest and most beautiful outdoor flower of modern times. 

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Rose and Peony Specialist Box 50, Fair Lawn, N. J. 



Garden Duties for August 



Sow seed of sweet William in the Middle and 

 Lower South in the place where the plants are 

 to grow. They are excellent for borders on account 

 of their hardiness and long season of bloom. Here 

 in Middle Georgia they flower from the first of 

 April until late in the summer. 



Very early in the month sow seed of hollyhocks, 

 campanula, dianthus, perennial phlox, and car- 

 nations for flowers next spring. Keep the beds 

 thoroughly moist until the plants are well estab- 

 lished. 



Sow seeds of garden peas at once. Early and 

 medium early varieties are the best for the uplands, 

 and medium early and late for the Lower South. 

 Continue to sow seed of early bush beans and, until 

 the tenth of the month, seed of early bush squashes. 



Be sure to plant some lily bulbs this faU. When 

 once planted, they need no attention beyond keep- 

 ing down the weeds. Prepare the soil now by 

 spreading a half-bushel of well-decayed cow man- 

 ure to each square yard, and dig it in at least twelve 

 inches. Order the bulbs the last of this month; get 

 the largest sized and pay the highest prices. Cheap 

 bulbs will be more expensive in the end, for they 

 may not grow. 



Save your own watermelon seed if you have a 

 good variety and it has not been grown close to other 

 sorts or near squashes, pumpkins, and citrons. I 

 always prefer saving my own watermelon seed, as 

 I have never been able to buy any that suits me as 

 well as those I save from year to year. Dry the 

 seeds in the shade, as the sun will kill the ger- 

 minating power. I usually prefer to buy musk- 

 melon seed. 



Set out celery plants in a very rich, moist soil. 



Sow plenty of rutabaga seed so as to get a good 

 stand. The plants prefer a moist soil. 



Harvest onions when their tops begin drop- 

 ping. Sow seed of early sweet corn at once, in rich 

 soil. 



Give the fruit garden frequent cultivations; it 

 is just as important to keep it free from weeds now 

 as in the spring. . Do not think because the trees 

 have fruited for the year that a few seeds will not 

 do any harm; they not only do harm to the trees 

 now, but make seed which will give trouble another 

 year. 



Georgia. Thomas J. Steed. 



The Aster Aphis Vanquished 



IN THE August, 1909, Garden Magazine I read 

 of a remedy for aphides on aster roots. That 

 very morning I had noticed that many of my plants 

 seemed to be dying. I immediately investi- 

 gated and found that they were indeed the victims 

 of this pest. It was too scorching a day to do 

 as directed in the magazine, and I knew I should not 

 have sufficient time that evening, yet I dared not 

 leave those little murderers at work another 

 twenty-four hours. 



Having myself planted at least two hundred of the 

 little seedlings, I knew the time it would require to 

 take up each little plant, dip its root in soap suds, 

 clothe it in wood ashes and replace — so I com- 

 promised. I did not lift any, but I rapidly gave each 

 little stalk base a dose of wood ashes with my 

 trowel, cutting the earth a little as I did it. Then 

 I gave them all, especially at their roots, a thorough 

 soaking with strong Ivory soap suds. This 

 method certainly did the work and my plants are 

 again in splendid condition. 



Massachusetts. Helen W. Harding. 



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