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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



September, 1910 



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EVERGREENS 



can be successfully transplanted in 



AUGUST 



We have them in great variety ; many rare sorts ; 

 all transplanted or root-pruned, so that they will 

 lift w^ith a ball of earth about the roots v^rhich 

 insures their living. Our Nurseries contain many 

 large specimen Evergreens as well as thousands 

 of smaller sizes suitable for transplanting. 

 Send us your list of wants for prices. 



We also have in large assortment 



TREES, SHRUBS, ROSES and VINES 

 for OCTOBER delivery 



HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS 

 for SEPTEMBER planting 



^ EVERYTHING FOR THE HOME- 

 ^ GROUNDS 



^ Our descriptive catalogs are exhausted, but a 

 ' new and improved edition will be out in Sep- 

 '' tember. Upon request w^e will mail a copy free. 



The Bay State Nurseries 



Speeimen Colorado Blue Spruce on an estate ia Massacbnsetts from onr Nurseries 



North Abington, Massachusetts 



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Have Flowers All 

 Winter 



Grow them in this greenhouse. It costs only 

 .*250 complete, ready for immediate erection. 

 Shipped knocked down, glass all in. Any 

 handy man can put it up. Price includes 

 benches, radiating pipes, boiler and all. No 

 extras. Made from best of cypress, iron 

 braced. No foundations needed, is bolted 

 to iron posts. Perfectly portable, take it 

 with you if you move. 



First time a full-fledged, practical green- 

 house has ever been offered so low. We 

 make them by the hundreds — Thoroughly 

 Guaranteed. Ship them everywhere. Get 

 it before a frost comes. Send for booklet. 



Hitchin^s Si Company 



1170 Broadway, New York 



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Always 



the 



best 



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every 

 test 



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THE SURVIVAL OF 

 THE FITTEST 



"O. Ames" shovels have ■withstood the 

 test of 134 years, and by virtue of their 

 superiority are to-day admitted to be 

 the finest shovels made* 

 There is quality in every inch of every 

 "O. Ames" shovel. Finest steel blades, 

 well seasoned ash handles — all fash- 

 ioned by especially trained and expe- 

 rienced w^orkmen. 



If you want the best shovel, the fittest of 

 the fit, demand the *'0. Ames*' make 

 and refuse all substitutes. 



Our booklet "Shovel Facts" mailed free, 

 will tell you Tvhy. 



OLIVER AMES & SONS 



Corporation 

 Ames Building Boston, Mass. 



Qillett's Ferns and Flowers 



^^ For Dark, Shady Places 



There is no corner so shady but that certain ferns and plants will thrive 

 there. There is no soil so light and sandy but that some of our hardy wild 

 ferns wUl beautify it. For 25 years we have been growing these hardy ferns 

 and flowers and know what Is suited to each condition. We can supply 

 fernsforthe dark corner by the porch, orferns and flowers, including our 

 native orchids, in quantity, to make beautiful country estates. Wet and 

 swampy spots, rocky hillsides, dry woods, each may be made beautiful by 

 plants especially adapted to them. Nothing adds greater charm to the 

 home grounds than clumps of thrifty ferns. We also grow the hardy 

 flowers which require open Bunlight — primroees, campanulas, digitalis, 

 violets, etc. 



Write for my descriptive catalogue. It tells about this class of plants. 



EDWARD GILLETT. Box C, Southwick. Mass. 



ROSE ^f 



Roses from Cuttings 



LAST summer I had wonderful success growing 

 roses from cuttings. In an old garden book 

 I had read that rose cuttings should be taken from 

 woody portions of the present year's growth, pref- 

 erably from shoots that have flower buds, and 

 should be kept in very wet sand in the full sunshine 

 all day. Some of mine were from the stems of 

 freshly cut roses (given to me by a friend who had 

 a fine collection), and others were from shoots 

 that had no buds, but were about equally woody. 

 Some I cut in short slips having only one leaf and 

 notch each, others into longer pieces having two to 

 four notches each. In each case I cut off all leaves 

 except one leaflet on each slip, taking care not to 

 injure the bud at the base of the leaves. The 

 slips were placed with their lower ends in a dish of 

 very wet sand, the notches coming well above the 

 top of the sand. Though I tried to keep the sand 

 always moist, it dried out a number of times with- 

 out seeming to injure the slips. "For luck" I put 

 a little plant food into the water, thinking it might 

 help to keep the slips alive longer and so give them 

 more chance to sprout. 



I was so situated that it was not possible to ieep 

 the dish in the sun all day, but it stood in an un- 

 shaded east window where it had the full rays 

 until about one o'clock. A lot of slips prepared 

 July 24th, was showing roots on August 13th, but 

 they were not planted until ten days later. Then 

 they were set in the open ground and shaded and 

 kept moist until they began to grow. After that 

 no attention was paid to them until snow feU, when 

 they were covered lightly with leaves. All lived 

 through the winter. Of the various varieties I 

 tried to root, the Crimson Ramblers were partic- 

 ularly successful. It would take a couple of years 

 longer to grow a hedge of Ramblers from slips than 

 it would to buy the bushes from a florist, but 

 Rambler slips are the easiest of air to grow. By 

 the way, it is necessary to see that varieties chosen 

 are not from budded stock. Some of the finest roses 

 will not grow unless budded, and it is a waste cf 

 time to fuss with these. The slips that had several 

 nodes grew better than the short ones, but it did 

 not seem to make any difference whether or no a 

 notch came below the top of the sand, as the roots 

 grew at or near the cut ends. 



New York. S. H, 



What Hurt the Rosebuds? 



WE HAVE had communications from several 

 of our readers this year telling us of their 

 roses — that so many of the buds have been ruined 

 apparently by a large insect or worm which appears 

 in the night. 



There are several caterpillars which may have 

 thus eaten the rosebuds, and there are also two or 

 three species of cutworms known to have this 

 habit. These insects remain in the ground at the 

 base of the plants during the day, coming forth and 

 feeding almost entirely at night. In addition, 

 there is a green fruit worm and possibly one or 

 more allied caterpillars which may feed upon rose- 

 buds after dark, retiring to an inconspicuous 

 position upon the plant during the day. 



The most satisfactory method of controlling 

 these pests, if there be but a few bushes, is to search 

 out the depredator as soon as signs of injury are 

 observed. Examine the bush carefully and then 

 poke around in the loose soil. The enemy should 

 be found in one or the other of these locations. 



Trouble by these pests can be averted in large 



