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The Readers^ Service will give you 

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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



September, 1910 



PEONIES 



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Don't Neglect the Garden Now 



To GET good results with the giant pansy, 

 sow the seeds during the first half of the 

 month. Remember that good seed is important 

 and is expensive; good pansy seed cannot be grown 

 cheaply and sold at a low figure. I always pre- 

 fer to sow the seed where the plants are to grow 

 and thereby avoid the trouble of transplanting and 

 the subsequent stunting. Order the seed at once 

 if you have not done so. 



The earliest planted peonies will be the first to 

 flower next spring. It is very important to have 

 them flower as early as possible in the spring, when 

 the nights are cool and the soil damp. In the late 

 spring and summer the plants require shade from 

 the midday sun. 



In the Upper South do not plant hardy lily bulbs 

 later then this month if it can be avoided. 



Set out cabbage and cauliflower plants very early. 



Make another sowing of early bunch beans 

 before the loth of the month. 



Potted strawberry plants may now be set out. 

 Thin out rutabaga turnips when they have four 

 leaves. 



Early in the month sow seed of lettuce for late 

 fall and winter use. In Florida do not sow until 

 the last of the month. 



Sow seed of turnips any time during the month, 

 also seed of radishes. To get the largest sized 

 roots, sow seed now of the mammoth Japan radish 

 Sa-kura-jima. 



Give coUards good cultivation and a top dressing 

 of nitrate of soda early in the month so as to pro- 

 mote a rapid, tender growth. 



Harvest peanuts and pea-vine hay during this 

 month. 



Rye and Essex rape make excellent hog and 

 cattle pasture during the winter. Sow the seed 

 any time during the month. Crimson clover 

 makes an excellent pasture and winter cover crop. 

 Sow the seed any time now. It will prevent the 

 land from washing during the winter and will 

 also supply nitrogen and humus. 



Sow seed of onions now so as to have plants for 

 setting out early next spring. If planted in rich 

 soil they will make as quick a growth as sets. Red 

 Wethersfield, Prizetaker and Silver King are good 

 varieties of large onions for this purpose. 



Georgia. Thomas J. Steed. 



Grov^ing Potatoes All the Year 



IN ALL parts of the country where frost does not 

 penetrate the ground more than a few inches, 

 potatoes may be grown all the year round. In one 

 garden in our neighborhood there is now a patch 

 of these tubers making thrifty growth after three 

 years of continuous bearing. 



When this field was planted the soil was made 

 rich and mellow; it was prepared the same as for 

 ordinary planting. The seed was planted about 

 two feet apart each way and covered lightly with 

 soil. Over this coarse stable manure was spread 

 to the depth of from four to six inches. In from 

 seventy to ninety days the first tubers were har- 

 vested. The litter was forked away from a small 

 space, and only the tubers that were large enough 

 were used, the cover being put back again. 



New plants develop frorn the potatoes left in the 

 ground, and the season of new potatoes may be 

 thus prolonged. Fresh coverings of litter should 

 be put on each year in December. 



Georgia. B. 



