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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 1910 



5PRAY 



ivith 

 the 



LEADER 



Gasoline pSL Machine 



Has 35^ Horse-Power, 4-Cycle Engine 

 and Hopper Jacket for Ccoling 



It supplies lo nozzles at a pressure of 200 lbs. with safety 

 valve blowing off, and this service can easily be increased 

 without overtaxing the engine. 



A Complete Spraying Rig 



and it will refill the tank, saw wood, grind feed, run your repair 

 shop, shell or clean your grain, run the cream separator or the churn, 

 and is safe, simple and satisfactory. 



Also 2-Horse-Power Rigs with Triplex Pumps — We also manufac- 

 ture a full line of Barrel, Knapsack, and Power Potato Sprayers with 

 Mechanical Agitators and Automatic Strainer Cleaners. Catalog FREE. 



FIELD FORCE PUMP CO. 



4S 1 1th St., Elmira, N. Y. 



General Agents 



JOHN DEERE PLOW CO. | ^j^"^^^;^'*^,'^'^"- 



C. P. ROTHWELL & CO., Martinsburg, W. Va. 

 BRACKETT-SHAW & LUNT CO., Boston, Mass. 



" NEW ENGLAND QUALITY " 



in its application to Bulbs signifies a class of goods carefully 

 selected to meet the requirements of discriminating buyers. Not 

 only are the bulbs right, but the prices are right. 



We would appreciate an opportunity to send you our 

 recently-issued catalog of 



BULBS, FLOWERS, EVERGREENS, SHRUBS 



and other high-grade nursery stock suitable for Fall planting. 

 You will find it interesting. 



THE NEW ENGLAND NURSERIES, INC. 



BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS 



I RHODES DOUBLE CUT 

 PRUNING SHEAR 



' I 'HE only pruner made 



that cuts from both 



sides of the Umb and does not 



bruise the bark. Made in all 



styles and sizes. We pay Express 



charges on all orders. 



Write for circular and prices. 



SW^IFT'S ARSENATE OF LEAD 



is the most effective insecticide for all kinds of leaf- 

 eating pests. Send for valuable treatise on methods 

 of protecting the foliage of trees and plants. 

 MERRIMAC CHEMICAL CO., 59 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. 



Vict 



$100 



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AN IDEAL LAWN TREE 



Decidedly ornamental, with a dense, perfect, half globular or 

 umbrella-shaped head, high on a straight, upright stem. Very 

 hardy; extensively used in formal gardens and especially adapted 

 for lawn planting — 



Umbrella Tree {Catalpa Bungei) 



will thrive in almost any soil, and is generally a most satisfactory 

 tree to plant. I make a specialty of Catalpa Bungei and other 

 Shade Trees, Evergreens, Hardy Flowering Shrubs, Roses, 

 Fruit Trees, etc., in great assortment. 



STEELE'S STURDY STOCK 



Grown in New Jersey, with its soil and climate advantages, is 

 ready to start growth again anywhere, as soon as planted. Orna- 

 mental landscape plans prepared and executed. Beautifully 

 illustrated catalogue free. 



T. E. STEELE, Pomona Nurseries, Box A, PALMYRA, N.J. 



POISON-IVY 



Poison-ivy has thoroughly worked itself into a 

 patch of ground about 50 x 100 ft. How can I 

 get rid of it? 



Connecticut. S. N. D. 



— Spray the plot of ground with arsenate of soda 

 (one pound to twenty gallons of water), which will 

 kill all vegetation. One application, if the plants 

 are young and tender, will do this. In the middle 

 of the summer — say in July and August — the 

 ground should be mown first and more than one 

 application of the soda given. The area can then 

 be replanted with more peaceful inhabitants of 

 the soil. 



KILLING QUACK GRASS 



My lawn is infested with quack grass. What 

 is the best way to exterminate it? 



Massachusetts. F. W. L. 



— The only way to remove quack grass is to dig 

 up the ground several times at intervals during the 

 summer, as it is impossible to get out all the roots 

 at cnce. If you start now you may be able to sow 

 grass, and in the early spring, preferably on the 

 last snow, but do not do so unless you are sure that 

 you have succeeded in killing out the grass. A 

 lawn should be built like a house — to last a life- 

 time — but this, of course, means a lot of pre- 

 liminary expense. 



TRANSPLANTING HARDY PLANTS 



What is the best time to transplant arborvitas, 

 hardy roses, peonies, etc. ? 



Iowa. . C. C. S. 



— Arborvitae and all other evergreens should never 

 be transplanted in the West after the beginning of 

 September. The best time is in April or as soon 

 as the frost is out of the ground and before the 

 deciduous trees begin to leaf out. Hardy roses 

 and all other shrubs are best transplanted in the 

 spring while they are dormant. March is usually 

 a convenient time for this work provided the soil 

 can be properly worked. Peonies should be 

 moved in September, and never at any other time. 

 This applies to plants which have been bought 

 from nurserymen. If you are to transplant from 

 a friend's garden, they can be moved as late as 

 the middle of September or else early in the spring. 

 Separate the suckers from bushes which have grown 

 too large, provided you want to have more plants 

 of the same kind. 



IMPROVING A CLAY SOIL 



Would it improve a rather heavy clay soil to 

 plow or fork into it all green waste such as corn 

 stalks, cabbage leaves, squash, tomato and bean 

 vines, etc., as they die down in the fall? 



Pennsylvania. M. T. 



— Save all garden refuse that is not diseased and 

 make a compost heap, adding all autumn leaves 

 possible. Next year you can cover it with squash 

 vines, and the compost can be used that fall. Corn 

 stalks are too woody for the compost heap, but 

 they are worth saving for the covering of bulb beds, 

 hardy borders, and strawberry plants. The cheap- 

 est way to get nitrogen and humus into the soil 

 is to use one-half of the garden next year for vege- 

 tables and sow the other half to cow peas, reversing 

 the process the following year. If this is not 

 practicable, the only plan is to keep on buying 

 manure. Fall plowing improves the texture of 

 the soil a great deal. You can buy fresh manure 

 and put it on the soil at any time during the winter. 



