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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 19 11 



N earby 

 Long Island deliveries an 

 made by wagon. Rail ship 

 ments are perfectly safe up; 

 to 1,500 miles. 



Yo\i coLn pl©Lnt Hicks 



Evergreens ©lU throvigh 



the Winter. Hicks 



Methods Win 



Wouldn't vou a great deal lather ha\e planting 

 on your grounds done now when it is an easy 

 matter to get help, and the tearing up of the 

 grounds does not leave an ugly scar that takes 

 weeks to recover from, as it does in the spring ? 

 The ground is firm now and the injury will be the 

 least possible. 



Pines, Cedars, and Spruces planted now will be 

 all ready to start growing with tbe first warm days 

 of spring, which is 

 decidedly in the 

 trees' favor. 



Another thing, 

 there are still a lot 

 of people who wait 

 until spring before 

 ordering their trees 

 and then they ex- 

 pect us nurserymen 

 to ship them the 

 very next day. 

 That's out of the 

 question. Oiders 

 must wait their 

 turn ; in the spring, 

 everybody is rush- 

 ed. When the trees 

 do come, everybody 

 is busy and it is 



This hillside on Mr. A. G. Smith's place at Greenwich, Conn., we planted 

 with White Pines shipped in carload lots direct from our collecting fields. 

 Althouj^h planted among the rocks they now feel as much at home as ever. 

 We can sell you little pines at five cents each, or big ones at $25.00 each 

 and upward. The large trees are big broad ones with horizontal branches 

 and not the A-shaped bushes that look like most any kind of evergreen. 



next to impossible to get men to plant them. 

 Delay in planting is, of course, an injury to the 

 tree. 



We have trees of the evergreen family in all 

 sizes from 6 inches up to 30 feet. With our 

 Big Trees you get an immediate result. It 

 takes twenty years to grow a fair-sized 

 tree. In the end a few of Hicks' large ones 

 will cost you no more than several small 

 ^ . ones. You will 



'*44 '.'.J be surprised 



to find out just 

 how reasonable 

 our large trees 

 are. Write us what 

 trees you think you 

 need and we will 

 explain to you just 

 how winter plant- 

 ing is done and 

 send you a catalog 

 and advise what 

 trees we feel best 

 adapted for your 

 needs. Get your 

 order in early 

 and the pick of 

 the nursery is 

 yours. 



IsolOlc Hicks and Sons ^^^*^">^ 



Long Island 



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AT THE FOLLOWING KEELEY INSTITUTES: 



Hot Sprlnes, Ark. 

 Lus A n|£ Ics, C'qI. 

 San Francisco, Cal, 

 West Haven, Conn, 

 WiMlilncton, D. C. 



Atlanta, On. 

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 Marlon, Ind. 

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shabby three-quarters of the year. The only 

 satisfactory rose for hedges in Cahfornia is the 

 single Cherokee, which retains its glowing foUage 

 at all times and is covered with big white flowers 

 every spring. 



January is an off month in the vegetable garden, 

 but in favorable years lettuce, cabbage, carrots, 

 turnips and peas may be sown on the drier lands. 



California. Sydney B. Mitchell. 



January Reminders 



DON'T forget to make plans now for next 

 year's garden and to order your seeds. 

 Be sure to include some of the novelties in vegeta- 

 bles and flowers. They probably cost a little 

 more than the standard varieties, but you will 

 never regret the money, for you will find much 

 pleasure in noting their growth. Do not depend 

 on novelties alone for all your vegetables and 

 flowers. 



Spread a tliin coating of well-rotted manure 

 over the asparagus beds now and it will induce 

 earher and more tender growth. Do the same to 

 the vegetable and flower gardens if you have not 

 already done so and spade the manure in deep. 



Set out onion plants during the latter part of 

 the month if they have been growing in the open 

 ground. Plants that have been grown in hotbeds 

 should not be set out until next month. 



Frequently cultivate onions that have been 

 growing from sets as so to induce rapid growth. 



Do not prune the grape vines later than the 

 middle of the month. 



IN THE LOWER SOUTH 



This is the best time for planting garden peas 

 and for sowing sweet peas in the open ground. 

 Put pansy seed in coldframes or hotbeds. 



Set out cabbage and cauliflower plants; also con- 

 tinue to sow seed of beets, radishes, turnips and 

 carrots. If you failed to plant hardy hUes in the 

 fall, plant them as soon after January ist as possi- 

 ble. 



The end of the month is an excellent time for 

 planting out pomegranate bushes provided they 



The pomegranate blossoms from April to July; tlie 

 fnoit is ready for eating the last of September 



