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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



June, 1911 



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leaving the surrounding leaves. In the case of 

 the one-year old vines these may be removed while 

 yet in the blossom, but in older vines they are 

 allowed to develop to well-defined berries before 

 pinching. 



The young peach and plum trees need to be 

 looked after as they have a tendency to send out 

 shoots along the trunk. As soon as these shoots 

 announce their coming by tiny leaves, rub them off. 



Certain varieties of plum, peach and pear 

 require a careful thinning of fruit as well. For 

 this, wait until the set is established and has 



After trie first year do not prune grapes until 

 berries form 



the 



withstood one or two good winds; then go to work 

 with a pole having a short hook or two wire prongs, 

 and thin out the fruit to what the tree can mature. 

 In this process give the tool an upward rather than 

 a downward motion as there is less danger of 

 skinning the tree. 

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The Kansas Gay Feather 



FEW realize how valuable the Kansas gay 

 feather {Liatris pyenostachya) is for raising 

 the height of the hardy border in summer with a 

 minimum loss of ground space. Sometimes the 

 slim spikes will run up to five feet and, if not 

 staked too high, are very graceful. On account 



The Kansas gay feather (Liatris pyenostachya). par- 

 ticularly desirable for raising the height of the border 



of the blossoms, their neighbors of corresponding 

 blooming time would better be either white or 

 yellow. Though this is, perhaps, the showiest, 

 there are other desirable species of gay feather — 

 called also blazing star and bitter snakeroot. 

 Of these L. elegans and L. spicata are especially 

 good. I find that the gay feather does well in 

 ordinary garden soil, but with me it has a tendency 

 to rot at the roots. 



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