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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



June, 1911 



THE ANNUAL 



Vacation Guide 



JUNE 1st ISSUE 



C. Every page contains useful suggestions for the 

 angler, yachtsman, camper, traveller, and other 

 devotees of country life. There are many beau- 

 tiful photographs that illustrate the various arti- 

 cles of this issue; they help to make this the most 

 valuable Vacation Guide we have ever published. 



The Illustrated Features 



" The Joy of Motor-Boating," by Albert Hickman 

 Photographs by A. B. Phelan, W. B. Jackson and others. In 

 the series " The Joy of Country Living." 



" Safe Boating for Children," by W. E. Partridge. Photo- 

 graphs by Edwin Levick. How to instruct a child in the use 

 of boats. 



" Fishing for Sea Trout in the New Brunswick Rivers," by 

 A. Radclyffe Dugmore. Photographs by the author. A fish- 

 ing trip vacation in the Canadian wilds, taken by the author 

 and his wife. 



" A Vacation on an Abandoned Farm," by E. Gordon 

 Parker. Photographs by J. J. Parker and the author. How 

 one city man has solved the vacation problem and incidentally 

 provided a home for his old age by buying an abandoned 

 New Hampshire farm, and making play of the work of re- 

 claiming it during his vacations. 



" An Automobile Camping Trip," by Ryland P. Madison. 

 Describing some accessories that add to the comfort of camp- 

 ing with a motor-car. 



"A Motor-Cycle Vacation," by Geo. M. Johnson. Photo- 

 graphs by the author. An appreciation and defence of this 

 much abused mode of traveling. 



"A Noteworthy Summer Home on Long Island," by Alfred 

 F. Loomis. Photographs by Henry H. Saylor. Descriptive 

 of the Edward T. Cockroft home at Easthampton, L. I. 



" Canvas Vacation Houses in Ohio," by Phil M. Riley. 

 Photographs by C. L. Lewis. An economical solution of the 

 summer home problem. 



"An Attractive House of Unique Design," by R. A. Stur- 

 devant. Photographs by Jessie Tarbox Beals. Descriptive 

 of the home of Miss I. C. Montgomery, at Nassau Boule- 

 vard, L. I. 



The Departments: Garden and Grounds, The Nature 

 Club, Stock and Poultry, Stable and Kennel. 



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REMOVING LEAVES FROM BULBS 



Does it injure hyacinth and tulip bulbs to pull off 

 the leaves if they have only partly turned yellow, 

 or should this be delayed until the leaves are 

 entirely yellow and dropping? 



Wisconsin. H. O. K. 



— The flowering stalk should be cut off immediately 

 after the flower fades as it merely absorbs matter 

 from the bulb. The leaves, however, must be 

 left, though the entire bulb can be lifted when the 

 foliage begins to turn yellow and the bulbs can 

 be laid out in rows — sort of heeled in — in some 

 partially shaded place to fully ripen. If the foliage 

 leaves the bulbs easily and is fairly well yellowed, 

 the leaves can be removed with safety to the bulb. 



VALUE OF WOOD ASHES 



Is there any difference in the value of ashes 

 from old lumber and from new lumber? How 

 should such ashes be applied to the land? 



Ohio. . H. B. McC. 



— There will be some slight difference in the ashes 

 made from burning old lumber and that from new 

 lumber, for some of the soluble matter will have 

 been washed out from the surface cells in the 

 old lumber. But as the fertilizing value consists 

 of the mineral ash, the value of the fertilizer, from 

 a practical standpoint, will be the same. Ashes 

 should be broadcasted on the land, for they will 

 do little toward fertilizing the soil unless used 

 in large quantities. 



WOOLLY APHIS 



On a 3-year-old apple tree planted last fall, 

 all places where the bark has been damaged or 

 branches cut off are covered with a white mouldy- 

 looking growth which, when rubbed off, leaves a 

 dark brown stain. What is this and what is the 

 remedy? 



Pennsylvania. H. K. 



— Your apple tree is troubled with the woolly 

 aphis, which in winter descends the trunk of the 

 tree and lives on the roots. Spray the trees above 

 the ground where it appears with kerosene emulsion. 

 We have known of cases being completely cured 

 by removing the soil from around the roots and 

 covering them with tobacco dust, replacing the 

 soil over the roots. 



A BRANCHING DAFFODIL 



Is it an unusual thing for an Empress daffodil 

 to have on one stalk three perfect trumpets, most 

 beautifully and fully developed, all three blossoms 

 of the same size, and all the white petals free and 

 not crowded? 



Wisconsin. A. H. R. 



— Such a phenomenon is not an unknown thing. 

 That there is a potency in daffodils for a branch- 

 ing or multi-flowering inflorescence, is seen by 

 the fact that some species normally produce cluster 

 flowers. Narcissus poeticus, frequently produces 

 either or both types. We doubt if a branching 

 Empress could be perpetuated from the bulb which 

 you have, though possibly it might be done. It 

 would be interesting to know whether the many 

 flowers are due to the true branch, or whether the 

 extra flowers are due to the cohesion of three separ- 

 ate scapes. We have seen the doubling of the parts 

 of the flower due to such cohesion while the flower 

 itself is geometrically perfect, all the parts being 

 double. Twin scapes of that character are not 

 at all uncommon. 



