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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



July, 1911 



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Hot Weather Work 



SOW squash and watermelon seeds now for 

 fall use. In the Lower South the plants 

 should furnish fruit until about Christmas if pro- 

 tected from any possible November frosts. Use 

 the bush varieties of squash and the early and late 

 varieties of watermelon. Halbert Honey and 

 Sweetheart are good varieties for this purpose, 

 the former variety furnishing fruit until the latter 

 begins to ripen. Be sure to get the seed into the 

 ground by the middle of the month. Also be sure 

 to get good seed or you will be disappointed in 

 the quality of the melons. 



Seed of muskmelons can also be sown now, 

 although when late planted they have never suc- 

 ceeded very well witn me on account of the borer 

 01 tomato worm getting into them. It is claimed 

 that corn planted in the muskmelon patch will 

 keep the worms away from the vines. 



The last sowing of running beans should be made 

 during the first part of the month. Sow seed of 

 cabbage now for plants to set out in September 

 so that you will have fresh cabbage during Novem- 

 ber and December. Keep the plants shaded from 

 the mid-day sun until they are well started, when 

 they can be gradually exposed to full sun. 



Fresh-cut green grass makes an excellent mulch 

 during dry weather. It not only holds moisture 

 but also keeps the soil cool. 



Sow seed of early morning glory, aster, marigold 

 and nasturtiums. They produce the largest and 

 finest flowers in the fall, when the nights are cool, if 

 the plants are well cared for. Give them rich soil. 



Seed of Henderson's or Wood's Prolific bush 

 lima beans may be planted now for a late crop. 



Plant seed of sweet corn now in trenches six 

 inches below the level of the soil. It will withstand 

 droughts better. Use a fertilizer rich in potash 

 and phosphoric acid, also nitrogen if the soil be 

 poor. Mix the fertilizer thoroughly with the soil 

 two weeks before planting. The large medium 

 early varieties are best for the South. Try White 

 Evergreen, Adams Early, Country Gentleman or 

 Howling Mob, which, despite its name, is an 

 excellent variety, producing a quantity of good- 

 sized ears of excellent quality. 



Tomatoes, eggplants and peppers may be set 

 out early in the month in the Lower South. Shade 

 them until the roots get a firm hold. Potted 

 plants are best, being more stocky, though costing 

 a little more. 



Continue to bud fruit trees. This is the cheapest 

 way to start an orchard. Of course it is equally 

 as cheap to start it from seeds, but seedlings do 

 not make as large and as fine fruit trees as the 

 budded trees. 



Georgia. Thomas J. Steed. 



The Gay Little Prayer Bean 



FOR generations the tiny red beans with a 

 black eye that once were used extensively for 

 bead-work and other evidences of misdirected 

 feminine energy have been one of the delights of 

 childhood. To me they seemed nothing short of 

 wonderful and I do not think that I ever so much 

 as associated them with reality until, a few years 

 ago, some of these beans that I had brought up 

 from Bermuda and planted in a pot actually 

 sprouted and came through the soil like any other 

 beans. Since then I have learned that it is not 

 necessary to go so far afield for them; a nickel will 

 secure a packet of the seed, if Abrus precatorius is 



