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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Decembeb, 19 13 



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Gardening for Young Folks 



(Continued from page 192) 



"I'll build my raised benches to-day. My solid 

 ones are made of i-inch cypress and are twelve 

 inches high, but for these I'll use i-inch pipe for legs 

 and seven-eighths spruce boards. 



"Nellie, come out into my greenhouse and see 

 how it looks! To-morrow I will be eighteen years 

 old and my greenhouse has been running six weeks. 

 My bulbs are up, so are my radishes. May 5th: 

 To-morrow my interest is due and I have sold 

 potted bulbs and radishes from my greenhouse 

 to meet it. 



"To-morrow, Nellie, is Nov. 6, 191 2. Interest 

 on my note comes due; I'm going to write down 

 everything I've borrowed and everything I've 

 sold and see if I can meet my interest. 



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Greenhouse $ 25.00 



Glass and glazier 124.00 



Heater and steamfitter 170.10 



Plants 1 10.05 



Marsh, for bricks 21.00 



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Lumber for office 77 38 



Flower pots 26.75 



Carpenter 34-55 



Tobacco stems .25 



Geranium 19 .50 



Mason 11.00 



Sand 0.50 



Windows and doors 15 .05 



Rubber roofing 4.90 



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$645.93 



EARNED 



Had on hand $175.00 



Plants 254.36 



Soil 3.25 



Repotting .60 



Funeral design 17 .50 



Work as instructor at Central Church Children's Gar- 

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Living bouquets at Memorial 43 .05 



Window Boxes 19.00 



At St. John's Cemetery Gate Memorial .... 37-94 



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"Looks to me, Nellie, as though instead of paying 

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Roses From Slips in Oregon 



AN ARTICLE in The Garden Magazine for 

 January, 1912, "How I Grew a Rose Bush 

 from a Slip," caused amused comment in Portland 

 where everyone grows roses and "swapping" 

 rose slips over the back fence is an established 

 custom. 



Doubtless climate and soil have much to do with 

 the fact that rose bushes can be so easily grown 

 from slips here but the process is very simple. 

 The method followed by the large growers is to cut 

 the slips in September or October. Small cuttings 

 are considered best, about the size of a lead pencil, 

 and only eight to ten inches long. The end that 

 is to go in the ground should be cut just below a 

 bud and straight across. It has been found, after 

 much experiment, that the slips will then send 

 out roots evenly and not form a one-sided growth 

 as is the case when the cut is made diagonally. 

 The slips are then placed in ordinary garden soil 

 about four inches deep. They should be left until 

 the following summer. Under no circumstances 

 should the cuttings be transplanted in less than six 

 months, as the first little roots are almost sure to be 

 broken if they are disturbed in less than that time. 



This is the method employed by large growers 

 in this vicinity for starting thousands of bushes in 

 the fields every year. It is no unusual thing for an 

 amateur to establish an entire hedge of Caroline 

 Testout in this way from cuttings from a neigh- 

 bor's garden. 



Oregon. Stella Walker Durham. 



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(From Photo) 



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