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ROSES TO PLANT 
THIS FALL 
While the soil is rich with summer’s accumulated fertility, 
giving strength to start the plants into continued growth 
early next spring, area Peter’s specialty. Only 
simple and moderate protection is required during 
winter by properly grown roses planted in the fall, 
and every rose expert knows that except in the 
extreme North fall-planted roses give much 
better results than those planted in spring. 
While the latter are gathering nourishment 
for new growth the former are distributing 
energy in the form of thrifty blooming wood. 
Strong, Field- 
Grown Plants 
Grown by right methods under right soil 
and climate conditions—are required for 
successful fall-planting. Peter’s have them 
—roses of highest quality, produced in the 
Southern Alleghenies, where eight months 
growing season and four months real winter 
combine to give all plants unusual vigor and 
hardiness. All the best kinds, new and old, 
and every rose in stock a hearty specimen. 
Send for Special Fall Rose Offer ; 
also ‘‘Peter’s Plants,’ the differ- 
ent catalog. 
Peter’s Nursery Co. 
Box 308, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Roses that bloom with the 
passing of winter’s gloom 
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Specimen plants of eeconomic 
interest for conservatory use 
such as Lemons, Orange, Figs, 
Pepper, etc. 
JENS JENSEN, Gen’! Sup’t. 
West Chicago Park Commissioners, Union Park, Chicago 
Are not produced by chance any more than the famous 
Dingee Roses. The same knowledge, care and experience 
stand back of Dingee Bulbs and plants for fall and winter 
blooming. Write for free 
New Guide to Rose Culture 
and Bulb Growing—Autumn Edition. Describes almost 
every bulb worth growing indoors or outdoors—offers a com- 
plete list of miscellaneous plants, Roses, Shrubs, Fruits, Seed, 
etc., for Fall Planting. Established 1850. 70 Greenhouses. 
THE DINGEE & CONARD CO., West Grove, Pa 
: aN Vitee, 
N’T WAIT TILL 
SPRING 
Take time by the forelock—spray with SCALECIDE. 
SAVE YOUR TREES THIS FALL °° 
The chances are they’1l be killed by San Jose Scale. 
caren It kills every insect it touches. Cheaper than Lime-Sulphur or any home-made mixture, and easier to 
apply. Non-corrosive, non clogging. .92 per cent oil—the largest amount with less water than is found in 
|FARREL any spray yet discovered, Weproveit. Order a fifty-gallon barrel at $25. Makes 800 or 1000 gallons cost- 
ing 3¥c to 3c at any station in the U. S. east of Mississippi and north of Ohio Rivers, 
cheaper. There's nothing 
Send now for free, special booklet I. 
B. G. PRATT CO., Mfg. Chemists, 
50 Church Street New York City. 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
OcTOBER, 1908 
Outdoor Opportunities in October 
ET ALL frames in order and attend to 
winter protection before frost and 
snow arrive. Brick or wood frames should 
have at least a foot of leaves or manure 
boxed in around them. Paint up every- 
thing that will be outdoors in winter. 
See that shutters and mats are ready for 
protecting the contents of the frames from 
frost. Very soon vegetables for the winter 
supply will have to be put into the cellar. 
Is it clean, dry and quite ready? If 
inclined to dampness and moldiness, ven- 
tilate now and dry out as much as pos- 
sible- and fumigate with formaldehyde 
candles. | 
Gather up the leaves and store them for | 
use around the hotbeds. Used by them- | 
selves they give a gentle and lasting heat. 
Mixed with manure they moderate its heat 
and make it last longer. | 
Clear up and burn the rubbish and if you © 
have any diseased crops burn them. Do 
not feed diseased vegetables to stock and pigs 
and then when the manure is carted back 
onto the ground, wonder why your garden 
is always the victim of disease. 
Porch and window plants must soon be 
brought indoors and made snug for the winter. 
Remember that they must have a resting 
period and should not be excited by being | 
brought into an unduly warm place. Start | 
seeds of cyclamen and any other bien- | 
nials or perennials, that will be wanted — 
next year. 
Hydrangeas in tubs or boxes must be kept 
well exposed during this month to ripen the 
wood, then remove to a dry cellar for winter. 
They will stand seven or eight degrees of 
frost. 
Make new lawns now. This month is a 
splendid opportunity for all kinds of ground 
construction work, roads, walks, drives, and | 
beds. Get everything done before winter | 
and in the spring time the earth will be | 
settled. New lawns can be seeded now and | 
the seed that does not germinate immedi- 
ately will be there ready for spring. Old | 
lawns may be mulched after the frost settles | 
down. j 
Take time by the forelock and having | 
decided on the general plan of next year’s | 
vegetable garden, get the soil preparation | 
under way. ‘There are two big groups of | 
vegetables. Those requiring only fairly | 
rich land are beans, peas, tomatoes, melons, | 
turnips, brussels sprouts. The much | 
stronger growing kinds, requiring very rich | 
land, are asparagus, beets, cabbage, cauli- | 
flower, corn, egg plant, lettuce, radishes, | 
rhubarb, spinach, onions. 
Those in the first division need fertilizers 
rich in phosphoric acid and potash. An | 
excess of nitrogen (stable manure) will cause 
too much top development; bone dust and | 
wood ashes are needed. Apply the bone | 
dust now and wood ashes in the spring, 
five hundred to one thousand pounds of | 
each per acre. Stable manure and bone 
dust should be spread all over the vegetable | 
lot, then deeply plow and leave as rough as} 
possible for weathering. 
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