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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 1909 



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Warm Air Generator 



System of HEATING 



Heats Your Home Properly, Economically and Thoroughly 



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Hyacinths, Single or Double Named, Mixed, at 60c per doz., $4.50 per 100 

 Tulips, Single or Double, Mixed, .... at 30c per doz., $1.50 per 100 

 Narcissus, Paper White Grandiflora, . . at 40c per doz., $2.00 per 100 

 Narcissus, Van Sion Double Yellow, . . at 35c per doz., $2.50 per 100 



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border. In all these situations the bulbs could 

 multiply without care for years and eventually 

 they would make a dense carpet of bluebells growing 

 to the practical exclusion of weeds. I should expect 

 them to bloom in Georgia and the Carolinas in 

 April. I would suggest planting them three inches 

 deep and four inches apart. This is the time to 

 get the bulbs. W. M. 



[The editor of The Garden Magazine would be 

 glad to give further suggestions to anyone who wishes 

 to take up this idea and would be glad to publish an 

 illustrated account of the experiment. Has anyone 

 done it already?] 



The Southern Garden in Early Fall 



THE most important farm duties in October 

 are harvesting corn and potatoes, and select- 

 ing seed for next year's use. Handle the potatoes 

 very carefully, for they are easily bruised. 



Sow cabbage seed in the open ground before the 

 fifth of the month, in order to have plants to set out 

 during January and February. Cabbage is very 

 hardy, and will not need protection over winter 

 unless the temperature falls below 20 degrees. 



Plant out all hardy lilies as soon as possible. 

 Bulbs planted in the spring do not produce as 

 early nor as splendid flowers as those planted in 

 early fall. 



Grow American and foreign grown bulbs side 

 by side, and see which is the better. The American 

 bulbs gave better results with me the past season 

 than the foreign ones. 



October is the best month for planting out onion 

 sets. In my opinion the large varieties are best. 



Sow kale, mustard and Seven Top turnip seed 

 any time during the month for winter greens. 

 There is a new variety of turnip known as Four- 

 teen Top, which many growers consider better 

 than the Seven Top. 



Sow the seed of sweet peas during the last of the 

 month, and when the plants are well up mulch 

 with oat straw or pine leaves, so as to protect them 

 from cold winds and possible freezing during the 

 winter. 



Carrot, beet, turnip, and radish seed may be 

 sown at any time when the soil is not too wet. 

 Use plenty of seed, and do not plant too deep. 



Don't fail to plant narcissus, crocus, snowdrop, 

 hyacinth, jonquil, and tulip bulbs. They are very 

 cheap, and do not require any attention beyond 

 preparing the ground and planting. 



If you do not want to waste both time and money, 

 purchase your supplies from a reliable firm that 

 makes a specialty of bulbs and seeds. Not only 

 are you surer of getting first class stock, but there 

 is much more satisfaction in buying from a man who 

 knows his business, is interested in it, and is work- 

 ing to make it larger. The average general-store- 

 keeper simply handles bulbs and seeds in order 

 to make profit, and is not always as particular 

 as he might be whether the stock he is handling is 

 fresh and strictly first-class. 



Georgia. Thomas J. Steed. 



The Earth's Bounty. By Kate V. St. Maur. 



The Macmillan Company, New York, 1909; pp. 

 430, many photographic illustrations. Price $1.75 

 net. 



An interesting book for the person undertaking the 

 duties of farm life. Practical hints are given for 

 the raising of grain crops, the care of stock, and 

 poultry, conducting the dairy and minor side 

 issues. The last fifty pages are devoted to a kind 

 of calendar of the year's work. 



