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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 1909 



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KEEPING PORCH PLANTS OVER 

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The plants (geraniums, coleus, vines, etc.) in our 

 porch boxes usually die if carried over winter in the 

 cellar. Is there any way by which they can be kept 

 alive ? 



Pennsylvania. W. K. 



— Geraniums and coleus may be lifted and taken 

 into heat and grown on as stock plants to furnish 

 cuttings for new plants next season. They require 

 tropical conditions of heat and moisture. How- 

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 cellar, or attic, during the winter. Coleus cannot 

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CUTTING BULBOUS PLANTS 



Is there any danger of cutting gladiolus stems so 

 close to the ground that the bulbs will not be of any 

 use the coming year? 



Ohio. F. W. S. 



— The only danger that can arise in cutting bulbous 

 plants lies in the entire removal of the foliage. 

 Unless the foliage is allowed to ripen there can be 

 no formation of new bulbs, because the leaves are 

 the manufacturing portions of the plant. Cutting 

 off the flowers alone would be beneficial, because the 

 production of the flower involves a certain loss of 

 energy and vitality in the plant as in it is involved 

 the process of seed production, and that means the 

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 of the new generation at the expense of the old. 



LILIES EXHAUSTING THE SOIL 



Tiger lilies planted in a bed under a large tree 

 have grown less and less each year. The bed is 

 fully exposed to the sun on the south and partially 

 shaded on the east. Should I lift and divide the 

 bulbs, or dig out the grass sod and enrich the soil? 



New Hampshire. H. F. H. 



— Undoubtedly the trees have exhausted the soil. 

 There is always this danger however with hardy her- 

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 is necessary every few years. For best results, 

 divide them about every five or seven years, replant- 

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 little black bulbils can be sown the same way as 

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HEDGES UNDER TREES 



Part of a long barberry hedge in my garden, 

 near a row of large elm trees, does not grow 

 as well as the rest of the hedge. Should fertilizer 

 be applied; and if so, what? 



Illinois. W. W. B. 



— It is almost impossible to grow a perfect hedge 

 under trees, particularly if they are such greedy 

 feeders as the American elm and the silver maple. 

 Better than trying to raise a hedge under such 

 trees is to plant some good ground cover, like the 

 running myrtle (Vinca minor), or a grass mixture 

 especially adapted for shady places. Try apply- 

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 Do not use nitrate of soda, however, or anything 

 that has readily available nitrates, for they would 

 stimulate growth during the fall months. Bone 

 meal contains a large amount of phosphoric acid, 

 in the shape of phosphate and might be applied to 

 the ground at any time, since phosphatic fertilizers 

 are not washed out of the ground by rains. 



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