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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 1909 



Do You Wa^rvt Trees Like 

 These Plaurvted in October? 



IN three years you can have trees as dense and shady 

 as these. We have hundreds of just such trees ready 

 for immediate delivery. And there can be no better 

 time to move some of them to your grounds than right now. 



It is a great mistake to wait until spring for such work, 

 because everyone about your place is head over heels in 

 work and extra men hard to get. By doing it now your 

 grounds will not be torn up in the spring and Hicks trees will 

 leaf out and go on growing as if they had always been there. 



If you don't want maples we have plenty of others, every 

 one of them root pruned, hardy, well filled out specimens. 

 So you see there is no need of your waiting years for trees 

 to grow when we can give you the effect you want right 

 now. Two or three such trees don't cost any more in 

 the end than several small ones and even if they did, they 

 are worth it. Along with your trees, set out some hardy 

 shrubs such as Barberry, Red Twig, Dog Wood, Spirea, 

 Hydrangea and such like, every one of which will be the 

 better next spring for planting now. 



If you would take the time to run out to our nursery 

 you could see the trees growing and make your own 

 selections. If you can't, the catalog is the next best. 

 Better send for the catalog whichever way you do it. 



Isaac Hicks «S Son 



Westbury, Long Island 



" P A1UAD \ " The Great Magical 

 DUllUJifi Plant Fertilizer 



Use it now on flowering plants of all 

 kinds, chrysanthemums, etc., and it will 

 bring- about most marvelous results. An 

 application now will keep your plants in 

 fine healthy condition throughout the Fall 

 and Winter, and enable them to withstand 

 the severe weather. The life-giving prop- 

 erties diffused by *■ BONORA," espec- 

 ially at this time of the year, has a lasting 

 and permanent effect. Order through 

 your ^eedsmnn or direct. 

 Put up in dry form in all size packages 

 as follows : 

 i lb., making 28 gallons, postpaid, $0.65 

 5 lbs., *' 140 *' 2.50 



10 lbs., " 280 " 4.75 



50 lbs., " 1120 " 22.50 



BONORA CHEMICAL CO. 



488-492 Broadway, cor. Broome Street 

 New York 



The House of Peterson 



Is Headquarters for the world's best 



PEONIES 



Time now to plant. Catalog on application to 



GEORGE H. PETERSON 



Rose and Peony Specialist 



Box 50 Fair Lawn, N. J. 



WHERE TO PLANT BEE BALM 



What is the most favorable location in which 

 to plant bee balm? 



Virginia. • J. M. McB. 



— Bee balm should be planted where it will have a 

 southern exposure and full sunshine, and be shel- 

 tered from cold northern winds. It does not 

 require an especially rich soil. In your locality 

 it would not require any protection during ordi- 

 nary winter weather. 



FAILURE OF LETTUCE TO HEAD 



Lettuce, started in the house in a box and trans- 

 planted to a light, sandy loam to which sheep 

 manure has been added, refuse to head. How can 

 I induce heading? 



New York. H. P. W. 



— The only way to make lettuce head is to grow it 

 on quickly from the very start. If given a proper 

 seed-bed and never allowed to suffer from check, 

 it will head, provided, of course, that heading 

 varieties are grown and not crisp varieties. Try 

 enriching the soil with stable manure that will hold 

 water. Sheep manure does not do this. 



POULTRY MANURE AS A FERTILIZER 



Is poultry manure of any use in the vegetable 

 garden ? 



Washington. W. J. W. 



— Poultry manure is a complete fertilizer, and can 

 be used in the garden on all garden crops. Many 

 people believe that it can be favorably compared 

 with high-grade commercial fertilizers, but the 

 good results obtained are due to the readily avail- 

 able form in which the nitrogen exists, since the 

 examination of the products does not show them 

 to be particularly rich in nitrogen, or in the mineral 

 elements of fertility, phosphoric acid and potash. 



APPLYING NITRATE OF SODA 



In what proportion should nitrate of soda be used 

 on flowers and lawn ? 



New York. H. E. R. 



— Nitrate of soda can be used for any growing crops 

 by dissolving it in water at the rate of about one ounce 

 to three gallons of water. It is not advisable 

 to use the soda on lawns late in the season 

 (August), as it is a fertilizer that induces a rapid, 

 succulent growth of the green parts of the plants. 

 At that time of the year it would be better to apply 

 wood ashes to your lawn. Flowers in pots should 

 be given nitrate of soda very sparingly, and only 

 during the period of active growth or just before it — 

 never as growth is maturing. 



GROWING THE BANANA PLANT 



I have a banana plant which has produced this 

 year a portion of a bunch of fruit as well as four or 

 five new shoots. It will be necessary to remove 

 the shoots; what is the proper time to do this and 

 how should it be done? 



Pennsylvania. D. A. L. 



— The large shoot which bears the bunch of fruit 

 should be cut away entirely after the fruit is ripe, 

 as it will not again bear. The large and small 

 shoots about the old stem should be cut apart with 

 a spade or knife, leaving a portion of the roots on 

 each shoot. Plant these as separate plants, which 

 should bear fruit in about eighteen months. One 

 shoot may be left on the old root to take the place of 

 the stem which has borne fruit, and which will be 

 cut away after the fruit has ripened. 



GROWING EASTER LILIES 



How can I grow the Easter lily on a small scale? 



Massachusetts. R- U. 



— Buy the bulbs of the Easter lily {Lilium longi- 

 florum or Harrisii) as early as possible in the fall, 

 pot them like any other bulb and put the pots in a 

 coldframe where roots can be made and where frost 

 will not reach them. Bring the plants indoors 

 on the approach of severe weather; and if intended 

 for early forcing, begin to force at once in a cool 

 greenhouse, keeping the soil evenly moist. The 

 plants can be shifted into larger pots as they develop. 

 The only trick in successful forcing of the Easter 

 lily is to exactly gauge the time to begin the process 

 and to control the conditions so as to make the plants 

 come into flower at the desired time. Experience 

 alone will teach this. 



