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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



November, 190!> 



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Hints for the Season 



YOUR evergreens will be healthier and growfaster 

 if you will clean all the specimens on the lawn. 

 Only the tips of the branches are alive. The rest 

 of the tree is full of dead twigs and rubbish which 

 harbor insects over winter. 



Do not mow the lawn again in spots that hold 

 water after rains or in places where the grass 

 is likely to die in winter. 



If you wish to try your hand at propagating 

 trees and shrubs from cuttings now is a good time. 



It is no use to plant dead roots. When planting 

 trees trim neatly all bruised and dried roots. 



To protect newly planted trees from field mice 

 in places where the snow lies deep a long while, 

 paint the trees from the ground -up to height of 

 eighteen inches. Use white lead and boiled linseed 

 oil. 



Do not divide your iris clumps' now or you may 

 lose a year of bloom. Propagate all kinds of iris 

 directly after they bloom. 



The deeper you dig the ground and the rougher 

 you leave it over winter the more insects you will 

 kill and the mellower the soil will be in spring. 



The chances are now that your land would be 

 greatly improved by liming. Spread on fresh air- 

 slaked lime at the rate of 1,000 pounds per acre. 

 October and November are the best months. 



Two sprayings a year for San Jose Scale should 

 keep any private place in good order. The fall 

 spraying is more effective than the spring. Even 

 in the winter the scales do damage. The spring 

 spraying should kill every live scale. 



Thin blackberry and raspberry plants. Dig up 

 the old roots. 



Plow, spade or trench the vegetable garden. 

 But first cover it with fresh manure and turn that 

 in. If you want earlier vegetables practice fall 

 plowing. 



Do not leave any mummied fruits on the trees. 

 They spread disease. 



A " dead man, " such as the telephone companies 

 use, is desirable when planting large trees. Stakes 

 are not strong enough in many cases. Twenty 

 foot conifers will break a seven-strand cable and 

 blow down in storms. 



One reason why large evergreens lose their lower 

 branches is that the trees are exhausting the soil. 

 Dress the ground heavily with cow manure. 



Clean up the garden and fields, and clear out the 

 long grass, weeds and bushes from all fence corners.' 

 Cut down the wild cherry trees, which are very apt 

 to harbor tent caterpillars. 



Thrust labels down deeper so that they will not 

 be heaved out during or after the winter. 



The mania for neatness causes many fine lawn 

 trees to starve. In the forest trees and shrubs 

 get plenty of humus because the autumn leaves 

 are not carted off. If you remove the leaves now, 

 you should dig in leaf mold next fall. 



Brussels sprouts are rather strong flavored until 

 after a killing frost. They should be at their best 

 now. It is a lot of work to raise them and prepare 

 them for the table, but they are mighty good to eat. 



refuse left from tlie summer's crops and 

 all weeds and diseased plants 



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