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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



September, 1911 



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The Garden of 



Possibilities 



Ginseng culture will be a revelation to you if you have never looked into 

 it. Try a patch in some out-of-the-way corner and make the test. A 

 very small plot is all that is necessary — anything from a garden bed 

 up to a few square rods. Anybody can find the space. The big money 

 making comes from the wonderfully increasing demand for the roots. 



$7.50 a Pound for Ginseng Roots 



That is the present price and it fluctuates less than anything else you can "row. 

 Government reports show its steady rise for over 50 years. We are engaged in its 

 culture on a grand scale (over 10 acres in our gardens) and supply seeds and roots of 

 the valuable variety to beginners. Our beautifully illustrated book on culture covers 

 everything — varieties, soil requirements, planting, cultivation, where to market, etc. It 

 will pay you well to investigate. Book is mailed free. Ask for Ginseng Catalogue W. 



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I have, for transplanting, plants that are true to 

 name. I can transplant these from propagating 

 beds to the fruit garden at my convenience. Plants 

 dug with fresh soil about the roots, and rightly 

 set, will all live and grow. 



Currant and grape cuttings, planted in beds in 

 early spring, are mulched in late summer, preferably 

 with sawdust or tan bark, and kept moist until 

 the cuttings are rooted. Later on the propagating 

 bed is given frequent and shallow cultivation, 

 hoeing is frequently done between the rows of 

 plants, which are eighteen inches apart. This 

 keeps fresh soil around them, keeps down weeds, 

 and water is given when the soil is very dry. 



A propagating bed for strawberry plants also 

 needs some attention. The weeds must be kept 

 out. I let sufficient runners set to spread all 

 over the ground, but it is best to cut off the late 

 runners, as the early ones make the strongest 

 plants. If several varieties are in the bed set up 

 boards between each to prevent them running 

 together, and be sure to label each division with 

 the name of the variety. 



New York. W. H. Jenkins. 



Some Cape Bulbs for California 

 Gardens 



NOT all things grow better in Ct.l f ornia than 

 anywhere else in America. Indeed, some 

 standbys of the eastern garden, such as peonies and 

 lilacs, do quite poorly here as a rule; but it can 

 certainly be said that for that beautiful class 

 known as South African or Cape bulbs our con- 

 ditions are unequalled on this continent. Here 

 such bulbs as freesias, ixias and gladiolus are quite 

 hardy and may be left continuously in the ground 

 or lifted during their dormant period if desired and, 

 unless affected by the fungus which occasionally 

 attacks them, they can be depended on to increase 

 rapidly, not only by offsets but by seed. There 

 is here a fine opportunity to improve these species 

 and to secure new varieties, stronger and better 

 adapted to our conditions, by raising seedlings 

 which bloom quickly under favorable conditions. 

 The finest lot of ixias I ever saw, a bed with hun- 

 dreds of strong wiry stems decked with bright 

 yellow, black-eyed flowers, was entirely self-sown, 

 and in the same garden scarlet tritonias come up 

 everywhere near the originally planted bulbs. 



As these bulbs are chiefly grown under glass in 

 the colder East they are not featured in most 

 American catalogues, but Dutch and English 

 dealers give them considerable attention and many 

 American firms offer selections and mixtures, 

 this last a rather unsatisfactory way to buy them 

 as the colors are apt to clash. 



As regards culture, they all prefer a light to a 

 heavy soil and good drainage and sunlight are two 

 essentials. I have grown and flowered a few in 

 heavy adobe, but they never thrive in it as they 

 do in sandy loam. Two inches is deep enough 

 for planting, which is best done in October and 

 November, and anywhere from three to six inches 

 apart they will give a good mass of color. 



THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CAPE BULBS 



Freesias do so well that one of the best com- 

 mercial varieties used for forcing in the East is 

 raised in California. Always plant a number of 

 the bulbs together, preferably in the front of the 

 border or as an edging. Freesia refracta, var. 

 alba (white) and F. Leichtlini, var. major (prim- 

 rose and orange) are the two common distinct 

 kinds, but as seedlings in yellow, apricot,, rose and 

 other tender shades have recently been produced in 



