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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



The Readers' Service is prepared to 

 advise parents in regard to schools 



September, 1911 



Digging asphalt from Trinidad Lake 



A roof is only as good 

 as its waterproofing. 



Knowing this, will you buy 

 the covering for your roof on its 

 "looks" alone, and not know 

 what it is made of ? 



Genasco 



the Trinidad-Lake-Asphalt Roofing 



is waterproofed entirely with natural asphalt. 

 In Trinidad Lake this asphalt has resisted 

 blazing sun and terrific storms for hundreds 

 of years. It has natural oils that give it last- 

 ing life in a roof despite the buffeting of rain, 

 snow, sun, wind, heat, cold, and fire. 



Man has tried to make lasting waterproofers 

 — and always failed. Ordinary ready roofings 

 show you what happens, They are made of 

 mysterious "compositions" or coal tar; and 

 they soon crack, break, leak, and go to pieces. 

 Yet as for looks, they are mighty good im- 

 itations. 



The life and backbone of Genasco is Trin- 

 idad Lake Asphalt — the natural everlasting 

 waterproofer — and that makes Genasco last. 



Genasco is made with mineral and smooth 

 surfaces. Guaranteed, of course. 



The Kant-leak Kleet waterproofs the 

 seams of roofing thoroughly without the use 

 of smeary unsightly cement, avoids nail-leaks, 

 and gives the' roof an attractive appearance. 

 Ask your dealer for Genasco Roofing, with Kant-leak 

 Kleets packed in the roll. Write us for the Good 

 Roof Guide Book and samples. 



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Plant Lily Bulbs Now 



C'MVE frequent cultivation to all vegetables 

 J and flowers sown during the last two months, 

 to promote more rapid growth and earlier maturity. 



Set cabbage plants at once for the winter crop. 



Harvest peanuts and chufas (earth almonds). 

 Put them in the sun to dry and then store. Pick 

 off the nuts from the vines as soon as possible, 

 and put them where the rats can't get at them. 



The best month of all the year for planting out 

 Madonna lily bulbs is September. Get the largest 

 and best bulbs, for they not only produce twice as 

 many flowers but the flowers are almost twice the 

 size of those produced by small bulbs. It likewise 

 pays to get these lilies planted early — surely not 

 later than the first of October. 



Save corn and cotton from the healthiest and 

 most prolific plants for seed, thus improving the 

 strain and strengthening it to resist disease and 

 to produce more bolls, or ears, to the stalk. 



Give sugar cane a dressing of nitrate of soda 

 during the first week of the month. Use it at the 



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rate of one hundred and fifty to two hundred pounds 

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Plant peonies now; and irises and callas after 

 the middle of the month. 



Remember to sow crimson clover for winter 

 cover crop and to have some vegetable matter to 

 plow under in the winter or spring. The land in 

 the South is deficient in vegetable matter. The 

 average tenant burns what little trash there may be 

 on the land and uses commercial fertilizer entirely. 

 This will quickly make any soil deteriorate. Pro- 

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 you can then use more fertilizer with better result. 



Continue to plant bush beans in Florida. 



Sow rye now for stock and chicken pasture. 

 Fertilize it heavily if the land is not very rich. 



Cut cow peas for hay at any time. 



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