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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



July, 1914 



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The Common Sense Side of 



Why Alphano Humus Should 

 be Used on Your Lawn Now 



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RASS roots are naturally- 

 country that is more than 

 is an exception. 



shallow. A sod in this 

 three or four inches deep 



Duringthehotsunsand dry- 

 ing winds of July and August, 

 the surface soil quickly dries 

 out and the grass roots must 

 go down for water. When 

 grass is making root growth 

 its top growth is retarded, ex- 

 actly as is true with flowers, 

 vegetables, shrubs and trees. 



Frequent watering helps, of 

 course, but generally being a 

 surface wetting instead of a 

 ground soaking, the roots come 

 to the surface for the moisture 

 and are more exposed than 

 ever to the hot sun. Burning 

 often happens, or the grass 

 loses its vigor and is a yellow 

 green instead of a dark rich 

 gray green. What grass needs 

 is internal moisture. The nat- 

 ural conserved moisture of a 

 soil rich in Humus acts like a 

 big sponge, slowly liberating 

 the moisture as needed. If 

 then you give to your lawn, 

 soil builder rich in Humus, 

 which also contains valuable 

 plant foods, you have not 

 only an ideal Summer dry - 

 weather fortifier of lasting 

 benefit, but a tonic and a 

 root nourisher as well. Just 

 such an ideal combination 

 is Alphano Humus. Cut 



Bottom meto of sod—groi 

 treated golf cony 



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your grass and spread it over, scatter about with back of 

 rake, rake in well with the teeth and you will be surprised 

 how quickly even burned and apparently dead spots will 

 green up— and how long it 

 '! will continue green when 

 other grass is having a strug- 

 gle. 



This piece of sod shown is 

 from a golf course at Sumner, 

 N. J. It was grown on abso- 

 lutely sterile sea sand, mixed 

 with one-half Alphano Hu- 

 mus. In six weeks it was 4^ 

 inches thick and one compact 

 mass of fine; fibrous roots 

 — the kind every lawn ex- 

 pert bends every effort to se- 

 cure. 



Order some Alphano at 

 once — use it on your lawn 

 freely — its cost is so reasona- 

 ble you can afford to. Dig 

 it around your shrubs and 

 flowers and vegetables and 

 give them a boost. 



If you want to know the 

 whys and wherefores of Hu- 

 mus in general, and Alphano 

 Humus in particular, send 

 for the Humus Book. 



If you want conclusive proo; 

 of what Alphano Humus will 

 do for you as proven by what 

 it'has done for others — send 

 for the Convincement Book. 

 Also state what area you in- 

 tend treating. 



: on the soil 0/ an Alphano 

 at Sumner, N. J. 



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Are You Going Abroad? 



{Continued from page 342) 



laid out in the English style about 1820. The 

 English garden contrasts well with the other parts. 

 It has a graceful little Temple of Cupid, which 

 shows the Art of Treillage. Here, as at Versailles, 

 is a great canal almost a mile long with a small 

 cascade and a circular basin at the east end round 

 which are grouped some of the best statues in the 

 park. One is a statue of Le Notre. The grand 

 terrace in front of the chateau gives an excellent 

 view of the water parterre and great canal. 



Tuileries. — The Jardin des Tuileries, near the 

 Louvre in Paris, is always open. The garden de- 

 sign remains much the same as when it was first 

 laid out by Le Notre about 1665. There are 

 several fountains and pools with many excellent 

 statjnes, singly and in classic groups, and beautiful 

 vases and urns, by the greatest sculptors from 1670 

 to - the present time. 



Vaux-le-Vicomte (4 miles from Melun, which 

 is 28 miles from Paris; not open to the public, but 

 permission is occasionally granted by the owner, 

 M. Sommier). — This garden was Le Notre's first 

 attempt (1652-61) at the creation of a new style, 

 and it made him immediately famous. In my 

 opinion it is one of the best examples of the French 

 style. It is in an excellent state, having been com- 

 pletely restored and beautified by the present owner. 



Fontaineblf.au (9 miles beyond Melun — 37 

 miles from Paris; open daily to the public). — The 

 parterre, pools, water theatre, and canal (4,000 feet 

 long) were laid out by Le Notre about 1664-67, 

 and are in good condition to-day. The English 

 garden was laid out for Napoleon I. 



St. Cloud (Suburbs of Paris). — In the lower 

 part of the Park of St. Cloud, which covers 980 

 acres, is the grand cascade, the one principal feature 

 that remains of the beautiful gardens laid out by 

 Le Notre about 1662. The abundance of water 

 here afforded an excellent opportunity to create a 

 grand cascade, which still remains the finest of its 

 kind in France. 



Meudon (Suburbs of Paris). — The great ter- 

 race of Meudon, which is built oil huge walls, af- 

 fords a beautiful view of Paris. It is one of the 

 original features created by Le Notre. 



Bagatelle (In the northwest corner of the 

 Pare Bois de Boulogne, Paris; open to the public). — 

 It is claimed that this garden was laid out in one 

 month on a wager between Marie Antoinette and 

 the Comte dArtois, who afterward became Charles 

 X. The garden parts, walks and roads, were cut 

 out of the foliage which was most luxuriant at this 

 point in the Pare Bois de Boulogne, and with the 

 addition of many small trees, shrubs, and plants, 

 the garden was completed in one month in 1779. 

 But this feat was made possible only by an ideal 

 foundation with which to start. 



There are many other gardens of interest and 

 beauty around the chateaux of the Loire, such as 

 Chenonceau and Villandry, laid out by Le Notre, 

 and Chateau Usse, in the formal style, with others 

 laid out in the landscape style, as at Chateau Chau- 

 mont. While these gardens are not of sufficient 

 importance to justify a special trip from Paris to 

 see them, if taken in connection with the famous 

 chateaux, they are well worth the expense and time 

 of a trip to Tours and the chateaux district. 



German Gardens Worth Seeing 



Garden art in Germany received its greatest 

 recognition when Frederick the Great had a magni- 

 ficent garden laid out about 1750 at his Sanssouci 

 palace, in Potsdam. That was also the advent of 

 the French style. 



Sanssouci (In Potsdam, 16 miles from Berlin 

 by rail; open to the public daily). — This great 

 garden by Switzer, a famous landscape architect of 

 the time, was laid out in the mixed style with every 

 feature and ornament of Italian, French and Dutch 

 taste. In the last fifty years the garden has been 

 gradually assuming an Italian aspect. The park, 

 which covers about 1,000 acres, is laid out in the 

 English or landscape style. In many ways this 

 garden is as interesting as Versailles, while in others 

 it is more beautiful. The perfect condition in which 

 it is kept makes it one of the finest public gardens 

 in all Europe. The most interesting features are 



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