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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



June. 1912 



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A ■' ■* /^* _ 1 ___ -, Gardens designed and drawn to scale. 

 /AltlStlC VJalQCIlS Planting of trees, shrubs and flowers 

 arranged by correspondence. Inspection of work cordially invited. A cata- 

 log of plants grown by Mrs. Elsie McFate of Pittsburgh, at her Hardy 

 Plant Nursery will be sent upon request. 



Address all communications to 

 HILLSIDE HARDY FLOWER GARDENS Turtle Creek, Pa. 



Do These Things Now! 



JUNE is probably the best time for sowing col- 

 lard seed, the most popular winter vegetable 

 of the South. Plant the improved, white-heading 

 sorts, easy to grow and very tender. The seed may 

 cost a few cents more than the ordinary kinds, but 

 it will be money well spent. 



Sow rutabaga seed this month, too, in rich, moist 

 soil. Plant in the onion field after the onions are 

 harvested. 



Sow cow peas for hay in the corn rows at the 

 second plowing, or in the Middle South at the last 

 plowing. Even if no peas are gathered, the vines 

 and roots enrich the soil with nitrogen and humus. 



Sow seed of nasturtium, marigold, aster and 

 Hilox Drummondi for fall flowers. Pansies may 

 also be sown, but there will be no certainty of their 

 flowering this year. However, the plants will 

 certainly blossom in the winter or very earl)' spring. 

 The flowers should then be extra large, too, on ac- 

 count of the size, age and strength of the plants. 

 Remember that it requires plenty of sunshine in the 

 winter to bring forth blossoms. 



Cut small grain just as soon as it is ripe, and im- 

 mediately after one crop is off the ground, plant 

 another, such as cow peas and sorghum cane for 

 hay, white potatoes for a fall and winter crop, or 

 corn. Spanish peanuts are also suitable for plant- 

 ing after small grains, but the finest crop of sweet 

 potatoes that I have ever grown was planted after 

 oats. The plants were set out June 3rd. I used 

 an 8-3-4 fertilizer at the rate of 1500 pounds to the 

 acre, and the patch yielded at the rate of 250 bushels 

 of potatoes an acre. The soil was fairly good and 

 the plants were cultivated three times during the 

 season; they were harvested during a very dry spell 

 the latter part of October before frost. Always let 

 the potatoes get thoroughly dry before storing. 

 One advantage of planting potatoes after oats is 

 that the oat stubble furnishes humus, which potato 

 plants must have to succeed well. In planting 

 sweet potatoes after the first week of June, it is best 

 to use pieces of the vine instead of plants, although 

 it won't pay very well to cut the vines very close. 

 Keep a close watch for insects and destroy all you 

 find. 



Look out for your house plants, especially if they 



These sweet potatoes, planted after oats, yielded a 

 crop of 250 bushels to the acre 



