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T II E G A R 1) E N M A (. A Z I N E 



February. 1918 



Garden Roses 



i |! ; 



MRS. JAS. LYNAS 



A most valuable garden rose 



Color; pearly pink at base of petal, 



flushed deeper shade at edges and 



on the reverse. 



One of the best of over 125 

 varieties we catalogue for Amer- 

 ican Gardens. All are imported 

 from Hugh Dickson, Ltd., Bel- 

 fast, Ireland, and are strong, two 

 year old, plants. 



A s Imported Rose plants 

 will be limited 



in America this season, we urge 

 those who are contemplating 

 Rose Gardens this spring to plac- 

 their order at once. 



We must have all orders on 

 file by MARCH 15th, to 

 guarantee delivery for spring 

 planting. 



Standard Varieties: 60c per 

 plant; #6.00 per dozen; $40.00 

 per hundred. 



Our 1 91 8 Illustrated Cata- 

 logue, containing the finest list of 



Roses and Chrysan- 

 themums 



in America, as well as 



Hardy Perennial 

 Plants 



is now ready. If interested, 

 write for a copy — if you have not 

 already received one. 



CHARLES H. TOTTY CO. 



MADISON NEW JERSEY 



War Garden Experiences and Wisdom 



TPHE Cleveland (Ohio) Garden Club's War 

 ■*■ Garden for 1917 struggled against fearful 

 odds and needless to say no bumper crops 

 were raised but much valuable information 

 was stored away for future use and a certain 

 amount of foodstuffs was marketed. A late 

 start, a lack of practical knowledge of farming 

 on the part of most of the promoters, tor- 

 rential rains up to July, and a cold, dark and 

 frosty September and October, were a few of 

 the handicaps. 



The first unpleasant fact forced on our 

 notice was that if any one had a good piece of 

 ground he worked it himself. We went over 

 the county with a fine tooth comb and the 

 acreage offered free would scarcely raise weeds, 

 according to the city expert who accompanied 

 us. In desperation we rented a farm of twenty- 

 four acres .at a cost of $200.00 for the season, 

 hired a farmer and helper, and put in potatoes, 

 navy beans, field corn, tomatoes and cab- 

 bages, whenever it stopped raining long 

 enough to plant. The high price of seed 

 potatoes and beans is an old story but a very 

 sad one. 



The farmer was of the home grown variety 

 and the bright spot of the whole adventure. 

 He never planned to do anything, he always 

 "calc'lated," and when it came time to dig 

 the potatoes and he was asked how long it 

 would take he "thought it would ruin the 

 better part of two days." He was an excellent 

 worker and understood his business, so^we 

 cannot attribute our failures to him. 



We acquired the following expensive in- 

 formation: 



1. The soil was thin and we should not 

 have tried to plant potatoes in freshly turned 

 sod. 



2. Some of our seed potatoes were bought 

 in Michigan because they cost less, but they 

 were no good and developed blight' during the 

 summer, emphasizing the fact that it never 

 pays to buy cheap seed. 



3. The potatoes should have been sprayed 

 before the bugs arrived as well as afterward. 



4. The land badly needed draining and a 

 great deal of fertilizer. 



5. The difficulty and expense of marketing 

 produce twenty miles from town is not 

 appreciated by the novice. 



6. The high price of labor in Ohio makes 

 farming a losing game unless the farmer and 

 his relations do the major part of the work. 



We sold altogether one hundred and twenty- 

 one bushels of good sized potatoes at $1.80 a 

 bushel, fifty bushels of culls (and they were 

 culls), at $10.00 for the lot, two hundred and 

 seventy-five bushels of tomatoes at approxi- 

 mately $1.50 a bushel, the corn crop for 

 $150.00, and all the cabbages to a sauerkraut 

 factory for $10.00. 



Hush! Do not speak of the navy beans, 

 commonly referred to as "the bean." It 

 strongly reminds us of that moving poem 

 about "Little Orphint Annie," who 



"When they turned the kivers down 

 She wasn't there at all." 



Kate B. Burton. 



Practical Plans at Islip — The successful 

 efforts at Islip N. Y., last year (as told already 

 in The Garden Magazine) lend interest 

 to the proposed plan of operations for 1918. 

 The Committee's report is in part: 



"The Committee recommends two large 

 pieces of ground of substantial acreage be 

 secured for garden purposes, said ground to 



be under the direct supervision of the Club or 

 special Committee appointed for this purpose. 



It is the idea of the Committee that all 

 labor in connection with this garden movement 

 be volunteered and that the crops be 

 divided equally among the participants. A*s 

 several members have volunteered to raise 

 additional plants of cabbage, tomato, etc., 

 this will save others the tedious task of 

 raising their own seedlings. 



Only crops of winter food value or such 

 crops as may be used as a filler in connection 

 with same are to be considered for the war 

 garden and the following selections have 

 been made by the Committee: 



Shell Beans, may be preceded by String Beans or Peas. 

 Beets i' " tt ft ti tt tt a 



Cabbage (late) " " " " " " " " 



Carrots " " " " " " " " 



Rutabaga " " " " " " " " 



Onion " " followed by Rutabaga, Beets or Carrots 



Field Corn, A few Pumpkins may be sown in hills 



Parsnips I r- 



Tomato f For cann '"g 



Potato Early Potatoes may be followed by Beans. 



It is the sense of the Committee that the 

 average home garden contains too large a 

 variety for practical purposes. 



The Committee feels that while last year's 

 Children's Gardens were very praiseworthy, 

 the effort was of little economic value and 

 makes the suggestion that suitable tracts of 

 ground be secured close to the schools and that 

 the Garden Club or special Committee 

 cooperate in an advisory capacity, crops of 

 winter food value being grown exclusively. 



Meetings and Lectures in February 



(Followingdates are meetings unless'.otherwise specified} 



1. Pasadena, Cal., Horticultural Society. 



2. Lake Geneva, Wise, Gardeners' & Foremen's Assn. 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Horticultural 



Hall, Boston. Lecture: New Horticultural Crops 

 for Our Food Supply. U. P. Hedrick. 



4. Larchmont, N. Y., Garden Club: Meeting and Lecture. 

 New Bedford, Mass., Horticultural Society. 



5. Maryland Garden Clubs of America, Maryland 



Council of Defence, Women's Section, Arundell 

 Club Hall, Baltimore, Md. Lecture: The Control 

 of Plant Diseases Affecting Garden Crops. 

 Garden Club of Pleasantville, N. Y. 



7. Marshfield, Mass., Garden Club. 



8. Westchester, N. Y., and Fairfield, Conn., H. S. 

 Connecticut Horticultural Society, Hartford, Conn. 



9. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Horticultural Society. 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Horticultural 



Hall, Boston. Lecture: America's Horticultural 

 , Future. W. A. Manda. 

 11. New York Florists' Club, Grand Opera House. 

 Garden Club of New Rochelle, N. Y. 

 Rochester, N. Y., Florists' Association. 

 13. Valdosta, Ga., Floral Club. 



Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 



Nassau Co., Horticultural Society, Glen Cove, L. I. 



Lenox .Mass., Horticultural Society. 



15. Dahlia Soc. of California, Palace Hotel, San Francisco. 

 Pasadena, Cal., Horticultural Society. 



16. Lake Geneva, Wis., Gardeners' & Foremen's Assn. 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Horticultural 



Hall, Boston. Lecture: The Peony (Illustrated). 

 B. H. Farr. 



19. Gardeners' & Florists' Club of Boston, Horticultural 



Hall, Boston. 

 Maryland Garden Clubs of America, Maryland 

 Council of Defense, Women's Section, Arundell 

 Club Hall, Baltimore, Md. Lecture: Home Fruit 

 Growing. 



20. Rhode Island Horticultural Society, Providence. 

 Tarrytown, N. Y., Horticultural Society. 



21. Salisbury, Conn., Garden Club. Subject: Special- 



purpose Flowers and Plants. 

 Marshfield, Mass., Garden Club. 



22. Connecticut Horticultural Society, Hartford. 



23. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Horticultural Society. 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Horticultural 



Hall, Boston. Lecture: The Diseases of Roses. 

 (illustrated). L. M. Massey. 

 28. School Garden Ass'n. of America, Atlantic City, N. J. 



Efficiency in Gardening. — I wish to thank 

 you for the article in January by Grace Tabor 

 on "Making the Smallest Quantity Reach the: 

 Farthest." My only regret is that the article 

 is so short. It has a great deal in common 

 with the proverbial buckwheat cakes: It 

 tastes like more. — Fred. L. Merritt. 



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