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T II E G A HI) E N M A GAZINE 



March, 1918 





You Want a Better 

 Vegetable Garden 

 This Year: and 

 Some Flowers Too 



FOR the best results in 

 your vegetable garden, 

 for the most delicious 

 flavor and richness, for correct 

 size and splendid shape of the 

 products you grow, it is es- 

 sential that you get the best 

 seeds. 



Thorburn's seeds have been 

 famous for over a century for 

 quality. 



They are selected and tested 

 and will produce a garden 

 which will delight you and will 

 provide fresh, wholesome veg- 

 etables at a trifling cost. 



Growing your own food helps 

 win the war. 



Send 10 cts. for a generous package of 

 Delphinium Newport Rose, a very 

 beautiful annual pink Larkspur; or 

 10 cts. for a package of the brilliant, 

 scarlet Celosia Plumosa Pompon 

 (Chinese Woolflower) . 



Also write today for our 1918 free 

 illustrated catalogue. It is full of 

 useful information and helpful sug- 

 gestions for a successful garden. 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



Established 1802 



53B Barclay Street 



Through to 54 Park Place 



New York 



{Concluded from page ioo) 



water carefully so as not to beat down the 

 little plants; cover the frames with the sash 

 and also a cloth to keep out the sun for sev- 

 eral days until the plants recover from the 

 shock of transplanting — then remove the 

 cloth cover. If a few plants of an early 

 variety of tomatoes were transplanted into 

 four-inch pots and sunk into the earth of the 

 coldframes they would not undergo a second 

 shock when transplanted in May in the open 

 ground. The hotbed can now be used for 

 later varieties of tomatoes such as Brimmer, 

 Livingston's Globe, Stone, and Matchless. 



Planting Fruits and Ornamentals 



A LL stone fruits (plums, apricots, nec- 

 tarines and peaches) should be planted 

 in early spring. The Mayflower is an early 

 and juicy peach and The Hale is also con 7 

 sidered a fine variety. 



Although with great care fine specimens of 

 evergreens with balls of earth wrapped about 

 the roots in bagging have been successfully 

 planted in this climate in the fall, the present 

 month is the ideal month for planting ever- 

 greens. This is especially the case in trans- 

 planting evergreens from the woods. See 

 March, 1916, Garden Magazine. 



Pruning and Spraying of Shrubs, Vines, and Trees 



"^"EW Roses should be planted the end of 

 the month, especially the tender vari- 

 eties. Prune old plants (See page 68). The 

 Hybrid Perpetuals do better under severe prun- 

 ing, for besides cutting out the old wood they 

 should be cut down one half their height. 

 Handsomer Roses will be the result, though, 

 under light pruning there will be more abun- 

 dant blooms. After raking between the bushes 

 and digging in a well-rotted cow manure, 

 sprinkle soot about the base of the bushes, 

 then spray them with bordeaux mixture and 

 arsenate of lead. All Climbing Roses should 

 be lightly pruned and thoroughly sprayed with 

 bordeaux as a precaution against mildew: with 

 arsenate of lead to destroy larvae of the Rose 

 chafer and any other destructive insects. 



Present Pruning Needs 



/"ANLY late-blooming shrubs should be 

 ^-^ pruned this month, the early flowering 

 spring shrubs must be left severely alone, to 

 be pruned immediately after blooming. 



Prune grape vines the end of February or 

 the first of March, but at any rate before the 

 buds swell. Cut back all new growth to two 

 buds or spurs; cut out all weak shoots entirely; 

 and those that start up from the roots. Tie 

 the vines to horizontal wires stretched from 

 posts six to eight feet apart. Another pru- 

 ning in necessary in early summer. Cut away 

 the long curly tendrils and any superfluous 

 leaves to let in the sun; also cut off any imper- 

 fect bunches leaving well shaped ones and only 

 as many as the vine can nourish. 



Fertilizers are very necessary — a cover 

 crop of clover planted in the fall and plowed 

 under in the spring is very good. If that 

 was not done apply now acid phosphate mixed 

 with chicken or cow manure and some potash 

 if procurable. Remember hard wood ashes 

 are most valuable in orchard and garden. 

 Spray with bordeaux now and every ten days 

 or two weeks to prevent grape rot. 



The orchard should have constant spraying. 

 Bordeaux with arsenate of lead is effectual, 

 summer strength; lime-sulphur is also highly 

 recommended; as is also Black Leaf 40, for 

 blight, scale, and insects. 



Virginia. J. M. Patterson. 



Do You Know the Delights 

 of a "Glad" Garden 



HpHERE is an allurement 

 A about the Gladiolus. The 

 reedy foliage; the stiff, up- 

 right spike clothed with flow- 

 ers of sunset tints; its superb 

 qualities when cut — all 

 make the Gladiolus one 

 of our favored flowers. 



At Meadowvale Farms 

 I have one of the world's 

 choicest Gladiolus col- 

 lections. It is a delight for 

 me to walk through my 

 fields, discovering nearly 

 every day some new col- 

 or or combination. My 

 booklet "The Glory of 

 the Garden" will tell you 

 about all these wonders. 

 A copy is ready to mail 

 on receipt of your name 

 and address. 



ARTHUR COWEE 



Gladiolus Specialist 



BERLIN, N. V. 



Salesmen Wanted 



"We prefer greenhouse men for our salesmen. If you can make good 

 selling - an established line of greenhouse supplies, we have openings in our 

 sales organization. Previous sales experience is desirable, but not neces- 

 sary. 'U'hatVe want are greenhouse men who understand greenhouse prob- 

 lems and can talk intelligently to the greenhouse trade. In writing us, 

 give age, references, salary expected and territory you are familiar with. 

 Address 



Box 122, The Garden Magazine 



^) Our Spring Gardenbook 



Contains lists and descriptions of: 

 Desirable 1918 Novelties, Vegetable and 

 Flo\verseeds,'Novelties in Japan Vegetable 

 seeds, Flowering bulbs and roots, Amaryllis, Crinums, 

 Dahlias, Gladioli, Iris, Paeonias, etc 

 Our specialties are 

 Hardy Beautiful Lilies, Hardy Perennial Plants 

 and Vines 



We carry large stock of Japan Bamboo stakes, Fertilizers, 

 Insecticides, etc. Send for your COPY TO-DAY. 



H. H. BERGER & CO., 70 Warren Street, New York 



Nurserymen* i / £& Horticulturists 



Whatever your planting need 

 may be we will gladly advise 

 you. Let us send you our 

 free plan of service for the 

 nursery. 



Landscape Engineers and Nurserymen 



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6717 Chew Street, Germantown 



Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Pioneer Nurserymen of America 



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