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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 1912 



LOVETT'S 



DOUBLE 

 & SINGLE 



HERBACEOUS PEONIES 



As Beautiful as the Lily, Sweet-Scented as 

 the Rose, as Hardy as the Oak. 



After their profusion of great, hand- 

 some, varied-colored blooms have faded, 

 their rich, glossy, dark green foliage 

 leaves them still one of the most mag- 

 nificent ornamental plants. 



Peonies are never bothered with disease 

 or insects, and once planted are no more 

 bother whatever, blooming every season. 



Set Out Peonies and Perennials 

 Now for Next Spring Blooming 



Autumn is also the best time to plant Lilies, 

 Hardy Shrubs, and Vines, Evergreen Trees, 

 Hedges, Berry Plants, Grape Vines, etc. 



For 34 years I have been in this business right here 

 at Little Silver. I have more than 200 acres devoted to growing only plants, shrubs and flowers 

 that I know to be all right for my customers, and I never allow a thing to leave my place that is 

 not right up to the mark. My prices are very moderate, and 1 know 1 can please you. 



WRITE TO-DAY FOR MY FREE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE 



Gives descriptions and prices of everything. I advise everyone to plant as many peren- 

 nials as they have room for. They are by far the most satisfactory flowering plants. 



J. T. LOVETT, Monmouth Nursery 



Box 125, Little Silver, N. J. 



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 Mites, Ants, etc., without injury to plants and without odor. 

 Used according to directions our standard Insecticide will 

 prevent ravages on your crops by insects. 



Non-poisonous and harmless to user and plant. Leading 

 Seedsmen and Florists have used it with wonderful results. 

 Destroys Lice in Poultry Houses, Fleas on Dogs and all 

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 M Pint - - 25c; Pint, - - 40c; Qnart, - - - 75c; 

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 Dilute with water 30 to 50 parts 

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Dutch Bulbs 



We have just received from our Nurseries 

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HYACINTHS, NARCISSI, 



CROCUSES, Etc. 



of exceptionally fine quality. Order early 

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in strong clumps from our Deerfield Nursery. 



Everything of the best and at very 



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Deerfield, Illinois. 



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0/ Hardy Plants 



plants; if it is allowed to become packed hard 

 it will check the growth of the peas. But don't 

 cultivate too deeply, as this will also prove in- 

 jurious to the plants, and don't work them too soon 

 after a rain when the soil is wet, or in the morning 

 when the dew is on the plants. 



In dry weather place fresh cut grass from the 

 lawn around the plants to preserve the moisture 

 and keep the soil cool. This mulching should be 

 one or two inches thick. Liquid manure will also 

 prove beneficial if applied in the trenches in the late 

 evening, in sufficient quantities to wet the soil 

 thoroughly, and often enough to keep it from be- 

 coming dry and hard. A moist, rich loam is best 

 suited for sweet peas though they can be grown 

 successfully in any garden soil, but by no means 

 plant them in very poor soil where nothing else will 

 grow, and expect good results. 



The pea louse or green aphis is the most trouble- 

 some insect to sweet peas in this section, but it can 

 be kept down by spraying with a weak solution of 

 kerosene emulsion every day after sundown. 



Where one wants only a few sweet peas, plant 

 some of the up-to-date mixtures prepared by a 

 reliable seedsman. I myself prefer to keep the 

 different colors separate and combine the flowers 

 after cutting. 



As to varieties, there is really more in plant- 

 ing and cultivating than in what kind you are 

 planting. However, I have found the following 

 excellent: 



Mont Blanc, dwarf pure white, very early; Bur- 

 pee's Earliest, white dwarf growth; Emily Hender- 

 son, white; Early White Wonder, very large, six 

 flowers to a stem, late; Shasta, white, late; Agnes 

 Eckford, large, light pink; Janet Scott, deep pink; 

 Prince of Wales, rose; Emily Eckford, light purple; 

 Othello, deep maroon; Navy Blue, very large; 

 America, striped with red and white, large, medium 

 early; King Edward Spencer, crimson scarlet, 

 very large and fine; George Herbert, rose carmine; 

 Helen Lewis, crimson orange; White Spencer, large; 

 American Spencer, very large and fine, color same 

 as America grandiflora; Florence Nightingale, a 

 very large and fine lavender Spencer; Hon. Mrs. 

 E. Kenyon, buff yellow; Clare Curtis, fine large 

 deep cream Spencer. 



Bulb Planting in the South 



THE Dutch bulb planting season in the South 

 really began last month, but most of it is done 

 during October. Hyacinths, in my estimation, are 

 the most beautiful; plant either in glasses, bowls, 

 or in the open ground. Chinese sacred lily, nar- 

 cissus and jonquils, tulips and crocus, can also be 

 planted now in the open ground or in boxes, as also 

 bulbs of scilla, sparaxis, tritelia and calla. A 

 rich, sandy loam soil in a sunny spot is probably the 

 best for these bulbs. Be sure to get large ones, 

 because, if you plant very small ones and the season 

 is extreme in any way, they may not flower at all. 

 I have had such failures. 



Toward the end of the month and on a clear, 

 sunny day dig sweet potatoes. Do not wait until 

 frost kills the vines; there are usually some tubers 

 that have pushed their way out of the soil and these 

 would surely get frost bitten and, when stored with 

 other potatoes, would cause rot. It is very neces- 

 sary that potatoes be thoroughly dry when stored, 

 and kept so, in as even a temperature as possible, 

 which can be easily done if the potatoes are in the 

 house. If, however, you have left them in hills, 

 use plenty of pine straw or pine needles, which 

 quickly absorb moisture. When you use plenty 

 of straw or leaves use less dirt in banking up 

 the hills. 



Commence to set out strawberry plants during 

 the month, also violets. Continue to sow seeds of 

 pansies, carnations, sweet William, and dianthus or 

 Chinese pinks, in boxes or hotbeds. Begin sowing 

 seeds of sweet peas for the earliest and largest 

 bloom. 



Plant all lilies just as soon as you can get the 

 bulbs, in rich soil. You simply cannot get the 

 soil too rich for lilies. 



Order your fruit and shade trees now, and as I 

 have said many times before, patronize a reliable 

 nurseryman, so as to know that the stock you 

 purchase will be as represented. 



Georgia. Thomas J. Steed. 



