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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



December, 1912 



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Do You Know Your 



0. Henry backward and forward ? 



^ Most enthusiasts do and they never tire of him. One volume 

 will make you an enthusiast; it's the simplest initiation we know of. 



^ The time is coming (indeed, it is here now) when the library 

 which was incomplete without its Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Scott, 

 and Dickens will likewise be incomplete without O. Henry. 



The Complete O. H. Works 



in 12 volumes are now published for the first time. 

 To be published in November 



"Rolling Stones" 



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A new volume compiled largely from a humorous paper issued in 

 Texas in the author's early days. Many fascinating pen drawings 

 and cartoons by O. Henry. 



. "Options", net $1.20; "Rolling Stones", net $1.20; "The Four Million'', net $1.00; "The 

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 $1.20; "The Trimmed Lamp", net $1.00; "Cabbages and Kings", net $1.20; "The Gentle Grafter", 

 net $1.00; "Strictly Business", net $1.20; "Whirligigs", net $1.20; "Sixes and Sevens", net $1.20. 



A Handsome New Flexible Leather Edition is soon to be 

 issued. 12 volumes. Each, net $1.25. 



O. HENRY 



A Berckmans Specialty— Specimen Conifers 



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A long, regular growing season makes our evergreens develop rapidly, and our soil and climate 

 are such that our trees thrive far to the north and south. These beautiful trees, dug with ball of 

 earth, may be moved to any distance and will grow right ahead as if they had not been disturbed. 

 One will give a striking effect; a group of them will transform a homestead. Write us for prices 

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Fruitland Nurseries 



What To Do Now in Southern 

 Gardens 



PLANT any kind of fruit tree now and continue 

 to prune and spray all trees. 



Set out cabbage plants; also plant white potatoes 

 in the Lower South. 



Continue to sow sweet peas and begin the sowing 

 of garden pea seed. 



If you expect to prune grape vines, do it now 

 while the sap is dormant. 



Nasturtiums planted in hotbeds now will flower 

 in February, unless you neglect them and they get 

 stunted. 



Make cuttings from fruit trees now; also do what 

 grafting may be necessary. 



Clean up both the flower and vegetable garden, 

 burn the trash, and plow up the soil immediately 

 so that whatever insects may be hiding in the refuse 

 will be destroyed. 



If possible spread manure over the soil before 

 plowing. 



Continue to sow oats, and if wheat and rye have 

 not been sown, do it at once. 



You may continue to plant hyacinths, narcissus, 

 tulips during the month, for flowers when the 

 bloom of October and November planted bulbs is 

 over. Japanese lilies should be planted at once in 

 the richest soil in the garden. 



Plant pecan trees. They are somewhat slow in 

 growth but they make good shade trees as well as 

 supplying nuts. 



Plant hardy roses. Perennial flowers and herbs 

 may now be divided and replanted. 



Sow aster and petunia seed now in the Lower 

 South. 



And be sure to purchase all seed, bulbs, etc., 

 from a reliable dealer so that you may be sure 

 of getting good material. 



Georgia. Thomas J. Steed. 



Narcissus in Twenty Days 



ON DECEMBER 4th, we planted bulbs of the 

 Paper White narcissus in cocoanut fibre and 

 water; on December 25th, Christmas Day, they 

 were in bloom! The treatment was as follows: 

 several dozen bulbs were ordered and as the firm 

 did not list cocoanut fibre, price, etc., the order 

 was given for "enough to plant the required bulbs;" 

 hence, with three dozen first size and one half dozen 

 mammoth narcissus, one peck of fibre was sent. 

 As this cost forty cents, the gardener, hoarding 

 each penny for Christmas, thought the sand and 

 pebbles on hand from previous years would have 

 been more economical, and sighed! As rather 

 deep bowls were used the fibre did not last, so the 

 old sand and pebbles came into use after all. Three 

 small bowls were planted in the old way, and 

 gave proof of the forcing quality of the fibre. For 

 those in sand were much slower blooming, some 

 being still in bud on January 10th. 



In a house heated by hot water method, it is 

 hard to find a cool place in which to keep the bulbs 

 while they are rooting, but a rather cool half 

 lighted closet was available, and as the bulbs 

 sent up at once such long shoots, after a week or 

 ten days the bowls were removed to the small 

 plant-room in full sun where they seemed fairly 

 to leap into bloom, the temperature of this little 

 conservatory being from 70 to 75 degrees. 



In fibre-planting the bulbs should be set down 

 deep, and even then some pebbles will be found 

 useful to support the bulb as the roots push it 

 higher. Also the bowl cannot be filled at once 



The Readers' Service is prepared to advise parents in regard to scJwols 



