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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



September, 1906 



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SEPTEMBER WORK IN 

 THE GARDEN 



By Eben E. Rexford 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS which have 

 been growing in the garden-beds during 

 summer ought to be lifted and potted be- 

 tween the first and the fifteenth of the month, 

 as along about the twentieth we are pretty sure 

 to have frosty weather. Not severe enough, ts 

 a general thing, to do serious damage to most 

 varieties of the chrysanthemum, but it is well 

 to guard against the possibilities of it, keeping 

 in mind the fact that any injury to this plant, 

 at this season, must interfere with the perfect 

 development of the crop of flowers which must 

 be enjoyed a little later in the season, or not 

 at all. Whatever injury happens now can not 

 be made good, as in the case of most plants 

 whose flowering season extends over a longer 

 period of time. Therefore, great care should 

 be taken to give this plant such treatment as 

 will be most conducive to its highest develop- 

 ment. 



Before lifting and potting it, water it well, 

 that the soil may cling to its roots and expose 

 them as little as possible. Have your pots 

 well soaked if they are new ones. 



In lifting a plant, cut all around it with a 

 sharp spade, making the space inside the cut a 

 little smaller than the pot the plant is to go 

 into. Then insert the spade the full depth of 

 its blade at one side of the plant and bear 

 down on its handle steadily. The ball of 

 earth containing the plant's roots will be 

 lifted to the surface without breaking apart, if 

 sufficiently moist, and by placing your knee 

 on the spade-handle, you will have both hands 

 at liberty to lift the plant away, and drop it 

 into its pot. Fill in about it with soil, and 

 press it down firmly with a blunt stick. Then 

 water well, and set the plant away in a shady 

 place where it should be left until it ceases 

 to wilt. It is a good plan to shower newly 

 potted plants every evening. Great care must 

 be taken in handling the chrysanthemum, as 

 its stalks are exceedingly brittle, and lack of 

 carefulness may undo, in a moment, the work 

 of the entire season. 



When the plants have becon.e established 

 in their pots — you can tell about this by their 

 resumption of growth — begin the application 

 of fertilizers to assist in the development of 

 the buds which have begun to form. Use 

 whatever kind of fertilizer you decide on at 

 least twice a week, taking care to not have it 

 very strong. 



Be on the lookout for aphis and black 

 beetle. These insects are likely to come at 

 any time. They must be met with prompt 

 and agressive action. Use the infusion of ivory 

 soap of which I have heretofore made fre- 

 quent mention. See that it reaches every part 

 of the plants, and continue its use as long as 

 an insect is to be seen. Endeavor to have your 

 plants perfectly clean when they are taken into 

 the house. This should be when it is no 

 longer safe to trust them out of doors, under 

 shelter. The longer they can be left outside 

 with safety, the better it will be for them. 



Provide each plant with a good support of 

 some kind, and see that it is tied securely to 

 it. This is an item of great importarce, as 

 an unsupported plant is always in danger of 

 having its stalk snapped off by an abrupt 

 movement or a sudden wind. 



Dahlias almost always give us their finest 

 flowers in the cool weather of early fall. But 

 we must take pains to tide them over the 

 danger of the first frosts, by covering them at 

 night, if we would enjoy them late in the 

 season. These plants are extremely susceptible 



