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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



October, 1906 



COLT'S 

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almost equal to that furnished by decayed 

 leaves. This soil is easily procured, while real 

 leaf-mold is hard to get, unless one lives in 

 the country. One-third sand may seem a large 

 proportion, but it is not too large. It keeps 

 the soil open and porous, allowing water to 

 pass through readily, and admitting air freely, 

 and as long as this is done you will have no 

 souring of the soil, consequently the roots of 

 your plants will be free from the diseases 

 which are almost sure to attack them in a soil 

 unduly retentive of moisture. If I were 

 obliged to choose between sand and manure, 

 I would choose the former. To avoid repot- 

 ting use chemical fertilizers — the very best 

 to be found on the market — and the plants get 

 all elements of plant-growth from these, in- 

 stead of from the soil. 



There will be plenty of garden-work to do 

 before the closing in of winter. Neatness all 

 the year round ought to be one of the cardi- 

 nal points in the creed of every good gardener. 

 Because most plants have ceased to bloom is no 

 reason why work in the garden should be sus- 

 pended. Pull up everything that has out- 

 lived its usefulness, and burn it, or add it to 

 the compost heap. Cut down the stalks of 

 hollyhocks, and delphinium, and golden glow. 

 If left to stand over winter, they will make an 

 unsightly blotch on the snow which covers the 

 garden-beds. Gather up the racks and trellises 

 which did duty through the flowering season, 

 and store them away under shelter. If this 

 is done, each year, these helps of the gardener 

 will last for several seasons. But, if left ex- 

 posed to winter storms, they will soon be 

 worthless. 



Eternal vigilance is the price of exemption 

 from weeds. Be ever on the lookout for 

 them. When you see one, pull it up, then and 

 there, or cut it off so close to the ground that 

 it will never start up again. Watch for them 

 until cold weather comes. Then only will they 

 give up the attempt to reproduce themselves. 



It is a good plan to do all the pruning you 

 can in the fall. It saves work for next spring. 

 This is especially the case with roses, which 

 have to be laid down and covered next month. 

 Cut away all weak wood. Thin out the old 

 branches. Aim to retain only the strongest, 

 healthiest portions of the plant. In this way, 

 we renew the plants from year to year to a 

 great extent, and keep them up to a high 

 standard of vigor. Hydrangeas can be cut 

 back to excellent advantage now. So, in fact, 

 can all shrubs which make branch-growth in 

 spring, before flowering. But such plants as 

 the lilac, Japan quince and forsythia, whose 

 buds are formed this season, must not be 

 pruned now. If this is done, you destroy next 

 season's crop of flowers. Therefore be careful 

 to confine your pruning operations to the kinds 

 which produce their flowers on the early 

 growth of the coming season. If you have 

 studied your plants as you ought to, you will 

 be familiar enough with their habits to make 

 no mistakes along this line. 



Provide yourself with some good, sharp 

 pruning-shears before beginning work. Don't 

 attempt to haggle off hard, stiff bushes with a 

 butcher-knife, as so many amateur gardeners 

 do. Do a neat, clean job of it. This you can 

 not do unless you have proper tools to do it 

 with, therefore add pruning-shears to your gar- 

 dening outfit, and you will speedily conclude 

 that it was money well invested. 



The greenhouse must be put in shape to 

 withstand the cold weather of the winter. Go 

 over the sash, and sec that the glass in it is 

 tightly held in place by stout glazier's points 

 and the best of putty. Look to the joints of 

 sash and frame, and make sure that they fit 

 snugly. If they are loose, a strip of concave 

 molding run along the line of contact, drawn 

 down firmly against each post, will effectually 



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