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  AMERICAN 
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  GARDEN 
  WORK 
  FOR 
  

   SEPTEMBER 
  

  

  Eben 
  E. 
  Rexford 
  

  

  THERE 
  are 
  many 
  flowers 
  that 
  win 
  our 
  

   friendship. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  likable 
  plants 
  

   is 
  Ten-week 
  Stock, 
  which 
  used 
  to 
  be 
  

   known 
  in 
  our 
  grandmother's 
  day 
  as 
  Gillyflow- 
  

   er. 
  It 
  has 
  many 
  good 
  merits. 
  It 
  grows 
  sturdily 
  

   with 
  most 
  ordinary 
  care, 
  and 
  in 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  

   soil. 
  It 
  blooms 
  in 
  late 
  summer, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  at 
  its 
  

   best 
  in 
  fall, 
  after 
  frosts 
  have 
  put 
  an 
  end 
  to 
  

   the 
  beauty 
  of 
  most 
  annuals. 
  It 
  comes 
  in 
  sev- 
  

   eral 
  colors 
  — 
  red, 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  purple, 
  pink, 
  

   and 
  white 
  — 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  a 
  delicious 
  fragrance 
  

   quite 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Carnation. 
  Its 
  flowers 
  

   are 
  produced 
  in 
  spikes, 
  and 
  are 
  therefore 
  well 
  

   adapted 
  for 
  cutting. 
  They 
  last 
  well, 
  if 
  the 
  

   water 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  placed 
  is 
  changed 
  

   daily. 
  

  

  Stock 
  is 
  easily 
  grown 
  from 
  seed. 
  But 
  many 
  

   seedlings 
  will 
  produce 
  single 
  flowers, 
  and 
  these 
  

   are 
  not 
  particularly 
  desirable. 
  As 
  soon 
  as 
  

   buds 
  are 
  formed, 
  one 
  can 
  tell 
  which 
  plants 
  are 
  

   going 
  to 
  have 
  single 
  flowers, 
  by 
  their 
  long, 
  

   slender 
  appearance. 
  Such 
  plants 
  should 
  be 
  

   pulled 
  up 
  at 
  once, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  strength 
  of 
  the 
  

   soil 
  given 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  double 
  

   varieties. 
  So 
  hardy 
  is 
  the 
  plant 
  that 
  we 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  find 
  it 
  in 
  full 
  bloom 
  after 
  we 
  have 
  

   had 
  severe 
  frosts. 
  

  

  Cosmos 
  is 
  always 
  admired, 
  when 
  seen 
  in 
  

   full 
  bloom, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  so 
  late 
  in 
  flowering 
  that 
  

   the 
  frosts 
  of 
  October 
  are 
  pretty 
  sure 
  to 
  cut 
  it 
  

   down 
  before 
  it 
  reaches 
  its 
  prime. 
  This 
  can 
  be 
  

   prevented 
  by 
  covering 
  the 
  plants 
  on 
  cold 
  

   nights. 
  Drive 
  some 
  tall, 
  stout 
  stakes 
  about 
  

   them, 
  and 
  over 
  these 
  spread 
  sheets 
  or 
  thin 
  

   blankets. 
  In 
  this 
  way 
  the 
  frost 
  can 
  be 
  kept 
  

   from 
  injuring 
  them 
  till 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  season. 
  A 
  

   large 
  plant 
  covered 
  with 
  bloom 
  is 
  a 
  magnifi- 
  

   cent 
  sight. 
  If 
  the 
  plants 
  can 
  be 
  started 
  in 
  a 
  

   hot-bed, 
  and 
  kept 
  going 
  well 
  during 
  the 
  sum- 
  

   mer, 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  coaxed 
  into 
  bloom 
  by 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  September. 
  For 
  backgrounds, 
  or 
  

   hedges, 
  or 
  screens, 
  we 
  have 
  few 
  better 
  plants, 
  

   as 
  it 
  grows 
  rapidly, 
  is 
  extremely 
  bushy 
  and 
  

   compact, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  pretty, 
  finely-cut 
  foliage 
  

   which 
  would 
  make 
  it 
  well 
  worth 
  growing 
  if 
  it 
  

   had 
  no 
  flowers. 
  

  

  The 
  annual 
  Aster 
  is 
  another 
  late-flowering 
  

   plant 
  which 
  deserves 
  mention. 
  Nothing 
  ex- 
  

   cels 
  it 
  in 
  floriferousness, 
  and 
  few 
  plants 
  can 
  

   show 
  richer 
  colors, 
  or 
  a 
  wider 
  range 
  of 
  them. 
  

   Red, 
  carmine, 
  rose, 
  blue, 
  purple, 
  white 
  — 
  there 
  

   is 
  variety 
  enough 
  to 
  suit 
  all 
  tastes. 
  And 
  va- 
  

   riety 
  is 
  not 
  confined 
  to 
  color. 
  We 
  have 
  tall 
  

   ones, 
  and 
  dwarf 
  ones, 
  "branching" 
  varieties, 
  

   and 
  some 
  that 
  are 
  almost 
  little 
  shrubs 
  in 
  their 
  

   compact, 
  bushy 
  growth. 
  We 
  have 
  some 
  that 
  

   resemble 
  the 
  Rose 
  in 
  form, 
  some 
  that 
  take 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  "Peony 
  flowered" 
  because 
  of 
  their 
  re- 
  

   semblance 
  to 
  that 
  favorite 
  of 
  the 
  border, 
  and 
  

   others 
  that 
  are 
  so 
  like 
  the 
  finest 
  Chrysanthe- 
  

   mums 
  in 
  nearly 
  every 
  respect 
  that 
  dealers 
  

   often 
  dispose 
  of 
  them 
  for 
  that 
  flower. 
  The 
  

   branching 
  Aster, 
  with 
  blossoms 
  borne 
  on 
  stalks 
  

   a 
  foot 
  or 
  more 
  in 
  length, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  

   of 
  all 
  flowers 
  for 
  cutting. 
  It 
  lasts 
  for 
  two 
  

   weeks, 
  if 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  placed 
  is 
  

   changed 
  daily. 
  The 
  pure 
  white, 
  the 
  pale 
  pink, 
  

   and 
  the 
  soft, 
  delicate 
  lavender 
  varieties 
  ought 
  

   to 
  be 
  grown 
  in 
  large 
  quantities 
  to 
  cut 
  from 
  

   for 
  house, 
  and 
  church, 
  and 
  all 
  forms 
  of 
  deco- 
  

   ration 
  where 
  substance, 
  and 
  lovely 
  form, 
  and 
  

   beautiful 
  coloring 
  are 
  desirable. 
  Anyone 
  can 
  

   grow 
  this 
  flower. 
  Sometimes 
  the 
  black 
  beetle 
  

   attacks 
  it, 
  and 
  often 
  ruins 
  it 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time, 
  

   if 
  left 
  to 
  do 
  its 
  deadly 
  work, 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  appli- 
  

   cations 
  of 
  ivory 
  soap 
  suds 
  will 
  soon 
  rout 
  this 
  

   enemy. 
  While 
  the 
  Aster 
  comes 
  into 
  bloom 
  

   in 
  early 
  September, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  its 
  

   prime 
  when 
  frosty 
  weather 
  comes, 
  and 
  it 
  will 
  

  

  