﻿September, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  XV 
  

  

  still 
  be 
  magnificently 
  effective 
  when 
  early 
  win- 
  

   ter 
  shuts 
  down 
  upon 
  the 
  garden. 
  

  

  Strong 
  Carnations 
  for 
  winter 
  use 
  are 
  best 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  what 
  are 
  known 
  as 
  field-grown 
  

   plants, 
  in 
  fall. 
  These 
  are 
  plants 
  which 
  are 
  

   grown 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  ground 
  during 
  summer. 
  

   They 
  make 
  a 
  strong, 
  vigorous 
  growth 
  then, 
  

   and 
  have 
  been 
  pinched 
  back 
  until 
  they 
  have 
  a 
  

   good 
  many 
  short 
  branches 
  starting 
  from 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  plant. 
  All 
  our 
  leading 
  florists 
  can 
  

   furnish 
  them. 
  Order 
  them 
  in 
  September. 
  

   Pot 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  rather 
  heavy 
  loam. 
  Do 
  not 
  use 
  

   large 
  pots. 
  Keep 
  them 
  out 
  of 
  doors 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   you 
  can 
  do 
  so 
  safely. 
  When 
  they 
  are 
  brought 
  

   indoors 
  give 
  them 
  a 
  place 
  in 
  a 
  room 
  that 
  is 
  

   without 
  fire-heat, 
  if 
  possible. 
  But 
  let 
  it 
  be 
  

   light, 
  and 
  sunny. 
  Shower 
  frequently 
  to 
  pre- 
  

   vent 
  injury 
  by 
  the 
  red 
  spider. 
  Water 
  mod- 
  

   erately. 
  

  

  * 
  * 
  * 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  gardens 
  of 
  many 
  amateur 
  florists 
  will 
  

   be 
  found 
  strong, 
  sturdy 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  Mar- 
  

   guerite 
  strain 
  of 
  carnation. 
  These 
  are 
  grown 
  

   from 
  seed 
  sown 
  in 
  spring. 
  They 
  do 
  not 
  come 
  

   into 
  bloom 
  until 
  rather 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  season, 
  as 
  

   a 
  general 
  thing. 
  Indeed, 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  

   will 
  be 
  full 
  of 
  buds 
  not 
  quite 
  ready 
  to 
  open 
  

   when 
  cold 
  weather 
  comes. 
  But 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   plants 
  will 
  have 
  bloomed 
  before 
  that, 
  and 
  if 
  

   any 
  of 
  them 
  show 
  double 
  flowers, 
  of 
  good 
  

   color, 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  put 
  into 
  pots 
  for 
  house- 
  

   use 
  for 
  the 
  coming 
  winter. 
  They 
  will 
  bloom 
  

   much 
  more 
  profusely 
  than 
  the 
  ordinary 
  green- 
  

   house 
  sorts, 
  but 
  their 
  flowers 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  so 
  

   large, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  will 
  be 
  altogether 
  

   lacking 
  in 
  fragrance. 
  Their 
  range 
  of 
  color 
  is 
  

   limited, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  green- 
  

   house 
  varieties, 
  but 
  among 
  a 
  score 
  or 
  more 
  

   of 
  seedlings 
  you 
  can 
  almost 
  always 
  find 
  some 
  

   good 
  pinks, 
  and 
  whites, 
  and 
  pale 
  yellows. 
  

  

  THE 
  PANSY 
  BED 
  

  

  By 
  Benjamin 
  Ide 
  

  

  THE 
  pansy 
  is 
  a 
  plant 
  that 
  responds 
  mag- 
  

   nificently 
  to 
  any 
  intelligent 
  treatment, 
  

   and 
  its 
  requirements 
  are 
  neither 
  exact- 
  

   ing 
  nor 
  expensive. 
  Given 
  good 
  seed 
  one 
  is 
  well 
  

   on 
  the 
  way 
  to 
  notable 
  results, 
  and 
  it 
  remains 
  

   only 
  for 
  the 
  gardener 
  to 
  co-operate 
  with 
  nature 
  

   to 
  be 
  richly 
  rewarded. 
  It 
  is, 
  however, 
  useless 
  

   to 
  expect 
  fine 
  pansies 
  from 
  cheap 
  or 
  common 
  

   seed. 
  Good 
  pansy 
  seed 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  raised 
  by 
  

   scientific 
  methods. 
  It 
  is 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  question 
  

   to 
  save 
  seed 
  of 
  any 
  special 
  strain 
  or 
  color 
  from 
  

   beds 
  of 
  mixed 
  flowers, 
  and 
  this 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  

   measure 
  accounts 
  for 
  the 
  seeming 
  high 
  price 
  of 
  

   the 
  best 
  florist's 
  strain 
  of 
  seed. 
  One 
  should 
  

   look 
  with 
  suspicion 
  on 
  cheap 
  packets 
  of 
  seed 
  

   or 
  seed 
  offered 
  for 
  premiums. 
  Good 
  pansy 
  

   seed 
  of 
  the 
  purest 
  and 
  finest 
  strains 
  can 
  not 
  

   be 
  purchased 
  for 
  less 
  than 
  twenty-five 
  cents 
  a 
  

   packet, 
  and 
  certain 
  strains 
  are 
  well 
  worth 
  the 
  

   fifty 
  cents 
  asked. 
  These 
  high-priced 
  strains 
  

   will 
  not 
  give 
  many, 
  if 
  any, 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  

   self-colored 
  pansies, 
  as 
  yellow, 
  white, 
  purple 
  

   or 
  black, 
  but 
  will 
  be 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  

   blotched, 
  ruffled 
  and 
  rayed 
  varieties 
  and 
  the 
  

   various 
  reds, 
  pinks, 
  coppers, 
  bronze 
  and 
  all 
  

   that 
  is 
  newest 
  and 
  best 
  in 
  the 
  pansy 
  world. 
  

  

  The 
  best 
  time 
  for 
  sowing 
  pansy 
  seed 
  is 
  in 
  

   August, 
  about 
  the 
  fifteenth 
  of 
  the 
  month, 
  and 
  

   from 
  then 
  on 
  through 
  September. 
  The 
  seed 
  

   should 
  be 
  sown 
  in 
  a 
  cold 
  frame 
  or 
  spent 
  hot- 
  

   bed, 
  and 
  where 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  used 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  add 
  sufficient 
  earth 
  to 
  replace 
  the 
  

   bulk 
  lost 
  by 
  the 
  settling 
  of 
  the 
  manure 
  under- 
  

   neath. 
  This 
  should 
  be 
  added 
  sufficiently 
  to 
  

   bring 
  the 
  soil 
  in 
  the 
  bed 
  somewhat 
  higher 
  

   than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  outside, 
  and 
  good 
  drain- 
  

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  should 
  exist, 
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