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T H E G A R D E X M A G A Z I X E 
September, 1916 
Plant MOONS’ EVERGREENS in Early Autumn 
Use them to adorn house foundations; to screen objectionable buildings; to decorate lawns generally. 
Moons’ have an Evergreen for Every Place and Purpose. This stock has developed a symmetry 
of form and vigor of growth that insure attractive plantings. 
Send for catalog. Better still describe the planting you have in mind, and get our estimate of 
cost for Evergreens that give you enjoyment the year round. 
THE WM. H. MOON COMPANY 
Nurserymen 
Makefield Terrace Morrisville, Pa, 
The Moon Nursery Corporation 
White Plains, N, Y. 
Philadelphia Office 
21 South Twellth Street 
Start a Fernery 
Brighten up the deep, shady nooks on your lawn, or that dark porch comer— just 
the places for our hardy wild ferns and wild flower collections. We have been 
growing them for 25 years and know what varieties are suited to your conditions. 
Tell us the kind of soil you have— light, sandy, clay— and we will advise you. 
GILLETT’S Ferns and Flowers 
will give the charm of nature to your yard. These include not only hardy wild 
ferns, but native orchids and flowers for wet and swampy spots, rocky hillsides 
and dry woods. We also grow such hardy flowers as primroses, campanulas, 
digitalis, violets, hepaticas, trilliums and wild flowers which require open sunlight 
as well as shade. If you want a bit of an old-time wildwood garden, with flowers 
just as Nature grows them, send for our new catalogue and let us advise you what 
to select and how to succeed with them. We are glad to call on you and advise you 
regarding woodland planting and natural gardens. Price for this is reasonable. 
EDWARD QILLETT, 3 Main Street, Southwick, Mass. 
Double Value This Month 
I his unusual “get acquainted” offer enables you to pro- 
vide for a lovely display of Early Single Tulips at almost 
no cost. The regular price for these bulbs is too for ^i.oo 
but I will send double value, 200 good plump bulbs, well 
mixed as to color, all for only $1.00, if you mention this 
magazine. Order now. Satisfactory bulbs guaranteed. 
Clarence B. Fargo, Desk 6, Frenchtown, N. J. 
Other Specials: 50 Hyacinths, or 100 Nar- 
cissus — doable value — lor only $1.00. 
Iris and Phlox — 
Are two of the best plants for the hardy garden. 
I have a large collection of both plants, but am 
not able to list them in this space; my collection 
includes: — 
40 varieties Japanese Iris $2.50 per doz. 
10 varieties Japanese Iris, 
extra strong 5.00 per doz. 
40 varieties German Iris 1.50 per doz. 
10 varieties German Iris, extra 
strong 3.00 per doz. 
25 varieties Hardy Phlox 1.50 per doz. 
12 varieties Phlox, extra strong, 
selected 3.00 per doz. 
Just say how many you want and mail your check to-day. 
ADOLF MULLER— De Kalb Nurseries 
Norristown Pennsylvania 
“Grandpa and I grew 
these peonies. Want 
some ?” 
IRIS 
and 
PEONIES 
Send for Price List 
, GEORGE N. SMITH 
Wellesley Hills, Mass. 
Iris from Seed 
D AISING Iris from seed is one of the most 
fascinating pastimes imaginable. One 
never knows what to expect in the coming 
blossoms! The seeds should be well matured 
before planting, either by taking off the bolls 
as they begin to open and allowing them to I 
ripen thoroughly, or by covering them with a I 
piece of netting over the plant to prevent loss. ' 
1 hey should be planted early in the fall in a 
sunny spot and in soil which has a good drain- 
age. 
We planted some seeds in September one 
year, but they did not germinate until the fol- 
lowing spring. Then the little pointed leaves 
peeped through the ground and grew so rapidly 
that in the autumn they were sturdy, vigorous 
plants. We kept the soil about them well 
stirred and watered them as they seemed to re- 
quire, but did not fertilize them at all. In the ' 
fall they were sending out little side shoots, as J 
the Iris usually does when preparing to bloom, i, 
but we were greatly surprised by their display | 
of blossoms the following spring. One plant | 
sent up four stalks of flowers, another three I 
and several two each. A few produced seed 
pods which we removed lest they should ex- i 
haust the strength of the young plants. | 
It is said to require three years for young 
Iris plants to produce flowers, but under 
favorable conditions the time may be much 
shortened. From a bed of i6o year-old plants, 
we have had blooms from 125, many of them 
very beautiful and several decidedly different 
from any of the parent plants. 
New Jersey. A. A. Kent. 
Preparing for the Winter 
S OW winter kale and spinach in drills 
about two feet apart to allow for horse 
cultivation. Sow Big Boston lettuce in 
frames first of September to be transplanted to 
coldframes the end of the month when there 
are two leaves on the plants. Force rapidly by 
applications of nitrate of soda and by rich 
earth in the frames. A great deal of rotted 
cow manure is most necessary. Give plenty 
of air to the frames in the day and shade from 
the very hot sun with the lath sash. Glass 
sash are not necessary unless the days and 
nights are cool. A quick growing lettuce like 
the May King or the Hanson should be 
planted now and forced rapidly to be used in 
the early fall. 
Dig Irish potatoes when vines die down and 
when the earth is dry and let the potatoes lie 
on the ground spread out in the shade to dry 
and then put under cover. Spread out in a 
shed or on a barn floor to dry thoroughly be- 
fore being stored. Keep throughout the win- 
ter in a dry cellar with good ventilation with a 
temperature of about thirty-five or forty de- 
grees. They can also be kept in a kiln. Di-' 
rections for making a kiln were given in The 
Garden Magazine for October, 1914; 
Dig the sweet potatoes when the frost kills 
the vines. They should be allowed to dry out 
in the shade and then taken in the house where' 
there is fire or steam heat to dry out thoroughlyj 
and go through a sweating process before being 
stored for the winter. A good plan for stor-' 
