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T H E (; A R D E X MAGAZINE 
September, 1916 
Fall 
Floral 
Guide 
^’ou will need this 
handsomely dlus- 
trated Guide in 
planning your fall 
planting. Describes 
the “Best Roses for 
America” and the choicest Cannas. 
Tells how to plant and grow them, 
too. Suggests hardy varieties for fall 
planting. Marks very best with 3^ 
making it easy to order. 
C. 6c J. Roses are so carefully grown 
that they are guaranteed to bloom. 
Send to-day for our Fall Floral Guide — free 
The CONARD 
& Jones Co. 
BOX 24 
West Grove, Pa. 
Rose Specialists — 50 Years’ Experience 
Flower Lovers’ 
Calendar for 
September 
The Madonna Lily or Lil. 
Candidum must be planted 
in September, as a Fall 
growth is necessary to insure 
next Summer’s richest bloom. 
Small bulbs give no satisfac- 
tion. 
Each X2 100 
Large Bulbs .15 $1.50 $10.00 
Monster Bulbs .20 2.00 12.00 
Jambo Balbs scarce)«30 3.00 15.00 
Delivery included in price 
PL.4NT NOW for early flow- 
ers, Freesias, Oxalis, French 
Hyacinths, Lil. Harisii, etc. 
Our Fall Bulb Book is a Gem. 
Send for it. 
H. H. BERGER & CO. 
70 Warren St, New York 
IRISES 
Exclusively 
CATALOGUE ON TiEQUEST 
THE GARDENS Dayton, Ohio 
Everything for Yard and Orchard 
LJAVE you arranged to make your 
yard individual and attractive 
thi.s spring? We will design it free, if 
desirea, or you can order from our catalog for 
immediate attention. 
Our 8co acres of fruit and flowering trees, 
flowers, vines and shrubs, etc., offer a varied 
list that will please eveo’one- 6o years of 
satisfied customers have proven their quality. 
Write for catalog at once. 
HOOPES, BRO. & THOMAS CO. 
Dept. H. West Chester, Pa. 
ing sweet potatoes is to put them in layers in 
an unused cement hotbed. Place between the 
layers of sweet potatoes a laj'er of pine tags or 
dry straw. Keep the glass sash on the hotbed 
during the cold weather, but lift it a few inches 
during the day to give a circulation of air. 
Discard all bruised or broken potatoes, or use 
them right away as they will not keep through- 
out the winter. 
Sow the seed of fall cabbage the first of the 
month in the coldframes. Later on trans- 
plant to the open ground, protecting them by 
ridges on the north side. Sow the seed or sets 
of Potato onions and Queen or Pearl onions in 
the open ground for early spring use. The 
ground should be made very rich for onions; 
a good rotten manure should be thoroughly in- 
corporated with the soil, but do not force them 
with commercial fertilizers because it makes 
them too tender for the winter months. 
Pull back the earth from the base of the 
peach trees and look for the peach borers. 
Get them out with a sharp wire or knife and 
then paint the trees with coal tar a foot below 
the ground and a foot above. It is well to 
keep the earth pulled back from the base of the 
trees throughout the winter, as this insures 
them against early blooming. Early frosts 
will injure them. 
Trim out the canes from the blackberries 
and raspberries, cutting back the new growth 
and all the old wood. Any thinning out of the 
plants should be done now. 
In the flower garden divide the perennials 
the last of the month for transplanting into 
new borders. Keep thoroughly watered dur- 
ing the dry season. Send in your order for 
Peonies early and plant out by the end of the 
month or first of October. Iris can be divided 
as late as October. 
Sow perennials in the coldframes the first of 
September and as soon as two leaves are made 
transplant into a coldframe in which the earth 
has been made very rich. These can be trans- 
planted into the open ground quite late in the 
fall or else carried over until spring, only being 
protected from the snow by the glass sash. 
If the suggestion made in the last April 
article to plant a few Chrysanthemums in pots 
was carried out they should now be watched 
carefully and protected against cold nights so 
that later they can be brought into the house 
when they are in full bloom. 
Hyacinths and Tulips for winter blooming 
should now be planted in flower pots and 
buried in the garden to be taken up as needed 
during the winter. Roman Hyacinths will 
bloom by Thanksgiving and Dutch Hyacinths 
can be forced into bloom by Christmas. A 
good Tulip of the dwarf type is Maiden’s 
Blush. Bermuda Lily can also be planted 
now to be brought into the house later. All 
arrangements for house plants should be made 
this month or not later than October. Get 
some plants of annuals from the open ground, 
such as Petunias, Verbenas, Cornflower and 
Larkspur and put them into flower pots; keep 
in the shade and well watered until it is time to 
remove them to the window garden. 
The season for flowers and vegetables can be 
greatly prolonged by protecting the plants with 
cheese cloth against sudden frosts at night. 
Indications of frost are a clear sky, dry air and 
absence of wind, so in the cold evenings of fall 
be prepared to cover up such plants as Dahlias 
and Chiy’santhemums, string beans and peas. 
Be sure and sow in one of the coldframes pars- 
ley seed so as to have a plentiful supply 
during the winter. This wdl only have to 
be protected in very cold weather by a glass 
sash. 
Virginia. J. M. Patterson. 
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Baur’s Bulb List 
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3 Delphiniums for $1 
If you don’t have Delphiniums (Larkspur) in your gar- 
den now is your chance to get Three Choice Plants of the new 
Belladonna Semi-plenum at a reduced price. This Delphin- 
ium is without doubt one of the most valuable plants for 
the hardy garden. It is a robust grower and a remarkably 
free bloomer. The semi-double flowers are a soft, clew 
blue, with a delicate touch of lilac on each (petal. It is 
very distinct and beautiful, either in the garden or as a 
cut flower. 
My catalogue. Flowers for the Hardy Garden* is a 
guide for the garden-lover. Besides full and accurate de- 
scriptions of all the most desirable hardy perennials, it 
contains a classification of color names and many sugges- 
tive hints on culture and arrangement. Ask for a copy 
when you order your Delphiniums or you may have it 
without charge at any time. 
TWIN LARCHES NURSERY 
Frank M. Thomas West Chester* Pa. 
