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T II E (; A R I) E N :\I A G A Z I N E 
October, 1916 
Get This Free 
FALL 
FLORAL 
GUIDE 
A real help in select- 
ing from the “Best 
Roses in America.” 
Brimful of practical, 
useful information on 
planting and cultiva- 
tion. Suggests hardy varieties for fall 
planting and others for the greenhouse. 
All C & J Rose trees are guaranteed to 
bloom. We also list a choice line of Peonies, 
Perennials and Bulbs. There’s lots of 
valuable information in our Guide that 
will help you along the road to floral suc- 
cess. Remember it’s free. Write to-day. 
The CONARD 
& Jones Co. 
Box 24, West Grove, Pa. 
Robert Pyle, President 
Antoine Wintzer, V ice-Pnsident 
Rose Specialists — backed 
by SO years* experience 
OCTOBER BULBS FOR 
APRIL BLOOM 
Great Bargain Offer 
Do not miss this. It will appear but ONCE. 
Our name guarantees you the quality. 
100 Rainbdw tinted single tulips $1.50 
100 Rainbow tinted double Tulips 1.50 
100 Rainbow tinted Late May or Darwin Tulips. . 1.50 
50 Rainbow tinted Bedding Hyacinths 1.00 
100 Rainbow tinted Crocus ® .75 
100 Rainbow tinted Spanish Iris 1.00 
100 White and Yellow Daffodils ' 1.50 
,^50 $8.75 
650 Bulbs for $8.00, including delivery. 
325 Bulbs (half the collection) for $4.00, 
including delivery. 
Berber Bulbs (one quarter the collection) 
&*Co. \ B>r ^2.00. 
70 W«rrenSt. \. Use attached coupon for your 
New York \ order. Bulbs will be sent at 
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Name X 
Address Warren St., New York 
Harvesting the Southern Crops 
CALIFORNIA BULBS 
late Irish potato crop should be har- 
vested as soon as the blossoms and vines 
begin to die. Spread the potatoes out on the 
ground in the shade to dry and store in a cool 
cellar or in a kiln. Sweet potatoes are dug 
after the vines are killed by the frost, but they 
can be tested before that by breaking” a po- 
tato in two, and if the milky juice dries quickly 
the potatoes are ripe and ready for harvesting. 
Green tomatoes of good size and perfect 
condition should be gathered by the end of 
October or before a heavy frost, and each one 
wrapped in paper and put on a shelf in a cool 
cellar. They will ripen slowly and can be used 
during the winter. Apples can be kept, too, 
in the same manner. The temperature of the 
cellar should be between fifty and sixty degrees. 
Carrots, parsnips and salsify will keep in the 
open ground all winter. A few should be put 
in the cellar in case the ground is hard frozen or 
covered with snow. As the celery grows draw 
the earth above it. Tie soft twine about the 
stalks, beginning with the one at end of row 
and tw isting about each one across the row and 
back again and so on with the whole bed. 
This prevents the dirt from getting into the 
heart of the celery when it is banked around 
the stalks. Later on in the winter the celery 
bed is protected by a covering of pine needles 
or straw; and over this a sloping roof made of 
old planks will carry off the rain or snow. 
Strawberry plants, preferably pot grown, 
can be planted this month and indeed any 
time during the fall when the weather permits 
and the ground is not too wet. Grass seed 
should be scattered on the bare places in the 
lawn and raked in. It is not too late to make 
a new lawm if the ground is in good tilth. 
This is an excellent time to plant perennials 
and divide and transplant such plants as are 
necessary to be put into more desirable 
quarters before spring. 
All deciduous trees and shrubs should be 
planted now or as long as the weather is fine. 
Pithy fibred trees, like the 1 ulip Poplar, are 
best planted in the spring; and, in the orchard, 
planting such stone fruits as apricots, peaches 
and plums should also be deferred until early 
spring. But apples, pears, quinces, grapes 
and small fruits, like currants and goose- 
berries, are best planted now. 
Search for the peach borers at the base of the 
plum and peach trees, digging a foot below the 
surface of the ground to find them. Dig out 
with a wire or sharp knife and paint the trunk 
for two feet with coal tar. Keep the earth 
pulled away from the base of the trees to 
prevent early blooming, or the frosts in spring 
m^ destroy the fruit. 
Cut down asparagus plants and take up and 
destroy all other trash in the garden to get rid 
of insects and diseases. Plow up all unused 
ground in garden after having sprinkled it with 
lime, and leave it in a rough state so that it 
will be mellowed by winter’s freezing. 
Put rotted cow manure on Rose beds and 
turn under with the spading fork. Trim out 
all dead branches. Do not cover Roses. 
Put Paper White Narcissus in bowls of 
water with pebbles to steady them; they will 
be in bloom in six weeks. Keep up a succes- 
sion of blooming bv arranging bowls every two 
weeks. Roman Uyacinths bloom earlier than 
the Dutch variety and I ulms later still. The 
Maiden’s Blush is a lovely Tulip for the house. 
All of these bulbs are better planted in earth 
in pots and sunk in the open ground and 
brought in as needed throughout the winter. 
Virginia. J. M. Patterson. 
From a Specialist 
As a rule, the specialist leads. He does one 
thing only and generally does it well. Con- 
centrated efforts in growing bulbs and plants 
on the Pacific Coast has earned me the title 
of the only specialist in 
Native Califoniia bulbs, plants, trees, seeds, ferns and 
shrubs. Write for Catalogue A. Pronounced most dis- 
tinctive because it offers the most worth-while of ail 
California plant forms. 
Imported Datch Bulbs especially selected for Pacific Coast 
conditions. Of a quality to suit the most exacting. 
Delivered free at your door at money-saving prices. 
Catalogue B gives complete lists and explicit culture di- 
rections — Free. 
Hardy Plants in greatest variety are offered in my special 
Hardy Plant Catalogue C. It lists my choice strains and 
selections of perennial Larkspur, Campanulas, Phloxes, 
Hollyhocks, etc. My collection of Iris, Rock and Bor- 
der plants is unique. Catalogue C suggests interesting 
growing methods for each class. 
Remem^r — You are welcome to any one or all of above 
three distinct catalogues. All are free. Write me to-day. 
mmm CARL PURDY, URIAH, CAL. 
IRISES 
Price list of standard varieties and some new introductions with 
out illustrated treatise on The Iris, mailed upon request. 
THE DEAN IRIS GARDENS 
Iris Specialists Moneta, California 
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I Kills all tree pests without injury to trees. Fertilizes 
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and guarantee satisfactory growth. Trees 15 it. 
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