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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
June, 1915 
Tropical Water Lilies 
The largest and finest collection in 
America. Many wonderful hybrids. 
These are all suitable for growing in 
fountains and pools as well as ponds. 
Furnished in strong growing pot-plants. 
Victoria Regia and its hybrids, in 
several sizes. 
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fail to get 
Dreer’s Special Pamphlet on Aquatic Plants 
and How to Grow Them. Gives practical, dependable informa- 
tion valuable to anyone with an Aquatic Garden — large or small. 
Sent free if you mention this publication. 
Nelumbiums. 12 kinds, in strong 
pot-plants (or dormant until June 15th). 
No aquatic is more worthy of culti- 
vation and best of all, they are easily 
grown and are hardy. 
We offer free to our patrons the services and 
advice of our experts in devising plans for 
ponds, and in selecting varieties. 
HENRY A. DREER, 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia 
Solving the Problem 
of Home Improvement 
We will gladly help you to solve 
problems in the improvement of 
your property and without obli- 
gation to you. The more than 
half a century of experience of 
the Meehan organization in all 
garden work, assures you expert 
advice or service. Write to us 
for the information you need. 
THOMAS MEEHAN & SONS 
Landscape Gardeners & Engineers, Tree Experts 
MT. AIRY, 7106 Germantown Ave., PHILADELPHIA 
DAHLIAS 
My Special First 
Prize Collection, 
not less than 1 5 
varieties via Express. $7 worth for $5. 
Geo. L. Stillman, Dahlia Specialist 
Westerly, R. 1. Box C=5 
Turn in Your Tree Troubles. Write us 
fully. We may be able to make suggestions that 
would be of great value. Readers’ Service. 
Some Helpful Hints To Those Who Have Put Off 
Planting Nursery Stock Until Now 
Every Spring, people hav e a planting panic. They seem to 
think that if they don't do all their planting of flowers, shrubs 
anti trees by the middle of April, they must wait an entire year. 
Send for “Never Too Late To Plant” and see what you can 
still do in the way of planting. 
THIS IS RHODODENDRON TIME 
and we are selling the variety, Mrs. Charles S. Sargent — the 
best and purest bright, happy pink. The foliage is dense 
and handsome — as good a green shrub as boxwood, and 
stays a beautiful green all winter. There is a color plate 
of it in our new Rhododendron Book. 
SOMETHING UNUSUAL 
To those really interested, we will send .free, 
a generous box of real Rhododendron flowers 
in assorted colors. You can then select the 
actual colors you like, and order from them. 
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flicks jre^j 
Ierich0 Isaac Hicks & Son 
Turnpike, Westburu . Lorvf Island 
SCHOOL OF HORTICULTURE FOR WOMEN 
U 8 Miles from ‘Philadelphia ) 
Fall Term of regular two-year 
course begins Sept. 14th. Practical and 
theoretical training in the growing of 
fruits, vegetables and flowers. Simple 
carpentry. Bees. Poultry. Preserving. 
School Gardening and the Principles of 
Landscape Gardening. Constant de- 
mand for trained women to fill salaried 
positions. Write for Catalogue. 
Jessie T. Morgan, Director 
“Ambler, I»u. 
ORCHIDS 
Largest importers and growers of 
Orchids in the United States 
Send twenty-five cents for catalogue. This amount will be refunded 
on your first order. 
LAGER & HURRELL 
Orchid Growers and Importers SUMMIT, N. J. 
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ORDER 
DUTCH BULBS 
NOW 
Nurseries also at 
Sassenheim, Holland 
Until July 25th \ 
we take advance orders for the VERY CREAM of 
Darwin, Breeder and Rembrandt 
Tulips and best Narcissi 
Let us send our Special List of these and 
also our Autumn Catalogue 
Franken Brothers Deerfield, 111. 
Keep on Planting 
K EEP a dust mulch in the borders throughout 
the hot season, i. e., keep the soil constantly 
stirred in and around the plants. If they are closely 
planted it can be done with a forked trowel. Unless 
the rose beds have a ground cover of low growing 
annuals, such as sweet alyssum, mignonette, and 
portulaca, the soil should be kept constantly stirred 
to conserve the moisture, or a mulch of grass clip- 
pings or pine tags kept around the rose bushes to 
protect them from the intense rays of the sun. 
Successional sowings of annuals should be made 
every two weeks. In this manner one can have na- 
sturtiums, larkspur, cornflower, phlox, mignonette, 
and sweet alyssum late into the fall. It is too hot 
in July to sow them but one can begin again about 
the end of August. 
Spray the hollyhocks to prevent curly leaf and 
other diseases. Bordeaux is good for this. Leave 
no dead flowers on the rose bushes, and in spraying 
them add arsenate of lead to the bordeaux as a 
preventive against beetles or rose chafers. 
Plant with the asters a few pepper plants. Thus 
the asters are saved from the ravages of the black 
beetles as they prefer the pepper plants. The 
clematis vine should be dusted with slug shot early 
in the morning when the dew is on the vine and 
when the beetle first appears. 
Pinch off chrysanthemums to make a few large 
blooms and dust with tobacco dust for the aphis. 
Slug shot is also effectual. Cut away all but the 
main shoot of the dahlia plant, allowing only one 
strong stem to grow. Support with a stake and 
trim off the top to make strong, stocky plants. Do 
not fertilize top heavily. 
Pinch back cosmos plants to make them branch 
out, and prevent spindly growth. 
The vegetable garden requires much attention 
this month in keeping down the weeds, preserving 
moisture by creating a dust mulch, in constantly 
stirring the soil, and spraying vigilantly to destroy 
diseases and insects. Two months is the length of 
time to allow for cutting asparagus, so, as it is 
usually ready to cut the first of April, by June one 
should stop cutting. Coarse salt thrown over the 
bed will keep down weeds and be helpful. 
Plant Navy beans and cultivate freely but only 
when the vines are dry, as otherwise they will rust. 
Budding and grafting are done this month, when 
the wood is perfectly ripe. 
Make the first transplanting of celery from the 
seedling beds to a coldframe, planting them three 
inches apart in the rows that are four inches apart. 
About the end of July, when good strong plants, 
transplant to the open ground. Shade plants care- 
fully from the hot sun by slat screens or pine boughs 
and always keep thoroughly well watered. 
Pinch back tomato plants and train main stem to 
a stake. If trained instead to a coarse wire netting 
laterals can remain and be trained as one does grape 
vines. 
Be vigilant in spraying for beetles and worms on 
potatoes, tomatoes, and melons from the time the 
plants appear above ground. 
The corn worm and smut can be controlled if 
taken in hand at the start. Bordeaux is effectual, 
and with the arsenate of lead in it and the spray 
directed with force into the end of the ear of corn 
at silking time, the corn worm will be eradicated. 
A dry spray of arsenic and sulphur pumped into the 
tip end of the ear of corn has proven most efficacious. 
Peas cannot be planted in hot weather, but con- 
tinuous plantings of corn, beets, and snap beans can 
be kept up until the middle of September. 
Plant Irish potatoes for winter crop, according 
to directions given in The Garden Magazine for 
the early potato. The Green Mountain potato is a 
very desirable kind. Set out sweet potato plants 
now. A good sandy loam is the best soil for this 
crop. Do not make it too rich or the plants will run 
to vine. 
J. M. Patterson. 
