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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
October, 1916 
An Attractive Home Means 
Contentment 
Keep the children at home by making them 
proud of it. The most effective and eco- 
nomical way to do this, is to beautify the 
lawn. Careful arrangement and good plants 
are essential. Our Landscape Department 
has specialized in this work, is familiar with 
Wisconsin conditions, and has probably the 
largest assortment of choice nursery stock in 
the state to select from. 
White Elm Nursery Co. 
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin 
FLOWERS 
MILWAUKEE FLORIST CLUB. By Eug. Oestreicher Sec. 
It is with a feeling of satis- 
faction that we recall the flower 
and plant exhibits displayed at 
the State Fair from September 
11 to 16. Considering the ad- 
verse weather conditions which 
prevailed during the summer 
months the quality of the out 
door grown cut flowers while not 
quite up to the standard still 
made a good showing and were 
admired by many; weather con- 
ditions plus the early date of the 
Fair also were responsible for 
the lack of green house grown 
stock, which always give the 
finishing touches and arouse 
special attention. 
In the Palm and Fern line 
there never was such a display 
of variety as this year; the design 
and basket work was of a better 
quality than usual and last but 
not least the exhibit of peren- 
nials was large and of good 
quality. The arrangement too, 
as practiced this year was a 
very great improvement over 
former years displaying the stock 
to better advantage and making 
it easier for the public to get 
a better view of any particular 
exhibit. 
In regard to quality and quan- 
tity the showing made in the 
amateur class also deserves a 
word of praise. This display 
could, if properly arranged, have 
covered at least three times 
more space; too bad that it had 
to be all crowded on that one 
table, thus hiding many a good 
point which ought to have come 
to the front. We trust that 
some time in the near future we 
will get a much larger Horticul- 
tural Building which will be a 
credit to the Fair and the whole 
State of Wisconsin. 
The frost on the night of 
September 15 to 16th, which by 
the way was about four weeks 
ahead of time, did considerable 
damage to all soft wooded plants, 
such as Geraniums, Begonias, 
Salvias ,' r \ Gannas, Dahlias, etc. 
on thejoutskirts of Milwaukee, 
with a lengthy period of favor- 
able weather a good many of 
the plants which were only 
nipped, will continue to grow 
and grow again, affording great 
pleasure, so don’t be in a hurry 
to pull them up and consign 
them to the rubbish pile. 
While it is a good time to 
plan just what kind of bulbs you 
intend to plant in this or that 
place, any time after the 15th 
of October is plenty early enough 
to do planting. 
Don’t dig up those Ganna 
roots until the foliage is frozen 
to the ground; then cut the old 
foliage back to within 6 inches 
from the ground and put the 
roots in a frost proof cellar 
until early spring; try to keep 
some soil on the roots as it will 
be a great benefit to help tide 
them over. 
In order to have nice large 
Geranium plants in the spring, 
now is the time to take cuttings 
or “slips” as mother used to say. 
Fix the dates in your mind, 
Dec. 12, 13, 14. 
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