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Wrapped warm in leafy folds, the stems 
of lilacs hold their stores of flowery gems. 
^ New Moon First Quarter ^ Full Moon 
^ iithday 17th day ^ 25th day 
Don’t be afraid to Discard. This is a safe rule for lasting satisfaction 
in your garden. When space is limited it is wise to frequently replace 
older inhabitants with newer and better varieties. 
After the garden design has been determined, preparation of the 
soil is the next consideration. Fertilization should be heavy at the 
time of garden making, so that future applications of plant food and 
top-dressing are all that will be needed for several years. Eighteen 
inches to two feet should be the minimum depth of soil preparation. 
Be on the watch for late frosts. Keep mulch and other coverings 
handy for the next few weeks. If a cold night should sneak up un¬ 
awares, sprinkle the garden early in the morning before the sun hits it. 
Autumn effects are not complete without the brilliant colors of Fall 
foliage. Flowering Dogwood, Japanese Maple, the Cotoneasters, 
Japanese Barberry and Virginia Creeper all available at the nursery 
will give added weeks of gay color to your planting. 
Colors not available in plant materials can often be added to the 
garden through the studied use of accessories. Bird houses, gay chairs 
and tables, bird baths or colorful pottery will give life to any spot that 
may be temporarily out of flower. 
In the wild flower garden remember that the acid soil plants should 
have the ground around them permanently mulched with rotting oak 
leaves or evergreen needles to maintain the acidity. Now is a good time 
to add fresh material to this covering. 
A shady place? Ferns, vinca. Gill-over-the-ground, mertensia, 
Lily-of-the-valley, Rose Daphne and pachysandra are low growing 
plants that will do well in it. Two recommended shrubs are Snow 
Hills Hydrangea and the Rhododendron. 
Wisteria vines grown from seed take considerable time to flower, 
often ten to twelve years. It is safer to buy grafted plants propagated 
from vines that are known to bloom. 
Killing Dandelions: Drop a pinch of sodium nitrate into the heart 
of each plant. The interesting fact about this remedy is that any that 
is spilled on the lawn-grass will act as a fertilizer. 
Among the things to remember at this season is the guying of newly 
set trees, so that their trunks will grow straight and eventuate in a 
well shaped specimen. Three or four guys are usually sufficient. An 
old piece of rubber hose makes a good protection where the wires sur¬ 
round the trunk. 
The U. S. Department of Agriculture recommends napthaline crys¬ 
tals as a fungicide. Sprinlded around the Rose bed early in the season 
it will eliminate a great deal of the Black Spot and mildew in mid¬ 
summer. It also keeps cut-worms away from Delphiniums, Phlox and 
newly set annuals. 
686, the town of Falmouth marked its 250th anniversary not with 
> adopting the modern system of representative Town Meetings for 
msiness. 
