Garden Work in October 
a need which is not compassed by such societies. 
St, Louis is providing municipal playgrounds as 
an essential of her great scheme for the City 
Beautiful. The value of these institutions lies 
not alone in health-giving air but the development 
of play. It is said that one reason why even the 
volunteer American soldier is superior to the 
average European is that he is trained in sports. 
It seems a pitiful thing that a child should not 
know how to play. Play offers health, courage, 
self-control and the rules of amateur sport are 
the rules of making a high type of manhood. 
Some form of recreation is necessary to the average 
being and play is a powerful educator. Children 
on these municipal playgrounds are given a variety 
of exercise and the greatest possible number of 
materials to handle. Many a handsome lawn is 
devoted to hose and lawn mower which could he 
given to children for play. This has been done 
in some places and the owners claim that as a 
rule the children do not abuse their privileges and 
are appreciative of the kindness of the donors. 
Play is a child’s real life. All the activities of 
home and the world go on in the playground, and 
the child is unknowingly preparing for what is to 
come. This is an added reason why playgrounds 
should be universal. Opportunities for fresh air 
and play are not merely advantages to be desired, 
they are necessities. I'oo strong and earnest effort 
cannot be made for the benefit of our hoys and 
girls of the submerged class and those in danger 
of becoming submerged. 
GARDEN WORK IN OCTOBER 
By Ernest Hemming 
TX AHILE perhaps we on this side of the water 
envy the beautiful evergreens and other 
features of the European gardens, the glorious 
autumn tints of the American trees and shrubs 
are the envy of all European travelers who may 
be fortunate enough to see them at their best. 
As now is a good time to transplant trees and 
shrubs, it is an easy matter for any one to carry 
out his own ideas and arrange for fall effects while 
the different colors and tints are fresh in the mind. 
Many plants are so brilliant that they are well 
worth planting just for the fall effect. The fol¬ 
lowing are a few of the best for the purpose: 
place until needed for covering plants during 
the winter. There is nothing better for mulching 
the rhododendron beds, they may be used very 
liberally for this purpose at once. If they are 
well worked in among the stems they will not blow 
about and by the spring will have rotted aw’ay 
almost to nothing, furnishing the rhododendrons 
wdth just the kind of food they need. 
The first sharp frost will make the flower beds 
look very badlv. It is hardly credible the change 
a few degrees of frost will make among tender 
plants. After caring for the plants all summer 
it seems pretty hard to see them spoilt while at 
Botanical Name. 
Acer rub rum. 
Acer saccharinum. 
C eras us Seiboldi. 
Cornus Florida. 
Cercidiphyllum 'Japouicum. 
CratcDPUs. 
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Fraxinus Americana. 
L'lriodendron tulipifera. 
Nyssa multiflora. 
Ouercus alba. 
Quercus coccinea. 
Rhus. 
Sassafras officinale. 
The rich olive green of the California privet, 
which holds its leaves well into the winter, is an 
excellent contrast to the autumn coloring and should 
be used freely for that purpose. 
Raking and cleaning up the falling leaves is 
one of the principle jobs of the month. They 
should be stored in a heap in some out of the way 
Color. 
Scarlet. 
Scarlet and orange. 
Dark red. 
Scarlet. 
Tellow and purple. 
Scarlet and orange. 
Tel 1 01V or violet purple. 
Bright yelloiu. 
Scarlet. 
Vinous purple. 
Scarlet. 
Mostly scarlet. 
Orange and scarlet. 
their best, as many often are, but change is the 
spice of life, and life itself is a continual change 
in the oarden. 
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Empty the beds without delay, and even where 
they are not to be planted again before the spring, 
give them a coat of well-rotted manure and have 
them nicely dug and left looking clean and tidy. 
Common Name. 
Red Maple. 
Sugar Maple. 
'Japanese Cherry. 
Flowering Dogwood. 
Katsura Tree. 
Hawthorn. 
Ash. 
Tulip Poplar. 
Sour Gum. 
White Oak. 
Scarlet Oak. 
Sumac. 
Sassafras. 
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