OR SEPTEMBER.

_September Meeting of the Garden Flower Society_ will be held on the
twenty-first, at 2:30 p.m., at the Minneapolis Public Library.

_Topics_, "Fall Work in the Garden."

"Planting for Fall and Winter Effects."

"Vines and Their Uses."

Have you taken any photographs of your garden, its individual flowers,
or wild flowers for our photographic contest? It is not too late yet to
get good pictures. Every member is urged to enter this competition.

_Plant peonies this month._ Old clumps of hardy perennials may be
divided and reset early this month. Flowering bulbs intended to be in
bloom at Christmas should be potted now. Grass seed for new lawns or bad
places in old ones can be sown this month.

The daffodil makes an early growth and should be planted this month.
After the first killing frosts the tender roots, like cannas, gladioli,
elephant's ears, and dahlias, can be lifted with a fork and spread out
under cover to dry, then stored in a cool cellar, free from frost.

Do not cultivate the soil after September first.

All newly set plants should be mulched lightly.

All litter about the garden can be cleared away. Any plants that have
been infested with insects or diseased should be burned. Leave no
harbors for the eggs of insects, such as old weeds, grasses or litter of
any kind.

Seeds of native plants which you wish to naturalize should be gathered
and sowed immediately in a shaded, well drained location, where the soil
has some humus.

Lily-of-the-valley should be planted this month.

Try planting a few sweet peas late in September or early October.

Important September blooming flowers are phlox, Japanese anemones;
perennial asters, or Michaelmas daisy, so-called because they are
supposed to be at their best on Michaelmas Day, September 29th;
helleniums, helianthus, hardy chrysanthemum, pyrethrum uliginosum,
boltonia.

If you have not these flowers, try and visit some garden where they are
blooming in order to know what kinds to grow.

Poppies for next June's blooming can be sown this month.

Be prepared for the first early frosts, having ready to use some light
covering, such as cheesecloth. The garden can be prolonged from two to
six weeks by this slight protection.

ORCHARD NOTES.

Conducted monthly by R. S. MACKINTOSH, Horticulturalist,
Extension Division, University Farm, St. Paul.

A CONFERENCE OF HORTICULTURAL EXTENSION WORKERS.

A conference of the Horticultur