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"GARDEN MAGAZINE

Devoted to Planting and Managing the Grounds About the Home

and to the Cultivation of Fruits, Vegetables and Flowers

Volume V
February, 1907, to July, 1907

NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1907

INDEX TO THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

Volume V—February, 1907, to July, 1907
Copyrighted, 1907, by DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.

Acer, 13, 145 77+

Acetylene gas, 348.

Achimenes, 192.

Acidanthera, 157.

Actea, II.

Adlumia, 226.

Akebia, 10

Albee, Helen R., article by, 16.

Aldrich, T. H. & L. B., article and photo-
graphs by, 312.

Aleyroides, 112.

A. L. F., article by, 194.

All the Azaleas Worth Growing, 218.*

Allegheny vine, 226.

Almond, 141.

Alstroemeria, 157.

Alyssum, 296.

Amarantus, 18.*

Amaryllis, 233, 252.

Amelanchier, 140.

Ammoniacal copper carbonate, 146, 308.

Amorphophallus, 232,* 233.

Ampelopsis, 10, 26,* 27,* 28,* 84

Anemone, 12,* 156.

Angell, H. E., photographs by, 17, 19, 23,
24, 66, 68, 156, 157, 162, 163, 164, 221,
225, 227, 278, 279, 283, 284, 289, 302, 336.

Angell, I. M., photograph by, 210.

Annual Flowers, 69,* 88. 147,* 154, 176,

217. ;
for June Sowing, 296.*

Annuals, how to select, 154

Another Case Where the Small Greenhouse
Wins, 8.

Answers to Queries, 48, 112, 256, 364.

Antirrhinum, 18.

Aphides, 108.

Apple, 141.

April-Planted Sweet Corn that was Picked
June 3oth, 186.*

Aralia, 10.*

Araucaria, 114.

Arbor, 174.*

Ardisia, 80.

Are Your Larkspurs Diseased ?, 298.

Arrowhead, 344.*

Arsenate of lead, 145, 206, 332.

Art of Uncovering Bulb Beds, The, 184.*

Asparagus, 260.

culture, 158*.

Aster, 11,* 82, 166, 168,* 176.

Astilbe, 74.*

Azalea, 72,* 73, 75, 141, 218,* 238.

Azolla, 285.

Back Yard, The, 30, 96, 235, 350.

Baneberry, 11.

Barberry, 130.

Barnes, P. T., article by, 70.

Barron, Leonard, article by, 162.

Beans, 32, 34, 67, 217, 234,* 282, 284,* 358.

Bee balm, 343. ;

Beech, 76.

Beets, 66, 282.*

Begonia, 8, 9, 78, 86, 192, 198.

Berberis, 130.

Bessera, 157.

Best December Cut Flower, The, 108.
Grapes for Home Use, The, 152.*
Weeping Trees, The, 76.*

Better Evergreen Vine Than the English

Ivy, A, 84.
Way of Buying Vegetable Plants, A.
289.

Betula, 76.

Birch, 76.

Bitter-rot, 112.

The asterisk (*) signifies that the subject 1s illustrated

Black knot, 144.*
rot, 112.
Blackberries, 20.*
Blister mite, 61, 144.*
Blue spirea, 258.
Bocconia, 12.
Bog gardening, 342.*
Bone meal, 163.
Book Review, 46.
Bordeaux mixture, 146, 153, 306.
Borer, peach, 110.
Bougainvillea, 75.*
Boult, E. M., photographs by, 279, 321.
Boussingaultia, 233.
Bouvardia, 9, 108.
Box, 112.
Braunton, Ernest, articles by, 38, 80, 348.
photographs by, 80.
Broad bean, 234.*
Brown, C. L., table by, 160.
Brown, E. Stanley, article by, 298.
Brussels sprouts, 282.
Bulb Department, 86.
Bulbs, 48, 98, 114, 184.* 210,* 217, 233,*
252, 294.+
feeding, 300.
for April Planting, 156.*
for May Planting, 232.*
Bull bay, 150.
Burning Indignation From the South, 212.
Burroughs, Julian, articles by, 132, 152, 186.
photographs by, 152.
Butterfly flower, 16.
runner bean, 226.

Cabbage, 68, 282, 283.*
butterfly, 142.*
Caladium, 232, 233.*
Calcium carbide, 348.
Calendar of a Beginner, The, 96.
Calendula, 296.
California, Department 38.82, 252, 300, 348.
Californian Amateur’s Berry Garden, A
20.*
Californian’s Reminder, The, 38, 82, 198
252, 300, 348.
Calliopsis, 296.
Caltha, 343.
Calycanthus, 138, 141.*
Campanula , 12,* 227, 352.
Camperdown elm, 76,* 77.
Canary-bird vine, 228.
Candytuft, 296.
Canker, 112.
Canra, 114, 232, 233,* 300.
Canning and Preserving, 300.
Canterbury bell, 12,* 227, 352.
Carbolic acid wash, 260.
soap, 146.
Carbon bisulphide, 308.
Cardinal flower, 18, 343.
Cardoon, 192.
Carnation, 9. 114, 217.
Carrots, 9, 66, 282.
Castor oil plant, 8
Caterpillar, 144,* 145.4
Cattail, 343.*
Cauliflower, 68, 283.
Celery, 67.*
caterpilar, 143.*
Cercis, 140.*
Chard, 283.
Cheapest Gardens for the Smallest Lots,
The, 13,* 222.*
Chelone, 343.*
Cherry, 77, 112, 141, 258.
Chicken Wire for Peas, 210.*

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Chimneys for Hyacinths, 46.

Chimonanthus, 138, 141.*

Choicest Vines for Trellis, Pillar and Wall,
26.*

Chrysanthemum, 11, 82, 217.

Cinnamon vine, 157.

City backyard, A, 20.* :

Roof Garden for $9, A, 340.*
Clarke, Harold, article by, 72.
Clematis, 10.

Clivia, 316.*
Cobeea, 176, 227.
Cohosh, 11.
Coldframe, 42,* 65,* 66,* 67,* 68,* 104.
Colocasia, 232, 233.*
Combination Worth Trying, A, 88.
Common Foxglove, The, 265,* 316.
Compass for flower beds, 293.
Concrete Veranda Box for Eighty Cents,
A, 312.%
Cooperia, 157.
Copper carbonate, 146.
sulphate, 146.
Coral drops, 157.
Cordyline, 79.*
Coreopsis, 11, 296.
Corn, 32,* 186,* 217, 228,* 283, 284.*
Cornus, 77, 138,* 140,* 141.
Corrosive sublimate, 146.
Cosmos, 180, 354.
Cost of Planting Small Lots, The, 46.
Country Improvement that Costs Absolutely
Nothing, 174.*
Cress, 180.*
Crinum, 233.
Crocus, 38,
Cucumber, 106, 217, 283.
Cunningham, J. D., article by, 348.
Cup and saucer vine, 227.
Curculio, 217.
Cutflower, 108.
Cutworm, 142.*
Cydonia, 141.
Cyperus, 78.
Cypress vine, 176, 226.
Cypripedium, 343.
Cytisus, 75.

Daffodil, 98, 233, 295.
Dahlia, 8, 84, 198, 232, 233,* 238, 256, 300,
352-

Daisy, 11,

Dale, Robert, article by, 30.*

Dandelion, 163.

Daphne, 140.

Darlington, E. D., articles by, 62, 88, 212,

228, 282, 358.

photographs by, 228.

DeGraff, Marie I, article by, 304.

Delphinium, 12, 71,* 82, 298.

Densely Shaded Garden, A, 350.

Devil’s tongue, 232,* 233.

Dewberries for Prairie Gardens, 244.*

Digitalis, 265,* 316,

Dioneea, 343.

Dioscorea, 157.

Dogwood, 77, 138,* 140,* 141.

Dolichos, 226.

Doogue, Luke J., article by, 78.
photographs by, 78, 210.

Dracena, 79.*

Dragon-head, 12.

Drosera, 342.*

Dugmore, A. Radclyffe, article by, 147.
plan by, 147
photographs by, 53, 120, 184, 201,

3379 343) 344+

Dunbar, John, articles by, 69, 294.
Dykman, F. A., photograph by, 62.

Easiest Grown Iris, The, 246.
Easter Plants and Flowers, 72.*
Economy cf Garden Plans, The, 9.
Edible Wax-podded Peas, 132.

Egg plant, 66, 289.

Eichhornia, 285.

Eleven Types of Garden Enjoyment, 23 *
Elliot, J. W., article by, 84.

Elm, 76,* 77.

Endive, 283

Erica, 75.

Eschscholzia, 147,* 296.

Euonymus, 26,* 84.

Fern, 79.*
Garden, 223.
Fertilizer, 104, 153, 163, 198, 291, 300.
Fine Art of Sweet Pea Culture, The, 62.*
First-Class Home-Grown Muskmelons by
June 2oth, 102.
Fisher, Lyman J., article by, 358
Five Months of Bloom from Climbing
Roses, 330.*
Fletcher, S. W., photograph by, 68.
Floating moss, 285.
Flower beds, how to make, 292.*
planting, 293.
Flower Shows, 310.
Flowers, keeping, 72.
On and Under a Pergola, 10.*
Formaldehyde, 146.
Forsythia, 139.*

. Four Plans for a 50 x 100 ft. Lot, 338.*

Foxglove, 265,* 316.

French, Allen, article and photographs, by,
158.

Frost grape, 10.

Fruit Garden in July, The, 360.

F. T. B., article by, 100.

Fullerton, H. B., photographs by, 230, 234.

Fungicides, 146.

Galtonia, 157.
Garden, 137, 235 *
Densely Shaded, 350.
design, 334.*
enemies, I10.
furniture, 278.*
implements, 300.
making a, 92.
of Bright Red Flowers, A, 16.*
of vegetables, 30.*
roof, 340.*
records, 21.*
types of, 23.*
Gardener’s Reminder, The, 9, 61, 137, 217,
277+ 329.
Gardenia, 48.
Gardening hobby, 342.*
Garlic, 364.
Gas tar, 112.
Gate, 11.*
Gates, W. Almont, article and photographs
by, 20.
Gaura, 16.
Gelsemium, 138.
Genista, 75.
Gentian, 258.
Gishurst, 332.
Gladiolus, 84, 156,* 157.
Gleditschia, 258.
Gloxinia, 8, 192.
Good Houseplant, A., 316.
Good News About the Broad Bean, 234.*

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INDEX TO THE GARDEN MAGAZINE—Continued

Gopher, 348.

Gourd, 176.

Grading around trees, 364.

Grafting Dahlias, 256.

Grape juice, 132.

Grapes, 10, 152.*

Graves, Nathan R., photographs by, i, 17»
69; 715 725 739 742 752 100, 138, 139, 140)
141, 147, 156, 164, 168, 182, 184, 218, 219,
221, 226, 233, 265, 282, 284, 286, 287, 2865
290, 291, 292, 293, 2945295, 206, 316, 335+

Great Flower Shows of June, The, 310.

Green fly, 198, 332.

Green Lima Beans, 358.

Greenhouse, 8, 108.

plants, 192.
shading, 217.

Greensmith, Herbert, article by, 166.

Crevillea, 100.*

Griffin, Lilian Baynes, article and photo-
graphs by, 285.

Gunnera, 344.

Hamamelis, 138, 141.*
Hardening off, 65.
Hardhack, 344.*
Hardy Border, The, 36, 182.
Red-flowered Plants, 36.
Harlequin bug, 143.*
Harvey, E. T., photograph by, 337.
Hawthorn, 258.
Heath, 75.
Hedera, 26.
Hedge, 258, 260.
Hellebore, 146, 182,* 332.
Hemlock, 260.
Hepatica, go,* 92.*
Hibiscus, 343.
Holly, 358.
Hollyhock, 17.
Home-Canned Red Raspberries, 300.
Home-made Grape Juice, 132.
Honey locust,,258.
Honeysuckle, 26,* 28,* 138, 258.
Hop, 176, 225,* 227.*
Horner, M., photograph by, 24.
Hotbed, 9, 69,* 102. :
Hot Weather Transplanting Device, A., 304
Houseplants, 78,* 316.
How to Have a Perfect Garden, 137.
Make a Garden, 92.
Humulus, 227,* 225.*
Hutchinson, Mrs. Charles, photographs
by, 10, 11, 12.
Hyacinth, 46, 157, 285. 294.
bean, 226.
Hydrangea, 27, 74.*

Tberis, 296

Important Announcement, 360.

Insect powder, 146.

Insecticides, 106, 110, 145, 146, 260, 306,

332-
for June Use, 306.

Inside Facts About Table Corn, 228 *
TIpomeea, 176, 225,* 226.*
‘Ins, 156,* 201,* 217, 246, 343,* 345.*
Tron sulphate, 146.
Ismene, 233.
Ivy, 26,* 28,* 84.

Jasmine, 138.

Johnson, Miss Frances B., ph-tograph by,
278.

Johnston, John F., article by, 148.

photographs by, 141, 148.

Jones, Helen L., photograph by, 254.

July Opportunties Worth $200 or More,
329,

Juneberry, 140.

Kale, 283.*
Kayan, J. L., article and plans by, 21

Keeping flowers, 72.

Kerosene emulsion, 146, 306, 332.
Kniphofia, 156.

Kohlrabi, 283.*

Koshiba, photograph by, 335.
Kudzu vine, Io.

Landscape gardening, 334.*
Lange, O. V., photograph by, 335.
Lantana, 9.
Largest Blue Flower of the Composite
Family, The, 166.*
Larkspur, 12, 71,* 82, 298.
Lathyrus, 225.
Lavender, 116.
Lawn, 162,* 348.
feeding, 163, 348.
fertilizers for, 163.
garlic in, 364.
mowing, 164.
patching, 164.
reseeding, 162.
rolling, 162, 164.
watering, 164.
weeds, 163:
L. B., article by, 306.
Leaf hopper, 332.
Leek, 67, 284.
Leible, F. C , articles and plans by, 13, 222,
338.
Lettuce, 66,* 283.
Lilac, 74.*
Lilium, 10,* 11, 12,* 73,* 156,* 157, 233,
3432 345-*
Lima bean, 226, 358.
Lime, 106.
Lime-sulphur wash, 61, 146.
Linden, 77 *
Lobelia, 18, 344.*
Longland, William, P., article by, 10.
Lonicera, 26,* 28,* 138, 258.
Loosestrife, 343.
Lorey, Gustav, photograph by, 24.
Love-in-a-mist, 296.*
Lychnis, 17.*
Lythrum, 343.

McAdam, Thomas, articles by, 76, 156, 218,
238, 296. 300.
McCollom, William C., articles by, 225,
302, 330-
_. photograph by, 302.
McColm, Viola, article and photographs
by, 244.
McDonald, James, photograph by, 12.
McFarland, J. Horace, photographs by,
23, 25, 156, 157, 218, 278, 334, 336.
McLean, George G., photograph by, 157.
Macomber, William, article and photo-
graphs by, 346.
Madeira vine, 233.
Madigan, M., article by, 350.
Magnolia, 114, 139,* 141,* 148,* 151.
Make a Hotbed Now for Annuals, 69.*
Making a Good Start, 217
an Azalea Bed, 238.
New Varieties, 90, 166.
of a Flower Bed, The, 290.*
Maltese cross, 17.* |
Malus, 141.
Manning, Jacolyn, article and photographs
by, 340.
Manure water, 104.
Maple, 13, 14, 77-
Marguerite, 73.
Marigold, 296, 343.
Marr, T. E., photograph by, 336.
Marsh lands, reclaiming, 114.
Marshmallow, 343.
Maxwell, Henry, articles by, 138, 342.
Mealy bug, 108.
Melon, 102, 104, 217, 284.
Mignonette, 9, 82, 178, 296.

Mildew, 198, 332.

Milla, 157.

Millen, John, article by, 86.

Miller, Elizabeth S., article by, 300.

Wilhelm, articles by, 286, 334.
Missouri Botanical Garden, photo. by, 232.
Mole, 348, 364.

Monarda, 343.

Montbretia, 157.*

Moonflower, 225.

More Prizes for July Efforts, 362.

Morels, 112.

Morning glory, 225,* 226 *

Morse, W. H., articles by, 82, 198, 2°52,
300, 348.

Morus, 77. :

Moss, floating, 285.

Mulberry, 77.

Mulch, 116.

Multiplying Tulip Bulbs, 210.*

Your own House Plants, 78.*
Murray, Thomas, articles by, 154, 176.
Musk, 116,

Muskmelon, 102, 284.
Mustard, 284.
Myriophyllum, 285.

Narcissus, 98, 233 295.
Nasturtium, 17. 176, 226,* 227,* 228, 296.
National Cash Register Company, photo-
graphs by, 286, 287, 290.
Naturalizing Bulbs, 98.
Nemastylis, 233.
New Gardening Hobby for Americans,
A, 342.*
Interest in Dahlias, The, 238.
varieties, making, 90, 166.
Way to Plant Crocuses, The, 38.
to Select Annuals, A, 154.
of Growing Old Favorities, 176.
Nicctiana, 18.
Nigella, 296.*
Nile Beauties in a Tub, 285.*
Nitrate of soda, 163.
Nitro-culture, 34, 256.
Nolte, Phineas, article hy, 108.
Northend M. H., article by, 18.
Norway, maple, 13, 14.
Novelties and Rarities, 132.
Nuts, 112.
Nymphza, 260, 285.*

Office Man’s Vegetable Garden, An, 30.*

Old Collection of Hardy Magnolias, An,
148.*

Onions, 48, 66.

Opportunities that Beginners are Likely
to Miss, 277.

Orange, 258.

Orchids, 343

Osage Orange, 258.

Outdoor Living Room for $50, An, 346.*

Oyster plant, 188.

Oystershell bark louse, 142.*

Oxalis, 232.

Paint brush, 344.*
Palm, 300.
Pandanus, 79.
Pansy, 258, 296.
Papaver, 12, 16,* 17, 147,* 178, 296.
Papyrus, 300.
Paris green, 145, 306, 332.
Parrot’s feather, 285.
Parsley, 67, 68.*
Parsnips, 188.
Pathway Garden of Annuals, A, 147.*
Peach, 140
borer, 110.
leaf curl, 143.*
Pear, 260.
Peas, 68, 132, 210.*
Pecan nuts, 112.

Pendleton, W. E., articles by, 174, 182,
184, 232, 234, 289.

Pentstemon, 352.

Peperomia, 78.

Pepper, 66, 289.*

H. H., photo by, 227.

Perennials that Bloom the First Year from
Seed, 70.*

Pergola, 10.*

Personal Experiences, 84, 130, 348.

Petunia, 8.

Phaseolus, 226.

Phlox, 11, 17,* 296.

Physalis, 18,

Physostegia, 12.

Pitcher plant, 343.

Plans, 9, 13, 19, 30, 147, 222, 235, 338-

Plantain, 163.

Planting plans for city lots, 13.*

table, 70, 160.

Plants for Easter, 9.
Pleached alley, 280.*
Plum, 141.
rot, 143.*
Pogonia, 342.*
Poisoned bran mash, 146.
Poppy, 12, 16,* 17, 147,* 178, 296.
Portulaca, 296.
Potassium sulphide, 146, 332.
Potato, 9.
beetle, 145.*
Prairie Department, 244.
Primrose, 74.
Privet, 260.
Prizes for July Efforts, 362.
Propagating, 78, 79, 114, 130, 139, 151
258, 332.

Japanese Barberry, 130.
Protecting Strawberries from Birds, 302.*
Pruning, 141, 152,* 153, 217, 240, 260,

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Prunus, 16, 77, 140.
Psylla, 61
Pueraria, ro.
Puff-ball, 114.*
Pyrethrum, 12.
Pyrus, 141.

Quince, 141, 256, 258.

Radish, 190, 284.
Culture, 212.
Rankin, Carroll Watson, article by, 46.
Raspberries, 246, 300.
Raymoth, R. R., article by, 341.
Redbud, 140.*
Red-flowered plants, 36.
Red-hot poker plant, 17,* 18.
Red-humped caterpillar, 145.*
Reseda, 296.
Resin-lime mixture, 145.
Restoring a Run-down Lawn, 162.*
Retired Gardener’s Hobby, 341.
Rhode Island Experiment Station, photo-
graph by, 236.
Rhododendron, 75,* 258.
Ricinus, 8.
Ridding Land of Gophers and Moles, 348.
Rigidella, 233
Rock Garden, The, 80.
Rockery Making in California, 80.*
Rose, 11, 28,* 82, 116, 198, 217, 240, 258,
260, 321,* 330,* 332, 348.
beetle, 332.
feeding, 332.
forcing, 9.
moss, 296.
scale, 142.*
slug, 332.
Rosemary, 258.
Roses for Veranda Boxes, 240.
Rubber plant, 79.
Rutabaga, 190, 284.

INDEX TO THE GARDEN MAGAZIN E—Continued

Sage, 12, 16,* 18, 296.
Salad, 66,* 180,* 283.
Grown in Three Weeks in a Window-
sill, A, 180.*
Salix, 76, 77.
Salsify, 188.
Salvia, 12, 18, 296.
Sanderson, E. D., article by, 110, 142. *
photographs by, 142.
San José Scale, 142,* 332, 364.
Sarracenia, 43.
Saxifraga, 79.*
Saylor, Henry H., article by, 278.
drawing by, 196.
Scarlet runner, 226.
sage, 12, 16,* 18, 296.
Schizanthus, 9.
Schizophragma, 27.
School Gardening, 92.
Scott, James T., articles by, 26, 240, 290.
William, photograph by, 231.
Sea daffodil, 233.
Shad-bush, 140.
Shading, 217.
Shrubs, 138.*
Silk oak, 100.*
Skunk cabbaage, 344.
Slow but Sure Asparagus Culture, 158.
Small Greenhouse, The, 8, 108.
Snapdragon, 18.
Sods, starting melons on, 104.
Soil, 48, 86, 153.
Soluble oil, 332.
Some Vegetables Worth Planting in April,
188.
Soot, 106.
Sophora, 77.
Southern Department, 40, 172, 360.
Southerner’s Reminder, The, 40, 194.
Speedwell, 12.
Spikenard, 10,* 11.
Spinach, 67, 284.
Spirea, 258, 344.*
Spraying, 217.
apparatus, 146, 308.
Calendar for the Home Garden, A
142.
Sprekelia, 233.

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Squash bug, 106, 145,* 250.
storing, 250.
Squashes for May Planting, 248.
Standen, George, articles by, 42, 65, 102,
188, 248.
Starnes, Hugh N., article by, 298.
Start Early Vegetables at Once, 42.*
Starting Tuberous Begonias Indoors in
March, 86.
Steeple bush, 344.*
Stocks, 198.
Stokesia, 166, 168.*
Strawberries, 217, 256, 302.*
Striped beetle, 106, 143,* 248.
Sugary Southern Sweet Potatoes in the
North, 298.
Sulphur, 146.
Summer house, 281,* 347.*
Window Boxes, 286.*
Sundew, 342.*
Sun-dial, 279.*
Swainsona, 9.
Sweet bay, 150.
brier, 11.

pea, 9, 62,*63, 88, 180, 198, 225, 348-

enemies, 64.
potatoes, 298.
William, 71.*

Swiss chard, 188.

Tabor, I. G., photograph by, 335-
Tagetes, 296.

Tallest Hollies in the North, 358.
Taylor, H. G., photograph by, 337.

> Tecoma, 10, 27.

Temporary Vines for Quickest Results,
225%

Ten Dollar Vegetable Garden on a Subur-
ban Lot, A, 18.*

Tent caterpillar, 144.*

Tested Planting Tables for Vegetables,
160.

Thinning grapes, 153.

Thirty Dollars Worth of Vegetables from
a City Lot, 235.*

Three Summer-Blooming
Plants, 192.

Greenhouse

Tigridia, 232.
T. M., article by, 254.
T. McA., article by, 210.
Tobacco, 18, 106, 108, 112, 146.
Tomato, 66, 284, 289.*
Vines Thirty Feet Long, 254.*
Tools that Help in June, 300.
Transplanting devices, 304.
plants and flowers, 350.
Trees and Shrubs that Bloom before the
Leaves, 138.*
Trees, filling in about, 364.
weeping, 76.*
Trenching, 331.
Tritoma, 17,* 18, 156, 157.*
Tropzolum, 17, 176, 226,* 227,* 228, 296.
Troth, Henry, photographs by, 16, 18, 24,
26, 27, 28, 66, 67, 68, 76, 77, 139, 140,
152, 153, 220, 226, 233, 278, 279, 280,
281, 283, 291, 293, 334, 335:
Troy, John P., photographs by, go, 92.
True and False Originality im Garden
Design, 334.*
Trumpet creeper, Io. -
vine, 27.*
Tuberose, 233.
Tulip, 210,* 294.
Turnips, 190.
Turtle-head, 343.*
Twenty-five-Foot Square Garden, A, 235-*
Two Dollar and a Half Window Box for
$1.25, A, 194.*
Two Hellebores Worth Knowing, 182.*

Ulmus, 76.*
Umbrella piant, 78.
tree, 150.
Up-to-date Remedies for Insect and Fungus
Pests, 145.

Value of the Silk Oak, The, 100.*
Vegetable garden, 18,* 30,* 94.
Vegetables, 19,* 42,* 102, 188, 235,* 248,
289, 298, 348.
for June Sowing, 282.*
Venus’s flytrap, 343.
Veranda box, 240, 312.*

Veratrum, 182, 184.*

Verbenas, 8, 9.

Vermont Experiment Station, photographs
by, 147, 18c, 283.

Veronica, 12.

Vest-pocket System of Garden Records,
A, 21.*

Vine, Evergreen, 84.

Vines, 10, 26,* 27,* 28,* 157, 176, 225,* 226,
227, 228, 233, 254.* :

Violets, 252.

Virginia creeper, 10, 26, 27.*

Vitis, 10.

Water hyacinth, 285.
Watering, 65, 94, 102, 287.
Water-lilies, 217, 260, 285.*
Ways to Kill the Peach Borer, 110.
Webster, A. F., article and plan by, 235.
Whale oil soap, 146, 306.
What to do With Old Bulbs, 294.*
White fly, 112.
Whole Art of Managing Coldframes, 65.
Why We do not Print more Southern
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The second edition of our
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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 7

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FeRRuUARY, 1907

Beauty or Profit.

TREES are
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with the roots, otherwise they may not keep
up their lead.

Item 3. Of all the tender flowering plants
for porch and window decoration in mid-
summer gloxinias are at once the most
gorgeous and the most refined. This is
the time their tubers begin to stir with new
life, and if you have some repot them.
Tuberous rooted begonias need the same
attention.

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about their dahlias during the winter
until April, when they go down cellar and
find the roots of all their choice varieties
shrivelled beyond recognition or reduced to a
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THIS IS THE SECOND OF A SERIES OF CONFIDENTIAL TIPS
ABOUT THE SEED BUSINESS WHICH WILL REVEAL SOME
INTERESTING AND VALUABLE SECRETS THAT YOU OUGHT
TO KNOW, IF YOU WANT THE BEST THERE IS TO BE HAD

=a)H1Y the Chinese, who brought the chrysanthemum to such an extraordinary pitch of per-
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The Economy of Garden Plans
INES good dollars are wasted each year
because the garden is improperly
planned. To be a success, a garden should
bring in as much as, or more than, it costs.
There is only one way to have your garden
practically perfect, and that is to plan it
carefully during the early months of the year.
Make a definite scheme on paper, and stick
to it. Of course, there will be errors and
omissions, but the experience you will gain
will be worth a great deal in future years.

Draw the plan on a fairly large scale,
so that each row in the vegetable plot can
be marked, and the vegetable which is to be
grown there plainly written in; also, indicate
on this plan what the second and third crops
are to be, with the probable planting date of
each. See the illustration on page 22 of this
issue of THE GARDEN MAGAZINE.

The professional gardener always makes a
working plan which he hangs upon the wall
of the tool-shed. He finds that a garden
which has been planned before planting is
more nearly complete than one which has not
been planned. Planning enables him to
arrange for a much better succession; more
than that, there is more time now to scheme
and arrange than there will be later on; and
the ultimate result of work done now is
economy of time, money, and effort.

Another advantage of making the plan
now is, that you will know at an early date
what seeds you need and can order them
promptly, and by early ordering, you avoid
the danger of finding that the stock of what
you most need has run out.

In planning the vegetable garden, try to
have the space to be cultivated longer than
it is wide, because it saves time in turning
at the ends of the rows. If possible, have
these rows run north and south, rather than
east and west, because the plants will be less
shaded.

You cannot accomplish much in the actual
growing of plants during this month; in fact,
outdoor work is at a standstill. But the seeds-

men’s catalogues are now ready; get them,
and by a careful study now, become acquain-
ted with all the novelties that are offered.
Make a selection of a few of these, but never
make the mistake of trusting your entire
garden to the season’s novelties. Place your
reliance upon the old time, well-tried favor-
ites, or such recent novelty as has proved
itself worthy under your special conditions.
Very few varieties do equally well under all
conditions, and in all sections of the country.

Read the various articles in the back
numbers of THE GARDEN MAGAZINE, such
as: “A Complete Garden for a Family of Six,”
3:265. (These figures refer to the volume
and page; this reference meaning Vol. 3,
page 265.)

A less pretentious garden, yet one which
supplied a family of three adults with all
its vegetables, is described in 2:268.

If you are a commuter, and have only a
few minutes each day that can be devoted
to the garden, read the results of devoting to
it ten minutes a day, 3:71.

Now is the time to select the vegetables
which you are to eat at this time next year.
Read Mrs. Barron’s article, ‘Fresh Vege-
tables All Winter,” 4:183, and get some ideas
as to the requisite quantities and desirable
varieties.

HOW TO ENSURE ‘‘SUCCESSION”’

But, after all, the most difficult thing is to
provide for a proper succession. ‘The ground
should never be without a crop, and under a
proper system, a small plot of ground will
give as great a total return as a much larger
area. Study the classified planting tables
(3:155), which show the time taken for the
various crops to reach maturity; and what
varieties to plant for succession. In Mr.
J. T. Scott’s article (3:332), are suggestions
for vegetables to follow the early peas, early
potatoes, etc.

If you want to grow the very best vege-
tables, that is, vegetables of quality, regard-
less of all other considerations, read:

Cucumbers and Melons, 2:61;

Lettuces, 3:318;

Onions, 4:204, 306;

Peppers, 3:325;

Potatoes, 3:143, 158;

Tomatoes, 3:223, 4:62;

Unusual vegetables, 3:20.

For the flower garden, valuable suggestions
can be had from reading the following art-
icles:

Annuals, 3:28, 139, 226;

Hardy perennials, 3:145, 2125

Alpine flowers, 3:133;

Asters, 3:166.

Chrysanthemums, 3:274, 280;

Sweet peas, 3:170, 172, 174.

For the suggestions about planning the
fruit garden, read Pofessor Fletcher’s articles,
3:68, 220, 276, 327; 4:10, 125 (especially the
last, where complete planting plans are given).

If you would know what insect pests to
watch for, and how to combat them when
they come, read 3:64, 158, 232, 288, 320,
346; 4:12.

SEEDS FOR FEBRUARY SOWING

You can have early summer flowers in the
conservatory, and plants in flower for bedding
out in May, by starting seeds now in the
greenhouse or even in the window. Other-
wise, you must buy potted plants from the
florist. All these are easily handled: cocks-
comb, China aster, verbena, Marguerite
carnation, sweet sultan, periwinkle, and the
varieties of the Vernon begonia. If seeds
are sown not later than the first week of Feb-
ruary, they will make strong plants in 24-inch
pots by bedding out time.

Sow sweet peas for spring and early sum-
mer flowers indoors, or sow in pots for later
transplanting to the open ground as de-
scribed by Mr. Presby in the December
GARDEN MAGAZINE, page 227. He had
them in bloom May r7th. See if you cannot
beat your neighbors next season, and send
us the record, with a photograph, for next
December’s collection of “Achievements.”

Make cuttings of Lantana. Propagate
Bouvardia (by root cuttings) and Swain-
sonia. This month is the last for making good
carnation cuttings, and the earlier in the
month the better. March cuttings, if they
strike at all, rarely make strong plants.

Sow seeds of Schizanthus and mignonette
for pot culture.

TABLE DELICACIES FROM HOTBEDS

Just for once, try a few extra early potatoes
forced in the hotbed or the small greenhouse.
Plant the tubers on end in flats of sand until
sprouted, then pot singly in 8-inch pots only
half full of soil, filling up as growth proceeds.

Carrots of the Early Short Horn type
may be grown in deep flats, or in drills in
the hotbed itself. They will be ready in ten
weeks and nothing can be more welcome than
these early forced vegetables, of exquisite
tenderness and delicacy of flavor. Also sow
a drill of forcing radish every ten days.

PLANTS FOR EASTER

There is just time to have Crimson Ram-
bler roses in bloom for Easter, if forcing is
begun on January 15th. This gives exactly
ten weeks. Start in 50° to 54° at night,
syringe the wood every clear morning, and
when the buds break, raise the temperature
to 58°, which should be maintained until
the flowers open.

sm ice a a a RR

This pergola is attractive every day of the growing season because of its well-selected vines, perennials, and shade-loving trees

Flowers on and Under a Pergola—By Wm. P. Longland,

Wis-
consin

THE VINES THAT PROVIDE A SUCCESSION OF BLOOM FOR EIGHT MONTHS, AND
THE FLOWERS THAT THRIVE BEST ON THE SUNNY AND SHADY SIDES BELOW

HE pergola shown above is a rustic one
at the summer home of Mr. Charles
Hutchinson, Lake Geneva, Wis. Because
it leads from the house directly to the woods
it was made in the rustic manner. Every
pillar has a different vine, and the varieties
are so selected as to have something in bloom
upon the pergola practically every day
throughout the season.

The succession idea is much better for a
home pergola than the display idea. If you
have the whole pergola covered with one
kind of vine, the effect will be too showy for
a brief period, and exceedingly monotonous
for the rest of the season. On our per-
gola we have growing all the vines named
below.

I say nothing about the cultivation of these,
as the methods are simple, and may be had
from any good catalogue, or from various
numbers of THE GARDEN MAGAZINE.

The vine which blooms longer than any
other is the trumpet creeper (Tecoma radi-

Spikenard (Aralia racemosa) growing in a stump.
An ingenious way of softening the transition from
architecture to wild nature

cans, also known as Bignomia radicans). It
commences flowering in June and continues
to produce an abundance of orange and
scarlet blossoms through August. It has
the happy faculty of climbing by means of
aérial roots so it is unnecessary to be con-
tinually tying it in place.

Akebia (A. quinata). A very graceful
vine climbing ten or twelve feet high. The
chocolate colored flowers are borne the latter
part of May. It must be grown in a sunny
place. So it is with the beautiful white
clematis (C. Henry); its conspicuous flowers
averaging six Inches across are seen from
June to September. Its rich purple and
better known companion is Clematis Jack-
mani, very similar in habit and blooms
during June and July. There are two small
white-flowered clematises which always give
me pleasure. They are the Virgin’s-bower
(C. Virginiana) and the Japanese Virgin’s
bower (C. paniculata). The former blooms
during July and August, the latter in August
and September. The flowers are replaced
by seeds which have long fuzzy appendages,
which give the plant a woolly appearance
for a month.

FOLIAGE VINES FOR THE SHADED SIDE

In a position which is shaded from the sun
nearly all day I have a plant of the frost grape
(Vitis vulpina, also known as V. riparia), a
vigorous, tall growing vine with bright green
leaves. In June the sweet-scented flowers
fill the atmosphere with a delicious fragrance.
The cultivated grape vines are also desirable
plants for the pergola—I have a plant of
Concord—but they need the sun.

The fastest growing vine I have is the
Kudzu vine (Pueraria Thunbergiana). It
kills back nearly to the ground each winter
but the roots are hardy. It does equally
well in sun or shade.

The Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quin-
quefolia) will grow in either sun or shade.
The flowers are inconspicuous but are fol-

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lowed in August by large clusters of purple
fruit. Ampelopsis quinquefolia, var. Engel-
mann is very similar to the type but the
leaves are smaller. The fruits ripen in
August and are purple or black. This
variety has the faculty of hanging to anything
it touches by means of little sucker-tipped
tendrils. In the fall the foliage is much more
highly colored than it is in the type.

A telative of these two which always gives
satisfaction is the Japanese or Boston ivy
(Ampelopsis tricuspidata, known to the trade
as A. Veitch). This, like the previous
plant, will stick to almost anything, so that
it is unnecessary to be continually tying it into
place. It has glossy, dark green foliage all
summer long, which turns to bright orange
and scarlet in the fall.

Here it is necessary to grow it in the shade
or else it will winterkill.

The only variegated vine I have is the
variegated grape (Ampelopsis heterophylla,
var. elegans, also known as Vitis variegata).

The best lily is the gold-banded one (Lilium

auratum). It succeeds admirably tor three years when
grown among peonies, then needs replanting

FEeBRuUARY, 1907

The leaves are blotched and striped with
white and when young have a tinge of pink.
‘The flowers are borne in July and are fol-
lowed in August and September by an abun-
dance of purple berries.

In June and July two varieties of the
prairie rose (Rosa setigera, var. tomentosa,
also known as R. rubifolia), are in bloom;
Baltimore Belle, a light pink becoming
nearly white, and Queen of the Prairies, which
is bright rosy red. These must be grown
in the sun. The Crimson Rambler rose also

An entrance from a courtyard made of pebble

dashed walls. Allis harmony with the rustic char-
acter of the pergola

blooms during June and July, its bright
crimson flowers lasting an unusually long
time with us.

On the shady side of the pergola I have
a plant of the sweet brier (Rosa rubiginosa) ;
it does well there, attaining a height of thir-
teen or fourteen feet, and always has a sweet,
pleasant odor.

To protect the roses from the winter’s
cold and wind, I cover them by wrapping
with common building paper outside of which
is a covering of burlap. This is not done
until December, when the ground has frozen,
and to help keep the mice out a strand of
wire is drawn rather tightly around the bot-
tom of the covering.

PLANTS UNDERNEATH THE FRAME

The question of flowers to be grown be-
neath a pergola, in order to make each step
of the long passageway interesting and attrac-
tive, is a rather delicate one. I have tried
perhaps fifty of the favorite garden flowers
along the sunny side of the pergola, but our
list of standbys has come down to about a
dozen. The shady side of the pergola is
overhung by trees that form the fringe of an
ancient wood, and on this side the appropriate
thing is of course the modest little wild
flowers, ferns and other shade loving subjects
that are native to the woods on the estate.
There is no expense for getting the plants,
and the cultural problem is chiefly that of
providing plenty of woods earth in the beds.

There is, however, one native plant of such
extraordinary decorative beauty that we have
propagated it to a great extent, and made
it a characteristic feature of our wild garden.
This is the spikenard (Avalia racemosa), a

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plant of which is shown in the first of the
small illustrations. The old stump in which
the aralia is growing was brought from the
woods and inserted in the walk with such
painstaking care that no guest of the family
has ever suspected that it has not been there
always. The idea was to reproduce near
the end of this rustic walk a living picture
that would tempt the guests to explore the
woods beyond.

The spikenard grows from three to five
feet high. During the latter part of July
and early in August the greenish white
flowers are borne on long, slightly drooping
spikes. Later these same racemes are
densely packed with red berries which ulti-
mately change to purple. The plant is easily
grown from seed or from root cuttings taken
in the fall—October and November. It is
perfectly hardy, but prefers a rich soil in
which there is an abundance of leaf mold.

GAY FLOWERS IN THE SUN

Tn its season nothing equals the peony, and
it needs so little attention after it has
been planted. Give it a place in a sunny
well-drained border and rich soil. Its season

of bloom extends from May to July.

To keep up a gay appearance all summer
in that portion of the border where the peonies
are planted, I grow lilies between the plants.

The China aster is used as a filler, tn the late
summer, for vacant places caused by the foliage of
the perennials dying down

Lilium auraium, L. speciosum, and L. spect-
osum, var. rubrum all do well and the flowers
showing up above the groundwork of foliage
make a good show. It is necessary to give
the peonies and lilies a mulch of long manure
during the winter.

I have a continuous show of phlox from
May until frost. The first one to flower is
Phlox glaberrima, var. suffruticosa. This
blooms in May but its season may be pro-
longéd easily by removing the blooms as soon
as they begin to fade. This is followed by
the many varieties of the perennial phlox (P.
paniculata), which blooms from July to frost.
Phloxes like a good rich soil with plenty of
manure and full sunlight for best results.

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They may be divided in fall or in spring and
in this way are increased very rapidly. If
you have a favorite you want a quantity of,
lift a plant in the spring and put into gentle
heat in a frame or greenhouse; take the cut-
tings as soon as large enough to handle, put
these into sand and they will root very quickly.
Pot up when rooted, and transplant to the
open ground asconvenient. They will bloom
in August and September.

The best yellow-flowered hardy perennial
is Coreopsis lanceolata. Its flowers are two
to three inches across and are borne on long
slender stems. It isa striking plant, but to be
effective must be grown in masses, the plants
being set one to one and a half feet apart.
It succeeds in any good garden soil and is
best grown in the full sun. It is perfectly
hardy here and is better off if no mulch is
given; mulching causes it to rot in the centre
of the crown. The large flowered coreopsis
(C. grandiflora) is not perfectly hardy here.

VALUABLE FOR SHADED SPOTS

If you want a plant to grow in the most
dense shade get the red baneberry (Aciea
spicata, var. rubra). It has the additional
value of being in good shape all the season.
The plant grows one to two feet high, has
beautiful dark green foliage and in June has
a Cluster of white flowers. The flowers are
quickly followed by handsome bright red
berries which last until September. A later
species which grows a little taller and has
white fruits with black spots may be had in
the white baneberry (Actea alba). ‘These
do not need protection during the winter.

I have tried the cohosh (Acte@a spicata) but
so far have not been able to grow it in the
shade; it always dies during the hot
weather.

A good white flowered plant for the shade
where other things will not succeeed is the
giant daisy (Chrysanthemum maximum).
Its dark green leaves and white flowers with
yellow centres are always attractive. In
some of the varieties the flowers are as much
as four inches across. It blooms continuous-
ly all summer long if the flowers are removed
as soon as they begin to fade. If seeds are
started in March the plants will flower the
first year. Divide old plants every third
season, as they are very prone to rotting in

During the winter the vines need some protec-
tion. Tarred paper and burlap shield them from the
drying winds. Cover after the ground freezes

The best white flowers for late fall, the Japanese
anemone (A, Japonica). There are pinK and semi-
double varieties. Easily increased by root cuttings

the centre if too large. Give a light mulch
of straw or leaves during the winter.

The false dragon-heads (Physostegia Vir-
gimiana and its var. alba and var. speciosa),
are very desirable perennials which flower
in August. They all grow three to four feet
high and have long spikes of showy tubular
flowers. The variety alba is white, the other
two are pink. All three succeed equally well
in full sun or partial shade. Once planted
you need have no fear of losing them as they
increase very rapidly after the first year,
provided they have room and are frequently
divided and replanted.

Another good group of hardy perennials of
easy culture, with colors ranging on all shades
of blue to yellow and white is the Larkspur
(Delphinium). The Chinese larkspur (Del-
phinium Chinensis), blue, and growing about
one and one-half feet high, is in continuous
bloom from June into August. The white
Russian larkspur (D. grandiflorum, var.
album) is just as good. The taller varieties
will vary in height from three to six feet.

If the seeds are sown in March the plants
will bloom the first year. A good deep soil
with plenty of manure is what they like best,
but they will succeed in almost any soil. Re-
move the flower stalks as soon as through
blooming and plants will bloom again till frost.
For best results grown in full sun, but I
find that they also do fairly well in partial
shade.

The common pyrethrum (Chrysanthemum
coccineum, known in the trade as P. roseum)
we grow in profusion because it is so lavish
of its flowers and succeeds in either sunny or
partially shaded situations. The centre of
the flower is yellow but the outside, or rays,
is either white or shades of red such as pink,
carmine, rose, lilac and crimson and some-
times the rays are tipped with yellow. In
this section it starts flowering in May and
continues in bloom for four or five weeks. It
is very useful as a cutflower. Plant in a
good rich soil with plenty of decayed manure,
as it is a gross feeder. As soon as it has
finished flowering cut off the old flower
stalks to within three or four inches of the
ground so that the plant will have a chance
to make a strong growth for next year. Give

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protection during the winter with a light
mulch of straw or long manure.

BLUE FLOWERS ALL SUMMER

Two of the most satisfactory biennials I
have are the Canterbury bell (Campanula
Medium) and the cup and saucer (C.
Medium, var. calycanthema). ‘The latter
looks like a double flower, the reason of this
being that the calyx is the same color as the
corolla. They do very well in partial shade
and may also be grown in fullsun. Both are
to be had in various shades of blue, white
and red. The Canterbury bell commences
flowering in May and lasts in good condition
until July. To secure the best effect plant
in masses. Both are easily grown from seed
(the variety coming fairly true from seed).

The beautiful blues of the speedwells can
be enjoyed all summer by planting for suc-
cession and two kinds only are necessary for
this result. For early flowers I grow Ver-
onica spicata. This commences flowering
in June and lasts nearly all summer. The
first flowers to open are at the base of the
spike, while it is still quite short but it length-
ens until finally it is about eight inches long
and the open flowers are at the tip of the
spikes. The plant grows about one and one-
half to two feet high.

A taller growing but later kind may be
had in Veronica longifolia. var. subsessilis.
This one is a very robust, compact growing
form growing three to four feet high with
1-foot spikes of intense, lustrous blue flowers.
It flowers during August and September.
Both prefer a good rich soil.

HOW TO GROW THEM

All these perennials are easily grown
from seed which may be sown either in the
spring (April) or in July. If sown in the
spring, as soon as the plants are large enough
to handle comfortably, transplant them to
their permanent quarters. If this is not
convenient, put them in some out-of-the-way
place where they can be given good care and
the following spring transplant them to the
place where they are to flower. Good plants
for flowering the following season can be had
by sowing the seed in a coldframe in July,
and giving the plants a light mulching of

Pate

A mass planting of the spotted autumn lily (Lilium

speciosum). One of the most popular lilies and grows
best where the ground can be shaded

FEBRUARY, 1907

The Canterbury bell (Campanula Medium). one of
the best hardy biennials of the gardens. It will
flower the first year from seed if sown in February

leaves over winter. In the spring, transplant
to permanent quarters.

A QUICK GROWING PERENNIAL SCREEN

The best hardy perennial for a screen is the
plume poppy (Bocconia cordata) and it does
equally well in the shade and in the full sun.
The leaves are light green above and a silvery
white underneath. The creamy white flow-
ers are borne in plume-like spikes which
need not be removed after the blooming
period as the seed vessels are also pretty.
The plume poppy grows six to eight feet
high; will grow in any soil and when once
established its suckers are hard to eradicate,
therefore it belongs to the wilder parts of a
garden.

In the back garden out of the way I grow
some plants of scarlet sage (Salvia splendens)
and some China asters, for they come very
handy to fill in the bare places which are sure
to show among the perennials late in the
summer. They can be readily transplanted
at any time during the summer.

WHERE THE LILIES THRIVE

Among the perennials and in shady places
I have been using lilies with great success.
They will do well for three seasons, then they
must be replaced by new bulbs. Here are
those which will succeed.

L. elegans, one to three feet high, with
flowers which are usually self colored in
some shade of yellow, orange, or red (flow-
ers during late June and early July). It
has a small variety, Wallacei, which has one
pale red flower (July). L. Grayi, two to three
feet high, with purple spotted, dull reddish
brown-orange colored flowers (latter half of
July and beginning of August). The wild
yellow lily (Liliwm Canadense) one to four feet
high, with yellow, orange, or red flowers which
usually have brown spots (June and first
week in July). The wild orange-red lily (L.
Philadel phicum), one to four feet high and
has bright red flowers which are brown
spotted (June to July rsth). The American
Turk’s cap lily (L. superbum), three to six
feet high, with bright reddish orange flowers
with darker spots (July rsth to August 1sth).

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The Cheapest Gardens for the Smallest Lots—By A. Lieble, ¢s:

TEN COMPLETE PLANTING PLANS FOR CITY LOTS, THE LARGEST OF WHICH IS
50X 100 FT., WHILE THE COSTLIEST SOLUTION INVOLVES AN EXPENSE OF ONLY $100

DO not want to spend very much

money, yet I do want to have a few
plants around my house.” ‘Thisisan every-
day problem that faces the majority of people
who have just moved out into the country.
In the average city lot of the regulation
25x 100 feet, there is no opportunity for
landscape effect. Whatever is done in the
way of planting, should be with the idea of
decorating and enlivening. ‘The restrictions
are so emphatic that there is very little room
for individuai design. The house itself
usually occupies practically one-half of the
plot and my idea is that in front the plants
should merely be a sort of basal trimming
for the building, and in the rear I would
strive to hide the ugliness of the boundary
wall or fence by planting a selection of orna-
mental flowering shrubs. These I would
select to give a display of bloom over as long
a period as possible. On the other hand,
I have found it quite practical to make the
back-yard not only ornamental but useful
as well, by including in the planting a few
fruit trees or berry bushes. Some people want
to realizeas much money value as _ possible
from their home garden. In that case, the city
lot can be rescued from ugliness at a cost not
exceeding five dollars, but in this case I rely
on the fruit trees themselves to give the
bright floral effects in the spring months. By
all means plant a shade tree along the curb
line in front of the house.

If you are seeking a maximum effect for a
minimum expense, plant just one tree on the
street line and let that tree be a well-formed
specimen of respectable size. A 9- or 10-foot
high Norway maple (Acer platanoides), I
think will give more satisfaction than any
other tree. It makes a beautifully formed
trim head, it leafs early in the spring, all
summer its foliage is richly dark, and in the
fall it becomes the most luminous golden
yellow of all the large trees. Added to these
facts is this; that the Norway maple is not
easily damaged by storm or weather and is
not usually prone to suffer from insect attacks.

In the cheapest solution of the 25 x 100
foot lot, peach and pear trees give the flower
in early spring, the weigela (Diervilla florida),
in early summer and the late summer sees
the hydrangea (H. paniculata, var. grandi-
flora). Around the porch, the Japan Honey-
suckle (Lonicera Japonica, var. Halliana)
may give greenery at all times. It is a very
easy matter to spend fifty dollars on the same-
sized plot. I assume here that the owner is
able to buy all his fruits and vegetables, and
wants his garden to be merely ‘‘a thing of
beauty.” Evergreens are not to be used in
these small lots, because they are too expen-
sive. The only desirable kinds would cost
anywhere from two to ten dollars and the
cheaper, quicker growing ones require a great
deal more room than can be given.

For fifty dollars, a succession of bloom can

The regulation city lot of only 25 x 100 feet is by no means an impossible problem.

VEGETABLE GARDEN

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Lonicerc Japonica,

. One Norway maple (9 to 10 ft.) Acer platanoides 4. Four Hall’s honeysuckle

2. One weigela (4 ft.) Diervilla florida +50 var. + Halliana
3. One hardy hydrangea (4 ft.) Hydrangea pani- (L. FHlalliana) 1.00
culala, var. gran- 5. Two peach Prunus Persica -50
diflora .50 6. Two pear Pyrus communis 1.50
Toray Cost, Eleven plants $5.09
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1. One Norway maple (10 ft.) Acer platanoides $2. 00 6. One carolina allspice Calycanthus floridus .50
2. One rose of Sharon Hibiscus Syriacus -50 7. One weigela Diervilla florida -50
3. Two hybrid deutzia Deutzia Lemoinei I.00 &. Six H. T. roses 2.70
4. Two Japanese virgin’s bower Clematis paniculata -50 9- One lilac Syringa vilgaris -50
5. T'wo Jackman’s clematis Clematis Jackmani 1.00 to. Eight blackberries 80

Tortat Cost, Twenty-five plants $10.00

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$1.50 1x. One Dorothy Perkins rose Rosa

1. One elm (12 ft.) Ulmus Americana multiflora,
2. Twenty-two California privet Ligustrum ovali- var. Dorothy
folium 2.20 Perkins -40
3. Three Chinese peony Paonia albiflora, 12. Eight grape vines Vitis Labrusca 4.00
var. Sinensis 1.50 13. Seven currants Ribes rubrum 1.40
4. Two plantain lily Funkia subcordata .50 14. Three gooseberries Ribes oxyacan-
5. Three showy larkspur Delphinium formosum .75 thoides 1.40
6. Three spiked loosestrife Lythrum Salicaria, 15. Six rhubarb Rheum Rhapont-
var. roseum superbum .75 icum 1.50
7. Three astilbe Astilbe Japonica, 16. One Hall’s magnolia Magnolia sicllata 3.00
(S. Japonica) 75 17. One pear! bush Exochorda gran-
8. Three perennial coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata .45 diflora -50
9. Two Chinese wistaria Wistaria Chinensis 1.00 18. One winged euonymous Euonymus alatus 1.20
o. One crimson rambler rose Rosa multiflora, 19. Two rose of Sharon Hibiscus Syriacus 1.50
var. Crimson 20. Four pompon chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum
Rambler Indicum 80

4.00
Torat. Cost, Eighty plants $25.00

1. One Norway maple (12 to 14 ft.) Acer platanoides $2.50 9. Seven grape vines Vitis Labrusca 3.50
2. Fourteen arborvite Thuya occidentalis 14.00 to. Three hybrid deutzia Deutzia Lemoinet 1.50
3. Seven rhododendron Rhododendron Cat- 11. Three rose of Sharon Tibiscus Syriacus 1.50
aczvbiense, var. 8.75 12. Three Carolina alispice Calycanthus flori-
4. Seven bright-flowered azalea Azalea Indica, var. dus 1.50
anvena 8.75 13. Three red bud Cercts Chinensis
5. One yew Taxus baccata 2.50 (C. Japonica) 2.00
6. One white Chinese wistaria Wistaria Chinen- 14. Three golden bells Forsythia suspen-
sis, var. albiflora «50 sa, var. Fortunet
7. One Chinese wistaria Wistaria Chinensis 50 (F. Fortune?) 1.50
8. One trumpet honeysuckle Lonicera — semper- 15. One weigela Diervilla florida
virens, var. fuch- (Weigelc rosea) +50

stodes (L. fuchsiodes) .50
Tora. Cost, Fifty-six plants $50.00

The labor for planting
the above should not exceed $1,00 for the smallest lot of plants, and for the others, $1.50, $3.00 and $5.00

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be had from an abundance of flowering
shrubs, and a rich dignified effect is given
to the front by a hedge of arborvite (Thuya
occidentalis) faced by rhododendrons (K.
Catawbiense,var.) and brilliancy is given in the

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Dr Ey (GACRAD BENG WirAs Gee ZaaNGn
spring by the showy azalea (A. Indica, var.
amena). Provision is made in the rear for
a grape-arbor, vines being trained over a
conveniently placed summer-house.
During recent years, the so-called double

1. Two Norway maple (12 ft.) Acer blatanoides $3.00
2. Twosugar maple (8 to to ft.) Acer saccharum 1.59
3. Six Japanese barberry Berberis Thunbergii 1.80
4. Two Waterer’s spirea Spiraa Anthony

W aterer -70
5. Two mahonia Berberis Aqui-

folium (Maho-

nia Aquifolium) 1.20

6. Two crimson rambler rose Rosa multiflora,

var. Crimson

Rami bler ast
7. Three Chinese wistaria Wistaria Chinen-

sis 1.50
8. Three Japanese virgin’s bower Clematis panicu-

lata nS
g. Nineteen perennial phlox Phlox paniculata 3.50

Tora Cost, Forty-one plants $1<.00

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1. Two linden (12 ft. ) Tilia Americana $4.00
2. Two juniper Juniperus com-

munis, yar. Can-

adensis 3.50
3. Six deutzia Deutzia gracilis 3.00
4. Thirty-eight sweet William Dianthus barbatus 4.75
5. Fifteen pompon chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum In-

dicum 2.25
6. Two Chinese trumpet creeper Tecoma grandiflora 70
7. Four Japanese virgin’s bower Clematis paniculata 1.00

8. Two crimson rambler rose Ros1 multiflora

var. Crimson

Rambler 80
9. Five grape vines Vitis Labrusca 2.50
io. Twosyringa Philadel phus pu-

bescens 1.00
11. Two weigela Diervilla florida =50
12. One golden bell Forsyllua_ viridis-

sima -50

Tora Cost, Eighty-two plants $25.00

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1. Two purple maple (12 ft.) Acer palmatum,

var. alropur-

pureum $7.00
2. Six Japanese barberry Berberis Thunber-

gu 3.09
3. Six Waterer’s spirea Spiraa Anthony

W aterer 3.09
4. Two Mugho pine Pinus montana,

yar. Mughus 6.00
5. Six Adam’s needle Yucca jilamen-

losa 3.00
6. Two Japanese holly Ilex crenata 6.00
7. Fourteen hardy hydrangea IGE paniculata,

var. grandiflora 5.60
8 Eight Chinese wistaria Wistaria Chinensis 4.00

9. Four showy larkspur

Delphinium — for-

mosum 1.00
to. Six showy sedum - Sedum spectabile I.20
11. Fifteen golden tuft Alyssum saxatile,

var. combaclum 2.20
12. Three silver bell Flalesia tetraptera 1.50
13. Three syringa Philadelphus pu-

bescens 1.50
14. Three honeysuckle Tonicera Morrowt I. 59)
15. Three lilac Syringa vulgaris 1.50
16, Four California privet Ligustrum ovali-

folium 1.00

17. Three golden bells Forsythia suspen-
sa, var. Porlunet

(F. Fortune) 1.00

Totar Cost, Eighty-eight plants $50.00

For the new style suburban “double” lot

of 40x 100 ft., the

cheapest solution is $15.00 worth of

plants, which could be planted for $2.00. The larger lots would cost $3.00 and $5.00, respectively; in. the last

case, two men for one day

FEBRUARY, 1907

suburban lot (which is really two lots of
20 X 100 feet) has become a popular unit.
This gives the gardener a great deal more
leeway, as it enables him to use some ten to
fifteen feet on one side of the house. Gener-
ally it is best to keep this entirely in lawn,
and it offers a great opportunity for the use
of vines on the wall of the house itself or for
ferneries in narrow beds. Everything, of
course, depends upon exposure to the sun.
The narrow strip should preferably be on
the east or north, but usually the space is
divided up evenly between the two neighbor-
ing houses and the problem of exposure is
reduced to a minimum.

With the expenditure of as little as fifteen
dollars, a well furnished appearance may be
obtained. Two plants each of the Norway
or sugar maples are used to give the greatest
effect, and the Japanese barberry planted
in two clumps, one on each side of the en-
trance, to give character and dignity to the
garden from early spring until Christmas.
Of all the deciduous shrubs, this is the one
which most nearly approaches the evergreen
effect and its bright color in early winter is
an added advantage. The Anthony Waterer
spirea is used near the steps of the piazza
because it gives flowers in the summer time,
which fact very largely discounts any objec-
tion to its color. In each corner near the
street line are clumps of the mahonia which
give a bold evergreen appearance almost as
good as that of the holly. The ornamental
flowering plants are confined to vines and
shrubs around the piazza, and of Phlox
paniculata, which may be made to give a rich
growth and abundant flowers nearly all
summer.

With the expenditure of fifty dollars, quite
a wealth of plants may be obtained, and an
effect of seclusion given to the rear part of
the plot, where a belt of mock orange, honey-
suckle, lilacs and snowdrop tree give a wealth
of bloom at all times. In the front portion
I am able to use two Mugho pines, than
which nothing is better in the dwarf ever-
greens. Beyond these, I have a belt of yucca
and two specimens of Japanese holly. The
hardy hydrangea gives light and brilliancy
in late summer and in the bed on the right
side of the piazza steps, a wealth of herba-
ceous perennials may be planted. J am very
fond of delphiniums with their charming
blue flowers, unequalled by those of any
other plant. Many of the plants that I have
named here can be easily substituted by
others, according to one’s special ideas and
requirements.

If only twenty-five dollars can be expended,
I would reduce the rear shrubbery to one mass
on the open side and at the rear of the plot
make provision for a grape trellis.

The easiest suburban plot to plant is the
double lot measuring 50x 100 feet. This
offers a great opportunity for the gardener
and if the scheme of placing the house to one
side is adopted as is shown on the next
page considerable play can be given to land-
scape features. The smallest sum that can
be counted upon for any reasonable quantity
of plants on the 50 x 100 lot is twenty-five
dellars. It will not differ very greatly in the

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FEBRUARY, 1907

beris Thunbergit appear in each corner as
well as along the front of the piazza.

specimens of arborvite are placed one on
each side of the walk to give a furnished effect

selection of plants from what has been given
for the same amount of money in the smaller-

sized plots. The only thing that can be
done in this case is the making of a few
isolated shrubbery clumps and the placing
of two or three specimen trees. Around the
house itself I place peonies or other large-
growing herbaceous plants and rely on vines
for the porch decoration. The clumps of
shrubbery are each made of one kind of
shrub and so designed that a succession of
bloom is given from early spring until the
rose of Sharon expands its flowers in late
summer.

If you will expend as much as one hundred
dollars for plants, a plot of this size can be
converted into an abundantly furnished
garden, which would give play for a connois-
seur to include such gems as his fancy may
dictate. The whole plot can be enclosed by
a hedge of California privet for less than

during the winter time, and clumps of Ber-

(For suggestions on planting, see page 46)

SSS SSE.

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thirty dollars, of course, buying small-sized 1. One Norway maple _ Acer platinoides $5.00 1&8. Three Japanese snowball Viburnum tomen-
: : . z 2. Two hundred and ninety Cali- Ligustrum ovali- tosum, var. plica-
plants which will develop into a hedge in a fornia privet folium 29.00 tum 1.50
a 3. Six standard roses 6.00 Ig. Seven Swamp rose mallow Hibiscus Moscheu-
year or tw 0. The rear of the plot is edged Bue TEKS bya mnilex tose Ree 2 P A “is
with flowering shrubs, in front of which space 5: aie Tanansse basberny, Besheris Lilniniber git 3.00 20. Lous peony te Looms officinalis 2.00
a 4 3 E z yey’s vite huya occidentalis, 21. Five showy larkspur Delphinium jor-
is left for flower beds, in which bulbs may be ; eae, Elona 4.00 : ee j 1.00
° : : . 7. Two yew Taxis baccata 4.09 22. Ten pearl achillea Achillea Pltarmica,
planted in the spring time, and a selection of 8. Six hybrid deutzia_ Deutzia Lemoinet 3.09 var. flore fleno 1.25
herbaceous plants arranged for cut flowers 9. Six Chinese wistaria Wastaria Chinensis 300 23. Nine German iris Tris Germanica 1.35
5 to. Five deutzia Deutzia gracilis 2.50 24. Nine Caucasian soapwort Saponaria Caucasica 1.80
throughout the year. 11. Six blue spirea Caryoplteris Masta- 25. Eight coneflower Rudbeckia peciosa 1.60
¥ : canthus 1.80 26. Eight perennial phlox Phlox paniculata 1.60
Beds of TOSES are planted each side of the 12. Four Thunberg’s spirea Spirea Thun- 27. Six Shasta daisy Cis
entrance walk, a selection of which, of course bergit 2.00 28. Seven Japanese iris Tris levigata (I.
eee 5 SB aBe J 13. Two arborvite Thuya occidentalis 3.00 Kem pjeri) 1.40
may be varied to suit the conditions, but I 14. ave Storax 5 rae seeaee 2.00 29. Six baby’s breath Gypsophila pani-
5 15. Four rose of Sharon thiscus Syriacus 2.00 culata I.20
sat suggesting the Baby Rambler on account 16. Three black alder Ilex verticillata I.50 30. Four spiked loosestrife Lythrum Salicaria 1.00
of its continuous-blooming character. Two 17. Three globe flower Kerria Japonica 1.05
é TVorat Cost, Four hundred and sixty-eight plants $100.00
©3 1. Two ash Fraxinus Amer-
Ss icana $5.00
3 2. Thirty-eight Japanese barberry Berberis Thun-
[ bergit 7.60
: ao 3. Two weeping mulberry Morus alba, var.
oe pendula( M.Tar-
cy tarica, var. alba) 4.00
c 4. Two box Buxus sem per-
3 vIrens 6.00
5 5. Six savin Juniperus Sabina 12.00
6. Four Chinese wistaria Wistaria Chinen-
sts 2.00
7. Two Japanese virgin’s bower Clemalis panicu-
lata -50
8. Three Van Houtte’s spireea Spiraea Van Hout-
ter 1.50
9. Three rose of Sharon Hibiscus Syriacus 1.50
10. Five golden bells Forsythia viridis-
sima 2.50
(@} 11. Four syringa Philadelphus cor-
onarius 2.00
12. Twosmoke tree Rhus cotinus 1.50
13 Four Persian lilac Syringa Persica 3.00
14. Three flowering raspberry Rubus odoratus -9o
Tora Cost, Eighty plants $50.00
1. Two sugar maple Acer saccharium $4.00
2, Two hardy hydrangea Hydrangea pantc-
ulala, var. grandi-
ora 1.00
3. Fourteen Chinese peony Peonia albiflora, var.
Sinensis (P. Sin-
ensis) .00
4. Four Chinese wistaria Wisltaria Chinensis 2.00
5. Two Japanese virgin’s bower Clematis paniculata -50
6. Five snowberry Sym phoricarpos ra-
cemosus 2.50
7. Three dogwood Cornus sanguinea 1.50
8. Eight rugosa rose Rosa rugosa 1.50
9. One horse chestnut Asculus Hip poca-
slanum 2.00
to. Three snowflower Deulzia scabra,
2 var. crenata 1.50
ir, Three rose of Sharon Tibiscus Syriacus 1.50
Torat Cost, Forty-seven plants $25.00

A piot 50x 100 ft. may be redeemed by an expenditure of $25.00 for plants, which can be planted by a good gardener in one day.

jaborer couid plant the fifty dollars’ worth in one day for about $5.00.

one competent gardener on the planting work; if he needs assistance, hire day-laborers

One expert man anda
It would take these two men two days to plant the hundred dollars’ worth.

Always have

The Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale) is the most splendid of the red flowers of June. The young seedlings are often winter-Killed so should be protected the first year

A Garden of Bright Red Flowers—By Helen R. Albee,

New
Hampshire

A GUIDE TO THE SELECTION AND USE OF TRUE RED AND SCARLET FLOWERS TO THE
EXCLUSION OF TONES BORDERING ON PURPLE AND MAGENTA—HOW WHITE IS USED AS A FOIL

(Epvitor’s Nore—This is the second article in a series of “color studies” for the hardy border.

ARE term red as applied to flowers has

great latitude; it includes all tones
ranging from orange-scarlet, pure scarlet and
blood red, to those tinged with bluish shades,
which verge from deep purplish pink, solfer-
ino, and magenta into crimson. Therefore
one needs to exercise much care in arranging
places for the different plants. By keeping

In the late summer, and unlil frost, the scarlet sage
overwhelms all otner red flowers

orange tones at one end of the border and
purplish tones at the other, uniting them by
pure red, a certain color harmony can be
maintained, but it is difficult.

Matters are very much simplified if all
solferino and magenta colors are absolutely
debarred. Fortunately, however, the red-
flowered plants usually have an abundance
of foliage, so that each plant furnishes the
background for its own flowers; and if the
various tones in the foliage of red-flowered
plants are given consideration as a part of
the color composition subtile effects can be
produced. But it requires intimate know-
ledge of the plants, and for this reason a
red border involves many experiments and
upheavals before it can be finally and
satisfactorily arranged.

Most of the flowers mentioned are pure
red, and (with the exception of the spiked
loosestrife and marvel of Peru) there is no
suggestion of either a magenta or solferino
tone. The plants named here and the
supplementary tables on page 36 comprise
such as I have tried and found desirable.

As a foil to the bright reds I recommend
the butterfly flower (Gaura Lindhewmert), a
tender perennial from Texas, usually quoted
in the catalogues as an annual. The num-
erous white flowers, perhaps an inch across,
resemble orchids delicately poised on slender
mahogany-colored stems two to four feet
high, At a distance these graceful waving

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The first appeared in the September, 1906, GARDEN MAGAZINE.

flowers look like hovering butterflies, hence
the name, and give a delightful airiness to an
otherwise red bed. At first I grew mine as
annuals but as the plants looked singularly
vigorous at the end of the season I mulched
them lightly with coarse litter and a few
leaves, and in the following spring was not
a little surprised to find they had spread
from the root. The second summer, instead
of growing only two feet high, they were four
feet high, and the loose raceme became dense
—almost a spike of bloom. In sheltered
gardens where protection is given by deep
snow the butterfly flower can be looked upon
as a hardy perennial.

My red border shows its first color in
April, and from then until October there is a
constant succession. The first flowers are
the tulips, and of the early singles, Artus,
with its blood-red flowers, is the best: among
the doubles, Cochinille, pure red. Nothing
in May can equal the brightness and gaiety
of the many varieties of the flowering almond
(sometimes, but erroneously, referred to as
a peach). Its deep red and pink varieties
are verily the glories of the month. The
flowers are double. When once established
it is certainly one of the most beautiful of
shrubs, and it is no wonder that the Japanese
hold Prunus Japonica, fl. pl., (sometimes
known as P. nana) in so great esteem. The
ground about it needs to be well fertilized
and a liberal dressing of wood ashes will also

FEBRUARY, 1907

One of the best brick-red-flowered plants is the Mal-
tese cross (Lychnis Chalcedonica)

help greatly in ripening the wood for winter.
The shrub can be kept ina bushy form if the
shoots are cut back after the flowering season.

Of the many red flowers that June con-
tributes the most splendid in effect is the
Oriental poppy(Pa paver orientale) ; the variety
Parkmanni has given me special pleasure.
While established plants of this poppy are
hardy, the young seedlings are easily winter
killed in some localities. The best way of
overcoming this difficulty is to sow the seeds
early in spring where the plants are to remain,
and by autumn a vigorous growth will have
been made, and if mulched lightly and
covered with boughs, the plants will usually
endure a severe winter. There is so much
vigor in this poppy that any portion of the
root cut into small pieces will grow into new
plants. In its second year the plant blooms
a little, and in the third is a veritable patri-
arch. The leaf somewhat resembles that
of a thistle, and the flowers, borne on tall
stems two feet high, are usually four inches
across—though one of mine was six inches.
They are a gorgeous flaming red with a black
spot at the base of each petal. The blooming
season covers but a few weeks; after which
the foliage assumes a rusty appearance, and
in a few weeks should be cut down for the
sake of tidiness and also to induce the for-
mation of new crowns.

The first week in July brings a dazzling
array of an old-fashioned, semi-double red
rose, such as was formerly found in every
New England dooryard. I have a number
of plants massed in a long bed that outlines
the driveway for about a hundred feet from
the entrance. I do not know the name of
this rose, nor can I identify it in any of the
catalogues. The plants were brought from
an abandoned farm, whence all trace of the

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

old house had disappeared; for more than a
generation they had run wild in the grass and
were not growing over eight inches high.
They were transplanted into a heavily man-
ured bed and now make an annual growth
of from two to three feet, which is cut back
each autumn within six inches of the ground.
In mellow ground they spread much at the
root. The flowers are nearly four inches
across, semidouble, brilliant red, with a
tovely fringe of yellow stamens showing
about the pistil. I have counted more than
forty roses on a single bush. The fragrance
is spicy and clean, unlike the heavy perfume
of many other varieties. It resembles the
American Beauty in many respects, but is
less double and is a clearer red.

The hollyhock, in both single and double
varieties, in pure cardinal red, is another July
perennial, growing from five to eleven feet
high and bearing spikes of large, open,
funnel-shaped flowers four or five inches
across. It does not bloom until the second
season, and as winter kills it in some places,
it is often spoken of as a biennial. It can be
propagated both from seed and by division
of the root; the former method gives stronger
plants. The hollyhock varies greatly from
seed, and a strain is quickly changed. From
seeds of a pale pink single kind, years ago,
I have grown all shades of pale pink, deep
pink, deep rose and pure cardinal red, and
all in both single and double varieties; also
a lovely, distinct semi-double kind that had
a few small tufty petals about the centre.
This latter type, in a shell pink, was the most
beautiful hollyhock I ever saw. Plants from
self-sown seeds are strongest because they
have found conditions peculiar to their needs;
so I allow mine to spring up where they will
and select the most vigorous for transplanting.
The plants should be renewed every few
years as they outgrow their vigor and become
subject to the rust, which is death to the plant.
Spraying the plants, while still young, with
a weak solution of permanganate of potas-
sium is recommended for the rust in its
incipient state. If the tops of hollyhocks
are nipped when not more than three feet
high the stalks throw out lateral branches.
This pruning delays the bloom and prolongs
the season into October.

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Among the modern varieties of the perennial phlox,
Coquelicot (poppy red) is one of the best

In July there is an abundance of annuals
in red. Perhaps none is more satisfactory
than the nasturtiums (Tropeolum), both
tall and dwarf in pure red. A good dwarf
variety is known in the trade as Compact
Lustrus; of the climbing or tall type select
Coccineum. The only difference between
these plants lies in the manner of growth.
The dwarf form is a low mass of green, with
an abundance of blossom, while the running
kind makes a vine of four to ten feet in length.
I tried the experiment once with a dwarf
variety, of cutting off most of the leaves, and
the result was an almost solid mass of blooms
of enormous size, but the plant was soon
exhausted. Extreme forcing impairs the
vitality of any plant. By picking off a
reasonable number of leaves, and the seed
vessels as they form, nasturtiums may be

The red-hot poker plant (Tritoma Pfitzert); flowers from July to September.

Stalks 3 ft. high

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encouraged to bloom vigorously, and this
will insure flowers from July until frost.

Three other red annuals are of a special
merit: Satin flower (Ginothera Whitney,
known in the trade as Godetia gloriosa), in
cardinal red, the annual phlox (P. Drum-
mondi, var. grandiflora), in deep blood red,
and the peony-flowered poppy in pure red.
The last is more showy than any geranium,
and a succession of plantings about three
weeks apart, beginning in April, secures
bloom from July until frost.

During August, one of the best red flowers
in my garden is the Firefly snapdragon
(Antirrhinum majus, var.), which begins
to bloom in July, but is at its height in
August. From seed started in March plants
bloom in July of the same year, and given the
protection of a litter or hay covering in
winter, they will persist for years. ‘There
are both tall and dwarf growing types in
many colors—yellow, pale pink, deep red,
white. The curiously lipped corolla, whence
the name snapdragon is derived, is always
a source of interest. The plant requires
rich soil and full sun.

For a splendor of color in the late summer
and enduring until frost, there is nothing
to compare with the scarlet sage (Salvia
splendens). "There are many varieties, but
the one I grow is Clara Bedman. It grows
two feet high, and bears huge quantities of
slender spikes of brilliant red flowers for
which the dark green foliage makes an excel-
lent background. The end of the spike droops
somewhat, thus relieving any suggestion
of stiffness. A tender perennial, the scarlet
sage is usually grown as an annual, and seeds
should be started in frames, or even in the
open. Toward fall the plants may be taken
up and potted as house plants for the winter.
If the plants are to be left in the garden to
bloom as long as possible, they should be
protected from the first light frosts of autumn,
for, if saved from these, there will be perfec-
tion of bloom during the long warm season
of the Indian summer which follows the first
cold nights of September. During the bloom-
ing season, give water freely, and by pinching
back the growing tips early in the season, to
induce branching,very bushy plants will result.

A $10 Vegetable Garden on a Suburban Lot-—By M. H. Northend, “%

GARDEN MAGAZINE

THE

With September the red-hot poker plant
(Kniphofia Pfitzera, known in the trade as
Tritoma Pfitzert) adds its brilliant spikes of
bloom to the garden. Its fleshy root is not
reliably hardy in all localities in the North,
so if you are not certain about the conditions,
it will be better to keep it packed in sand over
winter, and in a cool cellar; it can then be
planted out each spring. It bears long,
slender leaves, and many foot long spikes,
set with drooping scarlet flowers, each spike
being carried erect on a stout stem a yard
ormore high. ‘There are several other named
varieties, varying greatly in the intensity of
color, but most of them are later flowering
than the well-known Pfitzeri, which begins
to bloom in July or August, but is at its best
in September.

No red border should be without our

native cardinal flower, (Lobelia cardinalis),
which is found in low lands, in the North,
but will also live and thrive in dry locations.

Loves:lies-bleeding (Amarantus caudatus) must be care-
fully selected to the desired color; self sows

FEBRUARY, 1907

It attains a height of three feet, and bears
quantities of large flowers of the purest
cardinal red, distributed on the upper part
of the spike. I transplanted four specimens
from a low marsh while they were in full
bloom, fearing lest I should not recognize
them later. My garden is on a dry hill-top
with full sun exposure, but I watered the
plants daily, shaded them from the sun for
several days, and then gave them no further
attention. The following spring each plant
had made several growths from the root, and
later, giant spikes of bloom, larger than
are commonly borne in the wild state,
were developed. They began to bloom
late in July and were one of the chief
features of my garden all through Septem-

ber. Plants may also be raised from seed,
which germinates within a week after
planting.

No annuals appear in September; the latest
of them begin to bloom in August, but are at
their best in September. Among them is
Sander’s hybrid tobacco (Nicotiana San-
dere). ‘The brilliant red, original form is
especially recommended. Introduced within
the last two or three years, it is already widely
known, and is most favorably reported on in
New England. It is an ideal plant for its
color in shaded beds. It grows three feet
high, and bears quantities of large salver-
shaped flowers so closely resembling those of
the white, sweet-scented tobacco (JV. alata),
that it may be regarded as a color variety
of it. It has fragrance, too.

The feature for October, when all else is
failing, is the Japanese lantern plant (Phy-
salis Francheiti). Its coarse, weedy looking
leaves and inconspicuous white flowers are
not attractive through the summer, but at
this late time, when the husk enclosing the
small, tomato-like fruit brightens into a
glowing scarlet, it is distinctly attractive.
The showy husk is nearly two inches in
diameter. If cut after the leaves fall, the
shoots, still carrying the fruits, may be kept
all winter as a house decoration, or the
berry itself may be made into a preserve..
Though a perennial (if given protection
in our climate), it is commonly grown as an
annual.

Massa-

A PRACTICAL SOLUTION OF AN EVERY-DAY PROBLEM; GIVING PLENTY OF FRESH PRODUCE THROUGH-
OUT THE SEASON—AMPLE SPACE FOR CUT-FLOWERS AND THE USUAL BACKYARD CONVENIENCES

AST year I decided to attempt a vege-
table garden, and for fear of failure,
determined to limit my outlay to ten dollars.
Throughout the season an account was kept
of the produce from it, at market prices, and
I found that it yielded nearly double the
amount of my outlay.

The vacant land at the rear allowed a

garden plot forty-six by thirty feet. Early
in March a plan was made, using the notes
taken in my neighbors’ gardens and following
the more specific directions on varieties and

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spacing found in reliable seed

catalogues.

As I could think of nothing more discouraging
than to weed rows over forty feet long, I
decided to cut them across the centre with a
path two feet wide, distinguishing this walk
by an edging of flowers. This made two
sections with rows twenty-two feet long,
running north and south. Beds there were
none, as with flowers I had learned that
rows were much more easily cared for.

In the sunniest end of the garden early
peas, lettuce, radishes, cucumbers, and string
beans were planted. A few hills of musk-
melons, one dozen tomato plants, three rows

of early corn, and one row of summer squash
were also to go in the southern half of the
garden.

On the other side of the path (toward the
north) rows of Black Mexican corn, pumpkins
and Hubbard squash, parsnips and salsify,
and pole beans were planted. Being anxious
to have plenty of tomatoes for preserving,
twelve more plants were put here, also five
additional hills of melons, also one row of
bush peas to be my second crop. Turnips
and winter beets shared one row, carrots
and beet greens another. Next came

Fespruary, 1907

MAGAZINE

BUislls Grek 1 ID) IB, IN|

Why not grow fresh, crisp vegetables like these rather than buy wilted ones at the green grocer's?

a variety of late peas which I had been ad-
vised to plant early and train on strings. Just
here, at the eastern edge of the garden, where
the soil was exceptionally deep and loamy,
space was deyoted to a row of spinach and
onions. After a few seeds of parsley and
cress were sprinkled along the path its bor-
ders were to be filled up with zinnias, mari-
golds, and candytuft.

The plan did not reach this finished state
until I had spent many hours thinking it over
and readjusting it. Once completed, how-
ever, the seeds were ordered immediately,
so that I might have no opportunity for
changing my mind.

In April, as soon as the frost was out of the
ground, the land was plowed. As the earth
was new, there was much work then to be
done in the way of pulling up sods, throwing
out stones, and spading, where specially well
worked soil was needed. At first I undertook
to do all this myself, but was finally obliged
to hire a man for the heavier part of the labor.
By working with him the work was finished
in less than a day. Lastly the garden was
raked three times.

No change in the plan was found necessary
when planting the seeds, but figuratively
speaking, it was necessary to have the cata-
logue tied to my apron-strings for constant
reference as regards time of planting, dis-
tances, and depth. As the soil had not been
worked for some years I was advised to use
a little commercial fertilizer to start things,
in addition to the stable manure, which would
carry them through the season.

It had been predicted that the two kinds of
corn would mix, as both were planted in such
a small area, but by delaying planting one
variety for three weeks I had no such trouble.
After the earliest peas were gone, lettuce was
planted in that row, while more peas (a
wrinkled variety) went into the original
lettuce row. When the carrots were ready to
be thinned out the surplus plants were trans-
planted into the other half of their row, which
had previously been filled with beet greens.
The string and butter beans were successful,
but the pole beans did not mature so well,
although their flavor was good. I learned,
however, that more fertilizer was required
for that kind than for other varieties.

Tiring of radishes in July, endive was

planted, which was taken into the cellar in
the late fall and lasted some time for use in
salads. ‘There were really more cucumbers
than I could use, but some were disposed of
by pickling. The turnips were a failure,
as the damp soil was too heavily fertilized.
The parsnips were left in the ground till
winter.

The hardest work of all in my garden was
thinning and transplanting, but, it was at the
same time really the most interesting. Weed-
ing was done daily, never letting the weeds
get ahead.

At first the different bugs and worms
seemed a great problem, so far did their num-
bers exceed those of the insect pests common
to flower beds; but I found that by fighting
them systematically I could check their depre-
dations. Later on, the toads proved to be
such willing partners that I introduced a
plentiful supply into my garden.

In August, someone suggested cutting
off the tops and branches of the tomatoes,
leaving only three stalks to a plant. I tried
this with a dozen, which were tied to. stakes;

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the others were left to grow as they would,
supporting some in frames made of barrel
hoops and staves, and tying the others to
lattices which were at hand. The first
method is the best, as it economizes space,
and results in larger and more abundant
fruit. This year I am going to attempt
Brussels sprouts, okra, kale, and a dande-
lion bed. ‘The peas are to be in earlier, and
tomato plants are being raised from seed.
The kitchen window now serves as a hotbed,
but I hope for a genuine one by another
season. The cost of fertilizers is reduced
by the use of wood ashes, of which I collect
about a bushel in a winter. Another econ-
omy is a compost-heap, where are thrown old
vines, the kitchen waste, and autumn leaves
raked off the front yard. These last retain
moisture and will be decomposed by spring.
When recommended to me, I thought such a
collection would make an unsightly object,
but this difficulty was rectified by sprinkling
seeds of wild cucumber and scarlet runner
over the heap, and planting around the edge
a screen of Russian sunflowers.

LIST OF EXPENDITURES

Plowin eects ras Vieni cera ty sen ore $1.00
(Gommerxciallfertilizenee eee eee eerie 1.00
Mean MT eH aati dh wtceen wea teen neo es 3.00
See d Seytecterattya tyra tee Lites acai eres re 2.50
sRomatomplantsie anne neerias er rete -50
Is eEIN FOES Nenodaogennedosdoenoounade -50
Wnsecticides: wrsee poe he Gee eel 25
Haborhined irises sarkce cnc actiec acces 1.25

Total $10.00

My western wind-break of wild barberry
(Berberis vulgaris), is the outcome of several
years’ labor and is effective, both as regards
use and beauty. The scent of its yellow
blossoms fills the spring air, and its cardinal
fruit adds to the brightness of autumn, while
some remain even through the winter snows.

The thorns prove an additional safeguard
against small boys, who never make a second
attempt to crawl through.

Flan of len Dollar Garden

and sketch showing location

Spinach

Onions

Peas on strings

Chothes-yard wer

&Play-ground, Garden

Jormmatoes

| Cucumbers |
Lettuce fadishes

| S#ting Beans |

Musktie/ons

Tomatoes

Pole Bears

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Hubbard
Squash

Early Corn
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What may be done on a 50 x 100 foot lot to raise all the vegetables for the family

A Californian Amateur’s Berry Garden—By W. Almont Gates,

Berkeley,
Cal.

LUSCIOUS FRUITS IN CONTINUOUS SUPPLY FROM MAY UNTIL THANKSGIVING FROM THREE VARIETIES
THAT ALSO MADE A PERFECT SCREEN—FORTY POUNDS OF BLACKBERRIES FROM A SINGLE PLANT

HE garden is of the usual kind, the rear
end of a small city lot, but the berries
that grow there are very unusual. The lot
(forty feet wide) faces the east, and the berries
occupy the west end. They were planted
in February two years ago, and last summer
was the first bearing season.
The rear fence is of boards, four feet high

A city bacKyard, with 40-foot rows of blackberries
which produce fruit for half a year

and solid, with the rails on the inside. Next
to this fence are three plants of the Mammoth
blackberry, fifteen feet apart. These plants
require a partial shade for the best results
and this is an ideal place for them. Besides,
an unsightly board fence has been converted
into a beautiful evergreen wall. The canes
start very early and take on the running
habit, some of ours extending sixteen feet.
We train them on the fence, using the rails

—

A cluster of Himalaya blackberry bearing 132 fruits,
The whole plant bore a crop of forty pounds

as a trellis and fastening the branches with
staples.

The berries are the largest blackberries
known, many of them exceeding two inches
in length. They are of good flavor and
unlike any other. We picked our first ripe
berries May rst and plants continued bearing
for two months.

In the next row I set two plants of Phe-
nomenal berries and crowded in some plants
of Cuthbert and Wilson. ‘These latter,
however, are to come out and the row will
be completed with two more of Phenomenal.
This row was set too close to the Mammoth.
The distance must be not less than six feet.
These must have a trellis and four plants
will be sufficient for a 40-foot row. Our
plants sent up three canes each the first
season which after harvest were cut away
to give room for the six new canes sent up by
each plant the last season. The canes are
of good size and some have reached fifteen
feet in length. This berry is a cross between
the red raspberry and the dewberry. In
color the ripe berry is bright crimson, border-
ing on purple. The flavor resembles the
raspberry but is more acid. ‘The berries
are very large, many of ours last season
measured one and one-half inches in length,
and one inch in diameter. They commence
to ripen early in May almost as soon as the
Mammoth and continue in bearing about
sixty days. From two plants I gathered
thirty-six pounds of berries and I expect
an increase in the yield this coming season.
The Phenomenal is an excellent table berry
and has no superior for jams and sauces.

The third kind which I have adopted
for my garden is the Himalaya blackberry.
I set three plants fifteen feet apart in the
4o-foot row and the first season allowed
but two canes to grow from each plant.
These canes were trained on a trellis made
by setting 2x4 in. posts, extending six
feet above the ground and nailing on each
post, four feet from the ground, a cross piece
one foot long. On these cross pieces, on
each side of the posts, I fastened a board four
inches wide, laid flatwise. The canes were
trained on the top of these shelves and firmly
tied or the wind and weight of the crop
would have pulled them off.

No laterals were allowed to grow. These
canes grew so very large and long that I
could not keep some of them from encroach-
ing upon my neighbors. Others I induced
to make a right-angle turn at the fence rail.
The longest of these canes measured thirty-
three feet. They were allowed to root at
the tips during the winter season and in the
spring were cut back to the length of the
trellis. The buds on these canes were eight
inches to ten inches apart, and in the spring
a bearing branch started from each bud
and grew to be from two to three feet long.
Many of these branches produced more
than one hundred berries each. Our trellis

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was now a solid wall of vine and berries.
New branches, blossoms and berries kept
right on growing. The last ones were
picked on Thanksgiving day and then we
made an end of it by removing all branches,
leaving only the bare canes.

The canes that fruited this year do
not die like those of other berries, but

The Phenomenal blackberry. Four plants cover a
40-foot trellis. Berries one and a half inches long

remain healthy for several years. This year
I had difficulty in providing for the two new
canes permitted to grow from each plant,
but it was accomplished by placing on the
same posts another pair of trellis shelves
thirty inches from the ground and training
the new canes on these.

The berry is large, globular, dull black
in color, and of good flavor. When fully
ripe it is very sweet. Our first berries were
gathered June 2oth and the vines continued
bearing until stopped by pruning. I kept
a record of the berries gathered until the
last of August, when over forty pounds had
been obtained.

The Mammoth blackberry; an early variety, and the
largest-fruited. Fruits two inches or more long

Phila:

A Vest-pocket System of Garden Records—By J. L. Kayan, i

THE SIMPLE SCHEME WHICH HAS GIVEN A PERFECT SUCCESSION OF VEGETABLES WITHOUT LOSING A DAY,
AND HAS INCREASED THE YIELD UNTIL A 60x68 FT. GARDEN PRODUCES ENOUGH FOR A FAMILY OF FIVE

[All the record systems for garden use we
have ever seen were of no real good. They in-
volve too much work and don’t get the results.
What everybody wants is to raise enough veg-
etables for his own family on a space oj a few
square feet without hiring outside labor or
turning play into work. The author of this
article attains these results because of a little
vest-pocket note-book that omits the red tape
and “‘gets there” by a short cut.—Ep1tor.]}

me reasons why ordinary systems fail
are two. (1) You can’t get a big yield
without fertilizing and there is no way to
learn how to fertilize except by experimenting.
(2) You can’t economize space unless your
crops follow one another without the loss of
a day and there is no way to get the necessary
dates except by experimenting.

My garden contains about one-tenth of an
acre and it grows all the vegetables (excepting
late potatoes) needed for a family of five adult
persons. Last year was the fourth of its
existence, and each year has shown an in-
creased yield which was made possible only
by keeping a record of each year’s work and
making use of this in planning the succeeding
year’s garden.

The garden’s daily progress is recorded in
a small book (24 x 44 inches) that can be
carried in the vest pocket, and is always
handy. The pages are arranged in the form
of a table, usually with only one kind of a
vegetable on a page, yet so arranged that the
same book can be used three years. The
entries are made in pencil and at the end
of the year they are copied in ink into a much
larger book—one that will last for a number
of years, so that the records for a series of
years may be seen at a glance. Both books
are indexed.

The sample pages are reproduced in part
herewith: The first is the record of an early
tomato. The page number appears in the
upper left hand corner. In the first column
the variety of the vegetable is placed. Ab-
breviations are used to mark the columns
as follows:

Sow—Meaning the date seed was sown.

Sp.—The date seed sprouted.

3. Pot—The date plants were taken from
flat and put into 3-inch pots.

4. Pot—Date of shifting into 4-inch pots.

Pit.—The date of planting outdoors.

Blos.—The date of first blossoms.

T.—The time elapsed from seed sowing
to blossom.

Ripen.—The date of ripening.

T. Blos.—The time from blossom to
ripening.

T. Seed—The time from seed to ripening.

Done—The date of last picking.

No. Pits—The number of plants of the
variety.

A space on the extreme right is left for
remarks.

Immediately below the line on which these
records are kept is one for the yield. The
mark, four upright strokes crossed by
another, represents five tomatoes picked; the
fraction 7-25 is the date placed in the row,
July 25th, and is inserted to show how the
crop -came on. After September roth
tomatoes were measured. In the record of
the peas the last column is marked L
and gives the length of the row in feet. In
recording vegetables by measure the X is
used to represent one peck, each leg being
one-quarter of a peck. Each vegetable has
a table arranged on this general basis to

suit its needs.

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bushes planted last year and set eighteen
inches from the fence; also a shallow gutter
fifteen inches wide used as a path, which
also gives room in which to turn, but may be
shortened if necessary.

At the rear there is a row of rhubarb
plants set eighteen inches from the fence.
Two and a half feet in front of this is a row
of asparagus (planted last year), the roots set
eighteen inches apart; this year another row
of asparagus will be planted two and a half
feet from the present one. ‘The remaining
sixty-two feet is divided into two unequal
portions. All vegetables of the same family
are grown in the same portion, the position

Remarks.
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Two sample pages from the record book by which closer cropping was made possible

By keeping a record I am able to estimate,
almost to a day, when anything planted will
be ready for use, and also—and this is very
important—when it can be cleared away to
make room for a succession crop. Although
some things planted may be almost failures,
yet the total value of the yield from a small
garden may still be large by careful planning,
planting another crop as soon as one is cleared
away. In other words do not let the ground
remain idle. By this means, too, the garden
is always presentably neat and in order,
never an eyesore with old plants, vines, etc.,
disfiguring it.

An almost perfect succession is the total
result of my three years’ records. The plan on
page 22 shows that the larger part of the
garden yielded two crops. A 4-foot space
along each tence line contains a row of berry

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of these portions being changed each year,
so as to get a rotation.

In deciding on the distances between both
rows and plants the effort has been to give
the plants room to properly develop, yet to
have them so that when grown the foliage
will completely shade the ground, and thus
lessen the labor necessary for their care.
Paths one foot wide are left between the beds
of small vegetables, so that the beds can be
seen to and crops gathered without un-
necessary trampling of the ground.

Several changes from the plan are con-
templated for this year as a result of the
winter’s study of the records. Cabbage is to
be omitted, making room for another row
of asparagus; celery can therefore follow
early potatoes. When cabbage is again
grown it will be tried planted among the corn

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hills. Stringless greenpod pole bean has
given me suck a large crop that it will be
planted instead of the wax pole beans, and
no late bush beans. This one variety will
bear from the middle of July until frost.
Early bush beans will still be planted, as
the first picking was made from them on
June 18th. These rows of beans will be
placed between the limas and the corn. The
record shows that late peas were through
bearing by July 8th, the early peas by July
2oth; corn can therefore follow the peas,
giving ten rows instead of eight. Even if the
peas are not out in time it will not matter
as they can be sowed six inches away from
the line of the future corn row, being cleared
away later.

All such plants as lettuce, early cabbage,
parsley, egg plant, pepper and tomato are
grown from seed; the tender ones in the win-
dows of the house, the hardy ones in the
laundry, which has sash on two sides, but
no means of heating. After March 7th the
hardy plants do very well here; on cold nights

COT.

Rhubaré,

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

they are covered. These home-grown plants
are better than the wilted bought ones; also
I know they are of the desired variety, and for
a very small outlay in cash I get a great
number. The early plants grown in the
house last year were six egg plants, sixty-
eight tomatoes and fifteen peppers; in the
laundry, thirty plants of cabbage, twenty-
four of parsley, and over two hundred let-
tuce.

The tomatoes are grown on an upright
trellis. The plants are set eighteen inches
apart in the row, and trimmed to two stems,
all side shoots being cut off as soon as they
start. The first ripe tomatoes were picked
July 2nd. Three varieties of early tomatoes
were grown, six plants of each. Chalk’s
Jewel gave me the greatest results out of the
five varieties that I have tried during the
last three years. The scarlet fruits are
smooth, solid, medium sized, and of excellent
quality. For late tomatoes, Stone and Match-
less were grown. Both are excellent and
hard to distinguish.

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An ingenious garden chart.

Solid lines are rows; dotted lines mark successive crops when spacing
"was changed: marks on lines show distance between the plants.

The names and dates of first planting

sare in the left-hand column: those of successive planting in the right-hand column.

FEBRUARY, 1907

Previous to the first killing frost all green
tomatoes were picked from the vines, the
small ones used for pickles, and the large ones
stored in a dark place where they kept ripen-
ing until December 18th.

The first early cabbage was ready for use
July roth. I had twenty-five good heads
from thirty plants set out. Kale follows
early cabbage, and is transplanted into the
rows as fast as a cabbage is removed, and
set so as to come between the cabbage plants.
Two sowings of kale are made, one about
June 6th and another about July 6th, so as
to always have young plants ready. Kale
needs frost to make it good. Last winter it
was used until February and the young
growth, made in the spring before the ground
was plowed, was also used. The early
potatoes were dug July 2oth. Late cabbage
followed the potatoes, fifty-two plants were set
but only twenty-four heads matured, because
of the club root. Growing cabbage in my
garden has been a continuous fight with
club root and maggot. The latter is over-
come by the use of lime; when the plants are
set out they are watered with limewater so
strong that it might be called whitewash.
About one week later they get another dose.

BIG RETURNS FROM EIGHT DOLLARS

All my crops are planted in straight rows,
for easy cultivation with a wheel hoe. In
fact I could not take care of this sized garden
without that tool, as all the work is done by
myself either in the morning before going to
work or in the evening after returning home.

The annual cost of the seeds used is really
very small, for taking advantage of the fact
that their vitality extends over a period vary-
ing from one to ten years, they are bought
in larger quantities than needed for one year—
indeed in many cases this is unavoidable,
and instead of throwing out the remains of
a single packet of seed, the surplus is kept
on hand. Thus for example, my Chalk’s
Jewel tomato has been grown from the same
packet of seed for three years and germin-
ation was as strong last year as it was at first.
The yearly average seed expense is kept
below three dollars and my total outlay in
money is less than eight dollars, made up
thus:

COST PER YEAR

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Total $7.72

The bone meal is used in the rows for
second crops and mixed with the soil when
setting out plants from frames or pots.

MORE THAN 600 PER CENT. RETURN

The produce of the garden was estimated
(by careful records kept all the season), to be
$51.59. This does not include such items
as the herbs, parsley, etc.—a number of vege-
tables of which no estimate can be made,
such as kale, New Zealand spinach, green
tomatoes pickled before frost, five rows of
spinach, and a large quantity of rhubarb
which was freely used and of which I have
fifteen quarts canned for winter use.

Eleven Types of Garden

Enjoyment

CONVINCING EXAMPLES OF CREATIVE IMAGINATION AND NO UNCERTAIN PURPOSE ON THE PART
OF THE OWNERS—SOME GARDENS THAT WILL NOT HAVE TO BE MADE OVER AT GREAT EXPENSE

A real seaside garden. A bed of portulaca in the poorest sandy soil; its
brilliant flowers in sharp contrast to the rocks and sea

A seaside wild garden.

Where the lawn meets the rocky shore are planted barberries and

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An old-fashioned garden that almost takes care of itself. Filled with peren-
niai flowers, which do not have to be planted every year

other native shrubs and trees in a nature-like manner

A secluded sunken garden where tender bedding plants appear at their best. A garden that is attractive both winter and summer. This formal garden is
Here they do not bring a discordant note into the landscape. A formal arrange: composed almost exclusively of hardy evergreens which always give a glimpse
ment which suits a formal situation. Mostly geraniums and cannas of life and cheer from the home windows. Yonkers, N. Y.

A large formal rose garden in which “‘standard roses” are the dominant fea- The garden of a collector where one may grow every variety of his favorite
ture. A “‘standard” is a shrub grown in tree form. A popular idea in England, flower and rejoice in the merit of each. A place where you may forget your
but rarely successful here. Mrs. Spencer Trask’s, Saratoga, N. Y. troubles and be an amateur Burbank. Iris maKes a good hobby

Water lilies naturalized on a large scale at small expense by an enthusiastic A Japanese garden ina village yard. The owner had the wisdom.to give a
amateur who enjoys outwilting muskrats, turtles and other enemies. Every first-class Japanese gardener a free hand and he is better satisfied than if he
stream and pond should have water lilies and fish to devour mosquito larvae had imposed ideas of his own

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A garden that has the spirit of the Colonial times—seclusion, maturity, a certain formality, flowers for sentiment rather than display, permanence, evergreen
’ growth (a symbol of immortality), and above all, a masterful sensé of design which speaks of personality and home life—not mere show

The imperishable dignity and charm of the Southern ante-bellum home. The magnolia is the grandest broad-leaved evergreen tree of sub-tropical regions, and
box is the most aristocratic of all broad-leaved evergreen shrubs. In such a place flowers would be petty, impertinent, undignified
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The Choicest Vines for Trellis, Pillar, and Wall_sy James T. Scott, %%

FLOWERING AND FOLIAGE PLANTS THAT WILL GIVE SECLUSION AND FINISH TO A NEW HOME
—THE PROPER SIZES TO BUY FOR BEST RESULTS AND THE PARTICULAR USES OF EACH KIND

HE best known and most useful of ali
foliage vines is the Boston or Japanese
ivy (Ampelopsis tricus pidata, known in the
trade as A. Veitchii). This is most suitable for
brick or stone walls, because it has disk-like
tendrils on the young growths by which it
holds on securely, and the plant is supported
to any height. Boston ivy succeeds in any
aspect, north, south, east, or west, and is per-
fectly hardy. It succeeds in the smoke
and dirt of the city just as well as in
a clearer atmosphere; and after planting
needs no attention, except cutting back
when it encroaches upon windows or
doors. The foliage is deciduous, but
in early spring bursts forth with beauti-
ful tints of green and red-brown. In
summer the vines present a mass of shining
green, and when autumn arrives the foliage
assumes vivid tints of gold, purple, and
scarlet; it hangs on with great tenacity, and
is among the last of the leaves to stand against
the approach of winter.

Plant the vines in early spring, using by
preference two-year-old pot-grown plants
(costing about 25 cents each), and set them
six to eight feet apart. As growth is very
rapid, any ordinary wall will be covered
with drapery in two or three years.

Field mice are very fond of the young
growth in winter; they must be destroyed, as
otherwise it is no use trying to grow Ampe-
lopsis. Poisoning is the most effective method.
Get a can of green peas from the grocery and
stir well into it a few grains of arsenic, then
let it stand for a short time. A few of these
strewn around will be a greater enticement
than the young growing shoots; and the result
to the mice is certain. There is a larger

leafed form of Boston ivy known in the trade
as Ampelopsis Roylei, but I prefer the
former.

The Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quin-

Even in winter time, the bare stems of the Boston ivy
give an attractive quality to masonry walls in the city

quefolia) belongs to the same family, but
does not climb. It trails much more freely,
however, and is the more suitable for covering
rocks, boulders, and low walls. Whenever
possible, it should be planted on the top of
a wall, rather than at the bottom, for its
tendency is to creep and grow downward,
rather than to climb upward like the Boston
ivy. Where it can be used to advantage, it
is a very effective and satisfactory plant.
Neither one has any natural enemies to
bother the gardener. Their purple berries
in the fall are much sought by our feathered
songsters.

The English ivy (Hedera Helix) is the
only distinctly evergreen vine suitable for
a high wall; it is practically hardy in the

The best quick-growing, fragrant-flowered vine.
How greatly it improves the lamp post

vicinity of New York, but it must be planted
against a north wall, or have northern ex-
posure, or by some other means be protected
from the sun in winter. The cold and frost
do not injure the plant, unless the growth
be more or less active. The greatest
injury occurs during February or March,
when the vine is grown in a sunny position.
The early spring or late winter warmth starts

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the flow of sap so that every cell becomes
filled, and if at night this sap gets frozen,
the cell walls are ruptured and the injury
is done. The leaves soon turn yellow and
later on fall from the plant. If given a
northerly exposure, where the sun does not
strike until late in the afternoon, this cause
of injury is avoided.

On rough walls, the climbing euonymus has all the

grace of English ivy. Rather slow growing
The English ivy is slower in growth than
the Ampelopsis, but there is no other vine
that approaches it for beauty at all times.
It should be used wherever possible. It
emits roots along its branches, and clings
with tenacity, deriving nourishment from
even a stone wall. In planting, treat it just
like an evergreen shrub and do not handle it
until about the end of May, or beginning of
June. Get two-year-old pot-grown plants,
as in the case of the Boston ivy. The price
is the same, about twenty-five cents each.
Plant six to eight feet apart and supply them
plentifully with water the first summer, or
until they get a good hold of the new ground.
This vine also has few natural enemies.
The climbing euonymus (Euonymus Ja-
ponica, var. radicans), illustrated in the
January GARDEN MAGAZINE, page 286, is
a plant that ought to be better known as a
vine. It is often seen in masses, used as a
low shrub for covering bare spots, and for
this it is very well adapted, but it is also of |
great merit as a true vine for walls, trees,
rocks, etc. It clings as tenaciously to a
rough surface as does the English ivy. Its
leaves are small, and growth is slow, two
attributes which fit the plant well for
use on a low wall. Besides the green form,
there is also a variegated leaved one that is
extremely decorative. Both are perfectly
hardy in New York, and for some distance
north. Their small, beautiful, shiny green
leaves, about an inch across, are evergreen.
I do not know of any vine that gives a neater
appearance. It is quite easy to establish
either as a vine on a wall or as a ground cover.
Plant in early spring in a rich soil, It may

FEBRUARY, 1907

be lightly sheared in June to keep an even
surface.

I have seen the climbing hydrangea (H.
petiolaris) on one or two places only, but its
possessors have always spoken of it in very
laudatory terms. It is of slow growth, and
seems to be rather more difficult to establish
than the commoner vines, but when once
established it is perfectly hardy. It will
cling to stone or brick, but not to wood. I
once saw it planted against a wall which
retained a terrace. At the time of my visit
(in June) it was one mass of white bloom.
I cannot recall a prettier picture, nor a more
suitable subject for the situation. It has all
the white beauty of the Japanese clematis,
which twines, but does not really cling.
The leaves are deciduous, but as it is one of
the earliest of plants to show its leaves in
spring, the period of bare stems is short.
Plant in early spring, and for the first two
or three winters (or until established) give it
a light protection with salt hay or burlap.

Often confused with this plant, even by
the trade, is the false hydrangea (Schizo-
phragma hydrangeoides), but it is quite
distinct. The leaves are deeply lobed, and
the flowers are not so showy, having only one
large white sepal to the sterile flowers, whereas

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

The trumpet vine and Virginia creeper will quickly
cover a wooden trellis to makKea solid screen

the true plant has four showy sepals. It is
unfortunately better known than Hydrangea
petiolaris, and.is responsible for the popular
unfavorable opinion about that vine.

Two of the most useful of hard-wooded
vines requiring support, and very suitable
for wall or piazza decoration, are the wistaria,
Wistaria Chinensis with its racemes of

27

pale purple, fragrant flowers, and the trum-
pet vine (Tecoma radicans) in bright orange-
scarlet flowers, four or five inches long. Both
are perfectly hardy, and excepting, perhaps,
an oak or a maple tree, nothing is so easily
taken care of. Both are rapid growers, and
attain to a great height, and they will outlive
the natural term of any man. They can be
planted either in spring or in the early fall,
and so far as my observation goes, the results
are about equal. Give them a rich soil, and
they will respond readily to it. Complaints
are often heard about these plants not bloom-
ing. ‘The fault is usually with the man who
handles the shears. In his endeavor to have
everything pruned and cleared up before
spring, he invariably cuts away all the flower-
ing wood. Let him restrain himself for once,
and leave the pruning operation until afler
the flowering season. He can then cut away
any superfluous growth, and need not be
afraid of killing the vines. They will respond
to such treatment by a still greater profusion
of bloom a year hence.

Several of the clematises are excellent for
screen and trellises, or for draping on walls
and pillars. The most generally known is
the Japanese clematis (Clematis paniculata).
It is one of the very showiest of all vines,

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The Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia) is an ideal vine for rough places, or banks and walls where it can hang down. Needs support

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Crimson Rambler roses on an arch over steps, a blaze of color foiled by Boston ivy and shrubbery

producing more flowers than any other that
I know, in August. It is best adapted for
trellis work, and if planted against a wall
must have a piece of large-mesh wire netting
to cling to. It supports itself by its leaves,
which twine around any such medium, and
it requires no further training. It is best to
cut it back almost to the ground every spring
before growth starts. As the flowers are
produced upon the current season’s growth,

it may be stated broadly that the harder it
is cut back the greater the profusion of bloom.
The wild clematis (Clematis Virginiana),
the traveler’s joy (Clematis vitalba), the
scarlet-flowered clematis (Clematis coccinea),
and Clematis flammula, are all suitable for
growing in similar situations and serve to
extend the season and character of bloom.
There are many beautiful flowered hybrid
varieties of clematis of the Jackmani type,

A combination of honeysuckle and Boston ivy on a Pittsburg garden-wall, a charming gaiety of color

FEBRUARY, 1907

and they are worth growing for the size of the
flowers, four to six inches across, whereas
in the others named a diameter of about one
inch is extreme. But the growth of the large-
flowered kinds is not nearly so robust, nor do
they produce flowers in such lavish quantities.
They are to be regarded strictly as gems and
should be planted in the most prominent
places. ‘They are at home on the lattice or
trellis work of a piazza, or for covering
pillars or posts in prominent places; they do
well also when planted with Crimson Rambler
and other climbing roses. Their growth is thin,
and no harm is done.

For fences and low walls and for the
rougher portions of the garden the honey-
suckles are superior to all else. They grow
quickly, and are not over-particular as to
soil; they produce an abundance of fragrant
flowers the whole season (which compensates
for their comparatively small size); they are
not subject to disease, or bugs of any kind.
In fact, when once planted, they seem to
thrive indefinitely, requiring no attention
whatever. It would be hard to find another
lot of plants at once so useful and so pretty
that will also stand so much abuse and neg-
lect. Honeysuckles are very easily estab-
lished, and can be planted in either spring
or fall, although early spring is preferred.
Nursery grown plants can be procured from
thirty-five cents upward. Though not par-
ticular as to soil or situation, they do, like
any other plant, respond readily to good
treatment. If the soil of the place where
planting is to be done be naturally poor, dig
out a place big enough to hold a large wheel-
barrowful of rich soil and they will soon

establish themselves. When once agrowing,

they will find enough sustenance in the poor-
est locality. The best climbing kinds are:
golden Japanese (Lonicera Japonica, var.
aureo-reticulata), with variegated foliage;
monthly fragrant (L. Periclymenum, var.
Belgica), with reddish flowers, extremely
fragrant and in bloom all summer; Hall’s
evergreen (L. Japonica, var. Halliana), flower-
ing in the fall; red trumpet (L. semper-
virens), evergreen in the South, flowering
all summer; and Heckrott’s (L. Heckroiii),
the freest bloomer of all.

While the climbing roses are not vines in
the strict sense of the word they can with so
little trouble be tied and trained to so good
an effect that we may take some of them into
consideration. ‘The easiest method is to have
a lattice-work frame or cedar posts, about
four feet apart, on which they may be tied.
Planted at that distance the roses will com-
fortably fill the intervening spaces.

In the vicinity of a wall or dwelling an
amount of subsoil usually gets incorporated
with the overlying earth which makes poor
conditions for plants. If such be the case,
dig out the poor, gravelly, or sandy material,
and put in fresh, rich matter. While a
trench two feet wide and eighteen inches deep
will suffice, more will be: better. Breadth
is preferable to depth, however, at all times.
Where large-growing specimens, such as wis-
taria, or trumpet vines, are to be planted, a
square hole that will take two or three cubic
yards of good soil will be sufficient.

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

HE story of the growth and development of a new and
better table melon than those in common use makes a

horticultural record of unusual interest. All of the
Garden Magazine readers may not know or realize the years of
careful selection and hybridizing necessary to secure and fix a
new fruit of value.

Mr. Paul Rose, in whose Michigan fields this new variety,
the HOODOO, originated, has spent a lifetime in growing
Cantelopes. His shipments have brought the best prices in the
big markets of the Central States, Buffalo, Pittsburg, Chicago,
Columbus and other cities. His specialties have been Osage,
Osage Gem, Paul Rose (Petoskey) Netted Gem and this his
latest, the HOODOO. Four of these ‘have been intro-
duced to the public by Vaughan’s Seed Store and not one of
them has been a failure,—ail are grown largely to-day.

It need not be said that Mr. Rose has been constantly
watching for a better melon and ready to notice, save and im-
prove any variation in Cantelopes that comes nearer to the per-
fect market sort. Mr. Rose now has Cantelope plantations in
Michigan, Illinois, Texas, Alabama, Indiana and Tennessee.

WHAT OTHERS SAY
Pronounces the HOODOO the Best

elon

“We have grown HOODOO
four seasons, both in field and
under glass. Far from bringing
us bad luck it has given us our
best melons every year, holding
of blight ten days longer than
Emerald Gem, Paul Rose (Petas-
key) or Rocky Ford Netted Gem.
It would seem Mr. Rose has
achieved complete success and we
feel certain this new variety will

not HOODOO its growers.’
The ‘Rural New Yorker.

In A Class By Itself
“The HOODOO Melon is in a
class by itself, totally unlike any
other Cantelope in flavor and has
a very deep color.’’
Trotwood’s Monthly,
Nashville, Tenn.

Real Hybridizing
Mr. Paul Rosewrote as follows March 8, 1906 >
Mr. J. C. VAUGHAN, Pres.,
Vaughan’s Seed Store,
Chicago and New York.

Dear Sir:

The HOODOO js an out-growth of the
Petoskey.
time to get a melon of more uniform size,

I baye been working for some

solid netting, of a rounder form, tough
netted rind and a much more hardy foliage.
I have found the HOODOO to be more
blight resisting than any other yariety that
I think that it will
prove the best shipper of them all; retaining the high quality of the Petoskey (Paul Rose). It
is really some later than the Gem varieties, but more prolific. No seeds haye been sold to any-
one, I am not looking for anyone to buy seed. Ionly want to perfect this Cantelope and give the
public something that is a little better than the best.

VAUGHAN’S OSAGE GEM.
in its time.

I have ever grown.

Yours truly,
PAUL ROSE.

A grand successor to, and from the same breeding as those three
splendid melons—The OSAGE, the PAUL ROSE (Petoskey), and

Each in succession a market leader

VAUGHAN’S SEED STORE

This new melon, which has been given by Mr. Rose the
peculiar and distinct name HOODOO, he has placed with
us for distribution. We promise that it will benno HOODOO
in the garden, but rather the most perfect Cantelope for gen-
eral use.

Its Description

The HOODOGO is the ideal basket and crate melon,
the fruits average 11-2 lbs., are thickly netted, as hard
as a bullet, extra strong at the blossom end, of a very hand-
some appearance. The flesh is very thick, of fine firm texture,
not stringy, rich orange in color, and of the sweetest flavor.
The seed cavity is very small; it is a scant seed producer—30
melons yielded but one pound of seed. The well netted rind
is very tough and rubber-like. The vines are vigorous, healthy,
and the most blight resisting of any we have seen. The Rural
New Yorker says: “‘It holds off blight from a week to ten days
longer than Vaughan’s Paul Rose or Petoskey (the most blight
resisting up to date), the ‘Emerald Gem’ or the ‘Rocky
Ford’ strain of Netted Gem.”’

: Sn eee aaa The Best Ever
“T think the HOODOO the best

melon I ever ate.’’
C. B. Compton, L. G& N. Ry.

Never Tasted a Finer Melon Than
the HCODOO

““We have never tasted a finer
melon, no matter where grown,
than your HOODOO, received to-
day from Michigan. If the prod-
uct duplicates the melon, we
should have no fear of handling
on this market all that could be
grown. The melons you shipped
us on the 18th and used on the
24th, were of a superior quality.
The party who purchased your
Tennessee stock was so_ well
pleased that he called again and
again for that variety. ‘hey were
at that time being used jointly
with the Rocky Ford product.’’

Phillips & Sons,
Commission House.

Advises Growers to Try the
HOODOO

“‘T cannot say too much in favor
of this melon and will advise all

growers to try the HOODOO.”’
F. M. Welch, Buffalo.

(HOODOO sold by Mr. Welch at $4.50 per
case, while Rocky Ford Netted Gem sold at
$3.00 and $2.25.)

The 1907 Catalogue

of Vaughan’s Seed Store will be
mailed free with every order for
HOODOO Seed. Our 20th Anuaual
Edition. more complete than ever, A Mirror of Horticulture, Four Com-
piete Departments in Gardening. The Best Flower Seeds in America. 160
pages. Price for HOODOO Melon Seed, one packet 20 cts.; 3 pkts. for 50 cts.
prepaid with catalogue. For market gardeners 1-4 Ib. sealed packet prepaid
for $5.00. While the supply is limited, we hope to see a few seeds sown in
every good garden for 1907.

84-86 Randolph St., CHICAGO
14 Barclay St., NEW YORK

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An Office Man’s Vegetable
Garden

@Me available space measured up to a

total of 540 square feet, and a few
trenches for sweet peas.

We had wax beans from June 26th to
July 31st, nine and one-half pecks, valued
at $2.27; pole beans from July rst to Sep-
tember 26th, eighteen and one-half pecks,
worth $3.94; sweet corn from July 3rd to
September 2nd, 204 ears, worth $3.98. The
tomatoes yielded from July 18th to October
4th eight and one-half bushels, worth $4.70.
Of the early lettuce, radishes, onions and
beets we kept no accurate account, but we
would have had to pay at least $1.50 at the
grocer’s.

The time devoted to working in my gar-
den was that remaining out of office hours,
8 A. M. to 5 p. M. The three obstacles of
little time, little space and little knowledge

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The plan of a garden which cost less than one
dollar and produced $14.52, over 1400 per cent.

were overcome, and the table for a family of
four was kept supplied with crisp, fresh
vegetables.

As soon as the ground was in condition
to work, it was spaded up, and the soil—a
tough, yellow clay—worked as thoroughly
as possible with hoe and rake. A quantity
equal to two wagon loads of old, black, stable
manure, hauled by the wheelbarrow load,
was carefully worked into the ground. We
had decided to begin with only the staple
summer vegetables—tomatoes, beans, corn,
beets, with lettuce, radish and onion for early
spring greens. The garden was laid off as
shown in the accompanying diagram.

The strip on the south side of the division
fence, four feet six inches wide by eighteen
feet long, was-devoted to tomatoes, seven
plants. Bordering the walk strips eighteen
inches wide by ten feet long were devoted to
early bush wax beans. A strip eighten inches

FEBRUARY, 1907

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 31

SWEET PEAS AND ) SOMETHING ABOUT

GROWING THEM IN A GREENHOUSE
N this age of electric buttons

and subways we are apt to

get the idea that everything

can be done in a snap-shot

way, but with Nature, although

you can hurry her along a good

deal, she resents too much hus-

What we
had in mind more particularly was, sweet
peas grown in a greenhouse and the neces-
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so you could get your sweet peas started in
time for next fall. Can there be anything
more beautiful or delightful in their fragrance
than a vase of sweet peas picked for your
table, two or three times a week, all through
the wintermonths? The reason we selected
sweet peas from all the choice things so suc-
cessfully grown in greenhouses, is because

tling and simply refuses to act.

we just visited this house where they

are growing so abundantly. This little
sketch shows the kind of box the gardener

has rigged up for growing them. It is easy
to handle, while the frame, strung for the
vines, does away with the unsightly brush or
net wiring. He plants them in his U-Bar house
during August, the first picking was for
Thanksgiving, and each year he has picked
right through to Easter. We don’t know of
ancther such record with an ordinary house.
Just another one of the proofs of the won-
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—wonderful because they are so light, so
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U-Bar houses are built so entirely different
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wide by seven feet long, at the back of the
enclosed porch, was given to the old-fashioned
pole beans, as was a strip eighteen inches by
nine feet at the front of the coal shed and
another eighteen inches wide by ten feet
long at the end of the shed.

Outside the driveway was a plot nine feet
in width, running the full depth of the yard.
This was divided into three 15-foot spaces,
in which sweet corn was planted. In the
“WV” of the rear walk, a bed for head lettuce
was made, French radishes being sowed be-
tween the rows of lettuce. At the end of the
shed, between the space given up to beans
and the driveway, was a plot ten feet long
by four feet wide; this was utilized for spring
onions and early beets.

The purely decorative gardening was con-
fined to a strip a foot wide and ten feet long,
beside the driveway, wherein was made a
~ $age : trench for sweet peas. A double trench for
eas AAA ER LEE the same flowers gave two 20-foot rows to-

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An Interesting

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At the time when you were all enthusiastic over the so-called nature-study craze, the
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right; the fad did run itself out of breath, but the many who were interested in a healthy, red-
blooded way are still revelling in the joys and charms of nature, and will continue to do so.

Along with this ever-growing interest, comes the desire for flowers in the dull gray months,
and you are no longer content with the brief pleasures of the outdoor garden—you must have
them all the year through; that is just the reason we have made our greenhouses such attractive,
workable sort of places—actual bits of garden land where, amidst most delightful surroundings
and just the right growing conditions, you can experiment with seedlings, turn completely
around the blooming or fruiting time—have your roses in December as well as June; go straw-
berrying at Christmas, picking a quart from every six or eight plants.

Then there are the vegetables—tomatoes and string beans growing side by side. Melons
and cucumbers clambering up their trellises. With it all comes not alone the actual pleasure
of having things out of season but the genuine enjoyment of helping things to grow—that zest
that only comes with doing things. Send tor our ‘“Iwo P’s’’ booklet. It shows four of just

the kind of greenhouses that will bring all this to you. Seventeen dozen ears of corn were produced from
a narrow strip on one side of the yard

LORD & BURNHAM, GREENHOUSE DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS,
1133 BROADWAY, CORNER 26TH STREET, NEW YORK 7 | driveway; climbing nasturtiums were planted
BOSTON BRANCH: 819 TREMONT BUILDING beside the back steps and at the south end of
the enclosed porch, and a small bed of old-
fashioned flowering plants was made beside
the walk leading around the house. One
plot of corn was planted with Golden Bantam
for first crop, while in the other plots, two
plantings of Stowell’s Evergreen were made
a month apart.
For the climbing beans, small stakes were
driven deeply into the ground at the ends of
the trenches, and strong wire was run across

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placed three or four inches apart and were
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For the support of the tomato vines a

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freely under and through them and the fruits

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Frespruary, 1907

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 33

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buttery. The very best lettuce for private
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Dreer’s Improved Lima. This pole
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those with small, dull hued, imperfect blossoms,

but the improved kind, with large, perfect, ex-
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veritable rosette) — crimson, maroon, rose, salmon,
yellow, snow white, etc. Though not generally
known, there has been as great improvement made in
this stately flower, during the past 25 years, as there has
in the Canna, Dahlia, Chrysanthemum or Carnation.

Lovett’s Superb Hollyhocks

will doubtless prove a revelation to thousands. The
flowers are not only very large, wonderfully perfect in
make-up and pure in color, but they are produced in
far greater numbers and for a much longer season than
the Hollyhocks of ‘‘Grandmother’s Garden’’—inter-
esting and attractive as they were. In my catalog of
Hardy Perennial Plants the above are illustrated and
described, with prices of plants, together with more
than one thousand varieties of other beautiful hardy
flowers.

Nothing for the cost gives such an air of refinement
and adds so much cheer to the country home grounds,
rendering them attractive and interesting from early
spring until late autumn, as Hardy Perennials; yield-
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My catalog of Hardy Perennial Plants is a profusely
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to all who are interested in flowers. Mailed free for the asking.

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34

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

@ Little Book About
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thus be kept off the ground. The estimate
of the probable growth was entirely too low;
the tomatoes finally attained a height of
fully seven feet from the ground. The beans
attained a similar height and the pods were
always clean and easy to gather.

The bush wax bean came to maturity at
least three weeks before the climbing kinds,
and from the twenty feet given of row, we
gathered five pecks. While the bush beans
were still in bearing, the climbers matured
their earliest pods, and in repeated ‘‘pick-
ings,” the last of which was made about the
middle of September, the vines produced
two and one-half bushels of as fine “snap”
beans as anyone could desire. Two varieties
were planted—one called Kentucky Wonder,
and the other, a week to ten days later, called
Lazy Wife. The Kentucky Wonder is cer-
tainly true to its name, many of the pods
picked being more than eight inches in length,
and a number of the fully matured ones
measuring eleven to thirteen inches.

Seventy-eight fully developed ears were
pulled from the early corn, over a period of
three weeks, the two later plantings furnish-
ing 126 roasting ears, through a season of
about seven weeks.

The tomatoes planted were of the variety
Beefsteak, large and solid. The first ripe
fruits were picked on July 18th. At one
time the seven vines were set with over two
hundred fruits, and from their first bearing
until the end of the season, with the frost in
October, they furnished an ample supply
for the table, as well as an abundance for
making catsup, Chili sauce, etc.

As for the cost of the garden, less than one
dollar covered the entire cash outlay for seeds,
etc. A single packet of nitro-culture sufficed
for treating all the seed beans, and this cost
twenty-five cents. The manure cost no-
thing; spade, mattock, hoe and rake were
already on hand; therefore, the total cash
outlay involved in making this experiment
in “intensive farming” was only $1.15.
Close account was kept of all vegetables used,
the market price of the produce at the time
being set down, and by the end of the season
the city backyard, that had been considered
too small for anything larger than a flower
bed, had produced, according to the actual
market prices, $14.52 of the finest of home-
grown vegetables.

I made a comparison of treated and un-
treated beans, and am entirely satisfied that
nitro-culture increased the yield. The soil
was prepared in precisely the same manner
in all cases, and the beans were all weeded,
hoed and watered exactly the same. From
the 7-foot row of Kentucky Wonder beside
the porch (given the treatment), we gathered
five times the quantity of beans plucked from
the untreated 9-foot row. The vines, too,
made a growth of from two to five feet greater
length. I also treated our sweet peas, and
in the entire neighborhood ours were the only
ones which were a success, flowering until
September and being nearly seven feet in
height. The soil is a tough, hard, almost un-
workable yellow clay, that must be cut up
with sand and fertilized until there is little of
the original soil left.

Indiana. ROBERT DALE.

1907

FEBRUARY

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Frspruary, 1907

Nature’s Two Unique and Wonderful
“New Creations” in Bush Limas!

Nature has surely surpassed herself! na single season she has outstripped
all efforts of man. In fact, such distinct new types have never even been

dreamed of before!
Look at the illustrations shown of the BuRPEE-IMpROVED and FoRDHOOK BusH
Limas, recall to mind the largest and best pods of Lima Beans you have ever
seen, and you must agree with us that this is a most remarKable find.
To learn just what they really are and how they were discovered, kindly
study pages 10 to 75 of ‘THE FarM ANNUAL FOR 1907. ‘These two most unique
new Bush Limas will be worth many thousands of dollars annually to the
gardeners of America. They are undoubtedly the ‘‘ Greatest Novelties of the Age.”
B I is an entirely “New Crea-
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mous in size, borne in great abundance upon bushes two and one-half feet
high by two feet across. The beans are both larger and thicker than those of
the popular Burpee’s Bush Lima or any strain of the large White Pole Lima.

D This is altogether wzzgue. Nothing

Fordhook Bush Lima. like it has ever been seen before.

It is the first and ovdy stiffly erect Bush form of the fat ‘‘ Potato Lima.’’ Both

pods and beans are twice the size of Dreey’s and more than half again as large
as the Challenger Pole Lima.

With one

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$150.00, several of $50.00 each, we will pay a total of $1115.00 on these Two
New Bush Limas. For particulars, see page 28 and page r99 of BURPEE’s
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° are sold only in sealed pacKels. Each
These Bush Limas packet contains twelve perfect hand-

picked beans. Per pKt. 25 cls.; 5 pKls. (assorted as desired) for $1.00, postpaid.

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1907

FEBRUARY,

36 THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

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Hardy Red-flowered Plants

There is a host of red flowers from which
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by Mrs. Albee’s article on page 16. The
plants in the following list have been tested
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the months named.

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February, 1907

Every
Lover of
Flowers

Should Have
This Catalogue

Q The owtside of this new Spring Cata-
logue will be plain, as the illustration
shows, but the inside will be full of
valuable information and cultural direc-
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@ It contains full list of Seeds, Bulbs,
Plants, Hardy Perennials and Novel-
ties in Seeds that make your garden

more interesting and beautiful than
it ever has been before.

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Catchfly
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Spiked loosestripe Lythrum salicaria, var.

roseum superbum 3
Beebalm Monarda didyma 3
Sweet scabious Scabiosa atropurpurea 25
Spirea Spiraea superba 3
Trumpet vine Tecoma radicans (Big-

nonia radicans) 15
Defiance verbena Verbena hybrida 2
Curled and crested zinnia Zinnia elegans By)

FLOWERING IN AUGUST
Sweet-scented shrub Calycanthus floridus 4
William Agnew dahlia Dahlia rosea
Blanket flower Gaillardia amblyodon 2
President Carnot gladiolus Gladiolus 2
Cypress vine Ipomea Quamoclit 5
Marvel of Peru Mirabilis Falapa 2
Blazing star Liatris scariosa 2
Defiance phlox Phlox paniculata 4
Smoke bush Rhus Cotinus 8
Salpiglossis Salpiglossis sinuata 3
FLOWERING IN OCTOBER

Pompon chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum Indi-

cum 2

The Californian’s Reminder

This is the best month of the year for
general garden planting.

Plant out citrous trees, loquats, all fruits,
ornamental trees and plants native to semi-
tropical or tropical climates.

Manure lawns and turn up soil for new
lawns, to get it aérated.

Plant out first lot of gladiolus.

Fertilize and cultivate roses and remove
the weak wood.

Put out cabbage and cauliflower plants,
and roots of asparagus and horseradish.

Sow beans, peas, rhubarb, tomatoes and
turnips.

Plant potatoes: Early Rose and Six
Weeks’ Market for early; Burbank for late.

If you have no onions, plant at once:
New Queen for early white, White Portugal
for later, and Yellow Danvers and Australian
Brown for dark-skinned; the latter is the
best keeper of all onions.

Los Angeles. ERNEST BRAUNTON.

The New Way to Plant Crocuses

SPER most delightful way to plant crocuses

isto scatter them in the lawn, instead
of having them in the garden where they
come up out of bare earth. They are the
first spring flowers that have good size, and
good colors, and good cheer. The cheapest
bulbs for lawn planting cost $3.00 to $3.50
per thousand mixed, but you can get much
better effects by buying separate colors,
which only cost a dollar more. Then you
can control your purples and yellows, which
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The Southerner’s Reminder

In the latitude of Richmond sow in hotbeds
the tender vegetables, e. g., tomatoes, egg-
plants and peppers.

Sow in coldframes lettuce and radishes for
use in March; beets for April; early cabbages,
cauliflowers and onions for May.

Sow outdoors in late February, if favorable,
the earliest varieties of the hardiest vegeta-
bles. Under favorable conditions you can
have ready for the table in March radishes,
spinach, peas, parsley and beets, these being
named in the order of their maturity. Also
you will have plants of celery, kale, carrot
and other plants requiring a long season of
growth, to transplant or thin in March,
when shiftless people are just beginning to
think of sowing seeds.

Sow seeds of Georgia collards so that they
will mature before the summer’s drought
sets in.

Set out asparagus roots, onion sets, horse-
radish roots, and a few lettuce plants. Also
plant an early variety of potatoes.

Sow lawn-grass seed. Bermuda grass is
best, as it can withstand the summer’s heat.

Start flower seeds in boxes in the window.

In the latitude of New Orleans sow outdoors
by the middle of the month, sweet corn and
Early Mohawk beans; at the end of the month,
Early Valentine. If frost threatens the bean
seedlings, cover them an inch deep with
soil, by means of the hand-cultivator. To
prevent their being washed away by heavy
rains plant beans on slight elevations.

Sow in coldframes tomatoes, eggplants
and peppers.

Sow on sods cucumbers, melons and okra.
Cover them on cold nights with boxes or
canvas, and in March you can set the young
plants in their permanent quarters without
any set-back.

Plant the main crop varieties of Irish
potatoes.

Make a canvas-covered bed for propagating -
sweet potatoes, or plant a row of whole
tubers for ‘‘draws”’ and vines.

Set out small pieces of Bermuda grass a
foot apart, to make a lawn.

Dig up and divide dahlia and canna roots
as soon as the growth begins. Dahlia roots
without eyes will never sprout.

Plant one-third of your gladiolus and
tuberose bulbs; another third in March; the
remainder in April.

Sow seeds of tender annuals and perennials
in coldframes, for protection against heavy
rains, e. g., castor oil beans, China asters,
heliotropes, lobelias, petunias, scarlet sage
and verbera.

Fesruary, 1907 THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 41

OVER 7,000 KEWANEE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS

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Quality Vegetables
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AILSA CRAIG ONION the largest mild onicn,

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field planted varieties. Ailsa Craig is the finest of this class.
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Y SOWING seeds in late January or
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Sow beet seeds in a flat (a convenient size
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and four inches deep, with three to five holes
in the bottom for drainage), put about half

Coldframes require no artificial heat, yet in them
there may be grown garden delicacies which may be
had far in advance of the regular season

an inch of rough sod or crocks on the bottom,
and about three inches of soil, then level the
surface and firm well. Any ordinary potting
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give an abundance of air but avoid cold
draughts. Keep the surface of the soil
stirred.

By March rst they will be ready to trans-
plant in the coldframe. Set them in rows
ten inches apart and the plants two inches
apart in the row. Their after treatment
consists in frequent stirring of the soil, good
watering when needed, and ventilating on
all favorable occasions. Beets grown this
way may be had by May rst, and the tops
may be used for greens. Bassano is the
earliest but some people object to its light
color.

In order to get early lettuce, sow the seeds
in flats or pans, barely covering the seed with
soil; firm the earth well and water. After
the plants have made their first true leaves,
prick them out into 2-inch pots or transplant
into other flats, putting them about three
inches apart. Grow in a temperature of 50°-
55°. Like the beets, lettuces may be trans-
planted to coldframes about the first week in
March. Have a good rich soil and set the
plants nine inches apart each way. Water
freely at all times but be careful not to wet
the lower leaves, and give plenty of air on
all mild days. When the lettuces are heading,
do not allow any water to lodge in the heart.
The secret of good lettuce is growing it
quickly, never letting it suffer a check from
start to finish. It may be had in eight weeks.

String beans in April area delicacy, but they
may be had easily by sowing seeds early in
February in well drained, 4-inch'pots. Plant
about five seeds to a pot, covering with half
an inch of soil, and water sparingly until
they germinate. Grow them along as quick-
ly as possible in a night temperature of 55°
or 60°. About March rsth transfer the plants
to the frames, setting them about four inches
apart and in rows which are one foot apart.
When transplanting be careful not to break
the ball for that will retard and perhaps
seriously injure the plants. Air the frames
very carefully each day but avoid cold
draughts. If the nights are very cool, cover
the frames with mats or shutters. Pay strict
attention to watering, stir the surface of the
soil frequently and keep a sharp lookout for
mice, for they are very fond of beans. The
two best early varieties are Triumph of the
Frames and Early Mohawk.

By starting cauliflowers, as suggested for
the beets, good heads may be had by the
middle of May. After they have made their
second pair of leaves, transplant into flats,
placing the plants four inches apart, or put
them into 3-inch pots. The latter way is
best, as the cauliflower receives no check
at planting time. Keep the plants growing
rapidly and never let them suffer for want of
water. About March Ist to rs5th, transplant
to the coldframe, placing the plants about
twelve to fifteen inches apart each way in
well prepared soil. A little commercial
fertilizer strewn over the surface and well
watered in will greatly assist the plants.
When the heads are forming, break over
them several of the outside leaves to keep
the heads white. Early Snowball and Gilt
Edge are among the best varieties for early
forcing.

Yonkers, N. Y. GEORGE STANDEN.

FEBRUARY, 1907

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

45

BECAUSE
2 Roses

New, rare and old-fashioned kinds are found in our collection. During the
shipping season, tens of thousands of rose plants can be seen in our store-
houses, sometimes more than five hundred kinds.

3 Evergreens and Conifers

Our collection of these is conceded to be the most magnificent ever made
in America, The kinds and yarieties are all thoroughly tested and hardy.
We dig these plants with a ball which is burlapped at the time of digging.

4 Rhododendrons and Mountain Laurel
Are growing by the thousands in our grounds. English and other hybrids.
This stock looks so much at home that visitors frequently ask if they are in
their native habitat.

5 Blue Spruce, Koster’s

We have four thousand handsome specimens, including several hundred
weeping trees, of this now the most popular Conifer ever introduced,

6 Standard Flowering Shrubs

Are now being used extensively in all kinds of effective planting. We have
them in large variety.

7 Flowering Shrubs
Are seen in every garden, and no garden can be called a garden without
them. Many acres are planted with upwards of three hundred and fifty
varieties in our nurseries—kinds that grow everywhere.

8 Hardy Azaleas

We have many thousands ina great variety which we have collected froin
all parts of the world. These very striking flowering plants are now being
used in all kinds of planting and in gardens of every size.

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9 Magnolias

Are the most highly ornamental and popular flowering deciduous trees

known. We have a large stock in many varieties. A Magnolia Soulan-

gana tree, covered with delightful fragrant blooms in early spring, should

be planted on every lawn.

10 Boxwood

Is so well known that little need be said. The reader will no doubt look
back to the old Boxwood bush or hedge at home, and, with some imagina-
tion, inhale that familiar and delicate aroma, which, once known, is never
forgotten.

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11 Berberis Thunbergi

This very attractive Japanese Barberry has become within the last few
years one of the most useful of all shrubs. It is now being extensively used
for low hedges and boundaries. We have thousands of plants growing in
our Nurseries.

12 Japanese Maples

We have the finest lot in this country. Have with one bound jumped into
popular favor on account of their proven extreme hardiness and brilliant
coloring of their foliage. We have thousands growing in our Nurseries, both
in pots ancl open ground,

13 California Privet

For ornamental planting; clipped in shapes. Ball and Pyramidal forms are
becoming very popular for effective planting. We have several thousands
from which to select specimens to put in any location.

BOBBINK G ATKINS, Nurserymen and Florists

33 REASONS Why you should visit our Nurseries to buy our Stock

1 Because we have everything to make your grounds beautiful and your gardens useful.

BECAUSE
14 Shade Trees

Are one of our greatest specialties. In addition to having large blocks of
handsome straight-stem Norway Maples, Oriental Planes, Pin and Golden
Oaks, we have a lirge quantity of other trees in great variety, that are par-
ticularly adapted for ornamental lawn and street planting.

15 Hardy Vines and Climbers

Are indispensabl2 for covering verandas, walks, fences and unsightly
places, Their graceful habit and infinite variety of beautiful flowers and
foliage make them charmingly attractive all through the season. We grow
larze specimens in pots, of all the most popular kinds which can be planted
from early spring until late fall.

16 Hedge Plants

We can supply all kinds generally used for this purpose.
Privet, the most called for, we have growing in large quantities.
quote low prices for large plantings.

17 Weeping and Standard Shade Trees

Of these we have a large variety. Parties intending to beautify their
grounds should inspect these before deciding as to the kind of trees to plant.
No lawn can be perfect without a few of this class of trees.

18 Trailing Vines and Creepers

Are a necessity on almost every large or small estate, being useful for cover-
ing bare spots or shady nooks, whiere ordinarily other plants will not grow.

19 Fruit Trees
IN TRAINED AND ORDINARY FORMS

Trained fruit trees have become very popular since we introduced them
but a few years ago. They are one of the most attractive features of
European gardens and certainly will become more popular, mainly through
our introduction.

Ordinary fruit trees, in all kinds and varieties, we sell in quantities.
one desiring to plant orchards will do well to ask our advice.

20 Small Fruits

Have aplace in our Nurseries. Everylody having a small strip of land
can grow these fruits. We offer a splendid assortment from which you can
make your own selection,

21 Bay Trees

Were our first Specialty and still remain at the head of the list. The illustra-
tions on page ir of our General Catalogue will give the reader an idea of
the immense stock we usually have from which to select trees ordered by
our patrons. Many times we have imported between one and two thousand
trees at one time. We have upward of two thousand trees in our store-

houses at this time.
22 Old=fashioned Gardens

The laying out and planting of these favorite old-time gardens is one of
the specialties of our Landscape Department. The management of this
department has made a life-long study of these popular plants, and knows
the practical and artistic value of every plant, and so, as old fashions
become new again, we gladly assist in the reinstatement of old-time hardy
flowers, ornamental grasses and ferns.

23 We have Bulbs and Roots

For every place and purpose. Every flower garden can be enhanced in
beauty by free use of Japanese Lilies, Gladioli, Tuberous-rooted Dahlias,
Begonias, Tigridias and others.

California
We can

Any

BECAUSE
24 Decorative and Flowering Plants

Our 50,000 feet of greenhouses give us facilities for carrying a magnificent
lot of plants for conservatcry, dwelling and exterior decoration. The stock
of Palms we offer this season has never been surpassed for beauty and
perfection ia this country. We wish to impress upon the reader that, while
we are nu-serymen, we are extensively in the florist business.

25 Hardy Old-fashioned Flowers

Of these we have the most complete collection in the country, having
many acres of plants with hundreds of distinct attractive kinds for old-
fashioned gardens, pond-side planting and plants for every position.

26 Herbs, Kitchen and Salad Kinds

On account of the constant demand for herbs for cooking and salads, we
have raised a large quantity, in many varieties, for all purposes. These are
listed in our General Catalogue.

2247/ The Peony

Is the recognized Queen of Hardy Flowers and cannot be surpassed in
exquisite beauty and superior usefulness. Its marvelous range of color is
infinite, running from the most delicate tints to the most attractive and
gorgeous shades. Our immense collection, comprising the richest and most
charming varieties, remains unequalled and caunot be fully appreciated un-
less viewed during the Flowering Season.

28 Ivies, English and Irish

Can be seen in our storehouses by the thousand; plants for covering banks
and ground where other stock will not grow: also handsome specimen
Pyramidal and Globe formed plants that can be used for Formal Gardens
and decorative purposes.

29 Large Leaf Evergreens

English Laurel, Aucubas and other attractive kinds are features seen only
at our Nurseries and which every visitor should not fail to inspect.

30

If you buy from us and want us to do the planting, we have a complete
staff of foremen and planters to place at your command. This is important.

31

Increased space, increased facilities and increased stock are seen in every
part of our Nurseries in readiness, earlier than ever before, to fill Spring
orders promptly.

32

All of this material necessary to beautify the home grounds is growing
and can be inspected in our Nurseries with quantities of other stock, and is
described in our new General Illustrated Catalogue, Saine will be mailed to
serious inquirers.

Do not fail to visit us before deciding what class of material you intend
to use.

33

Visitors are made welcome at our Nurseries, which are located only eight
miles from New York City Hall. The macadamized roads are exceptionally
fine leading to Rutherford ; an automobile run to our Nurseries is frequently
enjoyed by our visitors. Our Nurseries can be reached by electric cars
from Hoboken, by taking the Christopher and Barclay Street Ferries, and
by the main line of the Erie Railroad from New York City, Rutherford
being the first station on the line.

RUTHERFORD, N. J.

Pulverized Sheep

from foreign matter, weed seeds or waste.

United States east of Denver for $4.00.
pany the order.

manures for sale.

19 Exchange Ave.

YOUR LAWN AND GARDEN

depends on the kind of fertilizer you use this Spring.

Ordinary barnyard manure is dangerous and a nuisance,
because of weed seeds and abundance of refuse.

WIZARD BRAND
Manure

has roo per cent. pure fertilizing strength and is absolutely free
One barrel is equal,
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Remittance must accom-

Write for quantity, prices and_ booklet.

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All kinds of

This is the earliest wrinkled
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peas with 6 to ro large marrow
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15 cts. half pint; 25 cts. pint;
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“ Stokes’ Standards” represent

my new way of
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They are myfselection from the
choicest varieties of each kind of vege-
table—the result of 25 years of practical
experience and constant tests at my

) Floracroft Trial Grounds. They place
you on a level with the most expert
gardener, so far as knowledge of
varieties is concerned.

Sendfor my new 1907 Catalogue of vege-
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appreciate. It not only shows actual photo-
graphs of what my seeds have produced, but
gives you complete directions for successful
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Write for the catalogue now. Write me
any time about any of your garden troubles.

STOKES’ SEED STORE, 219 Market St., Philadelphia

Walter P. Stokes, of the late firm of Johnson & Stokes

Sra ea

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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

Now is the Time

to appreciate the mistake of not having some-
thing evergreen in the garden to relieve the
landscape in the cold, dark, dreary days of
winter.

In these winter days you can tell just where
the perennial cheer of evergreen life in the
garden or on the lawn will be most beneficial,
and we can help you to add that necessary
cheerful note.

Riododendrons give a touch of life to the landscape in the
dreary winter days.

We have issued one of the finest and most
artistic booklets describing and illustrating
all sorts of growing things—evergreen and
deciduous shrubs and vines and hardy old-
fashioned flowers. It’s a beauty. Let us
send it to you that it may be of help to you
in planning the garden work for this year.
A postal request will bring it.

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Box 307 Knoxville, Tenn.

mer Cottages. Price by mail, $1.00.

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New Picturesque Cottages. Containing Original and Beautiful Designs
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Book of Bungalows, 1906. A Unique and Artistic book, Containing
Designs for one and one and a half story Bungalows in various styles, $1,000
up. Printed in Sepia Tones. Price by mail, $2 00.

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5. L. ALLEN & CO., Box 1108S, Philadelphia, Pa.

Frepruary, 1907

“The Garden and Its Accessories.”” By Lor-

ing Underwood. Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 1906; 5 x 7$
inches; many half-tone illustrations. Pp. 115. Price, $2.00.

Miracle of miracles! A book on gardening
which is actually readable from start to finish,
like any other book, instead of being a mere
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genuine idea; it shows how to make gardens
that are really outdoor living rooms, instead
of museums, that are merely ostentatious
shows to impress one’s acquaintances and
humble one’s enemies. It shows how to
bring home feeling into the garden, and how
to have comfortable places where one may
sit and think, or “‘just sit.”

Chimneys for Hyacinths

Sov. varieties of single hyacinths and

almost all the double ones have a dis-
appointing habit of blooming before the
leaves appear. If each bulb be provided
with a pasteboard chimney the moment it
leaves the cellar no such trouble will be ex-
perienced. Homemade tubes from stout
brown paper may be used. It is imperative
that an opening be left at the top—it is the
flower’s effort to reach the light that gives the
desired length of stem.

Michigan. CARROLL WATSON RANKIN.

The Cost of Planting Small Lots

die problem of planting the various

plots as suggested by Mr. Lieble in his
article on page 13, may be easily solved. For
a small, 25 x 100 foot, plot, when the expense
of fifty dollars is devoted to plants, the cost of
planting need not be more than five dollars—
say two men for one day. Twenty-five
dollars’ worth of plants could be handled
by one man in a day for, say three dollars,
and on the intermediate-sized plot, fifty dollars
worth of plants could be handled by two men
in one day, and the cheapest allowance of
fifteen dollars would not take a good man
more thana day. For handling one hundred
dollars’ worth, two men for two days would
be necessary, one expert at three dollars and
the other at two dollars, or a total of ten
dollars for two days’ labor.

In all cases, if only one man is used, by all
means get an expert gardener; if he needs
assistance, an ordinary day-laborer can be
provided, but do not turn over valuable plants
to the tender mercy of an ignorant laborer.
Many valuable plants have been ruined
or lost and the owners hopes and ambitions
crushed by the incompetence of the ordinary
day laborer. He has no conception of what
a plant is or how it should be handled.

Frepruary, 1907 THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 47

ait “AU TO-SPRAY”

Gladioli

for the

Garden

If you want a garden of
rich colors and a variety
of exquisite shades you
should plant Groff’s Hy-
brid Gladioli. ‘Vhere is
no flower of such easy
culture, embracing the
great range of color with
endlesscombinations and
varieties,as these Hybrid
Gladioli. The graceful
stalks with their burst of
gorgeous coloring make
the garden a veritable
fairy land. Every shade or combination of shade can be produced.
I am the United States representative and grower of Groff’s Hy-
brids. Awarded the Grand Prize, World’s Fair, St. Louis, rgo04.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE

ARTHUR COWEE, Meadowvale Farm, Berlin, N. Y.

Cattle Manure

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Manure is Nature’s own fertilizer. This product is taken
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Specimen trees planted 8 to 25 feet apart for perfect development, and transplanted oaks,

ickories. and chestnuts as grown at the Westbury Nurseries.

HICKS TREES

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WESTBURY STATION, LONG ISLAND, N.Y.

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FEBRUARY, 1907

WRITE FOR OUR BOOK

“Plants and Plans for
Beautiful Surroundings”

_It is full of invaluable informa-
tion, illustrations of flowers and
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It shows how the modest as well
as the most extensive grounds can
easily be made charming and attract-
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and delightful to cultured taste

than artistic and properly planted
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We grow and import all of the
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Box 202, Sidney, Ohio

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_SEND AT ONCE for my 1907 catalog, and
if no member of your family has had one this
year (and you so state) I will send with it a
coupon good for six full sized packets of Flow-
er Seeds, to be sent postpaid absolutely
free, your selection of any kinds listed in my
catalog at 3cts. per packet. Petunias, Sweet
Peas, Nasturtiums, and 4o other popular sorts
included in this free offer. All I ask in return
is the addresses of two others who grow flow-
ers,

A POSTAL WILL DO. WRITE TODAY.
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3010 Aldrich Ave., So. Minneapolis, Minn.

East Bridgewater
Dahlia Gardens

Ghe Headquarters of the Dahlia

We have not only one of the largest but
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CARE OF CAPE BULBS

H. S. G., New Jersey—The “Cape” bulbs—freesia,
oxalis, etc.—may be saved after they have finished flowering.
The treatment is as follows: Continue watering whenever
necessary and once or twice a week give the soil a watering
with liquid manure. When the leaves begin to turn yellow,
gradually withhold water until the leaves die and the soil
is dry; then store for the spring and summer in a dry place
where the mice cannot reach them. In August, when
planting time comes, separate the bulbs from the soil, sort
the small ones from the big ones and plant. The small
bulbs will not bloom:so they may be grown in flats planted
an inch apart.

THE BEST ONIONS

R. W.., Ill.—Everything depends on the market and the
soil. The most profitable onion to grow in many localities,
if there is a market for it, is Prizetaker. Itis of the Spanish
type. Many acres of it are grown in the South each year
and sold in our Northern markets as Bermuda onions.
These must be started in a hotbed not later than the first
of February. Mr. T. Greiner says, ‘Sow the seed rather
thickly in drills an inch and a half or two inches apart, using
about an ounce of seed to ten square feet of bed surface.”
Transplant to the open when the ground can be worked
but not until the plants in the hotbed have been hardened
off. Set the plants about four inches apart in rows, which
are fourteen inches apart. Onions prefer a rich sandy soil.

CULTURE OF GARDENIAS

F. L. F., New York—Gardenias grow best in a house that
is devoted entirely to them. They demand a night temper-
ature of 75°. Cuttings are made in February of the tips
only. These cuttings are two inches long, and are put into
sand to strike. For soil use a mixture of two parts leaf
soil and one part of a compost of turfy loam, sand, and
charcoal in equal parts. This means that the gardenia
likes a free, open, cool, moist but rapidly drained soil. You
cannot grow really good gardenias without bottom heat.
Plant out in May for flowers from September to Christmas.
In the winter time, or when the temperature falls, withhold
water, otherwise they will be sure to produce a yellowish
appearance of the leaves, and small flowers. The best
cultivators find they get the best results by planting in a
shallow soil at the first, and gradually adding in a top
dressing until the bench is full.

SOIL DISTINCTIONS

B. A. B., W. Va.—There are no absolutely clear distinc-
tions between the general classes of soil texture. They are
all comparative. The general acceptance of the terms used
in Mrs. Barron’s article is about as follows: Deep soil is
one having a depth of at least eight inches from the surface
to the less productive subsoil. Rich soz is one capable of
maturing a full yield of a variety of crops without the aid
of additional plant food (fertilizer). Loam is a soil in
which the particles of sand, silt and clay are evenly balanced,
making it mellow and friable. A loam stands midway be-
tween the extremes of loose sand and heavy clay soil, in
texture. A sandy loam is a loam in which the sand content
is prominent, constituting at least half of the soil by weight.
Sandy loams are more mellow and friable than loams,
also naturally warmer and earlier. A /ight soil is a term
which does not refer to weight of the soil, but when qualify-
ing other textural means more loose or sandy—open tex-
tured. A sandy soil is a grade next heavier than sand—
one in which sand is most prominent, but not so loose as
to shift and blow about, like sand. Write to the Chief of
the Bureau of Soils, Washington, D. C., for bulletins on
soil texture and crop adaptation. Ask the Secretary of
Agriculture, Washington, D. C., for the Farmers’ Bulletins
on Fertilizers. “The Soil,’ by F. H. King, 75 cents, and
“Fertilizers,” by E. B. Voorhees, $1.00, are good booke on
these subjects. They may be obtained through ‘us.

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NURSERY EXCHANGE
OF NEW ENGLAND

Does not grow shrubs, trees or plants, but acts
as expert buyer on moderate commission.

THE

It has been established by responsible and trained nursery-
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THE ELM CITY NURSERY CO., New Haven, Connecticut.

THIS is another of our native
trees which must be seen to
be appreciated. Did you ever see
a mature specimen in full bloom,
a group of them or even better an
avenue where they have been planted alternating with fine old elms?
Perfectly hardy, easily transplanted, beautiful from babyhood to
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In Your Own
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From May to October — for the price of one florist’s bou-
quet. You can easily grow American Beauties or any other variety of roses you wish
—and grow them successfully —by our methods —in your own garden.
You can have cut flowers all summer at the cost of a very light expense —and a little pleasurable and healthful work

Our New Free Catalog — ‘“‘ROSE LEAVES’”’ — contains in a condensed form most valuable information for
the amateur rose growers and gardeners. It lists — besides our American Beauties —

105 Other Varieties of Roses

including some entirely new ones, among which is the wonderful new Rambler Rose —‘LADY GAY’’—also some beau-
tiful new kinds sold exclusively by us. This book explains to those who have never tried to grow roses before —or have failed
growing them — how they can make success sure by using the Heller mature, two and three year old bushes. It gives new
ideas on rose culture — complete directions as to planting, watering and cultivation —as well as the location of rose beds
—and directions for use of roses in landscape gardening.
If you have already grown roses in your garden — you will find listed new varieties well worth consideration — and
some varieties you can’t secure from anyone else.

Don’t miss sending for ‘Rose Leaves.”’ It’s free, but too valuable for any

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To Have ‘‘The Best Flower Seeds in America’’ is and has been our aim and ambition for years, and judging by the great increase in our sales
of flower seeds to the trade and to florists, as well as to retail buyers, and knowing the quality we supply, we can safely say There Are None Better.
Our knowledge of the flower seed business has been gained by practical labor among the plants in the fields, by frequent trips of inspections
through European and American seed farms, and by the study of the demands of the trade.

They are in all the important kinds, special strains selected and
kept true for florists’ use. In every class of interest for florists,
such as Asters, Pansies, Primulas, Cyclamen, Cinerarias, etc., we
not only carry a complete assortment, but also the most expensive
strains that the most careful growers and specialists can produce.
We use in all our choicest mixtures of the florists’ seeds some
varieties which actually cost us more than the selling price, but
which bring up the mixture to a high standard.
Of New Crop and Tested Germination

We p ove the growth of our active selling stocks twice a year,
and none are sent out which do not show the right percentage of
growth.

VAUGHAN’S INTERNATIONAL PANSIES

1190. Vaughan’s International Pansy Mixture was first prepared
and offered by usin 1889. Weimported from all the best Euro-
pean sources and personally inspected the fields of French and
German specialists for their finest strains. These with best Ameri-
can types made up the collection Each vear has added to the
quality of its flowers, the variety ofits colors. We buy every year
novelties of known merit to improve the mixture. This is the
reason it is always complete, always the latest and always the best
mixture AS WE BELIEVE. We add to all the Pansy Mixtures
which we now buy more than fifty per cent. of choicest named kinds
obtainable, each in rightful proportion. We thus know what it
will produce. This is one of the SPECIALTIES which has estab-
lished and held the reputation of Vaughan’s Flower Seeds and this
is one which we maintain most carefully, not alone as to quality
butin vitality and germination. Youare beginning right in Pansy
growing when you start with Vaughan’s International Mixture.
Pkt. (250 seeds), 25c; 3 pkts. (750 seeds), 65c; 5 pkts. (1,250
seeds), $1.00.

ALYSSUM, VAUGHAN’S LITTLE GEM
80. This should really be called the ‘‘Snow White Carpet
Plant,’’ for the plants, which are only a few inches high, grow so
dense and are so completely covered with snow-white blossoms,
they create the impression of a beautiful carpet spread over the

ground. We know of no other white flower which is so particu-
larly well adapted to borders, ribbons, etc., as our ‘‘Little Gein’’
Alyssum. The plants commence to bloom when quite small, and
will flower all summer long till Jate in the fall. This habit with its
fragrance makes it indispensable. Pkt., 5c; % oz., 15¢; % oz.,
25C; 1 oz., 40c; % |b., $1.25.

“VAUGHAN’S BEST” MIXTURE OF LARGE
FLOWERING PETUNEAS

1271. This mixture is made by ourselves and includes, besides
the Giant Ruffled, the Giant Emperor and the California Giants,

VAUGHAN’S SPECIAL PHLOX MIXTURE

1313- Contains all the above varieties and several other strains
only to be had in this mixture, and will delight and astonish all
with its extensive variety of colors. Over 30 different shades will
be produced from a single package. A bed of Phlox Drummondi
in assorted colors makes a grand display all summer. The most
liberal off2r ever made. Pkt. (250 seeds), 15c; extra large pkt.
(500 seeds), 25c¢; 1 0z., 40c; 1 02., $1.50.

all the colors of the Large-Flowering and Fringed sorts and the
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throats in various colors, and their truly mammoth flowers. We
are positive that no other Petunia mixture can produce flowers
with as widea range of colors as ‘‘VAUGHAN’S BEST.” Pkt.,
25¢; 3 pkts. for 6oc.

VAUGHAN’S EXCELSIOR MIXTURE TALL
ASTERS

300. ‘This is a mixture of the most beautiful, striking and dis-
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other desirable sorts, and includes many kinds specially purchased
for this mixture; also the kinds listed in the Novelties. This is
the finest mixture of Tall Asters in existence and the most
critical lover of this flower will be astonished at the wide range of.
colors and varieties given in this truly Excelsior strain. Pkt.
(250 seeds), 15c; extra large pkt., 25c; % o7z., 50c.

“ VAUGHAN’S BEST” MIXTURE of VERBENAS

1729. This mixture embraces all that is choice and desirable in
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brated Verbena specialists, the beautilul and dazzling Defiance,
the New Mammoth Snowball, Purples, Striped and all the Auric-
ula-Flowered varieties, the New Giant Striped, the new ‘‘ May-
flower,’’? the new Mammoth Reds and Pinks, and Howard’s
“Royal Splendor’ Verbenas. We feel perfectly safe in stating
that this mixture of Verbenas will eclipse every other strain offered
by any other house, and it will produce flowers that will delight all
beholders throughout the whole summer. Pkt. (125 seeds), r5¢;
extra large pkt., 25c; % 0z., 50c; 1 0z., $3.00.

VAUGHAN’S SPECIAL MIXTURES. Pecause the regular flower seed mixtures as imported from the best sources are often improperly balanced in composition of colors and lack in the newer,
rarer kinds, therefore we have found it best for our trade to prepare Vaughan’s Special Mixtures exclusively. We make these up in separate colors from special strains and from the newest, rarest
and most exclusive novelties. They are put up separately from carefully calculated formulas, and results are bound to be most satisfactory to the buyer. Remember that seeds can be sown most

successfully at only one time in the whole year and the best to be had with the highest germination is none too good for any planter.

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““What do you mean by such
an unusual proposition P

- O you give new rose bushes to take
the place of all that do not grow or
bloom ?”’

We certainly do. Or if you’d rather have
your money back you can have it for any
rose that doesn’t grow or
bloom.

So many people have been
writing to us asking questions
like these, and wanting full
information about our offer,
that we give here the full
details of our new way of
selling roses.

It 7s an unusual proposi-
tion for a rose-grower to
make, we admit, and it
means a great deal more
than any rose-offer you ever
heard of before. It means
good roses to start with.
The very fact that we offer
your money back shows that
they must be extraordinary.

We know what we’re
about. We haven’t been
forty-eight years in this one
business of growing roses, for nothing. We
have been working with roses, studying roses,
growing roses, perfecting roses all these
years, and have made roses the one _ busi-
ness of our life, so that if there is one ihing
that we know better than anything else, it
iS roses.

We have had experience enough to enable
us to know which roses produce the choicest
buds, which grow with the least care, which
are best for “different localities, acl which
are sure to bloom.

Next, it means that you run no risk what-
ever. Whether you buy one rose or a
thousand, you lose absolutely nothing.

Perhaps the uncertainty of roses growing
and blooming has kept you from reveling in
an abundance of this ‘‘ queen of flowers”
up to this time.

Now, you need not hesitate about ordering
all the roses you want.

Not only does our proposition open the
way for you to transform your garden into a
veritable paradise of choicest blooming roses,
without risk, but it means a great deal to
us besides.

As you will be freer to order roses by this
new way of buying them, it will give us a
chance to have the quality of our roses
tested everywhere, and as soon as people
find out C & J Roses are just as good as we
say, they will want more——-a great many
more.

Our stock is not confined to any one kind
of roses, but includes the choicest kinds of
every class, so that we have

Roses for Every Purpose

Beds, gardens, pathways, arbors, trellises,
archways, pergolas, porches, for hedges and
fences, for covering banks, stumps and stone
walls, for specimen plants and shrubbery
effects, for conservatories and greenhouses,
for cemeteries, for city, country, mountain
and seashore—roses for every imaginable
place—we tell you the kinds best suited for
each particular purpose, and the varieties
best adapted to your own locality.

There are possibilities in your own yard
or garden that you never dreamed of. Get
good roses and you can transform it into
a bower of beauty.

Bloom This Season

While every rose we grow is guaranteed
to bloom, there are some kinds that we
know will also bloom the first season—-we
are so sure of it that we have grouped them
into a list and will give you your money
back for any. one that does not bloom
by October 15th. (This list of fifty roses
appears on pages 30 and 31 of our catalog.)

This means that you can decide now to
have a rose bed and actually have it in full
bloom this summer without risk.

Our large and varied assortment of roses
includes the best of all the old favorites—
Hybrid Perpetuals, Teas, Hybrid Teas, etc.
—such types as General Jacqueminot,
Duchess de Brabant, La France, and hun-
dreds of others.

But that is by no means all we grow. New
roses of every class are being added to our
stock, whenever we can prove that they are
varieties of dependable quality—no others
gain admittance. Among the new roses are
such kinds as Etoile de France, Killarney,Frau
Karl Druschki, Madam Eugene Marlitt, etc.

We are constantly experimenting with
new varieties, and have been testing them
for years, but they must all stand the rigid
quality-test which marks the difference be-
tween C & J Roses and other kinds.

Own-root Roses

We make a specialty of growing owm-root
roses. They are almost invariably the best
kind to get—they require less watching, and
if an unusually severe winter should kill back
the top of an own-root rose, the true variety
will spring up from the root again as full as
ever, whereas a budded plant would have
been lost. Own-root roses give by far the
most general satisfaction, especially when

- you get our strong, healthy, vigorous plants

to start with.

Don’t you want to have a successful rose-
garden this year? ‘There is positively noth-
ing to prevent it. A garden of roses is a
garden of fragrance and beauty, and a last-
ing joy for many years.

Designs Furnished at Cost

Our landscape department at this writing
is still open for a few more
engagements. Special at-
tention is given to making
plans and estimates for
complete rose gardens. If
interested write at once.
Entrance doors to this offer
close April rst.

How to Grow

Roses
We have a valuable little
book ““How to Grow

Roses,”’ that should be in

the hands of every lover of

roses. It tells how to make

a success of rose growing—

gives suggestions of what.
kinds to plant and where

to plant them; how to care

for them; describes the

different classes; and

names many roses for special purposes.

Our New Floral Guide

not only lists the large variety of C & J
Guaranteed Reses and other plants, but it is
distinctly practical and he in aiding you
to select the

right plants for
your purpose,
and in telling
how to get the
greatest satis-
faction and
pleasure out of
them.

Both of these
books are free
to readers of
THE GARDEN
MAGAZINE.
Write for them
today.

The Conard & & Iontseansany

“Growers of the Best Roses in America”
Box P, West Grove, Pa.

Marcu, 1907 THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 55

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in their neighborhood has always been a source of pride to all progressive gardeners.
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Maule’s Earliest of All Tomato.—Five days earlier Lightning Scarlet Turnip Radish.— Produces good
than any other. size radishes in 14 to 20 days.

New Alpha Beet.—As early as the earliest and twice Maule’s Extra Early Cucumber.—A week earlier than
as large. Cooks fine. the next best and very productive.

Maule’s First Early Cabbage.—Flat headed, but as New Neapolitan Pepper.—One or ¢wo weeks ahead of
early as the earliest pointed varieties. every other variety. A great yielder.

One packet of each of the above six novelties for 50 cents, postpaid, is an offer worthy the attention of every reader
of THE GARDEN Macazine. With the seeds, if requested, I will also send you a copy of my new seed book for 1907,
pronounced by all the best catalogue I have issued in the past 30 years; it contains 63 Specialties in Vegetable Seeds and
69 specialties in Flower Seeds, many of which cannot be obtained elsewhere. 338,000 copies of this Book have already
been mailed, at a cost of more than $45,000. I merely make this statement to give readers of this advertisement who are
not acquainted with Maule’s Seeds, an idea of the enormous business I am doing annually with the gardeners of the
country. You certainly need this Book before ordering Seeds, Bulbs, Plants or Trees of any description. It is sent free to
all ordering the above collection of my choice Novelties, and sending me 50 cents for same.

Address WM. HENRY MAULE, 1701 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

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Marcu, 1907

EGGS FOR HATCHING

As an inducement to secure new customers Twill
sell eggs this spring at the following low prices:

Per Setting Per Setting
Buff P. Rocks . . 13 $1.00 R.I. Reds . . . 15 $2.00
Barred P. Rocks . 13 1.00 Columbian W’d’s . 15 2.00
White P. Rocks I3 1.00 Partridge W’d’s_ . I5 2.00
S. Wyandottes . . 13 I.00 S. C. B. Orpingtons 15 2.00
W. Wyandottes . 13 1.00 S.C. B’k Orpingtons 15 3.00
Buff Leghorns . . 13 1.00 R.C. B. Orpingtons 15 3.00
S.C.W. and B. L’g’ns 131.00 S. C. W. Orpingtons 15 3.00
R.C. B. Leghorns 13 1.00 R.C. W. Orpingtons 13 3.00
Black Minorcas I3 1.00 R.C. B’k Orpingtons 13 3.00

S. C. Buff Orpington Eggs, $3 for 3c; $8 for 100; R. C. Buff, Black.
White and S. C. White Orpington Eggs, $5 for $26; $10 for 60. All
othereggs, $6 per 100. Forty years among poultry and now have
the largest and best equipped Poultry establishments in America.

CIRCULAR FREE
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you hatch. Give them the rightstart inlife by feed-
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when they are scarce and prices highest,
Rust’s Ege Producer keeps hens laying stead-
Unequaled as an ege and
profit-maker. Try it. x4c to 25c per lb at
dealers. Rust’s Egg Record and useful book-
let of poultry tacts both free.

WILLIAM RUST & SONS,
Department W. New Brunswick, N. J.

ily all winter.

NURSERIES sell DIRECT, pay

freight, give FULL value.
Founded 1825. Large NEW fruit
book free. STARK BROS., Louisiana, Mo.

MANLOVE
Automatic Gate

Saves time, adds to value,
safety, beauty and pleasure of
home.

S MANLOVE GATE CO.
J Ge 272 E. Huron St.,Chicago, Ill.

Sun-=Dial
Furnished by us are correct. Write for free booklet entitled
“SUN-DIAL INFORMATION.”

CHAS. G. BLAKE & CO.,
787 Woman's Temple, Chicago, Ill.

For Sale---Privet Hedge

Pruned and in perfect condition. About

5 feet high and 4 feet wide. A little over

200 feet at $1.00 per running foot. Address
Hedge, P. O. Box 44,

Stamford, Conn.

ol!

Sweet Corn

If you are fond of sweet corn and would like
to furnish your dinner table with the most
delicious variety ever offered to the public,

| you will do well to plant Ordway’s Golden,
| because this wonderful variety has all the
| characteristics of the ideal corn, being early,

| tender, juicy, and superlatively sweet, and on
account of which it has won favor in many
| households.

Carefully selected seed sent by return mail,
postpaid, at the following prices: Trial
packet, enough for 35 hills, roc; half-pint,
20C; pint, 30c; quart, 6oc.

O. P. ORDWAY, Saxonville, Mass.

THE

B Shetland Pony

A beautifully illustrated book
on his breeding, care and train-
ing, 25 cts. Ponies for sale.

Illustrated circular and
price-list on application.

% Belle Meade Farm
| BEDFORD, MASS.

Scottish Terriers

Offered as companions. Not

given to fighting or roaming—
Best for children’s pets.

NEWCASTLE KENNELS
Brookline, Mass.

Squabs Pay

If you have the best mated
HOMER PIGEONS

Send to-day for our free book,
“How to Make Money with
Squabs.”

NEWARK SQUAB CO.
No.1 Hight St., Newark, N.Y.

Advice on What to Plant
and Where to Plant It

FRANK HAMILTON

Landscape Gardener

Bryant Building, 55 Liberty Street, New York
Tel. 1286 Cortlandt

A LIBERAL OFFER TO GARDEN OWNERS

The B. G. Pratt Company, manufacturing chem- |

ists, 11 Broadway, New York City, announce this
offer:

“To any community that has a duly organized |

improvement association, spraying commission, etc.,

or that will organize such an association or appoint |
such a commission, and secure the necessary appar- |
atus for systematic spraying, we will give absolutely |

free, freight prepaid to your railroad station, one 50-
gallon barrel of ‘Scalecide, ’ which will prepare 800 to
1000 gallons of spray by the simple addition of water;
providing you send us a certificate of said organiza-
tion by your town clerk, and an order, accompanied
by cash, for one 50-gallon barrel of ‘Scalecide.’ ””

Marcu, 1907

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 56-a

Gardens that Bloom |

from April to October

Probably you have a particular part of
your garden in which you would like to
have something beautiful every day from
frost to frost. If you will give us a chance
we can bring about that result. We have
special collections of herbaceous plants
that will give you a garden of beautiful
flowers in kaleidoscopic succession.

We have made a hobby of getting
together the best of herbaceous plants,
with all their new varieties, where newness
means something better. We sell only
strong field-grown plants, ready to bloom
the first season.

Why were these beautiful gardens
allowed to become old-fashioned? As
well call the forest trees old-fashioned.

We furnish old-fashioned gardens com-
plete in fifty-seven designs. ‘The plants
supplied are all of the best possible
quality and will give an abundance of
bloom this year.

Gardens designed to fit any shape and
sized plot or border. Prices range from
$5 to $250, according to size.

Garden No.1 contains 62 plants in 15 varieties. Price $5.

Garden No. 8 contains 137 plants and bulbs in 39
varieties. Price $10.25.

Garden No. 22 contains 342 plants and bulbs in 58
varieties. Price $27.50.

Garden No. 37 contains 572 plants and bulbs in 74
varieties. Price $58.75.

Garden No. 48 contains 1840 plants and bulbs in 127
varieties. Price $147.50.

In writing please give size and shape of plot, and de- |

tails will be furnished immediately, together with our

illustrated catalogue of Trees, Shrubs, Roses and Herba-

ceous Perennials.

THE BAY STATE NURSERIES, North Abington, Mass.

i zt

| PSE

Automatic in every section, including pressure, direction of
spray and the removing of any sediments that might clog the
nozzles.

Has no equal for Orchards, Vineyards or Row Crops. 86-
page booklet T free. Agents wanted.

SPRAMOTOR CO.

BUFFALO, N. Y. LONDON, CAN.

RHODODENDRON

Maximum

KALMIA Latifolia

Nothing excels this magnificent native plant
for massing and grouping under trees and
bordering shady drives.

Delivered prices and sizes on application.
Supplied by the car load or in lesser quantities.

STUMPP & WALTER CO.
50 Barclay St., NEW YORK.

Catalogue mailed on request.

IMPLEMENTS

For any information concerning the purchase or use
of any garden or farm implement, etc., address

IMPLEMENT DEPARTMENT, VHEGARDEN MAGAZINE
NOS. 133-137 EAST SIXTEENTH STREET, NEW YORK CITY

Combined Double » i f

and Single Wheel ‘ 7
fe

\. Hoe, Hilland = . eteras 5
Drill Seeder ¥ -T ; ‘@) | ~ | N :

bate
AKA The No. 6 Iron Age is the simplest,
=

i most complete, most useful and conven-

Y/

: mes lent of all garden tools.
It is a single wheel hoe, a double wheel hoe, hill and drill seeder — whichever

way you want to use it. All combined in one tool, but all distinct and thoroughly
practical; easily changed from one form to another in a very few minutes.

IRON AGE Implements

When used asa seeder, it opens the furrow, sows the seed in drills or hills, covers and
rolls the ground and marks the next row allin one operation. As a wheel hoe, it works
either between or astride the rows, and cultivates the crops in a most thorough manner.
Built from the finest materials; light, strong, easy running,

Our new 1907 Iron Age Book tells all about the complete line of time-and labor-
saving Iron Age Garden Tools. Write for it.

BATEMAN MEG. CO., Box C, Grenloch, N. J. | Qe he No. neperaon

as a Seeder

RAY it Is Worth While
Buy a machine that does the work

_,. Tight—that cleans its strainer automatically
with a brush, mixes liquid mechanically so that
foliageis never burned, but getsits due proportion,

EMPIRE KING, and
ORCHARD MONARCH

do these things. They throw finest spray, are
easiest 10 work and they never clog. You ought to
know more about them. Write for instruction
book on spraying, formulas, etc. Mailed iree.

FIELD FORCE PUMP CO., No 48 iit Sr., Exmira, N.Y.

A THRIFTY GARDEN

whether large or small, needs proper tools for seeding and cultivat-
ing. We make garden implements of all kinds, a tool for every
purpose.

MATTHEWS’ NEW UNIVERSAL
Hand Seeders and Cultivators

singly or combined with Hoes, Plows, Rakes, Markers, etc. Over
7 20 styles). FREE BOOKLET giving

description, prices and valuable informa-

tion mailed to

any address.

Write Now.

ST

/ £2

Gi

UE

i
EA
if! No Money in advance—Pay when convenient. Sprays Everything—Trees,
T Potatoes, etc., 4 rows ata time—2o0 acresaday. Dozwbles your crop. Even2-acre
growers say: ‘ It pays for itself first season,’’ as it has so many uses. A 16-
year-old boy can operate it with ease. Brass Ball Valves, Cylinders, ete.
Guaranteed 5 years. Wholesale price (where noagent). AGENTS WANTED.
After trial, if you keep it, we make terms to suit voz. : .

S ecial’ Free Offer TO FIRST ONE in each locality. ““SPRAYING

P GUIDE ” and full information free. We pay freight.

Write to-day.

As Potato Sprayer H, L. HURST MEG. CO., 70 NORTH ST., CANTON, 0. As Orchard Sprayer

SPRAY warson 1

Four Row Potato
Covers 30to 40 acres per day. Strad- 9

Sprayer
dles 2 rows, sprays 4 at a time. R
Wheels adjust for different Sn)
widths. Sprays to any finenessand ©
gearing of pump to wheelof cart givesany “ Vj
pressure desired. Automatic agitator and suction 4
Strainer cleaner. It never spoils foliage orclogs. Free
instruction and formula book shows the famous Garfield,
Empire King, Orchard Monarch and other sprayers.

Write for it.

FIELD FORCE PUMP CO.,

RHODES DOUBLE CUT Cuts from both sides
PRUNING SHEAR jf of limb and does not

bruise the bark.

We pay Express
charges on all orders.

<. Sak Write for circularand
a ; “
By prices.

SIDES int: 00. Sea Grand Rapids, Mich.

48 11TH Street, Exmira, N. Y.

“SCALECIDE”

will positively destroy all soft bodied, sucking
insects, including all forms of San José scale.
It is simple; cheap, easily applied and wonderfully
effective. Endorsed by government experiment
stations, agricultural schools and thousands of fruit growers

The above pictures are made from photographs taken at Sound Beach, Conn., in June, 1906. They were ina like condition the year before. The right hand tree was’
sprayed with Scalecide and saved. The other tree was Icft unsprayed and has been killed by scale. For further information address DEPARTMENT I.

B. G. PRATT CO., Mig. Chemists, 11 Broadway, New York, N. Y.

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

LIGHTING THE

NG AND
Jz :
A DIRECTORY
OF HEATING
APPARATUS

4

Marcu, 1907

COUNTRY _HOME

) | A DIRECTORY
OF LIGHTING
EQUIPMENT

“Too Much Bad Light

—That’s Your Trouble”

ss OUR trouble,” said a noted Oculist to a well-
known New Yorker,”’ is from the effects of too
much bad-quality light. You use your eyes
hard all day and then go home and strain them all the
evening in rooms lighted with mantle gas or acetylene
or electric lights.

“You are suffering from the same delusion as thousands of
others. You think that so long asa light is abundantly brilliant “.
it makes no difference about the gva/ity or color ofits rays. &

“Let me ask you whether you think you would grow fat eat-
ing a peck of sawdust three times a day. No? Then don’t
starve your eyes with an abundance of “‘sawdust quality’’ light.
What they need is a soft, yellow, restful light. (These quali-
ties are essential to the eyes. Without them greater bril-
liancy’’ merely means quicker ruin of your eyes. If you want
to save your sight

Go Back to Oil Lamps—Quick

And yet the very features which make The Angle
Lamp the most convenient lamp ever invented, make it
also the cheapest; forit burns a full 16 hours on one quart
of oil, while the ordinary round wick lamp, usually con-
sidered the cheapest light in the world, burns but 5to 7
hours on the same quantity,

Nowif you have read this ad closely you understand why
we offer to prove what a completely satisfactory light the
Angle Lamp is by sendinganylamp listed in our catalog 4x on

30 Days’ Trial The Angle Lamp will please

you asit does thousands of
others. Write for our catalog 4r , listing 32 articles from
$1.80 up, and giving you information about a/Z lighting
methods that would cost you hundreds of dollars to collect.

The Angle Mfg.Co., 78-80 Murray St., New York.

STRATE

“Go back to oil lamps gzzck.’’ That is the advice being
given to and followed by thousands of people in both city and
country who have found their eyes being ruined by the harsh,
penetrating light of mantle gas or gasoline or the acetylene
light. Some, thinking of the smoke, odor and bother of the
ordinary lamp, hesitated until they learned that now, by using
The Angle Lamp one can enjoy the convenience of gas, and the
splendid light of oil from the one fixture.

Because The Angle Lamp is ot a mere improvement on the
ordinary lamp du¢ ax entirely new principle of oil light which
has done away completely with the smoke, odor and bother of
the ordinary lamp.

The Angle Lamp is lighted and extinguished like gas. It
requires filling but once or twice a week which may be done
with perfect safety while the lampis lighted. It never smokes
nor smells whether burned at full height or urned Zow like gas.

NASH GASOLINE ENGINES

Are used extensively for furnishing

ELECTRIC LIGHTS, tor
PUMPING WATER and for the
FIRE PROTECTION

of COUNTRY HOMES. Complete plants installed. Send for catalogue.

NATIONAL METER CO.

84-86 Chambers Street

Chicago NEW YORK Boston

made of brass, finished in finely burnished bronze,
and burning ACETYLENE GAS, generated
WITHIN ITSELF. Without wick, odor or smoke,
turing on and off like city gas, but giving more than
TWICE as much light, anda SOFT, WHITE LIGHT
that never tires the eyes.
Costs no more than other good lamps and bums at
less expense.
Let us send you complete description of this newest

and best house light. Write for Booklet No. 11.

ACETYLENE LAMP COMPANY
50 University Place, New York
86 Notre Dame St., West, Montreal, Canada

A SUBSTANTIAL, ornamental house lamp, solidly

f = Se ee | ss ‘
x y s rk ie By -
“DAYLIGHT AT NIGHT”

HEALTHY, NATIVE-GROWN FRVIT TREES

Ornamental Trees, Vines, Shrubs, Etc.

We offer for Spring of 1907 the finest and most complete list of Nursery Stock we have ever grown.
Our stock can always be relied upon, for it is all selected and grown on our own grounds under constant expert
inspection. We guarantee every specimen true to name and free from disease, Give us a chance to figure
on your list of wants before ordering elsewhere. We do Landscape Gardening in all its branches. Write

AT d :
fon oman WimBt sated catalonie T. J. DWYER & COMPANY, Box 4, Cornwall, N. Y.

Suburban

house owners requir-
ing new heating
plant in their homes
can

Avoid
Cold or Stuffy
Rooms

KELSEY HEATED HOUSE
at Pelham Manor, N.Y.
OSWALD C. HERRING, Architect
New York City

By installing the modern fresh air system,

THE KELSEY Ya?" GENERATOR

AIR

(1) Brings assured warmth to every room.

(2) Introduces fresh air continually.

(3) Requires no water pipes or radiators.

(4) Costs less for fuel, management and repairs
than any hygienic system.

Send for descriptive booklet, showing some of
the 30,000 homes where it is used, and telling
“All about the Kelsey.”

KELSEY HEATING GO:

336-8 Fayette St., Syracuse, N. Y.
New York Office: 154 Fifth Avenue

MONARCH

ACETYLENE GENERATORS

ARE GUARANTEED TO BE ABSOLUTELY RELIABLE

J Find out what you want to know about
lighting your home, by writing to us.

J] Our system is the acme of successful
suburban lighting.

J] Now is the time to investigate.

MonarRCH ACETYLENE GAS COMPANY
OMAHA, NEB. BUFFALO, N.Y.
Write nearest office for booklets and prices.

) UBETIKILL a

NS an
aS»
Exterminates field mice, house mice, and other rodents
in houses, greenhouses, hotbeds, harns and stables. Package

ZA) MICE

SS

(containing enough Ubet Ikill to kill 1,000 mice) 60 cents, car-

riage paid. :

STUMPP & WALTER CO., Distributing Agents
50 Barclay Street, New York City

2 MADE BY
J.D. AUG. HARTZ

NEW YORK

\ I Vr BULBS,
QUAL | PLANTS

Send for Catalogue.

ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON
342 West i4th St.. New York.

Marcu, 1907

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

Se booklet showing a num-
ber of beautiful sun-dials, pedes-

tals and garden furniture will be
sent free on request. Ask for cata-

logue H 29.

Hartmann Bros. Mfg. Co.

Mt. Vernon, N. Y., and 1123 Broadway, N. Y.
Also Henry Sanders Co., Elston and Webster Aves, Chicago, Ill.

Amatite Roofing *.7%3¢ S272"

ie order that you may be able to
prove for yourself that all the
claims we have made for Amatite
are true, we w.sh to send you two
things—a Sample of Amatite Ready
Roofing and a Booklet about it.

We believe that if you once see a
sample you will be convinced that a
mineral surface roofing, such as Ama-
tite, is the only kind to buy.

The advantage is that the mineral
surface never needs to be painted or

the original roofing, but also the cost of
the paint and the work of painting.

Remember that Amatite never re-
quires painting or coating. Once on
your roof troubles are over.

As compared with Shingles, Tin and
most Ready Roofings, the price of Am-
atite seems ridiculously low. We are
able to sell at this low price because
we are the Jargest manufacturers in
the world and have factories and offices
all over the country.

FOR THE OLD-
FASHIONED GARDEN

Plant the stately
Iris and Foxgloves,
the graceful Colum-
bines, the beautiful
blue Delphiniums,
and Canterbury
Bells, as well as
other good Hardy
Perennials.

We can help you
with expert advice
and planting plans.

Write for cata-
logue.

Shatemuc Nurseries

Barrytown, Dutchess County, New York

Comtesse Wijou Poudre
PARISIAN DRY SHAMPOO

Invaluable for travelers. May be applied to the
hair with a puff and when shaken out removes all
dust and oil.

Used before curling the hair it insures the stay-
ing qualities of the wave. It is recommended for
use at the seashore and aboard ship where it will
positively prevent damp, stringy locks, as its chief
purpose is to make the hair light and fluffy.
Daintily perfumed with wood violet.

Price 50 cents the box, postpaid
HAIR FLUFF CO., 219 West 106th St., New York City

FREE SAMPLE

Send for Free Sample to-day and see for
yourself how much better Amatite is than
the “‘paint me every two years or leak kind.”’

The nearest office mentioned below will be
glad to give your request immediate attention.
Address,
BARRETT MANUFACTURING CO.,

coated to keep it tight.

It resists rain, snow, heat and
storms of all kinds, and causes the
roofing to wear indefinitely.

Ordinarily roofing has to be painted
every year or two. This means that
you practically pay double the money New York, Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis,

that you would have to pay if you Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Allegheny, New
bought Amatite. You paynot only for Orleans, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Boston.

Know Paint
—before you Paint

AINT, to give right results, must be purchased and put on intelli-
P gently. You must have a good painter—there is no quality
in paint that will replace “zs skilled knowledge—experienced
judgment. But the guality of paint used is a vitally important con-
sideration to your purse and your pride.
You want the paint that has the greatest covering power, spread-
ing capacity, beauty, wearing quality. In meeting all these require-
ments—

Lowe Brothers “High Standard’’ Paint

Gives Best Results

It is the paint for you to use, whether the contemplated job is a small ora large one, however experienced may
be your painter. “High Standard’ Liguid Paint is made of the materials that thirty
years of go-ahead paint-making and earnest search after the real paint truth haye
proved to usto bethe best. Itcontains nothing that does not need to be in paint for
actual working purposes. It does contain the necessary materials to give it body, life,
elasticity, beauty and wear-resisting qualities.

Mixed and ground by the ‘‘High Siandayd” Machine Process which insures the
finest paint texture—the most thorough mixing of pigment with oil. ““AHigh Standard”
Paint has been proven by actual test to cover thirty to fifty per cent more square feet
to the gallon than white lead and oil, and lasts from two to three years longer.

Because of these qualities, it isacknowledged to be the most economical. Other
famous Lowe Brcthers’ products are Vernicol Enamel White, for bathrooms and
finest finished surfaces, and “Little Blue Flag” Varnish—the world’s best. 3

Write today for the book, ‘Paint and Painting’—a whole library on the paint
question—and name of the dealer nearest you handling “High Standard’ Paint.

The Lowe Brothers Company, 450-456 E. Third St., Dayton,O.
New York Chicago Paintmakers, Varnishmakers. Kansas City

“The Little
Blue Flag’’

Protection

56-d

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

Marcu, 1907

arms.

RIFLES FOR BOYS
Little Scout - $2.25

Stevens-Maynard, Jr. $8

Crack Shot - =
Little Krag -
Favorite No. 17 =

lithograph.
space on any wall.
Don’t let your dealer persuade you some other is as

MB You ‘‘get the
jump”’ on frogs if
you use a quick-
acting, straight-
shooting Stevens
Rifle. Its records
1Or ACCUPACW? iim
official tests is un-
approached by any
other make. Use
a Stevens and get

results in frog shooting—the severest test of reliability in fire-
Here is a list that should interest you.

Send 4 cents in stamps to cover postage for our FREE
CATALOGUE — it tells all about guns, rifles, pistols,

ammunition, sights, targets, reboring old barrels, and a
hundred things a sportsman wants to know.

For 6 cents in stamps we will mail our artistic ten-color
It is an attractive hunting scene worthy of

good. Insist on “‘Stevens.’’? You can order direct from us if you find any difficulty. We send
any ‘‘ Stevens’ firearms express prepaid, on receipt of catalogue price.

J. Stevens Arms and Tool Co., 420 Pine St., Chicopee Falls, Mass., U.S.A.

Landscape Designing

UCCESS in the treatment of yourgrounds means that each
S tree and shrub must be properly placed as well as perfectly

grown. Our trees and shrubsare perfect when they leave
thenursery. We like to help you place them through our Land-
scape Department.

We offer suggestions from your own sketch or take entire
charge, from the topographical survey to the personal selection
and placing of the stock from a wealth of native and imported
Shrubs and trees in our nurseries.

New Nursery Book—beautifully illustrated—brimming with things
that will interest all lovers of Trees, Shrubs, and Herbaceous Plants—
just out. A post card to the following address will bring one to you FREE.

COTTAGE “GARDENS: (CO:

QUEENS, LONG ISLAND
Landscape Department Offices, Rooms 9094-95 Metropolitan

Room 2,

Building, Madison Ave. and 23d St., New York, N. V.

Pedigreed

experience growing strawberries.
CHARLES WILLEY -

Strawberry Piants Extra Choice

For the family garden. A quart to the plant of big red berries. Twenty years’
Booklet, ‘‘Strawberry Culture,’’ free.

Not
Hard
You How to Learn

NY GARDEN, farm or piece of land may be made

a constant source of profit with strawberries. Our

method of teaching the work makes it easy sailing to
grow big crops and get big prices. The demand for fancy
strawberries is far greater than the supply; this fruit is wel-
comed and relished by everybody. We publish a monthly
magazine devoted to its culture called

THE STRAWBERRY

It’s printed on fine paper; handsomely illustrated. Has a
special Correspondence School Department, where all ques-
tions pertaining to strawberry growing are answered without
charge by an expert who has been “through the mill.” It
teaches how to avoid mistakes. Costs $1.00 a year.

Our SPECIAL Introductory Offer—
Send to-day roc. (silver) for postage and
packing. We’ll send sample copy of
Strawberry magazine and our famous egg
separator. Separates yolk from white.

KELLOGG PUB. CO., Box 50, Three Rivers, Mich.

- East Patchogue, L. I.

Moon’s Trees Grow

Illustrating the

perfect form of

our Retinosperas

UR NEW HORTICULTURAL ART BOOK

C) for 1907 is now ready. To those who are

going to plant Nursery Stock of any kind it

is an invaluable Catalogue, just filled with illustrations,

descriptions and prices of the immense assortment of

Shade Trees, Flowering Shrubs, Vines, Perennials and
Evergreens that we offer. Write for it now.

THE WILLIAM H. MOON COMPANY
Makefield Terrace, Morrisville, Pa.
Philadelphia Office, 21 South Twelfth Street

f-

THE ELM CITY NURSERY CO., New Haven, Connecticut

THs is another of our native

trees which must be seen to
be appreciated, Did you ever see
amature specimen in full bloom,
a group of them or even better an
avenue where they have been planted alternating with fine old elms?
Perfectly hardy, easily transplanted, beautiful from babyhood to
old age, and every day of the year.

We have a large stock, sizes from two feet up to ten feet.
Prices listed in our new 1907 catalog which ts yours for the
writing.

THE ELM CITY NURSERY CoO.
New Haven, Connecticut.
SPECIAL: 100 yards Box Border, 15 inches high

Arsenate of Lead

and save your potatoes

Destroys also the Codling-Moth, the Elm
Beetle and all other leaf-eating insects.
Swift’s Arsenate of Lead sticks to the foliage,
saving respraying after rains, and never
burns or scorches, no matter how strong
the solution. Swift’s Arsenate of Lead is

endorsed by leading fruit growers, truck |

farmers and horticultural experts. Our
booklet, sent free, tells more about Swift’s

Arsenate of Lead, and gives testimonials |

from your own locality. Write for it.

MERRIMAC CHEMICAL CO.
59 Broad St., Boston, Mass,

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Marcu, 1907 THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 57

SAT ELA ESE ROU ES ALS UST SERED TALE EEE SEP RMN ENE I E Ty Sue e e

We Absolutely Guarantee ~
Every Kewanee System of ™
Water Supply to Give Satisfaction

When you purchase a Kewanee System of Water Supply, we fully guarantee it to give
you a first-class water supply, to create sufficient pressure for ample fire protection and
to do allwe CLAIM for it. .

The successful operation of over 7000 Kewanee Systems proves that they accomplish
everything we claim for them.

We guarantee the Kewanee System of Water Supply to be the most efficient, most economical,
most compact, most convenient.
_ We guarantee each Kewanee System to give you a supply of aerated water az all times,
delivered at an even temperature during all seasons.
We guarantee every Kewanee System, with ordinary care, to last a lifetime.

We guarantee against freezing, leaking, collapsing, constant necessity for expensive repairs and
other annoyances common in other systems of water supply.

We guarantee that the Kewanee System will not disfigure your property in any way,

We guaranice the Kewanee System to be sanztary and absolutely safe.

We offer the services of our Engineering Department free of charge in solving any prob-
lem of water supply for City and Country Homes, Farms, Public Institutions, Office
Buildings, Manufacturing Plants, Villages and Small Cities.

5 Would You )

>W Like a Few WV?
WANT EVERY PERSON who is in-
terested in any sort of gardening, or who

has any gtound about his or her home to know
what THE GARDEN MAGAZINE really is.

ILL YOU HELP ME in this work,
which will take very little of your time
and will pay you well? You cannot make a
fortune at it, but you can make a few dollars
just as easily as not. Also, if you can give me
some information I want, you can earn several
dollars’ worth of our books in a few minutes,
without stepping outside your house.

HIS IS NOT A CANVASSING PROP-
OSITION, and only the first person

heard from in any locality will be able to take
advantage of itt BE THE FIRST IN
YOUR LOCALITY. Let me hear from you
TO-DAY on a postal card, and I will tell you
what I want to know. Do it to-day. Address

Circulation Manager

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

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Before March First

Order seeds, trees, plants, tools, fertilizers
and spraying outfit. ;

You have four things to gain by ordering
now instead of April:

1. You have the leisure now to plan a better
garden and learn the “‘ quality”’ varieties.

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Thousands of trees and shrubs are ruined
every April and May by delays in transit.

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Make or buy a hotbed and coldframe.

Plan your garden on paper.

Rearrange your shrubbery. Give every
plant room to develop into a perfect specimen.

Draw diagram of the hardy border show-
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Train your berry bushes.

Rake, fertilize, repair and roll the lawn.
Sow grass seed. Do sodding.

Gradually lift the heaviest part of the
covering from bulb beds and the hardy
border. Harden the young growth. Replace
some litter if a freeze threatens.

Partly uncover hardy roses.

Graft old fruit trees of poor varieties with
cions of good varieties and they will bear
better fruit in three years.

Transplant deciduous trees from the wild.

Cut back shrubs that have been moved to
new positions.

Prune all shrubs after they flower.

Prune fruit trees.

Remove water sprouts and suckers from
fruit trees.

Remove all dead wood from trees, shrubs
and vines.

Vill holes in tree trunks with cement. Cut
out rotten wood and singe cut surfaces with
blast lamp.

Remove and burn twigs infested with
eggs of plant lice, tree cricket and Buffalo
tree-hopper.

Destroy cocoons of fall webworms.

Put bands on fruit trees if canker worms
troubled them last year.

Destroy egg masses of tent-caterpillars.

Scrape off loose bark from trunk and large
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Spray scale-infested trees and shrubs with
a lime-sulphur wash.

Spray pear trees for psylla and _blister-
mite with a lime-sulphur wash when buds
are swelling.

Spray plums for soft scales with kerosene
emulsion.

Cut off strawberry runners, if you failed
to do so last season.

Make bird houses. Birds eat insects.

Make veranda and window boxes.

Manure trees, shrubs and vines.

Put manure, or nitrate of soda, on the
lawn, asparagus, rhubarb, and strawberry
beds.

Scatter salt on your asparagus bed—half
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See the best snowdrops in town.

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ABOUT MARCH 15TH
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Sow mignonette the first day the frost is
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Plant sweet peas.

Beat your neighbors on gladiolus by plant-
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and for succession make a planting every
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Finish pruning hardy roses already planted.

ABOUT MARCH 20TH
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Plow and harrow the garden, or spade and
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Remove from the garden bricks, stones,
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Spread coal ashes over the vegetable
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plant food, but improve the texture of the
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Put new gravel on walks and drives and
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Buy sand to lighten your heavy soil.

Dig out the bad soil in your city yard and
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Plant magnolia, tulip tree and rose of
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Plant golden banded and speciosum lilies.

Who has Siberian scillas naturalized in
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Try to find some one who has the Taurian
scilla. Flowers earlier and more on a stalk.

Who, in your town, grows those lovely
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Plant new hardy roses.

Prune newly planted roses a little more
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Get acquainted with the giant snowdrop.

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windflowers (Anemone blanda and A pen-
nina); winter aconite (Eranthis hyemalis);
and the winter heliotrope (Petasites fragrans).

MAKE THESE RESOLUTIONS

To do fewer things this year and have a
higher standard.

To get one boy or girl started in gardening.

To try one new vegetable. Do you know
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To go to the teacher who has charge of
your children and help her make the school
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The Fine Art of Sweet Pea Culture—By E. D. Darlington,

Hooded

Type

The flowers are large, on long stems, and all fall one way

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THE EXPERIENCE OF A VARIETY-TESTER WHO HAS GROWN EVERY KIND FROM THE BEGINNING
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HE conditions for success with sweet
peas are practically the same as for
the common garden or culinary peas. Where
the garden peas can be had only during the
earliest part of summer, the flowering period
of the sweet pea will be correspondingly
short and only early-flowering sorts should be
chosen, and the seed should be planted at
the earliest possible date. Where good
garden peas can be produced throughout
the summer, the sweet peas may be had in
flower from early in the summer until killed
by freezing in the fall, and the largest flowered
and most refined varieties may be planted
with the most gratifying results. In the
warm South, fall plantings of early varieties
only should be made, or early spring sowings
of the dwarf extra-early bloomers, but in
well-drained soils, compact dwarf types of the
Cupid and Bush class will do well as bed-
ding plants during the hottest summer
months.

The sweet pea prefers a rich, deep loam,
but it will grow well in almost any well-
drained soil. The plants can absorb and
use large quantities of moisture, but they
do not like ‘‘wet feet.” Too often the mis-
take is made of planting the sweet pea in a
trench which is slightly hollowed below the
surrounding surface. Then, when the young
plants are well started, there will comea heavy
rain and they will be given a too liberal water-
ing, or the water remains standing about the
plants and the soil becomes sodden and sour.
Under these conditions, the vines turn to a
sickly yellow and rot just below the surface.
This is the sweet pea blight, and when it

appears, plant your sweet peas in a fresh
location another year. The best preventive
is to draw loose earth up in a slight ridge over
the row after planting the seed, and to keep
hilling up to the vines as they increase in
growth. ‘This method, in connection with a
slight slope to the ground, will ensure good
surface drainage, and cause the surface
moisture to drain away rapidly. If in a dry
season it is desirable to water or irrigate the

Class Il. The orchid-flowered sweet pea Coun.
tess of Spencer. The edges of the standards and
wings are wavy or fluted

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rows of sweet peas, make a shallow drill or
furrow on each side of the row and run these
trenches full of water, instead of putting it
directly on the root stems. After a heavy
watering of this kind, allow the surface soil to
dry out, and work it as soon as it will crumble
readily into small particles.

Sweet peas may also be grown in warm,

sandy soil, if the seed is planted very early,

and they will flower freely until hot weather
sets in, but the flowers will not be as large,
nor the stems as long as when planted in
cooler, heavier soils. ‘The period of flower-
ing may be prolonged when grown in light
soils by placing a mulch about the roots to
keep the soil cool and watering the row
copiously at frequent intervals during dry
weather.

With me, paradoxical as it may seem, I
secure the best flowers and longest season of
flowering in a comparatively dry, warm
summer. Under these conditions, the vines
make a moderate growth during the cool
spring months, and blossom profusely from
the latter part of June until the vines and
foliage are destroyed by the small mite,
known as the red spider, during the hot
weather in August, .

On the other hand, if the summer season
is cool with continued heavy rains the vines
make a large, soft growth of foliage, are late
in making flower buds, and if a heavy rain-
storm comes in the afternoon or evening, so
that the buds do not dry off before nightfall,
the buds blast and drop from the stems with-
out opening. For this reason, I would
caution sweet pea growers against syringing

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their vines in the evening. It is much better
to syringe the vines in the early morning.

HOW AND WHEN TO PLANT

Satisfactory results with the sweet pea may
be had by planting the seed at the earliest
possible opportunity in the spring. The
plants are quite hardy and no injury will
result if the soil should become slightly
frozen after the seed is planted. It is the
practice of the most successful growers to
prepare the ground for the sweet pea rows in
the fall. Then, as soon as the surface soil
dries out in the spring, the furrows or drills
are made about three inches deep, without
digging or replowing the ground. This plan
permits of a much earlier planting, as where
the ground has to be dug or plowed it must
dry out to a greater depth to be put into the
proper condition for planting.

Arrange the rows to give the maximum of
sunlight and fresh air. Where more than a
single row is planted, have at least four feet
of clear space between the rows.

Do not plant the seeds too thickly, or the
vines will be crowded and slender in growth.
One ounce of seed to fifteen feet of row is
sufficient under ordinary conditions.

The seed may be covered from two to four
inches deep in planting, but for quick ger-
mination, I would advise making a drill two
inches deep, and covering the seed with fine
soil level with the surface, hilling up to a
further depth of two to four inches with
fine soil drawn up about the young vines as
they become established in growth.

Provide support of brush, or a trellis of
poultry netting, or of stakes and twine for the
vines, and set this either when the seed is
planted or at some time before the vines are
more than four to five inches in height, for if
the vines are allowed to fall over on the soil,
it is a very difficult matter to get them to
attach themselves to the trellis, or brush, and
to assume the desired erect position.

Varieties having pure paper-white flowers,
and also some of the varieties with flowers of
light shades of color, have white-skinned seeds
in contrast to the black or dark brown skin of
the seed of the darker colors. These light-
colored seeds are more tender than the dark
seeds and are likely to rot in the ground if

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THE

Class III. Dwarf early-flowering. Blooms in sixty
or seventy days. Only fifteen inches high

planted too early, while the soil is still cold
and wet. ‘This trouble is due to the tender
character of the outer covering of the seed,
and as it is not always desirable to wait until
later in the season to plant the white-flowered
sorts, it is best to follow the ‘“‘ Hutchins”
method with these. This consists simply in
placing the paper bag containing the seed two
or three inches deep in the ground and cover-
ing it with earth. Treated in this way, the
seed absorbs moisture and swells more
gradually, and will be ready for planting in
the regular manner in about a week’s time.
For the warm South and the moderate
winters of the Middle States, the plan of a

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late fall planting of sweet pea seed gives very
satisfactory results, the seeds being sown in
drills two inches deep in well drained ground,
late in the fall, to lie dormant in the ground
through the winter. This fall planted seed
germinates much earlier than the earliest
spring planting that can be made, and comes
in flower at least a month earlier, giving
larger and better flowers. I have also found
that a late spring planting, made about the
last of May or early in June, will produce
very good flowers, but not nearly as many of
them, during the cool fall months.

In these late spring and fall plantings, I
make the rows four feet apart and have the
plants stand six to twelve inches apart, allow-
ing the vines to run at will over the ground.
This plan seems to greatly prolong the life of
the vines and gives a correspondingly longer
period of bloom, over those grown on a trellis
or brush in the ordinary manner.

In the late fall planting, I sow the seed
quite thickly, an ounce to ten or fifteen feet
of row, and ridge the earth slightly above
the row when covering the seed. ‘The ger-
mination is not as even as from the early
spring planting, but this quantity of seed
will give an ample stand for good results, as
where the vines are left spreading on the
soil they will branch much more freely than
when grown on a trellis.

FERTILIZERS AND CULTIVATION

The best fertilizer for promoting the
growth of the sweet pea is barnyard manure,
which should be dug or plowed into the
ground the preceding fall, but well-rotted or
decayed manure can be used in the spring in
liberal quantities. Next to this comes
finely ground, pure raw bone as a high-grade
commercial fertilizer, which must be well
mixed with the soil before the seed is planted.

As soon as the young plants are well above
the ground, begin cultivation. Keep the
surface soil loose and fine to a depth of two or
three inches by frequent hoeings or workings
with a cultivator. This not only keeps the
soil free from weeds, but greatly assists the
growth of the vines by admitting a good
supply of air to the roots, and ensures the
moisture of the soil. After the vines com-
mence flowering place a mulch two inches

Class IV.

Freaks are abortive forms and desirable only as curiosities

Class V. Doubles.

Not a distinct class, but appears in the grandifiora type

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Class VI. Cupid and Bush. Compare with the tall
or normal Kind at the right

thick of straw and lawn clippings on the soil.
The mulch will keep the soil cool and moist
and do away with the necessity for continued
cultivation.

SWEET PEA ENEMIES

Only two insects infect sweet peas, the
small green plant lice (aphides) and the
red spider. The aphides appear on the young
shoots, and suck the juices from the plant.
They can be kept in check by spraying the
vines with soap-suds, or any of the special
insecticides offered for this purpose, but as
satisfactory a way as any for home use is to
brush them from the vines with a small ever-
green branch and rake them into the fine,
dry surface soil with the garden rake.

The red spider is a very minute insect
which works on the undersides of the leaves
during hot, dry weather, sucking the juices
from the leaves, and causing them to take on
a grayish or dead color. These insects cover
themselves with a fine web and are quite
difficult to exterminate, but can be held in
check by frequent spraying with a suds, or
solution, made from some neutral soap, which
must be applied in a fine mist-like spray and
with considerable force to the under sides of
the leaves.

To keep the vines in bloom as long as
possible, remove all flowers as soon as they
fade; do not allow them to make seed. If
the flowers are desired for decorative pur-
poses, they should be cut early in the morning,
when freshly opened, and if they are to be
sent away, the stems should be placed in
fresh, cold water for ten or twelve hours, or
overnight, before shipping them, as they
wilt very quickly if shipped when freshly cut
from the vines.

Always use a sharp knife, or a pair of sharp
scissors in gathering the flowers, as pulling
the stems from the vines bruises or injures
the vine and will frequently cause them to
die out and leave vacant places in the row.

CLASSES AND VARIETIES

Class I. Grandiflora—In this class we
have the best of Henry Eckford’s novelties,
as well as varieties originating with other
sweet pea specialists. The vines are of
strong, vigorous growth, very free flowering,
but rather later in flowering than the early-

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flowering class. The flowers are of large
size, good form and substance, coming three
and four on a long stem and all facing one
way. While the flowers of this section are
uniformly large and good, there is a slight
variation in form with different varieties. In
some, the large standard is slightly folded
(like the leaves of a book) in the centre, and
as the flowers remain open, the upper edges
curl over slightly, giving the flower a pointed
effect; in others, the wings are very widely
spread, and as the broad, rounded standard
becomes older, it curls down to meet the
wings, producing what is known as the
hooded flower. In this class, the most
satisfactory varieties in the different colors
are: Dorothy Eckford, purest white; Mrs.
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stripes; Pink Friar, silvery white with

Class VII. Notched. In the older varieties there
was a nick in the standard

watered veinings of soft rose; Aurora, salmon
pink stripes on silver white; Dainty, silvery
white with pink edges; Hon. Mrs. E. Ken-
yon, deep cream; Janet Scott, soft clear pink;
Lovely, soft pink with white edge; Senator,
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white; Hon. F. Bouverie, salmon pink;
Royal Rose, deep pink; Sybil Eckford, rich
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carmine distinctly shaded; Queen Alexandra,
intense scarlet; Henry LEckford, orange
scarlet, but fades badly under hot sun; King
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minster, dark claret; Othello, deep brownish
maroon; Mrs. George Higginson, pale laven-
der or “‘sky-blue;” Lady Nina Balfour, soft
lavender, or “mouse” tint; Captain of the
Blues, bright bluish purple.

This list comprises an almost complete
assortment of the most distinct and desirable
shades of coloring, but where a varied color-
ing is desired, without any special regard as
to the names of the varieties, the seed of this
class may be purchased more cheaply in the

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better mixtures offered by leading seedsmen,
and no matter how the coloring varies,
it always blends harmoniously where the
varieties are sown together in long rows.

Class II. Orchid-flowered.—This is the
most recently introduced and the best, as well
as largest-flowered, of all the sweet peas.
The flowers are very large, much larger even
than those of the grandiflora type, and are
produced in threes and fours on a long, stiff
stem, are of distinctly crystalline finish, like
frosted silver, and where they develop slowly
in a cool location, the edges of the standards
and wings have a beautiful wavy, or fluted
effect. This type is of English origin and has
shown a strong tendency to produce new and
distinct colorings from the original or parent
variety, the Countess Spencer; but while the
vines are of vigorous growth and free-flower-
ing, they produce very little seed and are still
expensive. In this type are: Countess Spen-
cer, a soft rosy pink; Gladys Unwin, a
lighter pink than Countess Spencer; Florence
Spencer, a deeper, richer pink than Countess
Spencer; Helen Lewis, bright salmon orange;
John Ingman, deep rose.

Class II. Dwarf Early-flowering.—This
class has been developed by continual selec-
tion for earliness in flowering. The entire
plant is only fifteen inches in height when in
full bloom, and it will come into flower in
sixty to seventy days from the time the seed
is planted. Such plants make a very pretty
effect when seen in long rows, and in cutting
for house decoration, the entire stem of the
plant is cut off just above the ground, giving
a very pretty spray with the green leaves and
two or three stems of bright, fragrant flowers.
The flowers of this class are rather small in
size and have a slight notch at the top of the
standard, but their very early flowering habit,
and the ease with which they may be grown in
any section, make them most desirable. In
this class there are as yet but three distinct
varieties, namely: Earliest of All, with bright
pink standards and creamy white wings;

The side notch occasional.y appears tn the new
large-flowered Eckford varieties

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beams, a deep primrose or creamy yellow
tint.

Class IV. Freaks——These are abortive
forms and are only desirable as a floral
curiosity. The standards are shortened or
poorly developed, and the flowers have a
closed or bud-like form. In this class the
Red Ridinghood, White Snapdragon and
Salvation Lassie are the most distinct and
desirable.

Class V. Doubles.—Double-flowered
sweet peas are not a distinct class as the
double flowers are likely to come on many of
the grandiflora class when grown under
exceptionally favorable conditions, but a
number of the seed houses have special stocks
of seed saved from double flowers only and
these, of course, are more likely to produce the
double flowers. In these the Double White,
Double Apple Blossom, or Bride of Niagara,
Double Captain of the Blues, Double Splen-
dor and Double Boreatton not only produce

The Whole Art of

EXPENSE—ALSO HOW TO HAVE THREE KINDS OF VEGETABLES THE

vES* family ought to have a coldframe

because it can gain from four to six
weeks on the season of early vegetables,
merely by sowing seeds in a coldframe on the
first of March, as is indicated in the accom-
panying table, which shows for each veg-
etable how much can be gained over the
regular outdoor cultivation by the aid of
coldframes.

TABLE SHOWING GAIN MADE BY COLDFRAME

READY TO EAT

Sown M t

(in Coldframe) pete Coldframe Outdoors
Licey Cee c 88 Jo ene aos Gerne Geers May 8th | June 1sth
Becta tira. sles Mar. 25th | May 2oth | June 25th
Cabbapereerer 4.175. April ist | June 8th | April rst
CATT OB es oe ieye ia oeetersiel| chev skepees ovetave May rsth | June 15th
@auliflower.......- April rst | June 8th | April 1st
Kohilrabiew tees se April 1st | May 15th | June 15th
Wettuce ste sere ccysisvenssc Mar. 20th | May 1st | June 1st
LAGI casdogdodus| jae ceaneaean May 15th | June rsth
Re aierascn cietebet cusses | eveiclsiascces May 8th| June 8th
Rad ishpeene cece eee iok April 15th | May 1sth
SSWEEN, occ cceedeos||sraurmaaebe May 8th| June 15th

There are three other reasons why you
should have a coldframe:

1. You can have lettuce, radishes and
spinach a good part of the winter.

2. You can have the choicest foxglove,
larkspur and cosmos only by aid of a cold-
frame.

3. The highest qualities of pansies, violets,
English daisies, polyanthus, and auricula are
flowered only in a coldframe, where you may
have them between February and April.

Coldframes can be used to good advantage
for a number of early vegetables. A spot
that is sheltered from north and west winds
and facing south is preferable, in order to
obtain all the sunlight.

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the largest and most double flowers, but come
almost uniformly double.

Class VI. Cupids and Bush.—These make
dwarf, compact plants, the deep green
foliage of the Cupids spreading like a mossy
carpet on the soil, while the bush plants are
erect but compact, and only eighteen inches
in height. These do well in dry or rainless
locations, as the plants root deeply and flower
freely during the hottest weather, but if cool
rains prevail, the dense foliage is liable to
mildew or rot off; hence, they are not satis-
factory for growing where the ordinary tall
or running varieties succeed. Both classes
have almost as many distinct varieties as the
tall type, but the best results are generally
had with those of early-flowering habit, such
as Pink Cupid and Blanche Ferry Cupid, or
by sowing the seed in mixture of the different
kinds.

Class VII. Notches.—In the older varieties
those having the short, erect standard were

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likely to have a slight notch, or nick, in. the
centre of the standard, while in the blue-
edged section, like the Butterfly, the notches
were at the sides of the standard and near the
base. The notch in the centre of the stand-
ard has been entirely bred out of the grandi-
flora type, but the side notch occasionally
appears in some of the new, large-flowered
Eckford novelties. The best and most
distinct sorts having the notch in the centre of
the standard are: Emily Henderson, pure
paper white; Blanche Ferry, pink standard,
white wings; Coccinea, bright cherry red;
Scarlet Gem, bright scarlet; American,
heavily striped with bright red on silvery
white.

In the type having the standards notched
at the sides, the best varieties are: Lottie
Eckford, large silvery white, with soft
lavender shaded edges; Maid of Honor, a
larger, better flower than the Butterfly, with
blue shadings on silver white.

Managing Coldframes—By George Standen, *'*

EXPLAINING JUST HOW TO GAIN FOUR TO SIX WEEKS ON ALL IMPORTANT VEGETABLES, AT SMALL

If coldframes have been idle all winter,
take off about two inches of the old surface
soil and spade the balance up well with a
spading fork. Give it a good sprinkling of
air slaked lime to sweeten it. If the days
are mild, remove the sash, putting it on again
at night; let it remain in this condition until
ready for planting. Just before planting,
spread a dressing three inches thick of well-
decayed manure and a sprinkling of com-
mercial fertilizer over the surface of the soil,
and thoroughly work them in. With an
iron-toothed rake smooth the surface until
the soil is rather fine. Warm up the soil
for a day or so by keeping the sash on tight,
and this will greatly assist the germination
of the seeds

A most important point for success is in
properly sowing the seeds; put in drills which
are one-half an inch deep, cover, and firm the
soil. After this is completed, the sash may
remain on and a close atmosphere be
maintained until the young seedlings ap-
pear, which will be in about ten days.
Have the sides and ends of the frames banked
with good stable litter or leaves to keep out
the cold, and cover the sash with salt hay,
mats or shutters at night, and at other times
when the mercury goes below the freezing
point, which is often the case; sometimes the
mercury will go as low as 10°. Remove the
covering on all bright and mild days. A good
indication of the proper time to cover the
frames is when the glass begins to frost over.

Airing or ventilating should be watched
for the weather in March is very uncertain.
Some days, the temperature outside will be
as high as 55° in the shade, and other days
will be dull and cold, with the temperature
below the freezing point. As soon as the
seedlings are up air the frame on all days
when it can be done without submitting

BEST PART OF THE WINTER

the plants to danger of frost and avoid cold
draughts, and close them about fifteen min-
utes before the sun is off them. While the
seedlings are small, keep the temperature of
the frames from 55° to 65°.

WATERING

Water the plants in the frame between ten
and two o’clock, so that they may have a
chance to dry off before the frames are closed
for the night. Young seedlings need water-
ing as soon as the surface of the soil looks
dry; use a fine-rosed watering can and give
a thorough soaking, taking care not to wash
the seedlings out of the soil. Examine the
condition of the soil by taking it in the hands
and squeezing it; if it holds together the beds
will not need water, but if, on the other hand,
the soil falls apart, like ashes, then it needs a
thorough watering, not merely a surface
wetting. Always watch the top end of the
frames, as that part always dries out more
rapidly, because it has more sun and a better
circulation of air.

When the seeds have made their first true
leaves, transplant them into other frames, for
if they are not separated, they will crowd
one another. Set the plants about four
inches apart each way, shade for a day or so
or until they take hold of the new soil, then
gradually inure them to the — sunlight.
Sprinkle the plants frequently to keep them
from wilting. Stir the surface of the soil
at least once a week, and remove all weeds
as they appear.

HARDENING OFF

Before transplanting the seedlings to the
open ground, they must be hardened off.
This process needs one to two weeks. To
do this, air is admitted in larger and larger
quantities until the sashes are. removed

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entirely during the day, and during the night
ventilation is given by leaving the sash open,
at first only a small crack, which is increased
gradually until it is four or five inches wide.
The handiest thing with which to prop the
sash open is a block of wood. ~

Lettuce, cauliflower, cabbage, onions and
leeks can be subjected to airier conditions
than peppers, egg plants and tomatoes.
Lettuce, cauliflower and cabbage may be
planted out about April zoth. Onions and
leeks are better not disturbed until they
attain the size of a lead pencil. Peppers
and egg plants require a frame having a
slightly warmer temperature; they may be
planted out about May 2oth. Syringe egg
plants occasionally for red spiders. ‘Toma-
toes will make a stronger, sturdier growth
if kept a little on the dry side.

LETTUCE

Sow March ist and for succession sow
every two weeks. Varieties: Private Stock
and Trianon Cos.

Lettuces are divided into two classes, the
cabbage with the round head, and the Cos

with long, hard and narrow leaves. The .

cabbage variety is the most tender, and the
Cos the best flavored. Sow the seed in finely
raked soil and give them a very thin covering.
After the young plants have made their true
leaves, transplant to other frames, placing
the plants nine inches apart each way. These
may be grown on in the frames for the earliest
crop, which will be ready for use about
April 2oth.

The plants raised from the second sowing
may be transplanted to 4 x 4 inches. Trans-
plant to the open ground about April 15th
placing the plants nine inches apart, in rows
which are twelve to fifteen inches apart.
When transplanting lettuces, always select
the strongest plants, discard all the weaklings,
secure all the roots possible and all the soil
that will adhere to them. When planting,
keep the leaves well up from the soil, firm
well the earth about the roots, water and
shade for a day or so, or until they take hold
of the new soil.

As long as the plants are in the frames,
give them plenty of air. Stir the soil at least
once a week to keep it mellow and to keep
down the weeds. As soon as the ground can
be worked outdoors, make the successional
sowing there, rather than in the frames. If
the weather should be dry, keep the ground
constantly hoed and watered. In the ex-
treme hot weather, grow lettuce in a partly
shady place, as it runs to seed very quickly.

Good lettuces can be had in the late fall
and early winter, if occasional sowings of
seed are made in coldframes from August
15th to September 15th. If the frames are
protected from the extreme cold, good heads
may be had up to Christmas. In order to
insure good heads of lettuce, keep water from
the heart, and heading will be materially
assisted by an application of nitrate of soda,
which may be applied by strewing it over the
surface of the soil, or it may be given in
liquid form by dissolving a 3-inch potful in
twenty gallons of water. When thoroughly
dissolved this will water about 162 sq. ft. of

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THE

Coldframes protected from winter winds by high
fences, which are screened in summer by grape vines

soil. Two applications, at intervals of ten to
fourteen days, will be sufficient.

TOMATOES

Sow March 1st, and for main crop April
15th. Varieties: early, Dwarf Champion
and Earliana; late, Stone and Table Queen.

These two sowings will keep up a supply
from June zoth until November.

Sow the seed in drills six inches apart, cover
lightly and water to settle the soil. When the
plants are about three inches high, transplant
to other frames, placing them from four to
six inches apart each way. Set the plants
so that the seed leaves will be just above the
surface of the soil, and shade for a few days.
Keep the soil a little on the dry side to en-
courage a short stocky growth. Until ready
to harden the plants, keep a temperature of
from 50° to 55°. ‘Transplant to the open
ground about May rsth, in soil which is not
rich, or they will make too much growth and
few fruits. Set the plants four feet apart
each way (Dwarf Champion needs only two
and one-half feet), support the plants with
a trellis or stakes and train about five stems,
selecting the strongest shoots and removing
all weak ones and laterals, or side shoots,
tying them as they grow to protect them from
wind, etc. In the fall, should there be dan-
ger of frost, tomatoes may be picked in the
green or half-ripe state and put on straw or
boards, and be ripened in coldframes.

PEPPERS

Sow March 15th. Varieties: Bull Nose
and Red Cayenne.

A few plants of peppers will supply a good-

The commonest and cheapest type of coldframe.
Lettuce is perhaps the most important winter crop

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sized family. They require a temperature
of from 60° to 70°. Sow in drills which are
three inches apart and water very sparingly
until the young plants attain a height of
three inches. Transplant to other frames,
putting the plants three inches apart each
way, and transplant to the open ground
about May 2oth.

Peppers prefer a deep rich soil and are
ready for use about July 15th. They may
be planted fifteen inches apart in rows which
are two feet apart.

BEETS

Sow March 1st, and for succession every
two weeks until August 15th. Varieties: Bas-
sano, Eclipse.

Sow in drills which are one inch deep and
ten inches apart. Maintain a temperature
of from 50° to 55°, and when the plants are
three inches high, thin them out to two or
three inches apart. The surplus plants may
be transplanted outdoors, setting them three
inches apart, in rows which are twelve inches
apart. ‘The first beets in the coldframe will
be ready to eat about May first. Beets
delight in light, rich soil and require an
abundance of water. The leaves may be
used for greens.

CARROTS

Sow March st, and for succession
every three weeks until July 15th. Varieties:
Parisian, Scarlet Horn, Halj Long Danvers.

Sow in coldframes in drills four inches
apart. When three inches high, thin the
plants to about one inch apart. Early
Parisian is the best for coldframes, as it is a
small carrot and one which matures quickly.
It is ready for use in about six weeks. Later
sowing outdoors of Early Scarlet Horn and
Half Long Danvers may be made as soon as
the ground can be worked, in drills which
are one inch deep and fifteen inches apart.
Thin out as directed above, and keep the
surface of the soil frequently stirred to keep
it open.

EGG PLANT

Sow March 15th. Varieties: New York
Improved, Black Beauty.

Egg plant needs a hotbed. Have a rich,
light seed soil and keep it rather dry, as the
seed will not germinate if it is kept too wet.
Maintain a temperature of about 80°. When
about three inches high, transplant to another
hotbed, setting the plants six inches apart
each way. Syringe the plants frequently,
especially the under sides of the leaves, to
keep down red spider, and avoid cold
draughts. About June ist, transplant to
open ground in very rich soil, setting the
plants two feet apart in rows which are three
feet apart. Water freely during dry weather,
and dust lightly with an insecticide to destroy
the potato bugs. The fruit will be ready for
use about the middle of July.

ONIONS

Sow March toth. Varieties; White Globe
and Prizetaker.

Onions require a very rich soil, liberal
and frequent dressings of manure, and

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fertilizers are also essential to insure success.
Sow in drills which are four inches apart,
cover and firm the soil with a board, in order
that it shall retain the moisture. As soon
as the young onions appear above the soil
ventilate the frames giving an abundance of
air on all fair days. Frequently stir the
surface of the soil and remove all weeds as
they appear. As the onions increase in size,
give them air at night, and if the weather
is mild, the sash may be left off entirely.
When about the size of a lead pencil, trans-
plant to open ground, which will be about
May ist. Put them in rows, setting the
plants three inches deep, five inches apart
and sixteen inches from row to row. Onions
may also be sown outdoors and thinned to
three inches apart. The young onions can
be used as they are, or the thinning trans-
planted to other rows, as has been described.
Onions may also be grown from sets planted
one inch deep, three inches apart and one
foot from row to row. Sow the seed, or
plant the sets, in March, as soon as the ground
can be worked.

For a more detailed description of how to
grow the best onions see the January GARDEN
MaGaZINE, page 306.

LEEKS

Sow March toth. Varieties: American
Flag and Large Carentan.

Leeks are greatly prized for soups and
when cut into small pieces and cooked as
onions they make a delicious vegetable. Sow
in coldframes and give the same care as
recommended for onions. They will be
ready for use in September. Transplant
when the size of an ordinary lead pencil to
trenches which have been dug eight inches
deep and one foot wide, into which has been
put a 3-inch layer of manure and one and
one-half inches of soil to plant in. Set them
about two inches deep, so that the neck is
covered, and draw a little soil up to them
from time to time, as they grow, to blanch
them. They may be grown in a double row,

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the individual rows being nine inches apart,
and the plants six inches apart in the row.

BEANS

Sow March 20th, and for siuccession
every two weeks. Varieties: Triumph oj the
Frames, and Early Mohawk.

Beans require a light, not over-rich soil.
For early use, sow Triumph of the Frames
in coldframes, in drills two inches deep and
one foot apart. Maintain a close atmosphere
until the young plants show through the soil,
then air and water carefully, and on no
account let cold draughts strike them. Beans
require a night temperature of 60°, with a
rise of ten degrees on bright days. They
should be ready for use in six weeks from the
date of sowing. Pick when young and tender.
From about April roth, on, make the succes-
sional sowings in open ground, planting seeds
of Early Mohawk in rows eighteen inches
apart and two inches deep until August 15th.

PARSLEY

Sow March ist.
Fern-leaved.

Sow the seeds rather thickly in drills one-
half inch deep, which are three inches apart.
Parsley germinates very slowly. When two
inches high, transplant to the open ground.
For succession, sow April rst and again on
July 15th, in drills one-half inch deep and
one foot apart. The latter sowing can be
kept over winter by covering with salt hay,
or leaves, when cold weather set in.

Varieties: Moss-curled,

SPINACH

Sow March ist, and for succession every
two weeks until May 15th. Varieties: Prickly,
and Savoy Leaved or Bloomsdale.

The early sowings of spinach in the frames
should be in drills which are one-half inch
deep and six inches apart. Keep the soil
on the dry side until the seeds germinate, as
they are liable to rot if kept too wet. A
temperature of from 45° to 50° is sufficiently
high. As soon as the seeds are up nicely,

Showing how coldframes are ventilated—by raising top end of sash with a wooden block

Celery. At right, plant twice transplanted and ready

to set outdoors. At left, plant has not been trans-
planted. Centre plant ready for second transplanting

give plenty of air; and a light dressing of
nitrate of soda strewn over the surface will
hasten growth. It should be ready for use
in six weeks from planting. For succession,
sow every two weeks until May 15th. As
soon as the ground can be worked, make the
successional sowings outdoors in drills which
are one inch deep and one foot apart. For
summer use, sow New Zealand spinach June
st in hills at least four feet apart, and one
inch deep. For fall use, sow Bloomsdale
again on August 1st and rsth, and for late
fall use, make a sowing in the coldframes on
September 8th. This last sowing will make
good spinach for Christmas. Another sowing
may be made about September aist, this
can be wintered over and will be ready to
gather the following March.

CELERY

Sow April ist. Varieties: early, White
Plume; second early, Fin de Siecle; nud-
season, Giant Pascal; late, New Rose.

Sow the seed in finely raked soil in drills
which are four inches apart. Firm the soil
well with board by walking on it. Give
an abundance of water, and as soon as the
plants are two inches high, transplant in
other frames, in soil that has been enriched
with a layer of manure, three inches deep,
and which has been thoroughly dug into
the soil. Set the plants four inches apart,
alternate them in the rows and do not plant
too deep, firm the earth well about the
roots, water thoroughly to settle the soil, and
shade for a day or two, until the planis
have taken root in the new soil. They will
now grow very fast and will need an abund-
ance of water at least once a day. The first
sowings will be ready for the trenches, or
cultivation on the level, about July rst.

Dig trenches fifteen inches wide and eight
inches deep and four feet apart. Put about

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four inches of good cow manure in the bottom,
treading it down firmly with the feet. Add
about two inches of soil to plant in, so that
tne roots do not come in contact with the
manure. When ready for planting, secure
a good ball of earth with each plant and set
them in double rows, which are about ten
inches apart, and six inches apart in the row.
Set firmly, taking care not to bury the heart.
The best time to plant celery, unless the day
be dull or there is a sign of rain, is in the after-
noon from three o’clock, as the sun is not so
strong. From this on, the celery should be
constantly watched, keeping it free from
weeds and watering thoroughly and _fre-
quently if the weather is dry. For celery
which is wanted for early use, earthing up is
necessary about the middle of August: Pull
the soil up to the plants with a hoe, breaking
all lumps, gather the leaf-stalks tightly
together with the left hand and press the soil
closely around them with the right hand,
using care to prevent the soil from falling
into the heart of the plant, for it will rot it.
Two earthings will suffice for White Plume
and Fin de Siecle, then hemlock boards may
be placed on edge on each side of the row
and supported with stakes. This will help
to blanch and whiten the celery. In this
manner, White Plume will be ready for use
September r5th, Fin de Siecle following
after in about four weeks. Giant Pascal
is a large celery and one of the very best
flavored varieties grown. It will be ready
for use about December ist. The late
variety, New Rose, can be kept in trenches
until May. Have the rows of Giant Pas-
cal and New Rose from six to eight feet
apart, so that there may be sufficient earth to
protect them during the winter.

As fast as these two late varieties grow,
bank them up, always doing it when the
earth and the celery are dry, otherwise it is
liable to cause the heart to rot. When the
mercury indicates a temperature of 22°, it
is time to put on the winter covering, This
is done by placing boards as described for
White Plume. The boards should reach to
within three inches of the tops of the celery;
then take two boards nailed together like a
trough, with cleats projecting two inches over

Permanent coldframes of brick and cement. It
frames are wanted next to greenhouse, provision
must be made against snow falling on frames

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A winter’s supply for a family of five.
All that is necessary is to Keep
the frost out of the frame

Parsley.
Very easily raised.

the sides, and place them on top of the celery.
This forms a sort of box witha lid. Bank the
dirt up to the top of the boards, with a layer
of leaves about a foot thick and a sufficient
quantity of stable manure to keep the leaves
from blowing away. Celery protected in
this way keeps to perfection, and will have
that rich nutty flavor so often desired and
seldom had, and it may be dug any day dur-
ing the winter.

Level cultivation is practised by a number
of growers, but I have always found celery
to do better when planted in trenches, as I
believe the roots remain in a cooler condi-
tion.

CAULIFLOWER

Sow March ist, and for succession sow
every three weeks until April 15th. Vari-
elies: Early Snowball, Gilt Edge.

Sow in drills which are one-half inch deep
and four inches apart. As soon as the plants
have made their: first set of true leaves,
transplant to another bed, setting the
plants about four inches apart. Water
and shade and give all the air possible.
About April 15th, transplant to open ground
in good rich soil. Set the plants about two
feet apart each way, water freely at all
times and stir the soil frequently. A little
nitrate of soda or commercial fertilizer strewn
around the plants will hasten their growth,
and when they show signs of heading, break
over the centre a few of the leaves to keep
the flower white and to protect it from the
sun. Cauliflower cannot be raised in the
hot weather. For fall use, sow the seeds of
Snowball and Large Algiers in the open
ground on June 2oth and July r1th, trans-
planting as already described. The latter
variety is the largest and best variety grown

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but is good only for late crop. Cauliflower
takes from twelve to fifteen weeks to mature.

CABBAGE

Sow March ist, and for succession June
1st. Varieties: early, Wakefield; second early,
Succession; late, Flat Dutch, Savoy Autumn
King.

What has been said of the culture of
cauliflower is equally true of cabbage. Both
need the same treatment. Give good culti-
vation and for cabbage worm, dust the plants
with an insecticide.

Cabbage can be kept through winter by
digging a trench about six inches deep, setting
them roots up, and covering with soil and
litter sufficient to keep out the frost.

PEAS

Sow March 1st, and for succession sow every
two weeks outdoors until June 1st, beginning as
soon as the ground can be worked. Varieties:
extra early, Nott’s Excelsior, Daniel O’ Rourke,
and Gradus; second early, Duke of York;
medium and late, Champion of England and
Telephone.

Fresh, home-grown peas in the middle
of May are a luxury, yet they may be had by
sowing Nott’s Excelsior in coldframes early
in March. Sow in drills, which are one foot
apart and two inches deep. They require
a cool, moist situation. After the plants
have attained a height of six inches, give a
light dressing of commercial fertilizer
strewn over the surface of the soil, so that
it may be washed in when watering. It
will materially help the plants. They will
be ready for use in about ten weeks. Peas
sown after June 1st will not do well; as the
weather is too hot they are liable to mildew.
To grow the best peas, give them a
deep, rich loam. For outdoor culture, Nott’s
Excelsior and Daniel O’Rourke can be sown
in drills which are three inches deep and two
feet apart; the later varieties, Champion
of England, Duke of York and Telephone
must not be less than four feet apart. When
the plants have attained a height of about
six inches, pull about their stems about two
inches of earth, and the plants must be
supported by chickenwire or brush.

A few drills of radishes may be sown be-
tween the peas in the frames. ‘They will be
ready for use in about four weeks; gather
when crisp and tender. Early French Forc-
ing and Ne Plus Ultra are good varieties for
outdoor culture. Sow every two weeks until
September rst. White Summer and Chartier
are good varieties for summer sowing.

A portable frame pinned together—not nailed. Can
be taken apart in summer and stored elsewhere

Make a Hotbed Now for Annuals—By John Dunbar, *?*%**"

HOW TO RAISE MORE, BETTER AND EARLIER ANNUAL FLOWERS WITHOUT A GREENHOUSE—A NEW
WAY OF GROUPING THESE FLOWERS WHICH GIVES MUCH PURER AND STRONGER MASS-EFFECTS

VERY home ought to have a hotbed in

order to gain a month on vegetables
and annual flowers. A hotbed enables you
to overcome the chief drawback to annuals,
viz. that they do not, as a rule, bloom before
July. Moreover, you can really lengthen
the season of petunias, verbenas and a few
other flowers, because with good manage-
ment they will bloom until frost.

The accompanying picture shows a novel
method of grouping annuals, which secures
greater purity and strength than mixed beds
ever have. We use only one variety in a bed
and are careful to place the plants far enough
apart for each one to become a perfect speci-
men, without leaving any bare ground. Thus
we get more and better flowers than if several
plants were allowed to occupy the space which
one will cover if grown to perfection.

THE BEST WAY TO GROW

At Highland Park, Rochester, I use annuals
in large masses as foregrounds to shrubbery,
instead of isolating them in formal flower
beds, which is often distracting and inhar-
monious. I believe that this idea will be
welcomed on country estates and that the
following practice may be adapted to places
of any size.

Most of the annuals are raised in hotbeds
from the end of March until the middle of
April, according to the varieties and the time
they take to attain the necessary size to plant
out. Space cannot be afforded for them in
the greenhouse, and even if space could
be spared, I think that better annual plants
can be raised in hotbeds for planting out, as
the plants are grown close to the glass and
are not liable to be spindled or drawn out as
they are apt to be under greenhouse treat-
ment. I sow the seeds in small flats
which are about three inches deep. The
“soil is specially prepared, being a mixture of
well-rotted light sod, leaf-soil, and well-rotted
manure and a little sharp sand incorporated.

The soil should always be light enough
not to bake or cake on the surface. Sow the
seeds thickly on a very smooth surface of
finely sifted soil. Fine seeds, such as
petunia, lobelia and tobacco (Nicotiana)
should be pressed firmly in the soil, and
receive only the merest dusting of soil cover-
ing. I prefer to use a flour sifter for this
operation.

Carefully shade the seeds until well ger-
minated, with newspapers on the tops of the
boxes, or thin muslin screens, on the outside
of the sashes. Great care has to be exercised
in ventilating hotbeds where annuals are
germinating. A well made hotbed generates
large quantities of ammoniacal vapor and, if
the frame is not carefully ventilated to allow
this vapor to escape, thousands of seedlings
may damp off in a few hours. Even with
the best of care a web of fungus threads will
appear amongst the seedlings; hot sand or

wood ashes should immediately be sprinkled
freely on the flats wherever it is seen. Stir-
ring the soil also helps to check the progress
of the fungus. This fungus is a most in-
sidious enemy and constant vigilance must
be exercised against it.

As soon as the plants are large enough to
handle conveniently they are transplanted
into flats of a uniform size. The size I
prefer is fifteen inches wide, twenty-two
inches long and three to three and one-half
inches deep. A flat of this size usually holds
about 150 plants. If only a small quantity
of annuals are used is it a good plan to pot
them in small flower pots, but as I raise from
50,000 to 60,cco annual flowering plants,
potting them off is out of the question. I
find that flats are the most convenient and
the easiest way of handling the seedlings.
They must never be allowed to suffer from
the want of water and as soon as they are well
rooted in the second flats, they should receive
abundance of air to keep them stalky. To-
ward the first of May the sashes should be
gradually removed and on mild nights left off
entirely. About the middle of May, many
annuals will be in good condition for plant-
ing out.

HOW TO PLANT

Enrich the areas, spaces, or beds which
the plants are to occupy with a liberal dressing
of well-rotted manure, and thoroughly spade
or fork it in to a depth of one foot. In plant-
ing it is always important to thoroughly soak
the flats to saturation. To remove the
plants from the flat place the point of a trowel
down the side of the flat, between the wood
and the soil, and as the plants usually form
a solid mass of roots, the mass of plants will
raise in such a way that they can be easily
separated with a small ball of earth, and all
the roots intact. A beginning made in a
flat in this way, the other plants are easily
removed. One good workman, expert in
the use of the garden trowel, can handle and
plant from 2,500 to 3,000 plants in one day.

The distance apart must be regulated
entirely by the nature of the plants. No
arbitrary rules can be laid down for distances,
as the vigor and size of the plants will depend
entirely on their food supply and care. The
main consideration is to plant them far
enough apart to allow independent in-
dividual growth, but yet sufficiently close to
form a solid mass not too late in the sea-
son.

As soon as a group is planted immediately
soak the ground. No mere wetting or
sprinkling of the surface should be tolerated.
If the soil isin a dry state saturate it before
planting, and allow the soil to get into
condition to handle before putting the
plants in.

The plants I sow in the hotbeds are sal-
piglossis, salvia, vinca, ageratum, stock,

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verbena, rhodanthe, Swan River daisy, nicoti-
ana, thunbergia, pennisetum, petunia, etc.
Some of the above are not really annuals but
treat them as such.

On the other hand there are some annuals
such as the poppy, portulaca, and esch-
scholtzia, that do not bear transplanting
well; they are best sown broadcast where
they are intended to flower and thinned out.
The annual poppies are nearly all hardy,
and they do well if sown very late in the fall.

KINDS TO GROW

In procuring or buying seeds of the most
popular and showy annuals, such as the

— ~—— : =

To break the line between the shrubbery and the

lawn use annuals. Use a single variety or color:
mass the plants but give sufficient room for indi-
vidual development

petunia, aster, verbena, stock, zinnia, calen-
dula and Drummond’s phlox, distinct vari-
eties or colors should always be obtained.
Mixtures are never satisfactory. A bold group
of Countess of Ellsmere petunia with its pink
red corolla and white throat, is worth a dozen
groups of mixed petunias, in its effectiveness.
A mass of yellow and orange-colored zinnias
flanked in the rear with the foliage of dog-
woods is an effective picture, but if the
zinnias are of all the colors of Joseph’s coat
it would be another story.

Careful judgment should be exercised in
planting low and tall growing annuals pro-
portionally to the heights of the shrubs
beside or behind them. Nicotiana syI-
vestris, Helianthus cucumerifolius, and cos-
mos planted in front of low growing shrubs
would hide them entirely when they attain
full size. Whatever the shrubs are that stand
in the rear, or whatever is intended for a
background, it should form a proportionate
relief to the mass in front.

Perennials that Bloom the First Year from

IN{CS= perennial flowers do not bloom

until the second year, but a few can
be induced to flower in the autumn of the
first year if you will take the trouble to start
them in a coldframe in March. If you want
only a few you can start them in boxes or pots
in the house.

Sow the seed about the first of March. Use
a good seed soil—such a soil may be made
by thoroughly mixing together equal parts of
sand, leaf-mold, well-rotted sod and well-
rotted horse-manure. In rows about four
inches apart, place the seeds and cover lightly.
As a general thing it is a good plan not to
cover over seeds thicker than the seeds’
diameter. Water with a fine-rosed watering
pot to firm the cover.

It is a good plan to keep the seed-bed
shaded until the first leaves show above the

ground, when the light should be admitted
gradually.

In preparing the seed pans and flats, cover
the holes in the bottom with pieces of broken
pots, stones, or anything which will keep the
soil from running out. Next screen some of
your soil through a riddle; put about an inch
of screenings in the bottom—this is for good
drainage. Next fill to about half an inch
from the top with the prepared soil and firm
it—not hard. Now fill your box nearly full
with the screened soil, firming it with a board
so as to get an even surface.

It will be found better to sow the seed in
rows where flats are used. This is best done
by having a piece of board as long as the box
is wide to which a little strip one quarter of an
inch square has been fastened. This is
pressed into the soil to make a drill.

Seed—By P. T. Barnes, *%

For ‘pricking out” or transplanting the
seedlings the first time, the flat should be
made up in the same way as for sowing the
seed. It will be necessary to do this as soon
as the young seedlings have grown enough to
commence crowding one another. Place
them about two inches apart each way, which
will give them sufficient room until they are
planted in the open, and water carefully to
settle the soil.

It will be advisable to harden off the plants
before planting in the open. This is done if
you have a hotbed by giving them plenty of
air, both day and night, except in case of
frost. If you have started the plants in
the house place them out on the back porch
in a sunny place, but be careful they do
not dry out. They will need more water
here than in the house.

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SCIENTIFIC AND | HEIGHT IN | TIME OF
COMMON NAME ae A ene pee Soest COLOR CULTURAL NOTES
ee For July and August bloom sow outdoors in May; for spring
Snapdragon Antirrbinum I—3 July—Aug. Red ee bloom sow in coldframe in February. Forces well. Flowers
HIE NIEES fo eae an inch long, excellent for cutting.
Blue-A q C Flowers like a blue daisy, 2 inches across. Var. alba has white
eatise qe Sib 2 2-3 June—Aug. Blue flowers; War. bicolor white margin, blue centre. Of easy
eUpier scan Cee culture, especially in light soil.
hee ce oper oe : No use for cutting but invaluable for edgings and for carpeting
es has 4 All Summer White rocks. Attractive woolly foliage all season. Flowers very
wy small, on stalks 6 inches high.
bali eh oe Le ech. One of the best yellow flowers; admirable for border, bedding
Perennial coreopsis re ie I—2 Aug.—Frost Yellow or cutting. Sometimes needs staking. Set plants about
4 one foot apart. Flowers 14 to 2 inches across.
Delphini Bl Among the best of hardy plants. D. Zalil isyellow: D. nudicale,
Larkspur elphinium for- 46 |April—Sept. me flew ec D. cardinale, scarlet: others blue. If in rows set 3 to 5 feet
EOS ey apart. Give winter covering of coarse litter.
Excellent for beds, border, and cutting. Grow seedlings in
Sweet William | Dianthus barbatus 3—14 June—July | Many colored 3-inch pots, plant in open Io to 12 inches apart in rich soil.
Renew every two years by seeds. |
d : ‘ Flowers double or single, sweet scented; petals fringed 4-5
Scotch pink Dianthus plumo- I May—June Wins, Pine ane depth of blade. Attractive foliage. Good for edgings, border
SHS Paves and cutting. Flowers borne on stems 6 to 8 inches long.
For damp, shady situations with rich, sandy loam. Flowers
Moldavian balm | Dracocephalum 2 Aug.—Sept. Blue are small and do not_last long; are at their best in moist
Moldavicum seasons. A good addition to the border.
Yell Noted for profusion of bloom. Flowers 3 to 5 inches across,
Blanket flower | Gaillardia aristata 2 June—Sept. ees d yellow varying to red. ‘Thrives in light, open, well-drained
Varying bore soil with full sun; winter kills in damp places.
a Has flowers 2 to 3 inches across, borne in rapid succession.
Horned poppy | Glaucium luteum i uly—Sept.| Yellow or orange| Remove seed pods each day to secure flowers until frost.
poppy } ly—Sep g pod: y
Glaucous-blue foliage.
' Give a sunny place in light, open, well-drained soil. Its pea-
ae Fedysarum coro- 2—4 Aug.—Sept. Red shaped flowers are borne in showy spikes, are fragrant,
ENE and in variety album, white.
: Vigorous plant, forming clumps 2 to 3 feet high, covered with
Rocket Flesperts matro- 2—3 June—Aug.| White to purple showy spikes of flowers like stocks. Single forms good
nalts for rockery.
a Flowers 4 to g inches across, pale yellow or sometimes white
Sunset hibiscus | Hibiscus Manihot 3—9 July—Aug. Pale yellow with large purple eye. In Northern states store root in
iar ra warm, dry cellar. Very ornamental.
: Flowers 2 to 4 inches across, white with dark purple throat.
Man-of-the-earth |Ipomw@a pandurata 2—I12 May—Sept. White Excellent for covering unsightly objects. Has been sold
as “Hardy Moon-flower.”” Grows anywhere.
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Perennials that Bloom the First Year from Seed.—Continued

SCIENTIFIC AND | HEIGHT IN | TIME OF
COMMON NAME ee oes anes COLOR CULTURAL NOTES
L b ] A composite flower 2 to 3 inches across. In var. alison.
Column flower eS SI ai —=3 June-Sept. Yellow rays have large brown spots. Excellent for cutting or
Mates: border. Season prolonged by later sowing of seed in open.
Flowers 14 inches in diameter; each lasts but a short time,
Flax Linum Lew1si i July—Aug. Sky blue but they are borne in rapid succession. Give an open,
warm place with full sun.
Grown for the large, flat pods, the broad satiny white par-
Honesty Lunaria annua 13—24 |May—June| Pink, purple titions of which remain after the outsides have fallen and
which are used in winter bouquets.
: Flowers showy, 14 inches across. Does well in any situation.
“aes tnalllow Waku movsbata ae Jiuly—Sepe, | ose on vinite Shapely plant good for border or as a specimen.
pely Pp g P
Hardy in Mass. with good mulch. Native of water courses
Red monkey Mimulus card1- I—2 All Summer} Red and yellow but makes a good bedding plant if well watered. Good
flower nalts on rockeries and north side of walls.
Usually treated as an annual. Flowers 1 to 2 inches long. Sin-
Monkey flower | Mimulus luteus I—3 All Summer Yellow gle forms are better than double or hose-in-hose. Needs
plenty of water. Nearly all have brown-spotted yellow throats.
; Bright blue with yellow eye; prefers damp, shady ground but
Forget-me-not |Myosotis palustris 4 May—June Blue sunny border will doif not dry. Excellent for border, rockery,
bedding and cutting. In favorable situation, self sows.
g g ,
One of the best perennials in cultivation. Remove capsules
Iceland poppy | Papaver nudtcale I—I+t May—Oct. Yellow daily to insure succession of flowers. Old plants winter kill,
start new every two years.
: Protect from noonday sun. Flowers borne in a head on up-
Polyanthus ee Poly- A April ee ane right stem above the leaves. Admirable for rockeries, and
GUIs y beds on north side of walls.
: Salvia argentea me : Entire plant covered with dense coating of beautiful woolly
Silver sage S 2 May lJrne Wihice hairs, making it valuable for foliage effects.
: Sidalcea malve- Showy flowers 2 inches across. Var. Lister: (S. Lister1) has
eee flora =o Aug.—Sept. Eunple satiny pink flowers and known as “Pink Beauty.”
he eae: Trachelium ceru- 1-3 Aug.—Sept.| Blue or white Flowers small. Young plants said to bear more flowers than

leum

The tall blue-flowered larkspur (Delphiniun) is one ot the most satisfactory of
A second crop of flowers is induced by cutting down the spikes

all perennials.

The Sweet William is one of the best sweet-scented perennials.
of many colors.

old ones. Plants grown from cuttings said to be dwarf.

It has flowers
Both these plants may be flowered the first year from seed

Huge azalea plants like this may be grown without artificial heat by wintering them in a pit.

Easter Plants and Flowers—By Harold Clarke, '%

This one is taller than a man

New

WHICH ONES MAY BE KEPT OVER TILL NEXT YEAR AND HOW ‘TO TREAT THEM AFTER EASTER—ALSO HOW TO

GROW PLANTS FOR THE GREAT FLORAL FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR AND PUT

Bi Aster is the great floral festival of the

year. No other holiday is so intimate-
ly connected with flowers. There are two
reasons for this: The return of flowers in
springtime after the dead of winter sym-
bolizes the Resurrection. Moreover, long
centuries before the Christian era the nec-
essity of a spring flower-festival was felt by
humanity, simply because the return of spring
is so joyous an event that a day must be set
apart so that we may all celebrate it, rich
and poor alike.

The practical lesson, then, that comes
home to every individual is this: we ought to
give flowers to some one on Easter. ‘Vhe very
best thing we can do is to give plants that
we have grown ourselves, because these
have our personality in them and therefore
mean more to the recipient. The next best
thing is to buy flowering plants for some
one, because plants last longer than cut
flowers, and because the person who receives
them must do something for their welfare
daily and think of the giver when this slight

service is performed. The third best thing
to do is to give cut flowers. ;

But the essential thing is the giving; every
year when you give flowers to someone at
Easter, you are privileged to receive a certain
spiritual experience which becomes richer
year by year. To omit this giving for a
single year is to miss something out of one’s
life that is very precious. One cannot grow
without giving, and of all forms of gifts,
flowers are the least tainted with commer-
cialism, because flowers are symbolical; and
of all flower-giving on holidays, Easter-
giving has, or may have, the highest and best
significance. ;

The favorite color at Easter is white, just
as red is the dominant color for Christmas
flowers. Red stands for warmth and happi-
ness in the dead of winter; white stands for
purity and for the Resurrection.

IMPORTANT GENERAL DIRECTIONS

To keep plants or flowers that come from
the florists is more or less of a problem,
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PERSONALITY INTO EASTER GIFTS

because they have been grown in a much more
humid atmosphere than the living room
where the flowers must be kept to be en-
joyed. This can be: overcome, however, by
having a large bowl of water in every
room, a practice which should usually be
adopted whether we grow plants or not.’

Most of the cut flowers which one may
buy at Easter will last from four days to a
week if the florist who grew them has grown
them as cool as possible, has cut them in
the early morning while they are full of sap
and given the different kinds any little at-
tention which they particularly need to
prolong their life for a few days.

The first thing to do with cut flowers is to
put them in water without delay. Use a
deep receptacle like a water-pail, deep pitcher
or wash bowl, so that the entire stem clear
up to the flower may be under water. Let
the flowers soak for several hours before you
arrange them in vases.

Be sure the vase or other receptacle is
clean; the water also must be clean and fresh.

Marcu, 1907

Take the trouble each evening before you
retire to replace the flowers in the deep dish
and put them in a cool place over night and
the chances are your flowers will last a day
or two longer. In the morning when re-
arranging the flowers, cut a quarter of an
inch from the bottom of the stem, because the
ends seem to get clogged, thus reducing the
amount of water which the flower can ab-
sorb. If the flowers cannot get enough
water they will wilt.

The chief drawbacks to keeping plants or
flowers in our modern dwellings are dry
air and illuminating gas. The dry air causes
cut flowers to transpire more water than they
can absorb; hence they wilt. If your house
is heated by a hot-air furnace keep the water
receptacle, with which all good furnaces are
supplied, full of water. This is no great
task because a pailful or two a day, put in in
the morning when the furnace is being given
its daily overhauling, requires only a couple
of minutes. If hot water or steam is used
a dish of water on the radiator in each room
will make conditions healthier for people as
well as plants by restoring the degree of
humidity of outdoor air.

Illuminating and coal gas are deadly
poisons to plants, even when present in such
small quantities that they can not be smelled.

I. The Best White Flowers

SAVE THESE PLANTS

The most appropriate flower for Easter is
unquestionably the lily, because it has been
associated for the longest time with Easter.
The Easter lily of to-day is not the lily of
history and of religious painting. It was
not until the early eighties that the Madonna
or Annunciation lily was displaced as an
Easter flower by the Bermuda lily. The
Madonna lily does not bloom outdoors in
northern United States at Easter time, as
it does in southern Europe, and it is not so
easily forced into bloom as is the Bermuda
lily. Moreover, the Bermuda lily is generally
considered to be a more beautiful flower.
It is a longer and larger flower and shaped
like a trumpet, whereas the Madonna lily
is bell-shaped.

The marguerite or Paris daisy makes an
excellent cut flower if cut with stems long
enough to have some of its own foliage. If
you have a plant, however, remove the
flowers as they fade and new ones will be
produced. If this is given ordinary care
it will last in the house until all danger of
frost is over. Then plant it outdoors, and it
will give scattering blossoms all summer. Do
not try to bring it in the house next fall, but
as soon as the frost has killed it pull it up
and throw it away. If it is convenient to
grow a few plants of the marguerite for next
winter’s flowers make tip cuttings of the
ends of the branches in the early part of May
and as soon as rooted, plant outdoors and
pot early next September. As it is rather
difficult to lift considerable care must be
exercised, but it can be safely done.

The Indian azalea is one of the most deco-
rative plants and Deutsche Perle is one of the
best white Easter flowers, It lasts well—two

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weeks—when brought from the florist’s shop.
It may be had in white or shades of pink or
red. When through flowering pick off all
the seed pods which are commencing to
form and, if the plant is a little out of shape,
prune it to make it symmetrical. Then keep
it in a light window. Care must be taken
not to over water. As soon as warm weather
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cool place where there is no frost, e.g. in the
cellar near a window for instance, and water
sparingly. I doubt if you will need to water
the plant oftener than once in two or three
weeks. Keep the plant here until along in
January; then bring it into a living room and
watch the flowers develop.

Some of the plants which may be had at
this season are perfectly hardy outdoors,

The Bermuda or Harrisi lily (Lilium longiflorum, var. eximium) the most easily forced lily for Easter

will get the morning and afternoon sun, but
is shaded during midday. Watering once a
week with a weak liquid fertilizer will help
make a better growth but the effect is not as
noticeable as in soft-wooded plants. In
the late summer move the plant to a light,

e. g. the florist’s spirea, lilac, and Madonna

lily.
The Bermuda and the hydrangea are less
hardy, but worth saving for outdoor culture.
When any of these plants are through
flowering continue to grow them in pots
3

Made-up basKets or centre pieces like this are
attractive presents. This contains spirea and mollis
azalea, with ferns to fill in the bottom

watering carefully and in the case of the
lilies, give a little manure water once a week.
As soon as all danger of frost is passed,
plant them in the border. Here they will
ripen their growth and the tops die down.

The hydrangea may be forced year after
year without much effort or injury to the
plant. When it is through flowering cut
back, say in May, about half the growth.
If you cut back more than this there is likely
to be a strong growth from the roots which
will not flower the following year. The
plants may be either set in the open ground
or repotted and plunged outdoors. Grow
them outdoors until danger of frost; then
bring them in and store them in a very cool
and light place. All summer the plants will
need an abundance of water, twice a day
at least on sunny days, for they are thirsty
plants. During the winter, while stored,
give them only enough water to keep the
wood from shriveling. To get the plants

The best lilac for forcing is Charles X (dark lilac:

red). If forced too hard it will lack color

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in flower for Easter start them early in Jan-
uary as they need about twelve or fourteen
weeks to force properly.

This hydrangea is not perfectly hardy
outdoors unless given a warm covering. ‘The
best way is to lay down the canes on the
ground and cover them with several inches
of soil. Do it before the hard frosts come.

The lilacs that are forced for Easter are
usually named varieties. If they have been
somewhat hardened off after forcing they
last in good condition in the house about a
week. After flowering grow the plant in a
sunny window and plant in the open when
danger of frost is passed. There is only
one disadvantage to these named varieties
when planted in the open. They are grafted
plants and the stock will sucker in spite of
anything you may do. As fast as the suckers

The florist’s spirea (Astilbe Japonica). The best forms
of which are compacta and Gladstone

show remove them or they will choke the
plant and eventually nothing will be left but
the stock—the common lilac.

The cyclamen may be grown on for
another winter’s flowering. It will need rest-
ing during the summer months (June to
August) but do not let the bulb dry up com-
pletely or it will be spoiled. Keep it outdoors
during the summer plunged in coal ashes or
similar material so that the earth worms
will not get in the pots.

THROW THESE PLANTS AWAY

Throw away cinerarias and primroses as
soon as they have finished flowering. It
is no use trying to carry them over to another
year. In greenhouses, a particularly well-
marked strain of the cineraria is sometimes
carried over by means of cuttings and an
especially good double variety of the Chinese
primrose is saved and the plants divided.

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The best hydrangea for forcing is H. hortensis, var.
Otaksa, because of its dwarf habit

Personally I am very fond of Chinese prim-
roses (Primula Simensis). ‘They are com-
pact little plants with prettily shaped leaves
all covered over with soft fuzzy hairs. The
flowers are white or shades of red, pink, or
purple and are borne in round-headed clus-
ters. They will last two weeks easily.

The baby primrose (Primula Forbesi)
will last a long while in the house because
when the flowers die new ones take their
place. In the baby primrose the flowers
come in tiers. The plant sends up a stem
on which a whorl of flowers is borne. When
these are fairly well developed the stem starts
growing again and after three or four inches of
growth has been made another whorl of
flowers is produced. Soon the flowers of
the first whorl drop, leaving only bare stem.
They commence blooming when only two
or three inches high and continue flowering

Has
drooping spikes a foot long with purplish pea-shaped

A well-flowered plant of Wistaria Chinensis.

flowers, Lasts a week in the house. Fragrant

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Prince Camille de Rohan rhododendron is a good variety for forcing. Very early, with blush flowers

until a height of ten or twelve inches has
been attained and several whorls of flowers
produced. The individual flower is small
—one-fourth to three-eighths of an inch
across—and light blue in color.

Primula obconica is equally as good and
lasts a long time in flower. The flowers are
pale blue, almost a white. The leaves,
however, are poisonous to the touch for some
people.

There are several species of heath (Erica)
in the florist shops at Easter. These have
masses of small white or pink flowers which
last in good condition about one week. The
small plants, in 2} or 3-inch pots, are par-
ticularly useful for making up little centre
pieces. It is however a plant for the gardener
with a greenhouse, so either throw it away
when the flowers fade or get some florist to
board it until it comes in flower another
season.

One may purchase orchids at this season.
As cut flowers, they last a week but if th whole
plant is bought they will last longer if kept
in a cool room where there is no illuminating
gas. Do not try to carry these over; dispose
of them as soon as out of flower.

II. The Colored Flowers

The commonest house-plant and_ the
easiest cared for is the geranium. This
may be had in white but is more usually
seen in the flower markets in some shade of
pink or red. If in flower when received
there is no reason why it should not continue
to bloom until warm weather when it may
be set outdoors in the flower bed. The
temperature of an ordinary living room suits
itadmirably. If the soil in which a geranium
is growing gets slightly dry, less damage is
done than would be the case with most plants.
A gardener usually keeps geraniums on the
“dry side,” which means they are grown in
a porous soil—one having free drainage—

and while they are watered whenever it is
needed, there is never a surplus of moisture.

The Ghent and mollis azaleas (A. Gan-
davensis and A. Sinensis) both flower before
the leaves have developed to any extent, but
their gorgeous colors make them very de-
desirable plants. The Ghent azalea varies
in all shades from white to red and lilac,
while the mollis has only yellow, orange,
and pink flowers.

A near relative of the azalea, the rho-
dodendron, is also much forced for Easter.
The flowers are borne in great roundish
clusters five or six inches in diameter. In
color they vary from white to red and purple.
The gorgeously colored flowers have an ef-
fective background in the deep green of the
thick, leathery leaves.

Both the rhododendron and the azaleas
will remain from a week to ten days in good
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pick off the dead flowers, and the incipient
seed pods as well, and keep them growing.
All that is necessary is to keep them in a
light window and water. In late May plant
them outdoors in a place where they will
get morning and afternoon sun but be
shaded during the middle of the day. The
soil should be fine, free from lime and en-
riched, but there should not be any manure
anywhere near the roots.

If in a congenial situation and the roots
protected by a mulch and the tops by pine
boughs or something of that sort the azaleas
will flower each spring. ‘The rhododendrons
may disappoint you, however, for in the spring
there may be nothing but a few branches to
which some brown leaves are clinging.
This is because the varieties of rhododen-
dron forced in the greenhouses are varieties
and hybrids of R. Catawbiense, many of which
are not thoroughly hardy in the North. It
is, however, well worth trying because unless
the name of the variety is on the plant you
will have no clue to its hardiness.

Hardy roses are also forced in pots. The
more common ones seen in the florists’ shops
are Crimson Rambler, Baby Rambler and
Dorothy Perkins. These are trained on forms
and make a very pretty appearance. They
will last a week in flower in the house.

The Crimson Rambler has double flowers
of a very bright crimson color. So striking
are they that a well-flowered bush has been
called a fire alarm. It bears a profusion of
flowers. Dorothy Perkins has all the good
qualities of the Crimson Rambler, with a
more delicate color—shell pink. If planted
late in May these roses will make a good
growth. Set them where they can be
trained up the side of a house or over a
pergola.

The genista (Cytisus Canariensis) bears a
profusion of beautiful yellow, pea-shaped
flowers. This will last from a week to ten
days in good condition. After flowering give
the plant a light pruning, just enough to keep
the shape of the plant symmetrical, and grow
it on. Set it outdoors during the summer
and store for winter in a cool light place.

Sander’s variety is the best Bougainvillea for forcing, because it blooms freely when grown in pots

The Best Weeping Trees—By Thomas McAdam, ss,

New

THE FIRST CANDID DISCUSSION AND REAL CLASSIFICATION OF THESE MUCH OVER-PLANTED TREES—
THE BEAUTIFUL KINDS, THE FREAKS, THE FLOWERING FORMS, AND THE ONES FOR SUMMER HOUSES

Wyte G trees are very much over-
planted in this country. They be-
long in the same class with cut-leaved and
variegated plants. During the ’7o’s and
throughout the period of the plush album
and Pullman car, no yard was complete

The Camperdown elm (winter view). The favorite tree
for children’s playhouses. Uf/mus scabra,var. pendula

without a collection of these curiosities.
Even to-day you may often see a place that
is nothing more than an outdoor museum
composed of such oddities, which are
scattered indiscriminately through the yard.

It would be a great mistake, however, to
suppose that all these weeping trees and
shrubs are freaks. There is nothing freakish
about the weeping birch; on the contrary, it
has long been considered one of the most
refined plants in cultivation. We now know
that horticultural spice should be used like
any other kind, with restraint. These plants
of striking character should never be put in
the middle of a lawn but should be used as
accent marks for the border. Every home
yard should have a central open lawn, with
massed planting at the sides, and this side
planting should usually be irregular, rather
than straight. Such borders will naturally
have bays and promontories; and cut-leaved,
variegated or weeping plants will usually
look best when emphasizing these promon-
tories. It is often well to set such plants six
or ten feet away from the border, in order
that they may have a chance to develop into
perfect specimens, but from every point of
view on the place that may be fifty feet or
more away, these accent marks should seem
to be an organic part of the border.

I have never seen any classification of
weeping trees and shrubs, but I believe we
must have one unless the truly refined kinds
are to be degraded to the level of dime
museum atrocities. It seems to me we have
four distinct groups.

First comes what may be called the dec-
orative section, of which the weeping birch
is the best example. This includes the most
beautiful, dignified and refined members—
the ones that are nature-like, not artificial.

Second, we have the freaks, such as Tea’s
weeping mulberry, which are so unlike any-
thing we see in nature as to instantly challenge
the attention. Such plants are usually small-
er than a man, formal, and impossible to
harmonize with a genuine landscape picture.

They ought to be planted in an enclosed
garden, or in some secluded part of the
grounds.

Third, come the flowering trees and shrubs
that we value, primarily, for their bloom
rather than the beauty of the branches, as
in the first group. The best of these is the
Japanese weeping cherry. As these are for
brilliant display for a short period (unlike
those of the first section, which are quietly
decorative throughout the growing season),
they should be placed in nooks with an
evergreen background.

The Kilmarnock willow, most objectionable of the

common barnyard freaks. Grows four feet high

Fourth, we nave weeping trees that make
arbors .or playhouses for children, of which
the Camperdown elm is the commonest.
These, also, ought to be placed in the garden
in a secluded spot, if they are really to be
used. It is obviously foolish to put them in

a shallow front yard, where any privacy can:

be enjoyed.

I. THE DECORATIVE SECTION

The most beautiful of these is the cut-
leaved weeping birch (Betula alba, var.
pendula laciniata). Although it is cut-
leaved, it is not offensively so, like Wier’s
cut-leaved maple and other extremists. The
pendulous character of the branches is
thoroughly nature-like, and is only carrying
out to its logical conclusion the ideal of the
whole birch family—namely, a certain fem-
inine slenderness and grace. It also has the
whitest bark of any tree in cultivation. Un-
fortunately, the weeping birch has two
drawbacks. It is short-lived, lasting about
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peel off strips of the bark, which destroys the
beauty of the tree and sometimes kills it.
Therefore it is best not to plant it right on
the street or in a small unprotected front
yard. .

The common weeping willow is the Salix
Babylonica, often called Napoleon’s willow.
This grows thirty or forty feet high and vies
with the birch in slenderness of its branches
and their naturally pendulous character.
It has the common virtues and defects of the
willow tribe; namely,, quick growth, rather
characterless branches,.thin foliage and an
uninteresting winter aspect. It is a native
of the Caucasus and unfortunately it is not
as hardy as could be desired in our northern-
most states, where three substitutes for it are
commonly cultivated. The variety Sal-
amonw is rather popular in New England,
while the Wisconsin weeping willow (var.
dolorosa) is a favorite in the Northwest.
Thurlow’s weeping willow is a Japanese
species (Salix elegantissima) which is con-
siderably more hardy than the preceding
species, from which it differs in having a more
spreading habit, larger growth and yellowish-
green branches—those of the Babylonian
willow being olive-green.

The weeping beech and linden have been
included in this section, because they are
trees of dignity which are cultivated for the
beauty of their branching habit rather than
their flowers, but they are more obviously
horticultural varieties and less nature-like
than the birch and willow. ‘They are most
beautiful when trained to present a picture

A weeping tree that looks like a wild animal should
be trained like the one pictured on the next page

.

Marcu, 1907

A vegetable elephant like this ought to be Kept
in a secluded part of the grounds, not the middle part
of the lawn. Weeping linden.

like that at the bottom of this page, because
when the branches come right down to the
ground, the whole tree has a billowy effect
and there is an easy transition from lawn to
tree, which is not the case when the trunk is
visible.

Il. THE FREAKS

Of these, the worst is the Kilmarnock
willow (Salix caprea, var. pendula) which is
usually allowed to grow about four feet high.
At first it forms a ball on a stick, like an ‘‘all-
day sucker,” later the branches droop dolor-
ously to the ground. Its grief is exaggerated,
like that of a hired mourner. It has a
certain formal beauty, and is rather pretty
in the spring when the catkins, or ‘‘pussies”’
are out, but nobody takes it seriously except
hod-carriers, who plant it in their front yards
or over their graves, where it weeps so hard
as to be ridiculous.

I know some estimable nurserymen and
country gentlemen who would be deeply
offended at classing Tea’s weeping mulberry
(Morus alba, var. Tatarica pendula) under
the freaks, for the mulberry has a singularly
interesting leaf and Tea’s variety will grow
to a considerable height, but it is essentially
artificial and exotic. It stands up like a sore
thumb and is difficult to harmonize with
other planting. Whenever you see one in the
middle of a front yard, you may know the
owner has not grasped the first principles of
landscape gardening.

Wier’s cut-leaved maple (Acer saccharinum,
var. Wieri) is one of the most popular of the
weeping trees, but its leaves are so deeply
and sharply cut that this characteristic is
more noticeable than the pendulous habit
of the branches. It is a variety of the silver
maple and is therefore fast growing but short-
lived, because the wood is weak and easily
broken by heavy storms. In the South, it
is ravaged by the cottony cushion scale.
Personally, I would not accept a Wier’s
maple as a gift because its cut-leaved charac-
ter is too pronounced, and as a young tree, at
least, its head of foliage is too thin. It is
said that this defect can be easily overcome
by cutting back the tree occasionally and
making it a dense bush, just as one may do
with the willow. Many people admire this

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maple for the silvery under-surfaces of the
leaves and the long leaf-stalks which are
tinted with red.

Il. THE FLOWERING SECTION

In this section, the palm belongs to the
Japanese weeping cherry (Prunus pen-
dula, but known to nurserymen as Cerasus
Japonica). ‘This has single rose-pink flowers
from three-quarters to one inch across, which
appear before the leaves in early spring.
This tree rarely grows as tall as a man, and
when well grown, the blossoms hang in per-
fect strings down to the ground. It is some-
times rather wayward and grotesque in its
growth, and the whole plant seems to bear
the label ‘‘made in Japan.” It differs from
the famous ornamental cherry of Japan in
having unbranched, stalkless flower-clusters.
It has a certain gem-like beauty and deserves
as good a setting as a precious stone. Put
it in a corner of the house or in some other
nook and give it an evergreen background
to set off its extraordinary beauty while in
bloom.

There is not so much point in growing the
weeping dogwood (Cornus florida var. pen-
dula), because the pendulous habit is ex-
traneous and only distracts attention from
the overpowering splendor of the bloom.
Personally, I should rather put my money
into the ordinary dogwood and have more
of it.

IV. THE ARBOR OR PLAYHOUSE SECTION

The most familiar example of this is the
Camperdown elm (Ulmus scabra, var. pen-
dula, but known in the catalogues as Ulmus

Er

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A good place to serve tea on a hot summer’s day—
shady, but airy

montana, var. Camperdownt). ‘This makes
a famous playhouse for the children and
even adults have been known to take tea
under its grateful shade. It is generally
grafted at the height of six to eight feet, and
the branches zig-zag outward and downward
until they reach the ground.

A less common but more distinguished tree
for this purpose is the Japan pagoda tree
(Sophora Japonica), a tree which attains
sixty feet and has yellowish-white, pea-like
flowers, one-half inch long, in loose panicles
fifteen inches long. ‘The pendulous variety
has tortuous limbs and lets its branches drip
down somewhat like the Japanese wistaria.

An ideal weeping tree—a tumbling, billowy mass of foliage; looKing like a tree and not an animal; and
with all the lower branches preserved

Figs. 1, 2, 3. Pot-layering is one of the simplest methods of making new plants.

Score the bark, put a pot around the stem, fill it with moss, which must be
Kept moist. As soon as the moss has become full of roots, remove by cutting the stem just below the pot and repot in good loam

Massa-

Multiplying Your Own House Plants—By Luke J. Doogue, "2%

PROPAGATING BY MEANS OF LEAVES, STEMS, OFFSETS, POT-LAYERING, PUTTING IN
WATER, ETC.—WHAT TO DO WITH RUBBER PLANTS THAT HAVE GROWN TOO BIG

Oe of the keenest pleasures in window

gardening is the propagation of plants
by methods other than seed-sowing. ‘The
fact that a begonia can be, propagated by
‘cutting up a leaf never fails to arouse wonder
in every new observer, and newspaper writers
often envelope this subject with a false at-
mosphere of allurement, as if initiating the
reader into the mysteries of Nature. As a
matter of fact, the underlying principle is
readily grasped: Theoretically, any plant
may be propagated by cuttings of some part.
The only reason why all plants are not prop-
agated by cuttings is that it is often easier
to raise them from seeds.

The methods here mentioned are not mere
““stunts,”’? such as newspapers exploit, but are
the sensible and customary methods for their
respective subjects. They require neither a
greenhouse nor extraordinary skill. But
there is no denying that they are interesting!

PROPAGATING IN WATER

Nothing could be simpler than to cut off
a piece of plant, put it in water and let it
send out new roots. Forget-me-nots will
do this, even in the form of cut flowers. The
umbrella plant (Cyperus alternifolius) is a
decorative plant of the sedge family which is
commonly grown in water gardens and makes
an excellent house plant. You may separate
a plant by dividing the root and put each
piece into a glass of water, as shown in Fig. 7.

Cut off the stems just below the leaves and
put the tip that is left into water. The
cutting quickly makes roots and you may
either pot it or leave it in the tumbler, where
it will make a vigorous growth.

PROPAGATION BY LEAVES

The showy-leaved begonias are generally
multiplied in this way; also succulents,
gloxinias and that strange plant, the bladder-
leaf, or bryophyllum. This method is mostly
for plants with thick, heavy leaves that are
not easily or quickly raised from seeds.

Let us suppose that you have some Rex
begonias that you want to increase. Select
a healthy, well-matured leaf, and after mak-
ing a number of incisions in it, lay it down so
that it will be in contact with the sand all
around. Keep the sand moist and warm.
This does not mean that you should shut out
all air, but keep the leaves out of draughts
while allowing a circulation of air. In the
course of a few weeks, you will be pleased to
see little plants starting from the incisions you
made in the leaf. These will grow rapidly,
and when they have made sufficient roots to
sustain themselves, you may cut them off
and pot them.

To judge when this should be done, lift
the leaf carefully, and if you find roots in
abundance, then potting may be done with
safety. That pretty little house plant with
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be easily multiplied by the leaves. Lay the
leaves, stems and all, on sand and cover the
end of the stem with the sand. The roots will
form in abundance at the end of the stem
buried in sand. When ready to pot, put them

-in a small pot of sandy loam—about one-

fourth sand. The gloriously colored glox-
inias will respond to this treatment, but
instead of the sand, it would be better to
use a light, leafy soil—one-third each of
sand, leaf mold, and loam. Keep it on the
dry side, and in a short time a small bulb
will form at the end of the leaf.

The most interesting begonia of the last
decade is Gloire de Lorraine, which is popu-
larly supposed to be difficult to propagate.
Nevertheless, an amateur may get dozens of
plants from a single one by simply taking
some of the well-matured leaves and putting
them in sand. When you take off the leaf,
shorten the stem about half and then lay the
leaf on sand. If conditions are right, you
will get a new growth from each leaf which
will develop into a new plant. Don’t take
leaves that are too old or too tender. The
former will be hard to strike, and the latter
are likely to damp off. This is the best way
to propagate this famous begonia.

PROPAGATING BY OFISET

Such plants as make offsets are easily
multiplied by the method which nature sug-
gests. An offset is a crown or rosette of

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FPS SPE ee

Fig, 4—The dracaena (Cordyline) is easily propa-
gated by cuttings of the stem

leaves which eventually detaches itself and
becomes an independent plant. Offsets are
usually formed above ground near the
surface. The hen-and-chickens houseleek
is probably the most familiar example.

One of the best house plants that is pro-
pagated by offsets is Pandanus Vettchii, a
favorite house plant with beautifully striped
leaves. If you have a fair-sized plant of this
kind, you will notice the little sprouts shoot-
ing out along the stalk. These are the
future plants. There are large and small
ones on the same plant. The very small
plants root very quickly, but the large-sized
offsets, though slower, are quite as sure.
Merely trim the stump of the offset by taking
off the ragged edges, and put it in a pot of
sand. Keep it in a warm place out of
draughts, with the sand moist, and you will
have no trouble in growing them. If you
examine the offsets after they have been in
the sand about a week, you will find that the
end has hardened and swelled a little; In

Fig. 5—Remove the new growths with a “heel’’ and
put in the sand to root

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from two to three weeks tiny roots will be
found in quantity. The plants are then
ready for potting.

PROPAGATING BY RUNNERS

The Boston fern is perhaps the best all-
round house plant there is, but it is most
satisfactory in the form of young plants.
When specimens get old and shabby, it is
better to use them for propagating purposes.
The old plants send out little string-like run-
ners that hang over the pot and grow to a
considerable length. Put these runners in
loamy soil and they will root and make little
plants which will make rapid growth. When
well established, they can be cut off from the
runners and potted. Young plants grown
in this manner always do well.

PROPAGATING BY STEMS

The draczena is perhaps the commonest
house plant propagated by stem cuttings, as
shown in Figs. 4,5. If you have an old
draczena that has lost most of its lower leaves
and looks thoroughly disreputable, cut the
stem into small pieces, two to three inches
long. Barely cover these with coarse sand
and keep them damp. If you put them too
deep and keep them very wet, they are very

Fig. 6—If the runners of the Boston fern are Kept in
soil they will root

likely to ““damp off.’”’ When the new growth
is about two or three inches high, you can put
the whole piece in a pot, cut off the new
growth and immediately put both the stem
and the new plant into the sand again. The
old stem will throw up more sprouts and the
little plant will make roots of its own. In
taking off the cuttings from the old stem, be
sure to get a small part of the hard wood.

THE RUBBER PLANT PROBLEM

What to do with a precious old rubber
plant, rich in personal associations is often a
distressing problem. The plain truth is that
rubber plants are always best when young.
It is their nature to grow lanky, make no
branches and lose their lower leaves as they
grow older. The best rubber plants are the
“branched”? specimens, which have been
propagated in a special way for this purpose.
But if you have an old rubber plant, there are
only three things to do.

The most sensible plan is to cut off the
tip of the plant, root it like any other cutting
and make a new plant of it. In this case, be
sure to make the cutting close to an eye.
Wrap a little moss about one end, tie it
lightly and put it into the sand. Many

Fig. 7—To make more umbrella plants, cut the bunch
of leaves off and put them in water

prefer to make a split in the end of the cutting
and wedge in a piece of moss to keep it open.

The second way preserves all of the plant
except the unsightly lower portion, but
requires more skill and care. If you value
your plant highly, pay a florist or gardener to
do it for you. However, amateurs who have
the knack of growing things need not be
afraid to try it. Bind a ball of moss about
the stem you want to shorten, forming it
about an eye, and at a distance from the end
of the branch to be determined by the size of
the plant you want, for you can have your
plants six inches long or two feet. The moss
must be kept moist and the plant kept in a
warm atmosphere. In time, according to
conditions, roots will form in the moss. The
new plant can be then taken off and potted.

Now for the third possibility. If you have
treated the plants by either of the ways sug-
gested, they must naturally look in a rather

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Fig. 8 — Strawberry geranium (Saxifraga sarmentosa).
Easily grown window plant. Multiplies by runners

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sad condition—all stumps. If you don’t
care to root the cuttings, that you have taken
off, in sand, you may graft them on the old
stumps of the parent plant. This sounds
as if it required great skill, but if you cut a
slit in each of the old stumps and into these
slits insert the ends of the cuttings taken,
having first made these wedge-shaped, you
will probably succeed.

The mossing method means salvation for
an old favorite which is in great demand
about Christmas time—Ardisia crenulata,
which holds its red berries two years or more
if well grown. With the lower leaves gone,
the plant loses half its beauty. By the
mossing method, you can retain all-the best
part of the old plant.

A modification of this method is to put a
pot around the stalk. To do this, you must
have a pot large enough to allow the head of
the plant to go through the bottom of it.
The bottom of the pot must be broken out,
carefully of course, and then the leaves of the
plant must be gathered into a small space
and the pot, already prepared, slipped over
it. Tie the pot to the stalk of the plant at
the height you want it, first filling it with
moss and loam. Keep this moist contin-
ually and in a short time the pot will be full
of roots. Where the leaves spread too much

to allow the pot to be slipped over them,
it will be necessary to divide the pot in halves
and then to bind it, filled with moss, where
you want it.

7. ROCK GARDEN

See Figs. 1-3.

Rockery Making in California

OCKERIES must be distinguished

from rock gardens. The latter name

implies extent and landscape effect; the
former may be a foot or more across.

In the Eastern States and Europe, both
rockeries and rock gardens are given up
largely to alpine plants, but in California
these plants are practically unknown on
account of our extremely dry climate. Our
rockeries are generally filled with a jumble
of all sorts of plants, with little regard to
size, form or color, but few have been planted
with one kind of plant only. such as ferns,
begonias, etc.

The rocks are of numerous kinds and
unfortunately, occasionally mixed. The
best rockeries I have built are of red sand
stone. It is a soft, porous stone which
absorbs and retains moisture; a very nec-
essary quality in our semi-arid climate.

When planning or building rockeries make
the projections, recesses, and undulations

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The larger rockery is filled with ferns such as
Nephrolepis, Polypodium and DicKsonia

few and pronounced, rather than many and
“tame.” In no part should the work look
smooth, but have all just as rough and
rugged as possible. Always see that the
under-drainage is perfect. If these few pre-
cautions are kept in mind, success will
inevitably be attained.

Asoil whichissure to give satisfactory results
is composed of two parts good garden loam,
one part leaf-mold and one part sharp sand.

I have found that the following way is a
satisfactory manner of building rockeries;
the first tier of rocks is placed, then earth is
filled in up to the level of their tops and plants
set in the interstices. Layer after layer is
put on until the desired height is reached.

In rockeries of mixed plants, almost any-
thing may be used and some plant will always
be in bloom. In California we do no
seasonal planting, as much better results are
obtained by striving for foliage effects, the
flowers being an incidental. Among the
plants best suited for rockeries are, for
creepers, coral gem (Lotus Bertholeti), ground
ivy (Nepeta Glechoma), strawberry geranium
(Saxifraga sarmentosa), Indian strawberry
(Fragaria Indica) and several species of
stonecrop (Sedum).

For taller plants I use the cigar plant
(Cuphea), fleabane (Erigeron mucronatus),
periwinkle (Vinca), windflower (Anemone),
Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium) and aspidistra
(A. lurida); the latter makes an ideal rockery
plant. Ferns and begonias are also very
desirable plants for rockeries.

For hard-wooded plants I use St. John’s-
wort (Hypericum), diosma, daphne, heath
(Erica), dwarf barberry (Berberis) and
sweet briar rose (Rosa rubiginosa).

For the first year, while the plants in the
rockery are small, I often sow broadcast seeds
of the California poppy (Eschscholzia) and
rose moss (Portulaca). These fill up the

ee a a

This is made of granite stones and is filled with bego-
nias, ricinus, agapanthus and strawberry-geraniums

Marcu, 1907

vacant spaces during the first season or until
permanent plants are large enough to be
effective. They selfsow, yet are easily
weeded out when no longer needed.

In the first illustration a rockery is shown
which has been planted for five years. It
is filled with sword and holly ferns which
have made a very stong growth. The sun
never shines in this corner which gives con-
ditions peculiarly adapted to fern culture,

The small rockery to the right of the path
is filled with begonias, and so luxuriant has
been their growth that at present no rocks
are to be seen.

The second illustration shows a low
rockery built close to the house to break the
ground line. It is filled with ferns, iris,
agapanthus, and Cypridedium insigne. The
rocks are a black-flecked, gray granite from
a quarry. ‘They are rough, which enables
them to hold a little earth and moss.

The last picture shows the largest rockery
I know of; it contains many tons of granite
boulders or “‘nigger-heads.”” It was built
partly to obscure the vandalism some one
had perpetrated on a beautiful Bunya-
Bunya tree (Araucaria Bidwillii) of more

A huge pile of stones about the base of a large ever-
green to hide its unsightly trunk

than a quarter-century’s growth, and partly
to connect a stone-based summer-house or
pavilion with the landscape. The base line
is over sixty feet in circumference and in
parts the rockery is over six feet high. Around
the base of the tree, and two feet greater in
diameter, is placed a headless barrel six feet
high made of 2-inch redwood planks. This
allows air and water to reach the roots. This
rockery is filled with more than a hundred
species of plants, such as sweet briar rose,
Azalea mollis, tree and other ferns, bulbs—
a veritable horticultural muséum. Yet each
kind is massed by itself, no jumbles being
allowed. A water pipe was built into the
rocks, with an outlet whereby the water drips
into a cement-lined pool which may be seen
just to the right of centre in the illustration.
This pool is filled with aquatics and the over-
hanging rocks are planted thick with ferns
which droop over the water making a most
charming effect. The stones composing
this rockery are totally unfitted to the pur-
pose, being polished by the action of the
water—not rough enough to gather moss—
and by their reflected heat cause the foliage
to burn at times.

California. ERNEST BRAUNTON.

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Where Shall We Place

the Greenhouse Pr

UST where to place the greenhouse is a considerable quandary to
J many, but the solving of such problems is just the sort of thing we
are doing every day—the more complex the problem the more inter-
esting tous. We call to mind a place in Rochester, N. Y., where the
only possible spot was avery limited one directly between the porte-cochere
drive and the property line. ‘To meet this difficulty we designed a
house haying three compartments, which now adds greatly to the
charm and interest of the place—it seems to lose the usual greenhouse look

and impresses one as an actual part of the grounds—a real garden of glass.

In the cut shown the ground had a sharp slope to the south so the
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garden—this placing gives the effect of its nestling among the trees at the
back which are really several feet higher up.

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qe gardens in every part of California
need special attention in March, the soil
must be well cultivated to enable it to retain
moisture.

Roses will need attention, but the different
sections of the family need different treat-
ment. Tea roses will need a light pruning;
cut out any weak growths that are crowding
together in the centre of the bush and remove
all the hips (seed pods). Do not make a
skeleton of the bushes if tea roses of the best
quality are wanted. Hybrid teas, like La
France, are best if not pruned much, as they
are much weaker growers than the pure teas.
They are much benefited by allowing the
blind wood to remain until strong healthy
shoots are formed. Then a part of the blind
wood may be cut away, but always keep
enough wood to create a healthy root action.

Hybrid perpetuals are strong growers,
but owing to their deciduous tendencies are
best if severely pruned. As soon as the
growths have ripened cut them back, leaving
only two or three eyes to a cane.

Climbing varieties will need a light pruning
according to the variety. Such kinds as
Lamarque, Réve d’ Or, and the Banksias
if circumstances permit, should never be
pruned, while the climbing varieties of the
bush kinds are best pruned more severely.
Cut the growths that grow from the main
shoots back to two eyes after the plants
have produced their spring and winter crop
of flowers.

Annuals: Where summer flowers are
wanted, an assortment of these easily grown
plants may be sown. There is no garden
so small, but that a few of these can be grown.
They should be sown this month (March)
or not later than the second week in April.

Asters sown now will make a splendid
showing in the early fall. If the flowers are
wanted for cutting select the tall branching
varieties, but all the varieties are beautiful.

Annual chrysanthemums, mignonette and
such like are easily grown. Scatter a little
seed where the plants are to grow and rake
itin. When the plants are two inches high,
thin them to ten inches apart. If the weather
is dry, a light mulch of worn-out manure

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when the plants are six inches high, trans-
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Larkspurs (Delphinium) are very beauti-

ful with their tall branching spikes of flowers.

| These are best sown where they are to flower

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as they do much better than when trans-
planted.

Dahlias: Plant the tubers now. ‘There
are no flowers that pay so well for the small
amount of care that is necessary to bring
them to perfection as does the dahlia. All
they need is a rich soil and plenty of water
and their flowers regularly cut in order to
make them produce more.

Gladiolus: Plant in full sun light. Set
them so that the top of the bulb is three
inches beneath the surface of the soil and
give plenty of water until the flowers have
been perfected.

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A Better Evergreen Vine than
the English Ivy

To THE Eprror:

On page 287 of the January number of
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE I notice that you
“damn with faint praise” Exonymus radicans.
It is perfectly hardy and for covering the
walls of a house is very much more effective
than English ivy. The vine is really de-
serving of a greater popularity than Japanese
ivy (Ampelopsis tricuspidata, A. Veitchit),
which is used by the hundred thousand. Of
course, it takes longer to cover a house than
with the ampelopsis, but the effect is ever
somuch better. In fact, the best effect I have
ever seen on any house was obtained by
using Euonymus radicans on -the house of
Mrs. H. F. Watson of Erie, Pa: The vines
were planted twelve years ago and now al-
most cover the house, a large stone one,
and on one side of the house the vine has
grown clear to the top of one of the chimneys.

The curious thing about this vine is that
it changes entirely the character of its growth
after it is a few years old. The young plants
cling closely to the walls, and have small, fine
leaves, but after it is a few years old the vine
throws out strong branches like a shrub, and
the leaves are four or five times as large,
being almost identical with those of Euony-
mus Japonicus.

The Euonymus radicans on the house
shown on page 286 of the January issue
has never been protected, and has been sub-
jected to a temperature of 24° below zero.

Pittsburg, Pa. J. W. Exxiorr.

Marcu, 1907 THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 85

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Starting Tuberous Begonias In-
doors in March

I HAVE had much pleasure from grow-
ing the tuberous-rooted begonia as a
bedding plant. It is also a good cut flower;
indeed I do not know a more beautiful
one for table decoration. It may be used
either with long stalks in tall vases, or for
filling large, shallow glass dishes. When
used the latter way, beautiful effects may be
had by filling the dish with the leaves
and putting the flowers in the interstices.
The colors are very vivid when contrasted
with the foliage.

The single-flowered varieties give me the
best effect, indeed they are much better for
beds in the open than the double varieties,
and the bulbs are much cheaper. Single
flowered, named varieties cost me about
$3.75 per hundred.

The bulbs are started March ist. The
soil in which the bulbs are started is made
of one-third each of well rotted manure,
good garden loam, and sand. The ingre-
dients are thoroughly pulverized and mixed
together. The bulbs are saucer shaped and
from one and one-half to two inches across.
The crown is in the depression, and to pre-
vent the bulbs from rotting, I place them on
edge in pots so that the water may drain off.
Three-inch pots are plenty large enough
for the bulbs. The color of the flower is
marked with an indelible lead pencil near
the top of the pot so that when planting in
the bed, the colors may be placed in the de-
sired position. As soon as planted, the pots
are placed in rows in boxes and sand is
packed between them, and there is a 2-inch
layer in the bottom. A fine-rosed watering
pot is used to water them, the sand absorb-
ing much moisture from which the plants
draw as they require it.

The boxes are placed in a bright, sunny
window and watered every second day.
These boxes are 6 x 3 ft. and five inches
deep. Supports are put under them to make
them even with the window seat and both
boxes and supports are shellacked to make
them attractive. Some time will elapse be-
fore the plants show signs of life, but by May
24th (planting-out time), they will have
leaved out and the flowers show signs of
color.

It is not safe here to set out tender plants,
such as begonias, before May 24th, and as
I grow tulips, daffodils and hyacinths in the
bed where later I plant the begonias, the
early spring has been made beautiful and
the bulbs have had their season before the
begonias are ready to set out. The plants

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Meehans’ Mallow Marvels

An entirely new race of Hardy Perennials
The most brilliant creation of scientific plant breeding. Now offered for the first time

MEMBER of the Waterer firm,
A the most famous horticulturalists
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seen Meehans’ Mallow Marvels in bloom.
Although the cross from which this
new race of plants originated was con-
ceived by Thomas Meehan, the founder
of our nurseries, thirty years ago, it was
not until 1903 that our efforts were
crowned with success.

This new creation in herbaceous per-
ennials combines the striking foliage and
brilliant blooms of the tender hot-house
Hibiscus with the sturdy growth and
hardiness of the native Mallow.

It is even a stronger grower than its
wild half-parent, throwing up strong stalks
7 to 8 feet high, which from the last of
July until September are emblazoned with
the most gorgeous flowers (7 to 8 inches
in diameter) to be found outside of the
tropics. And Meehans’ Mallow is entirely free from disease and insect enemies, and it is not par-
ticular about soil or location. Perfectly hardy, as the original cross-bred plant stood in our
nurseries four years without protection.

The colors are clear, satiny crimson, red and pink; also white.

Prices of Meehans’ Mallow Marvels

We reserve the right to refuse orders for more than ten to any one person.

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listed in specified sizes and each size separately and reason-
ably priced. There isa satisfaction when you order one or a hundred
plants to know they are the best that can be grown.
surety in every plant that leaves our nurseries.

This is a
We ship all over

photograph or engraving the won-
derful brilliancy of the coloring of
Meehans Mallow Marvels, we have
prepared a color-plate leaflet which
we will gladly mail you.

There is a color-plate in our
manual of Alechans’ Single-Flowered
Variegated Althea. Itis offered for
the first time this season. Has
lovely large satiny flowers and bright
variegated-foliage. It should have
a place on your grounds.

Our Information was established to help you solve your plant problems, and advise you how to lay out new grounds and im-
But anyhow be sure to write for A/cehans’ Manual to-day.

Box H, Germantown, Phila., Pa.

88 THE GARDEN MAGAZINE Marcu, 1907

are set eighteen inches apai't in open ground,
after a generous quantity of well-rotted
manure has been worked into the soil, for the.
begonias are great feeders. A great addition
to the appearance of the bed may be made
by giving it a top dressing of black. earth.
The foliage and bloom will be brought out
in strong relief against the dark background.

Some of the taller plants will require
staking, as the blossoms make them top-
heavy. I go over the bed daily, removing
the fading blooms and discolored leaves, but
find the plants remarkably free from the
diseases to which other plants are subject.
The green aphis and other insects do not
appear to trouble them.

A good position for begonias is a half shade;
give them, if possible, the morning sun. Last
season I had 140 plants in the bed in front
of my house where they had the morning

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Contains all the money-making points of dairy ee 2 eS : i Ns Hee - Wien the blooms appear, (iameniee
find How to Feed, What to Feed, When to Feed, What Foods Produce Most Milk, How that a plant is not in the desired TaRiion,
and many other profitable and practical suggestions that help swell the profits of the well before and after the growth will not be
_dairyman. With the book we will send additional information 3p retarded in the least. In this way, I have
> in a season without ill effect.
by using the The same bulbs may be used for many
Shar les Tubular is-eight years old and measures six and one-
gut y:
half inches across and is five inches thick.
prize at our autumn exhibition.
We guarantee that with a Tubular you can get 50 per cent. In the autumn, after the plants have been
more cream over the old pan method of skimming, and 6 per cent.
the cream and the Tubular is the easiest running, easiest cared for, the foliage cut off, and the bulbs allowed to
and easiest kept clean. There is just one tiny piece in the bowl, D R dry for four days and then packed in dr
Pp <i V yi Pp y
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Montreal, Can. Joun MILLEN.
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a mass of bloom.
to Take Care of Milk-Producing Foods, How to Feed Silage, the Care of the Milch Cow, do not fear to transplant it, for by watering
telling you how and why you can get the most out of your milk transplanted a plant as often as four times
years. One of my friends has a bulb which
Cream Separator 0) q Last season, the plant from it took first
over any other cream separator made. Sharples Separators get all ( \ touched with frost, the bulbs are taken up,
the milk can is low and handy, the bearings are self oiling. Write sand in boxes. This keeps them from
March as when taken from the ground.
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Gandy, Lubach, Climax,

sorts, 90 varieties, Prices a THREE SPLENDID to a very pretty and satisfactory effect

sorts, 90 varieties. Prices Pa. BLACKBERRY PLANTS )

TLS, Austins, Lis had by planting two or more rows of sweet |

RIES. Austins, Lu ay RW) 53M FREE—POST-PAID eas in a wide bed and allowing them to |
have big stock and they are fine. A EEE]? : Pp g

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BES oa be Teen PMA, Sass TINS ioe to ie run at will over the ground. Seeds of the

SEEDS I have the leading varieties for field an’ garden. ‘ OAR J»): troduce into your commu- 5 ; 6 : ja Al
My 1907 supply of Peas, Beans, Watermelon, Cantaloupe, 3 Gp). Heo ancolur rte eae climbing nasturtium were also thinly plante

Fei) ER a EST erage Tae: 7) iyo) epaig auee EOE SY in the rows at the same time. The sweet
Rigas toecisiem: tre tcee: “saa namennd address, 0° M Le ready—then send your name. peas flowered very freely during the early |
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on postal today to wm ALLEN, fi fine black berries—themoney summer, while the nasturtiums made a

. Dept. 42, Salisbury, Maryland making kind. Many of my customers are realizing gorgeous display during the fall. Since
$300 PER ACRE PROFIT ; :

from my _ blackberries, new raspberries, straw- then we have practised planting both sweet

berries and currants. I offera full line of nursery peas and the climbing nasturtiums together

stock, farm and garden seeds, poultry, etc. 800 3

acres in farm and nursery—the actual fruit of good along the fences covered with poultry net-
plants. Catalog free. Send for it. is 2 5 5

W.N. SCAREF, New Carlisle, Ohio | ting. The effect of this combination has
been most satisfactory as the nasturtiums
cover the fence when the sweet peas die.

Pennsylvania. E. D. DARLINGTON.

Marcu, 1907

THE

SUPERLATIVE RASPBERRY WILL LEAD
ALL OTHER VARIETIES COMMERCIALLY

Improved Strain From Puget Sound Achieves Sweeping Triumph Wherever

GARDEN MAGAZINE

89

Planted— Larger, Richer and More Prolific——Conceded the

Best Red Raspberry Ever Introduced

HE Improved Superlative Red Rasp-
berry, one of the wonderful products
from the Puget Sound country—the real
home of the red raspberry—is without
doubt the most important commercial success
achieved in berry-growing for years. As a
berry to eat with cream and sugar, it is match-
less. Its superior size and appearance and
delicious taste make it the best market seller,
and growers are obtaining a premium price for
it. Its shipping qualities are not excelled by
any other red raspberry. At the Lewis and
Clark Exposition the Superlative was awarded
the Gold Medal, the highest award, over all
other red raspberries. This new variety is
being substituted for all others, wherever intro-
duced, and growers are plowing out old strains
to make room for this more profttable variety.

The Improved Superlative Raspberry is con-
trolled exclusively by the Chas. H. Lilly Co.,
the largest and best-known plant and seed
house in the West. The following interesting
extracts from letters written by some of the most
extensive growers in the country describe its
qualities:

BEST SHIPPER OF ALL

“Hang on the canes well—Are remarkably
firm and prove to be fine shippers—Are much
larger than any other variety. Am convinced
they will prove larger producers and better
shippers than any other variety. Will be good
seller. I have no plants for sale.’—D. F.
Sexton, President Snohomish Country Horti-
cultural Association and President of the
Snohomish Valley Growers’ Association.

WHAT LARGEST GROWER SAYS

The Snohomish Berry and Fruit Co. have
one of, if not the largest raspberry field in the
world. They say:

“Any new item of value in the raspberry
from a commercial standpoint is of material
value to us. We have several varieties under
observation. From our experience with the
Superlative we will confine our future plantings
to this variety. The berry is very large, nearly
double that of other varieties, and yields 50%
heavier. Shipping quality is good. Sample
crates shipped east attracted much attention.
The merits of the Superlative will undoubtedly
transform the raspberry industry. No plants
for sale at any price, as we need all we can pro-
duce to extend our _planting.’—Snohomish

Berry & Fruit Co., H. S. Wright, Manager.
PRACTICALLY INSECT PROOF

“Superlative is acme of perfection in the
raspberry family, excelling all others, and my

50 years of experience covers many varieties.
Has hardy and healthy growth. Fruit the
largest of any variety. Quality the very best.
Very prolific. Core is very small. Flesh very
deep. Seeds very small. Believe it will be-
come the best shipper of all and command the
highest price. Fruit does not fall from plant
when ripe. Leaves are very large and corru-
gated, making it practically insect proof.
Canes mature early. Have no plants for sale
at any price.”—Wm. Bennison, a Snohomish
County Horticultural ‘authority, and of wide
experience bothin England and America.

“Do not think I ever saw their equal, and
I am an old berry raiser.” —F. Walden, Fruit
Editor of The Ranch.

“Superlative raspberries shipped in open
crates without refrigeration as far as Kalispell,
Montana. Very satisfactory results.’”—Sno-
homish Valley Fruit Growers’ Association,

per W. P. Dalson, Shipper.
DISCARDS ALL FOR SUPERLATIVE

“Superlative will revolutionize the raspberry
industry in the commercial berry sections. In
all my experience, testing practically every new
raspberry I have never had a variety to equal
the Superlative. Have discarded all others
for this. It outyields any berry of my ex-
perience.” —J. F. Littooy, Horticultural In-
spector Snohomish County.

STANDS MOST SEVERE CLIMATE

The hardiness of the Superlative raspberry
is conclusive, as it stands the severe climate of
Eastern Canada. Wherever introduced it has
enthused the growers. It is very difficult to
obtain plants of the improved strain. The
Chas. H. Lilly Co., of Seattle, have exclusive
sale of the Superlative, and the quantity is
limited.

ITS SPLENDID CHARACTERISTICS

CANE is smooth—grows erect—matures early |

—yigorous, strong, healthy—practically thorn-
less.

LEAVES thick, dark green, deeply corrugated
or wrinkled—practically insect proof as red
spiders or mites cannot travel on the leaf—leaf
distinct from any other raspberry.

FRUIT one to one and half inches long—very
prolific—ripens simultaneously with earliest
varieties and continues to end of season with
latest varieties—lobes deep—cores small—seeds
small and masticated easily—flavor sub-acid,
aromatic—perceptibly sweeter than other
favorite varieties—no mustiness—color, delicate

crimson—texture, firm—shipping quality, best. j

WILL THRIVE ANYWHERE IN U.S.

The fact is well known that berry roots from
the Puget Sound country grow better all over
the United States than those from anywhere
else, but the Superlative will prove this with
even added emphasis. Invest in a few Super-
lative roots now; it will be the leading variety
in a few seasons; every one who sees the fruit
wants it; your profits will return a hundred-
fold. The endorsement of the Chas. H. Lilly
Co. is a sufficient guarantee that the _ Improved
Superlative Red Raspberry is all that is
claimed.

OFFER OPEN TO EVERY GROWER

It is the desire of the Chas. H. Lilly Co. that
the distribution of the Improved Superlative
Raspberry shall be as widespread as possible
in order that individual growers all over the
United States and Canada may be able to make
a start with this grand variety, thereby making
a far-reaching and perpetual advertisement for
the firm. Owing to the great value and limited
number obtainable, it has been necessary to
fix a price of $1 each for the roots. Large
orders are not solicited, and under the
circumstances no reduction can be made
in such cases. Improved methods of pack-
ing have been prefected whereby the Chas.
H. Lilly Co. ship the roots so thoroughly pro-
tected that they reach the most distant points
across the continent in perfect planting con-
dition.

ORDER THE SUPERLATIVE NOW

In ordering use the attached coupon, writing
name and address plainly:

Cut this out and mail to the Ganiees

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Enclosed find $........ for which send me

Sich a ntictheme Superlative Red Raspberry roots
| from the Improved Strain, at $1 each, postpaid.
Also send free, postpaid, your complete new

Seed and Plant Catalogue.

90

Could you wish for anything more pleasing
inits perfect fitness forthis garden position?

What a Greenhouse Would
Mean to you, Now

UPS Ors you had
carried out that

U-Bar greenhouse

dream of yours, and

erected it last fall—just
think of the pleasure you would
be having now — the fun of
picking things in your winter
garden! You might have to-
matoes, cucumbers or egg
plant; for a couple of months
fine, luscious strawberries, a
quart from every six or seven
plants; or if you like flowers
best, you could have planted the
whole garden out in roses (now
in full bloom) along with a few
of your bay window favorites.
But listen: the same state of
affairs will exist next year if you
don’t build that dream house
this year.

The U-Bar greenhouse is
constructed differently from
other greenhouses—it’s lighter,
cheerier, and things grow bet-
ter. You will find them regular
‘“Sunshine Shops’’—just the
kind of house for you.

Send for our new book catalog.
It tells all the particulars in an
interesting, to-the-point way.

PIERSON U-BAR COMPANY

Designers and Builders

U-BAR GREENHOUSES
Metropolitan Building, 4th Ave. and 23d St.
NEW YORK

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

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OUTS

Wild Flowers Worth Improving
1. The Hepatica

Apts hepatica (H. triloba) is one of the
most interesting American wild flowers,
because it is the first flower that blooms in
the spring. Technically, the skunk cabbage
is the first, but that is not popularly consid-
ered a flower. Occasionally other flowers
will bloom before the hepatica, but as a rule

A wild hepatica with sixty flowers~an extraordi-
nary number

the hepatica is first.
March.

The great faults of the hepatica, from the
garden point of view, are (1) the blossoms
are short-lived and (2) the plant must be
grown in partial shade during most of the
year. Somebody ought to get the purest
pink, white and blue varieties that can be
found and breed them for size, color and
doubleness. It is very probable that double-
ness will not detract at all from the beauty
of the hepatica (since the flower is not highly
distinctive in form, as the violet is), and this

It usually appears in

would make the flower last longer. It is
almost certain that a sun-loving race of

Marcu, 1907

Roses

THE fellow that has the biggest ad. does not always
have the biggest and best Roses. My money is put
into the stock I sell—not the magazines. }

1534 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. &, 1906.
““Your Roses are as superior as your catalontes Your
bushes were better from first to last than those received from
any of the other five firms from which I ordered. The bushes
were better to beginwith; they grew better, va better and
bore more and better Roses than any of the other
‘The satisfaction derived from ‘A Little Book About
Roses,’ that dares to tell the truth, is equaled only by the
satisfaction of having such superior Roses. E. T. FELL.”’

“144 Ruthven St., Roxbury, Mass., March 1, 1906.
“Thank you many times for your charming: ‘Little Book
ae: Roses.’ It isa delight every moment, from cover to
cover, and is exactly what I need. I have all winter been
teading books on the Rose and Rose culture, and while I
have received much and varied information, nothing has so
completely suited me—telling me so plainly what I desire—

as your little book. (MRS.) CAROLINE L. SWIFT.”’

“@ Little Book About Roses’?||

for 1907 1s more beautiful and helpful than ever, and ISSENT FREE
to patrons and intending purchasers; to anyone (without obligation
to purchase) on receipt of 10 cents in coin or stamps, deductible ||’
from first order,

GEORGE H. BETERSON
ROSE AND PEONY SPECIALIST

Box 50 FAIR LAWN, N. J.

SUN-DIALS

with or without PEDESTALS
Send for Illustrated Price List H

Hartmann Bros. Mfg. Co.
1123 Broadway Mt. Vernon, N. Y.

New York Office,

. We are headquarters for plants of the
*& new “Oswego” strawberry and 50 other
ti) best newand old varieties. Also the ““Plum
Farmer” raspberry and other desirable
kinds of Raspberries, Blackberries and
other Fruit Plants, etc. 23 years’ exper-
ience. Highest awards at World’s Fair.
We invite correspondence. Catalog free.

L. J. BS RMER, Box 729, Pulaski, N.Y.

SEEDS a

Grown by specialists from stock of best vitality
F. D. VAN WAGENEN, DRAWER X, SEULTON, N. Y.

quality and production. Catalogue free—

A beautiful colored plate of our

NEW EATON

Red Raspberry

and our Strawberry Catalog of valuable
information about varieties with instruc-
tions for beginners. Free to all.

THE FLANSBURGH & POTTER co.
Leslie, Michigan.

Y's

: Seeds

prove their worth at harvest time.
After over fifty years of success,
they are pronounced the best and
surest by careful planters every-
where. Your dealer sells them.

1907 Seed Annual free on request.
D. M. FERRY & C0., Detrolt, Mich

Marcu, 1907

Moss Roses
Are delightful to have if only in small numbers. Their qualities are be-
coming better known each year. Blanche Moreau, Crested Moss, Glory of
Mosses and Old Rose are among a dozen other varieties we have this spring.
Rosa Rugosa
Can be planted in every place. Their elegant green foliage in Summer
and delicately colored autumn leaves with rich, scarlet berries in Fall, are
certainly attractive, for any kind of planting. Six distinct varieties are in
our collection and described in our catalogue.
Rosa Wichuraiana and Their Hybrids
Within the last few years Wichuraiana Roses have won the admiration of
every lover of beautiful grounds. They are particularly desirable for cov-
ering unsightly banks, rocks, walls, etc.
Aastrian Briar Roses
Are yellow and orange colored. They are free blooming and very fas-
cinating on account of their distinct coloring.

, westeners 9929009

Only a week or ten days later than the earli-
est corn, but has that delicious sweetness charac-

Lbs

hal

tender grains. ¥% pt. 10€.; pt. 20C.; qt. 30c.; postpaid.

Re-Selected Shirley Poppy

Without exception the finest strain of Shirley Poppy I have ever
seen. Delicately beautiful flowers with the most charming mark-
ings. Bred by an English Clergyman who has made a study of
the Shirley Poppy and accomplished wonders in its develop-
ment.

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Packet roc.; % oz. 50c., postpaid.

Special Offer: To get you acquainted with my seeds—which
stand for quality first, last and all the time—1 will send you one
pint of “Stokes? Standard” Second-Early Sugar Com and
one packet of Re-Selected Shirley Poppy on receipt of 2oc.

THE GARDEN

MAGAZINE

Rose Bushes for Every Style of Planting

Hybrid Perpetual Varieties
bloom in June.

Our Collection consists of all the
most desirable, well tried kinds, such
as Baroness Rothschild, Capt. Christy,
Fisher Holmes, Frau Karl Druschki,
and a hundred others, equally fascina-
ting.

Hybrid Tea Varieties
bloom from Spring to Autumn.

We have several thousand two year
old field grown plants, of such well
known varieties as Kaiserin Augusta
Victoria, Caroline Testout, Souv. de
la Malmaison, Viscountess Folke-
stone, Killarney, and fifty others with
as many charms.

Tea Scented and Noisette Varieties
bloom from early Spring un-
til late Autumn.

These popular ever-blooming Roses
need no introduction. Among the
kinds listed in our catalogue are such
favorites as Francisca Kruger, Gloire
de Dijon, the Cochets, Marechal Niel
and Souy. de Pierre Notting.

Climbing Varieties

Of these we have a unique collec-
tion, including Zepherine Drouhin, the
thornless variety; Clothilde Soupert,
Baltimore Belle, La France, Crimson,
Pink, White and Yellow Rambler; the
staid old Seven Sisters and 25 other
kinds, all ready awaiting shipment.

Standard or Tree Roses

We have an exquisite collection of these well known Tree Roses. No Rose
garden or border is complete without a collection, properly arranged; they add
beauty and attractiveness to the garden. We have themin Hybrid Perpetu-
als, Hybrid Teas, Bourbons and other kinds, grafted on the hardy stock,
Rosa Rugosa.

Everblooming Baby Ramblers

While they are not ramblers, they are entirely new and useful as bedding
and borderx varieties, their distinct feature being their free blooming qualities.
We have them both in bush and tree form.

These with hundreds of other Roses are described in our illustrated general
catalogue, which is also replete with omamental Nursery stock for every style
of planting.

The Rose Bushes we offer are all strong two year old field-growx plants.

They are the

kind that produce flowers and not disappointment.

While we have upwards of 100,000 plants for Spring sales, it is important that orders are
placed at once to avoid the usual displeasure of having your order shipped partly complete.

We make a specialty of designing, laying out and planting Rose Gardens.

BOBBINK GATKINS, Nurserymen G Landscape Gardeners, Rutherford, N.J.

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isan important adjunct to the home. These grand plants increase in strength
and beauty year by year, and unlike the tender bedding plants, burst into
growth with the advent of spring and welcome the return of the growing |
season with a wealth of grace and beauty.

Peonies, Phloxes, Irises, Fox-

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gloves and the like, add a charm and interest that cannot be dispensed
with. These and many others, including a large collection of Trees, Shrubs
and Vines, are illustrated and described in the new artistic catalog of

BILTMORE NURSERY

A book filled with beautiful pictures of garden objects and helpful notes

and descriptions. Plants are sent by express, freight or mail to any station.
Ask for catalog “E.” Sent postpaid on application.

Biltmore Nursery, Biltmore, North Carolina

SHIRLEY POPPY

J Write anyway for my 1907 Catalogue of veceta-

ble and flower seeds, including **Stokes’ Stand-
Z Ti ards’ and my new way of selling seeds. See
fr

P7FOMREDe

photographs of what has actually been grown
om my seeds. Read how you can have the
same success.
Don't forget that I’m ready to help you solve
any of your garden problems.

| . Stokes’ Seed Store
‘ =»! Walter P. Stokes of the late firm
of Johnson & Stokes,

219 Market St., Philadelphia

Address:

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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

Marcu, 1907

"NITRATE * SODA
© Lawn 24 GARDEN
NO FORM OF NITROGEN

is so quickly available, or so positive in its
results for the vegetable garden, on the lawn,
for shrubbery or trees as a top dressing of

NITRATE OF SODA

(THE STANDARD FERTILIZER)

Send your name and address on Post=Card and we will send
you, as long as the edition lasts,

**Food for Plants’”

a most valuable book of 237 pages. dealing with the use of
Nitrate of Soda as a fertilizer, giving detailed information
covering a list of trials at Agricultural Experiment Stations
throughout the United States and on all sorts of crops.
Mention magazine in which this advertisement is seen, and

address
WILLIAM S. MYERS, Director
John Street and 71 Nassau St., New York, N.Y.
Post Card Replies Will Receive Early Consideration.

CK THAT’S RIGHT
NO DOUBLE UP
The only hammock made that combines Quality,

Durability and Beauty with Comfort. Can be
used indoors or out. For further particulars write
QUEEN HAMMOCK Co.

188 West North St. Kalamazoo, Mich., U.S.A.

It’s not fair to your lamp to
dwarf its light with a poor chim-
ney. I manufacture lamp-
chimneys that get the most out of
lamp-light, and that won’t break
from heat.

I put Maczeru on every one,
because it tells you how to get

the best in lamp-chimneys.

My Index tells about these facts, and tells how to

get the right size chimney for your lamp. It’s free
—let me send it to you. Address,
MACBETH, Pittsburgh.

A double blue hepatica pictured in a book published
at Nuremberg in 1613

hepaticas can be bred by selecting individuals
which are found in sunny situations.

One of the pictures that illustrates this
article shows a wild plant that has an extraor-
dinary number of flowers open at one time,
namely sixty. The other is taken from an
old book published in 1613, which shows
that a double blue hepatica was known at
that time. It is not generally known, ex-
cept to botanists, that the hepatica is native
to the Old World as well as to the New,
yet we fancy it is commoner in America than
in Europe, and that we have a right to con-
sider it as one of our characteristic wild
flowers. It is probable that the artist who
dr2w the double blue hepatica exaggerated
its fullness.

HOW TO BEGIN

Hepatica breeding could easily be made a
hobby by amateurs. Anyone who would
like to take it up, should search the catalogues
of seedsmen and nurserymen, for at least a
half dozen varieties are cultivated and the
presumption is that these are better than any
that could be found wild. The form known
as Hepatica angulosa is particularly worth
trying, as it grows about three times as high
as the common hepatica and is said to have
flowers as large as a half-dollar.

How to Make a Garden

pee following directions are issued to

school children who buy penny packets
of seed from the Home Gardening Associa-
tion of Cleveland:

“Plant seeds in garden or boxes early in
May. Fill boxes with four or five inches of
fine, rich soil. Place boxes in sunny place,
and sprinkle every day. Cover boxes at
night, if very cold. Transplant seedlings to
the garden about June ist, on a damp day.
Sow seeds of calliopsis, nasturtiums, morning

Plant Johnson’s Seeds

and Farm

for 1907 tells all about the earliest Tomato
in the world, “Johnson’s Jack Rose,” and
other valuable novelties. Mailed free.

ADDRESS

JOHNSON SEED COMPANY

217 Market Street Philadelphia, Pa.
HERBERT W. JOHNSON,
of the late firm of Johnson & Stokes, President.

INEST floral novelty of the season.
A prolific bloomer: every plant bears
flowers of a dozen different colors, rang-
ing from creamy white, yellow, orange, red
and pink, to an intense crimson maroon
shade. Many are also splashed and
striped with other tints. To find out how
many flowers this wonderful nasturtium will
f{ produce, we are offering

$25,00 in Cash Prizes

to the persons growing the greatest number on
one plant. If you mention this paper, we will
send a regular rsc packet of the seed for three
2-cent stamps, with privilege of competing for
prizes. Large illustrated catalogue of Flower,
Vereen and Farm Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, etc.,

IOWA SEED CO.,

DES MOINES, - - IOWA.

'840-OLD COLONY NURSERIES-19°7

Very desirable RAMBLERS from 2+ inch pots, by mail prepaid, roc.
each; ready in May. DAWSON, early double pink. LADY GAY,
double pink. DOROTHY PERKINS, double fine pink. W.C. EGAN,
large double blush, DEBUTANTE, double, white. SWEETHEART,
double, white. SETIGERA and WICHURAIANA (new hybrid of these
two well known roses), a most beautiful single, shell pink, trailing rose.
Thisjthe best hybrid of Wichuraiana ever offered. Priced catalogue free.

T.R. WATSON, Plymouth, Mass.

"Strawberry Plants That Grow"

BEST STANDARD VARIETIES

Also Raspberry, Blackberry, Currant and Grape Plants,
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Forty-page Catalogue with cultural instructions, Free.

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ORCHIDS

Box 10,

Largest importers and growers of

OrcHIDS in the United States

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7) Garden and Floral Guide

FOR 1907

contains half-tone illustrations of
Vick’s Vegetables, Flowers, Plants
and Bulbs, together with full in-
structions for planting, the result
of a half century of careful study.

Bees

If you send 1o cents with request
for Catalog, we will mail prepaid a
Hardy Baby Rambler Rose, ready
to bloom, indoors or out. But one
to a customer, however.

THE CATALOG IS FREE

Jamcs Vick’s SONS, 32 vain st, es, Rochester, N.Y.

NEW ROSES ows oors

Killarney, Etoile de France, Cardinal, Gen. McArthur, Baby
Rambler, Winnie Davis, Sou de Pierre Notting, Caroline

Gladioli

for the

Garden

If you want a garden of
rich colors and a variety
of exquisite shades you
should plant Groff’s Hy-
brid Gladioli. ‘There is
no flower of such easy
culture, embracing the
great range of color with
endless combinationsand
varieties,as these Hybrid
Gladioli. The graceful
stalks with their burst of
gorgeous coloring make
the garden a veritable
fairy land. Every shade or combination of shade can be produced.
I am the United States representative and grower of Groff’s Hy-
brids. Awarded the Grand Prize, World’s Fair, St. Louis, 1904.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE

ARTHUR COWEE, Meadowvale Farm, Berlin, N. Y.

Testout, Helen Gould,
Climbing Kaiserine,
White Cochet,

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The 12 strong 2-year plants by
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showing 150 of the finest varie- !=
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or 15 to 25 cents each in strong
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Dahlias a Specialty

The following 12 Best Cactus

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Queen, Austin Cannell, Hohenzollem, John
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12 Best Show and Fancy Dahlias for $1.25:
Grand Duke Alexis, C. W. Bruton, Olympia,
Pluton, Nymphia, Catherine Duer, Lucy Faw-
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The two collections, 24 in all, by express, $2.00

W. R. GRAY,

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ready to
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94

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Samples onwood and litho-watercolor chart of
Stained Houses sent free on request

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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

glories and four-o’clocks in the garden, as
they do not stand transplanting.

SUGGESTIONS FOR WINDOW BOXES

Make the box six or eight inches deep,
twelve to fifteen inches wide, and as long as
the window is wide. Fill the boxes with fine,
rich soil and fasten firmly to the sunniest win-
dow. Place similar boxes on the porch or
fence. Plant morning glories on the side
nearest the house and train up on strings.
Plant climbing nasturtiums near outside, to
hang down over the box. Plant coreopsis,
zinnias, marigolds, asters or verbenas in mid-
dle of box. Plants should stand four or five
inches apart. Boxes need water every day.

MAKING OF FLOWER BEDS

Select sunniest part of the yard. Avoid a
place where the dripping from the roof will
fall on the bed. Best effects are produced
by planting all of one variety in one place.

PREPARATION OF THE SOIL

Dig up the bed as early as possible, a foot
deep. Mix with the soil some rich earth,
well-rotted manure, or leaf mold from the
woods. Rake the beds and keep the soil fine
and free from lumps.

WATERING OF THE GARDEN

Sprinkle the beds every day, if necessary,
until the plants are one inch high. Do not
allow the soil to become dry. Sprinkle thor-
oughly every few days, when the plants are
two or three inches high, instead of lightly
every day. Water in the morning and evening.

THINNING OF PLANTS IN THE GARDEN

Avoid: having plants too crowded. Thin
the plants when they are two or three inches
high, on a cloudy day, when the soil is moist.
Transplant seedlings pulled up to another
bed, or give them to some friend. Take up
a little soil with each plant. Use a trowel,
an old kitchen fork, or small, flat, thin stick.

PICKING OF FLOWERS

Do not allow flowers to go to seed. Pick
them every day and more will bloom. Allow
a few of the best flowers to go to seed for next
year’s garden. Keep beautiful, fresh flowers
in your house and share them with the sick.

THE VEGETABLE GARDEN

Select a sunny place in the back yard. Dig
up the bed and thoroughly enrich the soil.
Crisp, tender vegetables must be grown
quickly. Keep the ground well stirred and
free from weeds. Plant lettuce, onions and
beets as soon as the ground can be worked.
Allow space for a succéssion of planting dur-
ing the summer.

THINGS TO REMEMBER

Dig deep and make soil fine on the surface.
Keep pulling out the weeds all summer.
Sprinkle the seeds every day. Water the bed
thoroughly every few days during the whole
summer. Pick your flowers every day. Keep
your garden neat. Flowers require attention
all summer. By attending to these things
you will have flowers all summer and for the
flower show in the fall.”

Marcu, 1907

Bulbs

The finest quality
ever offered in mix-
tures—sold with this
guarantee:

Gileiol

If you ever pur-
chased equal qual-
ity at the price,
write me after flow-
ers have bloomed
and | will cheerfully
refund your money.

order early.

$1.00 per doz., post-
paid, anywhere in
United States.

" Quantity limited —

Why BUCKBEE’S Are Better

For fine quality, choice variety and large yield,
seed must be selected and the good kept sepa-
tate. Seeds “gathered as they come,” like
most seeds you gather or buy, “run down’ in
quality every year. Wehave made quality pro-
duction a close study for 35 years. Itis an in-
teresting story told in our new

Seed and Plant Guide

Seed sold on orders from this book are pedi-
greed—best of the best—selected by experts.
Also, for 10c in stamps (for postage) we will send
our PRIZE COLLECTION: Radish, 17 varieties; Let-
tuce, 12kinds; Tomatoes, 11 the finest; Turnip, 7
splendid; Onion, 8 best varieties; 10 Spring-flower-
ing Bulbs—65 varieties in all; and our new book,
“What to Plant,’’ giving plans of gardens and tell-
ing how to arrange vegetables or flowers, to get the
most profit and pleasure from your outlay.

H. W. BUCKBEE
Rocktord Seed Farms, Farm No.226, Rocktord, Il.

(Buckbee's Fullof bifelGoenel
GROW QUALITY CROPS |

Mushrooms

Give yourself the pleasure of gardening during win-
ter without a greenhouse or even a cold frame. Supply
your own table with a tasty delicious delicacy.
Pure Culture Spawn makes “breeding to variety”
possible.

A Mushroom Bed is a Money Maker

Big demand, good prices. Here is a good thing—a
profitable branch of horticulture—don’t wait till every-
body else sees it. Write to-day for Illustrated Booklet
A-—-free for the asking.

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The Agricultural Experts Association

GEORGE T. POWELL, President
120 Broadway N. Y.

[DEB LO Wn aIN ae of Country Places; Examinations made of
Land with full reports and Suggestions for Improvement;
Advice on General Management; Policies Outlined; Location of
Buildings; JLandscape Work; Orchard Development; Care of
Forest Land and Live Stock. Correspondence invited.

Marcu, 1907

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

Farming

The national farm paper.

Beautifully illustrated, emi-
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successful experiences of farmers. Keeps you in touch
with all the newest developments in agriculture.

The American Farmer

A literary agricultural paper designed especially for the
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Each number brings a message of cheer into the hearts of
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The Reliable Poultry

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The most beautiful and comprehensive farm
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Six magnificent art halftone engravings, size 13x19
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A publication beautifully illustrated, eminently
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successful experiences of farmers, explaining their
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tells how some men have made fortunes in a year’s

time, and how others have
FA RMING doubled the price of their

land during the period of
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contains much excellent advice from some of the
most prominent men of the Department of Agri-
culture, who keep you in touch with all the newest
developments in agriculture.

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

Increase the Yield
of Your Garden

by using the IGOE TOMATO AND PLANT
SUPPORTS. They will mean a more abundant
crop of Tomatoes of superior quality, and more
beauty and success of your heavily flowered plants,
such as Peonies, Dahlias, Golden Glow, Chrysan-
themums, etc. The best and strongest support
made.

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=— Per 50, $7.00; per 100,$12.50 9 =

Send for Price List and Catalogue.
THE IGOE CARNATION SUPPORTS are

equally important for the success of your Carna-
tions. 2-ring, $3.50 per 100; 3-ring, $4.00 per 100.

FOR YOUR ROSES: The Igoe Rose
Stakes, made of galvanized wire, take the place
of the old-fashioned insect- harboring, decaying,
wooden supports. They are neat, strong, and
will not rust. Made in all sizes (and prices),
looped and straight, 65c. to $1.65 per roo.

You also need some Tying Wire which does
Not rot nor untie. No. 18, galvanized, 12 lbs. for
85c.; No. 19, $1.00

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The Calendar of a Beginner

M* GARDEN calendar is for a bit of city

garden, the outdoor annex to our liy-
ing room. The work of making this oasis
among brick walls, from the unpromising
material of a bare city back yard, required
much study and some experiments, and the
end is not yet.

What to plant so that the most objection-
able features of an undesirable view might
be at least partially obscured and maybe
forgotten; what would grow in the shade of
surrounding buildings; what thrive in the
sandy soil; what plants must have the sunny
location, or some rich soil brought in at much
expense; how to provide for a constant suc-
cession of flowers, and make the most effective
arrangement in the small space of 264 x 70
t.; these were problems of absorbing interest
to a city-bound nature lover. In the at-
tempt to solve them, I have spent many hours
in the public library, delving into the riches
of garden literature represented by the con-
tents of a whole drawer in the card catalogue.
It was this catalogue which suggested to me
the card filing method of classifying my ac-
cumulation of notes. One box containing
the letters of the alphabet accomodates more
cards than my present or future needs will
probably require. The notes are made as
brief as possible and their source is indicated.
For example, on one card is written ‘‘Ach-
illea Pearl. At best with dry, moderately
fertile soil and sunshine. (GARDEN MaGa-
ZINE, May 1905, page 187,)”; on another,
‘‘Asters, Annual. Do not thrive in sandy
soil. When sowing seed, mix wood ashes
with earth to prevent insects. (W. Mac-
leod)”’; ‘“Do not overfeed or plants will get
disease. (GARDEN Macazine, April 1905,
page 117)”; ““ Transplant in June (Ely). See
also article in GARDEN MAcGazineE, April
1906, page 166.”

There are also cards labeled Ants, Bulbs,
Edgings, Fertilizers, Insects; Sand, uses of;
Seedings; Shade, list of plants growing in;
Soil, preparation of; Spraying; etc.

My own experience in the garden is noted
from day to day on a desk pad. It is re-
corded there when each kind of plant begins
to bloom, when it is in full flower, when it
begins to fade, and when it is ready to be
cut down. Frequent note is made of all
the plants blooming at one time, groups are
noted which in color, foliage and form make
a good picture; for in a garden which forms
the view, however limited, from dining room
and living room, the horticultural interest is
naturally subordinate to the artistic.

Marcu, 1907

THE NURSERY EXCHANGE
OF NEW ENGLAND

Does not grow shrubs, trees or plants, but acts
as expert buyer on moderate commission.

It has been established by responsible and trained nursery-
men of twenty-five years’ experience, to buy for customers in
any part of the United States the best stock which can be
selected only through personal and expert imspection and
choice, in the buyer’s interest.

This system must commend itself to every buyer, for it
guarantees expert and honest service in securing only the

choicest material from those who grow it best; free of disease
and insect pests; carefully dug and packed, and absolutely true
to name; and what is important, prompt shipment. Western
and Middle State orders filled without exorbitant transporta-
tion charges.

We will fill orders at sight for every variety of TREE,
SHRUB or HARDY PLANT, etc., which is catalogued in
this country, and it m2ans from thirty to forty per cent. saving,
and perfect satisfaction to the buyer, as we charge a minimum
commission only on first cost of production.

Weask you to write and get special estimates and our gen-
eral lists.

Nursery Exchange of New England
155 ilk Street, cor. Broad
BOSTON, IIASS.
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On their own roots Cc
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THIS SUMMER
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6 Carnations, the ‘‘Divine Flower,”’

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6 Prize-Winning Ghrysanthen ums 25¢.

6 Beautiful Coleus, - - = 25¢.

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8 Sweet-Scented Tuberoses - -
6 Fuchsias, all different, - -
zo Lovely Gladiolus, - - - -
zo Superb Pansy Plants, - : -
15 Pkts. Flower Seeds, all differents 5c.
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the Old Farm iy.

Hon 0 5 Prope agate
| Pulte es and Plants.

Also

gle BOLINETS.

Also sample copy of Green's Big
Fruit Magazine, also Green’s Fruit
Guide and Catalogue, if you will
send us the names and addresses
| of three fruit growers. We sell
direct to planters vines, plants
and trees at half agents, prices.

Apple, Plum and Peach trees—50
fered fest Poly Dieses for $2.50and up. Address,
} By Qarle A. Green:

jj Green’s Nursery Co., Rochester, N. Y.

SEND AT ONCE for my 1907 catalog, and
if no member of your family has had one this
year (and you so state) I will send with ita ‘WW
coupon good for six full sized packets of Flow- oN
er Seeds, to be sent poStpaid absolutely §&
free, your selection of any kinds listed in my
catalog at 3cts. per packet. Peétunias, Sweet
Peas, Nasturtiums, and 40 other popular sorts
included in this free offer. All I aski in return
is the addresses of two others who grow flow-
ers.

A POSTAL WILL DO. WRITE TODAY.
MISS EMMA V. WHITE, Seedswoman
3or0 Aldrich Ave., So. Minneapolis, Minn.

EVERGREENS

wv Largest stock in America, including

COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE
and DOUGLAS SPRUCE
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Also Ornamental Shade and
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Marcu, 1907 THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

Di

| 0 Blooming in
JA _4 @® Your Own Yard

From May to October —for the price of one florist’s bouquet.

You can easily grow American Beauties or any other variety of

roses you wish—and grow them successfully—by our methods—

in your own garden. You can have cut flowers all summer at the

cost of a very light expense —and a little pleasurable and healthful work.

Our New Free Catalogue — ‘‘ ROSE LEAVES ” — contains in a condensed form

most valuable information for the amateur rose growers and gardeners. It
lists — besides our American Beauties —

105 Other Varieties of Roses

including some entirely new ones, among which is the wonderful new Rambler

' Rose—“LADY GAY”’— also some beautiful new kinds sold exclusively by us. This book

explains to those who have never tried to grow roses before—or have failed growing

them — how they can make success sure by using the Heller mature, two and three year old bushes. It gives new ideas on rose

culture — complete directions as to planting, watering and cultivation—as well as the location of rose beds —and directions for

use of roses in landscape gardening. @ If you have already grown roses in your garden — you will find listed new varieties well
worth consideration —and some varieties you can’t secure from anyone else.

Don’t miss sending for ‘Rose Leaves.” It's free, but too valuable for any amateur gardener to be without.

HELLER BROTHERS, $%308er, New Castle, Ind.

ATHER than merely a thing of beauty to be
R enjoyed by yourself, it is a matter to be consid-
ered as an investment whether or not you shall
endeavor to beautify your grounds. With just a
little effort the most unsightly places can be hidden,
and all this at a little expense. We know of nothing
for the amount involved that will be more effective
than the planting of HEDGES—they can be used to
mark boundary lines, to hide unsightly outbuildings.
Merely as a little piece of evergreen they are desirable.

We have a superb stock of Hedging plants, and
below quote some of our Specialties. At these prices
they can be planted by the mile.

; . $4.00 per 100 or $35.00 per 1,000
LIGUSTRUM OVALIFOLIUM (California Privet) . : : : . 3-00 a te" 25.00 EG
BOXWOOD (for edging old-fashioned garden) : : : : . 10.00 6

AMERICAN ARBORVIT (Unsurpassed where tall hedge is wanted) 12.50 36

SPIREA THUNBERGII (Low ornamental—needs no pruning) . 5 OR(aIe) es
WE HAVE OTHER VARIETIES, but would call special attention to our AMOOR RIVER PRIVET. In every respect we think this is
far superior to the much-planted California Privet, which assumes a dingy tint and often loses its leaves in very cold weather, whereas the
AMOOR RIVER tetains a brighter green throughout the entire year and is much more satisfactory in every respect. We have known of it

withstanding twenty degrees below zero, and appearing equally as happy in Florida—thus desirable for all climates. —
Its growth is very rapid and if properly treated a good hedge may be expected in two seasons. It can be trimmed into every imaginable

shape, and seems fairly to delight in the vigorous trimming. i
Our new Spring catalogue contains hundreds of the best Ornamentals, and we shall be glad to mail it to you.

PETER’S NURSERY CoO., Box 307, Knoxville, Tenn.

enna etna cbr aensiesamne

98

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

Marcu, 1907

No. 4. Single Strap Harness with Curved Breast Collar.
Price, complete, $11.25. As good as sells for $5.00 more.

34 Years Selling Direct

Our Vehicles and Harness have been sold direct from our
factory to user for athird of acentury. We ship for ex-

amination and approval, and guarantee safe delivery.
You're out nothing if not satisfied asto style, quality
and price.

We Are the Largest Manufacturers in the World

selling to the consumer exclusively.

We make 200
styles of Vehicles, 65 styles of Harness. Send for large

free catalogue.
ELKHART CARRIAGE & EMESIS MFG. CO.

ELKHART, I

No. 654. Top Buggy with Late Automobile Style Seat, Bike
Gear and % in, Guaranteed Rubber Tires. Price, complete,
$68.00. As good as sells for $25.00 to $30.00 more.

F Northern
AND
Grown
—— Seeds

are full of Northern life and vitality and mature earlier,
better and bigger crops. ‘‘D & B’s Earliest of all
Wax,”’ the earliest, best, most prolific wax bean that
grows. Good Seller. Money maker. Send |2c stamps
for a big packet, our new 150-page catalog of quick
growing Northern Seeds and our big cash
club offer. Catalog alone, free,
DARLING & BEAHAN,
506 Michigan St., Petoskey, Mich.

We Design, Lay Out and Plant Properties

THE CELEBRATED

BABY RAMBLER ROSE

Started in pots and ready to be planted out to bloom at once.
50c., 75c. and $1.00, according to size and age.

BEAUTIFUL ROSE COLLECTIONS
EVERGREENS, TREES, SHRUBS AND
HARDY PERENNIALS

THE BRONX ARBORETUM and ROSARIUM
Office and Show Grounds, 967 E. 166th St., N. Y.

It is also recorded at what time in the
summer different parts of the border have
enough sun for the perfect flowering of plants
growing there; for instance, gladioli bloomed
in full sun, but by the first of September,
the lengthening shadows did not permit the
free blooming of asters in the same part of the
border.

The date is marked when different kinds of
insects arrive, and the methods used to pre-
vent or exterminate them, and the results.

Things which may be forgotten at the
proper time, as the spraying of roses, the
applying of fertilizer to chrysanthemums,
are set down weéks ahead of time, at the
right date on the calendar.

I have also a garden plan laid out on square
sectioned paper, where changes in the lo-
cation of plants are noted at any time they
occur to me, during the summer. ‘The trans-
planting is done in the fall and the plan then
shows where everything may be expected to
come up in the spring, and what greater de-
light than to be able to identify each little
green blade that pushes its way through the
earth ?

This systematic method of classifying and
making use of information from many
sources, has produced very satisfactory re-
sults in the work of an entirely inexperienced
gardener. ‘There are over thirty different
kinds of perennial plants and vines well
started, and the little house, which less than
three years ago stood upon a bare and sandy
lot, already nestles in its garden setting as
if it had grown there.

Chicago, Il. Mary R. WILKERSON.

Naturalizing Bulbs

IRS THE end of March one should begin
to inquire where the best collection of
daffodils may be seen—where most daffodils
are naturalized in your vicinity. The natur-
alizing of bulbs is, perhaps, the best large
idea introduced into floriculture during the
last quarter of a century, and it is just be-
ginning to make rapid progress in the United
States. The cheapest bulb for naturalizing
is the poet’s narcissus, shown on this month’s
cover, a white flower about two inches across,
which blooms in May, and has a saucer-like
centre with a reddish rim, from which it
gets the name of “pheasant’s eye.”

These bulbs never require any care after
planting until they have multiplied to such
an extent that the bulbs crowd in bunches
to the surface of the ground, when they
ought to be taken up and divided. They
can be put in any orchard and meadow, or
on the bank of a stream, or wherever the
grass is not cut until haying time. The
foliage of the daffodil dies down about the
middle of June, and the bulbs are usually
ripened before the hay is cut. The poet’s
narcissus costs only about five dollars a
thousand. The trumpet daffodils are much
more expensive. They bloom from two to
four weeks earlier.

The picture shown on the cover was taken
on the estate of Prof. Charles Sprague Sar-
gent at Brookline, Mass., where the poet’s
narcissus has been naturalized many years
in low, moist ground by the lakeside.

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THE GARDEN
MAGAZINE

Novelties in Flowers

Last year we sent out a large number of our
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new customers. ‘This year we are anxious to hear
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Send us 20 cents (cash or 2 cent stamps) and we
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Send at same time, names of 3 flower loving friends
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Marcu, 1907

Hlorsford’s
Hardy Plants

FOR COLD CLIMATES

HEN you buy hardy plants, get
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Horsford’s new catalogue offers

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Marcu, 1907

TREES

FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL

Evergreens,
Shrubs, Roses,
Hardy Plants

All the Best and Hardiest Varieties.
Largest and Most Varied Collections
in America.

ELLWANGER & BARRY

Nurserymen—Horticulturists
MOUNT HOPE NURSERIES
Established 1840
ROCHESTER NEW YORK

Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue (144 pages),
also Descriptive List of Novelties and Special-
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We send also FREE our splendid illustrated Cat-

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' 48 Main St. Newark, New York

OUR TREES BEAR FRUIT

THEY REPRESENT PENNSYLVANIA’S
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Early orders solicited. Largest and most complete line
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CONFLUENCE, PENNA.

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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

Plans drawn for pribate grounds,
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Correspondence invited.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
891 Wealthy Avenue

The Value of the Silk Oak

HE very best cut-leaved foliage plant
for the window garden is the silk oak
(Grevillea robusta), while still small. It is
one of the most satisfactory plants for house
culture because it withstands the dry atmos-
phere of our super-heated living rooms, and
even if the roots become slightly drier
than is safe for other plants it will suf-
fer but little damage. It can be easily
grown from seed. ‘The foliage is yellow-
ish green and the leaves are so very finely
divided that they resemble fern fronds.
The silk oak is grown outdoors, as a lawn
specimen, in California and in Florida, but
in the North it must be grown in pots. Sow
the seeds in a pot or flat of light soil any time
from January to March and grow the plants

ge ae

oo

Few plants are better adapted to withstand the vicis=
situdes of dwelling-house culture than the silk oak

in a warm light window but shade them
from the direct rays of the sun. As soon as
the young plants have made a few true leaves,
transplant them into 2-inch pots. Grow in
a night temperature of about 55° and shift
them, whenever the pots become filled with
roots, into pots a couple of sizes larger.
When all danger of frost is over plunge the
pots outdoors in a sunny place. By next
winter the plants will be two to four feet high,
in 6-inch pots and at their prime as a house
plant. If kept over until the second winter
the lower foliage will have dropped which
will leave them looking rather unsightly.
Therefore sow the seeds each year.
New Jersey. 195° O0, 18,

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Grows 30 to 40 Feet

The First Season Without Care
It comes from Japan, the land so productive of curios and
ornamental flowers. The blossoms are large and jn pani-
cles, similar to Wistaria, and of a purple color, but much
larger and in better clusters. The foliage is dense. It
blooms so early, is so beautiful and grows with so little care,
being perfectly hardy, that itis the

Wonder of the Age

Be the first one in your neighborhood to get it. It will
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Our stock is all high grade, and we are ready for earliest
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CORNWALL NURSERY CO.

Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York

Box 164,

RHODODENDRONS,
AZALEAS, ETC.

Rhododendrons, Hybrids, Choice Varieties, 12 to 3 feet
Rhododendron Maximum, Choice Varieties, 2 to 8 feet, carload lots
Kalmia Latifolia, 1 to 4 feet, Fine Plants
Azalea Mollis, 1 to 1% feet
California Privet Hedge, 2 and 3 years old, 2 to 3 feet
California Privet Hedge, 5 and 4 years old, 3 to 4 feet

A full line Choice Trees and Plants, Catalogue and Price Lists
mailed upon request. Correspondence solicited.

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The Morris Nursery Co., 1 Madison Ave., New York

VINAL & NEGUS
Landscape & Garden Architects
601 Boylston Street, Copley Square
Boston, Massachusetts

Marcu, 1907

THE GARDEN

MAGAZINE 101

We offer nothing but hardy kinds. We dig only first quality stock.
Large sizes are dug with ball of earth and sewed in burlap. Stock is
acked in boxes or crates without extra charge.

BUY HARDY STOCK that has been well grown, PROPERLY
DUG and PACKED and you will get results. TREES DUG WITH A
BALL OE EARTH AND TIED IN BURLAP WILL LIVE AND
GROW FROM THE DAY THEY ARE REPLANTED.

We are Evergreen Specialists but have also a complete line of Shade
and Ornamentals, Shrubs, etc.

Nordman’s Fir - - - - 2to 3 feet
Orientalis Fir - - = = xto 3 feet
Veitchi Fir - - - - - - 1to 4 feet

—_——

AUSTRIAN PINE

CONCOLOR

HILL’S HARDY TREES

We offer Balsam Fir - - - - - - 1to 6 feet OUR PRICES WILL INTEREST YOU
Concolor Fir - - - - - 2 to 10 feet
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Send for our Illustrated Catalog showing views of our trees just as we ship
them to you, also complete description and pric:> of all stock we offer.

D. HILL, Evergreen Specialist, Box 95, Dundee, Ills.

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Mount, Ponderosa, Norway, White and Scotch Pines, from 1 to 8 feet
Besides Funipers, Cedars, Yews, 5
Hemlocks and Arbor Vites.

CANADIAN YEW
We offer in smaller sizes evergreens
for windbreaks, shelter belts and

FORESTRY PLANTINGS.

EXCELSA PINE

A Charming Wild Garden

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The wild flowers of the
woods that you love you can
grow in the dark, shady places
of your garden, and the
flowers of the meadow will
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For twenty-five years we have studied the habits of wild
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Let us help you in your selection. We also grow the old garden
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Send for our illustrated descriptive catalogue of over
50 pages, which tells much about this class of plants.

EDW. GILLETT, Southwick, Mass.

‘Se ey Ee, Se ‘ent 3 a
are taking the place of roses which bloom in June only.

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Larva of Elm-Leaf Beetle enlarged

The Care of Trees

Spring is the time to combat the ELM LEAF BEETLE.
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Home Office: 621 Tremont Bldg., Boston
Branch Offices: Flatiron Bldg, New York;
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First-class Home-grown Musk-
melons by June 2oth

AES HAVE melons of the choicest quality

in June, they must be started in a hot-
bed not later than March 15th. Make the
hotbed two feet deep of thoroughly prepared
horse manure and leaves. Collect the drop-
pings every day, putting them under an open
shed to protect them from rains, to allow all
rank steam to escape and to keep them from
burning. When sufficient quantity has been
gathered, make up the bed. Put the manure
and leaves in alternate layers, in equal quan-
tities, and thoroughly tread them down so as
to retain the heat. Next put from four to six
inches of good fibrous loam, and thrust a
thermometer down into the manure—about
four inches deep—put the sash on, and bank
the sides and ends of the frames with coarse
manure and leaves eighteen inches wide and
deep, to keep out the cold. Watch the
temperature, as the heat may rise even to
120°, but as soon as it has declined to 85°,
sow the seed.

SOWING THE SEED

Mound up the soil into the form of hillocks,
one to a sash and make it firm by hand
pressure. When that is done, insert from
eight to ten seeds in each hill, cover about one
inch deep, firm the soil well, and if the soil
is dry, water with a fine-rosed watering can.
Put on the sash and cover the frames each
night with mats and shutters.

VENTILATING AND WATERING

Do not give air until the seedlings appear
above the soil, which will be in from five to
ten days. Then air must be given cautiously,
for cold draughts must be avoided; maintain
a temperature of 70° by night with a rise of
10° by day. Water sparingly for the first
three weeks, as there is danger of the seedlings
damping off. Syringe the plants freely with
a hand syringe just before closing the sash,
which would be about fifteen minutes before
the sun is off them, so that the frame may
accumulate as much warmth as possible. If
the temperature runs up to go°, no harm will
be done. Uncover the sash in thé morning
as soon as the sun is on the frames; should
the day be dull, no air need be given.

As soon as the seedlings make their first
set of rough leaves, thin out, leaving only the
four strongest plants and they should be at
equal distances around the hill. From this
period on, air may be given in more or less
quantities, according to the weather.

As the fruits begin to swell and until they
commence to mature, give liquid cow manure

Marcu, 1907

48 D. & CG.

ROSES
for $1.00

For over fifty years we have
made rose growing a special-
ty. Once a year we make this
special offer of Our Great
Trial Collection of 18 D. & C.
Roses for $1.00. Sent by mail
postpaid anywhere in the
United States and safe arrival
guaranteed. Hvery plant
labeled. Superb, strong,
hardy, ever-blooming kinds ; no
two alike. All on their own
roots. Will bloom continuously
this year. Asa further induce-
ment we include in this collec-
tion a strong plant “KIL=
LARNEY ”’—a magnificent
pink, hybrid tea rose of un-
equaled hardiness and fra-
grance. Orders booked for de-
livery when directed. Mention
this magazine when ordering,
and we will send you a check
for 25 cents good as cash on a
future order. Our

New GuidetoRoseCulture

For 1907 is the Leading Rose Cata-
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how to grow, and describes the
famous D. & C. Roses and all flowers
worth growing. Offers at lowest
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Established 1850. 70 Greenhouseg.

The Finest Grade of Tea Sold
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A special blend prepared and packed for us in London in
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Jasco Ceylon Tea
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Uniform in flavor and quality. Put up in
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A. J. SHELDON CO., Imps.
# 100 Front St., N. Y. Telephone 3403 Broad

The “Apollo” Sweeper

is the ideal machine for sweeping Lawns, Porches,
Sidewalks, Pavements, Barn Floors, Factories, Ware=-
houses, etc. Write for illustrated Booklet.

THE GREEN MFG. CO.
54 SYCAMORE ST. SPRINGFIELD, OHIO

SUPERB DAHLIAS

Grand Prize—St. Louis. Gold Medal—Buffalo
Highest Possible Honor at Both Expositions.
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; ; o*. dD Everybody should have Holly-
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freely, but always water the plants first with
clean water, and afterwards with the liquid
manure. To make manure water fill a
two-bushel sack half-full of fresh cow manure
and place it in a barrel, filling the barrel with
forty to fifty gallons of water. Let it stand
for twenty-four hours and it is then ready for
use. When beginning to use this, make it
strong enough to just color the water and
increase the strength as the plants become
accustomed to it. The plants will soon be
able to stand a gallon to each hill three times
a week.

To protect the fruit from wire worms and
dampness, put pieces of shingles four inches
square under them. When watering melons,
keep all moisture from the stem of the plant,
as it induces stem rot. A little dusting of
powdered charcoal or sulphur will be very
effective in preventing the rot.

Melons grown in this way will be ready for
table on June 20th. They can be easily
detached from the vines when ripe, by giving
a sharp downward pressure of the forefinger
on the stem. The best varieties are Extra-
Early Hackensack and Emerald Gem. The
latter is one of the best flavored melons grown
and the flesh can be eaten to the rind.

COLDFRAME METHOD

Melons may also be grown in coldframes
in precisely the same manner as described
for hotbeds without the aid of artificial heat,
but do not sow the seed until April roth to
r5th. They will be ready for use July 2oth.

Where a hotbed has been used for early
rhubarb or other vegetables, take out the old
soil but leave the manure intact. Put back
from four to six inches of good mellow loam,
throwing it up in the centre in the form of a
hillock about six inches high. Insert eight
to ten seeds around the hill and care for as
recommended in the hotbed culture. Tightly
close the sashes at night and be sure to water
the top ends of the frames and also syringe
the under sides of the leaves to keep down
red spiders.

A successful crop for outdoor planting may
be started about April 20th in the frame, on
inverted sods. Get pieces of sod four inches
square and two inches thick and place them
in the frame closely together. Make a hole
about one inch deep in the centre of each sod
with a sharp trowel, and in it put six to eight
seeds. Cover the seeds with rich soil and
firm it. Keep the sods rather dry until the
seeds germinate; as-the sods dry out very
rapidly they must be carefully watched.
Harden off before planting in the open by
leaving a chink of air on at night, and grad-
ually increase the air until the soft growth
is inured to outdoor conditions. Do not
allow the roots to penetrate through the sod,
for if they do the plants will wilt when trans-
planted to the garden.

WHERE TO GROW MELONS

Select the warmest site in the garden for
the melons and, if possible, give a sandy loam,
one that will warm up quickly. A few days
before transplanting, which will be from
May 8th to r5th, make hills one foot square
and deep. Put enough manure in the holes
to come up within four inches of the surface,

Marcu, 1907

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

105

The Story of ‘Seeds that Grow’

EEDS! Tiny, insignificant-looking little things, not often beau-
tiful in themselves, and yet so potent with bottled-up vitality,
so instinct with images of the beautiful, rare and useful things
into which they are capable of expanding! Humble as they are,
they yet form the basis of one of the greatest business en-
terprises of the twentieth century. They are too often
regarded by the busy world as among the necessary things
of no particular moment that must be looked after somehow
by somebody, but are not to be thought of seriously.

The busy world never made a greater mistake. Even the
tiller of the soil who furnishes the marrow and substance
of the busy world aforesaid, who, as it were, stokes the
engine of civilization and supplies what energy it possesses,
is too apt to regard with little care the seeds that he puts
into the ground. Not so frequently nowadays, it must be
acknowledged, as in times past, for one of the prime points
which the following little story will try to bring out is the
immense educational value to the agricultural and horti-
cultural classes of the years of careful, scientific labor
spent upon seeds by W. ATLEE BurPeE & Co. at their
various growing centers,

It is a fascinating story. Man working hand in hand
with nature—not forcing her, but coaxing her to reveal
her secrets, leading her into new and better paths, devel-
oping in her work higher usefulness for human needs—
this has been the first principle of the Burpee seed-growing
business for thirty years.

Let us take a few peeps at how this is done.

Burpee’s Seeds come from all over the globe. From
nearly every section of the United States, from England,
Germany, France, Denmark, Holland, Italy, Japan, where-
ever particular varieties of flowers and vegetables are found
to have their best habitat and are assured of their highest
degree of vitality, a never-ceasing stream of purest seeds
is yearly pouring into the big Burpee warehouses in Phila-
delphia, thence to be redistributed to thousands upon thou-
sands of planters. But the chief producing points of parent
stocks are the famous ForDHOOK Farms, near Doylestown,

beans.

Unique New
“Creations” in

Nature has surely surpassed herself! In a single season ey My, z.
has outstripped all efforts me man. af fact, such Seine: new Ny,
types have never even been dreamed of before!

To learn just what they really are and how they were
discovered, kindly study pages zo to 15 of THE FARM ANNUAL
FOR 1907.
“Greatest Novelties of the Age.”

e is an entirely ** New Creation.”
The Burpee Improved The pods are truly enormous in

size, borne in great abundance upon bushes two and one-half
feet high by two feet across.
thicker than those of the popular Burpee’s Bush Lima or any
strain of the large White Pole Lima.

e This is altogether uxzque,
FordhooK Bush Lima. Nothing like it has eyes
been seen before.
form of the fat ‘‘Potato Lima.”’
are twice the size of Dreer’s, Thorburn’s or Kumerle

Bush Lima and more than half again as large as the
Challenger Pole Lima.

$1115 inCash Prizes

With one prize of $150, and several of $50
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These Bush Limas 2555917
sealed packets.
tains twelve perfect hand-picked

careful. The quantity of work involved is immense. As an instance,
from September 1, 1904, to May 15, 1905, there stood recorded upon
the farm’s books 16,086 vitality tests. The results are noted and tabu-
lated and compared just as assiduously as in the case of the trial
grounds. Connected with the greenhouses is a group of frames for
special tests, hybridization and other purposes.

—Extract from ““THE Story oF SEEDS THAT Grow.”

BUSH LIMAS

Yy,

They are undoubtedly the two most unique and

The beans are both larger and

It is the first and ov/y stiffly erect Bush
Both pods and beans

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Each packet con-

For 25 Cts.

We will mail,—as a
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Pa., among the fertile hills of Bucks County, and Bur-
PEE’S SUNNYBROOK Farm, near Swedesboro, N. J., in
Gloucester County. These farms at all times are under
the keen eyes of Mr. Burpee and his assistants. “They are
among the most quietly busy places in America and are
brimming over with interesting stories to those who can
so far throw off the fetters of civilization as to get their
ear down close to Mother Nature.

How We Know "Burpee’s Seeds Grow"

OME years ago, the firm adopted as its motto the
snappy phrase, “BuRPEE’s SEEDS Grow’’—a motto
which the experience of growers in all sections of the
world has shown to be true as gold. We shall now

take a peep into the greenhouses, just south of the office
building, and see why it is that this statement can be made
- with such persistent confidence year after year. In a nut-
shell, the firm is enabled to say that Burpee’s seeds grow be-
cause they know so. In the greenhouses vitality tests are
made of every variety of seed listed in THE Farm ANNUAL.
The labeled packages are sent up from the Philadelphia
warehouses, and one hundred seeds are planted for each test.
It is by the percentage of this number that sprout and make
their way through the soil that the character of the seed is
judged. There is no alternative—the seed must grow; oth-
erwise it 1s condemned. All tests are made in the soil, the
seeds being planted at regulation depth, blotter tests being
regarded as unsatisfactory in disclosing the true vitality of
the young cotyledons. No heat is used, excepting in winter,
when the temperature of the greenhouses is kept at natural
summer proportions. Here, as in every other branch of
the work, the attempt is made to surround the seed with
such an environment as it would find in nature.
These vitality tests are regarded as a most important ele-
ment conducing to the success of this great industry. Cer-
tainly they may be ranked as among the most laborious and

*¥From THe Story oF “SgEps THAT Grow,”’ written by E. J. WHEELOCK,
author of ‘‘A Year’s Work at Fordhook.”’

BURPEE-IMPROVED
BUSH LIMA,—
Life-Size Pod.

BURPEE’S
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SPENCER.

with hundreds of illustrations from photographs, it
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It describes Grand Novelties in Flowers and Vegetables of unusual importance, which
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NASTURTIUM, the first of
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FLOWERING ESCHSCHOLTZIA,—
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the gigantic orchid-flowered new pink
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Purchased separately these five packets would cost
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lips, Four 1908 Advance
( \, “New” Novelties FREE!

To every one who orders direct from this advertise-
ment we will send Free,—if asked for,—any one
with a soc. order, any /wo with a dollar order, or
WZ all four with an order for $2.00. These Novelties,
not yet cataloged by us, but on which we offer

_ Cash Prizes for advance trials, are: Mew Ameri-
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can Dwarf Bush Nasturtium, ‘‘Ashes of Roses,”

from Germany.

- —The New English “Beacon” Sweet Pea,—New
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\ American Thick-Leaved Gigantic Mustard, and
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\ a grand ew Early Hard-Head Butter Lettuce

-\ BURPEE’S 1907
ye 4 FARM ANNUAL

<«Y “Leading American Seed Catalog”

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SEEDS THAT GROW.

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then fill level full of good garden loam to
plant in. The idea of putting manure in the

h | hill is to give nourishment and moisture in

the hot months of July and August.

When ready for transplanting, take up
each sod carefully with a trowel and set
them where required, merely covering the
sod, firm with the hands and water to
settle the soil and to keep the plant from
wilting.

MELON INSURANCE

It is a good idea to sow a few hills of squash
a few feet away from the melons to entice
the striped beetle, as they are a serious pest
and one of the most destructive insects of the
cucurbit family, but prefer squashes to
melons. They can be kept in check by
using equal parts of tobacco dust, soot,
and air-slaked lime, give a light dusting
when the dew is on the leaves. When all
danger of insects is past, thin to four plants
to a hill, keep all weeds removed and pull
up the soil around the plants with a hoe,
until they make a growth of twelve inches.
After the melons attain the size of an egg,
pinch out the points of the shoots to induce
early fruiting.

The best varieties are: early, Extra Early
Hackensack; second early, Emerald Gem,
and Rocky Ford; late, Montreal Market (a
melon of remarkable size). For succession,
sow June rst and again June 15th. ‘This
will keep up a good supply until September
r5th to 2oth.

GROW CUCUMBERS THE SAME WAY

Cucumbers are divided into two classes,
the English forcing variety and the hill or
ridge cucumbers.

The English variety is the most prized for
being devoid of seeds and is the best for the
table, the fruits often measure twenty to
twenty-eight inches long. The English
varieties are grown in greenhouses.

The white-spined varieties are the most
popular in this country. For early cucum-
bers, grow as described for melons in hotbeds,
starting March 15th. Two sashes will supply
a good sized family with cucumbers till they
can be procured outdoors. Give them a
night temperature of 60° and a rise of 10°
during the day. Water sparingly for a few
days and, when they have made three or four
rough leaves, thin out to four ina hill. The
plants must not receive a check from start to
finish. Never let fruit ripen on the vines as
this will immediately stop the plant from
bearing.

For succession, sow on inverted sods April
toth to r5th, as described for melons.

Cucumbers must be kept a good distance
away from melons as they are accused of
giving the melons a watery flavor.

To keep off the striped beetle and squash
bugs, cover the young plants with boxes
twelve inches square, the tops of which are
covered with mosquito netting. Remove
them as soon as the plants have filled the
boxes.

For succession, sow every three weeks until
July 1st. The best varieties are Early White
Spine, Long Green and Emerald.

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Marcu, 1907

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Keller’s Improved Creeping Phlox
VERYB)DY knows, or ought to know, the charming little moss-pink, PHLOX
SUBULATA, which has rosy-purple, five-lobed flowers about an inch across in May.
It covers rocky places with a continuous sheet of flowers, and unlike most rock
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The Best December Cut Flower

6 ies bouvardia blooms during late fall

and early winter, a time when flowers
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inches across, which are either white or red
or some intermediate shade. It makes a
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cut, last well in water—indeed, it is a most
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or small greenhouse.

To have good plants for winter flowering,
startin March. ‘The usual way of increasing
this plant is by root cuttings. These should
be about one to one and one-half inches long,
and are treated just as if they were seeds.
Another good way is to divide a healthy
plant into pieces small enough to go in 3-
inch pots. The plants are grown on as
rapidly as possible in the house in a night
temperature of 60°. During the last week
in May, plant the bouvardia out in the open
in rich soil, where it can have water and
thorough cultivation. Here they will make
a rapid growth. Pinch back the leaves from
time to time during summer, in order to in-
duce a compact growth.

MOVING TO WINTER QUARTERS

Late in August, the plants must be trans-
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having a night temperature of about 50°.
I have always grown the bouvardia in pots,
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them, plant them on the bench, setting the
plants ten to twelve inches apart. If your
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The bouvardia is rather hard to transplant,
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until well established.

Late in April, or early in May, prune the
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have reached the age of four or five years.
will make beautiful specimens.

The mealy bug and the aphides will be
troublesome. The best way of combating
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with some insecticide, such as the prepared
forms of tobacco.

New York. PHINEAS NOLTE.

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BN). te
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Ways to Kill the Peach Borer

ee peach borer remains in its burrow in
the tree over winter. During warm
spells in the spring feeding is resumed and
by the latter part of May or early June the
borer is full grown. It then leaves its burrow
and constructs a cocoon at or near the sur-
face of the ground, usually on the trunk of
the tree near the burrow. Within the co-
coon it transforms to a pupa from which the
adult moth emerges during July or August.
The moths are day-flying insects and from
their transparent wings and yellow-banded
abdomens look much like wasps. The fe-
male lays her eggs upon the trunk of the tree,
usually upon the lower portion, or on the soil
or nearby weeds. The eggs hatch in about
ten days and the young borers seek an en-
trance at any crack in the bark of the tree.

WAYS OF CONTROLLING THE PEST

Two methods are in vogue for controlling
the pest. When a tree is badly infested the
only thing to do is to dig out the borers, which
can best be done in late spring (April) when
they are near the surface or have made their
cocoons. The usual practice is to mound up
the earth around the tree as much as possible
thus inducing the moth to lay her eggs upon
the upper part of the trunk, so that the
borers may be much more readily removed
when the mound is hoed away. The mound-
ing should be done before the moths deposit
their eggs in early summer and it is well to
examine the trunk of the tree just beneath
the top of the mound late in the summer for
young borers.

Another way is to coat the trunk of the
tree with repellant washes. Gas tar has been’
so used successfully in many instances, but
in other cases it has injured the trees.
is possibly due to variation in composition or
to climatic conditions. It should be tested
on a small scale before using it extensively.
J. H. Hale, the prominent Georgia peach
grower, reports good success with the fol-
lowing—‘‘ Two quarts of soap, one-half pint
of crude carbolic acid, and two ounces of
Paris green, all thoroughly mixed with a
bucketful of water, to which enough lime and
clay have been added to make a thin paste.”

All such washes are largely repellants to
prevent the laying of the eggs and should
therefore be applied early in June.

Frequently instead of mounding as has
been described, the tree is wrapped with
building paper or wood veneering, it being
sunk a few inches below the surface of soil.

New Hampshire. E. D, SAUNDERSON.

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That Will Grow

The leading experts in Horticulture
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WHERE CHERRIES FAIL

L. J. E., Wis.—It is not recommended to attempt
growing sweet cherries in Wisconsin. The cold will kill
the flower buds.

PRUNING BOX

C. S. P., Penn.—The time to prune box is in March be-
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roots do not become dry.

TRANSPLANTING MORELS

H. S. C., New York.—The mushroom known as morel
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to such places as it is desired to grow. Even if the utmost
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VARIETIES OF PECAN NUTS

E. D. P., Tenn.—Which varieties of pecan nuts are the
best to grow? The answer is largely governed by the
place where they are to be planted. Taking the country
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THE WHITE FLY

H. M. B., New York—The white fly (Aleyroides) is a
serious greenhouse pest, particularly to tomatoes. The
damage is done by these insects while in the nymph or
feeding stage; they suck the plant’s sap. At this time they
look like white aphides. They make a sort of honey dew,
the excretum, which serves as a host for a sooty fungus,
which completes the work of leaf destruction which the
fly has begun. If the greenhouse is regularly fumigated
with tobacco fumes they will be kept down in most cases.
However if they become serious ‘spray the plants with a
solution of common yellow soap in water—one pound to
eight gallons. Be sure to get the spray on the under side
of the leaves, because this is where the insect lives. As the
soap is liable to stop up the pores wash it off in a few days
by syringing with clean water.

THE BITTER-ROT OF APPLES

A. W. N., Mass.—The apple submitted is full of bitter-
rot which is caused by a fungus (Gleosporium fructige-
num). Jt usually appears in July or August and there
is likely to be more of it in warm, sultry summers than
in cool dry ones. Its time of appearance is regulated
by the ripening of the spores in the cankers and mummies.
The cankers occur on the limbs and are rounded or ob-
long sooty-black sunken spots from one to several inches
long and with ragged edges. The spores from these
canker spots are transferred to the apple causing the disease.
The mummies are the dried up, diseased fruits which have
been allowed to remain on the tree. To control the black-
rot remove all diseased fruits and mummies, the limb
cankers, and spray with standard Bordeaux mixture once
before the buds open and frequently from July until the
fruits are almost ripe. For further information read “The
Bitter-rot of Apples,” Bulletin No. 44, from the Bureau of
Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.

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PROPAGATING CARNATIONS

H. M. C., Penn.—Carnations root better in January and
February than in March. If this work is delayed until
March, only about 50 per cent. of the cuttings will strike.

STARTING CANNA SEEDS

F. W. E., Ohio—The germination of canna seeds may
be hastened by soaking for twenty-four hours m warm
water. The seeds may also be filed but be careful not to
injure the embryo.

PROPAGATING ARAUCARIAS

H. J. B., Penn.—The best formed plants of the Norfolk
pine (Araucaria excelsa) are grown from cuttings as de-
scribed in the January Garpen Macazine, page 312.
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together (three to five inches), and they retain this close
growing habit for several years. Seedlings draw up very
quickly, so that the internodes (spaces between the whorls
of branches) are frequently a foot to fifteen inches long and
so are much less desirable.

PUFF-BALLS AS FOOD

H. A. B., Mass.—The puff-balls belong to a class of fung?
which Isom the spores in pouches. They are good eating
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as the interior begins to turn yellow, which is a sign that
the spores are maturing, they are unfit for food. To pre-
pare puff-balls for cooking, cleanse, peel and trim off the

Puff-balls are not poisonous and are edible while
the flesh is young and white

base. Cut in halves and remove all parts which are not
pure white. To cook, fry in lard for five or ten minutes,
with bacon, parsley, onion juice, salt and pepper; or cook as
directed on page 136 of the October Garpen Macazine.
The giant puft-ball should be cut into slices half an inch
thick before cooking. A very delightful salad may be made
by cutting the puff-balls into strips and serving with green
salad, dressed with mustard, oil and vinegar.

PROPAGATING MAGNOLIA

A. E.C., New Jersey—The magnolias are propagated by
seeds; i. e., the species are; the named varieties and hybrids
are propagated by grafting, using two-year-old pot-grown
seedlings for stocks in which to put the cions. This work
is done in a greenhouse. The seeds may be sown directly
when picked or stratified in damp sand, and sown the
following spring (April). New plants may be made in the
spring by layering the previous season’s growth. Notch
each branch in order to make it throw out cuttings. Sever
the layer from the mother plant a year from the following
July. Plant in pots, and keep in a close frame until the
plants are well established.

RECLAIMING MARSH LANDS

D. M. B., New Jersey—Lands over which salt water has
flown are for some years unfit for cultivation because of the
large amount of salt contained in the soil. Ditch the land
—dig the ditches three feet deep, a foot wide at the bottom
and slope the sides so that the top is about three feet wide.
If there are any low places in the surface between the
ditches, dig a small drain from them to the nearest ditch.
When the land has become thoroughly drained and settled
the ditches may be filled in. Lime isa great aid in sweeten-
ing the soil. Give an annual dressing, sowing it broadcast,
at the rate of six to ten barrels per acre and harrow it in.
Such land is particularly adapted for growing hay, potatoes,
celery, and onions.

Marcu, 1907

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MAGAZINE

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THE BURBANK ROSE

A. O. H., New York—The Burbank rose is more satis-
factory as a garden rose than as a pot plant. It has been
on the market for at least ten years and is offered by
many florists.

THE MUSK PLANT

A. O. H., New York—It is not probable that seeds of
any other plant are being sold under the name of musk
plant (Mimulus moschatus). It is such a common plant
and so easily grown that there ought not to be any d:fn-
culty in securing the true sort, with all its odor, from any
seedsman.

STANDARD WISTARIAS

A. O. H., New York—It is doubtful if standard plants
of wistaria can be purchased in the United States, but
they may be procured through any nurseryman doing
an import business. Plants with stems six to seven feet
high, ready to form a crown, can usually be imported so
as to be sold for $3.00 or $4.00 each. These plants will
require five or six years after planting before they will
make a good display.

WOOD ASHES FOR LAWNS

W. E. O., West Va.—Wood ashes is an excellent fertilizer
for the lawn. They need no preparation, being used pure.
The only care necessary is that they do not become wet
before use, as that would destroy their chief fertilizing value,
it would be leached out. Wood ashes may be scattered
broadcast on the lawn. Hard-wood ashes are to be pre-
ferred to soft-wood ashes, as the latter are hardly worth the
bother of hauling. Do not use the ashes at all if they are
from creosoted timber.

WHERE THE LAVENDER GROWS

E. P. N., Ky.—The lavender is Lavendula vera, although
another species known as Lavendula spica is grown also
to some extent for its oil, Whether lavender is hardy or
not in your part of the country, I am unable to say. It
grows easily throughout Europe and is largely raised as a
commercial crop near London, England, but winter kills
badly in the neighborhood of New York. Possibly it will
thrive farther south. A better quality of oil is developed
on rather dry and stony land than on low, damp or rich
land. It is doubtful if the pungent and characteristic odor
can be strongly developed in a warm climate.

WHAT DOES “MULCH” MEAN?

“Thope you won’t tell your husband,” whispered a lady
on the train to the wife of one of the editors of Tor GARDEN
MacazinE, “but the truth is, that there are a great many
faithful readers of THe Garpen Macazine who are so
ignorant of horticultural terms, that, although constantly
used in the paper, the readers have no idea of what they
mean. Would it be asking too much to ask that he print
in some obscure corner a glossary of such words as ‘mulch’
(in all its mysterious forms), ‘humus,’ ‘cion,’ ‘leach,’ and
‘dicecious.? And does ‘fertilizers’ always mean manure ?””

We can sympathize with this goodlady, because we never
acquired the dictionary habit, as children are forced to do
in the schools to-day. True, we have worn a little runway
on the floor from our desk to the modest, two-dollar,
abridged dictionary of the English language, in which, by
the way, all the hard words mentioned above are ex-
plained, but it is unreasonable that adults should be
expected to form a new habit (although we shall take this
lesson to heart, and try to reform) and therefore we append
a glossary of the above terms:

Cion.—A cutting from a tree containing several buds of
the improved variety, which you insert into the old tree, in
order to make it bear a better kind of fruit.

Mulch.—Any kind of litter which you put on your bulb
beds, or hardy border, or strawberry beds in the fall. You
put it thick upon lilies to keep the frost out of the ground;
you put it on thin over others to prevent alternate freezing
and thawing; also, when you rake your garden in summer,
you make a “dust mulch” which prevents the sun from
evaporating all the moisture out of the ground.

Humus.—Decayed vegetable matter in the soil. It
makes things comfortable for nitrifying bacteria, and
enables your soil to hold more moisture.

Leach.—To run away. This is what your nitrogen does
when you leave the manure pile uncovered, or scatter nitrate
of soda on the soil just before a heavy rain.

Diccious.—Having staminate and pistillate flowers on
separate plants, as the willow.

Fertilizer, as applied in garden practice, never means
manure, but some form of chemical plant food.

Marcu, 1907

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the amount charged for all, to those who appreciate a fine vegetable. Bought separately,
the seeds would cost $1.70.

Vaughan’s 1907 Catalogue

contains four complete departments :
I. Vegetables and Flowers. Ili. Nursery Stock.
II. Bulbs and Plants. IV. Garden Tools and Fertilizers.

True descriptions, reliable stock and right prices. Unique in supplying from one source your
entire garden needs.

CHICAGO: VAUGHAN’S SEED STORE S NEW YORK

Greenhouses, Trial Grounds and ectics: Mesra Springs, Ill.

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< THE WORLD’S WORK PRESS, NEW YORK
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SPECIAL

APRIL Spring Planting Number DOUBLE NUMBER

1907
2 A
ay. has TESTED PLANTING TABLES AND SPRAYING CALENDAR ae ree

The World’s Work Country Life in America | Farming

11 Heyworth busts DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY tsss7 rast sixteenth street

Pedireed Strawberry Plants Extra Choe Asparagus Seed

In the growing of my Pedigreed Strawberry ee
Plants I follow the principles of breeding to Aaa yy 5
improve the quality and quantity of fruit. A Vy
My plants are all grown on scientific princi-
ples, propagated from strong, healthy stock
that has shown heavy fruiting propensities,
5) and will yield
Ns A QUART OF DELICIOUS BERRIES
TO THE PLANT

Varieties
President Climax Haverland
Gandy Tennessee Prolific Sample

Aroma Crescent Parsons Beauty
Texas Fairfield Bismarck

Prices

75 Selected Pedigree Plants, prepaid, $1.00 New French Giant Argenteuil
125 Selected Pedigree Plants, prepaid, 1.50

This is one of the twelve selected vari- 3 ‘
200 Selected Pedigree Plants, prepaid, 2.00
eties we grow for the family garden. ree VARIETIES » prep U

The berries are a beautiful dark red

This variety is the earliest, largest
and finest asparagus grown. Our

with a glossy surface. Our pedigree BOOKLET “‘STRAWBE. E’’ tells all about : : : :
plants produce large, rich, juicy berries Owing big crops of fancy berries. Free with every order. purity and germination. I will

in abundance. The Climax has yielded Stock lmited:” Oxder ae oa ee re to produce
6,300 quarts on less than 1-4 acre. THE 25¢. PACKET OF NEW FRENCH ARGENTEUIL ASPARAGUS to strong plants to any
Give it a trial. Stock limited. SEED GIVEN FREE WITH ORDER FOR 200 PLANTS... . address, prepaid, for 25c.

CHARLES WILLEY, EAST PATCHOGUE, LONG ISLAND

Our 3 Greatest Rose Offer ,

We have made the cultivation of Roses a specialty for 57 years.
With 70 greenhouses, and over a million plants in over a thousand vari-
eties, we may fairly claim to be the Leading Rose Growers of
America. In order to spread the fame ofour D. & C. Roses, we make an
unusually attractive offer every year. Our offer for 1907 is our new
“Killarney Collection”—the strongest collection ever offered.

18 D.&@.Roses | if
For $1.00

These roses are magnificent, strong, hardy, ever-blooming
plants ox thety own voots. No two alike,all labeled. Will
bloom continuously ¢hzs year. Sent postpaid for $1.00. We
include in this collection a strong plant of “Killarney” —the
most beautiful, hardy, fragrant pink garden rose known.
To make an attractive offer still more attractive we also
include a strong plant each of the Souvenir De Pierre Notting,
a superb new yellow tea rose; Souvenir De Francis Gualain,
a rich, velvety, crimson tea rose: and the White Maman
Cochet, the most magnificent, hardy, ever-blooming white
garden rose ever introduced. This offer is absolutely
unparalleled. Satisfaction and safe delivery guaranteed.
Orders booked for delivery when directed. Mention this
magazine when ordering and we will send return check
for 25 cents, good as cash on future order. We will send le
free to all who ask for it, whether ordering the above y

collection or not, our é

£

NEW GUIDE TO ROSE CULTURE FOR 1907 ye
the Leading Rose Catalogue of America. 114 pages. Tellshow /
to row and describes the famous D. & C. Roses and allother |
fl»wers worth growing. Offers at lowest prices a complete foe
line of Flower and Vegetable Seeds. Ask for it—it’s FREE.

THE DINGEE & CONARD CO.,

Leading Rose Growers of America.

West Grove, Pa.
Established 1850 70 Greenhouses.

KILLARNEY” -

ROSE:

Aprit, 1907 WLI, (GR DIB ING IME ek (GaN 74 JE INT 1B Bil

Know Andorra’s [TreesP
Ever Visit Andorra?

Ever familiarize yourself with our Hand-Book, Special and
Price lists? Andorra’s Price lists are up to date.

Ever spend a day among the trees on our five hundred
acres, where every item in our lists can be seen—your
specimens selected and specially reserved for your An-
dorra’s acres are easy of access. Andorra’s trees, shrubs
and plants have quality that has made them well and favor-
ably known.

Ever feel that thorough satisfaction that comes from select-
ing your Spring order from a superior stock, and of viewing,
after planting, a collection of trees, shrubs and plants abso-
lutely satisfactory, and showing quality in every line?

Magnolia Stellata—Hall’s Japanese Magnolia I N O tf Wh IN O t ‘
{ ae } @

Magnolia Stellata

Fragrant, star shaped, pure white blooms.

2 fit, SYOs0 each. $22.50 per ten.
Bt, al veal) Ever stop to think that trees and plants are of different
Magnolia Alexandriana values as well as any other commodity? An Elgin watch

Cup shaped, pink ; blooms very early. y
more than an =i orth more—

Bre oSesiic chia Inte $5.00/each. costs ore tha a Ingerso Ss wort e— because
it has more quality.

Magnolia Conspicua ; ars
Large, cup shaped, white flowers. Ever stop to think that in the same sizes, Andorra quality is

1 sf ———————————— ee

3 to 34 ft., $3.50 each. $32.50 per ten. worth more than the general run of trees by reason of the

Magnolia Lennei perfect results you secure, and is, therefore, quality for
Cup shaped, dark rose.

SRO ONS Deen Nie 1$3)50) each. quality, basing cost on results, after planting, the cheapest
5 ft., 5.00 each. in the end?

Many other magnolias completely described . : :
in Price List. Also, large specimens, 10 to 12 Andorra quality cannot be had elsewhere. It is superior to

_ft., transplanted last year, at $25.00 each. the ordinary by reason of careful selection of varieties and

Ever hear we were high priced?

Golden Japan Juniper (Rare) of specimens—of growth in ideal soils, in exposed situations
(Juniperus Japonica aurea) to insure hardiness—under careful cultivation—then dug,
2% to 3 ft., $3.50, 43 to 5 ft., $10.00. packed or delivered by wagon in the most thorough manner.

Peonies— Special Offer

(Large clumps—our assortment)

50c. each, $5.00 per doz, Expect to Deal Here?

All the above in a large range of sizes and
in any quantity— See Price List. SPRING LISTS NOW READY

ANDORRA NURSERIES biickoetrris, pa.
ay. Wm. Warner Harper, Proprietor

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

APRIL, 1907

Poultry, Kennel and Live Stock Directory

Information about the selection or care of dogs, poultry and live stock will be gladly given. Address Information Department FARMING, 133 E. 16th St., N. Y.

Raise
Squabs

Our birds finest selected stock—
properly mated for quick breeding.
You are sure of a handsome profit at,small expense. There’s
alwaysa market. No trouble whatever. We guarantee the
actual mating of each pair, and band each pair.

Special price to May Ist, $1.75 per pair

Remember guaranteed mated birds are the kind to
buy. Send 10 cents for booklet containing full instructions
how to raise squabs profitably.

BAY STATE SQUAB CO.
Box G. WAKEFIELD, MASS.

Rhode Island Reds

White, Buff, Barred and Black
Rocks ; White, Golden, Silver
and Buff Wyandottes; Brown,
Buff and White Leghorns,
Light Brahmas, ‘Black Minorcas
and Black Javas.

Hardy, prolific, farm bred, pure stock. For
BIRDS (moderate prices) or ““EGGS to
HATCH” at ten cents each, write for circular.

WALTER SHERMAN, - Meadowslope, NEWPORT, R. I.

Your success with chickens is measured by the way you feed and
take care ofthem. I can help you to get the best results. I have
the right foods--Chick Manna, ‘‘Vigor’’ Foods, Cyphers’ Incubators
and Brooders, ind whatever else you need.

Write for my free Illustrated Poultry Supply

Book that telis about the best supplies of every

sort. Tell me yourproblems and letme helpyou

Stokes’ Seed Store,
Walter P. Stokes of the late firm of Johnson & Stokes,
Z19 Market Street, Philadelphia

GOOD POULTRY FOODS

are necessary for big poultry profits. Harvey’s Cut
Alfalfa and Cut Clover Hay, Poultry and Chick
Foods of all kinds are big profit makers. Write

to-day for FREE samples, and our catalogue of

full line poultry supplies. Also ask for our Garden

Seed Catalog. It pays to buy all your supplies

at one place.
HARVEY SEED CO.
720 Ellicott St., BUFFALO, N. Y.

2 HATCHES FREE
A 5 YEAR GUARANTEE

Most liberal offer ever made, Direct from fac-
tory to you at about half price for a short time.

Gem Incubators and Brooders
Are the Best
and most convenient to use. A proven success
by thousands of poultry raisers. Catalog explains
all. It’s worth dollars to you. We send it free.
The Gem Incubator Co.
TROTWOOD, OHIO

Box 554

GREIDER’S FINE

CATALOGUE

1907 tells all about pure-bred poultry and describes
and illustrates 6 varieties. 10 beautiful natural color
plates. Gives reasonable prices for stock and eggs; how
to cure diseases, kill lice, make money. This valuable
book only 10 cts., postpaid. Bb. HW. GREIDER, RHEEMS, PA.

YOUR LUCKY STA

never brought you greater success than will
STAR Incubators and Brooders

They make poultry raising profitable, easy

and certain. Sold ona guarantee that makes

you safe. Free catalog tells why. Wnite.
STAR INCUBATOR CO.

682 Church Street, Bound Brook, N. J.

Lawn Fertilizer

Gees MANURE is unequalled for top

dressing the lawn in early Spring. It
makes a complete fertilizer and is specially
tichin nitrogen. Spread on evenly while the
ground is still frozen; the Spring rains will
wash in the fertilizing elements ready for
the young roots immediately growth starts.
There is no danger of carrying in weed seeds
if sheep manure is used.

It is also excellent for fertilizing the

Vegetable Garden and Orchard

promoting a steady rapid growth. It is
non-odorous, is cleaner, and richer than
stable manure.

10 Ibs....$ .35
50 Ibs... 1.00

100 Ibs. ..$ 1.50
Per ton...25.00

CaIRNSMUIR Farm, New City, N. Y.

¢\. Scottish Terriers

Offered as companions. Not

given to fighting or roaming—
Best for children’s pets.

NEWCASTLE KENNELS
Brookline, Mass.

No cat Lover can afford to be without

The Pussy Magazine

The Cattarian will be sent for
three months to any person add-
ing five addresses of cat lovers to our
present catalogue of more
than 10,000.

$1. a year.

10c. a copy.
Washington, D. C.

310 First St., S. E.,

RED HILT FAR!

BRIDGEPORT, PA.

White Plymouth Rocks

Breeders and Ex-
hibitors of

SUNNY SLOPE FARM

One mile from creamery, 180 acres, winter 30 cattle, 1000 cords
wood, roo apple trees, trout brook, 2 story house, 11 rooms, tele-
phone, approached by maple avenue; 2 barns, silo, etc. Price $2800,
with furniture, hay, machinery and tools. (Pictured catalog mailed
by Chapin Farm Agency, 430 Old South Bldg., Boston). Apply to
F. F. Howard, Woodstock, Vt.

DAHLIA ROOTS

Guaranteed true to name. Field grown and sturdy. Prices to move small
surplus, real bargain to the initiated. Harken to this!—Kriemhilde, $2.50
Doz.; A. D. Lavoni, fancy, $1.50 Doz.; Mrs. Winters, $2.50 Doz.; Yellow
Queen, $1.00 Doz. Cash with order® Supply limited,

Postum Cereal Company, Ltd.. (Garden Dept.) Battle Creek, Micn.
Manufacturers ot Postum and Grape-Nuts

URST POTATO&

ORC HARD SPRAYER

i) ON FREE TRIAL
es | |e

No money in advance—Pay when
convenient. Sprays Everything—
Trees; Potatoes, Truck. etc. 4 rows ata
time—2o0 acres aday. Doubles Your
, Crop—extra yield one acre will pay its
pada be Me first season. A boy can operate it.

z z GUARANTEED FIVE YEARS. Whole-
sale Price (where no agent.) AGENTS WANTED. After trial, if
you keep it—pay when you can. Special FREE OFFER for first one
in each locality. “SPRAYING GUIDE” and full information FREE.
Write to-day. We pay freight.

H. L. HURST MEG. CO., 70 North St., Canton, O.

W. W. Rawson & Co. beg to announce

that they are constantly receiving applications from gardeners
seeking situations, and they will be happy to supply any lady or
gentleman with particulars, etc.

W. W. RAWSON & CO., 5 Union Street

BOSTON, MASS.

Our Seed, Bulb and Plant
Book for 1907—FREE

We wantyou to receive a copy of ournew book. Itcontains:

A Selected List of Vegetable and Flower
Seeds, witha short concise description of each.

A New Muskmelon and the best standard varieties.

The Broad English Bean prized in England.

Asparagus, theeBest Varieties for home use, both
seeds and plants.

Shrubs and Trees for blooming or ornamental effects,

Grapes thatare worth cultivating in your home garden.

Bulbs for Planting in April, and will bloom during
the summer.

Annual Flower Seeds that you can plant in bedsand
along the pathway and that will bloom the first year.

Lawns, the best way to care for them and the proper
seed to use to produce an excellent lawn.

Spraying Implements forthe home garden.

Insecticides, the proper kinds to use to kill the vari-
ousinsects; also what to use for blight.

Wewill mail you the book Free, as we wish you to seeit §
before making up your order. Itwill be of assistance to
you.

H. E. FISKE SEED CO.
12 and 13 Faneuil Hall
Square, Boston, Mass,

Give yourself the pleasure of gardening during win-
ter without a greenhouse or even a cold frame. Supply
your own table with a tasty delicious delicacy.
Pure Culture Spawn makes ‘‘breeding to variety”
possible.

A Mushroom Bed is a Money Maker

Big demand, good prices. Here is a good thing—a
profitable branch of horticulture—don’t wait till every-
body else sees it. Write to-day for Illustrated Booklet
A—free for the asking.

PURE CULTURE SPAWN CO., Cincinnati, Ohio.

Lambert’s Pure Culture

Mushroom Spawn

Produced by new grafting process from
selected and prolific specimens thor-
oughly acclimatized, has never failed
to run.

Sold by leading seedsmen. Practical
Instructions on“ ushroom Culture’”
mailed free on application.

American Spawn Co., St. Paul, Minn.

Have you ever thought of keeping bees?
This is an interesting and profitable
pursuit. All gardens and orchards should
have bees, to give the best results. We

would be pleased to quote you on a
small Apiary. We have 700 colonies of
bees, make a practical business of it, and
would assist you to do the same.

I. J. STRINGHAM
105 Park Pl., N.Y. Apiaries, Glen Cove, L.I.

Aprit, 1907

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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

Eee ee vive eN Ts

For any information concerning the purchase or use of any garden or farm implement, etc., address

IMPLEMENT DEPARTMENT, THE GARDEN MAGAZINE
Nos. 133-137 EAST SIXTEENTH STREET, NEW YORK CITY

Lawn or Golf Green Roller.

This new pattern roller is made with our Improved
Wood Handle strongly braced, having counterpoise bal-
ance weights on shaft for holding the handle up when
roller is not in use. Le

This roller has ornamental ends and is highly
finished.

Indispensable for successful lawn and gar-
den work, tennis courts, driveways, walks

and paths.

Size A—150 lbs., 2 sections Net, $7.00
« B-—225 ‘‘ = - - ‘ 11.00
** C-250 ‘ S85 ae a Pes)
“ D—300 ‘ Le exqrco)

also larger sizes up to soo lbs.

Adjustable Garden
Cultivator.

The most useful hand garden tool on
the market. 2

It will pull out the weeds, pulverize
the ground thoroughly, leaving it level,
works where other implements fail.

It will work between the rows, or the
center shovel can be removed, and
straddle the row if desired. Aye

It is adjustable in width by sliding
the top plate. Itis the lightest, weigh-
ing but three pounds complete with

long handle, and the strongest, as the blades are forged out ofa solid

steel rod.

et $r.00. ; ; ¢ oe
Pamphlet ‘‘O” now being published, mailed free on application.

189 Water St., New York

J. S. WOODHOUSE
Headquarters for all the best manufacturers of
Four Row Potato

agricultural implements
Sprayer
Covers 30to 40acres per day. Strad- cont

dles 2 rows, sprays 4 at a time. WS, ‘

Wheels adjust for different

widths. Sprays to any fineness and

gearing of pump to wheel of cart gives any

pressure desired. Automatic agitator and suction

Strainer cleaner. It never spoils foliage orclogs. Free

instruction and formula book shows the famous Garfield,

Empire King, Orchard Monarch and other sprayers.
Write for it. Co

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FIELD FORCE PUMP CO., 48 |1TH Street, Ecmma, N.Y.

Easy, Economical, Sanitary Sweeping

It is singular that when science is agreed upon the
theory that dust is a carrier of disease, that it is at once
the greatest menace to health, and the chief vehicle of
germs—that so many will continue sweeping with a corn
broom. The use of the corn broom means clouds of germ-
laden dust, falling upon draperies and furniture, and fill-
ing the lungs of the operator; sore hands, lame back,
squandered energies, besides injury to fine carpets and
rugs. The use ofa

Bissel/

Sweeper means no dust, no effort, sweeping accom-
plished in one-quarter of the time the corn broom re-
quires, cleansing carpets and rugs from fine grit and
dust that the corn
broomnever gets, and
finally a great econ-
omy, as it will last
longer than fifty corn
brooms.

The Bissell Sweeper
is the greatest labor-
f saving and sanitary
|} appliance in the
home. Sold by all
the best trade. Price
$2.50 to$5.50. Buy
a Bissell “Cyco’’-
BearingSweeper now
of your dealer, send
us the purchase slip
within one week,
} and we willsend you
FREE a neat, useful
Pa, present.

? BEWARE of frauds
| who claim to be sent
out by us to repair
BissellSweepers. We
employ no agents of
this kind.

Dept. 8.
Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co.
Grand Rapids, Mich,

(largest and only Exclusive
Carpet Sweeper Makers
in the World.)

No. 1
Tron Age
Combined
Double
and Single
Wheel Hoe

Make gardening
a real pleasure

Iron Age Tools help you to do it. They
not only take all the hard back-breaking
labor out of gardening, but do better work
than can be done by any other tools or}
‘methods, and give you larger and better crops.

IRON AGE Implements

‘The No. 6 Iron Age combines a double wheel hoe, a single
wheel hoe, and a hill and drill seeder—a complete set of practical
garden tools. Opens the furrow, sows the seed, covers and rolls the
ground, and marks the next row, in one operation.

The No. 1 Iron Age is the combined double and single wheel-

No. =
Tawtice hoe form of the No. 6. Thoroughly cultivates the crops and
Combined keeps them free from weeds.
Double and Write for the 1907 Iron Age Book describing the full line
pimgle Wheel of Iron Age Farm and Garden Tools.
204 bri BATEMAN MFG. CO.,

Box C, Grenloch, N. J.

DISTRIBUTE
INSECTICIDES

Leggett's Dusters IN DUST FORM

saving Fruit and Vegetable Crops when other methods Fail. §

NO WATER TO HAUL

B LEGGEIT’S THE CHAMPION
i CHAMPION dusts two rows of potatoes as fast
. as you walk.
THE BEETLE
Potato Duster (Horse Power )
dusts four rows.

THE JUMBO
dusts trees.

Our Spray Calendar gives concise information regarding Dusters and
Materials. Mailed on request

LEGGETT & BRO., 301 Pearl St., New York

Meeker Disc Smoothing Harrow

Onion Seed Drills, and Wheel Hoes
Southport Globe Onion Seed

Send for Catalogue and Prices

THE C. 0. JELLIFF MFG. CORP.,
Southport, Connecticut

The “Apollo” Sweeper

is an ideal time and labor-saving machine for the care of

Lawns, Golf-greens, Porches, Walks, Barn-floors,

etc. It takes the place of broom and shovel, sweeping and gathering all in
one operation. The sweepings are carried into the box attached (see cut),
doing away with the need of basket or cart for collecting the sweepings.

Beautiful Lawns

are produced by the use of the ‘‘APOLLO”’ sweeper, because instead of
injuring the grass or tearing it up as a rake does, the action of tle fibre
bristles promotes the growth of the turf, makes the grass thick and pro-
duces a rich, green, ‘‘velvety” appearance, instead of a dull gray or brown
color. It removes every particle of cut and dead grass, leaves, twigs,
manure, dirt, etc. If your dealer cannot supply you, write us and we
will send a sweeper on 10 Days’? Approval. Booklet Free.

44 Sycamore St., SPRINGFIELD, OHIO

“Tt Gathers
as it Sweeps”

o = =

BUTTERFLY SWEET PEAS

Splendid colors, 2 ounces mailed for ten cents, with catalog axa 71/01-
ation of special interest to readers of thts magazine. Write to-day.

BINGHAMTON SEED CO. BINGHAMTON, N. Y.

STRAWBERRIES

big, red and luscious are grown from ALLEN’S choice vigorous strawberry plants. None bet
ter. Good Luck. Chesapeake, Virginia, and Cardinal, new Glen Mary, Haverland, Dunlap
Marshall, Klondyke, Gandy, Bubach, Climax and all best standard sorts, 90 varieties. Prices
Right; DEWBERRIES, Austin’s, Lucretia and Premo. I have big stock and they are
fine, also Raspberry, Currant and Gooseberry plants, and Grape vines. In SEEDS I have
the leading varieties for field and garden, my 1907 supply of Peas, Beans, Watermelon, Canta-
loupe and Cucumber seeds are yery choice. Millions of vegetable plants in season. My
60 page Catalogue for 1907 tells about lots of good things for the farm and garden and where to
get them. It?s FREE. Send name and address on postal to |W. F. ALLEN, Dept. 42, Salisbury, Md.

MAULE’S SEEDS

. Once sown, always sown. Illustrated catalogue free.

Wm. Henry Maule, 1723 Filbert St., Philadelphia

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124 THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

——S i E
A DIRECTORY | | pam meoN

OF HEATING

APPARATUS

White Light—that Dangerous Delusion

je because The Angle Lamp gives them a brilliant, shadowless light of the soft, restful, kerosene
quality and yet is as clean and convenient to operate as gas or electricity at 4% the cost of either,
that so many thousands of people are replacing gas and gasoline mantle lights and acetylene outfits
with this splendid light.

A few years ago white lights were all the rage. But to-day the
people who then had their homes fitted with mantle, gas or gasoline
systems or acetylene lights are going back to open-flame gas or
kerosene lamps with a rush.

Because experiment and experience — bitter experience have
proved that such lights have a destructive effect upon the eyes.
The piercing violet and ultra violet rays which predominates in all
such lights penetrate the retina of the eye with the same paralyzing
effect upon the optic nerve as the famous X-Ray.

Those who have used these lights need no scientific explanation
of this. They have all too positive proof in their own aching eyes
and failing sight. While the thousands of childish faces pitifully
disfigured by glasses form to all a living monument to the destructive
effect of the white lights.

Yes, the dangerous white-light delusion is fast dying. All about you, you
will find the most particular people such as ex-Pres. Cleveland, the Rockefellers,
Carneg’es, etc., replacing acetylene systems, gas, or gasoline mantle lights with

THE ANGLE LAMPS

Because The Angle Lamp is the zew principle of oil-lighting which has made common kerosene the best, the cheapest,
and most satisfactory of all illuminants. Safer and more reliable than gasoline or acetylene, yet as convenient to operate as
gas or electricity.

_, Lhe Angle Lamp is lighted and extinguished like gas. May be turned high or low without odor. No smoke, no danger.
Filled while lighted and without moving. Requires filling but once or twice a week. It floods a room with its beautiful, soft,
mellow light that has no equal. Write for Our Catalog ‘‘41” and our proposition for a

30 DAYS’ FREE TRIAL

Write for our Catalogue “‘ 41”? listing 32 varieties of The Angle Lamp, from $1.80 up, now—before you forget it—before
you turn this leaf—for it gives you the benefit of our ten years’ experience with all lighting methods.

THE ANGLE MFG. CO., Angle Bldg., 159-161 W. 24th St., New York

(Formerly 78-80 Murray Street)

NASH GASOLINE ENGINES
Are used extensively for furnishing
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, tor
PUMPING WATER and for the
FIRE PROTECTION

Send for catalogue.

of COUNTRY HOMES.
NATIONAL METER

84-86 Chambers Street
NEW YORK

Complete plants installed.

co.

Chicago Boston

The “ EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW” series, con-
taining books on Poems, Fairy Tales, Myths, Songs,
etc., makes the best sort of reading for the youngsters.

1.00 vol., postpaid. ) Doubleday, Page & Co.
iB per NESE j Publishers.

iI GROW DAHLIAS ONLY

For a little of your spare time I will send you free a fine collection of
dahlias from the greatest prize-winners in the world. Send two cents

for catalogue. E. T. BARNES, SPENCER, IND.

Two valuable books in one:

HOME BUILDING AND FURNISHING

A combined edition of ‘Model Houses for Little Money,”’ sy wittraM L. PRICE

and “Inside of 100 Homes,”’ By W. M. JOHNSON
$1.10 postpaid

200 illustrations

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY, NEW YORK

HEATING AND LIGHTING THE COUNTRY HOME

APRIL, 1907

| A DIRECTORY GA
|OF LIGHTING
EQUIPMENT

A Stuffy
Steam Heated
Flat

may Satisfy the city
dweller, but the lover
of the country wants

KELSEY HEATED HOUSE
at Pelham Manor, N. Y.
OSWALD C. HERING, Architect
New York City

A Warm House
and Pure Air

That’s why so many are installing

THE KELSEY Wak" GENERATOR

AIR

(1) Brings assured warmth to every room.

(2) Introduces fresh air continually.

(3) Requires no water pipes or radiators.

(4) Costs less for fuel, management and repairs
than any hygienic system.

Send for descriptive booklet, showing some of
the 30,000 homes where it is used, and telling
“All about the Kelsey.”

KELSEY HEATING CO.

203 Fayette St., Syracuse, N. Y.
New York Office: 154 Fifth Avenue

SUN-DIALS

with or without PEDESTALS
Send. for Illustrated Price List H

Hartmann Bros. Mfg. Co.
New York Office, 1123 Broadway Mt. Vernon, N. Y.

GET THE BEST

A Good Spray Pump earns big profits

and ECLI
= ey
THE ECLIPSE
isagoodpump. As prac-
tical fruit growers, we
were using the common
Sprayers in our own
orchards—found their de-
, fects and then invented

The Eclipse

Its success practically
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Propagating Japanese Barberry

- THE October, 1906, number of THE
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Two years ago, a neighbor pruned his
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Gee juice, when home-made, is one of
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APRIL, 1907

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MAGAZINE

135

In 1905 the palm house was added

General greenhouse and potting room, erected in 1904

1906 brought the rose house

A GREENHOUSE PROPOSITION

FOR THE MAN WITH LIMITED MEANS

HERE are lots of just such people as you who

want a greenhouse and want it badly, but the

length of their purse holds them up. Now we
find that because tomatoes, lettuce, roses, carnations, and
so on, can be grown successfully side by side in the outdoor
garden, without any apparent regulation of temperatures by
Dame Nature, that most people think the same thing can
be done in the ‘“‘glass-enclosed garden.” It’s not so; there
are certain fixed temperature requirements that cannot be
ignored. The whole truth of the matter is, pretty much
everybody wants to start right off growing all the things
there are, and think that if they have a single compartment
house that their entire dream will henceforth be a reality.
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house and at least two additional compartments, so we sug-
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temperature of from 60 to 65 degrees. (You would be sur-
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are.) ‘Then we built a 35-foot house, 18 feet wide, with
three benches, to which he added a work room. This was
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and in 1906 another single compartment. He now has a
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This charming outlook is from the
living room windows

Elaborate potting rooms run up expense, but certainly
add attractiveness

How compact and decidedly artistic as it snuggles
up to the garden wall

134 THE GARDEN MAGAZINE APRiIb, 1907

Do You Know

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CovER DESIGN—a Pathway Garden of Annuals (see article on page 147)

Tue GARDENER’S REMINDER

TREES AND SHRUBS THAT BLoom BEFORE THE LEAVES .

Henry Maxwell

Photographs by N. R. Graves, Henry Troth and J. F. Johnston
A SPRAYING CALENDAR FOR THE HoME GARDEN

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Photographs by the author
Up-TO-DATE REMEDIES FOR INSECT AND FuNGcuUS PESTS

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137 THe Larcest BLuE FLOWER OF THE ComposiITE FAMILY
Herbert Greensmith 166
8 Photograph by N. R. Graves
13 SOUTHERN DEPARTMENT Maier ( ays tee taeS | os Saul 72
Country ImpRrovEMENT THat Costs ApsoLuTELY NOTHING
we _W.E. Pendleton 174
New Ways oF Growinc Op Favorites Thomas Murray 176
145 A SALAD GROWN IN THREE WEEKS IN A WinpDowsILL JT. M. 180
= Photograph by Vermont Experiment Station ;
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Photograph by N. R. Graves
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14 Photograph by N. R. Graves
ae APRIL-PLANTED SWEET CoRN THAT WAS PICKED JUNE 30TH
5 Julian Burroughs 186
; Photograph by the author
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156 THREE SUMMER-BLOOMING GREENHOUSE PLANTS 192
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160 Sketch by H. H. Saylor
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136 THE GARDEN MAGAZINE ApRiL, 190%

STENANTHIUM ROBUSTUM

(Mountain Feather Fleece)

This remarkable hardy perennial is, without doubt, one of our best new introductions, and may be classed with the show-
iest of all herbaceous plants. As the buds begin to unfold, they are quite upright, and of a light green tinge, gradually becoming
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The Mountain Feather Fleece is of easy cultivation, and, if given plenty of food, makes a wonderful show equaled by
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The Garden Magazine

VoL. V.—No. 3

PUBLISHED MONTHLY

[For the purpose of reckoning dates, New York is
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for every hundred miles of latitude.]

How to Have a Perfect Garden

r YOU will faithfully follow the direc-

tions on this page, you will surely have
this year the best garden you ever had. And
if you will adopt Mr. Kayan’s ‘‘Vest Pocket
System of Garden Records,” you will have
an ideal garden in three years.

There is only one way to make a garden
better, and incidentally avoid the spring rush,
and that is, make a plan on paper just as you
would for a house. After you have done this
once, you will never be satisfied to make a
garden in any other way, and you will look
forward with the keenest pleasure to the
yearly session with the drawing board.

THE TEN PROGRESSIVE STEPS

1. Measure accurately the space available
for a kitchen garden and draw the outlines
to scale on a sheet about 11 x 20 in.

2. If possible, make the vegetable garden
longer than it is wide, in order to save time
in turning at the ends of the rows.

3. Provide for a windbreak against the
prevailing winter wind, in order to have
vegetables a fortnight earlier in spring, and
from two or six weeks later in the fall. A
hemlock hedge is best and April is a good
time to plant it.

4. Run the rows north and south if pos-
sible, so as to give the plants the most sun-
light. Never run any rows at right angles
to others.

5. Place your permanent crops (i.e., small
fruits, asparagus, rhubarb) on the margins,
or group them at one end, so as to leave a
large, clear space for plowing and cultivating.

6. Put your tall crops (corn and pole
beans) at the north end of the garden, so that
they will not shade the smaller vegetables.

7. Indicate roughly, in pencil, how much
space to give the three or four vegetables
you use the most. Then apportion the
remaining space to the less important crops,
grouping them as follows:

AR RE tS07

(a) Group the root crops (beet, carrot,
parsnip, turnip), because all are subject to
potato scab. Put them in deep soil so that
the roots will be long and well-shaped. If
possible, place the winter varieties where they
will not interfere with fall plowing.

(b) Put all the “vines” together (i.e.,
cucumbers, muskmelons, pumpkins, squashes
and watermelons), so that you can fight the
squash bug and wilt disease better. Next
year, put them on the space occupied this
year by the tomato family.

(c) Group the tomato family (tomatoes,
egg-plants, peppers) in a sunny place, be-
cause they are tropical plants started in
hotbeds and put out at the same time. Next
year, put them where the vines are this year.
Some soils will not bear three crops of these
vegetables in succession.

(d) Group the cabbage family (cabbage,
cauliflower, kale, brussels sprouts and kohl-
rabi), so that you can lime the soil if club root
appears and so that you can ridge the soil
in autumn to kill the maggot.

(e) Save your richest and finest soil for
onions.

(f) Put potatoes on newly turned sod
where you want to have strawberries next
year, because the hoeing of a crop kills the
white grubs. (Omit potatoes from a garden
50x50 ft. or less. The least room for
them is 25 x 25 ft.)

(g) Use radishes, lettuce and spinach as
“fillers;” i.e., plant them between the wide
rows of late-maturing crops, e.g., tomatoes
and late corn. Sow radishes in the same row
with parsley seed to mark the row by its
quicker germination.

(h) Peas and beans, though related, cannot
be grouped, peas being a cool, short-season
crop and beans a hot, long-season crop, but
next year put root crops where the legumes
are this year. Put the string beans in the
warmest and poorest soil in the garden.

8. Adopt a unit width between rows, and
use multiples of this between the larger
vegetables in order to save readjusting the
wheel hoe. This plan also enables you to
put lettuce and other fillers between wide
rows without readjusting the cultivator.
For example, take one foot as the unit.
Make the rows one foot apart for radishes,
lettuce, onions, root crops; one and one-
half feet for kohlrabi, spinach; three feet for
celery; two to four feet for potatoes; three
feet for the tomato family; six feet for
vines.

For distances between vegetables in the
row, see Mr. Brown’s Planting Tables in this
number.

For quantities, see Vol. 2, page 265.

g. Mark in your succession crops. Pro-
vide at least for corn until frost and have

ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
FIFTEEN CENTS A COPY
DOUBLE NUMBERS, TWENTY-FIVE CENTS

peas in September. The most important
succession crop is celery, which is not planted
until midsummer, after the early crops (e.g.,
peas, early beans, early corn). Put celery in
deep, rich, moist soil.

to. Ink in your plan when it seems satis-
factory, and stick to it. Adopt the ‘Vest
Pocket System of Garden Records,” which
is described in February, 1907, on page 21,
and you will be sure to improve from year to
year. There is no one ideal plan for every
garden, but every garden can realize its ideal
approximately in three years by following
these ten rules.

AN INVALUABLE ‘‘CHECK-LIST”’

Last April, we showed that the making
of a garden comprises about fifty items of
the first importance. These items were
numbered so that you may turn back to
Vol. 3, page 129, cross out the items that do
not concern you, and check off the others as
fast as you can get them done. Moreover
almost every item contains a reference
to some article where you can get full infor-
mation on that point if you need it.

We believe it is the best memorandum you
can get to guide you through the busiest
month of the year. We urged our readers
to try it and tell us of any omissions or im-
provements. It has stood the test so well
that only five additions have been made (see
below), and one subscriber writes: “It is
the best scheme for avoiding the spring rush
I know.”

We believe that the ten rules given above
represent a still greater improvement. At
any rate, we do not know of any rules for
planning a garden that are so comprehensive,
progressive and specific. Try this method,
and any improvement you can make will be
gratefully received.

What suggestion can you make to organize
and simplify the work of gardening, and
increase the pleasure and profit, without
sacrificing the spontaneity and “fun”?

FIVE SUGGESTIONS FROM READERS

As soon as the weather is settled, transplant
daisies, forget-me-nots and pansies from
coldframes to spring flower beds.

Set outdoors, when danger of frosts has
passed, the Easter bulbs and plants, e.g., daf-
fodils, tulips, lilies and Crimson Ramblers.

Sow oriental poppies in an outdoor seedbed.
The foliage will die in July and August, but
in September growth will beginagain. Then
move the young plants to their permanent
quarters.

Start tuberous begonias in small pots or
in boxes of sphagnum moss in the house.

Bind your GARDEN MAGAZINES and con-
sult the index when planning.

Trees and Shrubs that Bloom before the Leaves—By Henry Maxwell

A GROUP WHICH DEMANDS A DARK EVERGREEN BACKGROUND AND THE SAME KIND OF PRUNING—
THE MAGNOLIAS, DOGWOODS, FORSYTHIAS, AND OTHER SPLENDID FLOWERS OF JANUARY TO APRIL

| ee eee knows the forsythia and
the magnolia, which glorify the month
of April, but no one seems to think of two
obvious facts about them. A moment’s
reflection will show that these early-blooming
shrubs must bloom from buds that are formed
during the previous year, yet it is a common
practice to prune early-blooming shrubs in
March, thereby throwing away a good part
of this season’s potential bloom. All these
shrubs should be pruned directly after bloom-
ing, if at all. Moreover, since these early-
flowering shrubs bloom before the deciduous
trees have put forth their leaves, they ought
to have a dark evergreen background, yet
nothing is commoner than to dot forsythias
around in a lawn, or place them near decid-
uous trees, in which event the effect is rela-

ee

tively weak, as the pictures on this page and
page 140 clearly prove.

BLOOMING IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY

The earliest outdoor shrub I know of is
the winter sweet (Calycanthus precox, but
known to the nurserymen as Chimonanthus
jragrans). Unfortunately, it is not gen-
erally considered hardy. Nevertheless, it has
bloomed regularly for many years in January
on Long Island at Mr. Dana’s place, and I
had great pleasure in seeing it last January.
The flowers are an inch to an inch and a
half across, fragrant and very strange in form
and color. They are curiously marked
with green and brown. At Mr. Dana’s

place it grows outdoors without any pro-
It is a Chinese and Jap-

tection whatever.

1. The right way to plant trees and shrubs that bloom before the leaves appear, viz., against a dark
evergreen background. Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida). Contrast with Fig. 4.

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anese species belonging to the same genus
with the familiar sweet-scented shrub or
Carolina allspice, which has dark red,
leathery flowers in May.

Possibly the earliest shrub of this class for
Southern gardens is the winter jasmine (Jas-
minum nudiflorum) which has solitary, frag-
rant yellow flowers. This Chinese species is
probably inferior to the common jasmine of
the South (Gelsemium sempervirens), but it
blooms nearly all winter south of Washington,
D.C. It is said to be hardy as far north as
the Hudson Valley, where it blooms before
the forsythia, but I must confess that I have
never seen it. In England, it is commonly
grown at the base of walls having a southern
or southwestern exposure, and looks best
when seen against a background of ivy. It
is said that the shoots of this shrub should
be removed after they have bloomed.

Probably the earliest hardy shrub is the
Japanese witch hazel (Hamamelis Japonica),
which blooms any time from February to
April. Its twisted, narrow yellow petals are
about the same size and shape as the Amer-
ican species. There are two varieties—one
with golden, and the other with pale yellow
petals. This species is said to be showier
than the American witch hazel and to require
a more sunny position and less moisture.
It may be raised from seeds, which germinate
the second year. The bush grows about
eight feet high.

BLOOMING IN MARCH

The most fragrant and curious-flowered
shrubs of March are two bush honeysuckles
which attain a height of six feet and have
rather small, whitish, two-lipped flowers
about half an inch long. These are Lonicera
Standishi and L. fragrantissima. The flowers,
which are borne in pairs, are not at all showy, -
but it is very pleasant while strolling about
the grounds on the first mild day of March
to be greeted suddenly with a delightful
fragrance and to see these weird, surprising
flowers. In England, they are grown against
walls and I presume we could get them in
February by doing so. Doubtless, twigs
could be had indoors in February by simply
putting them in a vase of water in January.
I have seen both these shrubs but cannot say
whether there is any choice between them.
L. fragrantissima has long, slender, recurving
branches, while those of L. Standishi are
spreading, and the latter species is the hardier.

The best hardy, yellow-flowered shrub that
blooms before the forsythia is the cornelian
cherry (Cornus Mas), which differs from
all the other dogwoods in having its flowers
crowded into opposite umbels which have an
involucre, but not a showy one, as is the
case of the flowering dogwood. The flowers
are much smaller than those of the forsythia
and therefore less showy, but the whole bush
is covered with them, making a sort of

APRiL, 1907

yellow mist. This is commonly seen as a
small shrub but it is sometimes grown in tree
form and attains twenty feet. It blooms
in February in England.

The showiest flower of April is Hall’s
magnolia (Magnolia stellata, but introduced
to America from Japan under the name of
Magnolia Halleana). It has fragrant white
flowers about three inches across, with from
nine to eighteen long, narrow petals. The
effect of this flower is totally unlike that of
the commoner magnolia, being starry instead
of cup-shaped, as the petals are horizontal
instead of erect. This shrub, or small tree,
attains twelve feet and is completely covered
with flowers. It has the astonishing trait
of blooming freely when only two feet high.
There is a variety rosea, which has a blush
color on the outside of the petals.

A VIGOROUS SERMON ON FORSYTHIA

Doubtless the most popular April-blooming
shrub, and justly so, is the forsythia, or
golden bells, but strangely enough we usually
plant the wrong species or if we get the right
kind we plant it and prune it in the wrong
way. The most beautiful species is the
drooping forsythia (F. suspensa), which
has willowy branches sometimes eight feet
long and studded from end to end with its
opposite pairs of large yellow flowers. Its
beauty resides largely in the arching grace
of its branches, and this beauty is entirely
sacrificed by the cheap gardener or ignorant
day-laborer who calls himself an “‘expert
pruner.” You can always tell this kind of
impostor by the fact that he prunes every-
thing alike and at the same time, especially
in March, when the idea of pruning is in the
air and the greatest number of people are
swindled. It is a natural trait of uncultured
minds to train shrubs to geometrical shapes,
especially a compact, globular form.

This March pruning of forsythias is wrong
in three respects: 1. All the wood that is
cut off would bear flowers this spring, be-
cause the buds were formed during the pre-
vious year, and in these early-blooming
shrubs, are usually borne towards the
ends of the branches. 2. Such pruning
destroys all the natural arching grace of the
forsythia, and substitutes a harsh, stiff,
stubby appearance, like a three-days’-old
beard. 3. It costs more to maintain this
form, for the least deviation from a geo-
metrical form is more noticeable than the
same variation from a natural style of growth,
and heavy pruning of anything tends to pro-
duce numerous new growths which are not
at all the object.

The best rule about pruning forsythia is
never to prune it at all, except to cut out
entirely weak or exhausted shoots. No
shrub that naturally arches over and makes
a connection with the lawn should be headed
back. It is strange that everybody should
admire the electric fountain at the World’s
Columbian Exposition, and not see that the
forsythia has the same type of beauty.

The wrong species which everybody plants
is Forsythia viridissima, for it is rather
stiffly erect, and therefore less graceful, than
Forsythia suspensa. It is also less hardy.

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2. The white, cup-shaped flowers six inches across that appear before the leaves are those of the Chinese
magnolia (M. Yulan). The colored ones are hybrids, e. g., M. Soulangeana and M. obovata

The wrong way in which we plant
forsythias is the dotting of them about the
lawn, instead of giving them a background
of dark evergreens.

There are many artistic ways in which
Forsythia suspensa can be planted. The
English are fond of training it up a wall,
allowing the stems to arch over from three to
five feet, but the loveliest effect I have ever
seen was gotten in a much simpler fashion,
by simply planting it above a retaining wall
ona high bank from which the branches trailed
in a graceful fashion for a distance of fully
fifteen feet, covering the wall as effectively
as a vine. Another way is suggested by the

picture of forsythia arching over a doorway.
The English get great masses of forsythia for
landscape effect by putting a stout stick in
the centre of each plant, and drawing in the
stems at a height of three feet or so. This
allows the upper parts of the stems to reach
over and take root at the tips. Thus these
shrubs layer themselves and give rise to new
plants, eventually forming large colonies.
If this idea has been carried out on a large
scale on some American estate, I should be
glad to learn of it.

The forsythia is a plant that every one
wants in quantity and, luckily, it can be
easily raised at home. Cuttings can be

3. A charming way of growing the drooping forsythia, a species which almost everybody plants and
prunes in the wrong way. Its stems are lined with golden bells an inch across

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4. The wrong way—isolated or against deciduous
background. A fragrant bush honeysuckle in March

placed in sand until they root, then planted
out and will make shrubs six to eight feet
high in three years.

Twigs of golden bells are easily forced in
the home window, by putting them into a
vase of water in February. During the last
five years, the florists have forced a great
many forsythias in tubs for Christmas and
Easter bloom. ‘The process is very simple
and I dare say could be accomplished without
a greenhouse.

OTHER APRIL-BLOOMING SHRUBS

The redbuds are undoubtedly the most
beautiful early-blooming members of the
great and wonderful pea family (Legumin-
ose). The American redbud (Cercis Can-
adensis) has the distinction of being the
hardiest species. It has purplish-pink flowers
a half inch long, which seem to come right out
of the wood, in clusters. It attains an ex-
treme height of forty feet. “The most beauti-
ful species is the Chinese redbud (C. Chinen-
sis), which has rosy-pink flowers three-
quarters of an inch long, but unfortunately
it is not hardy north of New York. It attains
fifty feet in its native country, but is a shrub
in cultivation. It is the best species for
forcing. The largest-flowered redbud is
C. Siliquastrum, with purplish rosy flowers

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nearly an inch long. It is a native of southern
Europe and is not hardy in our Northern
States. In Europe it seems to be valued
chiefly for the picturesque form which very
old plants attain. All these redbuds require
a rich, sandy, somewhat moist soil: The
name “‘ Judas tree” ought to be dropped.

An interesting lilac-purple flower that
may appear any time from February to April
is the olive spurge (Daphne Mezereum). It
has nothing like the charm of that exquisite
evergreen trailer which is so difficult to
propagate, Daphne Cneorum, but it has the
same delicious fragrance and has the advan-
tage of blooming earlier and being of easier
culture. It is a deciduous shrub, grows
about four feet high, has three flowers
in a cluster, and bears red fruit. There
are white-flowered varieties, both single
and double, but probably the most de-
sirable kind is the variety grandiflora (also
called autumnalis) which has larger and
earlier flowers that sometimes appear in the
fall.

The white flower of April that I like the
best is the shad-bush, which has a genius
for planting itself with the instinet of a land-
scape gardener wherever the heart seems
to demand it. It hovers over the brink of
the gorges at Cornell University, and I used to
fancy that Nature made these awful chasms
in order to show how spirit triumphs over
matter, for in spite of its mystic delicacy and
feminine grace there is a quiet sense of
masterfulness in these shadbushes that
suggests the still, small voice.

The name shadbush is applied indiscrim-
inately to Amelanchier Canadensis and A.
Botryapium. Both bloom a week or two
before the orchards and their petals are
longer and narrower than those of the fruit
trees. They often take the form of a tree
and I have seen photographs of specimens
forty feet high. The name Juneberry is
also applied to both. The flowers of A.
Botryapium are said to be smaller and the
racemes shorter and it is native to swamps,
whereas A. Canadensis favors dry woodlands,
but both grow well in garden soil. The
Juneberry is a blue fruit about half an inch
long and is borne in great profusion in: June.
A good variety called Success was introduced

5, The flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) has blossoms four inches across.

The characteristic notches in
the “petals” (or, rather, bracts) are made by the frost. The winter buds are naked

APRIL, 1907

6. The redbud (Cercts Canadensts), whose lovely,
pea-shaped, rosy pink flowers seem to come out of
ihe wood. The name Judas-tree ought to be dropped

by Professor H. E. Van Deman and is
referred by Professor Bailey to A. Botry-
apium. ‘The objection to this fruit is that
the robins are excessively fond of it. I have
scared up hundreds of them simply by
walking along a row of Juneberry bushes
about 200 feet long. The robins will even
leave the cherry trees to eat the Juneberries,
and therefore the Juneberry is worth planting
in order to protect cherries.

~ The climax of spring is reached when the
orchards are in bloom. Most of our common
fruit trees belong to the rose family, par-
ticularly the great genera Prunus and Pyrus.
It would take at least five pages of THE GAR-
DEN MacazinE to do justice to the ornamen-

tal members of these two genera, but I shall ©

say little of them here, because the San José
scale is so likely to spread to them from the
orchards that I am not willing to recommend
them for general planting, unless a person
has an excellent spraying outfit.

The earliest, and to my mind, the most
beautiful member of the genus Prunus in
common cultivation is the peach (P. Persica),
which has pink flowers. There are many
ornamental forms of it, including double-
flowered, white-flowered and dark-flowered
forms, the most popular of which is probably
the camellia-flowered variety. David’s peach
(P. Davidiana) has larger and earlier flowers,
which are white or blush and an inch or more
across. It is reliably hardy as far north as

APRIL, 1907

Boston, but it blooms so early that the buds
are often killed, even at New York.

The favorite ornamental prunus is the
flowering almond (P. Japonica, but often
called P. Sinensis), which has double blush
or rose-colored flowers and appeals to those
who love formal flowers. The almond of
fruit growers is P. Amygdalus, and this also
has double pink and white-flowered forms.

After the peaches, come the plums and
cherries. The common ornamental plums
are varieties of the European plum (P.
domestica), except the flowering plum (P.
triloba), a compact Chinese shrub six feet
high, which is completely covered with
double pink flowers. The favorite orna-
mental cherries are varieties of the sour
cherry (P. Cerasus), especially the varieties
ranunculiflora and persiczflora.

The ornamental pyruses bloom later and
their flowers usually appear at the same time
with the leaves. ‘They include pears, apples,
and crabs. Their effect is such that they
might be classed with the trees that bloom
before the leaves. They bloom when flowers
of all kinds are abundant.

The best member of the group for floral
effect is the flowering crab (Pyrus spectabilis),
a large Japanese shrub or small tree which
is completely covered with single rose-
colored flowers, appearing with the leaves.
It has red fruits about the size of a pea
which do not last until winter. Of the
double flowered pyruses the favorite is the
Chinese flowering apple (Pyrus spectabilis),
a small tree which blooms earlier than the
common apple and has darker-colored flowers,
these being almost coral-red in bud. This
plant is often catalogued as Malus spec-
tabilis. Probably the largest-flowered form

7. Winter sweet (Calycanthus praecox), a fragrant:
flowered shrub which blooms outdoors on Long
Island in January, if sheltered

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8. The Japanese witch hazel, unlike ours, blooms
in February or March. This picture, taken in No-
vember, shows the buds all formed

of it is var. Riversit which has semi-double
bright, rosy-red blossoms.

Parkman’s crab, a favorite near Boston,
is a Japanese species known to tradesmen
as Pyrus Parkmant, but its correct name

“is Pyrus Halliana. Its rose-colored flowers

are usually semi-double and hang grace-
fully on slender reddish pedicles. It is a
bush or small tree, growing six to fifteen
feet high. ‘The fruits are brownish red, the
size of a pea ora little larger, and a great
attraction to the birds.

The Japanese quince (Cydonia Japonica)
also belongs to the rose family and is often
considered a species of pyrus. There are a
dozen varieties of it in every color from white
and blush through salmon to red, but the
bright red form will probably always be the
favorite. It is often grown as a hedge plant.
The naturally grown bush, however, is un-
doubtedly more graceful. Unfortunately,
this plant is particularly sensitive to the San
José scale.

The trees that have the largest flowers are
the magnolias. The common white one of
early spring is Magnolia Yulan, commonly
called Magnolia conspicua. This has fra-
grant, cup-shaped flowers about six inches
across. It is a Chinese species and attains
a height of fifty feet in its native country.
The magnolias that are colored outside form
the group of hybrids of which M. Soulan-
geana is the prototype. They derive their
hardiness from the Chinese white magnolia
(M. Yulan) and their color from M. obovata,
a tender shrub with petals that are purple
outside. Among these hybrids are Magnolia
Alexandrina; Lennet, Norbertiana, Soulan-
geana, speciosa, speciosa nova, cyathiformis,
rustica rubra, spectabilis, superba and tri-
umphans. The colors and seasons of bloom
of these have never been carefully recorded
and published. Any one who would make a
collection of them and furnish these facts
to THE GARDEN MaGazInE would be per-
forming a service to American horticulture.

The azaleas may fairly be called the show-
iest spring-blooming shrubs for, while lilacs
and hydrangeas have larger flower clusters,

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azaleas are, or should be more completely
covered. Also they have a very wide range
of colors, possibly the widest to be found
among shrubs. ‘The favorites are the hardy
hybrids which are chiefly derived from the
Chinese azalea (A. Sinensis, but known to
nurseries as A. mollis). These, however,
mostly bloom in May. The best April-
blooming azalea is the pure pink azalea
(A. Vaseyi). The common wild azalea of
the North (A. nudiflora) has a less showy
flower and the color is not so pure a pink.

BLOOMING IN MAY

The flowering dogwood is one of the
showiest of the large-flowering trees, possibly
even more so than the magnolias. The
showy part of the flower is the involucre,
the true flower being an insignificant affair
in the centre. The involucre is about three
or four inches across and composed of four
bracts, each of which has a notch in the end
caused by the action of frost on expanding
buds. One of the wonders of Nature is the
fat winter buds of the dogwood, which are
not protected by varnish, like the horse
chestnut, nor by a woolen overcoat.

PRUNING EARLY-BLOOMING SHRUBS

A good rule is: ‘“‘Don’t.” Of course, it
is always in order to cut out dead wood, but
that is not pruning; pruning is the removal
of live wood. More flowers can be secured
by heading in slightly, immediately after
flowering, because this encourages the pro-
duction of many small young shoots and since
these shrubs bloom mostly toward the ends
of the branches, the more shoots the more
flowers. But it is better to have fewer
flowers and a natural bush than a mere ball
of flowers.

‘QF
4 *, a)

9. The earliest-flowered magnolia, M. sfellafa. Has
flat, star-shaped, white flowers in March -

A Spraying Calendar for the Home Garden-—By E. D. Sanderson,

New
Hampshire

THE FIRST COMPLETE PLAN FOR OVERCOMING THE INSECT ENEMIES AND DISEASES OF FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND
FLOWERS—PREPARED SOLELY FOR THE AMATEUR WHO WORKS ON A SMALL SCALE AND WITH SMALL APPLIANCES

THE SMALL FRUIT GARDEN
r 7 TIME OF *
NAME OF PLANT ENEMIES DESCRIPTION TREATMENT
APPEARING
Currant, Goose-| Currant worm....... Light green worm with black spots.| May, June ..| Spray: Paris green (i) or arsenate of lead (ii).
| j SIA? GoaoouooD Defoliates the plants................. oe fruit is half grown spray with hellebore
| vy):
| Currant ........ ene WES coccoceccok Yellowish plant lice make yellow galls] May........ Spray: whale oil soap (vii) at once, apply on
- onileaves ahaha ae creer under side of leaves. Repeat in ten days.
; Leaf blight ......... Round spots on leaves................ June, July ..) Spray: ammoniacal copper carbonate solution
(xv) while in fruit. After fruiting Bordeaux
mixture (xix).
Gooseberry .. ..] Mildew ............ Grayish or frosty substance on leaves....| On young | Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix) before buds
growth..... break. When leaves expand use potassium
E 4 : sulphide (xvi) every 10 days.
Blackberry, Sawfly Scjotemceeacer Light green caterpillars with black spines| June ....... Spray: Paris green (i) or arsenate of lead (ii)
Dewberry, skeletonizing the leaves........... vee until fruit forms, then use hellebore (v).
Raspberry Cane-maggot, cane- Insects boring in canes. Tips of the] July to Sept. | Remove infected canes cutting them off below
borer, tree-cricket ..| canes die back...................... the injury and burning them.
Rose scale .......... White scale incrusting canes........... All the year..| Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi) late im May.
Remove and burn infested portions.
Anthracnose ........ Brown or purple spots on leaves........ On young Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix) on new canes
canes...... when six inches high; repeat until two-thirds
grown. Remove and burn badly infested canes.
IRUSt electri Orange rust on under side of leaves... .. June....... Remove and burn affected plants.
Root knot or crown gall] Knotty formation at crown and hairy out- | All the year. .| Remove all affected roots and burn them.
RAG Diodoosnodrenoogdososcnabao.o
Grape .......... Berry-moth ......... Small caterpillar mining in berries which] June to Aug.| Spray: arsenate of lead (ii) in Bordeaux mixture
darken and wither..-).....-....-.-.- (xix) in spring.
Caterpillars.......... Various sphinx or hawk-moth larve..... July, August | Same as for berry moth.
lea-beetlel ee eerrae Small steel-blue beetle eating buds and] May........ Spray: Paris green (i) or arsenate of lead (ii)
grubs on foliage..................... as buds swell.
Leafhopper.......... Light yellowish green; flying in swarms] August...... Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi). Catch on
from vines in late summer. sticky shields.
Rose chafer ......... Eating blossoms..................... May........ Spray: arsenate of lead (ii) one pound to five
gallons,
Anthracnose .......- Dark spots on leaves, and shoots cracking} July, August | Spray: iron-sulphate (xxi) applied with brush
open, also on berries................. before buds swell.
Black rot ........... Reddish or pale brown spots on leaves.| August, Sept.| Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix) every day until
Fruit withers, blackens, hardens and fruit is nearly grown, then use ammoniacal
PANE CHINES (1 SiS. oaonoocsoseccesavaasos copper carbonate solution (xv). Destroy
| diseased fruits.
eae. o oe Downy mildew ...... Red spots on upper leaves. Fruit turns| July........ Same as for black rot.
Oystershell bark louse brown and shrivels..................
Powdery mildew Dull white powdery patches .......... Junelee ee Same as for black rot.
eatmolleree eee eee Small green caterpillar rolling up and} Summer Spray: Paris green (i) or arsenate of lead (ii)
skeletonizinggeleavesem nearer in May and August. Burn over beds in fall.
SENHIb7 Goounoc00000e Pale green worms eating holes in leaves..| May........ Same as for leaf roller.
Root-aphis .......... Dark bluish aphides on roots and stems:| All summer..| Dip: tobacco (x.b.) before planting. Set clean
plants. Rotate crops.
f Leaf-blight ......... Purple or reddish brown spots on leaves. .| All summer. :| Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix) before blossom-
; ing. After harvest mow and burn and spray
Cabbage butterfly new growth with Bordeaux mixture.
THE VEGETABLE GARDEN
TIME OF
NAME OF PLANT ENEMIES DESCRIPTION TREATMENT
APPEARING
Asparagus ..... Bectlenyeerr ricer Red marked with black. Dark gray} April, May..| Keep young stalks cut to prevent eggs from
| prubs. ic fcescu coors ceaeeee hatching. Spray: Paris green (i) or arsenate
| of lead (ii) after cutting season.
WAGE Goononncoogoode Dusty red rust from slits in stalks....... August ..... Burn over patch im fall. Spray: Bordeaux mix-
ture (xix) three times in August.
Beane iscsi ees: Anthracnose ........ Round spots with purplish border. ..... Us? acocaes Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix) every two weeks
until pods form.
Cabbage ....... Cabbage worm ...... Green caterpillars eating foliage........ All summer .| Spray: resin-lime mixture (iii) as necessary.

Cauliflower ....

Cutworm

Cabbage plusia ..
INMSs acs 6000007006

Harlequin or fire-bug

Root maggot

Club root

*% The Roman numerals refer to the formule on page 145.

Whitish plant lice in masses sucking
foliage
Red or orange and black bug...........

Small white maggots mining in roots....

Large knots or “‘clubs ’ on roots........
g

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All summer .

All summer. .

June, July ..

June, July ..

After heading, spray: hellebore (v).

Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi), or whale oil
soap (vii) upon appearance.

Spray: whale oil soap 14 Ibs. to 1 gal. water.

Plant early trap crop of kale, or radish, and kill
those on trap with kerosene.

Teaspoonful carbon bisulphide injected in soil
six inches from each plant.

Destroy plants. Lime soil heavily. Plant on
uninfected soil.

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The Vegetable Garden—Continued

TIME OF
NAME OF PLANT ENEMIES DESCRIPTION fearon TREATMENT
Celenyeene jane Catexpillacereeeeer ee Pea green caterpillar; black band on| August ..... Spray: Paris green (i) or arsenate of lead (ii)
Cachiirimlpsrsserite st ss\actehaeirsiertr sire as needed.
Blight or rust........ Leaves yellowish with brown spots...... July, August.| Spray: ammoniacal copper carbonate (xv) or
Bordeaux mixture (xix) every ten days.
(COB Saosooennee Rar Onna ee aie Same as tomato fruit worm and cotton] June....... Plow deeply and harrow soil in winter. Poison:
boll worm. Eating tip of young ear.... drop dry Paris green in axils of leaves of young
4 plant.
Cucumber...... ANUS. nooo cocesss0o8 Dark green plant lice in masses under| July, August.) Spray:kerosene emulsion (vi) or whale oil soap
Melons....... EAVES werner stents cue Sites tote tas (vii) at once. Fumigate: tobacco (x. c.).
Striped beetle........ Small active beetle with black and yellow) June ....... Spray: Bordeaux mixture containing arsenate
StEIpeswacr evecare repay teats aot of lead (xix + ii). Keep plants thickly coated.
Squash bug ......... Dark brown bug sucking foliage........ July, August.} Hand pick. Destroy eggs which may be found
on under side of leaves.
Blight or mildew ..... Spotting of leaves which wither and die..| July ....... Spray: Bordeaux (xix) as soon as plants are Celery caterpillar
established. Keep plants well covered.
Onion... ....... Maggot ...........-- White maggots mining stem and bulbs ..| June ....... Plant trap rows of early radishes. Rotate crops. =
WIS sosscessecoec Small slender brown insects which rasp| All season ..| Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi) or whale oil soap |
the surface of the leaves.............. (vil) thoroughly and often.
Anthracnose ......-- Circular black spots on bulbs........... Often in stor-| Store bulbs when dry. Scatter air-slaked lime
AES sounds on piles.
Smut. eines ee woni: Black dusty outbreaks on plants from Sprinkle seed with formaldehyde (avii. D.).
SaaG) roa nano coo ndden mEcU BAM Aamo Avoid infected land.
I2El Sogadeaanees INDVGcanossedosbsere Large green plant lice on ends of growths| May, June . .| Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi) or whale oil soap
(vii) whenever discovered.
Mildew tease White downy growth on leaves and stems.} Late summer | Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix) which must
contain soap or resin-lime mixture (iii).
Potato ......... Colorado beetle ...... Yellow and black striped beetle and grub.} May to Octo-) Spray: Paris green (i) may be added to Bor-
ber tec: deaux mixture (xix) when spraying for blight.
Flea beetle .......... Small blackish beetle which jumps. Per-| May to Octo-| Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix), keep plants ua 4
ONES HOMAGSs Sooo ocboodnuauduooeenc berisesccss. COVE. ccs c000nacgngvos02000000900000006
Blightier reece rae Tops turn black and prematurely wither.| August, Sept.| Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix) every two weeks
while plants remain green. — 4
Scabarccacemts sare Corky scales on tubers................ August, Sept.) Soak seed potatoes in corrosive sublimate (xviii) ;
14 hours, or formeldahyde (xvii. b.)for 2 bours i
Squash, WIOREE popoosecccesne Tunnels in base of stem causing decay...] August ..... Cover joints of vine with soil. Grow early
Pumpkin..... plants for traps and destroy them. Cut out.
Sweet Potato ..| Fleabeetle .......... Similar to those on potato.............. Just after Spray: arsenate of lead (ii) as soon as planted
planting ....| and keep them well covered. y la
Tortoise beetle....... Bright golden, tortoise-like beetles and| Same as flea-| Same as for flea-beetle. paar morn
} grubs covered with an excreta......... beetle -.-.- Harlequin bug
THAGE ROE sopscoddedd Brown patches on root. Flesh becomes} In storage ..| Take slips from only healthy potatoes. Plant
blackgandabittemanneece hee eeeercee no slip with “black shank.”
MLOMIAtO) 2 ere so CURVOTN Gocosooeeda Grayish striped caterpillars cutting off] May, June ..| Poison: arsenite in bran mash (iv) before
plants at surface of soil............... setting plants. Fallow land in early spring.
Flea beetle ....-..... Seenunderspotatomeeenraee eee cee Young plants} Same as for potatoes.
Fruit worm ......... Large yellowish or greenish striped worm] All summer .| Spray: arsenate of lead (ii) in Bordeaux mix-
boring otolpreenitnuitne see ee eer ture (xix).
Horn worm ......... Large green worm with horn near one] July, August.| Hand pick. Deep fall or spring plowing.
Guish-S.a bid saciackaa doe ate eas ans
Potato beetle ........ Seesunderspotatolsnn: aches rere etre Young plants} Same as for potato.
Blossom-drop ....... Falling of blossoms; due to over-luxuriant| July, August.| Avoid heavy applications of nitrogenous man-
BLOWER eae a tae aiken. Coat ahi ure. Prune to single stem. Give thorough
cultivation.
Blossom end rot ..... Small rotten spots at blossom end of fruit.) August ..... Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix). Destroy dis-
eased fruits. Cultivate!
Weafespotaee-eepeer Whitish round spots on leaves.......... July, August.) Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xi:) three or four
times at intervals of two weeks.
IWiltiiir a sc-crvaaye sean Sudden wilting of part or all of plant. Burn plants. It is carried from one plant to
another by insects. Peach leaf curl
THE HOME ORCHARD
NAME OF PLANT ENEMIES DESCRIPTION en TREATMENT
APPEARING
Orchard trees..} Crown-gall ......... Large swelling or knot with hairy out-| All the year. .| Dig out all roots and burn on the spot.
prow thspate CLOW rire erties ite
Fall web-worm ...... Hairy caterpillars making webs over] August, Sept.| Spray: Paris green (i) or arsenate of lead (ii)
foliage and skeletonizing it............ on first appearance.
Fruit-tree bark- Makes many small holes in bark from] All the year..; Cut out and burn infected wood. Apply
beetle irc Win GAD GMOGlES, «oscocatochnacdees carbolic soap (xii) in May.
San José scale ....... Grayish or blackish scales encrusting] All the year..) Spray: lime-sulphur wash (xi) as soon as tree
barks kallsithestreesmerreriier ttc is dormant in fall and again before growth
starts in spring.
Apple .......... IBOLers) itech White grubs mining under bark andj] Beetle in Wash: carbolic soap (xii) in May and until
(nMOS (HES) gooccdoogaoveoguaaasd |WHS seosor mid-summer. Wrap trunk in paper.
Budwormisee eee eee Small caterpillars mining buds......... April, May .| Spray: Paris green (i) or arsenate of lead (ii)
in Bordeaux mixture (xix) as buds swell.
Cankerworm ........ Dull colored measuring worm. Eat] April, May .| Band trees in March to prevent female from
foliage in spring. Drop from tree by ascending. Spray: Paris green (i) or arsenate
threadtenrtaeeis so nine cere of lead (ii) as for codling moth.

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The Home Orchard—Continued

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APRIL, 1907

TIME OF
NAME OF PLANT ENEMIES DESCRIPTION soe neree TREATMENT
Apple ener rneee Codling moth........ Common apple worm entering calyx and] June ...... Spray: arsenate of lead (ii) in Bordeaux mix-
boring into core and out.............. ture (xix) as soon as petals drop and repeat
three weeks later.
ILGAN APNG soccosnona Green plant lice on expanding buds and} April, May..| Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi), whale oil soap
curling leavesiics serene eer (vil) or tobacco (x) before foliage opens.
Oyster-shell bark-louse} Brown scales shaped like an oyster shell] All the year..| Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi) when the young
CEAUT HAY IKK oo ocosaescsnoneauecs crawl in late May or early June.
| Plum curculio....... Crescent-shaped marks causing knotty] May........ Spray as for budworm. Cultivate orchard.
ONIN Ol IAW ine oo cosonsascoooreaca
Railroad worm...... White maggot mining pulp of summer| August ..... Destroy windfalls and cultivate orchard.
Applesiv.. see Ge eee eee ree
Red-humped cater- ‘Stripping foliage from ends of limbs] August ..... Hand pick. Spray: Paris green (i), arsenate of
pillereersttreriarer IMWiahd :,<..c Moe ee ee eee lead (ii), kerosene emulsion (vi) or whale oil
soap (vii).
Root or woolly-aphis..] Aphis covered with white woolly wax,| All the year .| Remove soil and give liberal dose of tobacco
| causing knots. Also onleaves......... (x. a.) and cover.
Tent caterpillar ..... Hairy caterpillar with white streak down] April, May .| Spray webs while dew is on with kerosene.
back. Makes webs in spring......... Spray: Paris green (i) or arsenate of lead (ii).
: Cut off eggs in winter.
Wellow-necked| Weater=||\|See xed) humped\catenpillareee sree seyte eee sere eet
illieryesesseiees terre
iiooe: Baers heat Makes brown threads through flesh which] July, August.| Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix) once before
terminate at skin. Tastes bitter....... buds open and every two weeks from July
until fruits are almost ripe. Remove mum-
mies and limb-cankers.
IRUstacean pea Bright yellow spots on leaves and fruits...| May, June ..| Spray: Bordeaux mixture (zix). Destroy
cedars with ‘“cedar-apples.”
Scabiveseteses oe Dark spots on leaves and fruit. Fruit] July, August.| Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix) once before
Scabbyarandiiciacksant ee estan ene blossoming, and twice after.
Cherry eee ENING 000%es90000005 Green or brown plant lice on leaves off May, June .| Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi), whale oil soap
twigs. Leaves curl.................. (vii), or tobacco (x. b.) when the first few
appear and before leaves curl. If leaves
have curled cut them off.
Curculio ............ See under plum... chassis cca c eros) memaen ont t Al) eusernee es eels tute See eee
Slug eeyrs pis /iacuts Seevunder (péar. sc, ranodisne see wee okie cinaeet enfice aed cae 3 ean leran + at CARE
Black knot ......... See under plum... cece e seeta aevealll ve action svete ag el||* Sisie’s o'aisce dor oid lene ees eer
Brown rot........... See under peach. .. 00 .cn Wecet ccd uesc5]|| cas dduly wren de aeotihe a 208 cee eee eee eee eee
Weatebliphtueeen ence See under plurmtyss.¢ 625 05:cors com aceon tll nat brew eenelersel) Saves tea eis 05 on Oe Oe eee
Peachhener etree Aphis. she arcee ae Black plant lice curling leaves and knot-| May, June Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi), whale oil soap
ING TOOES) ote meee oer nee (vii), or tobacco (x. b.) as soon as they appear,
before leaves curl.
(CUNO soccasacceace See under plum. i:e::50., Shia tess cet sania! Bing sree wt lere tell es oka ose sete a ete GOT reIeoaReRe ee
Brown-rot .......... Fruit turns brown, dries up and hangs on| July, August.) Spray: copper sulphate (xiii) just before buds
tree. Worse in damp seasons and swell. Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xx) when
localities)ccntiet- ty tte et eee eee buds are opening and when fruit is set.
Spray fruit: copper carbonate (xv) as needed.
Ibeati ©008!) so ccc0.0200 Leaves pucker and curl with yellow or| June, July Same as for brown rot. Spray: lime-sulphur
ned! patches tacseut yee ec aero wash while buds are dormant.
WWE socssesers00 Foliage turns yellow. Yellow water] ........... Cut out trees and burn.
sprouts with leaves in whorls. Fruit
premature with red spots.............
Pear csaseechne Weaf-mitel an eay ee Causes black blisters on leaves......... Jfwtd@ . sco00e Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi) or lime-sulphur
wash (xi) in winter.
Psyllav cage cee nice ee Small winged bug which jumps sucking] July, August.| Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi) or whale oil soap
foliage. Excretes honey-dew copiously. (vii) very thoroughly and repeat.
Slup ren eteestee ea kee Yellow slugs eating surface of leaves....] June....... Spray: Paris green (i) or arsenate of lead (ii)
or dust air-slaked lime on appearance.
Fire-blight or twig- Foliage on twigs turns dark brown or| June to Aug.) Cut off and burn, cutting back into healthy
blightayieccmce rae blacks. j..cis Syotes vege arene een eee ae wood.
Leaf-blight or spot ..| Reddish brown spots which turn black} May ....... Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix) as for scab.
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Rust and scab we See Under apples G75. sae tonaerceterereel|| wetefote avec yea) svcrs elete ale) sech cheer Ser TO Ske eee Se eae Tee ota ee
Plumiisscscecers JAphisiserm ony eaer Same.as) cherry andiipeachie ac. ccncetscal| Galadanseeteall gedit ge atte Oe Stee oe eee eee
COW Os socscscucce Crescent scars on fruit. White grub in| May, June Spray: Paris green (i) or arsenate of lead
SOS, Jae GOD oaacoosggsossece (ii) as buds expand and again ina week. Every
morning in May jar adults from trees.
Brownor ripe rot:.::,...|| See under ‘peaches panne sete seer eah eerie |p cia miele eee Cece cnet Retr reine
Black knot.......... Black knotty swellings on twigs........ All the year .| In fall or winter remove limbs with knots cutting
a four inches below knot. Spray: Bordeaux
brake ie mixture (xix), as buds swell but use a weaker
solution (xx) after blossoming.
THE FLOWER GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE
TIME OF
ENEMIES DESCRIPTION TREATMENT
APPEARING
Carnation ...... ENINGo solo dodnocnodes Pale green plant louse on stems andj All the year .| Fumigate: tobacco (x.c.). Spray: whale oil
eames: sic ie SWE Ch ene eens Maen ee soap (vii) or tobacco («. c.).
Redi spiders eerie Microscopic red mites causing foliage to| All the year .| Spray: clear water, or sulphur (ix). Keep house
blanch, 5.2. oncetceeesrtaan ict eer moist.
Anthracnose ........ Grayish brown sunken spots on bases of| .........-.. Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix), or if in bloom
| leaves: «.:: vee terme cen Dee eae ammoniacal copper carbonate (xv).

=

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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

The Flower Garden and Greenhouse—Continued

TREATMENT

Spray: copper sulphate (xiii) every week or

ten days.

Spray: whale oil soap (vii) or tobacco (x. b.).

Fumigate: tobacco (x. c.).

Spray: ammoniacal copper carbonate (xv)
every ten days to two weeks.

Hand pick in early morning, spray young bugs
kerosene emulsion (vi).

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NAME OF PLANT ENEMIES DESCRIPTION Beeeoe
APPEARING
Carnation. 4.| Rust 2.2 2se-see ees: Reddish brown powder from blisters on] September ..
Chrysan- leavestandistemsrenier eee eins
Ehemumee | eAphise seer aeer Dark brown plant liceon buds.......... September ..
IDG NE oosnoccenes Small dark brown spots on foliage which} August, Sep-
Pow Mar perc wie erac teres seers shoes tember.....
Dahlia ......... Tarnished plant bug .| Very active small brown bug which stings] July, August.
bud causing discoloring and malform-
ation
Hollyhock .....| Rust ............... Yellowish or brownish dusty spots on] May, June ..

Morning-glory .| Tortoise beetle.......
Leaf cutter .........

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Sealetec eet co aca:

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See under sweet potato. ...............
Yellowish green caterpillar three-quarters| June, July..

inch long with black spots ............
Sceuundericarmationee see neces

Small elongated green bug which jumps] July........ Spray: kerosene emulsion (vi) or tobacco (x. b.).

quickly. Sucks foliage.....°........
Brown beetle eating flowers............ May, June ..
SES TAGUOSIAZs cocosaccs00bscncgesenes

Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix) in spring when
foliage expands and at frequent intervals.

Hand pick. Spray: arsenate of lead (ii).

Sia tet paevetotaee teva Slug-like larve eating surface of leaves. .

Black spot........... Black spots on upper sides of leaves......

Mildew if eijecl- cine Edges of leaves curl. White powdery

grow thmonmleavessernr letter

Sweet Pea..... 1S Lerner aisraye Seehunder peat a ssnctisscn dons eee
Wiolets. 2c: <1 Gaia code amo ene Brownish plant lice on crown, stems and
undersleaviesin seek aici-ccteryeisecucnnays:

Cutwormier reser er Eating flowers and foliage.............

Weafityerterrcle cia Small green caterpillar eating out patches

ofmleafitsurfaceli. 4. -mcleriia tie sete

Sawfly seer venyyorrrsyere- Dull olive or slate-colored larve two-fifths

of an inch long eating surface of leaf... .

Blight or spot ....... Whitish round spots with darker rings on

|EENGS. nob Siniagksewewsnied Same Sener op

May, June ..

Spray: arsenate of lead (ii) when it appears.
Dust with air slaked lime.

Spray: ammoniacal copper carbonate (xv) once
a week.

Spray: sulphur (ix), Put paste of sulphur and
lime on heating pipes.

Spray: whale oil soap (vii) or tobacco (x. b.)

Poison: arsenite (iv). Do not use soil from
fresh sod.

Spray: arsenate of
tobacco (x. c.).

Spray: tobacco (x. b.) or when not blooming
arsenate of lead (ii).

Spray: Bordeaux mixture (xix) repeat every ten
days, or when in bloom ammoniacal copper
carbonate (xv). Destroy affected leaves.

lead (ii). Fumigate:

Squash bug

*Insects marked with an asterisk (*) attack many greenhouse and flowering plants other than those mentioned.

Up-to-Date Remedies for Insect and Fungus Pests

(The Roman numerals connect the formule with the instructions given under “Treatment” on the foregoing tables)

Insecticides

Insecticides form two classes: (1) poisons
which kill by being eaten, such as Paris
green and arsenites, used for insects which
chew their food, such as caterpillars, beetles,
yrasshoppers, etc., and (2) contact insec-
tacides (oils or dusts), which kill the insect
by penetrating the skin or clogging the
breathing pores, used for insects which suck
the food through a small beak, and so are
not affected by poisons applied to the surface
of the foliage, such as plant lice, scale
insects, etc. Bordeaux mixture sometimes
acts as a repellent to sucking insects.

FOR BITING INSECTS

Most of the insecticide poisons are com-
pounds of arsenic. Remember that they
are all dangerous to human life. Keep them
well labeled and locked up.

Unless otherwise directed, dry arsenites
may be either sprayed or dusted. Dusting
is often more convenient on low growing
plants, but dust does not stick as well as
liquid spray. Dust only in early morning
while dew is on. When used dry, arsenites
are usually diluted with flour or land plaster

and applied with a bellows, perforated can,
or powder gun.

When adding a dry arsenite to water for
spraying, first mix it in a little water to form
a paste; then dilute.

I. PARIS GREEN

(a) One ounce of Paris green and two
ounces freshly slaked stone lime to ten gal-
lons of water. May be combined with
Bordeaux mixture, adding to the latter at
same rate as to water and omitting the
lime. Keep well stirred while spraying.
Costs twenty to twenty-five cents per pound.

(b) Green arsenoid, paragrene, Scheele’s
green. These are substitutes for Paris green
of nearly the same chemical composition.
They are fully as effective, as safe, cheaper
and are lighter than Paris green and so
will remain suspended in water much better.
The above brands are trade names and have
been carefully tested. Do not use every
new arsenite claimed to be as good as Paris
green. Use in same manner as Paris
green.

II. ARSENATE OF LEAD

Rarely burns the most delicate foliage.
Remains in suspension and adheres to foliage

much better than Paris green. A white
paste. Ordinarily use four ounces to five
gallons of water but may be used one
pound to five gallons without injury to
most foliage. Costs fifteen to twenty-five
cents per pound.

III. RESIN-LIME MIXTURE

Pulvenizedpresineerer eee eeeer ier: 5 pounds,
Concentratedvlyeleer eee tcc I pound,
Fish oil or any cheap animal oil ex-

COPE CANON a5 an050050 090000000 I pint,
WEES coo cogec0dgsdos00000D0000 5 gallons

Place oil, resin, and a gallon of water in
an iron kettle and heat until resin is soft-
ened; add lye solution made as for hard
soap; stir thoroughly; add _ remainder
of water and boil about two hours, or
until the mixture will unite with cold
water, making a clear, amber-colored liquid.
If the mixture has boiled away too much,
add sufficient boiling water to make five
gallons.

For use, dilute one gallon of this stock
solution with sixteen gallons of water (or
may be diluted with Bordeaux mixture),
add three gallons of milk of lime, or white-
wash, and one fourth pound Paris green or
other arsenite.

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This is used on plants having very smooth
foliage.

IV. POISONED BRAN MASH

Wiheatibranty-nerreirincr cer rr 40 pounds,
Molasses (cheapest)............. 2 quarts,
Arsen tOrew ex baacrtscis ci cniee I pound,
Wiaterucieren Enough to make a thick mash.

Keep poultry out of fields treated. For
cutworms apply a day or two before set-
ting plants as near evening as possible, a
heaping tablespoonful near each plant.

V. HELLEBORE

I ounce,

3 gallons.
Not so energetic a poison as the arsenites

and may be applied a short time before fruit

is ripe. May be dusted, diluted with five to

ten parts of flour or plaster. For currant

and strawberry worms, cherry slug, etc.

FOR SUCKING INSECTS

VI. KEROSENE EMULSION

IBN SOADogsooavcsse06n50s00e0 % pound,
Tiolhinye WwalPoccooscscossonenes 1 gallon,
IN ETOSEM Geers sete neiseiee cisisee ieee 2 gallons.

Dissolve the soap in the water, add the
kerosene (away from the fire), and churn with
a pump by pumping back and forth, or with
a hoe, for five or ten minutes. Dilute four to
fifteen times before applying. Use strong
emulsion for scale insects. Dilute ten to twelve
times for plant lice and soft-bodied bugs.
Contact insecticides are often used for
soft-bodied caterpillars, which chew their
food, but which are killed more quickly
with strong emulsion or soap.

VII. WHALE OIL SOAP

For San José and other scale insects,
dissolve two pounds in one gallon hot water
and apply while warm. For plant lice,
slugs, etc., one pound to six to eight gallons
of water. Costs five to ten cents per
pound. A solution of any common soap
is effective for plant lice on house plants.

VUI. PYRETHRUM OR INSECT POWDER

Not poisonous to man in ordinary quan-
tities, and therefore used against household
pests and on vegetables nearly ready for
market. Used either as powder or spray.
Burn in room to destroy mosquitoes. Used
in water at a rate of one ounce to twelve
gallons, which should stand a day before
using. Use in hot water for immediate
application. Keep in tight cans—deter-
lorates with age.

Ix. SULPHUR

Apply at rate of one ounce to a gallon of
water for red spider and mites. Sprinkle
in greenhouses, espeeially over steam or hot
water pipes.

xX. TOBACCO

(a) Dust. Useful against plant lice, par-
ticularly root-feeding aphides, and for driving
such insects as the striped cucumber beetle.

(b) Spray. Place old stems or leaves in
a tight vessel, cover with hot water and allow

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to stand several hours. Dilute three to five
times and apply. Much more convenient
and uniformly effective are the prepared
tobacco extracts, several of which are on the
market.

(c) Fumigation. The tobacco extracts may
be evaporated by heat to form a vapor which
is fatal to insect life. Several brands of
papers which have been saturated with these
extracts are now on the market. ‘The latter
are burned and the smoke fumigates. The
“fumigating kind” of tobacco powder may
also be used for fumigating. The best
method of controlling plant lice and similar
pests in greenhouses, coldframes, and upon
melons and other plants which may be readily
covered with a canvas frame (see THE
GARDEN MAGAZINE, June, 1906 page 290.)

XI. LIME-SULPHUR WASH

Slake four pounds of best stone lime in
kettle over a fire, and add three pounds of
sulphur, stirring constantly until all the lime
slakes, and after adding the sulphur stir
frequently until the mixture has’ boiled at
least thirty and preferably forty-five minutes.
Strain through burlap or fine wire screening
into the spray barrel and add enough water
to make ten gallons.

XII. CARBOLIC SOAP

One pint crude carbolic acid added to
ten gallons thick solution of caustic soap,
preferably whale oil soap. Applied to trunks
and branches of trees to prevent egg-laying
of borers.

Fungicides
XIII. COPPER SULPHATE SOLUTION

Three ounces of copper sulphate dissolved
in five gallons of water.

XIV. COPPER CARBONATE MIXTURE

Two ounces of copper carbonate dissolved
in five gallons of water.

XV. AMMONIACAL COPPER CARBONATE

Dissolve one ounce of copper carbonate
in one-half pint of ammonia diluted with
two quarts of water, and dilute to ten gallons
of water. Used to avoid spotting of nearly
ripe fruit.

XVI. POTASSIUM SULPHIDE

Stir three ounces of potassium sulphide
into ten gallons of water.

XVII. FORMALDEHYDE

(a) One ounce of formaldehyde in three
and one-half gallons of water.

(b) One ounce of formaldehyde to two
gallons of water.

XVIII. CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE

One ounce of bichloride of mercury
(poison) in eight gallons of water. Melt
the chemical in a gallon of warm water with
a teaspoonful of common salt added; and
dilute.

XIX. BORDEAUX MIXTURE

Dissolye one pound of copper sulphate
(bluestone or blue vitriol) in a gallon of water
by hanging in a bag. Slake one pound of

APRIL, 1909

fresh stone lime and dissolve in one gallon
of water. Add four pints of the copper
sulphate solution to a bucket (23 gals.) of
water, and six pints of the lime solution to
another bucket of water. Pour the buckets
of dilute copper sulphate and dilute lime
together into a third vessel, stirring
thoroughly, to make five gallons. The
remainder of the gallon of bluestone solution
and lime solution can be similarly diluted
and mixed when needed for later sprayings.
Resin mixture (111) may be added to secure
greater adhesiveness.

XX. DILUTE BORDEAUX MIXTURE

Prepared the same as above but with
one-half as much copper sulphate and lime.
For use on peach, plum and tender foliage.

XXI. IRON SULPHATE-SULPHURIC ACID
SOLUTION

Dissolve as much iron sulphate (copperas)
in hot water as it will take up. Add one
part of commercial sulphuric acid. Pre-
pare just before using. Can be used only
when vines are perfectly dormant.

How to Apply the Remedies

For. a few bushes nothing is better than
a whisk broom such as one buys from the
store or it may be made by tying together
tips of small-branched trees—the birch is
excellent for this.

The easiest way of applying the spray is
by means of a knapsack or a compressed
air sprayer which have tanks holding four
or five gallons. The former is worn, like
a knapsack, a handle being supended over
the shoulder with which to pump out the
liquid. The compressed air sprayer is sim-
ply a tank which one carries slung under
his arm. To get pressure there is an air
pump which pumps air into the tank getting
a compression, which will throw a spray
for several minutes.

The small air sprayer which will hold
only a quart or two of liquid are only toys
and really cannot be recommended.

Be sure that all the working parts of the
pumps are of brass—not iron—and do not
buy outfits with galvanized iron tanks for
the copper quickly eats through the iron.

When a pump is used which gives sufficient
force to make a spray the kind of nozzle to
use is an important question. For general
use there are but two types which are worth
recommending, the Vermorel and the Bor-
deaux. The Vermorel nozzle makes the
finer spray of the two in a cone shaped form
and is the favorite for fruit tree spraying and
some people prefer to use it.

The Bordeaux nozzle makes a flat, fan-
shaped spray and is preferred by, many for
spraying vegetables, potatoes and sometimes
for trees where it is wished to cover a large
leaf surface in a short time,

One advantage of the Bordeaux nozzle is
that it may be regulated to produce a fine
spray yet it is very easily cleaned of any
clogging. The Vermorel is furnished with
a cleaning pin but in spite of that it some-
times becomes badly clogged.

A Pathway Garden of Annuals—By A. Radclyffe Dugmore

A PLANTING PLAN THAT WILL ENABLE YOU TO REPRODUCE THE GARDEN SHOWN ON THIS MONTH’S
COVER—HOW TO LINE A WALK WITH FLOWERS—ESPECIALLY VALUABLE FOR A SUMMER HOUSE

nN GARDEN of annuals was, by force of

circumstances, the only kind of a
flower garden we could have last year, as we
could not have any work done at our summer
home until we went there in April. More-
over, with the exception of some hollyhocks,
we had no plants on hand and did not feel
that we wanted to spend much money on
the luxury of flowers. Therefore, seeds were
bought at a cost of about three dollars, and
as I knew that I should be away the early
part of the summer, the garden was planned
to be its best from July rs5th to August 31st.

I was never more surprised in my life than
when I came home in July after an absence
of several weeks, to see this garden as it is
shown on this month’s cover.

The California poppy (Eschscholzia Californica), per-
ennial but cultivated as an annual

The part of the vegetable garden which
we were going to devote to flowers was a
strip six feet wide on either side of the central
path, which was seventy-eight feet long.
This path starts at a grape arbor and runs
to the edge of the woods.

On April 5th, the soil, which is somewhat
of a clayey nature, was thoroughly spaded
and two weeks later the spading was repeated
and a mixture of hardwood ashes and well-

rotted manure, with a little nitrate of soda
and lime, was worked in. On April 23d,
the soil being in good condition, I began
sowing the seeds. First of all, I marked off
where each kind should be, then a couple of
pailfuls of top soil was thoroughly pulverized
and sprinkled on the finer seeds.

The arrangement of the flowers was as
follows: A row of dwarf nasturtiums (trans-
planted from the reserve beds) bordered the
path; against this were irregular masses of
red and yellow portulaca, pinks (Dianthus
Chinensis), phlox (P. Drummondi, var. coc-
cinea, large blood-red and dwarf Cecily), Cali-
fornia and the splendid scarlet tulip poppy
(Papaver glaucum); back of these also in
separate irregular masses which ran into each
other, were Chrysanthemum coronarium, blue
and yellow cornflower (Centaurea Cyanus
and Ceutaurea suaveolens), blue-eyed African
daisy (Arctotis grandis) Shirley poppies, mari-
golds (Prince of Orange, Eldorado, Legion
of Honor and dwarf pulchra), lupines, Gail-
lardias and rudbeckias. These were pro-
tected by a tall row of sunflowers (Stella,
many-flowered, double, and Russian), Golden
Glow and pink and red hollyhocks. The
Golden Glow failed to grow, so climbing
nasturtiums were planted in its place.

We are unfortunate in having very late, and
what seem always to be unexpected, frosts,
as we live in the high country of Northern
New Jersey at an elevation of nearly 1,000
feet, and even in the middle of May one is not
absolutely safe. My seeds were up an inch,
when one of these wretched frosts came.
The gaillardias and some of the marigolds
were killed, but otherwise not very much
damage was done. Wherever gaps occurred,
dwarf nasturtiums were planted from that
useful reserve bed.

Of all the flowers, none proved more thor-
oughly satisfactory than the summer chrys-
anthemum (C. coronarium). Its sturdy

growth, fine foliage and wonderful profusion
of pure lemon-yellow flowers should make
it far more popular than itis. From July roth

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California poppy (Eschscholzta Caltfornica)—6. G

var. Shirley)—5.
Prince of Orange and Eldorado (Tagetes erecta)—9.

Stella)—14. Annual calliopsis (Coreopsis coronata) —15.

furtium (Tropaeolum minus)

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olden Gate poppy (Papaver somniferum)—8.
French marigold, Double Pulchra and Legion of Honor (Tagetes patula)—10. Chinese pink (Dianthus Chinensis)—

11. Texas lupine (Lupinus subcarnosus)—12. Chrysanthemum-flowered sunflower (Helianthus decapetalus, var. multiflorus)—13. Stella sunflower (Helianthus debelts, var.

until the middle of October, when we had
had several frosts, we gathered flowers every
few days. The tulip-poppy was all that
could be desired in the way of intense bril-
liant scarlet, but it did not bloom ‘‘till frost”’
or anywhere near it, notwithstanding what
the catalogues claim. We tried a few of
Burbank’s crimson-flowering eschscholzia,
but the results were unsatisfactory. The
flowers lacked vigor, though the other poppies
were remarkably strong. ‘The blue-eyed daisy
flowered almost aslong as thechrysanthemum.

In growing annuals, it seems to me advis-
able to keep in reserve some plants that will

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Corn poppy (Papaver Rhoeas). The Shirley poppy is
a development of this

stand transplanting late in the summer to
fillin gaps as they occur. The flowers should
be in solid masses with no bare ground to
detract from the effect and allow moisture
to escape and weeds to grow. ‘There should
be some device to support such plants as
poppies and cornflowers. A wire netting
placed over the entire bed might answer
the purpose and it would not be seen.

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Shirley poppy (Papaver Rhoeas,
African marigold,

Roose moss (Portulaca grandiflora)—16. HollyhocKks (4thaea rosea)—17. Sweet sultan (Centurea moschata)—
18. Annual chrysanthemum (C. coronarium)—19. Tall nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)—20. Coneflower (Radbeckia bicolor, var. superba)—Unnumbered spaces, dwarf nas-

147

The purple magnolia (M. obovata)

An Old Collection
of Hardy Magnolias

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SIx-
TEEN MAGNOLIAS THAT HAVE
ATTAINED MATURITY IN THE
NORTH—THE TREES THAT HAVE
THE LARGEST FLOWERS—THEY
MUST BE PLANTED IN APRIL

By John F. Johnston, “*"*

ae oldest collection of magnolias in
America, so far as I know, is that
made by the late Mr. Charles A. Dana,
formerly editor of the Sim newspaper of
New York, at his summer home, Dosoris,
Glen Cove, Long Island. Mr. Dana was a
noted patron of horticulture, and during his
life time his place was visited by distinguished
horticulturists from all parts of the world.

Soulangeana, First of the hybirds which get their color and hardiness respectively from the above species

148

The white Chinese magnolia (M. Yulan or conspicua)

The collection of evergreens is the largest
one of any considerable age in the vicinity
of New York and probably ranks second
only to that of Mr. Hunnewell at Wellesley.

As magnolias have the largest flowers of
any trees in cultivation and are consequently
very popular, the Dana collection has peculiar
interest, and all the more so since magnolias
are rather high-priced and very particular
about transplanting. While the headquar-
ters for information about any group of
trees is the Arnold Arboretum at Jamaica
Plains, Mass., the Dana collection has great
interest in the history of American horti-
culture because of the numerous trees and
shrubs that are hardy here but not at Boston,
and because many species have bloomed or
fruited here for the first time. For example,
Magnolia grandiflora is not hardy here, but
itis kept alive by wrapping its trunk and
branches with straw each winter and Mag-
nolia hypoleuca has fruited here, probably
for the first time in this country.

The Dana collection of magnolias com-
prises all the hardy species described and
distinguished in THE GARDEN MAGAZINE
for June, 1906, except M. acuminata, but
it does not contain all the beautiful hybrids
of the Soulangeana group.*

The table on page 149 is far from ideal,
as it omits several species and gives the dates
for only one season and one locality, viz.
1905 at Dosoris, but it is published here
because a few definite facts are better than
vague generalities. Unfortunately, I am not
able to give camparative dates for M. acum-
inata, Kobus and tripetala.

I. Blooming Before the Leaves

The species whose flowers appear before
the leaves are early-blooming (March,
April) and show to better advantage if a
dark, evergreen background appears instead
of a deciduous one. They often look well

*Tt is to be hoped that some one will make a complete col-
lection of these hybrids and give us a table of blooming dates
and colors. Twelve or more kinds can be secured in different
parts of the world. THE GARDEN MacGaziNne will be glad
to assist anyone who wishes tosecure a complete collection.

j

APRIL, 1907

against a house and are great favorites for
specimen planting in front yards. They are
more splendid, however, in large masses.
Of the eight American species, none blooms
before the ieaves.

The only species with starry flowers are
M. stellata and Kobus, all other magnolias
having cup-shaped blossoms.

M. stellata is the first of all magnolias to
blossom, being usually a week earlier than
M. Yulan. It is more or less bushy, while
the other starry-flowered species assumes
tree form in its native country. JZ. stellata
is one of the loveliest early-flowering shrubs.
Its numerous white petals radiate like a
star, flutter in the breeze and are deliciously
fragrant. The whole bush is covered with
flowers and begins to bloom when only two
feet high. It was introduced from Japan
some thirty years ago by Dr. Hall, after
whom it is often called M. Halliana. It
is very hardy

M. Kobus, a handsome pyramidal tree,
is one of the best for lawn specimens, being
attractive throughout the season, but it is
slow to come into bloom. Mr. F.° W.
Barclay says that a three-foot tree planted
in 1897 showed no bloom in 1906, though
eighteen feet high. However, it is worth
waiting for.

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

The most famous magnolias are the hy-
brids, of which the type is WM. Soulangeana.
These derive the pink or purple color on the
outside of their petals from M. obovata,

149

speciosa nova, spectabilis, superba, and trium-
phans.

I believe that Mr. Miller was too hard upon
M. obovata in his article. It is neither so

which is the darkest of all, rather tender uninteresting nor so tender as he says. The
THE BLOOMING AND FRUITING OF HARDY MAGNOLIAS AT DOSORIS
Time of flowering Size of y
Common names Standard names flowers eens Fruit BION:
Began Ended (inches) appeared | (feet)
Sichigvene es nee nine M. stellata -| April 5th .| May 2d ..| 3 to 4...] April zoth | Inconspicuous .....- Savas.
Large white Chinese ...| M. Yulan .....| April 12th | April 30th | 4 to 6...] April 28th | Inconspicuous ...... BOococ
Soulange’s......... ..| M. Soulangeana| April zoth | May 1s5th.| 4 to 6...) May 2d ..| Inconspicuous ...... Peer
ILERINE'S’ nosascuosownn M.Lenne..... May? HSE. o|] Many 1BEN.!) 3 WO Gao a|| MAY HOWN.|| “.oecc02ccccsncese ss Hn 5
IAAI cap sopitonodie os M. obovata ....| May 3d ..| May 22d .| 3....... IMiarygines tnyall ire arcu rereey Gree tien Suebes
Japanese Lacquer Tree| M. hypoleuca ..| May 10th.| End June.| 4 to 6 May sth..| Cone rounded, scarlet | 28....
Ear-leaved ........... M. Frasert..... May 18th.| End June.| 4 to 6 May 8th. .| Cone pointed,vivid red] 30....
Large-leaved Cucumber
Mreep Mave shes te ehei: M. macrophylla | May 20th.) End June.| 8 to ro..] May 12th.| Cone round,rose ....] 20....
WESOWS scosaeeoese M. Watson: ...| May 25th.| End June.| 3 to 4 IMME, TAIN G|! consmosesceaaaboooe Botocs
SWEGE SAY coc asgcacnce M. glauca .....) May 25th.) July 15th .| 2 to3...| May i8th.| ................... 13.6
Bulllyaya eeeee ence M. grandiflora .\| May 28th.| End July .| 4 to 5 May 18th.! Brownish .......... 10

and not very profuse of bloom. All other
magnolias have white petals. The hybrids
get their hardiness, tree-like habit and free-
dom of bloom from M. Yulan, which is the
best white magnolia that blooms before the
leaves. The only hybrids in the Dana collec-
tion are M. Alexandrina, grandis, Lennet,
nigra, Soulangeana and speciosa. Others

are cyathijormis, Norbertiana, rustica rubra,

petals are long, narrow, rather pointed and
of a deep, rosy purple color.

II. Blooming after the Leaves

These species are not so popular as the
preceding, probably because they are later
and not so completely covered with flowers.
The blossoms are sometimes more or less
hidden by the foliage.

The whole tree covered with flowers six inches across on May 5th, M. Alexandrina, a hybrid with lighter-colored flowers than M, Soulangeana

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The ear-lobe magnolia (M. Fraseri), which is instantly recognized by the ear-like lobes of the leaf

The large-leaved magnolia (M. macro-
phylla) has both the largest leaves and
largest flowers. The blossoms are ten or
twelve inches across and the leaves from
one to three feet long. Unfortunately, the
blossoms have a heavy odor and attract
the rose bugs. Also, the leaves are so thin

that they are easily lacerated by the winds.
Therefore, the tree must be put in a sheltered
spot or it will have a bedraggled appearance.
This species has something of a tropical
appearance.

The sweet bay (M. glauca) is an evergreen
tree in the South, but in the North it is a

The Starry, or Hall’s magnolia (M. stellata), the only common one with starry, instead of cupsshaped flowers

APRIL, 1907

deciduous shrub. It grows in swamps, where
it is so crowded that one rarely sees a per-
fect specimen. I should like to know whether
it is always scraggly in cultivation. Its
small white flowers are deliciously fragrant
and the plant is easily distinguished from
other American species by the silvery under
surfaces of the leaves.

The bull bay (MZ. grandiflora), is a magnifi-
cent evergreen tree with thick glossy leaves,
the under surfaces of which are a beautiful
brownish red. Its flowering period is a long
one. The blossoms are thick, waxy and
emit a sweet perfume.

The umbrella tree (M. tripetala), is so
called because of the way its leaves are
clustered at the ends of the branches. It is
a rapid grower. The flowers, though large,
are not particularly showy, as they are of a
dull, creamy white color. Nevertheless, it
is a grand tree and very interesting when in
fruit.

The ear-lobed magnolia (M. Fraseri),
is the only one that has two prominent lobes
at the base of each leaf. It has fairly large,
creamy yellow flowers and vivid colored fruits.

There are three Japanese species that are
particularly attractive because of the bright
red stamens in the centre of the flower.
These are M. hypoleuca, Watsoni and parvi-
flora. ‘he last two are much alike but M.
parviflora has large pink sepals. M. Wat-
sont has larger flowers, with brighter stamens
and is exceedingly sweet scented. M. hypo-
leuca has the largest flowers of the Japanese
species. ‘They are six or seven inches across.

MAGNOLIAS WITH BEAUTIFUL FRUITS

None of the magnolias that bloom before
the leaves have strikingly beautiful fruits,
as do the later ones. The fruits of M. m7-
petala, Fraseri, macrophylla, and hypoleuca
are particularly showy. They are curious, cone
like structures, which take on the most lovely
rosy tints as they ripen. Later they open
and suspend their bright red seeds on delicate
white silky threads, the strength of which
is marvelous. The fruits of M. hypoleuca
are perhaps the most vivid of all. The
noble specimen in the Dosoris collection
fruited last year, for the first time, but it
has fruited sparingly during the last three
years on Prof. Sargent’s place in Brook-
line, Mass. .

Most of the magnolias that blossom before
the leaves have little odor in their flowers.
The starry magnolia is an exception. All
those that bloom with the leaves have a most
decided odor, but it is not always pleasant.
The sweet bay and bull bay are noted for
their sweet perfume and their flowers find
a ready sale. The ear-lobed magnolia (M.
Fraseri) has a delicious fragrance but it is
not equal to that of M. Watsoni. ‘The odor
of M. hypoleuca appears rather sweet at
first, but after awhile it becomes heavy and
sickening. Magnolia tripetala and macro-
phylla have much too heavy an odor to be
pleasant.

CULTURE OF MAGNOLIAS
Magnolias have one prominent limitation.

Their roots are soft, spongy and brittle, and
if badly broken, are slow to recover.

APRIL, 1907

Consequently, April is the best time to trans-
plant magnolias, as severed roots heal more
easily then. - The mortality among “‘cheap”’
magnolias is very high. The truth is that
magnolias do best when moved with a ball
of earth, but this is necessarily expensive.
The only true economy is to pay the highest
retail price and get large specimens each of
which is balled and burlapped.

It is a good rule never to ship magnolias

in the fall, but it is not a difficult thing to
moye magnolias from one part of an estate
to another in the autumn. If this has to be
done, I should prefer to do it in early fall,
but Mr. F. W. Barclay states that he moved
successfully thirty magnolias in winter at
Haverford, Pa., being careful to have a
a large ball of frozen earth so that none of
the roots were broken.

It is a great mistake totry to make an
avenue of magnolias, because they vary too
much in habit for formal effect. A gentleman
near Philadelphia who tried to grow all the
hardy kinds in this way, was so dissatisfied
with the result that he moved them all out
after they had attained considerable size.

When you receive from the nursery any
of the species that bloom before the leaves,
be sure to remove all the flower buds, as the
trees have all they can do to develop their
leaf buds the first season. These flower
buds are unmistakable. They are at the
ends of the branches and large—sometimes
two inches long. The leaf buds are small
and on side shoots. When removing the
flower buds, be careful not to break the wood.
It is also wise to cut back or thin out some
of the shoots.

Another important precaution is to stake,
or stay, newly planted, large or tree-shaped
magnolias, for a high wind will move them
back and forth enough to disturb the roots
greatly.

Magnolias must never be allowed to suffer
for water during the summer. You must
be particularly careful the first season after
planting. Don’t sprinkle the surface daily.
Anything short of a good soaking will never
do. Then mulch the base of the tree to
conserve moisture in the ground and keep
the roots cool. Use decayed leaves, with
strawy material on top to keep them from
blowing away.

In winter, also, it is important to mulch
them, as the alternate thawing and freezing
toward the break-up of winter heaves and
breaks the roots of plants.

Plant magnolias in a spot that is sheltered
from biting winds, and if you want a cheap
form of insurance during the critical first
winter, put up a broad shelter on the wind-
ward side.

Don’t put them on knolls or on the top
of a bank. Be sure that there is perfect
drainage. They cannot endure any stag-
nation of water.

Magnolias want rich, deep soil. A rich
compost of good loam with some peaty
material and sand added is just the thing.

Magnolias can be propagated by seed. It
is a good way, but slow. It is best to sow
the seeds as soon as they are matured. If
that is not convenient, then it is better to

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Watson’s magnolia, M. Watsoni. The red filaments of the stamens make a glorious spot of color

stratify them—i. e., pack them in soil and
keep ina cool place. Propagation by green
wood cuttings is sometimes advocated, but
I believe it is rather an uncertain and un-
profitable method. Nevertheless, it is worthy
of a trial. July is a good time to get the
material. Select a green shoot with a heel
or portion of old wood attached. After-

The Japan lacquer tree, Magnolia hypoleuca. Note the exquisite texture of the leaves.

wards, place the cutting in sandy soil,
under glass; keep moist and shaded.
Magnolias, like rhododendrons, layer read-
ily. Layering consists in bending down
shoots to the ground and there making them
firm by pressing soil around. July is a good
time of the year for this operation. Leave
the shoots undisturbed until the next spring.

May 10th.

F

Prune the grape in winter—November to February

The two arms for next season’s growth

All the other wood is removed

The Best Grapes for Home Use—By Julian Burroughs, 3%

A FRANK AND VIGOROUS DISCUSSION OF COMPARATIVE MERITS AMONG VARIETIES—SOME FAMOUS MARKET
SORTS THAT ARE WORTHLESS FOR THE AMATEUR—THE WHOLE STORY OF GRAPE CULTURE BRIEFLY TOLD

| eee are so very many kinds of grapes
listed by nurserymen that a person
who has not spent a lifetime in testing them
may well become bewildered in trying to
make a selection for home use. It takes four
years, too, to correct a mistake. Also some
very popular market grapes are of little value
in the garden, and on the other hand, some
grapes never grown for market are a delight
to the home-garden. ‘These varieties have
been selected regardless of their value as
market grapes.

THE BLACK GRAPES

Moore’s Early (or Moore) is a widely
grown and recommended grape that, like the
Champion, Telegraph, and other early mar-
ket kinds, is scarcely fit toeat. Itisashy and
uncertain bearer, sour, dry, and tasteless.

The first good black grape to’ ripen is
Campbell (or Campbell’s Early), which is
fully as early as the Moore, and a wonderful
variety for home use. It is a heavy bearer,
large, handsome, tastes like an Emerald Gem
muskmelon, and can be left to hang on the

vine until frost. No other early grape can
do this. The berry is large, with a tough
skin, and young vines have a tendency to
produce straggly bunches. As the flavor
is very rich, spicy, and aromatic some people
do not like it.

Worden, a seedling of the Concord, is the
next standard black grape to ripen. It is a
heavy bearer, large, very sweet, tender, and
juicy. Compared with the high-spiced Camp-
bell it is rather tasteless, but when one is hot
and thirsty it is one of the most refreshing
of grapes.

In my experience the Herbert makes the
best and highest flavored grape juice, but
otherwise it is of little use.

The Mills is the latest and longest-keeping
and highest-bred black grape we have. In
New York State it will keep until Christmas.
Many people do not like the Mills, but those
that do praise it above all other grapes. It
is an American descendant of the Black
Hamburg, and has a very compact, meaty,
and delicious berry. It is an after-dinner
fruit, being essentially a luxury. The vines

require careful spraying and in some places
winter protection. The thirty degrees below
zero in 1904 froze my Mills to the ground—
the first time in twelve years.

Concord is still a standard grape, easy to.

grow and liked by many people.

WHITE GRAPES

Green Mountain or Winchell is the earliest
and sweetest of all grapes. It soon, however,
becomes over-ripe and tasteless. It is a most
delicate and tender grape, having large
bunches with small, thin-skinned berries.
Though almost invaluable for the garden
a few vines of Green Mountain are enough.

Moore’s Diamond is also a handsome, early
white grape, spicy and high-flavored. It
makes the best white wine of any of our
Eastern grapes. A vine or two of this high-
bred grape should be in every garden.

In my opinion the queen of all grapes, the
handsomest, the most delicious, the most
aromatic and the one that pleases the most
people is the Niagara. It comes the nearest
to being the ideal, all’round grape. The

—

Prune so as to Keep the spur short

After pruning tie the cane with raffia

How a vine should look afier pruning

“All intelligent pruning of the grape rests upon the fact that the fruit is borne in a few clusters near the base of the growing shoots of the
season, and which spring from wood of last year’s growth,’”’—Bailey

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aroma ofa Niagara vineyard in late September
is perceptible for a long distance. Every
' grape has its champions, but I have yet to find
a person who does not like the Niagara. It
will hang on the vines until frost and its
amber color, aroma, and honey-comb flavor
increase with every day. It must have good
soil, sweet and well drained, plenty of fer-
tilizer, and thorough spraying. Given this,
it makes grapes like the Martha, Pocklington,
Empire State, etc., sink into utter
insignificance.

RED GRAPES

Among red grapes the Delaware is the best
known and most widely grown. Like the
Niagara it must have good cultivation and
when given this it is a heavy bearer of tender,
delicious grapes. It has large, handsome
bunches with very small berries and tender
skin. The foliage is luxurious and requires
careful spraying.

Wyoming Red is a large grape with a
strong foxy flavor.

Brighton is also a large grape, tender,
insipid, with a most unpleasant color.

Salem, in some localities, makes a good
late grape.

The famous Catawba is a late grape and
has a strong, piney flavor.

The Vergennes is a late red grape, enor-
mously productive of big solid bunches, and
has a very tough skin but a most individual
flavor that some people like better than that
of any other grape.

Gaertner is the handsomest and _highest-
bred of any of the red grapes, forming
enormous bunches of the most brilliant ruby
red. The flavor has a suggestion of cologne
and is liked by everyone. It is, unfortu-
nately, one of the most difficult of all grapes
to grow. Unless you have good soil and
expect to give your grapes good care you
should never set out Gaertner. When
grown to perfection it creates a sensation
whenever shown.

Where properly grown and fertilized a
hundred grape vines will yield nearly a ton
of. grapes year in and year out. Were I to
set a hundred vines I would set 50 Niagara,
2 Diamond, 3 Green Mountain, 10 Camp-
bell, 5 Worden, 5 Herbert, 5 Mills, 5 Dela-
ware, 5 Gaertner, 5 Vergennes.

This would leave room to try some of the
other kinds. The Gaertners should be
scattered among the other vines. If you do
not care for grape juice, omit the Herberts.

GRAPE CULTURE IN BRIEF

Grapes require a southern exposure and
good, sweet, well-drained soil. Loam and
shale agree with them best. Concords can
be grown, sometimes, without spraying, fer-
tilizer, or clean cultivation; but to grow large,
handsome and well-flavored grapes you must
give each vine every year a pound of fertilizer,
careful spraying, pruning, trimming, and
clean cultivation.

The care required for grapes is insignifi-
cant compared with that required for straw-
berries, and unlike small fruits grapes yield
every year and continue to bear from the same
vines on the same soil for a hundred years.

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“Niagara is the best all’round grape.”

One part of muriate or sulphate of potash
with two parts bone meal, also a little stable
manure or a leguminous cover crop, make the
best and cheapest fertilizer for grapes. If
the soil shows any tendency to get sour add
lime. Wood ashes, if used to excess, cause
the young wood to grow tender and break
badly in June winds. Subsoil drains should
be dug before setting out the vines. Get
the best vines of a good nurseryman and
plant them in the fall or early spring. Set
them deep, spreading the roots carefully
and covering with surface soil. Put a hand-
ful of fertilizer under the roots.

The first year tie the young shoots to a
short stake (never grow field crops among
grapes). In the fall cut back to the ground,
set posts and string wires.

The next summer the best young shoot
should be trained up to the top wire and the
four arms established.

This is called the Kniffin system of training.
Really good grapes were never yet grown on
an arbor.

The third summer a very few grapes may
be gathered. After that the regular routine

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It requires a deep, rich, well-drained soil

of winter trimming, spring tying, summer
pruning, spraying, plowing, and cultivating
goes on.

The tying should be loose enough to allow
for the summer growth. Bordeaux mixture
should not be made too strong, must be kept
stirred, and ot put on while the grapes are
in bloom. The June pruning must not be
too severe, simply enough to prevent the
shoots from entangling and running from
one vine into the next.

The plowing must not be too deep, four or
five inches being enough. Never girdle.

Young vines must not be allowed to over-
load. I have often cut off three-fourths of
the green grapes on a vine and found even
that not enough. ‘The Campbell is especially
prone to overload and must be ‘‘scissored off”’
unmercifully. This is also true of the Mills.
The best time to take off the extra load is in
July. Leave from one to three bunches on
a shoot, according to the size of the bunches
and age of the vine. Twenty pounds of
grapes is a good load for any vine. The
poor, ill-formed, and straggly bunches should
be, where possible, the ones dropped.

Campbell Gaertner

Concord

Delaware

Niagara Mills
Worden

The best seven varieties of grapes for the home fruit garden, according to Mr. Burroughs

A New Way to Select Annuals—By Thomas Murray, "3°

FOLLOW THIS PLAN, INSTEAD OF THE OLD HIT OR MISS WAY, AND YOU WILL SAVE A LOT OF WORK,
HAVE MORE CUT FLOWERS, A BETTER DESIGN AND THE BEST COLOR HARMONIES YOU HAVE EVER HAD

{Pee wrong way to make out your seed
order is to check off the items in a
seed catalogue that happen to strike your
fancy and trust to luck that you will use them
all and the colors will all gibe. The right
way is to make a rough pencil sketch of each
place where you want flowers and then azm
directly at artistic effects.

For example, make a sketch of the beds
in front of your house. Then decide what
permanent vines you will want and locate
them in the sketch. Then choose your
annual vines, with due thought of color.

Finally, put in your low, or bedding, annuals
and your color scheme is complete.

Last. April we published a “Classified
Planting List for Annuals” showing thirteen
special purposes to which certain annuals
are adapted, but here is a much better idea,
for the following list shows first of all the jive
most important objects which we ought to aim
at in buying flower seeds, viz. cut flowers,
mass effects, temporary vines, edgings and
the beautifying of rough places. Clearly,
color is the second most important consider-
ation; season of bloom, the third and height

the fourth. Precisely this order is followed
below save that the season of bloom is not
given, as that is best supplied from your own
garden diary or from the catalogue of the
best seedsmen in your vicinity. Instead of
season of bloom, which you can get in any
catalogue, Mr. Murray gives the duration of
bloom in weeks which is even more import-
ant in helping to save your money and the
kind of thing you can never get in catalogues.

Valuable information concerning where
to plant and how to grow these annuals will
be found on page 176.—THE Eprrors.

THE Most USEFUL ANNUALS FOR CUTFLOWERS

DURATION DURATION
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME HEIGHT of groom COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME HEIGHT oF BLOOM
(inches) (weeks) (inches) (weeks)
BLUE WHITE
INASANUID yo.03.0 010 6 0.p0.0% A geratum conyzoides ..... 10 ©. Allsummer___Giant-flowering snapdragon Antirrhinum majus ...... 24 Eight
Giant comet aster........ Callistephus borten- White Bentley aster....... Callistephus hortensis..... 24. Four
STS ks eee ee ae eee 15 Four Annual chrysanthemum... Chrysanthemum coron-
WiGiORA ALCP oc.ccvc0ces Callistephus horten- Cine Tass | ee ee 18 Twelve
DG ase epaetet ate ws Lae 18 Four Giant-flowering cosmos... Cosmos bipinnatus ...... 48 Six
Ubileekalste ranean Callistephus horten- Balbyasi beat nha Gypsophila paniculata....12 “Twelve
SES tole ac ket Sete 24. Four Emily Henderson sweet pea Lathyrus odoratus........ 60 Six
Corntlowenene eee Centaurea Cyanus....... 24 Till frost Ten weeks stock......... Matthiola incana, vat.
Navy Blue sweet pea...... Lathyrus odoratus........ 60 = E/ight GOUGH ys eee 15 en
Dwartelobelialeeeeanne ser Lobelia Erinus............ 6 Allsummer White swan poppy........ Papaver somniferum ..... 24. Five
YELLOW RED AND SCARLET
Giant-flowering snapdragon Antirrhinum majus ...... 24 Fight GAME ATI ocbssovccev0s Callistephus hortensis..... 24. Four
Klondyke cosmos......... Cosmos sulphureus....... 48 Six Jubilee aster. =>. ---->- >. Callistephus hortensis..... 24 Four
Stella sunflower.......... Helianthus debilts, var. WiCiOHiA ASIST, ..o000cc4: Callistephus hortensis..... 18 Four
NIJ UIC Ter ten Semel ete ing, eee a a em Giant flowering cosmos... Cosmos bipinnatus ....... 48 Six
African marigold......... Wagetesyencctai ne 24. ‘Twelve Salopian sweet pea....... Lathryus odoratus........ 60 ~=©Eight
Tom Thumb nasturtium.. Tropeolum minus ....... 12 Twelve Ten weeks stock ......... Matthiola incana, var.
Double Mammoth zinnia.. Zinnia elegans .......... 24 Fifteen ONNUGE eee 15 Ten
Bonne salvia eee Salvia splendens ........ 24. Twelve
PINK
LILAC AND PURPLE
WiCOTA ALIS, dcocascesse Callistephus horten-
SOS 2g oa ce eae 18 Four Peony-flowered aster...... Callistephus hortensis.....24 Four
Branchingsaster eee Callistephus horten- Late-branching aster...... Callistephus hortensis.....24. Four
SiS) Festi he eRe eRe 24 Four WiCIOHIA ASI, o 2500000006 Callistephus hortensis..... 18 Four
iubbileeyasternee eran Callistephus horten- Double purple balsam.... Impatiens Balsamina..... 20 Eight
Tyas SUR EEN Ea yt net act 24 Four Ten weeks stock......... Matthiola incana, vat.
Clarkiavn cycA ceteris Clarkia elegans ......... if} SWB Onna foe ee 15 Ten
La Malmaison balsam.... Impatiens Balsam- Giant Bluebird petunia .. Petunia hybrida......... 18 Ten
ha ei ghs Manabe te lo oso 20 Eight Carnation-flowered poppy. Papaver somniferum,
Blanche Ferry sweet pea.. Lathyrus odoratus........ 48 Eight var. fimbriatum........ 24 Five
Dandens—mtobacconen eee eare Nicotiana Sandere....... BOM enerat Peony-flowered poppy..... Papaver somniferum,
Drummond’s phlox....... Phlox Drummond ...... 18 Twelve var. peonieflorum.. ...24 Five
Mammoth verbena....... Verbena hybrida ........ 12 Ten Mammoth verbena........ Verbena hybrida......... 12 en
THE BEsT ANNUALS FOR Mass EFFECTS
BLUE YELLOW
Tom Thumb ageratum.... Ageratum conyzoides ...... 6 Allsummer Dwarf nasturtium........ Tropeolum minus ....... 12 Twelve
PATMctilyStae ie ane tere Browallia demissa(B. elata)18 Allsummer Double Mammoth zinnia.. Zinniaelegans........... 20 Fifteen
Slendenlobeliaa eee Lobelia Erinus, var. gracilis.g All summer
Crystal Palace lobelia..... Lobelia Erinus,var.compacta6 —_ All summer RED AND SCARLET
YELLOW Love-lies-bleeding ........ Amarantus caudatus...... 30 «6Ten
Giant snapdragon........ Antirrhinum majus ...... 30.~— «Eight
Double Sulphur rose moss. Portulaca grandiflora ...... 6 ‘Twelve Globe amaranth......... Gomphrina globosa....... 18 Ten
African marigold......... WUATIS (FUME. 0500500006 24 Twelve Double rose moss........ Portulaca grandiflora ..... 6 Twelve

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COMMON NAME

Bonfire salvia..........
Mammoth zinnia.......

Sweet alyssum.........
Candy tute ee
IROSO WNOSS. vn deqeaccane
Madagascar periwinkle...

Tom Thumb alyssum....
Browalliageeen nase
Little Prince candytuft....

The Bride torenia

Madagascar periwinkle. ..

Dwarf snapdragon......
Drummond’s phlox.....
Double scarlet rose moss.. Portulaca grandiflora
Mammoth verbena.....

Blue Star ageratum.....
Browallliaegs s. 05 secre:
Crystal Palace lobelia...

Tom Thumb alyssum....
Browallliaye 2900. see

Little Prince candytuft....
Moonflower ...........
Double rose moss......

Cate thy oc eaccecs

Corn poppy.........-.
Double rose moss......
Bonfire salvia..........
Othello nasturtium.....
Mammoth verbena.....

Perfection ageratum....
Bcoyyallliageeaeee ne cee

Slender lobelia.........

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THE Best ANNUALS FOR Mass EFFectTs—Continued
DURATION TE eon) DURATION
SCIENTIFIC NAME ES OF ugom COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME (inches) OF BLOOM
weeks (weeks)
RED AND SCARLET ROSE AND PINK
.. Salvia splendens ........ 18 Twelve Sander’s tobacco......... Nicotiana Sandere ...... 24 Eight
52 LifiiiitiG WOGCRB.s oo 0 ccna 20 ~=- Fifteen Avainwell AIG. 222100008 Phlox Drummond ...... 18 ‘Twelve
: Madagascar perwinkle.... Vincarosea............. 12 Twelve
WHITE
LIL
_. Alyssum maritimum .....12 Twenty SAT ae
UGGS CHBOGE oc ac0cccenes 12 Four Double purple balsam.... Impatiens Balsam-
_. Portulaca grandiflora ...... 6 Twelve HEIGL Sate ate te AEE es 20 »=Eight
Vinca rosea, vat. Bluebird petunia......... Petunia bybrida......... 12) alien
GUD bal oh Coll s Be cem a eaee 15 Twelve Mammoth purple verbena. Verbena hybrida ........ en
THE BesT ANNUALS FOR EDGINGS
WHITE PINK AND ROSE
Alyssum maritimum....... 6 Twenty Sander’s tobacco......... Nicotiana Sandere ...... 24 Eight
_. Browalliademissa(B.elata)12 Allsummer Doublerosemoss ........ Portulaca grandi-
LOCOS: GRA 0000000005008 Four SUOLOIS moa bcdee eee alee 6 Twelve
_. Torenta Fourniert, var. Mammoth verbena....... Verbena hybrida ........ Tayslenys 5
CUTE Ea eis Co een ee g Allsummer Madagascar periwinkle... Vincarosea ............ 12 ‘Twelve
. Vinea rosea, var. alba....12 “Twelve
YELLOW
RED AND SCARLET
Dwarf snapdragon....... Antirrbinum majus ....... 6 Eight
_. Antirrhinum -‘majus ....... 6 Eight California poppy......... Eschscholzia Caltfor-
.. Phlox Drummondu ...... 15 lwelve FATE aga SN Oh Dee et a ia Woanee
Bese 6 Twelve Double rose moss......... Portulaca grand1-
.. Verbena hybrida ........ 12 Ten ORCI A Oaee hho, ely 2 6 ‘Twelve
French marigold......... GE OGCHOS POEDNO o2 0225200. 12 Eight
BLUE Golden Gate nasturtium... Tropeolum minus ....... 12 Twelve
.. Ageratum conyzoides ...... 6 All summer LILAC AND PURPLE
.. Browalliademissa(B.elata)12 Eight
.. Lobelia Erinus, var. Bluebird petunia ........ Petunia hybrida.........: 12 Ten
COMPOSED. conccrscsssoe 6 Allsummer Mammoth verbena....... Verbena bybrida ......... 6 Ten
THE BEST ANNUALS FOR COVERING ROUGH GROUND
WHITE PINK AND ROSE
Alyssum maritimum ...... 6 Twenty Annual gypsophila........ Gypsophila elegans....... 18 Ten
.. Browallia demissa, var. Shitleyapoppyeae eee Papaver Rheas, vai.
Glib: (ie OlGO) coc ass 20 g Eight SDRAM, cual o(Siia taxis os oe 15 Four
UDCES CGROHO occvrescesr cs Oeetiour Drummond’s phlox....... Phlox Drummondu ...... 15 Ten
.. Ipomea Bona-nox ......180 Ten Double rose moss......... Portulaca grandi-
.. Portulaca grandiflora ...... 6 Twelve OAC ar ol A ee actors ag EES 6 Twelve
.. Silene pendula,var. compacta 6 Mammoth verbena........ Verbena hybrida ........ 1 Won
RED AND SCARLET YELLOW
20 Papert IRDCGS soo. 26ese m2 Wiye Golden Wave calliopsis.... Coreopsis Drummondii ...18 Twelve |
.. Portulaca grandiflora ...... 6 ‘Twelve California poppy.......-- Eschscholzia Caltfor- |
.. Saluiasplendens......... 15 lwelve PUUG ME ER gece Gls a 12 Pour
.. Tropeolum minus ........ Twelve Double rose moss......... Portulaca grandi-
neuen benalpy lita ater m2 en LOG ue aan Stora oan 6 Twelve
Tom Thumb nasturtium.. Tropeolum minus ....... 12 Twelve
BLUE
LILAC AND PURPLE
.. Ageratum conyzoides ...... 8 All summer |
.. Browallia demissa ........ g Eight Giant Admiration petunia. Petunia hybrida......... 12 Wen
_. Lobelia Erinus, var. gracilis g Allsummer Mammoth verbena ....... Verbena hybrida ........ 12, Ten
THE BesT ANNUAL VINES FOR COVERING ARBORS AND PIAZZAS |
WHITE MIXED COLORS
_. Cobea scandens, vat. Miornineaelonyeere) eee Convolvulus tricolor .....20 Ten
GUDGT Tate Ee ol 30. = Eight Japaneses hopaeeeee ene. Humulus Ffaponicus .....30 For foliage
.. Ipome@a Bona nox....... 30 ©6©Ten fyacinthebeank amram oo. Dolighosplablabwys. 30 10 Ten
@ypresshvinesena an ee Ipomea Quamoclit ...... 20), ilien
BLUE Gourds tire Wie es erste Luffa Aigyptiaca......... 20) Wight
INEISOUIRGUIINS 4. sc eessona: ropeolum majus ....... LO; dion
a Cohwalsaanden see 30.—: Eight Canary-bird vine......... Tropeolum peregrinum....8 Ten

Bulbs for April Plantinge—By Thomas McAdam,

New

A ‘‘ROUND-UP” OF THE ‘‘HALF-HARDY”’? BULBS FOR SUMMER AND AUTUMN BLOOM IN THE GARDEN, WHICH MAY
BE PLANTED BEFORE DANGER OF FROST IS PAST—SOME FLOWERS WORTH TRYING IN THE WINDOW GARDEN

Mc of the hardy bulbs are planted in

autumn and bloom in spring. The
spring-planted bulbs bloom in summer, are
taken up in fall and kept in the cellar over
winter. The halj-hardy kinds, i. e., those
which may be planted before the danger of

Gladiolus, the most important spring-planted bulb.
Best grown in vegetable garden for cut flowers

frost is past, are treated in this article. The
tender kinds, such as cannas and dahlias,
which are best planted after the danger of
frost is past, will be described in May.

I. The Hardy Bulbs

The only important hardy bulbs that are
commonly offered in spring are certain lilies,
but there can be no question that September
and October are the best months for planting
them. All lily bulbs are soft and sappy
and they lose a great deal of vitality in the
winter if stored in a warm, dry place. An
American specialist who grows lily bulbs
commercially tells me he stores them in
moist sphagnum moss which keeps them
from drying out. He declares that many
of his customers report success from spring
planting. Nevertheless, the only reason for
planting lilies in the spring is that you have
forgotten to do so in the fall, and it would
be unwise to risk any large sum of money
on spring-planted lilies. ‘The favorite lilies
for spring planting seem to be auratum, longi-
florum, speciosum and tigrinum.

The Japan iris is not a bulbous, but a
rhizomatous species. It is, however, often
classed with hardy bulbs and is sold both

Photographs by N. R. Graves and others

spring and fall by seedsmen as well as nursery-
men. It has the largest flowers of all irises—
often nine inches across and a superb set
of colors.

II. The Half-Hardy Bulbs

THE FIVE MOST IMPORTANT KINDS

Of the half-hardy bulbs for spring plant-
ing, the first five are the most popular.

Gladioli are easily the most important
flowers mentioned in this article, their only
rivals among the summer-blooming bulbs,
besides lilies, being cannas and dahlias,
which have to be planted later. Gladioli
are usually planted about the middle of
April near New York, or as soon as the
ground is fit to work, and for succession

The largest-{lowered of all irises is the Japanese

(I. laevigata). Flowers often nine inches across.
Not bulbous, but planted in spring as well as fall

until the last of June. It is also a good
plan to risk a few of the gladioli a month
earlier, or when sweet peas are planted, in
order to get the earliest possible flowers.
The subject of gladiolus is so important that
it is reserved for a separate article. I will
merely remark that th> interest now centres
in Groff’s hybrids.

Next to the gladiolus in historical impor-
tance is the florists’ anemone (A. coronaria),
but this has never become popular in the
United States because its outdoor culture is
too particular. It has the widest range of
color among anemones, and differs from
the other plants here mentioned in being
a spring flower, but its curious flat tubers
will not survive our Northern winters, though
they are commonly offered in both fall and

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spring catalogues. These anemones have
remarkably pure reds and blues, and were
long ago brought to a high pitch of perfection
by European florists. They are still forced
occasionally for sale in March or April,
but I doubt whether any American has had
continuous successful experience with them
in the garden. If so, THE GarpDEN Mac-
AZINE would be glad to hear about it, as the
only satisfactory way we know of raising
them is by the aid of coldframes.

The red-hot poker plant (T7vztoma Uvaria),
is one of the most peculiar and interesting
plants in the vegetable kingdom. It has
bright orange-red, tubular flowers crowded
into a spike four to six inches long, which
crowns a naked stalk three or four feet high.
The correct name of this plant is Kuiphofia
aloides, and ‘‘torch lily” is a better popular
name for it, being quite distinctive and less
vulgar. ‘There are at least twenty-five horti-
cultural varieties advertised by the Dutch
bulb dealers, but how much variation there
is in season of bloom and size of flowers
does not appear in horticultural literature.
The colors range from whitish and pale
yellow through yellow and orange to brick
red, but there is probably no red as intense
as that of the scarlet sage. It is to be hoped
that some American amateur will grow all
these varieties and report upon their relative
merits. Probably the most valuable is
Pfitzerii, which is called the ever-blooming
torch-lily. There are two drawbacks to the
torch-lily. It will not usually survive the
winters as far north as New York. It
naturally blooms late and has a short season.
However, its season has been greatly extended

Often planted
in spring. Most gorgeous lily, but short-lived

Golden-banded lily (Ltltam auratum).

APRIL, 1907

in recent years, and the ever-blooming
variety, with good management, will give
scattering flowers from July until frost.

Everybody knows, or ought to know, the
cinnamon vine (Dioscorea divaricata), so
called because of the cinnamon-like fragrance
of its small white flowers. It is chiefly
valued, however, for the rapidity of its
growth and beauty of its heart-shaped leaves.
It is a twiner which grows from ten to thirty
feet in a season. ‘This interesting plant is
really a variety of the yam, or Chinese
potato, and although a native of the Philip-
pines, it is tolerably hardy in New York.
It bears little tubers in the axils of the leaves
and these are what we plant to produce the
vine. It is not until the second year that the
large roots or yams are produced. Its
nearest alliance is to the lily family. It is
excellent for porch decoration and the roots
are easily stored over winter in the cellar.

The summer hyacinth (Galtonia candt-
cans), is disappointing if grown singly, but
very effective in masses. It belongs to the
lily family and has small white, six-parted
flowers shaped like a hyacinth, but in a
larger and looser cluster. It grows about
two and one-half to four feet high and bears
from twelve to twenty of its fragrant flowers
inaraceme. Although it comes from South
Africa, it is hardy in New York and tolerably
so in New England when heavily covered.

The following are interesting, but of minor
importance.

BULBS OF THE LILY FAMILY

The Mexican star (Milla biflora), has
fragrant, waxy white, salver-shaped flowers
about two inches across and grows from six
to eighteen inches high. It can be grown
in gardens for summer bloom, but is prob-
ably commoner as a window plant for late
winter and early spring bloom, being treated
like Freesia.

The coral drops (Bessera elegans), has
umbels of pendulous flowers which are

An unusual picture of Montbretia, showing its
delicate beauty in fruit

_appear from March to June.

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

vermilion outside and have a white cup
inside with long purple stamens. There
are usually four to ten flowers in an umbel.
A strong variety will sometimes send up six
to ten stalks with ten to twenty flowers in an
umbel. This plant grows one or two feet
high and is said to bloom for two months
in late summer or early autumn.

BULBS OF THE AMARYLLIS FAMILY

The rain lily and evening star (Cooperia
pedunculata and Drummondi), have waxy
white, fragrant, solitary flowers about two
inches across and are often tinged red outside.
They are natives of Texas, where they spring
up in three days after a rain. There is a
full account of them in THE GARDEN Mac-
AZINE for June, 1906, page 273.

The zephyr flowers (Zephyranthes), are
probably more grown in windows than in

Another unusual picture showing a singular stage in
the development of the Montbretia flower

gardens. The Atamasco lily (Z. Atamasco),
is a white-flowered, spring-blooming species,
native to the southern United States.
Its flowers are about three inches long and
The best
autumn-blooming species with white flowers
is Z. candida, with flowers one and a half
to two inches long; the best yellow-flow-
ered species is Z. Andersonii; the best
rosy-flowered species is Z. carinata, a summer-
blooming species with flowers two and

‘one-half to four and one-half inches across.

This description should be carefully compared
with the plant commonly offered under the
name of Z. rosea, which, according to books,
has flowers that are only one and one-half
inches broad. The zephyr lilies are all
natives of South America and cannot stand
any frost.

The Alstroemerias are interesting because
they have the colors of a parrot—red, green
and yellow. Unlike most South American
plants, they will survive our northern winters

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A splendid
scarlet-orange flower. The best variety is the Ever-
blooming (Tritoma Pfitzert)

The torch lily or red-hot poker plant.

if heavily covered with leaves, but they
multiply so rapidly that it is better to lift
them every year and replant them. They
have tubers attached to a common stem
something like a sweet potato, and demand
partial shade and an abundance of water
at all times of the year. Plant the bulbs
six inches deep. Some of the species com-
monly offered by northern seedsmen are
aurantiaca, Brasiliensis and Chilensis.

BULBS OF THE IRIS FAMILY

The most popular plant in the group is
Montbretia, which has numerous orange-red
flowers, and is interesting as being a bi-
generic hybrid (its parents being Crocosma
aurea and Tritonia Pottsit). Its correct name
is Tritonia crocosmeflora. ‘This plant may
be heavily mulched and left in the ground
all winter, but the flowers are much better
if the plants are lifted every fall and stored
in damp earth indoors over winter.

I have never heard of any white gladiolus
of prime merit, and, indeed, white is a rare
color in the iris family, but there is a plant
which might be called a white gladiolus
which is known to the trade as Watsonia
Ardernet. Its correct name, however, is
Watsonit iridifolia, var. O’Brieni. This
grows three to four feet high and bears about
a dozen flowers, each two inches across.
This is treated exactly like gladiolus in Cali-
fornia, but here must be raised under glass.

There is a charming little flower from
Abyssinia called Acidanthera bicolor, which
has gladiolus-like foliage and fragrant white
flowers about two inches across with a large
triangular blotch in the centre. The flower
tubes are about six inches long. ‘This plant
grows about two feet high and blooms in
July or August. Keep the bulbs warm and
dry through winter.

A year-old asparagus plant in flower.
plants to make seed

Slow but Sure Asparagus Culture—By Allen French,

Do not allow the

Set each plant on a little mound about
one inch high

Trench ready for planting.

The bamboo stakes are set to
plant and tie to

Massa-
chusetts

RAISING ASPARAGUS FROM SEED INSTEAD OF SQUANDERING MONEY, AS HUNDREDS OF INEXPERIENCED

PEOPLE DO, ON TWO- OR THREE-YEAR-OLD ROOTS,

RAGS: our best early vegetable
and our longest-lived, is commonly
set out from roots bought of a seedsman or
nurseryman. ‘There are, however, advant-
ages in growing plants from seed. Well
fertilized and well watered from the start
they will be much stronger than if grown
under ordinary conditions of field culture,
and will thus better resist rust. Again, most
of our seedsmen offer for sale only two-year-
old roots, while some even urge three-year
roots upon the purchaser. Now it has been
established by conclusive tests that asparagus
does best when set out from one-year-old
roots, and that in a very few years the weight
of the crop will be considerably larger than
that from older roots.
Under these circum-
stances it is wise to
raise the plants from
seed.

It is the old custom
to sow about an
ounce of seed to sixty
feet of drill, and to
let the plants grow
without thinning.
But here it is well
to consider the habit
of the plant, as illus-
trated in the pho-
tographs. The vital
part is the crown, a
bulb-like central por-
tion, which, so long
as the plant continues
to grow, adds others
to itself. From the
base of the crowns
spring the shoots.

The crown and shoots are fed by thick
storage-roots, which in turn are maintained
by the small feeding-roots. All of these
parts are delicate and brittle. It is the
storage-roots which make possible the con-
tinuous spring cutting, and which allow the
easy transplanting of asparagus.

SEEDS SLOW IN STARTING

The seeds are slow of germination, and
in a late spring will sometimes require
twenty days before they send up shoots.
The plant, while still clinging to its seed, at
once forms its crown, and is early capable
of sending up a second shoot if the first is
broken off. In thinning, therefore, it is

An asparagus root at the end of the first season from seed—two feet across

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WHICH WILL NEVER GIVE AS GOOD RESULTS

not sufficient merely to pull the shoot in
order to destroy the plant: the crown must
come up also. Moreover, before many
weeks the plant of its own accord sends up a
second shoot, and where there are several -
roots in the space of an inch their shoots will
so mingle together that the plants cannot be
distinguished from above ground. The
work of thinning such thickly sown plants,
if not early and savagely prosecuted, thus
becomes impossible without digging out the
crowns.

Plant the seed “when the ground is fit,”
that is, as soon as the frost is out and the
soil sufficiently dry to be workable. The
time will thus vary with the soil and the
season, from the first
to the third week in
April, or in northerly
localities later still.
Asparagus may thus
be sowed with the
other early seeds, as
soon as the ground
has been turned over
and smoothed off.
If the planting has
been delayed, some
time may be gained
by soaking the seed
from one to two days.

The seed should
be the best that can
be got. As to variety,
it will be well to
choose one that has
done well in the
locality. That most
desirable thing, a
rust - proof variety,

APRIL, 1907

Plants stunted by crowding—nine plants in five inches.
Plant only the larger ones

has yet to be found, and though breeding
experiments are in progress, nothing positive
has been accomplished.

Sow the seed an inch apart (which will
mean about three hundred feet to the ounce)
and an inch deep; if but half of it sprouts,
a poor percentage, it will even then have to
be thinned.

The germination being delayed by cold
nights, plants will come up in ten to twenty
days. Thin the plants as soon as they can
be handled, not more than a week after they
appear. ‘Thin to at least three inches apart,
better to six, and if possible to nine inches
ora foot. At three inches the tops and roots
will both interfere. At six inches the tops
will do well enough, but the roots will cross
and occasionally pierce each other. But at
a foot the plants will scarcely trespass;
therefore if there is so much space for them
give it.

Throughout the growing season the plants
should be well fertilized; asparagus can
scarcely be overfed. In any drought the
plants should be watered; regular irrigation
in the best possible thing for them. In the
meantime prepare, as deeply and richly as
possible, the soil for the permanent bed.
Asparagus will send its roots as deeply as
it has any encouragement, six feet and more;
at the same time it is able to support itself
entirely by its lateral feeding roots, and the
expense of deep preparation and deep setting
is now considered unwarranted. As to
depth of setting, it is now usual to set the
crowns an inch or two below the depth of
ordinary cultivation, seven to nine inches
down.

WHEN TO TRANSPLANT

In mild climates plants may be trans-
planted in the first fall, but usually it is best
to do the work in the second spring. Dig
the roots up carefully with a fork, first
loosening the earth at least a foot away from
the row on both sides. The trenches should
be already prepared, of the desired depth
and a foot wide at the bottom, so that the
plants can be set immediately, a few at a
time as they are dug, with the least possible
exposure to sun and wind. It is well, by
the way, not to dig the plants until the shoots
have started, in order to be able to discard
any which were winter-killed. Transplant-
ing may even be delayed until the shoots
have leaved out, but this of course is not

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

to be advised. The rows should be from
three to six feet apart; four feet is plenty for
a hand-cultivated garden. The plants in the
row should be two feet apart if possible, and
150 of them will, when in full bearing,
yield three or more bunches a day.
Careful selection of the roots is of import-
ance. Choose those which have _ thick
storage-roots and whose crowns are larger
than the average, even if they may be fewer.
They will send out large stalks, and are to be
preferred to those which will send out more
but smaller shoots. In growing seedlings
it is therefore wise to have twice as many
as will be needed, in order to be able to
choose only the large, coarse-growing plants.
In the trench set each root upon a little
mound, an inch or less high, made by the
hand. Spread out the roots so as not to
interfere with each other, firm the earth over
them to a depth of three inches, give a quart
of water if possible, to settle the earth, and
when it has drained away mulch lightly with
dry soil. This will take less than a minute
to each plant, and the time is well bestowed.
It is a French habit, and a good one, to set
a stake beside each plant (set it first, so as
not to injure the roots) and to tie the shoots
to it as they grow, lest by moving in the

wind they keep the crown loose in the earth.

Finally, fill in the trench, while cultivating
during the summer, until in the fall the
ground is level. Such is the best gardening
method of raising and setting asparagus roots.

FOR EARLIER RESULTS

There is another way, which with less
labor will give earlier results, although for
the first year the work is greater. By this
method the plants are sown where they are
to stand.

Make the trenches as before, but a little
deeper; scatter in fertilizer or work manure
into the subsoil; cover this with an inch of

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Plants ready for setting. By letting them start those
winter-Killed can be discarded

loam, sow the seed at generous distances,
and cover about an inch. Thin as before,
to the permanent spacing, and fill in the
trenches as the plants grow; when the tops
are dead and pulled, level off the bed. By
this method there will be no transplanting
at the period of spring rush, and the plants
will send up much larger shoots. And one
of the best results will be in the rust-resisting
power of the plants. In my own bed I
found that while my shallow-sown plants,
well fed as they were, showed signs of rust
by mid-September (and that is a good record)
my deep-sown plants remained green till
their tops were killed by frost. This was
probably due to the more certain water
supply, but it says much for the method.
Selection of the more vigorous plants is
quite possible, if the seed is sparsely
sown, by delaying thinning until the plants
are growing well, and show their character-
istics.

The difference between shallow-sown and deep-sown

seed. The back row, shallow-sown, became badly
rusted about the middle of September; the front row, sown eight inches deep, was immune

Tested Planting Tables for

THE FIRST CULTURAL DIRECTIONS IN TABULAR FORM EVER VERIFIED
TION OF VEGETABLES AND MORE KINDS OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Hardy vegetables are those which will endure frost and for the early crop they may be planted by March 15th near New York, but
outdoors until all danger of frost is past, e. g. May 1oth. Halj-hardy vegetables mav be planted a week before all danger of frost is past,

Part I. Planning
1 pee HILLS DISTANCE DISTANCE SEED YIELD READY CONTINUE SGeESSON
NAME GARDEN OR Se ESN OER STOOURT: FOR I00 FT. ae my
an ROWS PLANTS EAT BEARING
(square feet) DRILLS (inches) (inches) ROW, ROWS (days) (days) ao
Hardy
Earl 5 :
Beet 100 D 12 to 18 6 to IO 2 ounces 1 to 14 bushels 50 to 150 ee Various
Cabbage 200 D 30 to 42 | 20 to 24 1 ounce 50 heads cay Hee. Lettuce or plants
ate 150 follow an early crop
Carrot 100 D 12 to 18 4 to 6 I ounce I to 14 bushels | 70 to 120 | Early varieties 30
Cauliflower 200 D 30 18 4+ ounce 75 heads 105 to 115 Usually follows
an early crop
Celery 300 D 24 to 72 6 to 12 ounce | 100 to 200 heads| 160 to175_ | Early varieties 30 Follows
; an early crop
Teetnace 40 D 18 60 DB i ounce 100 to 200 heads 21 to 65 14 Various, either as suc-
and thinnings cessors or companion
Onion 100 D 12 to 20 4 to 3 4 to I ounce 3 bushel 100 to 150
Parsnip 100 D 15 to 18 4 to 6 % ounce 200 125 to 140 Keeps all winter None
I to 3 bushels IO to 15 Corn, celery
Pea 100 D 24 to 48 I to 2 I quart im pads 36 to 80 Gong pideines Sa bass
22 uarts cut
Potato 3500 D 36 to 42 | 12 to 18 oe eyes I to 14 bushels 80 to 140
P Various, usually grown
Radish 50 D 6 to 12 I to 3 I ounce | 30 to 50 bunches] 25 to 45 7 to 14 ee empenn ae
: D i Various, and some-
Turnip, flat 100 12 to 18 3 to 8 5 ounce 14 to 3 bushels 45 to 70 Early crop 30 times broaden
Half-hardy
Beans, bush 500 D 18 to 36 3 to 6 I quart 3 to 14 bushels 45 to go 14 to 28 Squash
Corn, sweet 3000 H 36 to 48 | 36 to 48 3tor gill] rootor15o ears | 60 to 95 10 to 20
Tender :
Beans, pole 500 H 36 to 48 =| 36 to 48 I pint I to 14 bushels | 110 to 120 Until frost
Cucumber 150 H 48 48 4 to 2 ounce} 30 to 75 per hill 50 to 75 14 to 42
Muskmelon 200 H 48 to 72 | 48 to 72 + ounce go fruits go to 140 Until frost
Pepper 40 D 18 12 to 24 100 to 500 fruits | 135 to 160 Until frost
Squash, summer 150 H 48 to 60 | 48 to 60 I ounce © to 2 inatis 55 to 65 42 Beans
2 per plant
Squash, winter 400 H 72 tog6 | g6to240 | 2 ounces | 150 to 400 lbs. II§ to 125 Until frost
Tomato 150 H 36 to 60 | 36 to 72 5 to 10 lbs. go to 150 Until frost
per plant
Watermelon 250 H 96 to 120 | 96to 120 | } ounce 3 to 6 per plant Until frost
|

160

Vegetables—By C. L. Brown,

Somerville,
Mass.

IN EVERY PARTICULAR BY ACTUAL EXPERIMENT—A NEW CLASSIFICA-

FOR READY REFERENCE THAN

IN ANYTHING YET PUBLISHED

the main crops are planted April 15th, or when the trees leaf out. Tender vegetables are injured by even a slight frost and are not sown

or May rst. In reckoning dates, allow six days difference for every hundred miles cf latitude. North of New York later, south earlier.
y g yf yy )
Part II. Planting and Cultivating
DEPTS TOW WAR PLANTING
NAME a eee APART WHEN TO THIN SPECIAL DIRECTIONS
a
(inches) (inches) FIRST LAST
Reet ees 1 Pepa July Gradually for | Like deep, cool, rich soil. Dig before frost and pack in sand.
¢ P greens Use some thinnings for greens; transplant others.
ase I, closer in When fourth | Cool, moist, heavy soil, much manure, some lime. Savoy best
cabbage aes seed bed Aleta & [Jfamengen leaf 1 inch long flavored variety. Check bursting by breaking part of roots.
: : . Plant radish seeds with carrots to break crust for latter. Keep
iL
ac 4 3 Apel Twas Zim Muggs weeds out or there will be trouble.
: pedir! 1, closer in : When fourth | Will not head in hot midseason. Plant for early or late. Tie
Cauliflower at Oe seed bed April June leaf 1 inch long leaves when plants are 4 or 5 inches across.
itt I, closer in 5 Transplant every | Needs cool, moist, rich land. Never hoe or bank when wet
Cag) ee seed bed Apel 2 in. in growth and don’t let earth touch “heart” of plant.
; As leaves become] Buy plants for early. Startin seed bed. Use as filler. Shade
(Lettres $ ; April |Aug. 31st large enoughtoeat| in hot weather. Heading kinds have best flavor.
: ; . : Best soil. Earliest grown from sets. Will crowd one another
1
Oman x 4 spr Jay 3s gums Ines out and make good size if left one-half inch apart.
: : oe Plant radish seed to break crust for parsnips. In fall take up
1
ASU Z 4 April 2 En enough for winter; leave rest in ground.
Early 1 : - ye Plant smooth varieties in light soil for early; wrinkled in heavier
Pee Late 2 to 6 Oe April | July 20th 3 am Tnigin soil for late. Plant three kinds or sow every ten days.
Early 2 ‘ For early crop, sprout before planting and set shallow. For
Potato Late 12 to 18 April June late crop, fill trench as plants grow. Level culture best.
4 P plants g
. 5 : : Light, sandy soil. Cool weather crop. Shade in midsummer.
Al 5)
ads 3 2 April June 2 Da Inge Sow between other crops or in beds by themselves.
: Gradually and | Sandy, moist, cool soil. Won’t stand hard freezing. Store
Gurnip, aac 2 E April Aug. r5th eat for winter in moist, not wet, sand in frost-proof cellar.
: Don’t cultivate when soil is wet or beans will rust. To pro-
1
Bean, bush a : May Tels | Wile os ate Lela long crop allow no seeds to ripen.
6 or 7 kernels to 0 : Needs warms, rich soil and warm nights. Plant three varieties
Comm, Swe aaa Aloe Pareetuag May Jjethy |) Wlnen © un. Inu first and early kinds every ten days after.
When 6 to 12 | Before planting set poles 6 to 8 feet long firmly in centre of
12 seed i ; planting set pole g y
Bean, pole 2 bo hill” May roth} July inches high hills. Plant limas with the eye down.
Cc b 12 seeds M h | After striped | Transplant when fourth leaf is well out. Let no fruit go to
RC Eon? to hill cee ey beetle disappears seed. Plant every two weeks for succession.
Winiakevel 12 seeds to hill] yy h | After striped | Needs, long, warm season for high flavor. Start in sod or
Tae oe 5 2 in. apart wert Jey beetle disappears paper potsindoors. Never cultivate when leaves are wet.
Pp Set plants May 20th Buy plants of sweet or salad varieties, not red hot kinds, e.g.
lee to June 20th Sweet Bell or Ruby King.
S fh 12 seeds |n4 h After bugs dis- | Bush kinds, e.g. scalloped and Summer Crooknecked. For
SSD each tee to hill avast appear earliest, start a few on inverted sods in coldframes.
0 12 seeds After bugs dis- | Vine kinds. Set all vine crop seeds edgewise with eyes down
Squash, winter aes to hill May 20th appear in deep, warm, light, rich soil.
T Set plants Set plants May 2oth Buy plants. Tie totrellis or fruits will rot. Before frost
eg deep to June 20th pull vines and let fruit ripen in cellar or barn.
ieee : 12 seeds to hill May asth After bugs dis- | Need rich, sandy soil, and long, hot season. Get varieties
melon

2 in. apart

appear

adapted to North.

161

Hardy vegetables are those which w
outdoors until all danger of frost is past, &. g- May roth.

Part I. Planning

ill endure frost and for the early c

Tested Planting Tables fo,

‘TIONS IN TABULAR FORM EVER y
HE FIRST CULTURAL DIREC ERIFIE
THON OF VEGETABLES AND MORE KINDS OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE

March rsth N ,
rop they may be planted by 1 sth near New York,
Halj-hardy vegetables mav be planted a week before all danger of fros at

t is Past,

ADY CONTINUE
IN mig | DISTANCE | DISTANCE YIELD sree ae SUCCESSION
} Acre ‘a StPEN EEN 3
NAME GARDEN on SEEN | ee Se al EM ACO NT oe FAT BEARING
y ROWS PLANTS \ CROPS
PLANT DRILLS 7 ROW (days) (days)
euiratioh (inches) (inches) Sess as |=
Hardy Early var. 30 Vari
Beet 100 D 12 to 18 6 to 10 1 to 1} bushels Soto TSS Late all winter arious
eae Early 100 Lettuce or plants
Cabbage 200 D 30 to 42 20 to 24 50 heads Late 150 follow an early crop
Carrot 100 D 12 to 18 4 to 6 1 to 14 bushels 70 to 120 Early yarieties 30
% z a Usually follows
Cauliflower 200 D 30 18 75 heads 105 to 115 an early crop
, ram 100 to 200 heads| 160 to175_ | Early varieties 30 Follows
Celery 300 D 24 to 72 6 to 12 f 7 an early crop
> 100 to 200 heads Various, either as suc-
Lettuce 40 D 18 6 to 12 and thinnings 21 to 65 mG cessors or companion
Onion 100 D 12 to 20 hto3 | }to1 ounce } bushel 100 to 150
Parsnip 100 D 15 to 18 4 to 6 200 125 to 140 Keeps all winter None
Pe: 1 to 3 bushels 10 to 15 Corn, celery
eu A to 8 oar x
Pea Cl D a4 to 48 teas in pods # 2 (2 or 3 pickings) cabbage
oy ‘Jo quarts cut Psi
Potato 3500 D 30 to 42 12 to 18 1 1 to 1} bushels | 80 to 140
= adie aay | Speatapees Various, usually grown
Radish 50 D 6 to 12 1 to 3 30 to 50 bunches] 25 to 45 GD as companion crop
Turnip, flat 100 dD 12 0 18 to8 1h to 3k Convo! alumere Various, and some-
Dy : 3 Boksuusbels an) Gl Weniky ele times broadcast
Halt-hardy
Beans, bush 500 D 18 to 36 3106 4 to 14 bushels 45 to go 14 to 28 Squash
Corn, sweet 3000 ul 36 to 48 | 36 to 48 100 to 150 ears | 60 to 95 10 to 20
Tender |
| 7 |
Reans, pole soo | If | 36 to 48 | 36 to 48 1 to 1} bushels | 110 to 120 Until frost
; | ’ 2
Cucumber 150 | Wt 48 48 }to2 ounce} 30 to 75 per hill | 50 to 75 14 to 42
|
:
Muskmelon 200 | I | 48 to 72 | 48 to 72 go fruits go to 140 Until frost
Yepne | 4 Aen :
Pepper 40 1b) 18 12 to 24 100 to 500 fruits | 135 to 160 Until frost
Squash, summer 150 HW 8 to 60 Stoo | 6 to 12 fruits
Sq y 5 | 4 48 | per plant 55 to 65 42 Beans
— | ue Berise
Squash, winter o | H 72 6 :
Squash, ¢ 4 | | 72 to 9! 96 to 240 150 togoolbs. | 115 to 125 Until frost
‘Tomato 150 | WH | 36to60 36 to 72 5 to 10 lbs. a ;
aa | ’ a . go to 150 Until frost
Watermelon 250 | W 96 to 120 | 96 to 120 é
| Until frost

Vegetables—By Gale: Brown, Somerville

| VERY PARTICULAR BY ACTUAL EXPERIMENT—A NEW CLASSIFICA-
ne READY REFERENCE THAN IN ANYTHING YET PUBLISHED

the main crops are planted April rsth, or when the trees leaf out. Tender vegetables

‘ 2 are injured by eve! sli 5 ye: ar
May 1st. In reckoning dates, allow six days difference for every d by even a slight frost and are not sown
or 4 je - a

hundred miles cf latitude. North of New York later, south earlier,

Part II. Planting and Cultivating

| DEPTH — —
Be OUENS PLANTING |
NAME APART ENE a
| PLANT SEED 7 WHEN TO THIN SPECIAL DIRECTIONS
(inches) (inches) FIRST LAST |
———| 2 '
|
| . ff | 1 7 _ - = x a
Beet | 1 to2 3 April July Gradually for Like deep, cool, rich soil, Dig before frost and pack in sand,
| greens ___Use some thinnings for greens; transplant others,
Cabbage tto } aa March 1} June rsth ne hen fourth | Cool, moist, heay a soil, much manure, some lime. Savoy best
eaf 1 inch long flavored variety. Check bursting by breaking part of roots.
Carrot } 3 April June 2 in. high Plant radish seeds with carrots to break crust for latter, Keep
| __ Weeds out or there will be trouble,
Cauliflower ftod I, closet in April Tune When fourth | Will not head in hor midseason, Plane for early or late, “Tie
seed be leaf 1 inch long leaves when plants are 4 or § inches across.
Celery tot I, closer in April Transplant every | Needs cool, moist, rich land, Never hoe or bank when wee
seed bed 2 in. in growth and don’t let earth touch “heart” of plant.
E eaves become » plants for early. S$ in seed be oF ies /
mereace 1 i April |Aug. 31st Re leaves become) Buy poe for early. Startin seed bed, Use as filler,
large enoughtoeat) in hot weather, Heading kinds have best flavor,
Onion t } April July 3 in. high Best soil, Earliest grown from sets, Will erowd one another
s } out and make good size if left one-halfinch apart,
1s Ne dis Yad x aak ¢ Y arent r f
Parsnip I 4 April zin.high | Plant radish seed to break crust for parsnips. In fall take up
enough for winter; leave rest in ground,
Early 1 Fi ret Plant smooth varieties in light soil for early; wrinkled in heavier
2 It uly 20th in. high mie :
Re Late 2 to6 PZ April’ \July 3 8 soil for late. Plant three kinds or sow every ten days.
Early 2 n ; For early erop, sprout before planting and set shallow. Vor
Potato 12 to 18 April June late crop, fill trench as plants grow. Level culture best.
ate 4 _ datcrop, 4
; sees Light, sandy soil. Cool weather erop, Shade in midsummer
i : rin. high gat ay ae : : '
Radish £ 4 April June 8 Sow between other crops or in beds by themselves,
: : Gradually and Sandy, moist, cool soil, Won't stand hard freezing. Store
Turnip, flat i I April |Aug. rth eat for winter in moist, not wer, sand in frost-proof cellar,
— _ | — ——- —
« Don’t cultivate when soil is wet or beans will rust, “To pro-
Bean, bush 2 I May July | When} ft. high | long crop allow no seeds to ripen.
| eran P Needs warms, rich soil and warm nights. Plant three varieties
kernels t , Jhe i Z -
Corn, sweet 1 we) 22 Bee eeeerine May July When 6in. high | first and early kinds every ten days after,
d When 6 to 12 | Before planting set poles 6 to 8 feet long firmly in centre of
Bean, pole 2 1 val May roth) July inches high hills. Plane limas with the eye down.
to hi popes Sn. ie =
12 seeds After striped | Transplant when fourth leaf is well out. Let no fruit go to
Chana: Tato? to hill May zoth} July beetle disappears sced. Plant every two weeks for succession.
Ves Tec yi : for high flavor art in sod or
i After striped Needs, long, warm season for high -
Muskmelon I nae May 2oth July paper pots indoors. Never cultivate when leaves are wet.
in. My Jf eee WA LOLS
> plants of sweet or salad varieties, not red hot kinds, eg.
, 20th Buy plants o! : Fi
Pepper pet planee ee Sweet Bell or Ruby King.
PP. to June 2oth BE eek EN aa Ne | = a
de Ie 7 pa ae After bugs dis- | Bush kinds, eg. scalloped and Summer Crooknecked, [or
Squash, summer I to2 a hill § May 15th) appear liest, start a few on inverted sods in coldframes.
to hi apts = ——$——$——$—$ — - - -
d He After bugs dis- | Vine kinds. Set all vine crop seeds edgewise with eyes down
Squash, winter 1 to2 PAE May 20th appear in deep, warm, light, rich soil, -
} B ee ie le — - -
Ser pl Mavacth Buy plants. ‘Tic to trellis or fruits will rot. Before frost
Tomato Set plants _ jsetp on ay? pull vines and let fruit ripen in cellar or barn.
deep to June 2 = ee eae oe : —
detaihill | After bugs dis» | Need rich, sandy soil, and long, hot season. Get varieties
Watermelon I Ss ts ener May rsth) appear adapted to North.

161

Restoring a Run-down Wavy =a; aleonarel Barca

AND MAINTAINING THEM—HOW

Improving the lawn and gathering salad at the same time.
crown of the plant and pull up the top.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF ROLLING LAWNS AND THE FINE ART OF FEEDING
TO ROOT OUT WEEDS AND KEEP THEM OUT—APRIL INSURANCE

Ore day’s work in April will do more

toward putting a lawn into thoroughly
good condition than will a week’s work in
June. The lawn demands attention as early
as possible in the season, because the young
grass plants start into growth almost as soon
as the frost is out of the ground, and being
shallow rooters, they generally suffer very
largely from heaving of the soil in winter
owing to the alternate freezing and thawing.

THE ONE GREAT RULE

The very first thing to be done is to see
that the roots are brought into close contact
with the soil. Even if nothing else is done,
this will accomplish much, the chief great
benefit of which will be fully realized when
the hot, dry weather of August sets in with all
its intensity.

The roots and soil can be brought into
contact by beating or by rolling. Rolling
is perhaps best. The ground being still
soft in the very early spring, beating may
result in irregularities of surface which, to
a large extent, can be obviated through
rolling. I would not use too heavy a roller.
A light draught roller, such as one can pull

without any effort, should be taken over the
entire surface of the grounds at the earliest
possible date, and if you can do it two or
three times, it will be all the better.

HOW WINTER ACTS

Usually the most visible effect of the
winter stress upon the lawn is the presence
of patches of earth from which the grass has
died out. Repair all such by slightly scratch-
ing the surface, scattering over it a light
covering of finely sifted garden soil—a soil
that has been thrown out from greenhouse
benches would be ideal for the purpose.
Then lightly scatter on the surface a pinch
or two of seed of any first-class lawn mixture.
The surface should then be lightly rolled so
as to insure perfect contact between the seeds
and the soil and at this time of year germin-
ation is both quick and sure. Where the
grass appears unduly thin, as often occurs
on insufficiently prepared land, the best
temporary relief is obtained by scratching
the entire surface with a sharp-toothed iron
rake, broadcasting over the whole surface a
light dressing of the same sort of soil that
might be used for filling in hollows, and

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The dandelion will creep into it, do what you will.

Use a long-bladed Knife, insert it well below the
Do this as early as it is possible to work on the lawn

New
York

AGAINST AUGUST DROUGHT

sowing seed on the top of this, using about
one-quarter of the quantity of seed that would
be used in making new lawns. That is to
say, give a pint of seed to 600 square feet.
On very poor soils, or where the stand of
grass has been unusually bad, double this
quantity can be used.

' FILLING IN HOLLOWS

Depressions and hollows in the surface
which result from the irregular sinking and
settling of the soil below are far better
repaired in the spring than at any other time
of the year, although the careful lawn-master
will be at all times on the lookout and ready
to fill up, or even up, any irregularities of
the surface that appear. The perfection
of a lawn is its absolutely even surface.

Where there is a good growth of grass,
slight depressions may be filled up by putting
soil on top of the grass, but in no case should
more than one-half inch be applied in this way.
Any greater depression must be remedied
by making a clean cut in the sod, with a
spade, and then with a sharp spading fork,
working under the sod, gradually raised up
a portion, leaving a space that can be filled

APRIL, 1907

in with new soil sufficient to hold the turf at
the desired level. Withdrawing the spade
after distributing the soil, the piece of
loosened turf should be firmly beaten into
contact with the new soil, so that the growth
may be renewed immediately.

A heavy roller, let it be as heavy as
you can possibly work, can be used on grass
to very great advantage after the growth has
once thoroughly started.

The cause of all the trouble with most
lawns is that the ground has not been suff-
ciently prepared; that it has not been fertil-
ized, and that it has not been trenched to
sufficient depth to give the roots of the grass
all the chances they need to grow. Under
these conditions, feeding by top dressing
becomes imperative. Where the preliminary
preparation has been properly attended to,
subsequent surface feeding becomes a matter
of very small moment for a great many years.

FEEDING AND NURSING

For surface feeding, chemical fertilizers
are generally to be preferred to the natural
manures. Unless the manures are fairly
well-rotted or otherwise specially treated,
there is always the danger of carrying in
weed seeds. Dried pulverized sheep manure
is the best of the natural manures, because
there is no danger of importing weeds as a
result of its use. Top dressings of soluble
chemical fertilizers have the special advan-
tage that they are quickly washed down to
the roots and become immediately valuable
to the growing plants. For this reason,
nitrate of soda, applied early in the year at
the rate of 200 pounds to the acre, will give
remarkable results. Indeed, you can almost
“see the grass grow,” if applied just at the
time when active growth is beginning, and it
will give an added intensity of color that is
most refreshing to the eye. This should
be scattered on the surface of the lawn just
in advance of a rain storm.

Let the

Reseed bare or worn patches in April.
seed drain from the lower part of the fist, which is
moving in a circular manner, over the surface to be
seeded

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Much damage can be done to the grass by
the application of chemical fertilizers during
dry weather. ‘They will absorb the moisture
from the soil or from the tissues of the plants
themselves and the result is ‘‘burning”’ of
the foliage and an unsightly disfigurement
of the lawn.

Of course, this damage is only temporary,
and the growth which will be immediately
started as a result of the dressing will quickly
improve the general appearance. On the
other hand, damage may be done to the roots
themselves. In dry weather, therefore, chem-
ical fertilizers should be applied in the
liquid form, and the solution of nitrate,
one pint in forty gallons of water, will be
the proper strength. Commercial kiln-dried
sheep manure may also be used as a top

When cutting turf for repairs, use a board to
guide the cutting Knife to insure perfectly true edges.
Make all cuts at right angles

dressing up to as heavy a quantity as one
ton to the acre.

The most commonly used spring top dress-
ing for lawns is a mixture of finely ground
bone meal and sifted wood ashes in equal
parts by weight, which is broadcasted at the
rate of 500 pounds to the acre. There is no
need to be exact in these quantities, as the
eye can be relied upon as an efficient guide
in the use of this mixture. Scatter it over
the surface of the grass as evenly as possible
and in sufficient quantity to give the surface
a perceptible, but slightly grayish tinge.

There is not the same danger of burning
from the use of these materials as there 1s from
the nitrate of soda, and it can be scattered on
the lawn much more heavily than most people
would imagine before having tried it. As the
wood ashes and the bone meal are not so
quickly available to the plants, being less
soluble than nitrate of soda, a full dressing
can be given with advantage at one time,
whereas with the soda, the greatest efficiency
will be had by distributing the full quantity
in two or three dressings at different times.
The results from nitrate of soda will be more
apparent on light soils than on heavy ones.

At any time during the season, when

Some patching of a worn lawn is best done by turf.

Beat it into close contact. Water thoroughly

growth seems to become unduly slack or
where bare spots have appeared on the sur-
face, top dressings of nitrate of soda will often
do wonders in starting a fresh growth and
usually will give better results than reseeding
late in the season.

On sandy soils, where, in all probability,
there is some acidity (and this is usually
the case on the seaboard) excellent results
will follow top dressings of lime. A mixture
may be prepared with wood ashes, in equal
parts, and may be used as indicated for the
other mixture. Lime is, however, better
applied as a winter dressing. It is especially
beneficial to Kentucky blue grass, which will
absolutely refuse to grow in a very acid soil.
Don’t use quick-lime on the lawn. Be sure
that the lime is air-slaked. Lime applied to
the soil during winter will help to kill moss
and sorrel, two characteristic weeds of sour
soil.

WEEDS THE WORST ENEMY

Don’t let the weeds get ahead of you in the
early spring. They will start into growth
about the same time as the grasses and it will
pay you to make sure that they are not per-
mitted to seed at any time. Don’t even
allow them to flower. If sorrel and moss are
present, winter dressings of lime should be
given, or lime and wood ashes may be applied
in the very early spring. Better still, how-
ever, put in tiled drains where it is possible
and so drain off the unnecessary moisture.

In spring time, if moss is present, rake the
surface of the lawn and don’t be afraid of
cutting too deeply. You may sacrifice some
grass plants but you will kill the moss also
and a dressing of grass seed, which will
increase the stand, will largely crowd out
the moss.

The best way to keep weeds out of the
lawn is tokeepthe grassin. In other words,
never leave a bare patch to itself, but as soon
as it is noticed top dress it with fine soil and
scatter grass seed on it.

The most troublesome weeds to be sought
in early spring are dandelions and plantains,
or rib grass. There are two of these rib
grasses, one having long, narrow leaves and
the other having broad, oval leaves. Re-
garded as weeds on the lawn, there is not
much to choose between them, except that
the broad form is more of an eye-sore. These
weeds should be cut out by inserting a sharp
knife well below the crown, severing the root.
If a small crystal of sulphate of copper is

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A patch of lawn that was not visited by the dan-
delion digger in April

then dropped into the hole, so as to come
into contact with the remaining portion of
the root, its death is almost a certainty.

When working over the lawn in early
spring removing these and other deep-rooted
weeds, carry with you a box of finely sifted
earth, a handful of which may be taken up
and a small quantity sifted into the hole made
by the removal of the intruding plant. Press
this in firmly with the fingers, making the
surface smooth, and if you drop two or three
grass seeds on the top of this again, so much
the better.

You can “kill two birds with one stone” if
your land is infested with dandelion. There
is hardly a better salad plant than dandelion
just starting into bloom. It is almost impos-
sible to exclude this weed. It will filter in

Keep weeds out by Keeping grass in. The left-
hand portion of this picture shows how weeds will
grow more where a piece of turf has been removed

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from outside sources no matter how persist-
ently one cuts it out each year. But, after
all, it is perhaps not to be despised. In
suburban districts wandering Italians can be
seen tramping about during March and
April, asking permission to cut out the dan-
delions from the lawns. They will do this
work merely for the privilege of taking away
the dandelions, which they sell in the markets
of the larger cities where dandelion salad
is appreciated at its proper worth.

CARE IN SUMMER TIME

In the early part of the year, the whole
object of attention to the lawn is securing
a strong new growth. In the summer time,
the whole effort must be toward conserving
whatever vigor is already in the grass plants.
In very severe cases on very light soils, feeding
may be continued well into the summer, but
generally speaking, feeding should cease
about June, and the whole subsequent atten-
tion consist of rolling, watering and raking.

Where the previous preparation of the soil
was what it should have been, watering is
reduced to a minimum, and on average
soils may even be dispensed with.

The many fancy sprinklers are responsible
for more subsequent failures of lawns than
perhaps any one would think. Light surface
waterings always have a tendency to draw
the roots to the top, and as a result, this
watering, once commenced, must be persisted
in throughout the hottest weather as
otherwise the sun, during the month of
August, will so dry out the surface soil and
roots that the death of the plants is sure to
follow.

It is largely to avoid this possibility that
rolling and feeding is adopted in the early
spring. At that time the tendency of the
roots is to run down—encourage that ten-
dency to your utmost. Persistent rolling
with a heavy roller is the best possible summer
care of the lawn. It will keep the roots and
soil in contact, it will draw the soil
moisture to the roots by capillarity, and it
will keep the surface of the lawn perfectly
level.

Cutting is a necessary evil. As the grass
attains length, the appearance of the lawn
becomes ragged and so it must be mowed.
The great trouble with the average suburban-
ite is that he mows by calendar instead of
necessity, and usually with knives set too
low. Do not crop your grass shorter than
two inches, and for best general effect, do
not let it grow longer than four inches. If
the grass is allowed to grow to any greater
length, the lower parts will lose color, and not
being cut often, the lawn will present a
brownish appearance resembling a dried-out,
or burnt, effect.

When you do cut the grass, leave the clip-
pings where they fall. They will mulch
the roots and besides, will dry out so quickly
in the sun’s heat that within a short time they
will never be seen. If, however, the grass
has become six inches long when it is cut,
the clippings should be raked off, as they
will cover the grass too heavily, resulting in
disfiguration or even rot.

Where the turf is very dense, the clippings

APRIL, 1907

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Eternal vigilance is the price of a perfect lawn. If
chicKweed appears, rake it out

may also be raked off. In using the lawn
mower, remember this—that the faster the
knives work, the better the cut; therefore,
don’t dawdle. Get a good gait and keep at
it until the job is completed. You will in
this way get a perfectly even cut, whereas
otherwise the lawn is left with a peculiar
undulated or wave-like effect.

Patching worn-out places with pieces of
good turf from elsewhere can be done at any
time during spring and summer, and for
ordinary repairs on small lawns is perhaps
the most satisfactory method. But good turf
is difficult to procure. It must be cut with

sharp edges to make unions easy, and after
being put in place, must be well beaten into
contact and watered copiously until vigorous
growth is manifest.

A hopeless case. Better dig up the soil anew
than waste time patching and renovating. Under
trees where ordinary mixtures do not thrive use one
containing one-half wood meadow grass

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planted them in conditions utterly unlike
their native ones—in a well enriched, sandy
loam where no water ever reached them
except rains and the early morning dews.
Nevertheless, they throve wonderfully, flow-
ered freely, and produced the seed which
started them on their popular career. This
seed was sown in the greenhouse the following
January and produced between three and
four thousand plants, which were pricked
off into flats, hardened in coldframes and
set outdoors in early May, being planted a
foot apart in a black, friable loam which
was very retentive of moisture and had to be

APRIL, 1907

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Rose Specialist

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l-year plants will bloom freely this season, 20c. each, 3 for 50c.; per dozen, $1.75. 2-year plants, 35c. each, 3’or 95c.; per dozen, $3.60.
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CATALOGUE FOR 1907 OFFERS
Something for Every Garden; Everything for Some Gardens

Here are a few Collections selected from our new 1907 Catalogue; plants, bulbs and seeds at no
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! SEE DISCOUNTS BELOW SEE DISCOUNTS BELOW
ROSES HARDY PERENNIALS l-yr.
American Beauty.......... lyr. 20c. 2yr. 35c.|Stokesia Cyanea....-.......-.-...--...-. 15c.
Richmond........... ---lyr.20c. 2yr.35c.| Achillea, The Boal ponodOua.0090 casoosG0 Gue5u0 10c.
Frau Karl Druschkii.......l yr. 25c. 2 yr. 50c- Delphinum.. 8 i ab |
Dorothy Perkins............ lyr.l0c. 2yr.35c |Shasta Daisy. on
Crim. Phila. Rambler...... lyr.l5c. 2 yr.50c-.| Hollyhock, Red. |
Wichuriana (Creeping).---lyr.10c. 2 yr. 25c.| Tritoma Pfitzerii Bon! Go RaaG pony, |.
Gen. Jacqueminot.......... lyr.i5e. 2yr.35c.| Phlox, Prof. Schileman.. .........-..- :--10e) |
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HlermoSacee cece lyr.10c. 2 yr. 25c.| Rudbeckia (Golden Glow)
The entire collection of roses 1 yr. old by The entire collection of Hardy Perennials
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The entire collection of roses 2 yr. old by SEEDS—A Pathway of Garden Annuals
express fOr.-....---.. 2-2-2. eee eee ee $2.50) 1 Racket Swect Pea Countess Spencer Hy-
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ae Sn RUBS ee z Ro, || Packet New Annual Hollyhocks mixed. I5c.
Lilac-purple................. lyr. 15c. 2yr.35c. 1 Nasturti B
Hydrangea Paniculata-white....15c. 2 yr. 35c’ 96 asturtium, Brilliant Beauty....15c.
Weigelia pink......... 0... +5. "Tec. 2yr.38c.{! {| Sweet Pinks, New Japanese.....05c.
Althea-salmon.. ves ereee MSc, Qyr.35c.|2 « New Blue Eyed African Daisy.-10c.
Spirea Billardii-Pink «1. .:.....-15e. 2yr. 5c.) BAGnela MReG ss Mes
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DECORATIVE PLANTS 2 ‘Marigold,’ Orange Prince and “
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Latania Barbonica Palm...........-..---- 1.00} Complete Collection of (20) packets, value
Banc vera Eelanicn: Feo oa ae oe PLO fons asa ooo eee eee ee $1.50
icus Elastica Rubber Plant’ :
Fern Whitmanii(The newest most feathery pate aL FROWERING mer 60
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Palm Kentia Belmoreana.......----------- 00) Tilly of the Valle as 5c. 4 “ “50
The entire collection of decorative plants RaneyiG@aladitm eae m Ob 190
IY Cade S cons ascot cosnaososadodusos senRcs $4.80 Maberous'Besonias. 0c, ..1......- “ ‘95
HARDY LILIES The entire collection of summer flowering
Lilium Bana Ba Bulbsibyzmiaileeere eee econo nne 50c. >
um
. Roseum. -| Strawberrries.. Jae a 0%
«. Rubrum -|Red Raspberry, Brilliant. 1.00
So ongiflorun ones senen eeeeee 20cs BINGE SLES EW arden nian
“ Candidum.. 3 DSO Oso T0009 20c.| Grapes Campbells Early .- 2.50
Double Tiger Lily pec teys cee 15c-| Japanese Wineberry 1.00
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Clematis Jackmanii 3 BEDDING PLANTS
Clematis Paniculata niga .|Canna, Feandale ......-...e-seee cece ween ee 15c.
Dutchmans Pipe......... Bonn .| Chrysanthemum,Golden Wedding.........15c.
Boston Ivy------- ICC e aco cane sadso0 cosHooudoa
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Honeysuckle......-.-.------s....5 --. 2 ase 15c.| Hibiscus Mineatus
Akebial@Ominatabert ctr reeice ernie terre rr 15c.| Geranium Bruant
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ESTABLISHED 1865

Aprin, 1907

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 169

so BAO NCY NAOLUIRY S5

ROSE

OF A
SPECIALIST

From one who Knows and —Y es —
Loves them.

“<q Little book About Roses”

is the most helpful, inspiring and beautiful
Rose Catalogue published. All who receive
it are enthusiastic about it.

LAVA NOU! WA CORN, 2

Mailed free to patrons and intending pur-
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purchase) on receipt of 10 cents in coin or
stamps, deductible from first order.

GEORGE H. PETERSON

ROSE AND PEONY SPECIALIST

Box 50 FAIR LAWN, N. J.

Larva of Elm-Leaf Beetle enlarged

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Send for our booklet, “‘The Carecf Trees.”’ It will interest you.

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NOVELTIES IN FLOWERS

Last year we sent out a large number of our col-
lections ‘“ Grandmother’s Flower Garden.’’ We
sold them at less than cost but we gained many new
customers. [his year we are anxious to hear from
still more. Our ““ Novelty Collection ’’ is composed
of 10 full sized packets of valuable novelties in flow-
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Our Offer

Send us 20 cents (cash or 2 cent stamps) and we
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cost,to us, but we want you to testour seeds. Send
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Flower Garden.’’

MONADNOCK GREENHOUSES
Keene, N. H.

{@- We are prepared to furnish penny packets
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APRIL, 1907

The Most Sensitive

feet are

Comfortable in the
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It is stiff soles that make your feet hurt.

Every step you take, the ball of your foot
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Leading dealers keep the Red Cross. If yours
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$4.00.

KROHN, FECHHEIMER & CO.
535-555 Dandridge Street Cincinnati

constantly worked during the summer to keep
it from getting sour. In July, the plants

began to send up their flower stems, and in- —

stead of having a few flowers only two inches
across, aS many previous writers had said,
I counted as many as twenty-three flowers
on a single stem and they averaged four to
five inches across! This bed gave a magni-
ficent, continuous display for three months,
and it is safe to say that no one plant was
through flowering when cut off by frost in the
middle of November.

A third year’s trial with greatly increased
stock only served more fully to insure its
success. ‘This time it was planted on high,
but well-enriched sandy soil, and by reason
of frequent summer rains, it maintained a
display equal to that of previous years in
moister soil.

In raising plants from seeds, I found an
extraordinary diversity in foliage, habit and
flower. Some plants did not flower until
late fall, while others bloomed very early and
kept it up for three months. Thus the pro-
cess of making sufficiently early a plant that
naturally blooms very late was accomplished
in three years, whereas in the case of the
cosmos, many people have been working at
it for half of a century with only slight gains,
compared with stokesia. There are relatively
few perennials that will bloom the first
year from seed even when the seed is started
indoors in March, or earlier. The stokesia
will do so and this is the most satisfactory
way of raising it in large masses for bedding.

Happily, the stokesia can be easily multi-
plied by division of its roots, each one
of which, if disconnected, and given good
care, will make a plant and will bloom the
same season. This sort of propagation is
easily practiced by an amateur and it is the
commonest method by which desirable
varieties of hardy perennials are multiplied
when once these varieties have been fur-
nished by seed. Seeds give variation, but
a variety is kept true to the improved type
of means of asexual propagation, i.e., any
process which does not involve the use of the
seed. It is probable that no early-flowered
variety of the stokesia ever appeared in
Europe, because it is commonly said to bloom
so late in Europe that the plants are lifted
from the open ground in early fall, potted
and placed in conservatories to flower. A
few years ago, however, an early variety was
discovered in Europe, and distributed under
the name of Stokesia cyanea var. precox.
This produces early flowers even when raised
from seed. So freely does this variety bloom
from American-saved seed, that the plants
exhaust themselves later by trying to make
seeds from every flower—a good feature if
one desires to raise seedlings annually.

A few white-flowered forms were dis-
covered in the summer of 1901, and were
offered for sale for the first time. This
variety is similar in every respect to the older
form except the color of the flowers, which are
pure white.

Stokes’s aster has proved perfectly hardy
in Western New York and even Boston, and
so far as I know, it has no insect enemies
or diseases.

Connecticut.

HERBERT GREENSMITH.

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DAVID KNIGHT & SON, Sawyer, Mich,

Apri, 1907 THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 171

mike AUTO-SPRAY”

Sweet Scented Roses

DOES THOROUGH WORK
QUICKLY AND EASILY

because it has more power than any other
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The tank holds three gallons of solution
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Conveniently carried over the shoulder by
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The E. C. Brown Company
34 Jay Street, Rochester, N. Y.

FOR ROSE GARDENS OLD AND NEW

The only kind of rose bushes to plant are those that are two year old
field grown. Each plant we send out will give an abundance of bloom the
first season and will produce more blooms each succeeding year.

HYBRID TEA, SUMMER and AUTUMN.
MOSS, for old fashioned borders.

HYBRID PERPETUALS, for June blooming.
ROSA WICHURAIANA, and their varieties.

TEA SCENTED and NOISETTE, EVER-
BLOOMING.

JAPANESE, GALLICA, and other kinds.

LORD PENZANCE, and AUSTRIAN
SWEET BRIARS.

RUGOSA, for hedge and seaside plantings.

| CLIMBING and TRAILING, for all kinds of
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BABY AND CRIMSON PINK WHITE and
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We have upwards of 100,000 bushes ready
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We wish to impress upon the reader to

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7t
DORMANT ROSE BUSH
Consult our new ILLUSTRATED GENERAL CATALOGUE for
varieties and other information.
We design and plant Rose Gardens.
The general supervision of private estates and public grounds a specialty.
Ask for catalogue. Visitors invited.

We havea number of applications from first-class gardeners desiring posi-
tions. We will be pleased to communicate with parties wishing the
services of head gardeners or superintendents.

BOBBINK & ATKINS

Nurserymen and Landscape Gardeners a3 os Rutherford, N. J.

may mean disappointment.

A SURPRISE

A delightful surprise, full of pleasure and great beauty for
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WIZARD

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before the springtime wakens into new life the grass and flowers.
It will make them revel in verdant growth and wonderful bloom.

This product is truly a Wizard on the lawn and in the garden
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this Summer.

Absolutely pure, finely pulverized, free from weed seeds and
disagreeable odor, it is the ideal plant food and soil builder for
all purposes.

A large barrel WIZARD BRAND SHEEP MANURE,
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All kinds of manures for sale.

The Pulverized Manure Co.

19 Exchange Ave. Union Stock Yards, Chicago

Wild Garden

with its dainty wild Ferns,
Lady Slippers, Wood Violets,
Trilliums and other wild
flowers of woodland and
meadow will bring rare de-
light to your grounds.

The wild flowers of the
woods that you love you can
grow in the dark, shady places
of your garden, and the
flowers of the meadow will
thrive in open sun.

We have special collections
of Ferns for dark shady places
Dainty Gen-

and rockeries.
tians and Lobelias for plant-

ing by brooksides.
For twenty-five years we have studied the habits of wild
flowers and have imitated their natural conditions of growth in
our nurseries as near as possible so that they are preserved here

in all their beauty. Grown in cold New England, they are
perfectly hardy.

Let us hetp you in your selection. We also grow the old garden
sorts of Hardy Perennials like Foxgloves, Larkspurs, Lilies,
garden Heliotrope, etc., and the best Shrubs suited for this
climate, including several adapted for dark, shady places; several
are particularly useful in hedgework, like Japanese Berberis,
Rosa rugosa and California Privet.

Send for our illustrated descriptive catalogue of over
so pages, which tells much about this class of plants.

EDW. GILLETT, Southwick, Mass.

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33 BARCLAY STREET through to 38 PARK PLACE

Established 7802

NEw YORK

HEALTHY, NATIVE-GROWN FRUIT TREES

Ornamental Trees, Vines, Shrubs, Etc.

We offer for Spring of 1907 the finest and most complete list of Nursery Stock we have ever grown.
Our stock can always be relied upon, for it is all selected and grown on our own grounds under constant expert

inspection. 5
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for our free illustrated catalogue.

We guarantee every specimen true to name and free from disease. 1
We do Landscape Gardening in. all its branches.

T. J. DWYER & COMPANY, Box 4, Cornwall, N. Y.

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The New Century Lawn Sprinkler

Revolves freely with any pressure. Equal spray
over circle from threeto fifty feet in diameter.

Head and
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Your money back if not entirely satisfactory. Sent
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of Rocky Mountains for only $2.50.
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THE YOST ELECTRIC MFG. CO.,
Lincoln Ave., Toledo, Ohio, U. S. A.

Descriptive

YOU CAN HAVE THIS
POT-GROWN

Rose Bush

Delivered for

2OC:

Also Seed
of this charming

Perfume Plant

and our reliable 1907 Cat- F E E
alog of Vegetable, Field, and Flower Seeds.
The price—only 25c—for this beautiful hardy,
growing, ever-blooming Baby Rambler Rose Bush—all dee
livered prepaid—ought to put one in every homein America.
Send for it atonce. It will bloom indoors or out all summer.
A strong, healthy plant on its own root. Grows bushy, about
1 inches high in 6-inch pot.

We also send you with Rose
order—Free—one packet of the
Wonderful Perfume Plant—“‘The
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pink and lilac blossoms partly
close in day. Expands and \
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“Sterling Seeds”

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Minneapolis, Minn.

APRIL, 1907

iT

Why We Do Not Print More
Southern Articles

HE GarpEN MacazineE has a Southern
department and has printed a number
of articles on Southern gardening, and would
gladly print more if it could get articles by
skilled amateurs, such as Messrs. W. C. Egan
of Highland Park, Ill., J. N. Gerard of Eliza
beth, N. J., and R. B. White of Ottawa,
Ontario. It wit) also welcome articles by
beginners if they are as interesting and prac-
tical as the other articles by beginners in
the magazine. We have often requested
Southern articles through the columns of
the magazine, and have written dozens of
letters inquiring for the names of home
gardeners in the South but have not succeeded
in getting inspiring and useful articles. The
Southern experiment stations and seedsmen
have been appealed to in vain.

The following letter throws more light
on the situation than any we have ever re-
ceived: for obvious reasons, we withhold
the name and address of the writer.

To THE Epiror:

I am in receipt of yours of the reth inst.
asking me to suggest the name of some
amateur to write on gardening in the South
for THE GARDEN Macazine. After living
in the South twenty years and more, I have
come across no amateur gardeners. The
fact is, that outside of truck crop growing
in the tidewater section of Virginia and the
eastern sections of North and South Carolina,
there is practically no gardening done in
the South.

Not one farmer in a hundred has a garden
for the production of the commonest vege-
tables, except to the extent of a few cabbages
or kale. He grows his corn and sweet po-
tatoes and peas in the cornfield, and knows
and cares for no other vegetables.

Flower growing outside of the florists of
the city is unknown, except among a few
ladies in different sections. The men regard
it as something beneath their attention.
Even in our city parks we have no flower beds,
only grass and trees.

Personally, I have been an ardent amateur
gardener all my life and still am devoted to it.
I am one of the very few persons (indeed, I do
not know of more than two or three others)
who have a greenhouse in this city, and my
neighbors all seem to regard me as being a
crank to spend my spare time in growing
flowers merely for my own pleasure. I am
often asked if I sell flowers and when I reply
“No,” they express astonishment that I spend
time and money in producing them.

APRIL, 1907 THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 173

$4.00 per 100 or $35.00 per M.
3.00 per Ioo or 25.00 per M.

. 5-00 per Ioo or 45.00 per M.
12.50 per 100

23.00 per 100

10.00 per I0o

10.00 per 100

10.00 per 100

AMOOR RIVER PRIVET..........
CALIFORNIA PRIVET

HE entire grounds at the Jamestown Expo-

sition are enclosed by a wire fence. This

fence is completely covered with HONEY-
SUCKLES, BIGNONIAS and CRIMSON RAMBLER Roses.
Many of the flower beds within the grounds are
edged with BOxwooD, and all along the avenues
and waiks are miles and miles of PRIVET and hedg-
ing of all kinds.

We merely mention this fact to illustrate that
the best landscape architects of today appreciate the
beauty and utility of LIVE FENCES, and select just
such plants as we offer below to get quick, inex-

pensive and permanent effects.
DWARF BOXWOOD

BIGNONIAS
Grandiflora

$ 5.00 per 100
15.00 per 100

Radicans
TelLORN NT SGOWI CLS) Boies eres g oso ci aie Oke nip GEOL Ee OIAIA ENG CER CGR cee CIE ee 12.50 per 100
Halls and Japonica (evergreen)

Heckrotti
CRIMSON RAMBLER ROSES 12.50 per 100

Our stock at these prices is limited and quotations are made subject to being unsold upon receipt

of order.

No order for less than twenty-five of a variety will be accepted.

Our Spring Catalogue contains all the best ornamentals and will be sent upon application.

Peter’s Nursery Company 8x37 Knoxville, Tennessee

We Are Giving Away

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OF

Vegetable Seeds, Flower
Seeds, Fruit Trees,

and Bulbs

These collections have been made up for us by
a number of well-known seed firms and nurseries,
from whom the seeds, bulbs or trees, will be
sent you direct.

DO YOU CARE

to know how to take advantage of this offer for
your spring garden, without one cent of expense
to you ?

A postal card brings particulars. Send it to-day. Address

7 OEEDS ”

Care of Circulation Manager, Garden Magazine

Doubleday, Page & Co. 133 E. 16th St., N. Y.

NEW ROSES own roors

Killarney, Etoile de France, Cardinal, Gen. McArthur, Baby
Rambler, Winnie Davis, Souv. de Pierre Notting, Caroline
Testout, Helen Gould,

Climbing Kaiserine,

White Cochet,

Pink Cochet.

The x2 strong 2-year plants by
express for oy SN Buy oe ey Mite)
Or mailing size, postpaid, for . 1.50

Send for Catalogue

showing 150 of the finest varie-
ties of roses in cultivation at
from 5 to 10 cents each postpaid,
or 15 to 25 cents each in strong
2-year plants by express.

Dahlias a Specialty

The following 12 Best Cactus

Dahtias postpaid, for $1.25: Kriemhilde, Brun-

hilde, Mrs. H. J. Jones, Countess Lonsdale,

Earl Pembroke, Arachne, Strahlin Krone, Island
Queen, Austin Cannell, Hohenzollemn, John
Bragg, Mrs. Bennett.

12 Best Show and Fancy Dahlias for $1.25:
Grand Duke Alexis, C. W. Bruton, Olympia,
Pluton, Nymphza, Catherine Duer, Lucy Faw-

cett, Queen Victoria, 20th Century, Henry Pat- (
rick, Frank Bassett, Fern Leaf. Sie Mailing

The two collections, 24 in all, by express, $2.00 size plant
5a EES in bud and

W.R.GRAY, |e

BOX 6, OAKTON, FAIRFAX CO., VA.

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| Blooming in Your

Own Yard

from May to October—for the price of one florist’s bouquet.
You can easily grow American Beauties or any other
variety of roses you wish—and grow them successfully—
by our methads in your own garden.
flowers all summer at the cost of a very light expense—
and a little pleasurable and healthful work.
Our new free Catalog —“Rose Leaves,”
a condensed form most valuable information for the amateur rose growers and gardeners.

besides our American Beauties, J[Q5 Other Varieties of Roses
including some entirely new ones, among which 1s the wonderful new.

Rambler Rose, Lady Gay

also some beautiful new kinds sold exclusively by us.

You can have cut

contains in
It lists—

This book explains to those who have never tried to grow roses before—or who have failed growing them—how they
can make success sure by using the Heller mature two and three year old bushes. It gives new ideas on rose culture—com-
plete directions as to planting, watering and cultivation—as wel! as the location of rose beds—and directions for use of roses

in landscape gardening.

If you have already grown roses in your garden—you will find listed new varieties well worth consideration—and some

varieties you can’t secure from anyone else.

Don’t miss sending for “Rose Leaves.” Its free, but too valuable for any amateur gardener to be without.

HELLER BROTHERS, 963 S. Main St. NEW CASTLE, INDIANA.

ERE is only one way to be sure of a full

crop of smooth, good sized, mealy po-
tatoes. Nine per cent. of POTASH in the fer-
tilizer is necessary.

Stable manure alone makes scaly, coarse
and irregular shaped potatoes—mix it with
POTASH, a larger yield of a better quality is a
sure result.

How to apply PoTAsH, the reasons for ap-
plying it, and other vital points of successful
potato growing, are all discussed in our book-
let—sent free for the asking.

GERMAN KALI WORKS
93 Nassau Street, New York

EDWARD N. FREYLING
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

Plans drawn for pribate grounds,
public parks and Landscape Ceme-
teries. Civil engineering.
Correspondence invited.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
891 Wealthy Avenue

Fruit and Ornamental.
Evergreens, Shrubs,
Roses, Hardy Plants

All the Best and Hardiest Varieties

ELLWANGER & BARRY

Nurserymen—Horticulturists

MOUNT HOPE NURSERIES
ROCHESTER Established 1840 NEW YORK

Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue (144 pages), also Descrip-
tive List of Novelties and Specialties, with beautiful colored
plate of the New Hardy White Rose SNOW QUEEN (Frau
Karl Druschki), mailed FREE on request.

RHODODENDRONS,
AZALEAS, ETC.

Rhododendrons, Hybrids, choice varieties, 14 to
3 feet. Rhododendron Maximum, choice varieties,
2 to 8 feet, carload lots. Kalmia Latifolia, 1 to 4
feet, fine plants. Azalea Mollis, 1 to 14 feet.
California Privet Hedge, 2 and 3 years old, 2 to 3
feet. California Privet Hedge, 3 and 4+ years old,
3 to 4 feet.

A full line Choice Trees and Plants, Catalogue and Price Lists
mailed upon request. Correspondence solicited.

P. A. KEENE, Vice-Pres.
The Morris Nursery Co., 1 Madison Ave., New York

by inclosing your grounds with the strongest, most or-
namental and durable fence on the market. This illus-
tration can give you but a faint idea of the beauties of

ROSSMAN

STEEL & IRON

WIRE FENCE

It has all the advantages of any other form of fence
without their disadvantages, and is made in several
sizes and styles to meet all requirements. Complete
illustrated catalogue mailed on request. Kindly ask
for Catalogue C.

SLEETH-BROOK & SEAMAN CO.

253 BROADWAY NEW YORK CITY

APRIL, 1907

The Southern man has no use for manual
labor that he can avoid. He expects the
Negro to do this, and as the Negro knows.
nothing of floriculture or horticulture, noth-
ing is done in this line.

No effort is made to teach the children
love of these occupations or amusements
in the schools and they grow up ignorant of
even the names of the commonest trees and
flowers and plants.

The best and most interesting writer on
horticulture we ever had in the South was.
Professor Massey of the North Carolina
Agriculture College, now editor of the
Practical Farmer, Philadelphia.

Regretting that I cannot help you further
and that apparently we shall not be able
to do so untila new generation arises among
which, now that the Negro won’t work and
is also leaving us, there may be some amateurs
produced.”

Nothing would make us happier than to
be able to disprove this pessimistic view.
It is not difficult to write for THE GARDEN
MacazineE if you have had a delightful
gardening experience and have the pictures
and facts to prove it. We shall gladly pay
for acceptable contributions. Address: THE
GaRDEN MacGazInE, 133 East 16th Street,
New York, N. Y.

Country Improvement that Costs
Absolutely Nothing

aeee sole thing that redeems the house
shown in the accompanying picture from
ugliness is a grapevine. It is worth having
the wild grape simply for its shade and
beauty, and also for the fragrance of its
flowers. The wild grape costs nothing but
the digging.

If one desires fruit it means work, for an
arbor must be provided and the vines pruned,
but even in that case the actual outlay of
cash may be nothing, for the posts should be
produced by the farm and a few grapevines
may be had in exchange.

A picturesque arbor made by training a wild grape-
vine over a trellis

The reasons why the village improvement
idea does not spread so rapidly are two;
it usually involves expense which poor people
cannot stand, and it generally calls for codper-
ation, which is often difficult to secure.

Pennsylvania. W. E. PENDLETON.

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your crop will be depends on how
well you care for the growing vines
as they become top heavy by the
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THIS ARTICLE is acomplete Polysulphide of Calcium concentrated, to be diluted with water, for destroying San Jose Scale
Mount CLemeEns, Micu., Jan. 18, 1907.

MR. BENJAMIN HAMMOND, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y.

Dear Sir: The HORICUM reached me Monday, Jan. 14th, and I immediately started analysis on the same. The result is as follows: Specific Gravity
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As I stated in my former correspondence, you cannot improve on your Preparation regarding the combining of the sulphur employed, more than you have in
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By grading the dilution you can make it of any desired strength. I would strongly advise you to adhere to your present proportions of material as well as your
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Send for Pamphlets worth having on BUGS AND BLIGHTS, to

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APRIL, 1907

Can't Smell it! Can't See it!

Garbage in

Witt’s Cail

is odorless, out of sight, will not attract flies,
and dogs can’t get at it.

Close-fitting lid; water-tight, mever-leak bot-
tom; made triple-strong by riveting, flanging
and extra heavy steel bands riveted around top
and bottom. A wecessity where neatness and
perfect sanitary conditions are valued.

Imitations of ‘‘ Witt’s Can ”’ lack the splendid strength
and durability of the genuine. Be sure the name
‘© Witt’s’’ is on can and lid.

SizEs—Witt’s Can, No. 1, 15?x25 inches; No. 2,
18x25; No. 8, 203x 25. Witt’s Pail, No.7, 5 gallons;
No. 8, 7 gallons.

All steel, corrugated, galvanized, water-tight, odor-
proof (close-fitting lid). Look for the yellow label.
Ask at the Stores for WITT’S CAN and see
that *‘Witt’s Can”’ is stamped on lid and bottom.
If not on sale in your town order direct from us. Use
it and if you don’t like it we’ll pay for its return and
promptly refund your money.

The Witt Cornice Co.

DEPARTMENT A. CINCINNATI, O.

ER PIE LEELA ID

No. 42. Light Double Buggy or Carriage Harness. Price
complete with collars and nickel or imitation rubber trim-
mings, $24.00. As good as sells for $6.00 to $8.00 more.

34 Years Selling Direct

Our vehicles and harness have been sold direct from
our factory to user for a third ofacentury. We ship
for examination and approval and guarantee safe de-
livery. You are out nothing if not satisfied as to style,
quality, price.

We Are the Largest Manufacturers in the World
selling to the consumer exclusively. We make 200
styles of Vehicles, 65 styles of Harness. Send for
large, free catalogue.

Elkhart Sapese & Harness Mfg. Co

The above cut represents our
Catalpa Bungeii drive.

Our illustrated catalogue sent free to those
interested in Trees, Shrubs, Roses,
Vines, and also Fruits.

Over 400 acres in cultivation.

The Elizabeth Nursery Co.
Elizabeth, N. J.

No. 309.

Price complete
$83.00. As good as sellsfor B25: co to $30.00 more.

Fine Canopy Top Surrey.

Exquisite New Garden Roses

The latest European novelties will be found
among the exclusive list of roses offered in

RAWSON’S Garden Manual

For 1907

Mailed Free upon application. This booklet is entirely new, most
complete, artistically illustrated and contains more choice and
rare things for the garden than we have ever offered before.

W.W. RAWSON &G CoO.,

5 Union St., Boston, Mass.

New Ways of Growing Old
Favorities
A LIGHT open soil is best for the seed-

bed in which to start annuals. If the
soil be clayey and liable to bake after water-
ing, add well-rotted leaves and sand. Remove
all coarse particles from the surface soil by
ua one-half inch of top soil through a
#-inch meshed screen. In the open border,
thoroughly rake the surface soil. Plainly
mark on a label the name and date of sowing
of each variety and put the label at the end
of the row. Also put on the date of germin-
ation, pricking off, and planting out.

Sow all seeds thinly. Never allow one
seed to over-lay another. When sown
thickly, the seedlings damp off more easily.
In seed-beds from which seedlings are to be
transplanted, sow the seeds in rows one to
two inches apart, and cover to a depth of
twice their thickness. This gives a chance
to cultivate the soil around seedlings if they
commence to damp off. Cultivation kills
the fungus which is the direct cause of damp-
ing off. Seeds sown broadcast are harder
to cultivate.

The Best Temporary Vines—The best
all-round vine for covering large spaces, such
as plazzas, arbors, etc., is the Cobewa scandens.
It grows rapidly, has good, dark green foliage,
which is free from insect pests. The funnel-
shaped flowers are pretty and interesting,
and they are followed by curious-shaped,
showy seed pods.

The best vine for fences, trees and similar
heavy objects is the Japanese hop. It is a
free, rapid grower with dense foliage.

The best vine for a small arch or a light
screen is the cypress vine ([pomea Quamo-
clit). It does not start growing until steady
warm weather comes—about June 15th—
but then it grows very rapidly. Plant seed
where the plants are to flower, as they do not
transplant easily.

Ornamental gourds may be used among
the hop vines, as they take lots of room. The
foliage is much like that of the cucumber,
but the fruits are very interesting. Some
are like eggs, others like snakes, and still
others like great clubs, sometimes measuring
four feet long.

China Asters —For an early crop sow
the Victoria strain about March roth, in
the latitude of New York, in a green-
house or a hotbed. In three weeks, or
when large enough to handle, transplant,
setting the plants two inches apart.
About the end of April, transplant to the
coldframe, putting the plants ten inches
apart each way. ‘These plants will flower
in July. For main crop of flowers in August

APRIL, 1907

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 177

ROGERS STAINFLOOR FINISH

Makes old Floors, old Furniture, old Woodwork
look new; imparts beauty to any wood, new or!
old, painted or unpainted; elegant, cleanly, sani-
tary, economical; dries quickly; does not obscure
the grain of the wood like paint; is far more
durable than varnish; does not mar, and shows
neither heel marks nor scratches; not affected by
water; can be applied by anybody. Rogers
Stainfloor Finish is absolutely the best floor

finish made—the only one that satisfies
practical painters. A SAMPLE CAN
(enough to cover 20 square feet, 2 coats)
and A GOOD BRUSH Sent. express paid,
ae Sie 0 any address
Sp on receipt of .. 25¢
Made in Light Oak,
Dark Oak, Cherry, Ma-
. hogany, Walnut, Mala-
chite Green, Transpar-
ent. Name shade
wanted.
Valuable booklet free.
DETROIT
WHITE LEAD WORKS,

Detroit, Mich.
Dept. 42.

Exterminates field mice, house mice, and other rodents
in houses, greenhouses, hotbeds, barns and stables. Package
(containing enough Ubet Ikill to kill 1,000 mice) 60 cents, car-
Triage paid.

STUMPP & WALTER CO., Distributing Agents
50 Barclay Street, New York City

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COLLEGE POINT. QUEENS HOKOUGH. NEW YORK

THEY LAST FOREVER.

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Farm, field, lawn, clothes, hitching, street,
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250,000 sold last year; 500,000 ready for

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and early September, sow about the first of
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Capt. John Ericsson

“One of the few, the immortal names,

RICSSON was precocious in child-

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Two Hellebores Worth Knowing

The first of the hellebores here pictured is
the green hellebore (Helleborus viridis), a
plant with yellowish green flowers about two
inches across which blooms in May. It isa
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the color is not quite as pure. While it is
undoubtedly inferior from the garden point
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in Europe and a few American nurserymen
keep ity I have never seen it growing wild

The green hellebore (Helleborus viridis), a hardy per-
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The &lm City Nursery Company, Jew Haven, Connecticut
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Uncovering bulb beds in March. Keep the mulch

THE LINDEN DAHLIA GARDENS handy by for protecting the new growth on extra
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APRIL, 1907

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Sweet Corn

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beds for the first time is likely to uncover
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April-planted Sweet Corn that
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Rhododendrons on grounds of Walter H. Hunnewell, Wellesley, Mass.
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IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
RHODODENDRONS AND
MOUNTAIN LAUREL

N their selection; in their planting or their care, you
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Azaleas and the Mountain Laurel’? by J. Woodward

Manning, who has probably spent move time in their
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Hybrid Rhododendrons

Tender or Obsolete Varieties Grouping

Varieties of Doubtful Hardihood American Evergreen Species

The Ironclad List (with descrip- Other Evergreen Species

tions) Azaleas

Propagation Mountain Laurel

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS
Soil Mulching
Exposure Watering
Planting Fertilizing

Protection

A copy of this Monograph will be sent to the readers of THE
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Some Vegetables Worth Plant-
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fee following half-dozen hardy vegeta-
bles should be planted as soon as the
ground can be worked for two good reasons:
First, the earlier the start the sooner the crop
matures; second, because as the season warms
up other duties become more pressing.
Always plant the hardy vegetables as soon as
possible.

Parsnips.—In order to have parsnips of
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April as soon as the ground can be worked.
A clean, deep, rich soil is best. Make the
drills one inch deep and fifteen to twenty
inches apart. Sow the seed rather thickly
as it does not always germinate well. As
soon as the plants have attained a height of
two inches, thin them to four or six inches

apart. Cultivate freely till the ground is
well shaded by the leaves. Cultivation may
then be dispensed with.

The parsnip is one of the easiest vegetables
to grow, but they are very slow to mature.
They may be stored in moist sand or soil in
the cellar, or they may remain in the ground
where they grow, as they will stand any
amount of freezing. Parsnips left in the
ground attain a fine sugary flavor and keep
much better in this way, but they must be
covered with three or four inches of coarse
litter; and as they can be dug much easier at
any time during the winter, where one
grows a liberal quantity of them, half may
be stored in the cellar and the balance left
in the ground till needed.

The two best varieties are Hollow Crown
and The Student. The latter variety is
adapted for small gardens and is ready for
use after the first frosts.

Salsify or Oyster Plant.—This vegetable
has the flavor of the oyster, hence its name,
and is used for flavoring soup. Give the
same treatment as described for parsnips.
Any amount of freezing will not harm them,
so they may be kept all winter in the ground
outdoors where they grew. ‘They are ready
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or three inches in length. Gather when the
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be worked, in drills one inch deep and one
foot apart. Thin to three inches apart, to
prevent overcrowding, as soon as they have
made two rough leaves.

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APRIL, 1907

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sand or soil, as described for turnips.

Cardoon.—A good winter vegetable but
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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

Apri, 1907

The Anglais Table Deco-

ration for Arranging

Cut Flowers

Naturally the ANGLAIS TABLE DECORATION will
be at once appreciated by lovers of flowers. The ANGLAIS
TABLE DECORATION is made up of two low colonial
glass vases, one crescent and one rectangular in form, each
containing a JAPANA CUT FLOWER HOLDER ready
for use. (See Note.)

It takes 6 Cres. to make acircle. 6 Cres. and 2,4, 6or8
RECT. to make an oblong according to the size desired.
The Effects Possible are Limited Only by the Possessor

NOTE—The JAPANA isa solid piece of glass full of
holes allowing a perfect circulation for the water and holding
the flowers in their natural position (the Japanese idea of
beauty). Being of glass the JAPANA does not show when
in water and flowers last much longer.

Centre Piece in Use.
Low Vase with "Japana" com-
mies 2 2 2 2 2 $100
"Anglais" units with Japana com-
Dla, cady 2 = 2 oo I5@.
Circular on application. Sent
upon receipt of price.

M. V. GARNSEY, LaGrange, III.

6 Cie, 2 Rect. with Japana $6.00
AN OVAL ARRANGEMENT

GROWN IN GENEVA

AEE natural vitality of a tree or shrub is like the

“constitution ’’ of a man—it means

ability to withstand unusual conditions. Transplanting is a period of crucial tests
in atree’s life. That’s where Geneva Nursery Stock shows its value. It is grown in
soil specially adapted to starting strong, healthy growth, anda climate that puts vigor into
every root and branch.

ROSES, ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS

Every tree and shrub worth planting in this country is grown at the Geneva
Nursery. Our Trees are fine, strong specimens, and our Roses are field-grown plants,
18 to 30 inches high. with splendid roots.

Our General Catalogue contains, perhaps, more information about nursery stock,
more planting instructions, better spraying calendars and formulas than you have ever
seen in a single book. It tells about every tree and plant you are likely to be interested

in. Sent free.
W. & T. SMITH CO. THE GENEVA NURSERY

Cemevar Np

Landscape
Designing

UCCESS in the treatment of your grounds means that each
tree and shrub must be properly placed as well as perfectly
grown. Our trees and shrubsare perfect when they leave

the nursery. Welike to help you place them through our Land-
scape Department.

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We offer suggestions from your own sketch or take entire
charge, from the topographical survey to the personal selection
and placing of the stock from a wealth of native and imported
shrubs and trees in our nurseries.

New Nursery Book—beautifully illustrated—brimming with things
that will interest all lovers of Trees, Shrubs, and Herbaceous Plants—
just out. A post card to the following address will bring one to you FREE.

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at ten cents each are no good, for this pur-
pose, for we have proved that they will not
bloom all summer.

We got good results from the window-
boxes. ‘The first prize was won by a cripple
boy who raised his flowers in a window
that never received any direct sunlight. He
has had tuberculosis of the hip since baby-
hood and lives with three other children and
his parents in a two-room rear tenement
that faces north. The second prize was won
by a woman of seventy.

Humanity quickly becomes degraded in
tenement districts for want of ideals higher
than those of the mere pleasures of the mo-
ment. The workers who pass through those
hot, vile-smelling, noisy streets ought to have
something pleasant to look at and think
about. Flowers make for unselfishness. “I
didn’t think I’d have a window-box,” said
one woman, ‘“‘but when you told me it would
be as good for my neighbors as for me, I
thought I owght to have one.”

Next year we hope to have some one who
loves flowers and has raised them under such
conditions go about among the poor people
and show them how to multiply their own
plants and raise flowers in the winter. We
hope to see a box of flowers in every window
in New York City. As the movement
spreads, more people will be able to pay
the full price for the box. But all this costs
money and we should be very glad to have
contributions from anybody.

Send $1.25 to-day to the treasurer of the
society (Anita Lawrence, 70 Fifth Ave.) and
you will have the pleasure of knowing that
you have made life happier and better for a
whole family.

ALL BOARDS ARE
Ig THK

An easily made window box. Will accommodate three
geraniums, two ivies and a wandering Jew

If you want to make the box yourself, here
are the measurements: Outside body 30
inches long; base 31 inches long; bedy 74
inches wide at top; base 5% inches wide;
inside 29 inches long, 64 inches wide at top,
4% inches deep, 5 inches wide at base. Use
t-inch boards. Paint dark green outside and
half-way down inside.
get four screw eyes (two for the box and two
for the window casing), and a yard of wire.

The ideal box should have several gcod-
sized holes bored in the bottom for drainage,
but we were afraid of drip on the buildings
and consequent complaints by landlords, so
we contented ourselves with merely putting
in a few stones for drainage and the flowers
have done well. By the kindness of a dealer
in fertilizers we were able to give a package

4

To fasten it in place, —

of pulverized sheep manure with each box. |

New York. A. L. F.

APRIL, 1907

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

A Free Book That Every Garden
and Home Owner Should Have

HERE is not a single reader of THE GARDEN MAGAZINE who would not be benefited by

knowing more about concrete.

large or, small.

In a hundred ways it can serve a purpose upon any place,
As the cost of lumber advances, its place is being taken in a multitude of

ways by concrete, a material cheaper than real stone, more sanitary than wood, and indestructible.
Because concrete construction is usually asssociated with heavier and bulkier work, we enumerate
a few of the ways in which it can be utilized about the home, and its advantages in each instance.

Concrete Dog House

CONCRETE GREENHOUSES
require no repairs; save fuel, retain heat, and keep out cold.
They are cleaner and fresher, can be washed easier, and
there is no wood to decay or iron to rust.

HOT BEDS AND COLD FRAMES
Concrete is not affected by moist soil which rots wooden
frames in a year or two. It retains heat and gives plants a
steadier, surer growth.

SIDEWALKS, CURBS AND GUTTERS
made according to the plans given in this book will be per-
manent and attractive.

ROOT AND MUSHROOM CELLARS
The proper storing of roots and bulbs through the
winter requires a cellar that is impervious to water and
easily cleaned. Concrete is the cheapest and best possible
material for the purpose.

KENNELS AND CHICKEN HOUSES
The protection afforded by a concrete chicken house
against rats, weasels, etc., and the ease with which they
can be kept clean should be sufficient to give it preference
over every other kind. A kennel of concrete can be washed
with a hose and kept perfectly clean.

WATER TANKS AND CISTERNS
There is nothing to rot, nothing to rust and nothing to
contaminate the water in a cistern or tank of concrete. It
has no hoops to burst and no mortar to fall out.

“Concrete Construction

about the HOME and on the FARM”

contains 127 pages of practical information about the ordi-
nary uses of concrete, the uses that appeal to the average
home owner. It tells in language free from technical terms
how to make concrete and how to use it, with full tables and
diagrams. ‘The 145 illustrations are mostly photographs of
actual work, much of it by amateurs. It tells
How to Make Concrete How to Build Walls and Foun-
How to Make Cencrete Forms dations
How to Make Reinforced Concrete How to Build Farm Buildings
How to Build an Ice House (by the leading specialists in the country)
How to Build Barns and Out- How to Figure Cost of Concrete
buildings

A Reinforced Concrete. Cottage

Concrete Walk, Horse Block and
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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

Home-made Gas-Light for
Country Houses

AKES about one hour’s work permonth
After that you merely turn a tap
whenever you want light, touch a match
to the burner, and, presto—light.
Yes, brilliant, beautiful, white light too,
that spreads around a room like daylight.
A light that gives sparkle to every
polished article it falls on—gleam and
glisten to white table linen—and a genial,
cheery glow to everything it illuminates.
Just like putting varnish over a faded
picture—this glorifying Acetylene Light.
Now that is cold fact which I’ll prove
up to your satisfaction or no pay.

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Wouldn’t you like to get rid of the
everlasting smell of Kerosene or Gasoline
in your home?

Wouldn’t you like to know that never
again would you have filthy Kerosene
Lamps to clean and fill, wicks to trim,
chimneys to wipe, and the permanent
dread of fire?

Wouldn’t you like to know that in
every room you had a pretty brass fixture
firmly attached to ceiling, or wall, where it
couldn’t be tipped over by the children—
where it was never in the way, and was
always ready to touch a match to when
you wanted light—little or much?

Wouldn’t you glory in the absence of
soot, smell or danger?

Wouldn’t you like your visitors to find
in your home that smart “‘city style”
which Gas-lighting gives, that beautiful,
soft radiance shining down from the ceil-
ings where it does nof get in your eyes
like the glaring light of sooty, smelly Ker-
osene Table Lamps?

Bo +=

Well, Madam Householder, you can
have all these at less cost than kerosene costs
you now, when once installed.

In about two days’ time an eight
to ten room house can be completely
fitted, from cellar to garret, with beau-

Roses, Vines, Perennials, etc., is complete.

scale, and is graded up to the highest standards.

planting of large or small grounds, gardens or parks.

trated Catalog; itis free.

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Our collection of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs,

Grown under the most advanced and skillful methods,—acquired by an ex-
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Landscape Work a Specialty

We will prepare, without cost to customers, plans and sketches for proper
Intending planters
should write for plans, catalog and estimates. Remember you can buy direct
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tiful brass Ve

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Not a pipe will show on
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This Acetylene Gas Plant
will be good for more than
twenty years’ constant use.

And from the day your own Acetylene
Gas Plant is installed it will cost you one-
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whitest Light than it ever did for the same
candle-power with smoky, ill-smelling,
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Just drop me a line to-day, stating how
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Write me to-day, giving number of rooms
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APRIL, 1907

The Californian’s Reminder

pee annuals, seeds of which were sown
: in March, will now be in good con-
dition provided no failure has occurred. If
they are not, it is not too late to make another
sowing. Care must be taken not to allow
the plants to become crowded. Give each
plant room to develop, as one well grown
plant will give more flowers than two spindly
grown ones.

Stocks are always useful and so easily grown
that no amateur need have any fear of failure.
All that is wanted is a sunny, open place to
plant them in. Throughout the summer
and early autumn, the Ten Weeks stocks
will flower in sixty days from the date of
sowing, but in the late autumn and winter
months they require eighty days to come into
full flower. The Brompton stocks, if sown
in the middle of April, will flower in Novem-
ber. These are much more robust in their
growth than the Ten Weeks.

BUY NEW VARIETIES OF DAHLIA

Some new varieties of dahlias should be
purchased every year. ‘The Eastern growers
root cuttings of the new varieties and the
young plants are sent out about the end of
April or early in May. As soon as the plants
are received, place them in warm water for
fifteen minutes and plant them in the evening.
Stick a shingle into the ground in such a way
that it will throw a shade over the young
plant during the heat of the day. After four
days the shade can be dispensed with. It
is best to drive a stake to each plant as soon
as planted, and tack on a label with the name
of the plant upon it. The most useful stake
I have found is made from redwood cut one
inch wide and seven-eighths of an inch thick,
and four feet six inches long.

The old plants of begonia are much bene-
fited by a good dressing of fertilizer. They
like coarse bone meal. -Mix a quart into a
wheel-barrow load of, well-rotted manure,
spread this amongst them and fork it well
into the soil. In the southern part of the
state, the shrubby varieties are much grown.
Prune these into shape and cut out any poor
growths before adding the fertilizer. If new
plantings are made, select a corner with a
southeastern exposure for them, and prepare
the soil well before planting. They prefer
a sandy, open soil with some old manure well
mixed throughout the soil.

THE CARE OF ROSES

During April, roses will be in full flower.
Should green fly attack them, spray with
soap-suds—to make, dissolve two ounces of
laundry soap in one gallon of water. If
affected with mildew, dust the affected leaves
with flowers of sulphur in the early morning,
while the dew is on them. Cultivate the
ground well, and towards the end of the
month, mulch with half-rotted manure.
This saves watering and keeps the ground
cool. All waterings after the mulch is on
must be given from overhead.

Sweet peas that were sown in the winter
will now be in full flower. Pick off all
flowers; do not allow the plants to seed, as
this stops their flowering.

Santa Barbara, Cal. W. H. Morse.

APRIL, 1907

~ LAWNS
IN AMERICA —

THE “HENDERSON”
LAWN GRASS SEED

Receives enthusiastic praise from users in
every State in the Union (except the arid).

“The lawn grass seed from you,
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MRS. M. P. JENNISON,

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“Mr. Geo. R. Knox has the
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seed from you. J want enough of the same,
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i 79 “The Lawn Grass Seed bought
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It made a perfect piece of turf, absolutely free
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“Tt is the best Lawn Grass Seed

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inches high.”

the country. It has made me a beautiful
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sowed the 3d of May, and,
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“We are more than pleased with
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OHN COCHRANE,
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i ] iq ‘Last Spring I
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given us a fine turf.”
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] “We sowed your prepared Hen-
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“After years of trial I find for
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j “The Henderson Lawn Grass Seed
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200 THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

“Old Hickory” _.
Spindle Back Chair

UARANTEED most serviceable, comfortable, attractive Chair for
porch and lawn use ever sold at this remarkably low price. Willstand
all sorts of weather. Solidly constructed of genuine white hickory with
bark on. Seat 18 inches long, 16 inches deep; height over all 4o inches.
Price $1.75, freight prepaid east of the Mississippi River.. 120 other styles
of Chairs, Settees, Tables, etc., $1.50 up.

‘The Old Hickory Chairs reached me O. K. last Saturday, and, to use Mrs. Wiles’s expression, ‘ We are tickled
to pieces’ over them. They are the pride of the neighborhood. I think I shall want another piece of your artistic
furniture later.’’ Ernest P. Wiss, Muncie, Ind.

‘‘T take pleasure in advising you that the chairs shipped to me at Riverside, N. Y., have been received, and I am
more than pleased with them. If I have occasion to buy anything more of this character, you may be sure that the Old

2 2 “Old Hickory ”
Andrew Jackson Chair

For comfort, serviceability, style and durability this Chair is perfection.
Just the thing for porch, lawn and outdoor use, as the weather cannot
affect it. Made entirely of genuine white hickory with beautiful natural
bark finish. An exact duplicate of the O/d Andrew Jackson Chair. Seat
17 inches wide, 15 inches deep; height over all 36inches. Price $2.75;
two for $5.00. Freight prepaid east of the Mississippi River. 120 other
styles of ‘‘O/d Hickory”’ Chairs, Settees, Tables, etc., from $1.50 to $25.00.

** Old Hickory”? Furniture Pleases Everyone

““T now have thirty pieces of your Old Hickory in my home, ‘ The Nutshell,’ and should not feel my
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May , 1907 ap H E G A R D E N M A G J\ Wy, I N E How can the flower garden be made more attractive? 205

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HEATING AND LIGHTING THE COUNTRY HOME

A DIRECTORY
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ARTISTIC
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grounds by installing a hand-
some concrete vase, as shown in photo-
engraving.

Our handsome lawn specialties are very
reasonable and very effective when properly

placed. Price, only $5. Our stately
Concrete

Hitching Posts

make the exterior look substantial and lend
a very pleasing effect. Suitable for elegant
homes. May be placed at either end of the
driveway. Either vase or post at $5 se-
curely crated.

Machines for making them if desired. Catalog.

MEDINA CONCRETE COMPANY
36 COURT STREET . ~- MEDINA, OHIO

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for $35. Regular
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=¥ y) to $75. Send for |
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4 Boston, Mass

THE ILLINOIS
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FLOWER BOXES

Require attention only twiceamonth. Madeof heavy
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Our Steam Plow “Breaking”? Land Eight Furrows at a Time

all

Located in the Great Canadian Northwest in the Province ‘of Saskatchewan, the heart of the great
wheat belt of the world. This land raises more and better wheat than any other Jand in the world, and
any one who knows this country will tell you that the SAFEST and MOST PROFITABLE investment for
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latitude insure a crop each year. Farmers independent of rain. Eighteen hours of sunshine harden the
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farmers have located in Saskatchewan within three years.

$200 Buys 10 Acres

We have subdivided a large tract of choice land in Saskatchewan, near the main line of the Canadian
Pacific Railway, four miles south of Estevan, into farms of 10 to 160 acres. We have issued a coupon on
each acre for its exact value, $20. When you have paid us $20 you get a coupon for one acre. When you
get ten coupons you will receive title to ten acres or multiple thereof. Titles guaranteed. This land will
sell for $50 an acre a few years hence.

10 acres will earn $130.00 a year .
100 “ ei * 1,300.00 “
1000 “ of ‘ 13,000.00 “

Two crops will more than pay for the land. Those who want a crop this year must send their first
payment at once. No land can be bought and put under cultivation this year later than May 15th. Write

You Don’t Have to Go to Canada

to reaJize on your investment or to cultivate the land. We will do that for you as well as market your
crops, provided you will give us half of the profits. We have all the machinery, including steam plows
(one shown above), horses, etc., with which we are putting hundreds of acres under cultivation each year.
We have spent thousands of dollars for machinery and equipment. We ask you to put your money into
land, which increases in value, while we are willing to put ours into machinery, which depreciates, to get
one-half of the profits you give us. In order to make money ourselves we have got to make money for
you. There is no speculation. References and credentials furnished. We reserve the right to reject any
application not satisfactory to us.

Saskatchewan Mutual Development Company
Room 5016, 1 Madison Avenue, New York

The “Apollo” Sweeper

is an ideal time and labor-saving machine for the care of

Lawns, Golf-greens, Porches, Walks, Barn-floors,

etc. It takes the place of broom and shovel, sweeping and gathering all in
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Beautiful Lawns

are produced by the use of the ‘‘APOLLO”’ sweeper, because instead of
injuring the grass or tearing it up as a rake does, the action of the fibre
bristles promotes the growth of the turf, makes the grass thick and pro-
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In the last few years

the price of lumber has
more than doubled in cost.
Before the increase the price was higher than
the average farmer could pay. The use of
shingles, therefore, has been growing less
and less, and the progressive farmer has
been using Amatite instead.

What is Amatite? It is the mzneral sur-
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The
May. 1907

the Glory of
the Garden.
Among all hardy
perennials, none gave
such a wealth of flow-
ersand variety of colors
as the Phlox. They
flourish in almost any
position and soil, and
are perfectly hardy. The
old-fashioned varieties
improved
beyond recognition, and
now we have some
nearly as large as a silver dollar. We have selected the
following as the best of their color:

have been

Aquilon.— Carmine rose shaded salmon, crimson center :
216-3 ft.

Atala.—Clear, dark pink. light center: 14% to 2 ft.

Attraction.—Snow white with bright rose eye ; 2-24 ft.

Baron Von Burkhart.—Immense heads of bright rose
flowers. One of the finest of its color and class; 24% ft.

eras ou pure scarlet with deep crimson eye;
2-96 ft.

Eclaireur.—Purplish-crimson with white halo, large flow-
ers; 14% to 2 feet.

Esperance. Large, magenta-lilac shaded to white; 144
to 2 feet.

Henry [urger.— Extra large white flowers, crimson
center. 2% feet.

Jas. Bennett.— Beautiful light pink, tinted salmon; large
crimson center; 144 to 2 feet.

Lecard.—Lavender, flaked with white; 2% to 3 feet.

Lumineux.—Pure light red, bright crimson eye; large:
2% to 3 feet.

Mrs. Dwyer.—Pure white, crimson center.
2 to 24% feet. ‘

Peachblow.—Delicate shell pink, with white markings ;
14% to 2 feet.

R. P. Struthers.—Crimson pink, tinted orange; dark
center. Very fine ; 24 feet.

Suffrage.— Light magenta, crimson center; 14% to 2 feet.
Very pretty.

The Queen.—Large flowersand spike of the purest white;
3 feet. Best of its color for all purposes.

Tall spike ;

Strong field clumps, (will make large display
of bloom this season, I5c. each. $1.50 per doz.

Our Illustrated Catalogue gives other varieties and large
assortment of Field Grown Hardy Perennials. It is not
too late to sow seeds. We have the best in stock.

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OUR 1907 SEED BOOK— FREE

Our new book contains a complete list and descriptions of Vege-
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MY GARDEN RECORD

A Valuable Gardener’s Assistant
oy eg gardener learns more from actual experience in working his own ground and

Catalogue free

W. R. GRAY,

watching his own crops than from reading books on gardening. But it is hard to

remember from one season to another what varieties were found satisfactory and
what unsatisfactory; what experimental treatment (culture, fertilizer, insecticide) was
successful and what a failure. Accordingly, when Spring comes round again and vegetable
and flower seeds are ordered, we have only a hazy recollection of what varieties we had
last year and whether or not they were what we hoped them to be. This Garden Record
is intended to be a help to the memory, to carry from one season on to the next in an
accessible form the record of successes and failures of the past.

Larva of Elm-Leaf Beetle enlarged

The Care of Trees

Spring is the time to combat the ELM LEAF BE@TLE.
We can save your foliage and will guarantee results.

The value of a record kept year after year willbe apparent. The book provides blanks

for records of dates of planting, appearance of seedlings, transplanting, cultivation
. and crops; character of soil; fertilizers, insecticides used; value of crop, weather
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Branch Offices: Flatiron Bldg, New York,
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J10 Can you do without a greenhouse much longer?
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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

May, 190%

The distinguishing points of a U-Bay House
are the curved eaves, wide glass spacing
and aluminum paint interior finish.

Can the Greenhouse
Be Placed Near the Dwelling ?

his cut doesn’t show much
S of the greenhouse, but the

glimpse you do get looking up
the drive certainly is most at-
tractive, and argues well for
the lightness of construction
and wonderful grace of the curved eaves
of a U-Bar house. The owner is a flower
enthusiast. He believes that his winter
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haven’t been constructed in a way that
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In 4, 4% and 5 inch pots, ready to plant
out for immediate blooming.

Beautiful Rose Collections,
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Send for price list

The Bronx Arboretum and Rosarium
Office and Show Grounds, 967 E. 166th St., N. Y.

Multiplying Tulip Bulbs
[Cee wasteful way of the parks is to
throw away the bulbs of early or
bedding tulips which bloom during April
in the North, but the Public Grounds Depart-
ment of Boston are saving hundreds of dollars
by simply keeping the offsets and growing
them in a nursery bed for two or three years.
According to Mr. Luke J. Doogue, the
larger offsets shown in the accompanying
picture will give first-class flowers next

The largest of these are blooming bulbs

spring. The others will do likewise after
being cultivated for two or three years.

We do not recommend this method to the
general public because our people are too
impatient and the bulbs are too cheap, but
it is perfectly practical for amateurs who like
to propagate their own plants and who can
follow such experiences for several years.
Read the November, 1906,GARDEN MaAca-
ZINE, page 190.

New Jersey. T. McA.

Chicken Wire for Peas

(pe neatest and usually the cheapest way

of training garden peas is to grow them
on chicken wire, but it is a question if they
do as well as on wood. Some people think
that the wires become too hot on very sunny
days for the good of the plants.

The costliest item in connection with
gardening is the labor, and you will be
appalled if you figure out how much it will
cost you if you have a man to cut pea brush.

The neatest way of growing peas

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With 102 explanatory illustrations from photographs.

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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

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Nearest the Pole, by Robert E. Peary.
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Primers of Art, by Prof. Edwin A. Bar-
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Water Wonders Every Child
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The Industrial Republic, by Upton
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The Awakening of China, by Dr. W.
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Radish Culture

Ngee G will give as quick returns or
as satisfactory results as well grown
radishes in the small home garden. A
small block of rich, loose soil one yard
square will, if properly handled, give quite
a large supply of crisp, fresh radishes. The
greatest point is to grow them from seed to
table size in the shortest possible space of
time, as the more quickly the radish is grown
the better the quality.

A soil resembling an ash heap in texture
made very rich with well-rotted manure or
even a good commercial fertilizer is desirable
for this purpose. It should be freshly dug
over and the radish seed planted thinly in
rows six inches or more apart. When the
young plants are well started, they should
be thinned out to stand at least an inch apart
in the row. If the seed is sown with care
so that the plants will not come up too thickly
in the row, this labor of thinning can be
largely avoided. The extra early sports,
such as the small round forcing varieties,
can in ordinary weather be had ready for
use in twenty to twenty-five days from plant-
ing the seed, and even quicker results may
be had under favorable conditions where the
small round radishes are pulled at the cherry
stone size. As soon as the radishes have
been pulled from the bed, it can be dug over
and replanted for succession.

Larger varieties will require proportion-
ately more space and a longer period of time
in which to grow. ‘The point I wish to make
is that where the area of the home garden is
limited, larger returns can be had by growing
your own supply of fresh salads, such as
radishes and lettuce, and the home produc-
tion of these will effect the greatest saving
in the market list, besides giving you radishes
and lettuce in a fresh, crisp state just when
they are needed for use.

The three points essential in having rad-
ishes and salad (lettuce) are first, rich, light
or loose soil in which to grow them; second,
keeping the soil constantly stirred,
and fine during the stages of growth; and
third, frequent plantings of seed to keep
up a constant supply. The seed should
be sown at intervals of a week or ‘ten
days.

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Making a Good Start

D°? NOT be deceived by an early burst
of warm, balmy weather into setting out
tender vegetables that have been started in
heat, or into planting out flowering plants
for summer effect. Late spring frosts usu-
ally occur about the middle of May and the
over-eager amateur is often an easy victim
to his enthusiasm. Nothing is gained by
this very early starting, because during the
later spell of cold weather—even if actual
frosts do not occur—all growth is checked
and a checked plant never fully recovers.

Consult your own records or the local
weather reports, and do not set out the tender
plants until the critical date is passed. If,
however, frost does catch the early set plants,
shade them from the sun, and if possible
spray with cold water—ice water is best—
till they are thawed. But prevention is better
than cure, and if the weather indications
suggest a frosty night, give protection by
cloth screens, newspapers or some such
thing.

FRUIT GARDEN AND ORCHARD

Spray fruit trees and bushes twice during
May to prevent insects, scale and fungi
from getting a start, and, of course, keep it
up for another three months. (See the
Spraying Calendar in the April GARDEN
MAGAZINE.)

If you have any plum or cherry trees, the
curculio is almost sure to pay you a visit.
There is but one practical remedy—jar the
trees and catch the insects, as they fall, in
acloth. Then dump them into a pail having
a little kerosene in it. Use a mallet, wrapped
around with a cloth, to strike sharply on the
trunk of the tree. Do not strike too hard
or an irreparable injury will be done the
bark. It requires only a slight jar to dis-
lodge the curculio.

Cut out any dead wood from apples and

MAY, 1907

pears; also remove any crossing or inter-
locking branches. If any trees were grafted
last season, remove all suckers from around
the trunk, and rub off any buds that appear
on the branch below the graft.

Only under exceptional conditions is it
wise to let strawberries bear a crop the same
year that they are planted. Fall-set beds,
if they have been given the very best of care,
may be cropped, but spring set plants will
do much better, and give much larger crops
next year, if they are not allowed to bear any
fruits at all this spring. Pick off all flower
stalks, and induce vigorous growth by water-
ing, cultivation, and a liberal dressing of
manure. Mulch the old strawberry beds
with salt hay to keep the berries clean.

A BUSY TIME IN THE FLOWER GARDEN

The earliest spring flowers, including the
Dutch bulbs and most of the hardy shrubs,
are now passing out of flower. When
finished blooming all these plants begin to
make their growth and build up for the next
year’s crop of flowers. Therefore, prune
the flowering shrubs immediately after the
flowers have fallen, by removing the flowering
wood. This will force a free production
of new, young growths, each of which will
produce flowers next spring.

If the space now occupied by the spring
bulbs is needed for other plants, the bulbs
are to be saved. They may be left to partly
mature their foliage for a few weeks, and
then be lifted carefully and allowed to finish
ripening in a sheltered out of the way part
of the garden. Plant pansies and daisies
for succession until the summer bedding
plants are ready.

During the first half of the month, make
sowings of all hardy and half-hardy annuals,
such as morning glory, China asters, calliop-
sis, balsam, candy tuft, etc., and transplant
hardy annuals that were started in the
coldframe in March if they have been
hardened off. If not already done, sow
tender annuals in coldframes for trans-
planting later.

During the latter half of the month—after
the late frosts—plant out from hotbeds or
frames all tender annuals and roots; sow
seeds of tender plants outdoors, and ‘“‘ bulbs”
or roots of cannas, begonias (tuberous), and
elephant’s ear can be safely planted, but of
course, these will be later in flowering than
plants that were started in heat and set out
at the same time.

All kinds of perennial plants may be safely
shifted and the borders rearranged before
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Do you realize that good water lilies may
be grown easily in the half of an old kerosene
barrel? And they add greatly to the interest
of the garden. Make preparations this
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GARDEN MaGazINnE for March, 1906 (page
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water can be used for water lilies.

SOW THESE TENDER VEGETABLES

Beans.—After the ground is warmed. Bush
beans are a little hardier than the limas,
which, however, may be started in frames,
in pots or on inverted sods, for transplanting
after all danger of frost is past.

Corn.—Read Mr. Darlington’s article on
page 230 of this number. It has a specific
planting list for your own locality.

Cucumbers and melons.—Start the latter
in coldframes on pieces of inverted sod, or
in pots, to transplant in June. Put three
melon seeds to a sod or pot, and thin to the
strongest when the first true leaves are well
developed. Sow cucumbers outdoors the
last week of the month.

Spray potatoes with Bordeaux mixture
and Paris green as soon as they appear above
ground—and keep at it every ten days.

Do not transplant from heat any tender
vegetable plants, such as tomatoes, peppers,
egg-plant, etc., unless you are sure that the
frost season is over.

IN THE GREENHOUSE

As the sun’s heat increases at this season,
plants under glass require considerable more
water, and such decorative foliage plants as
palms and ferns will need protection from
the direct rays of the sun. Shade by cheese-
cloth screens or by whitewash on the glass.

Throw out old rose plants to make room
for new ones.

Plant carnations outdoors now.

Ventilate the greenhouse very carefully;
and on dull days, if possible, turn on a little
heat to keep the air moving and drive out
dampness. Keep on some air at all times
when frost is not anticipated.

Buy chrysanthemums—rooted cuttings
from the florist—for fall flowers. It is not
yet too late to start growing for exhibition.

The flame azalea (A. calendulacea) the best hardy azalea for producing
glorious mass effects on a large scale. Flowers yellow or orange

The Japanese hardy azalea (A. Indica, var. Kaempferi) of extraordinary interest
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All the Azaleas Worth Growing—By Thomas McAdam, 83%

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which the short-tubed flowers. C and CC
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is the clearest and briefest way of showing

The pinxster flower (A. nudiflora) pink, April—May
A cultivated specimen. Don’t rob the woods!

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PURCHASER’S GUIDE TO AZALEAS

A. Foliage evergreen (except in No.
3): lvs. and fis. from the
same terminal bud.
B. Plants tender. The favorite
species for forcing.
INDIAN AzALEA I. A. Indica
BB. Plants hardy.
C. Foliage evergreen: fis. rosy,
purple, magenta or white.
D. Fis. 1 in. across, scentless.
HARDY INDIAN AZALEA 2. A. Indica
var. amona
DD. Fis. 2-3 in. across, fragrant.
ROSEMARY-LEAVED AZALEA 3. A. rosmari-

nifolia
CC. Foliage deciduous: fis. red or
pink.
JAPANESE HARDY AZALEA 4. A. Indica, var.
Kem pferi.

AA. Foliage deciduous: lvs. and fils.
from different buds.
B. Corolla with decided tube and
usually acute segments,
pubescent or hairy out-
side: stamens 5.
C. Stamens shorter than the
spreading part of the flower
corolla funnel-to-bell
shaped; tube short and
broad, pubescent but not
glandular outside.
CHINESE AZALEA 5. A. Sinensis
CC. Stamens as long as, or longer
than, the limb: corolla
trumpet-shaped; tube long
and narrow, glandular out-
side.
D. Color yellow to flame red.
E. Height 2-6 ft.: fls. yellow,
fragrant.
BLACK SEA AZALEA 6. A. Pontica
EE. Height 4-10 ft.: fis.
orange or red, nearly
odorless.
FLAME AZALEA 7. A. calendu-
lacea
218

DD. Color, white, pink or rose.
E. Blooming early (Apr-
May): fis. normally

pink.
: PINXSTER FLOWER 8. A. nudiflora
EE. Blooming midseason

(May-June): fis.

normally white or

tinged rose: height
2-6 ft.
CALIFORNIA AZALEA Q. A. occiden-

talis
EEE. Blooming late (June- ?
July): fils. normally
white or tinged rose.
F. Height 8-20 ft.
TREE AZALEA IO. A. arbores-
cens
FF. Height 4-8 ft.
WHITE AZALEA II. A. viscosa
BB. Corolla with very short tube, and
obtuse segments, glabrous out-
side: stamens 7-10
C. Flowers 2-lipped, not spotted
the two lower segments
divided nearly to the
base: blooming before
the leaves.
D. Color rose-purple.
rHoporA 12. A. Canaden-
sis
DD. Color bright rose.
JAPANESE RHODORA 13. A.rhombica
CC. Flowers wheel-to-beil shaped,
or slightly two-lipped, di-
vided usually to a point
below the middle; middle
lobes spotted.
D. Color pink: stamens 7,
rarely 5.
PURE PINK AZALEA 14. A. Vaseyi
DD. Color purple: stamens 10 15. A. Al-
brechti
DDD. Color pale rose: stamens 10. 16. A. Schlipp-
enbachii

The numbered paragraphs below describe
the species in the same order in which they
are distinguished in the “‘ Purchaser’s Guide”
above.

1. The Indian azalea (A. Indica) is the
most important species for forcing and for

May, 1907

outdoor culture in the South, its flowers
being larger than those of the Chinese (often
four inches across) and the most varied in
color of the whole genus. Normally it
belongs to the lavender-magenta-purple
series, but it has wild varieties that connect
it with the yellow-orange-red series, and the
cultivated forms embrace every important
color save yellow and blue. It is also more
richly striped, bordered and fluted than any
other azalea, and a peculiar feature is that
the three upper petals are beautifully spotted.
It has the broadest and flattest flower of all
azaleas, there being scarcely any tube. You
can tell it from other greenhouse azaleas by

the fact that the leaves and flowers come

from the same bud. So far as I know, it
has never been crossed with any species
other than the evergreen kinds about to be
mentioned.

For its evergreen foliage the Indian azalea
pays dearly, since in its typical form it cannot
survive the winter outdoors north of the
Carolinas. Even in the South its winter
aspect is not particularly attractive, nor does
the foliage provide a really effective back-
ground for the flowers, which are so gorgeous
that they completely overshadow the small
and scant leaves.

Naturally a hardy Indian azalea is much
to be desired and the place to look for it is
in the northern parts of China and Japan, for
strangely enough, it is not a native of India
at all, and was therefore incorrectly named
by Linneus. (However, we may not call
it the Chinese azalea, since that name should
be reserved for A. Sinensis.) Happily there
are two important forms of the Indian azalea
that have achieved hardiness—at what cost
will presently appear.

2. The hardiest evergreen form of the
Indian azalea is what everybody calls Azalea
amena, but its correct name is Azalea
Indica, var. amena. This survives the
winters of New York without protection
but in New England must be sheltered from
the wind and midday sun. The flowers are
only an inch across, and the common vari-
eties of it are so vociferously magenta-
purple (the catalogues call it claret) that
they give more pain than pleasure if stationed
where all the world must see. Preferable
varieties are Miss Buist (white), and Prime
Minister, ‘‘soft pink”; but according to Mr.
Henry E. Burr, by far the most desirable
form is the rare and costly Japanese variety
Hinodigiri, which he declares is a bright
cherry red, quite free from the objectionable
magenta.

3. Closely allied to this is the beautiful
white-flowered plant known to nurserymen
by the erroneous name of A. Indica, var. alba,
it being in reality a form of the rosemary-
leaved azalea (A. rosmarinijolia). This
species rarely if ever appears in the cata-
logues, but it has rendered service in putting
hardiness into the hybrid Indian azaleas, one
of which was pictured as long ago as 1833.
The wild form of the rosemary-leaved
azalea is a Chinese species with white or
rosy purple flowers, two or three inches in
diameter. The botanical distinctions be-
tween this species and Indica are too finely

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The tree azalea (A. arborescens), tallest and latest species and has the best-appearing foliage all summer.
Flowers fragrant, white, July. Native to the Southern Appalachians and therefore perfectly hardy North

The only pure pink azalea (A. Vaseyi). All the others are tinged with crimson or purple. Hardy, cheap
and therefore adapted to making glorious masses in Northern estates and gardens, Millionaires are now
painting whole hillsides with color by planting this and the flame azalea by the hundreds

The best azalea for forcing, because it has the

largest flowers (A. Indica). See below

spun for mention here. The important
fact for us is that is it hardy at Boston, in
sheltered spots. Its pure white flowers are
two inches in diameter, and borne in bunches
of five, and set off by narrow evergreen leaves.

4. On the whole, however, evergreen
foliage is no real advantage to an azalea,
since it can never compare in beauty with
that of rhododendrons. In fact, it is a
handicap, because the climate of the north-
eastern United States is opposed to broad-
leaved evergreens. These can thrive only
on northern exposures, under trees, or where-
ever they can get shelter from winter winds
and sunshine. Obviously such plants must
always be high-priced and require a lot of
care. What we want is an Indian azalea
that will grow right out in the sunshine as
far north as New England, without any
winter protection; and, incredible as it may
seem, there is a Japanese variety which has

About half natural size. An Indian azalea (Azalea Indica),
(It is native to China—not India.)

only to forcing.

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abandoned the evergreen habit and become
the hardiest form of that species. This is
Azalea Indica var. Kempferi, perhaps the
most desirable flowering shrub of any kind
that is still unknown to the American public.
Its introduction to cultivation is one of the
great triumphs of the Arnold Arboretum.
The plants I saw all had bright red flowers,
with none of the purple taint, and there are
said to be pink and orange-red varieties.
There is one English firm from which this
glorious azalea can be procured, but the
Arboretum is not ready yet to distribute it
in America.

5. The largest-flowered decidous azalea
is what everybody calls Azalea mollis, but
since the older name, A. .Simensis, must
displace it, I have ventured to call it the
‘“‘Chinese Azalea.” The flowers are often
two and one-half inches across, and have
less of a tube than the other deciduous species,
the corolla being between bell-shape and
funnel-shape. It belongs to the yellow-
orange-red series, and I doubt if there are
any hardy pure-bred varieties of it in the
other series of colors. There are pink
varieties, but such as one would get from
diluting red—not purple.

The ‘“‘mollis hybrids,” however, as the
Dutchmen call them, have plenty of
“‘mauve,”’ under which seductive catalogue-
epithet lurk some of the most ferocious of
the magenta tribe. Where these hybrids
get that series of colors I have not yet dis-
covered. All of them are supposed to have
the blood of the Black Sea azalea in them,
but that is normally a _ yellow-flowered
species.

6. This Black Sea azalea (A. Pontica) is
probably the broadest-flowered of the long-
tubed azaleas, the blossom being two and
one-half inches across, and it has a further
advantage over its American rival in being

biallelic

The only species here mentioned that is adapted
Madame Verschaffelt

May, 1907

fragrant. Its varieties are known as “‘hardy
Ghent azaleas,” from the Belgian city which

first made a specialty of them. Normally

yellow, it now has white, orange and red
varieties. Why anyone should ever want to
cross anything with Azalea Pontica, unless
for its fragrance, is more than I know. The
amount of Pontica blood in the mollis hy-
brids may be roughly determined by ob-
serving how much it has imparted of its
fragrance, long tube and long-protruding
stamens. How strong or sweet its odor is
I cannot say.

7. The American rival of the Black Sea
azalea is the flame azalea, which I shall call
A. calendulacea, simply because it is best
for gardeners to follow the only standard
we have, viz., Bailey’s “‘Cyclopedia of Ameri-
can Horticulture.” An older name, how-
ever, is A. /utea. This gorgeous native of
the Appalachians, from Pennsylvania to the
Carolinas, is perfectly hardy in New England.
The dominant color is orange, but occa-
sionally one finds lemon, gold, orange-red
and even deep crimson, according to Mr.
Harlan P. Kelsey. These colors are not
yet offered separately by the nurserymen, as
the mollis varieties are, and the flowers are
usually smaller—say two inches across—but
you can get them fifty to eighty per cent.
cheaper than mollis, e. g., ten hardy hybrids
one to one and one-half feet high, may cost
$18, while the same number of flame azaleas,
one of the same size, may cost only $3. ‘This
species therefore offers us a chance to create
great landscape pictures of unrivalled splen-
dor. It is especially good for woods and
hillsides and stands dense shade unusually
well.

There are four other long-tubed azaleas
worth growing, all American species, with
fragrant, late-blooming, white or pinkish
flowers. All of them have been hybridized
by the Europeans with mollis, to extend the
season of bloom and to introduce their
delightful fragrance.

8. The earliest of these is the pink azalea
of our Eastern woods (A. mudiflora) often
called the ‘‘pinxter flower,” which means
that it blooms about Whitsunday or Pente-
cost, fifty days after Easter, 1. e., May 12th
to June 13th. (Asa matter of fact it blooms
May 15th to 30th near New York.)* Azalea
nudiflora sometimes has white flcwers, but
these can be readily told from the true white
azalea as the latter hardly blocms before
June rsth. Also the flower of A. nudiflora
has a densely hairy, instead of a slicky, tube,
and only a slight odor. Its preferred habitat
is dry sandy or rocky woods. ‘The soft, wet
“swamp apples” that grow on this species
are caused by a fungus. Children some-
times eat them, apparently with no bad
effects.

g. Unlike most shrubs from the Pacific
coast, the Californian azalea (A. occidentalis)
is hardy in New England, but there is prob-

* This name was given by the Dutch settlers of New
York. (The pinxter flower of their native land is the
English cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis). a per-
ennial herb of the mustard family which grows a foot or
two high, and has corymbs of white or rose-colored flowers,
each half an inch long. It also grows wild in America.

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The Black Sea azalea (A. Pontica), characterized
by long tube, yellow flowers and protruding stamens.
A parent, with the Chinese azalea, of most of the
named varieties Known as “mollis hybrids”

ably little inducement to cultivate it east of
the Rockies. The flowers are white or
tinged rose, and differ from the others in
having the upper lobes marked with yellow.
An English enthusiast says it is worth grow-
ing for the fragrance alone, and that Waterer
has produced some good, fragrant, late-
blooming hybrids by crossing this with mollis.

to. The tallest of all azaleas is the tree
azalea (A. arborescens) which attains a height
of eight to twenty feet in the wild, but in
cultivation makes a spreading bush three to
six feet wide. It is the latest to flower, bloom-
ing in June or July. Its foliage is the best
of all azaleas, in Mr. Kelsey’s opinion, as
the leaves retain their lustre all summer and
are bronzed beautifully in fall. The flowers
are white or tinged rose, two inches long and
much more fragrant than nudiflora or viscosa.

11. The white azalea or ‘‘swamp honey-
suckle” (A. viscosa) blooms the same time
as the tree azalea, but grows only four to
eight feet high, and has sticky white flowers

Orange Hybrid, one of the many products of cross-
ing the two species shown above

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about two inches long and broad. This
species and the one just preceding are the
only azaleas that bloom long after their
leaves have appeared. Their flowers are
fewer but have a better background. In
autumn the leaves often show striking shades
of red. The variety rosea, with bright pink
flowers, is so rare that small plants cost $4 each.

12. We now come to the weird two-lipped
azaleas, one of which is shown on this page.
The flower at the bottom of the picture dis-
tinctly shows how the lower lip is split almost
to the base into two thin strips. This is the
rhodora of Emerson’s immortal poem, which
was originally called by Linneus Rhodora
Canadensis, and Dr. N. L. Britton now pro-
poses that we return to that name. I shall
stick however, to Azalea Canadensis, the name
preferred by Bailey’s ‘‘Cyclopedia of American
Horticulture.” The rhodora is a strange
rosy-purple flower, about an inch and a half
across, and with narrow petals. Although a
native of bogs and wet hillsides, it has long
been cultivated in England under the same
conditions with other azaleas.

13. The Japanese rhodora (Azalea rhom-
bica), is probably a more attractive plant,
since the color is said to be bright rose and
the flower half an inch broader.

14. The only pink azalea I have ever seen
that is entirely free from any suggestion of
magenta is Azalea Vaseyi. The lovely
species grows wild only in North Carolina,
and was not discovered until long after the
Civil War. I wish it had been named
Kelseyi, to commemorate Mr. S. T. Kelsey,
who found it in 1878, and his son Harlan
P. Kelsey, who introduced it to cultivation.
The first large quantity of it was found at
Cashier’s Valley, Jackson Co., at an altitude
of 3,500 to 5,000 feet, and like many other
glorious plants of the southern Appalachians,
it is hardy in New England. It blooms more
profusely than any other native species, the
whole bush being covered with flowers, and
it attains an extreme height of fifteen feet.
This extraordinary shrub begins to bloom
when only a foot high, and its leaves turn
deep crimson in the autumn. The flowers
I have seen were pure pink and not even
spotted, but usually the three upper lobes
have small spots of a deeper color, and the
species is said to range from deep rose nearly
to white. The flower is broadly bell-shaped,
has a very short tube, and is so slightly two-
lipped that for practical purposes it may be
considered a symmetrical flower.

14. Similar in shape and spotting is Azalea
Albrechti, a rare purple-flowered species,
with ten stamens instead of seven.

15. To the same group belongs the pale
rose Azalea Schlippenbachit, which comes
from Fuji near the snow line, and is said to
have flowers three times the size of A. Vaseyi.
Mr. C. W. Ward says the blossoms are a
bright rose pink, and 24 to 3 inches across.

HINTS ON AZALEA CULTURE

The hardy evergreen azaleas (amoena and
rosmarinifolia) must have partial shade and
shelter from winter winds, like any other
broad-leaved evergreens.

Although the deciduous azaleas will stand

The Chinese azalea (A. Sinensis, but called by
everybody A. mollis). Of all the hardy species this
has the largest flowers and most colors. Scentless
and scarcely any tube

more exposure to sun and wind than rho-
dodendrons it is best to shelter them from
high winds and midday sunshine, especially
as the flowers are likely to be caught by late
frosts. Since all but the June bloomers
(viscosa and arborescens) appear before or
with the leaves, it is important to give them
an evergreen background, and the natural
thing is rhododendrons, since they require
the same cultural conditions, and prolong
the blooming season of the same type of
beauty. Azaleas are so inordinately showy
in season and so commonplace when out of
bloom that they are often treated as bedding
plants, being replaced after blooming by
a succession of other flowers. Furthur hints
on azalea culture appear on page 238.

“BR hodora”’ of Emerson's immortal poem(A, Canadensis)

The Cheapest Gardens for the Smallest Lots, [I—By F. C. Leible

New
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FIVE PLANS FOR 25x 30 FT. BACK-YARDS — THE MOST DIFFICULT GARDENING PROBLEM IN THE
WORLD AND ONE WHICH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE VAINLY TRIED TO SOLVE

| ese are five complete planting plans

for 25X30 ft. backyard gardens,
costing twenty-five, fifty, seventy-five, and
one hundred dollars for the plants. I have
purposely selected the very hardest possible
conditions, namely those of New York City,
where the unit lot is only 25 x roo it., the
smallest city lot 1 know. These backyards
are almost invariably surrounded by fences,
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in a large city. It is possible to distinguish
sixteen kinds but these may all be grouped
in four classes, according as they receive
one, three, five, or seven hours of sunlight
on an average between the months of April
and September.

The yard which receives only one or two
hours of direct sunlight during the day can-
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lots of the same size in smaller cities.

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these back-yards, I have drawn diagram
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. Royal fern (30)

. Goldie’s fern (20)

. Cinnamon fern (18)
. Lady fern (5)

FI edera Felix
Osmunda regalis
Dryopteris Goldieana
Osmunda cinnamomea
Asplenium Filix-femina

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. Maidenhair fern (50)

Adiantum pedatum
. Chain fern (30)

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7 Woodwardia angustifolia
8. Christmas fern (60) Polystichum acrostichoides
9. Clayton’s fern (26) Osmunda Claytoniana
Price of plants, $50.00

*The figures in parenthesis indicate the number of plants which the plan calls for

Plan 1,

A shaded garden which has only one hour of sunlight each day.

The top of each plan, with the

exception of No. 4, which 1s east, is the west side

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Three hours a day is the largest amount
of sunlight received by lots having a northern
exposure and this is the minimum for flower-
ing plants, and there is only a very short
list of flowers that will do well for several
years with as little light as this.

Five hours of sunlight is received by all
the backyards that have a southern exposure,
provided there is a similar lot on either side,
but if there is a six-story tenement on either
side it becomes reduced to the three-hour
basis.

The only New York City backyards I
know that receive seven hours of sunlight
are those in some parts of Harlem, from
rroth Street to 135th Street, and this is
because the buildings are only three or four
stories high. They get full sunlight a month
or more earlier in the season and also later
in autumn’

It is commonly believed that you cannot
grow flowers in a big city like New York,
because of illuminating gas leaking from the
mains and from the poisonous gases in the
air which come from factories, etc., but I
believe that too much importance is attached
to these things and that nobody ought to
allow these considerations to prevent him
from making a garden. The commonest
source of failure, I believe, comes from the
sourness of the soil, for we know that soil
that is densely shaded for months at a time
is almost certain to become sour, but reflected
heat from buildings, and the poor circulation
of air and the dust in the atmosphere have
a deal to do with it also.

If the soil is heavy as well as sour, the only
thing to do is to remove enough for the flower
beds that you want and have it replaced by
good soil, which is necessarily very expensive
in New York, because earth has to be hauled
seven or eight miles. The florist charges
about seven dollars a load for an ordinary
wagon-load of soil, which contains about
one cubic yard. Possibly you can get a
contractor to bring you one of his wagon-
loads, which is twice as large, for about the
same money and he ought not to charge
more than two dollars for carting away the
soil you do not want.

A cheaper way is to throw out the soil
to a depth of three feet and put stones, a foot
deep, at the bottom, in order to secure good
drainage. Then replace the soil and, better
still, mixing with it some lime—about half
a bushel for one yard. Even in this case
it is usually best to buy some sandy loam
and mix it with what you have.

Wealthy people who own their own houses
can afford to buy plants from a florist for
temporary decoration, and throw them away
when they have passed out of flower. Any-
body can afford to have a bulb show in April
or May, chiefly by the use of crocuses,
daffodils, hyacinths, and tulips.

Even if conditions are so bad that the bulbs

May, 1907

do not bloom more than once there is no
reason why every city yard should not be
gay with flowers in April and early May,
the time when the contrast between city and
country life is the greatest. Thousands of
people who do not count themselves wealthy
will spend $1.75 to $4.00 on a single meal
but never think that the same amount would
buy a hundred choice named tulips.

In the tenement regions below 14th Street
most of the yards are cemented over, but the
National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild is
trying to save borders around these back-
yards for planting with shrubs and plants.
Anyone who desires to help this work should
ask the Secretary, at 70 Fifth Avenue for
information.

It costs about twenty dollars to plant a
tree on the sidewalk on Manhattan Island,
and trees are necessarily short-lived under
such conditions. This sum includes the
permit, soil, and the cost of making a hole
in the stone sidewalk.

Probably the very best plant for big cities
is the Japan ivy (Ampelopsis tricus pidata),
which will cover the wall completely to a
height of three or four stories even when it
has only a hole in a stone sidewalk a foot
in diameter to grow through.

Its only rival in New York City is the
wistaria, which climbs straight up iron rods
to the top of a six-story building, but it
rarely flowers on the front side of a house.
I am confident that you can make these old
vines flower by a simple method of treatment
which I am willing to give free to a limited
number of readers of THE GARDEN Mac-
AZINE who apply before August 1, 1907,
on condition that I may take photographs
for THE GARDEN MAGAZINE to prove my
success.

THE FERN GARDEN (PLAN 1)

As this garden receives only one hour of
sunlight, flowers are out of the question.
The only things that will grow are foliage
plants, of which ferns are the least expensive.

Do not buy the ferns that are hawked
about the street in spring by pedlars, because
they have robbed the woods to get them.
Besides, they will not live, because the roots
have been exposed too much to sun and air.
You can buy these ferns from any good
nurserymen, and they can probably be
delivered by express at your own door from
Vermont or Massachusetts cheaper than you
can go out into the country and collect them.

Few people realize the possibilities of the
hardy ferns. Many of them are especially
adapted to planting in cold dark corners,
near buildings or under trees.

Allthough many of them grow naturally
in very damp or wet places the drainage is
always perfect. They will not endure a
stagnant soil therefore always use the greatest
care in preparing the bed for them.

THE THREE-HOUR GARDEN (PLAN 2)

Three hours’ sunlight is not sufficient for
flowering shrubs. They may bloom once
but will not last very long under such con-
ditions. We must content ourselves with
vines and a few perennials. The vines here

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Euonymus radicans

Lonicera Japonica,
Halliana

Clematis paniculata

Ampelopsis quinquejolia

Funkia lancifolia, var. alba-
marginata

Spirea Japonica

Tradescantia Virginica

Iris cristata

Monarda didyma

Convallaria majalis

1. Climbing euonymus (s)
2. Hall’s honeysuckle (6) var.
3. Autumn clematis (3)
4. Virginia creeper (3)
5. Variegated plantain lily (6)

6. Japanese spirea (6)

7. Spiderwort (7)

8. Crested dwarf iris (8)
9. Bee balm (6)

o. Lily-of-the-valley (36)

Plan 2. A garden of perennials which succeed in partially shaded situations.

mentioned will be permanent. -We may
expect a tolerable showing of flowers from
the autumn clematis and enough from Hall’s
honeysuckle to make the air fragrant for a
fortnight. The climbing euonymus is in-
cluded because of its rich evergreen foliage
which should be cheery in winter unless there

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11. Japanese anemone (14) Anemone Japonica
12. Large-flowered plantain lily (5) Funkia — subcordata,
grandiflora
Ulmaria pentapetala
Hemerocallis fulva
Acomtum Napellus
Aquilegia vulgaris
Clematis heracleejolia, var.
Davidiana
18. Pompon chrysanthemum (6) Chrysanthemum
19. Bleeding heart (7) Dicentra spectabilis
Price of plants, $50.00

var.

13. Spireea Ulmaria (10)
14. Orange day lily (9)
15. Monkshood (8)
16. Columbine (10)
17. David’s clematis (8)

Indicum

Three hours of sunlight each day

is too much soit coal smoke near by. Vir-
ginia creeper is included for its foliage effect
and in the hope that it may color somewhat
in the autumn. The perennials for this
purpose must be large clumps worth twenty-
five to fifty cents each, as small fifteen-cent
plants take a very much longer time to

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GRASS PLOT

Lonicera
Flalliana
Rosa multiflora, var.
Clematis paniculata
Rosa multiflora, var.
Ampelopsis quinquefolia

1. Hall’s honeysuckle (9) Japonica, var.
2. Crimson Rambler roses (2)
3. Autumn clematis (2)

4. Dorothy Perkins rose (1)
5. Virginia creeper (3)

Plan 3, For a yard with five hours sunlight a day.

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Crocus vernus—mixed
Muscari botryoides—mixed
Galanthus nivalis

6. Crocus (100)

47. Grape hyacinth (100)

8. Snowdrops (200) U

9. Corydalis (100) Corydalis lutea

o. Hybrid perpetual roses (12) Rosa hybrida
Price of plants, $50.00

Froses and vines will succeed here

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. Mock orange (2)

. Lilac (2)

. Fortune’s golden bell (2)
. Rose of Sharon (2)

. Hardy hydrangea (2)

Philadelphus coronarius

Syringa vulgaris

Forsythia Fortunet

Hibiscus Syriacus

Hydrangea paniculata, var.
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Berberis vulgaris

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variegata

Price of plants, $100.00

6. Chinese wistarias (2)
7. Common barberry (5)
8. Japanese barberry (3)
9 Variegated dogwood

Plan 4. Even some of the flowering shrubs will succeed in a city bacKyard having five hours sunlight

become established and even then may die
out after a year or two.

THE ROSE GARDEN (PLAN 3)

If you spend the month of June in town

and have five hours of sunlight you may have
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. Dorothy Perkins rose (2)
. Autumn clematis (3)
Virginia creeper (2)
Chinese wistaria (2)
Trumpet vine (2)

. Sea pink (24)

. Thomas Hogg funkia (20)
. Lily-of-the-valley (30)

. Double orange lily (4)

Rosa multiflora, var.

Rosa multiflora, var.

Clematis paniculata

Ampelopsis quinquefolia

Wistaria Chinensis

Tecoma radicans

Armeria maritima

Funkia marginata, var.

Convallaria majalis

Hemerocallis fulva, var.
Kwanso

11. Spiderwort (6) Tradescantia Virginica

12. Meadow Sweet (s) Ulmaria palmata

13. Large-flowered plantain lily (4) Punkia subcordata, var.
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Kniphofia Pfitzerit
Lysimachia clethroides
Phlox paniculata, var.
Coreopsis lanceolata

15. Japanese spireea (5)

16. Japanese anemone (5)

17. Monkshood (3)

18. Marie Stuart phlox (4)

19. Perennial larkspur (7)

20. Ever-blooming torch lily (5)
21. White loosestrife (5)

22. Mme. Langier phlox (5)
23. Perennial tickseed (4)

24. Shasta daisy (5) Chrysanthemum Leucan-
themum

25. Japanese speedwell (s) Veronica longifolia, var.
subsessilis

26. Pearl achillea (5) Achillea Ptarmica, var. The
Pearl

Price of plants, $75.00

Plan 5. Seven hours sunlight. With increased sunlight, a larger variety of perennials can be grown

May, 1907

will rue it, for the nurseryman will give
you smaller plants which will never be satis-
factory under these conditions. Get the very
best, and you will enjoy success the first year.

Among the vines for this garden are five
well-known climbing roses which must be
cut back severely after flowering. City people
who have had no experience in gardening
will be afraid to do this and consequently
the roses will be fewer every year and covered
with insect enemies. A Crimson Rambler
flowers on the new wood and if you leave
the old canes the plant will waste strength
in ripening the old wood when it ought to
be making new wood. Cut down these
climbing roses after flowering and by
October you will have new canes as thick
as your finger. The same applies to Clem-
atis paniculata.

SHRUB GARDEN (PLAN 4)

This plan is better than a rose garden for
a family that has to stay in town all summer,
because it provides a longer season of bloom,
beginning with the forsythia in Apr and
ending with the hydrangea, the huge tresses
of which will remain attractive even in
October, though the size will decrease and
the colors become duller. I make no pre-
tense, however, that it will be an absolutely
complete succession of flowers.

I have included barberries for winter effect,
because the red berries last until April.
You cannot expect barberries or any other
red-berried shrubs to fruit very freely in such
conditions, but even if they produce few
berries, the delicate tracery of the Japanese
barberry’s slender branches is a welcome
sight in winter.

You cannot expect that red-barked shrubs
like Cornus stolonifera to produce their
lightest color without more sunlight than
this. Still they are worth trying and if the
bushes are strong you need have no fear

about cutting them right down to the ground-

in March every second or third winter. Do
this and you will be rewarded with much
brighter color, for in all dogwoods and
willows that are valued for winter effect the
brightest colors are invariably produced on
the new growth.

This garden is necessarily the costliest
of all, for you must get large specimen shrubs.
Five hours of sunlight is the minimum for
a shrub garden. Conifers will not thrive in
a big city, much less broad-leaved evergreens.
Both are very sensitive to soft coal smoke.

The price includes thirty plants of English
ivy to be used as a ground cover under the
shrubs for its winter beauty. These are
not shown in the plan.

THE GARDEN OF PERENNIALS (PLAN 5)

This is for the Harlem yards that have
seven hours’ sunlight. Here one may have
a fairly permanent garden of perennials
without extravagant cost. Any perennial is

worth trying under such conditions, but
remembering the seven-foot fence, I have
specified only kinds which I am sure of.

This is the only part of town I know in
which one may hope to do almost as well with
flowers as in suburbs or country.

Temporary Vines for Quickest Results—By William C. McCollom,

Long
Island

EASILY GROWN DOUBLE PURPOSE PLANTS THAT WILL FURNISH SCREENS ABOUT A NEW
HOME AND ALSO GIVE PLENTY OF FLOWERS FOR CUTTING FROM JUNE UNTIL FROST

pA Uae vines are sought by many

people because they are very little
trouble to grow, requiring neither pruning
nor mulching; give quick results; and can
be utilized to produce good effects while
the permanent vines are developing. They
are in great favor for frame buildings, where
frequent painting is necessary, and where a
woody vine would have to be removed and
put back later. Again, if a large display of
flowers is sought, the annual vines surpass,
because most annual-flowering vines start
blooming during June or July and continue
to flower until cut down by frost, whereas
woody vines have a short flowering season
which cannot be prolonged to any great
extent. On the other hand, the annual
vines cannot be expected to grow to the great
height which hardy, perennial vines, like
the ivy or wistaria will attain.

By annual vines in this connection I mean
vines that endure outdoors but one year and
so must be started from seed each season.
Some tender perennial vines (which may be
hardy in the South, but which will not stand
our Northern winters) are included, because
they give the best results in this latitude
when treated as annuals.

The most popular of all annual vines is the
common morning glory ([pomea purpurea)
because it requires little or no attention other
than the sowing of the seed. It will grow
surprisingly under uncongenial conditions,
but for the best results it should have a sunny
location, a deep, heavy soil, and abundance
of water.

If seed is sown outdoors about the middle
of April, the vines will start to flower
toward the end of July, but if sown in the
greenhouse or frame about the middle of
March, the plants kept potted on as they grow
and planted out about May ist, the flowers
may be had about one month earlier.

Before sowing the seed, break the hard
skin by making a small notch with a file,
or soak the seeds in warm water for twenty-
four hours. Either course will greatly
hasten germination. I prefer notching to
soaking in water.

There are numerous varieties of the morn-
ing glories and the colors range through the
various shades of blue, purple, pink, white,
crimson, scarlet, and variegated. The flowers
are funnel-shaped and are about three inches
across. The plant is a twiner and clings well
to almost any kind of a support, provided
it is not too big in circumference, for, as with
all twining vines, it must be able to entirely
encircle a support before it can ascend. A
circumference of five inches should not be
exceeded for any annual vine that twines.
According to the conditions governing their
growth, they will attain a height of from six
to ten feet.

The Japanese, by their consistent efforts,
have improved one type of the morning glory

variously referred to as Japanese, Em-
peror, and Imperial to such an extent that it
is now considered to be the best of this large
family, when the beauty of the individual
flower is looked at. The Japanese morning
glories (Ipomea hederacea) differ from the
common morning glory in that the foliage
is deeply lobed instead of heart-shaped,
the flowers are larger and the colors more
diversified and brighter; the growth is little
more dwarf and the plant branches more
freely. There is one good reason why this
plant is not as popular as the common morn-
ing glory—poor seeds. It is hard to get a
good strain of the Japanese morning glory,
but once you get a good strain of this selec-
tion, you will be immensely pleased with
it, and the best way to keep it is to save

The direction of the “‘twist’’ is constant for each
genus and the plant cannot climb in the opposite way.
Morning glory to the left; the hop to the right

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your own seed each season. The vine re-
quires the same treatment as the common
morning glory.

A similar plant is seen in J. rubro-cerulea
which was brought into prominence in Cali-
fornia by the introduction of the variety
Heavenly Blue. It grows to twice the height
of this common morning glory (or twenty
feet). The flower is red before expanding,
but becomes finally a clear blue, sometimes
splashed with red. The plant is much
branched and is among the most serviceable
of the annual vines for screens, as it grows
very rapidly. If grown for its flowers, it
should be treated as a greenhouse plant.

For the busy suburbanite who is away from
his home during the day, and whose only
moments of gardening are in the very early
morning or the evening, I recommend the
moonflower (Ipomea Bona-Nox). The
great, saucer-like, white blossoms are pro-
duced in clusters, the flowers are six inches
across, and they open in the evening and
stay open all night or until the direct sun-
light strikes them. They are quite fragrant,
and there is something about the plant that
appeals strongly to most people who see it.
I feel sure that if it was better known it
would be more popular. This also demands
the same general treatment as the morning
glory.

The east or west sides of a building are the
best exposures for the moonflower, because if
the plant is on the east side the flowers
will open early in the afternoon; if on
the west side, the flowers will stay open
till noon. Have one vine on each side and
you can have the moonflowers all day; but
don’t plant on the north side as it is shaded
too much.

The seed of the moonflower must be cut
or filed as without this help fully fifty per cent.
will fail to sprout. For best results, start
the plants in a greenhouse during March.
Some florists raise them in large numbers and
the plants may often be bought quite cheaply.
Under favorable conditions, the moonflower
vine will grow to a height of twenty feet, and
as it grows rapidly making a dense mass of
its lobed foliage it is an excellent screen vine.

All the ipomceas are twiners, are at home
on fences of all kinds and they will also
ascend strings; any ordinary trellis will
answer the purpose as a support.

Asan annual vine for cut flowers, the
sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) stands out
preéminently.

There are many varieties of sweet
peas, and although at a cursory glance some
may seem to be duplicated of others, you
will find slight differences on close inspection.
There is no necessity to grow all the varieties
the seedsmen offer, but make a selection of
all named varieties, growing as many as you
can the first season, and always use labels to
mark the name of the variety, then select

The nasturtium is one of the best of annual vines to
plant in the chinks of a wall

for future use those that you like best. I
advise against the use of a mixture of sweet
peas, for by sowing each variety separately,
the different colors can easily be picked as
you desire to use them, and it is an easy
matter to mix them after they are cut.

If proper care be taken, sweet peas may
be made to flower well into August, but
then the foliage turns yellow and the row
gets to look unsightly. On account of the
great freedom with which they produce their
flowers during early summer, they are usually
given a prominent position in the garden, and
it is a hard matter to find something to re-
place them or to fill the big gap made by
their death. Mr. Darlington in the March
GARDEN MAGAZINE advocates sowing tall
nasturtiums (Ivopeolum majus), along with
sweet peas, so that after the sweet peas are
through flowering, the nasturtiums will con-
tinue right on till frost. In that same number

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MAGAZINE

the cultivation of the sweet pea is discussed
in full.

GORGEOUS RED FLOWERS

The most gorgeous of all red or scarlet
flowering vines is the scarlet runner or fire
bean (Phaseolus multiflorus). The blooms
are produced in racemes bearing from ten
to thirty flowers each, and are a bright
scarlet. One great point in favor of this
vine is its adaptability to almost any situation.
Just put the seed in the ground, give the
plants something on which to climb, and you
will have a blaze of color the entire summer.
They will accomplish wonders in redeeming
a dingy back fence.

The scarlet runner likes the sunshine, but
it will do well almost anywhere, so long as
it does not suffer for want of water during
dry weather. Although drought will not
stop the flowering, it will cause the foliage
to turn yellow. ‘The seeds may be sown out
of doors about May 1st, and the vine will start
to flower about the middle of July and con-
tinue till frost. Sow when the ground is
dry, and in case of excessive rainfall, cover
the ground over the seeds with a small piece
of glass or wood. ‘The seeds will rot if they
get too wet before germination.

The scarlet runner is a twiner but requires
a little tying to its support until established;
after that, the vines will take care of them-
selves. Under good cultivation, the plant
attains a height of ten to twelve feet.

There is a white form of the scarlet runner,
which is called: the Dutch caseknife bean,
identical with the type in every respect
except in the color of the flowers, which are
pure white, and by many people is preferable
as a garden plant for that very reason.

A newer ornamental bean is the butterfly
runner bean (Phaseolus multiflorus, var.
papilio), just as floriferous as the other two
varieties, with larger individual flowers and
the wings, which are pure white, expand

The Heavenly Blue morning glory. Its beautiful blue flowers are good for cutting

May, 1907

The climbing nasturtium flowers are large (3 inches.
across) and in shades of yellow, orange, and red

better. The standards in this variety are a
salmony brown.

The most effective red-flowered annual
vine is the Cypress vine ([pomea Quamoclit).
This plant with its delicate fern-like, feathery
foliage and its little, tubular, scarlet flowers.
(about an inch long) which are abundantly
produced and which stand out prominently
against the dark green foliage, is most
fascinating, especially in the early morn-
ing before the flowers close up, or in the
evening just after sun-down when the blooms
expand once more. The flowers are not
expanded to the full sun.

This vine is a good strong grower and will
attain a height of fifteen feet, or even
twenty feet, under favorable conditions,
which are about the same as the morning
glories require. But the cypress vine will
do well in a partial shade. There is
also a white flowered variety, but it is not
so popular as the scarlet form. An effective
use can be made of the two grown together
on a post or pillar.

A very good vine of easy cultivation is the
popular hyacinth bean (Dolichos Labbab).
The flowers are a delicate shade of blue and
are produced ona raceme. The flowers, borne
well away from the foliage on a rigid stem six
to eight inches long, are a trifle stiff in ap-
pearance. The seeds can be sown out of
doors, but as is the case with most annual
vines, a gain of about four weeks results
from sowing in the greenhouse during March.
It is a dwarf twiner growing six to eight feet.
There is also a white-flowered form in which
the seed pod is also creamy white, instead of
violet-green.

Another vine treated as an annual and
grown chiefly for the culinary value of its
fruit, is the lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus,
var. macrocarpus). This vine is too well
known to need describing here, but it is
referred to as a possible vine for ornament on
trellises, where the sole object is a screen of
green foliage.

For the lover of something very frail and
delicate (but still not at the expense of
beauty), I recommend the Allegheny vine
(Adlumia cirrhosa). It is a great favorite
of mine, especially for planting beside a dead

May, 1907

The best support for sweet peas isa brush hedge.
Set it before the plants are four inches high

shrub over which it will quickly clamber,
covering the eyesore with its delicate foliage,
which is similar to that of the florists’ maiden-
hair fern. Its pretty pale pink flowers are
produced freely, giving a tone and effect
hard to reproduce. Though the Allegheny
vine is a twiner, it is a weakling and requires
a little attention at all times to keep it properly
trained on any object.

Give a good, sunny location and light, yet
well-enriched soil, and this vine will grow
to a height of fifteen feet, forming perfectly
fairy-like festoons of flowers and foliage.

Another vine, valuable alike for both leaf
and flower, is the cup and saucer vine (Cobewa
scandens). ‘The foliage is green but the
stems and the veins of the leaf are tinted with
purple running into a peculiar bronze hue,
so pronounced that from a short distance the
entire plant gives a decidedly bronzy effect.
The growth is loose and very irregular and
uncertain in its direction, thereby adding
still more beauty to the plant. It is an
excellent boundary fence vine.

The flowers of the cobcea greatly resemble
those of the cup and saucer (Campanula
Medium, var. calycanthema) are of about
the same size; hence, the common name.
The cobcea’s flower is deep blue, and although
not produced in overwhelming quantities,
there are sufficient to justify its use as a
flowering plant. Itis, therefore, well adapted
to porches and city gardens.

The cobcea is a good grower, reaching a
height of twenty feet, and clings very close
to its support by means of tendrils with
which it is abundantly supplied. I have
found that the cobcea is most comfortable
in a sunny location, if kept freely watered
during the summer, but it will also do well
in not very densely shaded places, such as
the east or west sides of buildings. There
is, however, one essential point in its culti-
vation; never plant the cobcea close to other
large plants that will interfere with its root
action. The cobcea is a rank feeder; it must
not be reStricted in any way, and must have
an abundance of good soil.

To have good results seeds must be sown
in the greenhouse or frame, not later than

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March 1st. If sown about February 15th,
the plants will be in flower by July rsth.
They will germinate much better if sown
edgewise. It is not advisable to sow the
seed of the cobcea in the open ground.

There is a white-flowered variety of the
cobcea; the foliage is whitish and the stems
and leaf veins are a yellowish white. There
is also a variegated form but, on account of
its slow weak growth, is not much esteemed.
Neither are not nearly as attractive as the
blue-flowered form.

THE BEST DECORATIVE FOLIAGE VINE

Without any doubt, the grandest and best
of all annuals for foliage is the Japanese hop
(Humulus Japonicus). The large leaf meas-
ures from six to seven inches across, and by
its rapid growth, the plant will soon shut an
object from view.

Do not plant the hop close to any slow
growing vine, like the nasturtium or morning-
glory (six feet is a safe distance), as the rank
growth of the first named will overpower its
neighbor, killing it.

Seeds can be sown out of doors about the
middle of April, but much better plants are
raised by sowing in the greenhouse or frame
about the middle of March. By earlier sow-
ing you get a much larger plant for after the
flowering period (August) all growth ceases.
The hop climbs by means of tendrils and is
a good close clinger, growing to a height of
ten and twelve feet. It has a free branching
habit. The branches stretching out hori-
zontally to such a degree that an almost
square space will be well covered. It needs
a sunny location and should be watered freely
during dry weather.

There is a variegated form of the Japanese
hop (Humulus Japonicus, var. variegatus)
which is much more ornamental than the
plain-leaved. In this, the leaves are white
and green, beautifully mottled and striped,

The climbing nasturtium is an excellent covering for
fences, trellises, or unsightly objects

and unlike most vines where the variegated
form is weaker in growth than the type, the
variegated hop is just as strong a grower and
is usually preferred in planting near a house.

THE EASIEST VINE TO GROW

Very popular because it requires so little
attention is the tall nasturtium (Tropeolum
majus). This vine is grown for its great
profusion of flowers, and although not as
valuable as the sweet pea for cutting, it has
many good qualities.

Nasturtiums can be had in flower early in
June if the seed be started in the greenhouse
about the middle of March; they will flower
about the middle of July if sown out of doors.
A common blunder in planting nasturtiums
is to mix the different colors; a mass of one
color is always more effective than a lot of

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The Japanese hop grows ten to twenty feet high from seed sown out doors in May

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colors mixed. Therefore buy named vari-
eties and sow them separately. After the
plants are above the ground a few inches,
thin them out to not less than four inches
apart; crowding is the one great cause of
yellow foliage in all annual plants.

Of all the nasturtiums sown it would be
safe to say that 75 per cent. are on the yellow
or orange shades, but there are great possi-
bilities for garden effects in the use of scarlets,
crimsons or browns.

The nasturtium will stand a lot of abuse,
but it must have water during dry weather as
otherwise the leaves will turn yellow. Another
cause of yellow foliage is planting in too much
shade; it prefers the full sunshine. The nastur-

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tiums are twiners and are rather dwarf in hab-
it, six feet being about the maximum height.

VINES WITH YELLOW FLOWERS

The best yellow-flowered, annual vine is
the canary-bird vine (Tropeolum peregrinum)
not so well known as it deserves to be. The
flowers are a good clear yellow—a color that
is seen in but few vines. Sow the seed in the
greenhouse or frame about the middle of
March. The plant will then flower by
July rst and continue blooming until frost.
If sown in the open ground, the results will
not be so satisfactory, and will not be pro-
duced before September 1st. Then the cool
nights will check the growth. Since the plant

May, 1907

likes the heat and does better in a hot, sunny
location, it will do reasonably well in a dry
location, and is valuable on that account
alone. Under favorable conditions and
given a long season of growth, it will cover
a trellis to a height of twenty feet.

This is another vine that, like the morning-
glory, varies greatly in quality and floriferous-
ness, and often fails to give satisfaction
because of the use of seeds from a poor strain.
The remedy is obvious when you do get a
good strain, save your own seed. The plant
is a twiner but makes a tender, succulent stem
and should be afforded a trellis that holds it
well in position. It is also well adapted for
use as a trailer for boxes, baskets, etc.

Inside Facts About Table Corn—By E. D. Darlington, "22"

A GUIDE TO THE BEST VARIETIES FOR SUCCESSION IN ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY—SOME
FIELD CORNS THAT ARE REALLY BETTER THAN THE TRUE SUGAR CORNS FOR EARLY PLANTING

iB making selection of the varieties of

corn to be planted for table use, it is
important to consider the local conditions
of season and climate to secure satisfactory
results. In some sections, as in the warm
Southern States, the extra early sweet, or
sugar, corns do not do well, as these varieties
are practically valueless because of the smut
and from the ravages of the green worms in
the young ears. For the earliest supply
under such circumstances, a very early white
field corn is used, the grains of which are
quite tender and juicy when gathered at the
proper stage, although of course the flavor
cannot be compared with that of the true
sweet, or Sugar corns.

In the cooler Northern sections, a hard-
grained, early variety is usually selected for
the earliest plantings, as the hard, flinty
grains can be planted earlier in the spring
than the shrivelled grains of the sugar corns.
The plants of these hard-grained types are
hardier and more robust than those of the
more tender sugar corn, and the ears are
protected by a thick, rather coarse husk,
coming well over the tip of the ear, affording
good protection against the worms. Dif-
ferent types of these hardy corns are used in
different sections, those planted in the North
being of comparatively dwarf, stocky growth,
with pearly white, or smoky-colored, grains,
while in the South the varieties used grow to
a height of seven to eight feet and produce a
large many-rowed ear.

The smaller Northern type is generally
eight-rowed and has a smoothly rounded
flinty grain, while the Southern type has a
deeper, slender grain of paper whiteness and
resembles a dent field corn when fully
mature.

Inthe true sugar corns, the earliest varieties
are of dwarf habit, the height of full-grown
stalks being from two and one-half to four
feet, and the ears are set near the ground,
or at the base of the stalk. As the season
of maturity of the different varieties becomes
later and the period required for the develop-
ment of growth and ear longer, the height of

stalk and size of ear increases in proportion.
The ears are borne higher up on the stalk,
contain a larger number of rows of grains
and the stalks are more abundantly fur-
nished with leaves, or blades.

The grains of the dwarf, extra early sorts,
are not fertilized as readily as those of the
larger, later sorts, consequently, it is a great
advantage to have the rows close together
and the stalks closer in the row than would
be advisable for the taller-growing later
varieties. In the thicker planting there is
greater economy of pollen and much more
likelihood that all silk, even to the tip of the
ear, will be fertilized. In addition to better-
filled ears the gardener also gets a much
larger return on a given space from the close
planting.

In small gardens, where the cultivation
is done with hand or wheel hoe, the dwarf
extra early corns may be planted in rows two
feet apart; the taller second earlies, three
feet apart; and the tall late sorts, four feet
apart. The stalks in each case to stand
singly and one foot apart in the row.

For horse cultivation in one direction,
the small extra earlies, growing three to
four and a half feet high, may be planted in
rows three feet apart; and the taller later
sorts four feet apart. Use a liberal quantity
of seed to insure a good stand, and when well
started, thin to one foot apart.

Two big factors make for the best flavor
in table corn: first, picking the ears at the
critical stage of ripeness; second, cooking
in boiling water for exactly the right length
of time. The proper stage of develop-
ment is when the grains are fully developed,
but while they still remain tender and juicy,
and before the skin of the grain starts to
glaze or become hard. Gather the ears just
before they are to be cooked if possible or at
least early in the morning of the same day
that they are to be eaten. Keep them in the
husk in a cool place until a short time before
they are to go into the pot. For the better
varieties, ten minutes’ boiling is amply
sufficient, and overcooking causes a rapid

deterioration in flavor.
served immediately when cooked, take the
ears from the boiling water, drain carefully
and cover with a cloth to retain the heat.

Ears that are too old for boiling on the
cob need not be wasted; they are just what
is needed for the best griddle cakes, or corn
oysters. The ears are husked and freed from
silk, then the interior portion of the grain
is scraped out with a fork, or the small scraper
which is made especially for this purpose.
Treated in this way, only the soft, milky,
interior portion of the grain is taken and the
tough skin is left on the cob.

VARIETIES OF HARDY EARLY CORN

The Extra Early Adams is the leading
variety, aside from the true sugar corns, for
early planting in the middle and cooler
Northern States. The seed of this variety
is white in color, quite hard, and may be
planted very early in the spring in well-
drained ground, or about the time the sugar
maples are coming into leaf. The stalks
grow from five to six feet high and generally
produce in rich soil two good ears. The
ears are seven to eight inches long, with
twelve to fourteen rows of medium-sized
grains. The husks are rather coarse and
thick, affording good protection for the ears.

Burlington Hybrid is similar in growth and
season to the Extra Early Adams, and is very
largely planted for early market. It pro-
duces a rather slender, eight-rowed ear, seven
inches in length. When fully ripe, the grain
is very hard, or flinty, in character, and of a
smoky, brownish tint. Another variety,
not especially distinguished by name but
having a flinty, white grain, is grown in some
of the cooler Northern States, and differs
from the Burlington chiefly in the coloring
of the fully matured seed.

Early Adams is the Southern type of hardy
early corn, with stalks growing from seven
to eight feet in height, about ten days later
in season than the preceding varieties and
with much larger ears. The ears are set
rather high on the stalk and measure from

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eight to twelve inches in length, with fourteen
or more rows of milk-white grains, which
are tender, juicy and sweet if gathered at
the proper stage. This variety is not suited
for Northern localities, as it requires too
long a season to develop in a cool climate,
and it should not be confused with the Extra
Early Adams which is much dwarfer in
growth and earlier in season.

VARIETIES OF SUGAR CORNS
(arranged as to season of maturity)

The true sugar corns can readily be dis-
tinguished by the more or less shrivelled
character of the dry seed. The more
shrivelled the seed, the greater percentage
of sugar is contained in the grain, and the
better and sweeter the flavor in the fresh, or
green, state. At the same time, the more
the seed is shrivelled, the more tender it is
and the more liable to rot instead of germin-
ating, if it should be planted before the soil
has become thoroughly warmed. Conse-
quently, it is better to wait until the trees are
fully out in leaf and all danger of frost is
past before making plantings of the better
late varieties, especially as these kinds will
make a better growth and come on more
quickly if they do not experience any check
in growth, such as would be experienced
from a late frost or a succession of cool
nights after the young plants have started
to grow.

Early Malakopf, or Peep o’Day, is the
very earliest and one of the sweetest corns
that I have ever grown. The stalks are only
two and a half feet high and set two ears
very near the ground. The ears are four to
five inches long with eight rows of medium-
sized grains. The ears are too small for a
market variety, but it is excellent for the
small home garden, as it takes but little
space and will give good ears much earlier
than any of the larger varieties. This vari-
ety was originally introduced by the United
States Department of Agriculture and is
one of the very best novelties ever dissemin-
ated by the Department.

Planted at the same time, the Peep o’Day
is from three to five days earlier than the
Early Fordhook. The small ears become
ready for use very quickly and evenly, so
that the entire lot of ears from a single plant-
ing may be gathered in two pickings in
about five days’ time.

First of All is, aside from the preceding,
the very earliest variety of the sweet type,
growing about four feet high, and has eight-
rowed ears. It is very early but has an
inferior flavor.

Early Fordhook, really the earliest of the
large-eared sugar corns, grows five feet high,
sets two eight-rowed ears to a stalk, is about
three days later than the First of All and
greatly superior in flavor.

Early Cory is the standard, popular extra
early, is similar to the preceding but a day
or two later and inferior to it in flavor.

White Cob Cory. The three preceding
varieties have red cobs and reddish grains
when matured, but in the fresh, or green, ears
the grains are of a creamy tint. In this .

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Golden Bantam in the best condition for table use. Has eight rows of creamy yellow grains

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Early Cosmopolitan, a corn of only fair flavor, The tip of this ear is not well filled

The late corns have larger ears. An ear in prime condition; tender, full of rich, sweet, milky juice

Early Champion. The black Kernels show that it has been grown near some Black Mexican

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Peep o’ Day, the earliest white, and one of the sweetest corns grown.
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variety, we have a white cob and grain,
slightly larger ear and a little later season.

Golden Bantam is a very distinct variety,
is highly esteemed for earliness and excellent
quality. In the cool North, it is an extra
early but in the vicinity of Philadelphia it
is a second early in season. The plants are
quite hardy in growth, with stalks about four
feet in height, furnished with two ears to a
stalk. The ears are from five to six inches
long, slender in form, with eight rows of
broad, creamy-yellow grains, very rich in
flavor. It is tender and juicy if gathered
at the proper stage. Many of the New
England gardeners esteem this variety so
highly that they use it for their entire summer
supply by making repeated plantings for
succession at intervals of one week, or not
over ten days apart.

SECOND EARLIES AND MID-SEASON VARIETIES

Early Cosmopolitan, Early Champion
and Early Metropolitan come in immediately
after the Early Cory or about five days later.
These are of stronger growth with stout
stalks five to six feet in height, and large
broad leaves. They produce two rather
large ears to a stalk, with ten to twelve rows
of fairly large grains. The seed is hard and
firm, being only slightly shrivelled when dry
and admits of early planting, but the quality
is only fair and not distinctly sweet, even
when gathered while the grains are still
tender and juicy. It is quite probable that
these varieties owe their vigorous growth,
size of ear, and hardiness to across between
the Adams type and some one of the true
sugar corns.

Crosby’s Early Twelve-Rowed. This is

Gather the ears just before cooking or early in the
morning and Keep in a cool place

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an old-time favorite which I have been
planting for nearly thirty years and still
consider it one of the best early sugar corns.
It comes a week later than the Cory, and
when ready for the table, ends the usefulness
of the extra earlies, as it is greatly superior
in flavor. The stalks are slender, about
five feet in height, and set two medium-
sized ears. ‘The ears are six to seven inches
long, not very thick, and have twelve rows of
medium-sized grains, tender, juicy and sweet
in flavor. It is a true ‘“‘sugar”’ corn, of just
the right size to serve on the cob and of very
attractive appearance.

Black Mexican is a very distinct variety
of about the same season, or a little later,
than the Crosby and is very highly esteemed
for sweetness in some sections. ‘The stalks
grow five feet in height, with ears seven to
eight inches in length. The ears have a
slender cob and eight rows of broad grains,
of a creamy color when at the proper stage
for the table, but the tips of the grains are
more or less shaded with reddish violet,
changing to dark purplish-black when the
seed is fully ripened. While this variety
has a good reputation for sweetness, I find
that in our hot summer season the grains
quickly become dry and floury in taste unless
gathered at a very early stage of develop-
ment, indicating a field-corn parentage.

Perry’s Hybrid is a very excellent sweet-
flavored corn with larger ears and a little
later season than the Crosby. The ears
are set rather low on the stalk and both ears
and grains are of good size. Mainly planted
in the cooler Northern sections.

Potter’s Excelsior, a medium-sized ear
and mid-season in development. ‘The flavor
of this variety is excellent and it has the pe-
culiarity of producing a percentage of reddish-
colored stalks. A number of excellent sorts
have been developed and introduced by
making selections from these red-stalked
plants, such as Honey Dew, etc., all of which
were especially good in flavor when sent out,
but all of which deteriorate and run out when
grown on a large, commercial scale. ‘The
best of these red-stalked corns was the
Ruby, in which the stalks, leaves, husks, and
tassels were a rich purplish red, and while
the young grains were pearly white at the
edible stage, the water in which the ears were
boiled became bright red dye from the color-
ing extracted from the cobs while boiling.
This was one of the sweetest corns I have
ever eaten, but it was so difficult to maintain
a pure strain that its cultivation was
abandoned.

Early Mammoth is a large, thick-eared,
mid-season sort of good growth. The
quality is good but the ear too large and
heavy for serving on the cob, and only
attractive to those who wish to get the most
for their money when buying by the dozen
ears on the market.

Early Evergreen is an earlier, smaller-
eared selection of Stowell’s Evergreen, with
a good-sized, but not overly hick, ear of
good quality. It fills in the season between
Crosby and the regular Stowell very satis-
factorily, where a number of varieties are

May, 1907

planted at one time for succession, in pref-
erence to more numerous plantings of a
single variety. ake

Shoe Peg, or Ne Plus Ultra, a very distinct,
small-eared variety of exceptionally sweet,
rich flavor. The stalks produce four ears
to a stalk which are ready in pairs—that is,
two of the ears become ready for use several
days before the second pair. Usually the
lower ears are the earliest, but sometimes the
two middle ears are ready first. ‘These ears
are only five to six inches long, are quite
slender and the small, slender, deep grains
are crowded very closely together on the ear
and not arranged in regular, even-numbered
rows as with other corns.

Each ear has, when young, a very large
tuft of reddish silk which turns dark brown
when ready for use, so that the proper stage
for gathering the ears can readily be told
with a little experience without opening the
husk. The only objections to this very
excellent corn lie in the very small size of the
ear (a point of favor with many who like to
eat corn from the cob) and in the fact that
when the grains are a little old, the skin of
the deep, slender grains becomes tough and
finds lodgment between the teeth, and as
the grains are so small and not in regular
rows, they cannot readily be slit, or scored,
with a knife before eating, which would
obviate this difficulty.

LATE, OR MAIN CROP, VARIETIES

White Evergreen, a special strain of the
well-known Stowell’s Evergreen established
by a number of years’ selection, with a view
of securing a grain of the purest whiteness
for canning purposes, as the original Stowell
has a yellowish tinge to the grains when
cooked in the cans in the large commercial
canneries. In the process of selection, this

corn has become slightly dwarfer in growth

Golden Bantam, yellow. This variety vies with Peep
o’ Day for the record for earliness

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May, 1907

and about five days earlier in the season than
Stowell’s Evergreen and in eliminating the
yellowish or creamy tint from the grain, a
lighter-colored stalk with white tassels and
light-colored silk has become a distinctive
feature. The ears are large, eight to ten
inches in length and from two to two and
one-half inches in diameter, with large and
quite deep grains, very tender, juicy and de-
cidedly sweet. It is one of the very best in
quality and remains in good condition for a
long time after it first becomes ready
for use.

Stowell’s Evergreen is the standard late.
or main, variety for general planting, and has
held the first place for the home garden,
market, and canning purposes for a period
of thirty years, very convincing testimony
of its merit. The stalks are of strong,
vigorous growth, seven to eight feet high,
and produce two quite large ears, eight to
ten inches long, well filled with large, deep
grains of excellent quality. The only ob-
jection to this variety lies in the very large
size of the ears, which are somewhat too
large for serving on the cob on the home
table of our critical gardeners.

Mammonth Late and Egyptian are very
strong growing and extra-large sorts, even
larger size and later season than the Stowell’s
Evergreen. While both are of excellent
quality, they are not generally planted ex-
cepting for market purposes, it being more
satisfactory to keep up the supply of young
ears by making a number of plantings of an
earlier, smaller-eared sort to come on in
succession.

Country Gentleman.
this is considered to be the very best sweet
corn in the entire list by a large number of
gardeners. Originating in a cross between
the small-eared Shoe Peg and the larger,
later Evergreen it retains the small, slender,
deep grain of the Shoe Peg with the same
irregular arrangement of the grains on the
cob, with a larger ear and later season.
Indeed, the Evergreen parentage is only
shown in the increased size of the ear and
later season, together with a slightly larger,
plumper grain than the Shoe Peg. In sea-
son, it is about the same, or a little later,
than Stowell’s Evergreen, producing four
ears to a stalk under good conditions, and
affording good ears for an extended period,
as the numerous ears on the stalks are not
all ready for use at the same time.

In a well-selected strain of this variety,
the ears measure seven to eight inches in
length and about two inches in diameter,
but a very large proportion of the seed sold
as Country Gentleman produces smaller
ears of only five to six inches in length.

A comparison of the offerings of sweet
or table corns in the seedsmen’s catalogues
will show a very much larger list of varieties,
any of which vary only in a slight degree
from the standard varieties described above,
-or which are specially selected stocks of local
reputation of these well-known kinds. As a
combination of three or four of the best
varieties of different seasons of maturity
is amply sufficient for the practical gardener,

In point of quality, °

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it would only be confusing to the reader to
extend this list to a greater length.

VARIETIES FOR THE COOL NORTHERN STATES

Extra early.—Plant when cherries are in
bloom: Peep o’Day.

Early.—Plant when cherries are in bloom:
Golden Bantam, Early Fordhook, and Extra
Early Adams.

Second earlies.—Plant when apples are in
bloom: Crosby’s Twelve-rowed, and Early
Evergreen.

For late summer.—Plant when apples are
in bloom: Stowell’s Evergreen, and Country
Gentleman.

For early fali.—Plant July 1st and 10th:
Golden Bantam, and Early Fordhook.

VARIETIES FOR THE CENTRAL STATES

Exira early.—Plant when cherries are in
bloom: Peep o’ Day.

Early.—Plant when cherries are in bloom:
Golden Bantam, Early Fordhook, and
Extra Early Adams.

Mid-season.—Plant when apples are in
bloom: Crosby’s Twelve-rowed, and Early
Evergreen.

Main crop.—Plant when apples are in
bloom and every ten days until July 15th:
Stowell’s Evergreen, and Country Gentleman.

For fall use—Plant July 15th to August
r5th: Early Fordhook, and Golden Bantam.

VARIETIES FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES

Exira Early.—Plant when cherries are in
bloom: Extra Early Adams, and Adams
Early.

Second early.—Plant when apples are in

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loom: Crosby’s Twelve-rowed,
Evergreen.

Main crop.—Plant when apples are in
bloom and every ten days until the last of
July: Stowell’s Evergreen, and Country
Gentleman.

For jall.—Plant last of July to August 15th:
Extra Early Adams.

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Seeds may be started in the greenhouse for later transplanting to the open when all danger of frost is past

Bulbs for May Planting—By w. E. Pendleton, "2"

A-‘“‘ROUND-UP”’ OF ALL THE TENDER BULBS FOR SUMMER BLOOM THAT
ARE PLANTED IN THE GARDEN AFTER DANGER OF

pee dahlia has more shapes, colors, and
varieties than any other plant here
mentioned. Heretofore, dahlias have usually
been planted about May 15th near New
York and May 2zoth near Boston, but in the
June 1905 GARDEN MAGAZINE, page 236,
Mr. L. Hudson advises postponing planting
until June rst or even as late as July 1st.
The reason is that our summers are usually
hot and dry, and early-planted dahlias are
likely to be caught by July drought and
checked so badly (especially in heavy soil) that
they will give few blooms in August and none
in September. It is better to give up the idea
of early August bloom and concentrate on
September effect, when the dahlia shows
are held.

However, in a cool, wet season, early-
planted dahlias do better than late-planted
ones and therefore it is wise to plant a few dah-
lias in May for insurance and for the early
bloom.

The expense and care, as well as the un-
sightliness of stakes, can be avoided by
pinching off the early shoots soas to geta low-
branching, bushy growth. The dahlia
ought to be sheltered from high winds, for
its succulent stems are easily broken.

The glory of the tigridia is the spotting
of its flowers—a charm that defies descrip-
tion or illustrations. The names tigridia
and tiger-flower refer to this characteristic.
So does the name of the dominant species
(Tigridia Pavonia), which indicates that its
markings suggest those of a peacock. The
blossom is said to open like a shell, whence
the commonest name of all—shellflower.

The tigridia has gladiolus-like foliage.
The lower halves of the three large segments
of the flower make a sort of cup, while the
upper halves spread horizontally. The
spreading part of the flower was originally
orange-red, purple, or yellow, while the
spots blended together all the colors of the
rainbow, but we now have lilac—and rose-
petaled varieties, light blue, crimson, and
even a pure white flower without any spots.
The tigridia has even larger flowers than
the gladiolus (often four inches, some-
times five or six) but it belongs to that large
section of the Iris family, whose individual
flowers last only a single day. But there isa
good succession of them. The principal
blooming period is July and August, and the
best colors are developed during dry weather.

Plant the corms four to six inches apart
and two or three inches deep. The plants
grow one and one-half to two and one-half
feet high. The corms cost five to eight cents
each, or forty to sixty cents a dozen.

I believe more money is spent on the canna
than onthe dahlia. It probably ranks second
only to the geranium as a bedding plant. The
canna has some advantages over the dahlia.
The foliage is more refined, not coarse; there
is no four-lined plant bug to destroy the buds;

it blooms abundantly and incessantly from
early in July until frost. It is probably the
easiest of all bulbs to keep over winter.
Because the canna gives more for the
money than any other spring-planted bulb,
it is enormously overdone. A canna bed in
the middle of a lawn makes the grounds
seem smaller than they are, and introduces
a tropical note which will never harmonize
with a northern landscape. The canna
belongs close to the house because its lines

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The devil’s tongue (Amorphophallus Rivizri) flowered
in an ordinary saucer and later planted in soil to
make its growth. It has a strong disagreeable odor.

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are stiff and architectural. It is also proper
to put cannas in a secluded spot, where one
makes a specialty of formal flower beds for
private home enjoyment.

The most beautiful cannas, because of
their fluted petals, are the orchid-flowering
kinds. They also have the largest flowers
and must be shaded from the midday sun.

A canna bed seven feet across costs about
two dollars, or if you begin witha fifteen-cent
bulb and divide the plants carefully, you
will have material enough for such a bed at
the beginning of the third season. After
April ist, the seedsmen send out growing
plants instead of dormant roots, which cost
about twenty-five cents each instead of
fifteen.

A good-natured rivalry often springs up
among neighbors to see who can raise the
biggest caladium leaves and it is one of the
few plants that is not spoiled by mere bigness.
The bigger the better, for rapid growth brings
a more attractive texture and color.

Get bulbs a foot or more in circumference
worth thirty-five cents each instead of the
little seven-centers. Then give the bed a
six-inch mulch of well-decayed manure.
Finally, provide an abundance of water for
it is a moisture-loving species.

Follow these hints and you will get plants
six to ten feet high, with leaves four feet
long and three feet wide. If you beat this
record, send us a photograph, with measure-
ments and details of culture, to THE GARDEN
MaGazINE for the ‘‘Record-Breaking
Achievements,” which are an annual feature
of the Christmas number, and you will get
a check for five dollars.

The correct name of the caladium is
Colocasia antiquorum, var. esculenium. Its
prototype is a native of India, but the variety
we Cultivate for ornament is a native of
Hawaii and Fiji, where its bulb furnishes
“taro,” a starchy food from which ‘‘poi” is
made.

The latest novelty in this line is New
Century, the following description of which
is toned down from the catalogues: ‘‘A new
species from Central America, with leaves
three to five feet long and two to two and one-
half feet broad, of leathery texture and
metallic lustre. Flowers twelve to fifteen
inches long, creamy, fragrant, produced all
summer.”’

The genus Oxalis, which includes the wood
sorrel, is noted for the beauty and variety
of its leaves. Two summer-blooming kinds
that are said to be very dainty for edging
walks and flower beds are the four-leaved
oxalis (O. tetraphylla, but known to seedsmen
as O. Deppei), and the wooly-stamened
oxalis (O. lasiandra). The former has four
leaflets, sometimes three; the latter five to
ten. The flowers of the first are lilac to
deep rose, the latter rosy crimson. They
grow a foot high. Bulbs cost only fifteen

May, 1907

cents a dozen. Plant them three inches
apart.

The tuberose has the most powerful fra-
grance of any flower in cultivation. Refined
taste no longer tolerates it indoors, but every
home garden ought to have four tuberoses
in it, one in each corner. ‘The old-fashioned
tall variety opens better in October than the
others, but the double Dwarf Pearl has almost
crowded it out of cultivation. It grows two
feet high and is filled for two-thirds its
length with flowers that are one and one-
half to two inches across, which is nearly
twice the size of the old kind. The Mexican
tuberose is early blooming, July or August,
and a good bulb produces two to five
stems.

The tubers are large and cost only five
to ten cents each. Sound ones always
show signs of life at the tips.

The Madeira vine (Boussingaultia basel-
loides) is an excellent twiner for porches and
arbors. It attains ten to twenty feet and
blooms in late summer or fall, having long,
gracefully drooping stems of small, fragrant
white flowers. The leaves, though not as
large and showy as those of the cinnamon
vine, are pretty, being thick, glossy and of
distinctive form.

Like the cinnamon vine, it bears little
tubers in the axils of the leaves. After these
are grown for a year they produce the tubers
which we buy. ‘They cost five or ten cents
and are as easy to store over winter as
potatoes. It is not necessary to take them
up until after the first frost.

The grandest flowers of the amaryllis
family are found in the genera Hippeastrum,
Crinum, Hymenocallis, and Pancratium.
Roughly speaking, these are all high-priced,
long-lived bulbs: that are best grown in pots
and many of them may be used either for
winter bloom in greenhouse or for porch and
terrace decoration in summer, according to
whether the bulbs are rested in summer or

The elephant’s ear (Colocasia) planted in the centre of
a bed and surrounded by Vernon begonias

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winter. The exceptions in favor of general
garden cultivation are the following.

The Jacobean lily (Sprekelia formosissima
but catalogued as an Amaryllis) bears one
large, dark scarlet flower of marked char-
acter. Planted in May, it blooms in June
before the leafing, the hollow scape rising
about two feet. The bulbs will ripen by
fall and must be taken up with the tops on
and stored in a dry room which is free from
frost. It may also be grown in water for
winter bloom, like hyacinths, in glasses.

There are two crinums that can be left
outdoors permanently in the North if well
protected. The hardiest is the Cape lily
(Crinum longifovitum, known in the trade as
C. Capense), which bears six to twelve good-
sized flowers which are more or less tinged
with red outside and sometimes inside. It
produces great quantities of large, odd-

The canna is one of the most brilliant and best of
garden plants but often injud ciously used

shaped seeds as big as a chestnut. The
only other hardy crinum is C. Powelli. This
is a hybrid between C. longifolium and C.
Moorei, having the hardiness of the former
and the peachy color of the latter. It
resembles a pink lily five inches across
and one plant will bear about eight
flowers.

These crinums must be grown in a well-
drained soil and protected during the winter
from hard freezing and excessive moisture.
They are long-necked bulbs and the top of
the bulb proper should be planted two to two
and a half feet befow the surface. Before
the first frost, put a mound of ashes over
them to shed rain, or cover them a foot deep
with leaves and then put a water-tight box
over all.

Sea daffodils and spider lily are names
often given to Hymenocallis and Pancratium,
two genera that have a fringed cup, which

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There is more variety in the dahlia than in any
other summer flowering, bulbous plant

varies as much in shape as the “crown”
among daffodils.

The best of this group for general culti-
vation is known to gardeners as Ismene.
It has fragrant, white flowers unlike any-
thing else in the garden. This plant costs
only twenty-five cents. It is best planted
in June and taken up in October. “After
a few weeks’ rest,” says a reliable dealer,
“it may be potted and flowered in the house
in winter, or stored in a dry, warm place for
planting out next June.”

Hymenocallis undulata costs only fifteen
cents and has ten flowers in a cluster, whereas
the preceding has only two to five. It has
linear petals and a cup about one inch long
which is tinged with red.

The name sea daffodil properly belongs
to Pancratium maritimum because its inch-
long cup projects beyond the petals like a
hoop-petticoat daffodil. It costs fifteen cents.

Pancratium LIllyricum, said to be the
hardiest, commonest, and best of the genus,
is a small-cupped species with long, narrow
twice-cut teeth. It costs fifty cents.

Rigidella is a rare, red-flowered, Mexican
relative of Tigridia, which is distinguished
by its smaller inner segments.

Nemastylis is one of the few blue flowers.
of the iris family beside the blue-eyed grass
or Sisyrinchium. NN. celestina and acuta
are natives in the South.

The great family of the Aracez is full of
strange dragon-like plants. The devil’s
tongue (Amorphophallus Rivieri) has gigan-
tic, dark-red flowers often three feet long
which appear before the leaves. It is occa-
sionally grown in subtropical beds for foliage
effect, but like the so-called Arums, it is
properly only a greenhouse curiosity. The
bulb is best stored under greenhouse benches
in a temperature of 50° and an atmosphere
moist enough to keep it from shriveling.

[Note.—THE GARDEN MaGazinE will pay
from $10 to $25 for an illustrated account
of personal experience with the rarer plants
above mentioned, ]

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Good News About the Broad Bean—By W. E. Pendleton, 2%,

VARIETIES THAT ARE ADAPTED TO HUMAN FOOD FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN RISE
SUPERIOR TO THE TRADITIONAL PREJUDICE AGAINST THEM AS “HORSE FOOD”’’

| DARE say there is no vegetable in the
world against which there is so much
prejudice as the English broad bean, which
is usually stigmatized as “‘horse food,” yet
there are varieties which are commonly used
for food in Europe, not merely by the working
classes either. ‘There are many Englishmen
of wealth and refinement who are enthu-
siastic about the broad bean, and the
United States Department of Agriculture
will give seeds of the best varieties free to
those who are willing to report the results.

There is no denying that the broad bean
has a strong and peculiar flavor, but many
people like this flavor even though it is strong,
and the one important point which those
who sneer at broad beans neglect to tell you
is that parboiling solves the whole difficulty.
Moreover, the strength and peculiarity of
its flavor are much diminished in the varieties
adapted to human food, especially if the
beans are eaten at a very young and im-
mature stage, just as Lima beans are eaten.

While the full-grown beans are tough and
strong, the young beans are tender and
delicate, especially if they are parboiled or
cooked in this way: Put the freshly gathered
beans into boiling water which has been
salted at the rate of one heaping tablespoon-
ful to one-half gallon of water. Boil rapidly
for fifteen or twenty minutes and serve with

a sauce of parsley and butter. Boiled bacon
is often served with these beans. The more
mature beans are also very desirable for
addition to soups, being used like barley or
split peas.

I cannot claim that there is anything
absolutely new about the broad bean. There
is nothing new under the sun, and the broad
bean has been cultivated since prehistoric
times. Moreover, four excellent varieties
have been offered in one of the best American
seed catalogues for perhaps thirty years, but
to the American public the English bean
unquestionably represents a new idea, and it
is certainly a very singular plant.

The broad bean is not a climbing plant
but a strong, erect, annual bush, two to four
feet high, which looks more like a pea than
a bean. It has from two to six leaflets, of
which the terminal one may be pointed, or

Set like a jewel in a velvet case

represented by a rudimentary tendril. The
flowers are lilac-colored or creamy and have
a large, blue-black spot upon them. The
pods vary extraordinarily, some varieties
having pods only two or three inches long,
while some occasionally attain eighteen
inches. The botanical name is Vicia Faba,
while that of the common string bean is
Phaseolus vulgaris.

One reason why the broad bean has never
become popular in this country is that our
summers are, in general, too hot and dry for
it. It is not at all a heat-loving plant and
therefore it will probably never amount to

Peers cece - 2 pepper preer e

Five stages in the development of the pod of the
broad bean (Vicia Faba)

anything in our Southern States unless as a
winter crop. On the other hand, it will
probably grow where garden peas thrive,
for it is as hardy as the pea and can be sown
as early. Both are cool season plants which
must be sown before the danger of frost 1s
past, in order to mature the crop before hot
weather comes on. The broad bean has

established itself in the Maritime Provinces
of Canada and ought to find a ready sale

The broad bean plant
234

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among Englishmen in the Atlantic seaboard
cities from Baltimore north.

The cultural directions are very simple.
Sow them in drills two feet apart as early in
spring as the ground can be worked. Plant
them three inches apart and cover them not
more than two inches deep. ‘They like a
strong soil best. When pods begin to form,
you should break off the top of the plant in
order to check the growth and encourage
the production of pods.

If you are willing to give the broad bean
a fair trial and report the results, write to
David G. Fairchild, Office of Seed and Plant
Introduction and Distribution, U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture, and ask for a few seeds
of the best varieties, mentioning THE GaRDEN
Macazine. If you are not willing to report
or wish seeds in quantity ask the Readers’
Service Department of THz GARDEN MaGa-

ZINE for addresses of seedsmen who have the.

varieties best adapted to human food.

In America ‘Broad Windsor” is often
used as a generic rather than a varietal name,
and many seedsmen will send simple ‘‘horse
beans” in response for an order for Broad
Windsor.

Mrs. Fullerton, author of ‘‘How to Make
a Vegetable Garden,” has tried the entire
collection offered by the Department and
speaks well of the broad bean. She says
that it approaches the Lima bean very closely
in consistency and appeal to the palate, and
finds that a number cf Americans who tried
the beans were enthusiastic about them at
once, while others disliked them. Mrs.
Fullerton found that the beans furnished a
continuous crop, blooming and setting pods
until a hard frost killed them. This was
probably due to the cool nights and moist
atmosphere of Long Island.

The only enemy of the bean was a little

black fly which’ the Fullertons had frequently _

seen on other vegetables. Coal ashes were
procured from the kitchen range and vigor-
ously applied on the tops and sides of the
plants and on the ground. ‘The pest either
died or emigrated.

Some seedsmen sell broad beans to street
fakirs, who scent or dye them and sell as
vanilla or other rare kinds of bean.

Eat them when small, tender, and immature

May, 1907

$30 Worth of Vegetables from
a City Lot

Y SMALL, city backyard garden (28 x
28 ft.) was a decided success last year.

The produce grown on this very limited
area was nearly all that was needed for a
family of three, and part of the time six,
from May 15th to November; while squash
and celery were to be had in December.
Besides, there were twenty quarts of straw-
berries, and from the two-years-old currant
bushes four quarts of fruit were picked.
At prices charged for the various things
by our groceryman, the entire produce
would have cost me more than thirty
dollars.

The accompanying plan shows that the
portion under cultivation (excluding the strip
on the south marked “Lima Beans,” but
now set to hardy flowers) is 28x38 ft. Of
this a space of only 28 x 28 ft. is given, each
year, to the vegetable garden. Upon the
north and east sides there is a high board
fence, while upon the south there is a low
picket fence, which gives full exposure to
the sun, and at the same time protection
from north winds.

Lettuce and radishes were sown in different
parts of the garden early, where later, partly
grown plants were to be set so that the first
crop did not interfere in the least with the
second. Successive sowings were made
wherever a little space could be found. The
result was that all the ground produced two
crops and most of it three during the season.

Cucumbers planted between the straw-
berries and the onions did not demand room
until after both crops had been gathered.
Four hills of these were trained up on brush,
and two were allowed to run over the straw-
berry bed.

In addition to the one row of onions, as
marked on the plan, sets were put in wherever
room could be found, and these were pulled
as soon as large enough for use.

The early pea vines were pulled up about
July 1st and this space was set to Golden
Self-blanching celery in a double row, which
yielded about sixty good bunches for late fall
and winter use.

Meanwhile a row of late tomatoes had been
growing on the east side of the early peas
and another of early ones by the side of the
dwarf peas. These were trimmed to one
stalk, and fastened to stakes six feet high.
All foliage was removed for about two feet
above the ground.

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

A row of string beans took the place of the
dwarf peas, and yielded a fair crop in spite
of being less than a foot from the tomato
plants.

In the corn rows a few pole beans of the
wax variety were planted which made good
use of the old stalks for poles. Also two or
three hills of winter squash were planted
which in the late summer completely covered
where the corn had been.

There had been applied plenty of fertilizer
from a neighboring barnyard in the early
spring while during the growing season
nitrate of soda had been used as frequently
as the plants could assimilate it. The entire
growth was luxuriant, though the crowded
condition prevented the best development
of everything, yet there was not a single
failure.

The results are for the second summer.
The beginning was made on the sand
and gravel left by the builders; and consider-
ing this fact, the experiment seems worthy
of being told. Anyway, the yard has
been completely changed from the usual

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to supply a family of three from the middle of May
until November

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unattractive city ‘‘clothes yard” to a place
of beauty and genuine utility.

NAME VARIETY QUANTITY VALUE
Beans ...-- Stringless Wax 25 quarts. $1.25
Stringless Green Pod ....--.-- 25 quarts. $1.25
Pole Wax
Beans ..... D warteWimasec sate meee 7 pints... 1.05
Beetsincee Early Blood-turnip .-..--.----
Midsummer 30 bunches’ .75
Celery ~......- Golden Self-blanching ------- 125 stalks 5.00
(CO. -cease Ideal
(Champions eee pee eee eee Io dozen 2.00
Stowell’s Evergreen
Cucumbers - Extra Early 60 large.. 1.50
ord books a2 seo ae es se aye ols)
Improved White Spine. ------ 3 quarts 30
Gurran tse eee eee sees eee 4 quarts. . -40
Lettuce -... Grand Rapids Forcing. --.-..--
Giant Crystal Head --...-:--. 200 heads’ 5.00
@nionspee ee Vihitesetsuee eee eae eee 30 bunches 1.50
Parsley. .-.- Champion Moss Curled..--.-. to bunches .20
(Large quantities unused)
‘Peass ce ctacre Extra Early Prolific
American Wonder.....-.---- 4o quarts. 2.c0
Champion of England .--.-.--
Radish . Twenty-Day Forcing .-.-..-- zo bunches’ .50
Red and White Delicious ----
Salsihvaeseee Loe Wt aocsosdeoseasss 15 bunches’ .go
Squash . Early Crookneck....-..---- Vee ie ee 1.00
Large Winter (name unknown) 0..--.---- -90
Sweet Potato Squash ....-.--- oscenoee 1.25
Straw Derriesim ae eee isa stare ciate te ete zo quarts. 2.50
Tomatoes .. Early Freedom .........---- 4bushels. 2.60
Ponderosa
Total, $30.80
Illinois. A. F. WEBSTER.

A 25-foot Square Garden

OX of the most important gardening
problems I know is how to make the

- most of a space twenty-five feet square, for

there are hundreds of thousands of people
who live on 25 x 100 ft. lots and a 25-foot
square is about all the space available in such
backyards for a vegetable garden. More-
over, the poorer a family is, the more im-
portant the vegetable supply becomes. The
25-foot square is the smallest space com-
monly put to serious use in gardening.
Fortunately, I do not have to live on a
25 x 100 ft. lot, but I wanted to do what I
could towards making the best possible gar-
den twenty-five feet square, so I measured
off that space on the grounds of the Rhode
Island Agricultural College, and made a
garden which yielded vegetables worth
$32.18 at market prices. This is at the rate
of five cents per square foot, which, I believe,
is the highest rate yet reported in THE GAR-
DEN Macazine. Estimating my labor as
worth fifteen cents an hour, the net profit
was $16.39, which is a little better than two
and one-half cents net profit per square foot.
I do not claim to have solved the problem
for city dwellers by any means, for my gar-
den had sunlight on all sides, whereas the
25 x 100 ft. lot is usually heavily shaded by
high fences. I believe my garden shows a
gain of about 4o per cent. over the ordi-
nary hit-or-miss garden, because there
was a definite plan for fertilizers and suc-
cession crops. Three cents a square foot

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is considered a good gross yield for a
garden, but mine was five cents.

DAIRY OF PLANTING

April 29th. Rows 1 and 2 planted
with Green Stringless beans, one and
one-half inches apart in the row. Row
3, lettuce plants set six inches apart.

Row 7, lettuce plants set twelve inches

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

apart. Row 1o, lettuce plants set twelve
inches apart.
May ist. Rows 4, 5, 6, sown with radish.

Rows 9, 11, sown with beets.

May 2nd. Rows 13, 14, 15, sown with
carrots.

May 3rd. Row 17, cabbage plants set
two feet apart, with two lettuce plants be-
tween each cabbage plant, and rows 16, 18,

The 25-foot square garden which showed a profit of 300 per cent.

EARLY CROPS

eS WHAT PLANTED

APART

BEANS

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LETTUCE
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DISHES

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BEETS
LETTOCE
BEETS
ORION SETS
CARROTS
CARROTS
CARROTS

SO BAGS & |

— LETTUCE ——_———_16
CABBAGE & LETTOCE {1
LETTUCE ——I18

PEAS ————— 1

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The plan.

ROW
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SUCCESSION CROPS —
WHAT PLANTED PRISE

APART
CORN
GORNS

CORN

TOMATOES

BEEYVS
BEETS
CARROTS

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BEANS
CELERY

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LETTUCE -

Two crops of vegetables were gathered from this garden

May, 1907

each side of cabbage, set with lettuce plants,
eight inches apart.

May 4th. Between lettuce in rows 7 and
10, placed onion sets three inches apart and
made rows 8 and 12 of onion sets three inches
apart.

May sth. Rowe 19, 20, planted with peas.

May 17th. Row 21, planted with cucum-
bers.

THE SUCCESSION CROPS

June roth. Rows 15, 17, 19, planted with
lettuce eight inches apart.

Row 4, set to tomatoes two feet apart.

June 27th. Row 16, set pepper plants nine
inches apart.

July 7th. Rows 1, 2, 3, planted with
corn.

July 15th. After peas had gone, put in
rows 12, 14, celery eight inches apart.

Rows 11, 13, planted to stringless
beans. 2

THE COST

Fertilizer (20 lbs., home-mixed, in these propor-
tions: 2 potash, I nitrate of soda, 2 phosphate,

1driedblood) . . I 83 a)
Fertilizer for early inears (s iss, y «, 3) ae 07
Hen manureforlettuce(4bushel) . . . . . AG
Stable manure (5 bushels) . . ‘ 75
Lettuce plants, Black-seed anns Ball “(20

plants) : a oc 1.07
Beans, Giant Secreto: Green Pod G quart) hae -20
Radish, Crimson Giant Forcing (3 pace F 15
Beet, TDlarenad Blood (3 packages) .. . Re my SiC
Carrot, Danvers(3 packages) . . . . . . oe)
Onions sets(1 quart). . . ie ees
Pea. Nott’s Excelsior (1 quer) 3) 2 eas
Cabbage, All Seasons (a plants) : 25
Cucumber, White Spine(1 package) . . . . 05
Tomatoes, Nott? S Early Gaiplants) eee 25
Celery,Giant Pascal(74 plants) . . . . | 14
Sweet corn, Crosby’s Early (1 gill) . . ore .10
Peppers,Bell(g1plants) . . . ... . 31

Cost, exclusive of labor $ 5.29

THE RESULTS
Radishes, June 5th to 15th; 31 bunches, 8 in each,

@$.o5 . . . $1.55
Lettuce, June roth, to July 7th; 283 heads @ $. 5 14.15
Onions, June 22d to 30th; 12 bunches, 8 im each,

@f$i1o. . Aa je ie 1.20
Peas, July 6th to ee 2kpecks@$.30 . . . WS
Beet greens, July 13th; bushel. . . iehanas
Beans, July 23d to som % bushel, @ Be 3 a

quart . 48
Cucumbers, July ‘28th to September ‘adh, 211, @2

FOPHOS 5.18
Tomatoes, August 4d to September 14th; 393, weight

128 pounds, 3 ounces, @ o14 : 1.95
Beets, August 2d to September ge 14 bunches, 5

in each, @ $:05 : ; .70

1+ bachele @ $. io kas -50
Cabbage, August 1st to October 30th; 12 heads, 79

pounds, to ounces @ (SOI 5 6 é .80
Carrots, September ist to Noronlire reales, 10

bunches, 5ineach,@$.o5. . . . .. . .50

3bushels . . 1.00
Corn, October Ist to 14th; 43 ears @ be 20a denen S92

Peppers, October 25th to November 3d; 23 peppers 15
Celery, November roth to ee 71 nee 3 ina

bunch, @ $.10 . pee
Gross Receipts, $32. 18
Actual cash outlay, 5.29
Net profit (excluding labor) . $26.89

If the labor put on this garden—seventy
hours at fifteen cents an hour—is deducted
it will leave a net profit of $16.39.

Rhode Island. A. E. WILKINSON.

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Making an Azalea Bed

Nea ee may be transplanted while
» they are still in flower, which gives.
you a chance to stop the free fight that gen-
erally ensues from the average gardener’s.
color schemes. The important thing is to.
keep the lavender-magenta-purple series.
separate from the yellow-orange-red series,
and have a good neutral zone o white flowers
or green foliage.

The making of an azalea ‘bed should be
undertaken in the same spirit as ship-
building. Spare no expense and make it to.
last. The heath family are peat-lovers and.
lime-haters, but Mr. Dunbar has proved.
that he can grow azaleas, rhododendrons,
etc., without peat, and can even water them
with rather hard water provided the limy
soil be thrown out to the depth of two and
half feet and replaced by good soil over
a thick layer of brickbats, stones, or other
drainage material. This soil, should be
composed of muck, sand, and leaf mold—
the last being a compost of hardwood leaves.
The object is a combination of never-failing:
moisture without dampness, and this in-
volves perfect drainage. Once made an
azalea bed should never be cultivated, be-
cause the shallow feeding roots will be de-
stroyed, but every year you should give it a
light coating of perfectly rotted cow manure.
Never remove this mulch or dig it in.

Luckily, the most gorgeous lilies—the
ones that are popularly considered the best
like these same conditions and bloom after
the rhododendrons.

The best azaleas for forcing are the
varieties of Indica. The mollis hybrids are
the next best. Red is the favorite color for
Christmas and white for Easter. Plants for
Christmas bloom, or earlier, are best kept im
pots the year round. ‘Those for later bloom
may be planted outdoors for the summer in
prepared beds under trees, and syringed daily
in hot weather. These plants are then potted
in the fall and brought indoors. Beginners
who do not have a greenhouse will not usually
succeed in keeping house azaleas from year
to year. Better have a florist take care of
them for you. Azaleas bloom in about six
weeks in a temperature of 50° to 58°.
This can be cut down to four weeks if you
etherize them. Ether seems to act like frost,
and ripens the wood in twenty-four hours.

New Jersey. THomAs McApaAmM.

The New Interest in Dahlias

HE New England Dahlia Society,
lately organized, promises to have a
national scope and success. A remarkable
new feature of this society’s work is the publi-
cation of a monthly bulletin about dahlias,
called Dahlia News. This feature alone
ought to be worth the price of joining, and
we hope that it will insure the success of
the society. The secretary is Maurice
Fuld, 5 Union Street, Boston, Mass.

Great interest is expressed by the European
periodicals in the new peony-flowered race
of dahlias introduced by the Dutch firm,
Copyn & Son. The new varieties are said
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Roses for Veranda Boxes

Re for porch decoration during the
summer may be grown in boxes and
stored during the winter in a barn or cellar.
Do not expect as good results as from plants
that are planted in a deep, cool soil, as roses
like a cool, fairly moist root environment.
The veranda must have a southern ex-
posure as it is absolutely essential that roses
have lots of sunlight. The varieties Kaiserin
Augusta Victoria, Killarney, and Liberty are
good, but do not omit Gruss an Teplitz
(the crimson Hermosa); pink and white
Maman Cochet; G. Nabonnand; the Baby
Rambler (Madame Norbert Levavasseur)
the standard and bush forms; and the dwarf
Polyantha rose. Snowball is very good
also, and Hermosa, Belle Siebrecht, Mildred

Grant, Madame Jules Grolez, and others

can be used.

WHAT TO GROW THEM IN

I use boxes that are about three feet long,
eight to ten inches deep and about fifteen
inches wide, and plant three or four bushes
in each box. Smaller boxes that would
accommodate say only one or two plants
would dry out too quickly, and during the
very warm weather the soil would be too hot.
Have holes bored in the bottom of each box
for drainage and throw some rubble in the
bottom for drainage and aération. Do not
stand the boxes directly on the floor, but
place some pieces of wood about one inch
thick under each corner, thus leaving one
inch of air space between the bottom of the
boxes and the floor. Nothing can live or
grow that is deprived of oxygen, and more
plants in pots and boxes are xilled for lack
of air than from any. other cause.

WHEN TO PLANT

If you have the roses in stock or planted out
in the garden, lift and plant them in the boxes
before growth commences—not later, by any
means, than May ist, and a month before
that if possible. If you don’t have them in
stock, lose no time in ordering them. Get
two-year-old stock. Hybrid teas will cost on
an average three dollars and fifty cents per
dozen. Buy good stock and insure success.

Plant the roses as deep as the boxes will
allow. These roses are all budded on
manetti, or briar, stock, and you can easily
see where the union has been made. Plant
the roses so that the point of union will be at
least three inches below the surface.

HOW MUCH TO PRUNE

After planting, prune the plants back to
within six inches of the ground. The harder
they are pruned back the first year, the better.
In succeeding years teas and hybrid teas do
not require to be pruned back as hard as
hybrid perpetual varieties, but having been
lifted from the ground the roots are more or
less mutilated and it balances the plant to
prune the top accordingly. Stronger and
more vigorous growth will be the result.

If you have to buy the plants this spring,
you will not get the best results this year.
Tt takes them a season to get fully established,
but do not despair, you will get roses by the

May, 1907

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fall and they will do much better next year,
and for a good many years to come.

PLANT ONE COLOR IN A BOX

Do not plant two or more varieties in one
box, one kind in a box is better taste. I
advise planting two boxes with the Baby
Rambler, which bloom all summer. In such
boxes I use two plants of standard and three
dwarfs. The standards are about four feet
high, and the dwarf forms cover the box as a
ground work, giving a very pretty effect.

In the other boxes, I would also advise
using a ground cover. In the Gruss an
Teplitz box, for instance, use sweet alyssum.
The crimson and the white make a beautiful _
contrast, but if you prefer it all crimson, use
dwarf crimson nasturtium instead of sweet
alyssum.

Blue ageratum goes nicely with pink or
white colors, such as the Maman Cochet,
Killarney, or Kaiserin Augusta Victoria.
Portulaca, musk plant (Mimulus), verbena,
and the pansy may all be used for this pur-
pose. They will not harm the roses, and
the effect will be very much mote effective.

METHODS OF STORING

Use a fairly rich, perferably heavy, soil
in the boxes, and when the plants are well
rooted, give them extra feeding in the form
of diluted manure water—at first once a week
and later twice a week. Keep them growing
as late as you can in the fall. ‘They are stor-
ing up energy for another season.

The roses may be stored in a barn or cellar
all winter, or they may be placed in the open,
putting the boxes close together. Bank
manure and leaves around them and cover
the tops with hemlock, pine branches or salt
hay. If they are kept in a cellar, do not
deprive them of frost. The frost does no
harm so long as the early spring sun is kept
off them. They must be well frozen to
thoroughly ripen the wood. It is the frosts
of late February, March, and April that
harm vegetation. The warm sunshine ex-
cites growth prematurely, the sap flows in
the wood and then a hard frost converts this
sap into ice, distends and disrupts the cells
and thus the harm is done. But if they are
kept dormant, till hard frosts are over, there
is no danger.

WHEN TO RENEW THE SOIL

The soil does not require to be entirely
replaced for several years. After pruning
the roses (just before growth commences),
take off two or three inches of the top soil
(being careful to harm the roots but as little
as possible), and replace this with fresh soil,
well enriched with animal and bone manure.
With this treatment, the plants will do better
after the first year than they did even the
first August. Other cultural directions are
to keep a sharp lookout for bugs and diseases
at all times; spray and syringe on warm days
to keep down aphis and red spider; dust
with flowers of sulphur on the first appearance
of mildew. Rose bugs won’t trouble you
much ona veranda, but if they do, shake them
off and destroy them as soon as they appear.

Tarrytown, N.Y. J. T. Scorz.

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HE fruit of the Lucretia dewberry is
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At the beginning of real winter weather a
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one season’s growth the vines were near the
ground, so remained under the straw.

It was our intention in the spring to place
the mulching under the vines and prune
them. But it seemed an impossible task, so
they were left in disgust with their winter
covering over them, to live or die as they
might. But in due time the flower stalks
made their appearance—pushing their way
up through the straw—and we soon realized
that our seeming lack of care was really
the best of care. An abundance of fruit was
set and developed amongst the luxuriance-
of the foliage. Had the dewberry vines |

A dewberry plant. Irrigation and a winter mulch
are necessary for its success

been protected in north-eastern Kansas, as
they were here, they would surely have
yielded well there, too.

Raspberries, even when irrigated, are not
as satisfactory here in our unprotected
prairie gardens as are the dewberries; for
the raspberry loves shade and protection
from winds, as well as moisture. But dew-
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under their canopy of leaves great clusters
of large luscious berries are to be found.
But it takes searching to find them, and sharp
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the equipment of one who would gather from
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The Easiest Grown Iris

HE German iris like that shown on this
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The gorgeously colored flowers, which vary
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Although the flowers seldom produce
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ARY’S GARDEN AND HOW IT GREW

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flower garden, told in the form of a story ina way to

interest young people and help them to lay out and tend a
garden. Illustrated, $1.25. Postpaid by the Century Co., Union
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May, 1907

The Geographical Library

A remarkable series covering Africa,
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By COMMANDER R. E. PEARY

This is the first full account of Com-
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If you are in doubt how best to grow things and the kinds
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William Scott; its a practical, untechnical book that will give you
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Our two “P’s” Booklet shows some of our smaller greenhouses,
and perhaps they will help you to decide the sort of house you
ought to have. We will gladly send you this booklet.

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Give yourself the pleasure of gardening during win
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Horsford’s Hardy Plants

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price and quality of stock. Ask for catalog.
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Squashes for May Planting

ee squash is a very delicious vegetable
and very easy to grow provided it is
given a warm, quick soil.

BUSH OR SUMMER SQUASHES

For early use the squashes may be started
in coldframes on inverted sods, or in 3-inch
pots, about April 20th. Sow about eight
to ten seeds to a sod and keep the atmosphere
rather close and moist until they germinate,
then gradually increase the amount of air
as the plants grow to inure them for the out-
door condition, for they may be planted out
about May 15th. When transplanting, set
these bush varieties 4 x 4 ft.

The seeds can be planted outdoors, in hills
eighteen inches across, about May isth in

a moderately rich soil. No manure is re-
quired in the hills; it induces too strong a
growth of vines and not enough fruit. From
eight to ten seeds should be planted to a hill;
and when all danger of insects is past, thin
to four plants in a hill.

The vegetable marrow is one of the very
best, but little known, of the summer
squashes. It differs from the other summer
squashes in that it does not assume a bushy
habit but spreads like a cucumber.

The fruit of all the summer squashes must
be gathered when young and tender, and
should never be allowed to ripen on the vine
as it immediately stops the plant from bear-
ing. The ground should be frequently
stirred by means of the hoe or wheel hoe
till vines meet, and the ground covered.

SQUASH ENEMIES

Squashes have many insect enemies; the
worst three are the grub or cutworm, the
striped beetle and the squash bug.

The cutworm severs the stem about two
inches below the surface of the soil. It
must be continually sought for and destroyed.
The striped beetle feeds on the young leaves
and in the warm weather there are myriads
of them. As soon as they are disturbed,
they fly from one plant to another. This
pest riddles the leaves. The only means of
keeping them in check is a light dusting of
slug shot applied when the dew is on them.

The best plan by which to successfully
combat the striped beetle is to make a box,
using four boards eighteen inches long by ten
inches wide, and on the top tack some mos-
| quito netting or gauze. Place one of these
over each hill, as soon as the seeds have
| been planted. They will answer for two
different purposes, namely: as a windbreak

and a protection for chilly nights, and

The Readers’ Service will furnish you with the
names of reliable firms in any department of trade May. 1907

}to sell you something “just as

If a grocer says “certainly,”
when you ask him for a MacBeru
lamp-chimney, it’s an indication
that he is a safe man to deal with,
as it shows a desire on his part to
serve his jtrade with the best of
everything.

The merchant who always tries

good,” when you ask for a stand-
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My Index is useful to everyone who owns a lamp—
and it’s free. Address,

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German Iris,
Phlox, Peonies, Bellflowers,
Monkshood, Hardy Chrysanthemums

And all the leading Perennials for
the Hardy Garden.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE
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Se and
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EVERGREENS,

SHRUBS, ROSES,
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Hand woven by Mexicans in Mexico from palm
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freight, give FULL value.
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Si NURSERIES sell DIRECT, pay

May, 1907

Isa question that proves a perplexing one to every
person in the beginning of effort for the improve-
ment and beautification of home grounds. This
question is suggestively answered in our new book.
It tells you which of the trees and shrubs we list
are best adapted for certain purposes, conditions
and locations.

HELPS TO A BEAUTIFUL HOME

Descriptions have been made brief and devoted
to helpful information as to when, where and
what to plant in order to give a maximum of results
at a minimum of cost. You may havea copy for
the asking.

; ——— We have afine stock of Deciduous Trees, De-
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Plants, Ornamental Hedge Plants, Roses, Dahlias, etc. ‘

A BARGAIN IN FINE DAHLIAS—The Dahlia is rapidly coming into deserved
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cents each and upwards. PETERS NURSERY CO., Box 307, Knoxville, Tenn.

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WORKERS IN STONE

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HE popularity of MOON’S TREES is due to their habit of growing
vigorously when moved to the lawns of purchasers. This because
they are made strong and healthy in the nursery and must be well

developed and well rooted to leave it, and when they do leave it are care-
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EVERGREENS are our leading specialty. ‘The number of varieties and
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SHADE TREES, straight and nicely headed, in lavish quantities.
FLOWERING SHRUBS, 500 kinds, in bushy, healthy condition.

ORNAMENTAL VINES HARDY GARDEN ROSES
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There is some tree or plant in our immense stock for every place and pur-

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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

How can the flower garden be made more attractivet
The Readers’ Service will aid you with suggestions

May, 1907

KELLER’S DELICATE ANEMONES

The charming Japanese Anemone is the loveliest white flower
of the late autumn. It glorifies the garden after Phlox is gone.
It survives a succession of late frosts and lasts well into October
or November until the killing frosts devastate the garden.

While one of the most delicate and beautiful of all flowers, the
Japanese Anemone is not critical, for it will grow in any location
either in sun or shade, demanding only a fairly good garden soil.

Its blossoms are either a pure white or an exquisite shade of pink
and massed against a dark background make a strikingly beau-
tiful effect for the autumn garden. The Anemone is excellent for
cutting, and will furnish flowers for the house in great abundance. |

Of all our stock of hardy perennials none surpasses our collection
of Japanese Anemones. They are strong one-year-old plants that
will bloom profusely this fall. The Queen Charlotte, with its
large pink flowers, is especially beautiful.

PINK
DOUBLE—A. Japonica Rubra. Carmine with yellow centre.

MOUBLE—A Japonica Queen Charlotte. Flowers a beautiful and
pleasing shade of pink, semi-double. very large, fine for cutting.

WHI
SINGLE—A. Japonica alba. Fine large white flower. August to

November. ;
DOUBLE—A. Japonica Whirlwind. Flowers pure white.

Price, 15c Each, $1.50 per Dozen. $10 per Hundred

We grow hardy perennials exclusively and have a superb stock such
as only a specialist can have

J. B. Keller Sons, Rochester, N.Y.

Our 1607 catalogue of Hardy
Perennials ts yours for the asking

GLADIOLUS “HARVARD”

(Our own introduction for 1907)
is but one of the many choice things offered in

Rawson’s Garden Manual

for 1907

Mailed free upon application. This booklet is entirely new,
most complete, artistically illustrated, and contains more choice
and rare things for the garden than we have ever offered before.

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5 Union St., Boston, Mass.

Can't Smell it! Cawt See att
Garbage in

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is odorless, out of sight, will not attract flies,
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Imitations of ‘‘ Witt’s Can”’ lack the splendid strength
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Sizes—Witt’s Can, No. 1, 153x 25 inches;
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secondly, keeping all insects from the plants

till they are able to take care of themselves.

The frames can remain on the hills till the.
vines begin to push their way out. Squashes

will make a very rapid growth under this

treatment.

The squash bug lives by sucking the sap
from the plant, and should be sought for
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It is of a light-brown color similar to a
mosquito but much larger, and wherever
it attacks the vines, they wilt and gradually
die, and your whole labor will be lost.

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Bush Summer Crookneck, Custard, Vege-
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These require similar treatment to the
summer squashes but need to be planted
eight feet apart each way, and do not need
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often spread from twelve to sixteen feet and
as they will root at the joints, should be
lifted occasionally, to prevent rooting, when
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STORING SQUASH

Squashes may be kept successfully till
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which is kept from 55° to 60°. As soon as
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Do not bruise them in any way. A sharp
knife is best for this purpose, cutting about
two inches of the stalk with the fruit. They
should then be placed for a few days under
a light, airy shed before taking them into
the room or cellar. Handle them carefully
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tilated; but if damp weather sets in, it is best
to start a fire to keep them dry. It often
happens in early autumn that we have one
or two light frosts, after which the weather
will remain good for three or four weeks,
so by a little fore-thought as to covering,
the whole crop can be harvested. The
unripe ones can be protected with burlap,
or any light covering material.

When the entire crop has been gathered
and put in the cellar, they should be placed
from two to three deep, turned over and
sorted at least once a week, removing any
that show signs of decay, as one bad one will
soon destroy a dozen good ones.

There are several good varieties of winter
squashes. The Mammoth Warted Hubbard
and the Golden Hubbard keep the best and
longest, and do not shrink as much as the
other varieties. But for a small family,
Delicata and Fordhook are two very good
varieties of excellent flavor but of small size.
They are remarkably good keepers. It is a
good practice to plant a few hills in the
garden to entice the insects, thus making
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giving it a 3-inch thick dressing of well-
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Tomato Vines Thirty Feet Long

(eee accompanying picture shows three

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GRAFTING DAHLIAS

E. L. B., Washington—Root grafting dahlias does not
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weak growing varieties. ‘To graft dahlias, cut the top of
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the current season’s growth, and later than the blossoms
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any other fruit—they are the golden apples of Hesperides.
Of the several varieties grow either Champion, or Rea for
ornament. ‘The bushes will probably need to be sprayed
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and keep a sharp watch for fire blight as directed in the
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WHAT IS NITRO-CULTURE

T. W. L., Georgia—Nitro culture is a preparation of
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leguminous plants and grown in proper media without
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PROPAGATING BLUE SPIREA

A. H. B., Penn:—The blue spirea (Car yo pteris Masta-
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taken in the summer or fall and struck under glass. It will
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SOURCE OF PANSIES |

E. P. N., Ky.—The heartsease (Viola tricolor), the parent
of our modern strains of pansies, is the common wild pansy
of Europe which has become wild in this country as it has
escaped from gardens. It will be easily recognized along
the roadsides from its appearance as a diminutive pansy.

SMALL FRUITS FOR INDIANA

W. A. B., Indiana—Prof. James Troop, Horticulturist
in the Purdue University, recommends the following varieties
of small fruits for growing in Indiana: Strawberries; Bu-
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Red Tepslnoniias, Cuthbert, Miller, Loudon, Haymaker,

Golden Queen. Blackraspberries; Kansas, Eureka, Gregg,
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PROPAGATING GENTIANS

A. H. B., Penn.—The stemless gentian (Gentiana acaulis),
may be grown from seed. Sow them one-sixteenth of an
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CHERRIES FOR MASSACHUSETTS

H. S. S., Mass.—The following varieties of cherries are
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HEDGES FOR SHADED PLACES

J. E. D. B., New York—The native Rhododendron max1-
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evergreen hedge, if anything would. The advice given
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tence. The same growth cannot be expected under heavy
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Canadensis) should be ideal for the purpose, if it grows
high enough, but I would hardly call that a hedge.

DOG-PROOF HEDGES

A. B. G., Mich.—For a dog-proof hedge on a light sandy
loam which is subject to droughts in summer, and that will
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E. P N., Ky.—The real rosemary of the old herbals and
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HEMLOCK HEDGES FROM SEED

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inches apart. Until the seeds have germinated keep the
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WATER-LILIES IN CALIFORNIA

E. S. H., Cal.—The hardy water-lilies of the East can be
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Good white kinds are Nymphaea Gladstoniana, N. Mar-
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frost. Read the articles on water-lilies by Professor Henry
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VARIETIES OF ASPARAGUS

G. O. P., New York—For green asparagus grow either
Colossal or Palmetto. In the South Palmetto is a little
earlier than Colossal but the chief point in its favor is that
the stalks are all large and even in size; there are few or no
culls. For white asparagus grow Mammoth White. The
stalks will remain white until three or four inches above the
soil. When grown from seed only a small portion come
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PRUNING RAMBLER ROSES

M. W., New Jersey—The best time to prune Crimson
Rambler rose is in the early spring—March or early April.
Remoye one-fifth to one-third of the previous year’s growth
and in old, well-established plants any of the old flowering
wood which has become weakened. It is also a good plan
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At this time pruning is limited to taking out old wood and
pinching out weak and undesirable shoots. During the
winter do not let the canes whip in the wind, tie them up to
the trellis or to a stake.

CRUDE CARBOLIC ACID WASH

C. C. R., Penn.—The statement that carbolic acid is
extensively used in New Jersey is absolutely untrue. It
has been used to a very limited extent in a very limited
locality and with a still more limited amount of success.
I have followed the applications made from the original
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Crude carbolic acid painted on the trunks of trees will kill
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THE BEST DWARF PEARS

W. S., Penn.—The pear is dwarfed by grafting it on the
quince. Any variety of quince may be used for stock, but
the Anger quince is most commonly used. It is imported
by nurserymen from France but may be grown from seed.
The pear is always root-grafted and nearly all varieties
will unite with the quince. The few which do not
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the quince is inserted and when it has made a union and
grown a year the variety which will not unite with the quince
is then grafted into the pear cion. Pears grown on quince
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pears need more care than standard ones. They are
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espaliers. The best work on the subject, “The Miniature
Fruit Garden: or the Culture of Pyramidal and Bush Fruit
Trees” by T. Rivers, is out of print. The only book which
is applicable to American conditions is “Dwarf Fruit Trees”
by Prof. F. A. Waugh, and there was a good article in the
February 1906, GarpEN Macazine, page 12,

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In no other way may the harmony and unity of American land-
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A TOO LARGE USE OF EXOTICS
however choice, results in harsh effects and clashes of color and
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HIGHLANDS NURSERY
in North Carolina is the home of the gorgeous and rare Azaleas of
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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

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SPRING TIME IS SWAPPING’ TIME!

MAGAZINE of it! Tur GARDEN

MaGazine tells you ow fo. From cover
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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE May, 1907

You Take a Big Risk

WHEN YOUR DEALER SAYS TO YOU:

“We have our own brand, which costs less
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If you take his advice instead of
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You asked him for what you wanted —
probably because advertising of one kind or
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The manufacturer who did that adver-
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If he didn’t use every care to make them
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Isn't it pretty certain, then, that they are
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ASK AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU WANT
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Because concrete construction is usually
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ti Each plant we send out will
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We have a number of applications from first-class garden-
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RUTHERFORD, N, J.

Two views (May and July) showing succession of bloom provided by hardy
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April to October

Probably you have a particular part of your garden in which you wouldlike
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We have made a hobby of getting together the best of herbaceous plants
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Why were these beautiful gardens allowed to become old-fashioned? As
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The above illustration is an example of one of our Portable Summer,
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Che Gladiolus Specialist
MEADOWVALE FARM BERLIN, N. Y.

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The Sun Dial

“‘Perhaps the subconscious and underlying charm of the sun dial lies in its
decorative value. Scarcely can one conceive of an ugly sun dial, while there
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“Let others tell of storms and showers
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JUNE, 1907

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

Can you do without a greenhouse much longer?
Write to the Readers’ Service jor suggestions

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The Passing of Korea

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Flashlights in the Jungle

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CovER DESIGN—Foxgloves (Digi.alis purpurea)

THE GARDENER’S REMINDER

GARDEN FURNITURE... ... . . Henry H. Saylor
Photographs by Henry Troth, H. E. Angell and others :

VEGETABLES FOR JUNE Sowinc. .. . E. D. Darlington

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Nite Beauties In A TupB.. . . Lilian Baynes Griffin
SumMER WINDOW BoxEsS . . . . . Wilhelm Miller

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A BETTER WAy OF BUYING VEGETABLE PLANTS

W. E. Pendleton
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WHat to Do with Orp Burss ... . . John Dunbar

Photographs by Nathan R. Graves

ANNUAL FLOWERS FOR JUNE Sowinc . Thomas McAdam
Photograph by Nathan R. Graves

JUNE, 1907

Nathan R. Graves
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277 SUGARY SOUTHERN SWEET POTATOES IN THE NoRTH .. .
278 E. Stanley Brown 208
ArE Your Larkspurs DISEASED? . IES eet ac sy RE2OS
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How can the flower garden be made more attractive?
The Readers’ Service will aid you with suggestions

FROM NOW UNTIL

July 1st
Not Later

There is no more useful garden material than what
are known as Dutch Bulbs, Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissi,
Crocus, etc. ‘They give for a small outlay of time and
money an abundance of flowers in the house from
December until April, and in the garden almost before
the snow is off the ground in the spring until the middle
of May. ‘These Bulbs are grown almost exclusively in
Holland, and in enormous quantities, where they are
sold at very low prices. Usually they pass through
the hands of two dealers, and more than double in price
before reaching the retail buyer in America.

By ordering from us now instead of waiting
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cost, get a superior quality of Bulbs not to be
obtained at any price in this country, and have

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If you wish totake advantage of our very low prices,
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JUNE, 1907

The Garden Magazine

VoL. V.—No. 5

PUBLISHED MONTHLY

[For the purpose of reckoning dates, New York is
generally taken as a standard. Allow six days’ difference
for every hundred miles of latitude.]

Opportunities that Beginners are
Likely to Miss

UNE is full of chances that even old-timers
miss—opportunities to sow vegetables
and flowers that would add greatly to the
value and beauty of our gardens in the fall.
In June we ought to be thinking of Sep-
tember, but we are not! We are thinking
of—ahem! roses and things that have nothing
to do with work.

But even roses have their bugs. Will you
consider us hopeless Philistines if we suggest
that at last, at last, at last! a way has really
been found of “fixing” that hardened old
sinner the rose bug?

And then, too, there is only one way of
“avoiding” necessary work, viz. by getting
new specialized tools that turn work into play
If you leave the work undone, you get tougher
vegetables or none at all. If you have a
wheel-hoe and an up-to-date spraying outfit,
you will do the necessary work so much more
quickly that there will be plenty of time for
—well, anything you like in June.

Therefore, in order that you may have
more time to live among the roses, we offer
several hundred dollars in prizes to those
who will grasp some of these fleeting oppor-
tunities of June. We really haven’t time to
count up all of these prizes. They are on
every page of this number, but they will
never be mentioned again, until the prizes
are awarded.

They are not magnificent, world-stirring
prizes; they are just friendly offers, as between
garden lovers. The sums are little if any
larger than we regularly pay for articles and
we shall increase them, if desirable, withcut
notice. Conversely, we shall not award
prizes for articles we cannot publish. The
point is that we should like to fill the June
1908 number of THE GARDEN MAGAZINE
with personal experiences by amateurs on
any of the subjects you see anywhere in this

- JUNE, 1907

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number. Please send in your narrative of
personal experience by November 1, 1907,
and have photographs, if possible, to prove
your success.

BEFORE JUNE FIRST

Buy cabbage and cauliflower plants. Latest
date for small, cheap plants.

Plant now everything that cannot be safely
planted in the fall in your climate, e.g., mag-
nolias, yuccas, rose of Sharon, torch lily or
poker plant and hardy chrysanthemums.

You'll have to hurry if you want to plant
any evergreens before next August, especially
broad-leaved kinds such as rhododendrons
and mountain laurel. They can be had
in May and June, but only from specialists
who are careful to move them with a ball
wrapped in burlap.

HOW TO MAKE LIFE RICHER

Get a camera and make a photographic
record of your garden. Read the articles on
photographs by Mr. A. Radclyffe Dugmore
in Country Life in America.

Buy Mrs. Comstock’s ‘“‘How to Keep
Bees” and get an observation hive. Through
the glass you can see everything. Bees near
your orchard mean more fruit.

Get an opera glass and a good bird book
with lots of pictures in it and become a mild
bird crank. It goes well with golf. June
is a great month for bird study.

Transform your garden into an outdoor
living-room by providing a summer house
or seats where one may write, rest or think.

A supreme happiness in gardening is
pruning. Don’t hire those shrub butchers
who trim everything alike in March. The
scientific, delightful and economic way is
to prune everything after it blooms. Get
a pair of pruning shears and be a free man!

EVERY PARAGRAPH WORTH $5

Every paragraph on this page from this
point on, is worth five dollars to somebody.
All he needs to do is to work out the crude
suggestion contained in any sentence that
follows, in any way he likes, and send us
an account of his success that is worth pub-
lishing in THE GARDEN MacGazine. Of
course, we will gladly pay more for it if it
is worth more.

Tender annuals sown after June 1st, are
said to develop with astonishing rapidity
and often bloom before plants that have been
started earlier but have received a check.

Do you enjoy your garden at night ? Would
not one or two small lights add greatly to
its beauty ?

Add to your garden the subtlest charm of
all—the sound of running water. You can
afford it, if only for a little while each day.

Make a bird’s bath tub and drinking
fountain. Why not combine it with a min-
lature water garden lined with Japan iris
or aquatic plants? Make a little concrete
basin for it.

One or two progressive seedsmen in the
North now sell artichoke plants which will
produce their crop this year. The only
other way to grow this biennial in the North
is to sow seeds in May, and bank up the
plants at the end of August to a height of
fifteen inches, leaving only five or six inches
of the plant above ground. This will keep
the plant from being frozen, and next season
it will bear fully.

Do you know that all the important hardy
perennial flowers and vines are now grown
in pots or baskets especially for people who
cannot plant them before June? This is
of great interest to belated movers and
those who have summer homes.

Gladioli are now stored so carefully that
they can be safely planted up to July rst.
A brisk demand has grown up for them in
June because they enable us to grow an extra
crop of flowers almost everywhere in the
garden. For example, cut back larkspurs
after their June blocm and they will flower
again in September. Meanwhile plant glad-
ioli everywhere among the larkspurs, so as
to have crops of flowers from the same
ground. You can put them in anywhere
after a first crop of any kind of flower.

STRANGE BUT TRUE

Don’t shoot robins to save your cherries.
Plant Juneberries and the robins will eat
them instead.

Why Ivory soap, or any other, should be
a valuable insecticide is hard to explain, but
it is a fact. Eben E. Rexford recommends
it for use against rose enemies. It has the
advantage of not making the bushes un-
sightly as Bordeaux mixture does. A prom-
inent nurseryman and florist writes that he
has used it for years for an astonishing
variety of insect pests.

Trees are now moved in full leaf in mid-
summer! But it is only for people who have
“money to burn.” ‘They drive over to a
nursery in June, see something they want
and get it, regardless of price and precedent.
And the trees live! Of course, they are
carefully taken up with a huge ball of earth
which is wrapped with burlap or something
to prevent drying out the feeding roots.

The wonderful Texas rain lilies which
bloom in three days after a rain in the
South are best planted now in the North
where they will flower in August. Cooperia
pedunculata and C. Drummondit. . They were
described and pictured in THE GARDEN
MAGAZINE, June, 1906, page 273.

One seldom has a well to make into A cement well head at the entrance An old fragment provides a convenient. This is a Japanese antique fountain

a garden feature

to a California estate

water supply

on a Bar Harbor estate

Garden Furniture—By Henry H. Saylor, ¥%

SUGGESTIONS FOR TRANSFORMING THE HOME GROUNDS INTO AN OUTDOOR LIVING-ROOM—A CLEAR AND ORDERLY

ACCOUNT OF THE MANY ARTICLES WHICH ARE OFTEN

PURCHASED WITHOUT A THOUGHT OF THEIR FITNESS

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| BESS rae a garden is, after all,
much like furnishing a house. The
safest rule to follow is that oft-quoted dictum
of William Morris, ‘“‘Have in it only such
things as you know to be useful or believe
to be beautiful.” He spoke of the house,
but what is the garden if not an outdoor
living-room—an extension of the home with
a merely incidental omission of the floor,
walls and ceiling?

And it is far easier to follow this rule in
the garden than indoors, where the gifts of
unthinking relatives and the purchases of a
reckless moment clutter mantel shelf, table
and wall in hopeless confusion. Fortun-
ately, one does not receive Christmas presents
of garden bric-a-brac—as yet.

What things are necessary, then, in the
garden? A place to sit down, surely; for
though some of us are so busy digging and
spraying that we never have a chance to
rest and enjoy the beauty that we are foster-
ing about us, still our family and our friends
can enjoy it, and will enjoy it if they can

sit down and do so at their leisure. A seat
or two, then, is our first necessity. A bench
for two of red cedar can be bought for from
$8 to $15. Or, you can build one for your-
self if the digging and spraying does not
require your undivided attention. Red cedar
is the best wood for this: purpose, white cedar
coming next. ‘The bark clings to the wood
if the sticks are cut in the fall when the sap
is not running. Paint the ends of the poles
with a heavy red or ochre lead paint, and
drive all nails well in, so that the heads do
not make unsightly rust spots.

Tf you do not consider rustic seats beautiful
as well as useful there are other kinds. The
marble seat—a slab on two supports—is
beautiful in a formal garden which has
evidently not lacked anything else that money
could buy. A most incongruous sight it is,
however, in the garden which has been
starved for want of good plants and care.

For the man who does not like rustic
furniture and can afford a fitting setting for
it there is the marble bench costing from $60

to $250. The same designs in limestone
are ten or fifteen per cent. cheaper. Then
too, there is the bench made of cement, a
material which has proven its adaptability to
so many uses in the last few years. A simple
bench without a back costs about $30. The
more elaborate designs with backs, six or
seven feet long, cost from $65 to $75, while
a still more elaborate seat, semi-circular and
about ten feet in diameter, costs $150.

Cheaper still are the seats in finished
cypress, painted white or green. A six-foot
seat of good design may be had for $25,
while the semi-circular kind, ten feet in
diameter, cost about $45. A four-foot bench,
with no back, costs $12.

Leaving garden seats, the necessities in
furniture depend entirely upon the size and
character of the particular garden in question.
In a small, informal one anything other than
a resting place would have to be classed with
“those things we believe to be beautiful.”
In a more pretentious outdoor living-room
a fountain, a cement or wood balustrade, or

Folks used to build seats around a tree but it is a

good deal of a makeshift

A garden seat of stone nearly covered by Japanese
Ivy (Ampelopsis tricusptdata, also Known as A, Veitchi)

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It costs as much to do this as it does to put in
attractive furniture

A sun-dial is almost an indis-
pensable garden adjunct

a pergola might be classed among the
necessities.

Another piece of furniture which might
come in either class is the flower-box. When
a garden is directly adjacent to the house, it
is a good scheme to suggest the presence of
growing things by flower-boxes placed be-
tween the columns of the portico. Simple
wooden ones, painted white or green, may
be made at home at a very low cost—a
dollar apiece. Some very attractive repro-
ductions of the old Italian boxes are to be
had in cement, costing about $40 for the
four-foot ones. Terra cotta three-section
boxes, three feet long, cost about $25.

A sun-dial is certainly not a necessity in
any garden, but there can be no doubt as
to its wide appeal as a thing of beauty. At
the junction of two paths, or as a terminal
feature at the end of a walk, it lends a charm
that nothing else can give. It seems hardly
necessary to mention the fact that it needs

One may build a vertical
garden front of the house

sun-dial into the

sun to warrant its presence, yet many a
garden plan shows it to the north of a mass
of shrubbery that is high enough to shade
the dial. It must have a solid foundation,
starting below the frost line, or it will have
to be continually reset level. The cement
pedestals cost from $20 to $50, the bronze
dial about $ro more.

A simple, fluted column in terra cotta,
three feet high, can be had for $10, which is
just about the amount that the same
design would cost in wood. Some of the
more ornate designs in the style of the Italian
Renaissance are charming, and the cost is
quite low—from $11 to $18.

White marble pedestals can be had for
$45, without hand carving and the possessor
can enjoy the satisfaction of knowing that
this material will delight the eyes of gener-
ations to come.

Of course, the ordinary sun-dial is not
accurate, within a half-hour or so, every

Don’t grow vines too thickly around the pedestal
or you can’t tell the time

An armillary sphere dial in
the Larz Anderson garden

day in the year. If it is your habit to garden
until train time, you can buy a dial with an
adjustable gnomon which will give you
absolutely correct time; it costs $25.

Vases of clay, cement or marble are other
luxuries with which to mark the transition
from house to garden. On the piers flanking
the porch steps or at the corners of the terrace
wall they are seen at their best. There are
many designs in cement made to hold box
or bay trees, hydrangeas, or in other shapes
to hold the drooping Vinca minor. ‘The
simpler designs may be had for $10. The
vases in green, brown, buff or red-glazed
pottery cost from $5 to $10, depending on
the amount of modeling in the design.
Unglazed terra cotta jars and vases are
cheaper. Marble vases cost from $50 up to
almost any amount one cares to pay.

Square cypress boxes are good to hold
your portable bay trees. One kind is made
with handles so that the tree can be carried

A stone lantern wrongly
placed, It needs seclusion

A terra cotta pot, two feet across, costs $15.
This one rests on a cement base

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Here is a suggestion from one of the old
Italian gardens

Modern cement work com-
pares favorably with marble

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The pleached alley on Mrs. Henry Lee’s estate at Brookline, Mass., is the oldest and most beautiful one in America.

about by two men.
cost $ro.

Water is certainly a necessity in your
garden. Whether it is to be carried there
in pailfuls from the hydrant or brought
through pipes to a fountain, is a question to
be decided with your hand on your pocket-
book. It is possible to make a fountain
serve a purpose other than merely a decor-
ative one. By leading the waste pipe into
a tile drain, the overflow may be used to
irrigate some part of the garden which needs
an abundance of water. The tile should be
laid with dry joints, so that the water will
work its way through into the ground all
along the part that needs it.

Iron is the cheapest material of which to
make a fountain, and it is possibly the least
artistic. There is an endless variety of jets,
sprays and fountain figures, the latter usually
made of spelter, like old-fashioned gas
fixtures, costing from $10 to $15,000. A
good form can be had for $50. ‘The cast-
iron basins are carried in stock up to twelve
feet in diameter; they cost from $9 to $200
for round ones, $30 to $500 for octagonal
designs.

A simple cement basin can be built for
$100 or less, including the plumbing for
supply and drainage. These basins may
be bought from the manufacturers of cement
garden accessories, or, if a man is not afraid
of the difficulties of building a circular form
in wood, a basin may be cast on the spot.
The simplest form for home manufacture
would be a flat-top, square curb, say ten or
twelve inches across, laid to the desired

Those two feet square

radius. ‘This could be cast first, on a con-
crete or stone foundation extending below
the frost line, and the bottom of the basin
laid afterwards. A flat bottom will serve
the purpose as well as a bowl-shaped one and
is far easier to make. If the inside vertical
face can be flared outward after it has set,
by adding, with a trowel, cement tapering
from an inch or two at the bottom to nothing
at the top, the danger of cracking in freezing
weather will be lessened. The supply pipe
may be an inch or three-quarters of an inch
in diameter, the waste a size larger. Make
the opening for the waste pipe near the top
of the basin rim, so as to control the height
of water, and protect it with a wire netting.
Unless one wants to grow aquatic plants, six
inches is sufficient depth for the water.
About six inches of mud and a foot of water
are needed for water lilies and lotus.

Still another use for water in the garden
furniture is to have a wall-fountain for
drinking water. Spouts in the form of
lions’ heads, gargoyles, and cherubs are
made in cement and terra cotta. With the
basin and the plumbing, a feature of this
kind could be installed for about $50 or $60.
I know one lady who provided a low basin
in the garden wall, so that her dog could
get a drink whenever he wanted it. When
he didn’t, the birds used it for a cool plunge.

Garden walls are often a necessity and
always a decorative addition. One sees
them mostly of brick with a capping of North
River stone, bluestone or slate. A balustrade
along the top, made of wood, terra cotta,
cement or even marble, usually will add

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It is of hornbeam, about twenty years old

greatly to their attractiveness. A brick wall
sixteen or seventeen inches thick costs from
seventy-five cents to a dollar per square foot
of vertical surface. A balustrade in cement
costs from $8 to $10 per running foot, in
small quantities. I came across a very
acceptable substitute for brick-work the
other day at a very much lower cost. A
man had set up locust posts to the desired
height and to these nailed rough hemlock
boards horizontally on both sides. ‘These
boards were twelve inches wide and each
overlapped the one below it by an inch or
so, like siding or clapboards on a house.
Across the top was nailed a 3-inch plank.
The wall was painted and was partly covered
by vines.

When we come to summer houses, arbors
and pergolas we are getting well beyond the
necessities and into the realm of luxury.
What a delightful luxury it is, however, to
have a summer house, such as is pictured
on the next page which is large enough to
hold the dining-table and near enough to the
house to permit of easy service from the.
kitchen. These houses are rather expensive
to buy, ready made. If one can get hold
of some good red cedar or white birch, how-
ever, any good carpenter can put a house
together for you in three or four days. The
best part of building a rustic summer house
is that you can design it as you go. All
you have to decide is the general size
and whether it shall be round, square or
octagonal.

It is well to provide, by the way, for a
floor six inches above the ground; and

JuNE, 1907

finished floor boards will be found more
economical to lay and more satisfactory than
one of rough poles.

As for pergolas, the country seems to be
in the midst of a severe and widespread
epidemic of them. Nowadays, one would
almost as soon expect to find a garden without
a Crimson Rambler as without a pergola.
One sees them made out of everything from
marble to old clothes poles. The thing
really seems to be in danger of being very
much overdone. A pergola, primarily, is
a vine-covered passage from some place to
some other place. Usually, however, one
enters it from the lawn and comes out on the
lawn.

One of the most attractive forms of pergola
—if you must have one—is that with rough
plaster columns supporting the framework
of white painted beams and cross-pieces.
These plaster columns are not nearly so
hard to build nor so expensive as their
appearance would indicate. Set a _sub-
Stantial fence post in the ground, say six
inches in diameter, and build around it an
approximately round form of rough boarding
the diameter desired. On this nail wire

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Red cedar is the best wood for building rustic work, white cedar and white birch coming next.

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lath to hold the plaster roughcast. A
square block of wood, two or three in.
thick, will form the cap. ‘The lateral beams,
about 4X6 in. in section, of white pine
or cypress, are centred on the columns. The
cross beams may be about 2 x 4 inches, with
the ends sawed to some pleasing pattern.
Over these are laid other lateral pieces 1 x 2
in., and spaced about a foot apart.

In a less elaborate form of a pergola, the
large lateral beams support only cross pieces
of rough cedar or birch, two or three inches in
diameter, and laid six or eight inches apart.
These are best attached to the lateral beams
by hemp rope wound around the poles and
led through a hole in the beam.

The arbor is a first cousin of the pergola
which immigrated to America many years
before the latter. As an entrance to some
division of the garden, it forms a beautiful
and almost essential part of the garden fur-
niture. It differs from the pergola in having
lattice sides as well as lattice roof. Rustic
arbors may be easily built by anyone with a
little knack in handling tools. Those built
of finished lumber are more expensive but
need not be out of reach of the humblest

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garden owner. White lead and linseed oil
paint is the best protection against the
weather, all joints having been puttied
beforehand.

Statuary in a garden is very like the little
girl with the curl, who, when she was nice,
was very, very nice and when she was bad,
was horrid. In a strictly formal garden a
few terminal figures--a marble or cement
Pan or a Bacchante—are not only in good
taste but almost a necessity. In cement
these can be had for from $50 to $100, in
marble, $200 to $300, or more if the model
is made to order. But in the ordinary home
garden one must proceed along this course
slowly and in all humility, shunning any-
thing of the “Dying Gladiator” type above
all things.

The zeal of garden owners to furnish a
garden attractively in the shortest possible
time has led to many incongruities in style
and general adaptability. In furnishing a
garden, as in furnishing a house, it is well
to remember that one has got to live with
the result, so that a careful consideration of
the general fitness of things will save both
disappointment and money.

A summer house should have a floor of planed boards

Vegetables for June Sowing—By E. D. Darlington, .%

NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR FALL AND WINTER VEGETABLES, AND FOR SALAD PLANTS
AND GREENS TO BE USED IN JULY AND AUGUST—VARIETIES THAT WILL RESIST HOT WEATHER

Epiror’s Note.—We offer $25.00 for the best article on this subject which we can publish in Fune, 1908.
5 ul
Illustrations are welcome, but not essential.

the varieties here recommended.

length of row, yield and other useful directions for beginners.

S FAST as the early radishes, salads,

and peas are gathered for use, clear

the ground, and thoroughly work it over for
another planting.

In a small garden, the beds or vacant rows
may be dug over with the digging fork, as
the soil is not as hard and firmly packed as
it is in the early spring, and the tines of the
digging fork will put it into a fine, loose
condition, suitable for planting, better than
the spade. G

Thorough preparation before planting
will ensure the best germination of the seed,
and will also greatly lessen the labor of
cultivation after the young plants have started
into growth.

In the latitude of Philadelphia, gardeners
make an outdoor seedbed about the middle
of June for the fall and winter supply of
cabbage, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts.
The young plants will be ready to transplant
by the latter part of July to the rows there
they are to grow.

Near Philadelphia, I can safely count on
a continuation of summer weather during
September and through the early part of
October, so that in these June plantings I
will suggest some varieties, especially in
sweet corn, which may not be as well suited
for planting in cooler Northern localities.

BUSH BEANS FOR JULY AND AUGUST

If you want tender, brittle pods during the
hot summer months, make small plantings
every week or ten days, and use only the
better varieties. If cultivation is thorough
and constant, the plants will grow for a longer
period, and if the pods are gathered as soon
as large enough for use, the bearing period
will be prolonged for a much longer period.

For the best quality in the green-podded
bush beans I suggest the Stringless Green
Pod, Extra Early Red Valentine, Blue Pod
Butter and the Extra Early Refugee, which
come on in the order named, but for the home
garden it is usually more convenient to fix
on some one favorite variety, and to keep up
a supply by frequent plantings.

In addition to the green-podded sorts,
make plantings one or more of the yellow, or
wax-podded, varieties, or these may be chosen
in preference to the green pods, as they do
better during the warm summer season and
the pods are less liable to rust than from the
early spring plantings. Of the yellow-
podded sorts, the new Brittle Wax, Round
Pod Kidney Wax, Pencil Pod Black Wax
and Refugee Stringless Wax are the best of
the round-podded type. Some other new
varieties have larger and more meaty pods,
but are not as uniform in shape nor as attrac-
tive in appearance. New White Wax is the
best in quality and is the most meaty yellow
variety with a flat pod.

BEETS FOR AUGUST USE

Early in June make a second sowing of
beets to provide a supply of young, tender
roots after the early spring planting has
become woody and lacking in sweetness.

My own preference is for an early, quick-
growing variety, with a comparatively small
growth of foliage and deep, or richly colored
flesh, such as the Detroit Dark Red, Early
Model or Black Red Ball.

BRUSSELS SPROUTS FOR WINTER

Brussels sprouts require about 150 days
from seed to crop and are, therefore, gener-
ally started in May. But if you failed to

Plant seeds of deep-red-fleshed beets, such as Detroit Dark Red or Early Mode). Their color is much
more appetizing than that of the light-colored varieties such as Bassano

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sow them in May, you may do so in June, as
the crop is hardy and is improved by frosts.
Start ina seedbed, transplant, and cultivate
like cabbage. For our climate, the American
variety, Long Island Improved, will give the
best results and the earliest sprouts. In
cooler locations, the taller-growing European
sorts give good results and a larger yield.

CABBAGE FOR FALL AND WINTER

For this crop, seed is sown, in the latitude
of Philadelphia, from June roth to 2oth,
A larger quantity of seed is required at this
time to produce a given number of plants
than in the early spring, owing to the loss
by insects. Sow the seed thinly in drills,
and as soon as the seedlings appear, dust
them frequently, early in the morning, with
some fine, dry powder, such as land plaster,
soot, or tobacco dust, to preserve them from
the small black fly.

When they show the third leaf, thin to one
inch apart. Stir the soil frequently and
water copiously when necessary, so as to
have strong, stocky plants to set in the latter
part of July or early in August.

The only variety of the Savoy type that
seems well-adapted to our climate is the
Perfection Drumhead Savoy. ‘The delicate
flavored European varieties only reach their
best development in a cool climate.

The dominant market type of cabbage in
America is the Flat Dutch, or Drumhead,
of which there are several strains that repre-
sent a better quality than the average. For
pickling, slaw or even for making sauer-
kraut, the small, hard, round, red cabbage,
are valued in some sections. In cool loca-
tions, the Danish Ballhead is grown for its
splendid keeping qualities, but I have always
considered it of inferior quality. Of the
dark red sorts the small, hard Red Dutch
is the most popular.

CARROTS FOR SEPTEMBER

These are becoming more popular, and I
must confess it is only recently that I have
realized how excellent they are when gathered
while young and tender. Yo have them at
their best, two or more plantings must be
made, and by June it is necessary to make the
second planting.

For table use the smaller and more slender
roots are better, being freer from the woody
core. Of these, the Scarlet Horn is the
smallest and earliest in season. Danvers
and Saint Vallery are long and slender, the
first with a blunt tip and the latter tapering
toa slender point. Half-long Scarlet Stump-
rooted is distinctly slender, highly colored
and of nearly even diameter throughout its
length. If the soil is dry when the seed is
planted, the covering must be firmly packed

JUNE, 1907

over the seed in order to ensure a reason-
ably good germination.

CAULIFLOWER TASTES BEST IN FALL

Start cauliflower for fall use, when it is
at its best, at the same time as the late cab-
bage. Give it the same treatment but set
the plants farther apart, as they are of larger
growth. Extra Early Dwarf Erfurt is the
best type, and specially selected strains of
this type are offered under the titles of Dry
Weather, Snowball, Snow Storm, etc. All
of these produce excellent heads when well
grown, and it is not worth while to experiment
with the older, large-growing types.

CHARD FOR SEPTEMBER GREENS

This is grown for the tender leaves and
large, pure white leaf stalks, and while
generally planted early for summer greens,
it will produce a good crop in the early fall
from a June sowing. When well started,
the plants should be thinned out to stand six
inches or more apart, so as to produce the
large, white, celery-like stalks, which are
trimmed, tied in bunches to be cooked and
served like asparagus. The green portion
of the leaves is cooked for ‘‘greens.”’

The Swiss Chard is the well-known type,
while the new Lucullus is of taller growth
and has the green portion of the leaf heavily
crumpled like a Savoy cabbage.

SWEET CORN FOR EARLY SEPTEMBER USE

Make the June plantings of sweet corn for
August and early fall use not more than a
week apart. For this mid-season supply
use a strong-growing variety; the Evergreen,
if you like ears of good size and large grains
and the Country Gentleman, if you prefer
small ears and deep, slender grains. Do
not plant extra early and second early vari-
eties now, as they will come on too quickly,
and during hot weather the grains become
hard and tasteless in a very short time, but

Kohl-rabi is similar to a turnip but has a milder and
more delicate flavor

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in varieties named above, the grains develop
more slowly. se

PLANT FALL CUCUMBERS JUNE 22d

For the main crop of cucumbers and to
produce the largest number of small fruit for
pickles, the seeds about June 22d. The
larger-fruited sorts are better for table use,
and I would suggest the better types of White
Spine. The Fordhook Famous and Giant
Pera are very large, long fruits, good for
exhibition and of mild flavor, while the
Cumberland is a very satisfactory sort for
a good-sized prickly, or spiny, pickle.

ENDIVE FOR JULY AND AUGUST

Plant only a small patch of endive in June,
as it is still a little early for this salad. Its
rather pungent flavor is relished more in the
fall after the weather becomes cool. Sow

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Tall Curled Kale. Excellent for greens and hardy,
the flavor being improved by freezing

the seed thinly in the row and thin to eight
inches apart, as it is difficult to transplant in
hot weather. With the dark green sorts,
the outer leaves are gathered together when
the plants are of good size, and tied loosely
to blanch the inner leaves. To this type
belong Green Curled and Giant Curled,
both of which have the edges of the leaves
deeply cut or finely fringed.

The White Curled has a similar leaf but
does not need tieing up; as the leaves are
naturally of a light golden tint. The broad-
leaved Batavian or Escarolle should be left
for a later planting, unless the bitter dande-
lion-like flavor is desired.

KALE FOR OCTOBER GREENS

Start kale in June in an out-door seed bed,
and later transplant it to rows in the garden
setting the plants about eighteen inches apart.
When grown in this way, the plants will
form a rosette of long, plume-like leaves, with
heavily fringed, or frilled, edges. The plants

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Savoy cabbage. The best variety for our hot climate
is Perfection Drumhead Savoy

are entirely hardy and the flavor is improved
by freezing. ‘Therefore, they can be allowed
to stand in the garden and the leaves gathered
for boiling greens at any time during the fall
or winter. ;

For June planting, I use Dwarf Green
Curled. It is sufficiently ornamental + in
appearance to deserve a place in ‘the flower
garden or for use for‘ decorative purposes.

KOHL-RABI FOR AUGUST USE

This member of the cabbage family is but
little grown in the country but the gardener
who seeks novelty should try at least a small
planting of it. It has a swollen, bulb-like
stem which somewhat resembles a fine turnip
in texture, but has a milder and more delicate
flavor; hence it is well adapted for spring and
summer use.

Start the plants in a seed bed and when
they show the fourth leaf, transplant to
eight or ten inches apart. In the best strains,
the bulbs develop very quickly, and will be
ready in about eight weeks after planting
the seed. The bulb rests on the ground and
must be gathered when from two to three
inches in diameter, while the skin on the
upper portion is still soft and tender.

The Early White Vienna is pale green in
color and of the best flavor. The Purple
Vienna differs only in the reddish purple
coloring of the skin.

HOT-WEATHER LETTUCE

Make two or three plantings of lettuce
during June. The most satisfactory kind for
the hot summer weather is the crisp, heading
type; if in rich, loose soil and with frequent
workings to keep the earth loose and mellow.
Good heads of the cabbage, or butter, type
may be had by a selection of the best varie-
ties, and would I suggest the May King for
a medium-sized, early head, and the new
All Seasons for a large, well-folded head
to withstand the summer sun.

The crisp head type grows to a larger size,
stands the heat well and heads quite firmly
under good cultivation. It has thinner,
crisper leaves than the cabbage type, blanch-
ing to a paper white instead of golden yellow.
Of this type the Iceberg and Giant Glacier
are the best varieties. New York or Wonder-
ful grows to a much larger size, but the outer

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Country Gentleman corn. Better for succession now
than an early variety; stays in good condition longer

leaves are of a very dark green tint and less
pleasing in flavor than the two preceding
varieties.

Many gardeners prefer the bunch, or
cutting, lettuce to the heading varieties as
being more readily grown and as being
available for use at any stage of growth.
For June plantings of this type, I suggest
the Black-seeded Simpson and the Morse,
both good sorts witha large amount of leaves
of a light golden tint, of handsome appear-
ance and excellent flavor.

The cos, celery, or romaine type of lettuce
may be had during the hot months with good
cultivation, and is esteemed for its mild
flavor and refreshing crispness. The best
garden type is the Dwarf White Heart and
its smaller, earlier prototype, the Express
Cos. These do not need tying to blanch
the inner leaves, as they fold over closely
at the top.

The secret of summer lettuce is to make
frequent plantings of small quantities of
seed, and to keep the ground well hoed close
up under the leaves every two or three days
and after each hard dashing rain, as the plants
will “bolt,” or run to seed, if the soil is
allowed to become packed and hard.

LEEKS FOR LATE FALL AND WINTER

The seed of these can be planted thinly
in drills like onions, during the month of
June, for iate fall and winter use. When
the young plants are well started, they should
be thinned out to stand three or four inches
apart, and when they reach good size, draw
loose earth up around the stems to blanch

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them. The plants are hardy and may be left
in the row until needed for use, but it is
better to dig them late in the fall and set them
closely together in a trench or coldframe,
as they are more accessible for use after the
ground freezes. For a medium-sized stalk
plant the American Flag, which is simply
the old London Flag renamed. For a ‘very
large, thick stalk plant the Scotch Champion,
or any of the novelties of recent introduction.

MUSKMELONS FOR SEPTEMBER USE

A planting of an early muskmelon made
aoout the middle or last of June ina favorable
location, will produce excellent flavored
fruits in September after the vines of the early
planting have been killed by blight or con-
tinued fruiting. For this late planting, the
Netted Gem, or Rocky Ford, and the
Emerald Gem are unsurpassed, yielding a
large number of small, or “‘individual” fruits
of the very best flavor.

MUSTARD GREENS—A THIRTY-DAY CROP

The finely fringed, or curling mustards
are very ornamental in appearance, and a
row of well-grown plants adds to the attrac-
tiveness of the garden. The young leaves
are good “boiling greens” at any season,
and a leaf or two adds a delightful pungency
to a cool salad, or furnishes an ornamental
garnish. The Fordhook Fancy is the most
distinct and showy, having a curved, heavily
fringed, dark green leaf resembling an ostrich
plume, while the Southern Giant Curled has
a shorter, broader leaf with finely cut edges.

Mustard for salads is ready in about ten
days; for greens, about thirty days.

RADISHES FOR JULY AND AUGUST

A crisp, juicy radish, freshly pulled, is a
treat for the breakfast table. With rich soil
and frequent hoeings, to promote a rapid
growth, and frequent plantings of seed
radishes may be had even in the summer
months. The small, round extra earlies
are not adapted for June planting this far
south, as they become hollow, or pithy, unless
pulled while extremely small, but some of
the long, slender varieties are crisp and
tender, while the larger, thicker roots that
require a longer growing season have hard
crisp flesh of excellent flavor, even when
grown under the warm summer sun.

For very mild, quick-growing, slender
sorts plant the Long Scarlet Short Top and
White Icicle, and for a succession the Long
Cardinal, Chartiers and White Delicious.
If round, or globe-shaped, radishes are
wanted plant Large White Globe, Golden

Globe and Surprise.

THE REGULAR TIME FOR RUTABAGAS

For a fall supply of these hard-fleshed and
fine-grained Stone turnips, the middle or
last of June is the proper time to plant the
seed. The Sweet German, or French, is
the best of the white-fleshed sorts with the
Improved Purple Top for a yellow. To
my mind, the new Strap-leaved Neckless
is a great improvement over all the older
Rutabagas, as it grows more quickly, has a
smaller amount of foliage, with a perfectly

JUNE, 1907

smooth, round, or ball-like bulb. The flesh
is fine grained, mild flavored. This type
may be had in either the yellow or white-
fleshed varieties as preferred. The foliage
of this new type is distinct as it is a strap-
leaf, while the older sorts have a long leaf
divided into large lobes.

SPINACH FOR JULY AND AUGUST

Spinach may be had during the summer
just as readily as during the cooler spring
and fall months, by using the new, large-
leaved varieties. These plants make a
longer growth of foliage and stand for a much
longer time before running to seed. More-
over, since their leaves are much longer and
of heavier substance, a smaller area will
afford a much more abundant supply.

For June plantings, choose the Victoria
or the new Long Season. The former grows
more quickly and has larger leaves.

WHY TO PLANT TOMATOES IN JUNE

Make a second planting of tomato seed
early in June, in an open air seed bed, in
order to have plenty of tomatoes after the
early varieties have ceased to bear. Watch
the young plants closely and dust them
frequently with an insecticide to preserve
them from the small black fly. Transplant
this second planting to the rows as soon as
large enough to handle. For this planting,
I prefer an early variety such as the Chalk’s
Jewel or Fordhook First as the larger, later-
fruited sorts, are often caught by frost before
they can ripen. For a small garden early

sorts of the bush type, such as the Quarter
Century and Dwarf Champion are excellent.

Tender, juicy siring beans may be had all summer
by making frequent plantings.

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Nile Beauties in a Tub—By Lilian Baynes Griffin “ws

SOME WATER-LILIES ARE CERTAINLY BETTER THAN NONE AT ALL—IF YOU CANNOT HAVE A POND FOR
THEM TRY A TUB—WHEN THE WATER-LILY BLOOMS FORGET THE TUB AND THINK OF THE FLOWER

| Pes two years after I started my garden

I was warned off from trying water
lilies by the following ‘‘culture note,’’ which
I read in a catalogue: ‘‘ Hardy varieties of
lilies may be planted as early in the spring as
one can stand to work in the water.” And I
pictured myself waist deep in the chill water
of a New England pond in early spring, the
muddy bubbles gurgling derisively around
me while I endeavored to anchor a lily bulb
under my feet. A trip to Egypt where I might
stand dry-footed on the banks of the Nile and
gaze at the glories of the lotus seemed a slight
undertaking compared with the courage re-
quired for beginning home culture.

One warm May morning, however, I saw
an old gardener standing on the edge of a
large pond tying lily bulbs to stones and
placidly throwing them here and there into
the water.

“In a couple of months or so,” he volun-
teered, noticing my interest, ‘“‘the middle of
the pond will be as green as the lawn, and I
can pick a pail of lily buds every’ morning
without one of them being missed.”’ This
was inspiring, and I began to ask a few ques-
tions on lily culture.

“Get a tub or old cask, have it sawed in
two and you can grow them,” he said. ‘‘All
the water-lily needs, is still, warm water, sun-
shine and good soil.’

This recipe seemed so much more cheerful
than the one I read in the catalogue that I
purchased a cask and had it sawed in two.
I followed the gardener’s directions faith-
fully in regard to the sunshine, the still, warm
water and good soil. With the amateur’s
impatience to see the lilies in blossom, I dug
and pulled half-grown plants from a back-
water and filled my tub with these. This
experiment was not a success. In the first
place I was unable to keep the casks from

leaking, and, too late, I found that into one
cask I had put enough lily plants to supply a
small pond. That summer I saw one suc-
cessful lily tub filled with flowers and beau-
tiful shiny green leaves. To my surprise I
learned that this tub contained but one root.
This was my first experience.

The tub garden shown in the illustrations
is made of beer vats sawed in half and sunk
into the ground about two and a half feet.
They are covered inside and out with cement
of a neutral tint; cement also is used to knit
them together; the tubs have a warm, sunny
place, and are filled two feet deep with earth;
the water is supplied by hose. When the
water reaches about seventy degrees Mr.
Peck begins to plant his lilies. This is usu-
ally about the middle of June. Experience
has taught him that no time is saved by
starting them earlier.

Outside the tubs grow marsh plants, and
here and there are great clumps of native rice

grass which reaches the height of six or seven’

feet as early as the first week in August,
while marsh forget-me-nots flourish in the
moisture surrounding the tub and make ex-
quisite patches of blue against the gray
cement.

In another part of the garden grows a
beautifullittle patch of the Japanese water-lily.
The leaves of this lily are of deep green, firm
and shining, growing into a circular mat. With
every breath of wind that ripples the surface
of the water they drift about, bearing their
cargo of blue blossoms, until like a tiny fleet
they huddle together in some sheltered place.
It is grown in large zinc pans made for the
purpose. ‘They, too, are sunk into the earth
about half a foot, so that nothing but a narrow
rim five or six inches high extends above the
level of the lawn.

In still another part of this garden is a zinc

tank with a deep centre constructed for the
purpose of growing a night-blooming lotus,
and about once a year this gardener has the
pleasure of taking his neighbors by moon-
light across the grassy paths of the garden
to see the great pink head of the lotus flower
resting on the top of the water.

For the beginner in tub gardening, the
following plants are safe enough and long-
suffering enough to save him from disap-
pointment:

The sweet-scented water-lily (Nymphea
odorata); the variegated sweet flag (Acorus
Calamus, var. variegatus), which has leaves
with deep yellow stripes when young but
fading as the summer advances; the pickerel-
weed (Pontederia coradata), a lusty perennial
with flowers of a delicate blue; the water
snowflake (Limnanthemum Indicum, some-
times spoken of as Villarsia Humboldtiana),
whose flowers last but a day, but are borne
in such profusion that there is never any lack
of bloom throughout the season; and the
Egyptian paper-plant (Cyperus antiquorum,
usually spoken of as Papyrus antiquorumy),
which, if it has a chance, will fill any tub
or pond in Christendom.

The water hyacinth (Eichhormia speciosa,
or E. crassipes of the florists), will succeed
admirably in the tubs, but care must be taken
to keep it within bounds as it spreads very
rapidly. There are bladder-like growths at
the base of the leaves which keep them afloat.
Numerous spikes of blue flowers which last
but a day are borne in rapid succession.

The parrot’s feather (Myriophyllum pro-
serpinacoides), a graceful half-hardy aquatic
with weak stems reaching six inches above the
water. It must be planted in a shallow place.

The floating moss (Azolla Caroliniana)
is a very pretty little plant of a deep green
color but in full sun assumes a reddish hue.

Was there ever such an odd receptacle for water lilies ? These are beer vats
They belong to a gentleman who lives on

sawed in two and cemented outside.
Nile Street, Hartford, Conn.

° iris, etc,

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tender, night-blooming species of water lily.

A zinc tank in which Mr. Peck of Hartford, Connecticut, grows one of the

He also grows wild rice, Japan

Summer Window Boxes—By Wilhelm Miller, 3%

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS IN PRIZES OFFERED BY THE GARDEN MAGAZINE—FIVE DOLLARS
EACH FOR THIRTY PHOTOGRAPHS, WITH DESCRIPTIONS, MADE AS A RESULT OF READING THIS ARTICLE

“There is no point in bemoaning the absence of lawns, the scanty dimensions of dooryards, the prohibitive cost of every foot of street frontage. Venice, the most beauti-

ful city in the world, is a city without lawns and almost without land.

the time by virtue of the window boxes.”’

Te one place in this world where flowers
are most needed is the crowded portion
of a city where every foot of ground is covered
by stone or brick. Vines and trees are the
most important things for such locations.
The only other practicable thing is to have
window boxes, and I strongly dissent from

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the dictum of the National Council of Horti-
culture that ‘‘the use of window boxes is
‘not to be recommended extensively except
for crowded down-town districts, apartment
houses and hotels.”’ Every building in
country or city, almost without exception,
ought to have window boxes for two reasons.

A window box of Scott's Boston fern, with variegated periwinkle as a trailer (Vinca major, var bariejata).
Ampelopsis on the wall. Another Kind of Boston fern in pots below

Showing how vines, area-planting and window boxes work together to make even a factory attractive

286

Some of the ugliest streets in the world, architecturally speaking, are absolutely delightful more than half

First, their suggestion of nature is restful
and inspiring. Second, they make the best
possible foil to bring out the beauty of archi-
tecture. Whether a building has greenery
about it or not, we want window boxes—in
the latter case to supply greenery, in the
former to make a more intimate connection
between art and nature.

The one great objection to window boxes
is their expense. It is possible to make
one without paying a cent if you are fortunate
enough to have the boards, tools, fertilizers,
paint, soil, labor and plants, but even in this
extreme case, the real value represented is
less than $1.25. In a great city a bushel of
good soil is worth fifty cents at least. The
lowest price for a box is seventy-five cents.
The plants mentioned in this article are
the cheapest and they cost fifteen cents
each, on the average. A first-class window
box complete usually costs from three to
five dollars.

HOW TO MAKE A WINDOW BOX

Make it to fit the window, so that you can
use it outdoors in summer and indoors for
winter. Eight inches is deep enough; more
than that makes the box too heavy and gains
nothing, for you have to use fertilizers any-
how. Use seven-eighths or inch lumber—
ordinary spruce or pine. Paint it the color

of the house, two coats, outside for looks

and inside to prevent decay. Bore 1-inch
holes in the bottom every twelve or eighteen
inches. Cover these holes with broken pots
or rough stones in such a way as to prevent
the soil from falling out, while still securing
drainage. Put plenty of charcoal into the
soil so that it will not get sour. If the box
is to be placed where leakage of dirty water
will do harm, get a zinc-lined receptacle to
place under the box.

If you want climbers, use one or two
strips of chicken wire, because they are neater
and more lasting. The cheapest way to
make a trellis is to put up two wires and tie
strings across.

To fasten the box to a second-story window,
use four screw-eyes and a yard of wire, as
figured.in THE GARDEN MaGazine for April,
1907, page 196, where working drawings are
given for the cheapest box known to us at
present. I believe, however, that this can’
be greatly improved and cheapened.

The ideal soil is composed of three-fifths
rotted turf, one-fifth well decomposed cow
manure, one-tenth sand and one-tenth leaf
mold. You can get it from your local florist.
ifnot, buy a 10-pound package of pulverized
sheep manure for fifty cents, or five pounds
of bone meal for thirty cents. (Every seeds-
man catalogues fertilizers). Use half of
the former for a box eight feet long, or a

JUNE, 1907

cupful of bonemeal to every half-bushel of
soil. Mix one or the other of these thor-
oughly with the soil before filling the box.
Never use heavy clay soil. Some people
have raised good window plants in nothing
but street sweepings—no other fertilizer.

PURCHASERS’ GUIDE TO WINDOW PLANTS
(The trade or catalogue names are used in this table)

FOR FOLIAGE EFFECT ONLY OR CHIEFLY

Trailers (hanging down several feet)
Best green and easiest to grow German ivy
Bestavaniepated at.) ate). /<--s Vinca major, vat. var-

tegata
Best spotted leaf .......... Pilogyne suavis
With dainty little flowers .... Kenilworth ivy

Edgers (hanging down three to twelve inches)

DESESE 9 Chere Speen aeeeee Green “Wandering
Jew” (Tradescantia
vulgaris)

Commonest variegated...... Tradescantia multi-
colo

Strawberry geranium or mother

ofthousands 22...------- Saxifraga sarmentosa

Variegated ice plant ....... Mesembryanthemum
cordifolium, var.
variegatum

Axtilleny plant 23.05 2.2--.- Pilea serpyllifolia

Variegated white and green . Anthericum repens
Centres

Best for shade ............ Boston fern

Best for fragrant leaves...... Lemon verbena

PAWGHIIOSIEY) oteyeteretes- ere nase eie\eie Coccoloba platyclada

FOR FLORAL EFFECT
Climbers or trailers (climbing or hanging down several
feet)
The most popular.......... Nasturtiums
Unique purplish flower ..... Cobea scandens

Blue, $-inch across ........ Convolvulus Mauri-
tanicus
Flame, tipped yellow ....... Manettia vine
Severaliicolorss..c/see «2 nae 2% Maurandia Barclay-
ana
Blue moonflower........ .. Ipomea Learii
White moonfiower.......... Ipomea Noctiphyton
Trarlers only (hanging down several feet)
plies beste oicteranr taster eae Ivy-leaved geranium
Edgers (hanging down six to eight inches)
Best white, fragrant ........ Alyssum
Bestulargeybluetssneae 42: Browallia elata major
Bestismallvbluey. =... 5. =: Lobelia gracilis
Hangs down less .......... Lobelia Erinus
Best yellow, spotted ........ Monkey flower
Best changeable............ Lantana delicatissima
Cigaraplanter- eens Sette Cuphea platycentra
Many colors, fragrant ...... Verbenas
Flowers close at night ...... Gazania splendens
Centres
The easiest and best........ Double geraniums
Fragrant, several colors..... Single petunias
Braprant, violet... 2. -..--.- Heliotrope
Dinas hier peisey8 sys ei es Impatiens Sultani
iMixedtcolorsies se ee Snapdragon
unplishubluess- ses seaciee Ageratum
SHADE-DEMANDING
Centres
Punplemred spiny eee. Fuchsias
Severalfcolors.25- conc <- Flowering begonias

conogsae Tuberous begonias

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“Little pickles” yellow flowers Othonna crassifolia

THE SECRET CF SUCCESS AND FAILURE

The secret of robust growth and numerous
flowers is plant food, which you can get from
any seedsman or florist. Simply ask for a
“fertilizer for house plants.” A one-pound
can of liquid that costs twenty cents will last
a season. The directions are on the can.

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Ferns are the best for the shady side of the street. The only flowers that demand shade are fuchsias and

certain tuberous begonias.

You will not need fertilizers if the soil has
been carefully prepared in the manner first
described.

The reason why people fail is that they
sprinkle the soil instead of soaking it. If
there is trouble, poke into the soil and nine
times out of ten you will find it dust-dry two
or three inches below the surface. Soak the
box once a day—twice in hot weather. Water
slowly and never cease until the surplus
begins to run out of the holes or cracks.

HOW TO CHOOSE THE PLANTS

The ideal window plants are hard-foliaged
ones, like English ivy, aucuba, Dracena
indivisa, and the palm called Chamerops

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A window box of good rustic construction.

Flowers are often stolen in great cities

excelsa—because of their greater size, dignity
and permanence. Also, they require less
care than flowers. However, they cost more
than fifteen cents each and as a rule require
a foot of soil. They are, therefore, omitted
from this article, with the remark that Eng-
lish ivy is the best of them all because it lasts
both summer and winter outdoors, costs
about twenty-five cents and does not require
more than eightinches ofsoil. The following
are all soft-foliaged plants and therefore
faster growing and cheaper.

The first thing to decide is whether you
want a foliage or floral effect. Foliage is
surer, more dignified and requires less
care. Flowers are more brilliant but need

Petunias in bloom

This is built to hang below the ledge for windows
where it is necessary to open and close shutters

more care and offer more chance of failure.
Flowers do best and require the most water
in the hottest position, viz. where they get the
afternoon sun. The sunniest exposure is
toward the south; the next to the west.

On the shady side of the street you can
raise satisfactory flowers even if you have a
diffused light, but they will not be so numer-
ous. In dense shade, flowers are impossible
and ferns do best. The only flowers that
must have partial shade are fuchsias and
tuberous begonias.

The fewer kinds you use the simpler, purer
and stronger will be the effect. Variety
weakens. Here are some of the best com-
binations. For foliage effect: 1. Boston
fern alone. 2. English ivy and lemon
verbena. For flowers: 1. Lobelia gracilis
and geraniums. 2. Ivy-leaved geranium and
petunias. 3. Alyssum, snapdragons (for a
foot-wide box) and climbing nasturtiums.
4. Othonna crassifolia and fuchsias (for
shade). I believe it is better to have only
one kind and mass them for color effect.

The best and most popular plants for
summer window boxes seem to be common
and ivy-leaved geraniums, English and
German ivy (Senecio mikanioides).

FAVORITE VARIETIES OF CiIeF SPECIES

Alyssum. The double is better for this
purpose than the single.

Begonias, flowering. Otto Hacker, red;
Purity, white; Vernon, crimson-scarlet; Mar-
gery Daw, salmon-pink.

Begonias, tuberous. These are the only
costly plants here listed. They cost about
sixty cents a dozen, dormant, in March or
two dollars a dozen started, in May. Single
varieties better than double for this purpcse.

Geramiums. Doubles better than singles,
because flowers last longer and are not
destroyed by rains. Singles, however, bloom
more freely. Doubles recommended: Jean
Viaud, rosy pink; John Doyle, scarlet; Mar-
quise de Montmort, carmine purple; Mme.
Barney; Malgiche, yellowish orange; Marvel,
crimson-maroon; White Queen, white;
Double General Grant, orange-scarlet.

Heliotrope. Ordinary better than Giant
for this purpose.
Petunia. Wybridized singles better than

doubles for this purpose.

ORDER BEFORE JUNE IST

Have something different! Why put up
with the scanty variety you can get from a

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local florist in a small village when all the
plants mentioned in this article can be easily
secured by mail or express? All the great
seedhouses that have plant departments,
catalogue these species for May delivery.
They will travel two or three days without
injury. Small plants are mailed in tubes.
The best way is usually by express.

$150 IN PRIZES

We offer five dollars each for the thirty
best photographs made as a result of this
article. They must be accompanied by de-
tailed descriptions. Open to amateurs and
professionals. Rules: 1. Last date for pictures
November ist. 2. Give outside dimensions
of box, cost of box, soil, plants, etc., when
started and dates of bloom. 3. We reserve
the right not to award all the prizes in case
the pictures are not of the proper standard.

While there are no other restrictions and
it is not necessary to read what follows, we
hope that the following ideas will be
illustrated:

1. Window box receiving no direct sun-
light or only one hour a day.

2. Best window box of shade-demand-
ing plants.

3. Window boxes for floral effect, cost-
ing three, four or five dollars complete. Not
more than three kinds of plants. (Three
prizes. )

6-8. Home-made boxes filled for one,
two or three dollars. (Three prizes.)

g-13. ‘The cheapest good box for tene-
ments. (Five prizes.)

14. Best porch effect—several veranda
boxes.

t5. Best house effect—several window
boxes.

16. The tallest climbers.

17. The longest trailers.

18-20. New ideas in design, arrangements
or adaptation to peculiar and different
places. (Three prizes.)

21-25. Mixed window boxes. (Five prizes
for those who like a great variety of flowers.)

26-30. Any kind of window box at all.
Five prizes to cover any idea connected in
any way with window boxes which is not
covered by the preceding.

PARTHIAN SHOTS

Do not put flowers into window boxes that
are within the reach of children in large
cities.

Bedding plants, e. g., coleus, alternan-
thera and achyranthes, are often used in
window boxes, but in my opinion the law of
fitness requires that plants notoriously adap-
ted to bedding should not be used for window
boxes when there are plenty of others which
by long associations we have come to think
of as primarily window plants.

Pick off dead leaves.

Don’t let the soil get hard or baked on top.
Loosen it every few days with an old fork.

Water by preference in the evening or
early morning. But water at any time if
the plants are flagging.

Use the box all the year round. Have
pansies and daisies in bloom from March 15th
to May rsth.

JunNE 1907

Petunias are easily whipped by wind;
geraniums are not.

NEW YORK’S WINDOW-BOX LAW

The following is the law of New York City
which relates to window boxes, flower pots
and other objects that are often put upon
window sills:

“SECTION 671—It shall not be lawful for
any person to place or keep on any window-
sill, railing, or balcony, top of porch, or any
other projection from any house or other
building in the City of New York, any earthen
flower-pots, wooden box, or other article or
thing whatever for the cultivation or retention
of flowers, shrubs, vines or any other article
or thing whatever, unless every such flower-
pot, box, or other article is securely and
firmly fastened or protected by iron railings,
so fastened as to render it impossible for any
such pot, box, or other article to fall into the
street, under a penalty of $10 for every
offense, to be recovered in the manner now
specified by law for the collection of fines
imposed for the violation of ordinances of
the corporation.”

Mrs. E. Hegaman Hall, chairman of the
committee on flowers, vines and area plant-
ing for the Municipal Art Society of New
York, writes as follows:

“Tf a window box is firmly fastened
to the casement of a front or side win-
dow, I doubt if there is any existing law
to forbid its use, any more than forbidding

such an incumbrance as an awning or a —

shutter—the shutter often becomes loosened
from its moorings. Plant pots are not easily
fastened in, save by railings in front of them,
but the best mode I have yet discovered of
securing a box to the building is by means of
long steel hooks in the box and staples in the
window casement. These can be purchased
at any hardware store for five cents apiece,
and if each box has four hooks upon it, two
at the top of the box and two at the bottom,
at the corners, I am certain that it would

“never become loosened in any kind of a

windstorm.

“The advantage of hooks and staples is,
that when the windows are to be washed the
box can be unhooked and placed indoors till
the windows are cleaned, and then afterward
it can again be placed on the sill and hooked
to the casement.”

If a box cannot be placed on the window sill it may be
fastened like this

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A Better Way of Buying Vegetable Plants—w. E. Pendleton,

Pennsyl-
vania

HOW TO GET VARIETIES OF TOMATOES, EGG-PLANTS, AND PEPPERS OF THE BEST QUALITY FOR HOME USE, INSTEAD
OF UNKNOWN VARIETIES FROM THE CORNER GROCER OR THOSE COMMERCIAL VARIETIES WHICH LACK QUALITY

\\), ean you buy plants of tomatoes, egg-
plants or peppers at the corner grocery,
the chances are that no name will be attached.
You can never make any progress in garden-
ing unless you start with named varieties.
Even if the grocer offers named varieties,
you cannot be sure that they are truly named.
And if even they are truly named, you have
no assurance that the plants are the product
of high-bred seeds A better way to do is
to buy your vegetable plants from seedsmen
of established reputation. Almost every-
body can do this, because these plants can
be safely shipped a three days’ journey.
Inasmuch as THE GARDEN MacGazine likes
to be on the saving side, I would advise you
not to order these vegetable plants from any
one who is more than two days distant. The
only possible objection to this plan is that
the plants may, by some accident, be delayed
in the express office and reach you in a wilted
condition, but that can be easily remedied.
Simply soak the balls in water for from five
to fifteen minutes and shade the plants for
a few days after setting them out. There
is no danger of losing them if that little bit
of ordinary attention be given.

BUY FROM A SEEDSMAN

A still stronger inducement to buy these
vegetable plants from a seedsman instead
of from a corner grocery is that you may
pick out the varieties adapted to home
cultivation, whereas the grocer is almost
certain to have only varieties adapted to
market conditions. Thus you can select
for quality. Every one of the varieties
mentioned in this article may be obtained
between May rsth and June rst, which is
the regular time to set out these plants, and
they all stand for quality and home use.

I do not pretend that amateurs can get
better vegetable plants from the seedsmen
than they can raise themselves. The ideal
way is to have a hotbed or coldframe so
that you can start these long-season, heat-
loving plants in March and harden them
before planting out. Then you can choose
the most favorable conditions for trans-
planting, but many people are not willing
to take this trouble, and there are thousands
who move on the first of May or who, for
other reasons, cannot begin their gardens
until it is too late to sow these seeds.

QUALITY IN TOMATOES

A quality tomato, according to my defin-
ition, must be meaty as opposed to mushy.
A “mushy” tomato is one in which a cross-
section shows the three cells and it contains
too many seeds. In the meaty variety, the
cell walls are multiplied to such anextent
that the cellular structure is lost. Many
of the market varieties are mushy. The
meaty variety gives you more for your money.
Many people think the scarlet tomatoes are

more beautiful than the pink ones. Neither
color is associated with quality. If you
want an early pink tomato, get June Pink
or Earliest Pink; if you want a scarlet early,
get Earliana.

The following are meaty, main crop varie-
ties. If you want a very large, pink variety
choose Ponderosa; If you prefer a medium-
sized, pink variety, choose Tenderloin; if
you want a scarlet variety, choose Crimson
Cushion. None of these are as attractive
in appearance as many of those commonly
grown for market, because they are more
likely to be wrinkled, and there is often a
green portion next the stem which does not
ripen and, therefore, has to be cut out.
These varieties have such large fruits that
they had better be grown on an inclined
chicken-wire trellis, or in some other way
which will keep them from breaking off,
without giving you the bother to support
them.

If you want a tomato adapted for training
to a single stem, choose Freedom. Its flesh
is not so solid as that of the five preceding,
but the variety is an enormous cropper, and
as the fruit is of medium size, it will not
break off.

QUALITY IN EGG-PLANTS

The plain truth is that there is little choice
between the different varieties of egg-plant
so far as variety is concerned, but it does
make a great difference as to whether you
get cheap seed or good seed, because the
seeds of egg-plants have to be bred with
unusual care. They require constant selec-
tion in order to keep the fruit true to shape
and color. Moreover, the chances are that
egg-plants bought from a corner grocery
will not be of as productive a strain as those
you can get from a seedsman of national
reputation.

QUALITY IN PEPPERS

Americans do not like hot peppers. We
prefer the mild, sweet peppers for salads,
but you might as well have a thick-fleshed
variety as a thin-fleshed kind. The Chinese

Giant is the largest sweet pepper, and is
admirable for salads but too large for stuffing.
If you want a medium-sized pepper for both
purposes, choose Sweet Mountain or Bull
Nose. The former is a trifle longer and

therefore more desirable for stuffing.

Earliana the best early scarlet tomato; fruits large,
many to a cluster. Season four weeks long

Some people fancy a longer pepper and
therefore buy Ruby King, which is no better
in quality than the two preceding. It does
particularly well in the South. In the
North, it does not set its fruit so freely as the
others.

[Note.—THE GARDEN MAGAZINE offers
$10.00 for the best account of vegetable
plants raised asa result of reading this article.
The varieties need not be those here recom-
mended, but they must definitely stand for
quality and for adaptability to home use.
We suggest that you get the same variety
from the seedsman of national reputation
and from a local grocery and keep accurate
record like that described by Mr. J. L. Kayan
in his article entitled ‘““A Vest-Pocket System
of Garden Records,” in the February, 1907,
GARDEN MacGaziIneF, page 21.]

Sweet Mountain a medium-sized sweet pepper.

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Good either for stuffing and baKing or for salads

Only for people who have a greenhouse, since these plants cannot be Kept over
winterin acellar. Rubber plants, fancy caladiums and anthericum

A bed for people who have no greenhouse. (Caladium bulbs, however, must be
Kevtin a warm place.) Tall cannas and elephant’s ears (Caladium esculentum)

The Making of a Flower Bed-—By J. T. Scott, #

A FAIR STATEMENT OF THE RELATIVE MERITS AND LIMITATIONS OF BEDDING PLANTS AS OPPOSED TO HARDY

PERENNIALS—WHERE EXOTICS FIT AND WHERE THEY

DO NOT—MINUTE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CRAFTSMAN

[Epiror’s Note. We offer $5 each for the best twelve photographs made as a result of reading this article. Each one is to show an important, typical place on private grounds where

bedding plants really fit.

The designs must be simple—not complicated.

As color will not show in photographs, we hope that originality and imagination will be exercised upon foliage

effects and upon new ways of harmonizing plants with architecture or providing a transition from Art to Nature. Give names and numbers of plants used, colors, and cost of bed.|

HE relative merits and limitations of

bedding plants and hardy perennials
have never been fairly stated. Bedding
plants have two advantages over hardy
perennials. They produce a good effect the
moment they are planted, whereas a newly
planted border does not. ‘They require less
skilled care after planting, because a bed
contains one kind of plant, or few kinds and
these change little, whereas a border contains
many kinds which change greatly and there-

A strong artistic effect.

fore require more varied knowledge for their
care.

On the other hand, bedding plants, though
cheaper and easier the first year, cost more
than perennials in the long run, because they
must be stored over winter in greenhouse or
cellar. Also, the labor item is greater,
because bedding plants have to be planted
in a precise, formal manner.

Again, the individual bedding plant
remains attractive allsummer, while the indi-

Note the position of large, medium and small leaves, and the highly distinct forms

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vidual hardy flower has a relatively short period
of bloom and may be shabby or unattractive
when out of bloom. The hardy border
stands for variety and its danger is dissipa-
tion, weakness, restlessness. ‘The flower-
bed stands for unity and its dangers are
gaudiness and monotony.

Perennials are more natural, because they
show the progress of the seasons, while

bedding plants are more artificial, since they

are ofter sheared and set in geometrical
lines, and being of a tropical nature can never
harmonize in a Northern landscape.

The law of fitness indicates a perfectly
sensible rule which both parties can unite
upon without this everlasting squabbling.
Never put bedding plants where Nature is
dominant; put artificial objects only m an
environment where art is dominant.

Don’t put a flower bed in the middle of a

lawn, because it interferes with the landscape -

by introducing a tropical note into a temper-
ate climate, and because it makes your lawn
and yard look smaller than it really is.

WHERE FLOWER BEDS REALLY FIT

Put bedding plants near the house, because
in that position they will make a transition
between art and Nature. Piazza lines are
often straight for necessary structural reasons,
and the lines around the dwelling are often
straight and therefore severe, but a flower
bed can be cut out and planted in such a
manner as to remove entirely any stiff effect.

For example, in most cases the levels
surrounding the dwelling are undulating
and the piazza appears more prominent in
one place than in another. When this is
conspicuously the case, a flower bed will
serve to harmonize and tone this down.
Select the taller plants to be placed where

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JUNE, 1907

depth is greatest and taper off with dwarf
ones where the depth increases. Strive to
have the back ‘line conform swith the line of
the piazza,:or other lines of ithe building, and
where the plants at the back are highest the
bed will have to be widest, so as.to have,an
even natural slope from back to ‘front, ‘as
the plants used for edging must be tle same
height all around.
Whenever the cellar doors have to be hid,
or a direct view of any unsightly object
obliterated, or a straight line in front of a

window is objectionable, a bed with graceful :

lines will make a wonderful change.

Again, a certain background of trees or
shrubs may be too abrupt or the fence line
unattractive. In such a case, a flower bed
rightly placed will change the entire effect.

A gateway, or a point where two roads
meet can always be embellished to good ad-
vantage by a bed of shrubs or flowers, but
do not make it on too large a scale for the
environments.

There are endless different situations that
call for original ideas, but in any case don’t
break up the lawn or cut beds along the sides
of the driveway or path leading to the house.
Nothing looks more amateurish than a
promiscuous scattering of bed and shrubs in
such a place.

PREPARATION OF THE FLOWER BEDS

This is of first importance for upon it hang
failure or success. It is slow work at best
and the average person usually makes the
first mistake here. The practical mechanic
in all lines of business shows his superiority
in his painstaking preparation. When every
part is thoroughly prepared in minutest
detail, the actual work of construction is
mere child’s play.

In excavating for a dwelling, the top soil
and the subsoil get mixed more or less. In
some places, the top soil is all taken off; in
others, there may be one, two, or more feet
of it. In any case, examine it thoroughly
by digging into it from eighteen inches to
two feet deep, and unless there is at least
eighteen inches of good top soil you should
take off whatever good top soil there is and

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Water the plants well before distributing them to the place where they are to grow.

To remove them from the

pot invert it and tap the rim on something solid

lay it to one side. Then remove the poor,
subsoil to a depth of at least eighteen inches.
Put the top soil back in the bottom and add
as much more as is necessary to fill the hole
level full. ;

If the bed is immediately in front of a
background of trees or shrubs, all the large
roots that encroach must be cut back. They
will grow again and the operation must be
done every year or two. It will not harm
the trees, for if they do assimilate some of
the rich, prepared soil they will show it in
their healthier condition.

FERTILIZERS FOR BEDDING PLANTS

Bedding plants consume ‘great quantities
of fertilizing material. They make a much
heavier annual growth than hardy perennials.
Well decayed manure is always better than
commercial fertilizers, because they supply
humus, which improves the moisture holding
capacity and admits air to the roots. No
hard-and-fast rules can be laid down for
quantities but here are the principles:

t. All plants that are valued mostly for
their foliage effects (e. g., castor oil, cannas,
grasses), will need more fertilizer than those
that are valued chiefly for flowers.

2. The richer the soil. the more abundant
the growth.

3. Plants that are grossly fed will usually
go more to foliage than flowers. If geran-
iums are planted in a rich soil they will not
flower half so well as they will in a soil that
is comparatively poor.

4. The amateur is not likely to overfeed
bedding plants. Change the variety of
plants used every year, because it rests the
soil and because novelty is “‘ part of the game”
in bedding to a greater extent than in other
forms of gardening.

If the bed in which you are to plant geran-
jums was manured last year, do not give it
any manure this year. For other plants, I
would advise using a 1- to 3-inch dressing
of well-rotted manure, spread evenly over
the surface and then dug into the bed to a
depth of from six to ten inches.

Vinca major, following hyacinths, showing how a shrub collection may be brightened
Highland Park, Rochester

in summer when the shrubs aze out of bloom.

Flowering tobacco and salvia following a display of tulips.
all summer; in the fall the salvia is a blaze of color

The tobacco flowers

Never put flower beds in a turn-around—too trifling.

The average man begins at one end, turns
the whole thing over and when he gets to
the other end, finds that he has a big hole
with nothing to fill it. It takes longer to
fill this hole by pushing the soil back with
the rake than it would to dig it over again!
Besides he pulls half of the manure to the
surface in doing so.

To show a better way, let us first take the
case of the square bed and assume that the
manure is already spread.

First. Cut the edges of the bed evenly all
round with an edging knife, using a garden
line as a guide.

Second. Commencing at one end, take off
a strip of manure, say twelve inches wide,
along one side, and put this into a wheel-
barrow, or dump it at the opposite side upon
a piece of canvas, or bagging, to keep the
lawn clear.

Third. Dig a trench a spade deep and
twelve inches wide in the same place, i. e.
directly under the place from which you,
removed the manure, and leave this in a
wheelbarrow, or dump it in another heap
as in the case of the manure. This will
give you a good opening to start with.

Fourth. Get into the bed and push a strip
of manure, say eight inches wide, into the
bottom of this opening, and then turn the
soil under this into the opening, on top of
the manure. This will still leave an opening
in front of you. Repeat the same thing
right along, being careful always to keep the
opening clear for the manure, and when
you come to the last spit fill in the manure
which was taken from the other end and
cover up with the soil taken from the opening.

By following this method, an even surface
will be maintained without any trouble, and
the manure will be well and deeply buried
instead of sticking up in lumps above the
surface to interfere later with the raking and
planting of the bed.

DIGGING A ROUND BED

If the bed is to be a round one, the first
thing to do is to find the centre and then drive
a stout stake right into it, letting the stake

Shrubs are better.
heart-shaped bed and background. Geraniums and coleus

THE GARDEN

project one foot or more above the sur-
face.

Second. Make a loop on the garden line
and put it over the top of this stake and
stretch the line to the outer edge of the bed.
Make a loop here again and place it around
the handle of the edging knife, just above the
blade. Keep your line taut and cut the edge
right around. By this means you will
describe a complete circle quickly and
correctly.

Third. Beginning at one side of the bed
take off a strip of manure twelve inches wide
(as in the case of the square bed) half way
across the bed, 1. e., a continuous strip from
the edge to the stake in the middle.

Fourth. Take out a spadeful of soil as in
the other case for an opening. Proceed as
before by putting your manure in the bottom
and the soil on top, but in this case make a
complete circle and finish at the point where
you began. The important point is never
to pass the centre stake. Mind this and
you will surely end in good style where you
started.

WHY THE CENTRE SHOULD BE HIGHER

Keep the centre of the bed highest, and
if the opening should get filled towards the
edge, throw a spadeful or two to the middle.
It is much easier when you come to rake the
bed. A round or oyal bed should always
be mound shaped, and indeed, all flower beds
should slope up from the edge more or less.
A flat bed never shows off as well. You
have to stand almost on top of it in order to
see it properly, while a well mounded bed
can readily be seen from a distance.

Another important point is to have the
edge of the bed one or two inches lower than
the lawn, or you will have trouble keeping
the edge trimmed.

Raking is usually a laborious job but it
ought not to be if the spading was thoroughly
done. The holes and lumps should all be
regulated with the spade, and the only thing
left for the rake to do should be a light
scratching to pulverize the surface.

There should not be any moving backward

MAGAZINE

June, 1907

A good The bed nex} the house is appropriate; the one in the lawn is not. It interrupts the
open green space every yard should have

or forward of the soil with the rake, but it
should pass over the surface lightly like a
comb, leaving no ripple or furrow and merely
catching any stone or other material that is
too large to pass through the teeth. This
is the hardest of all the manual part to learn.
One can always tell an adept workman by
the way he handlesa rake.

PLANTING—MINUTE INSTRUCTIONS

Whenever planting a bed of formal design,
first draw the plan on the bed with a sharp-
pointed stick, just as you would on paper,
and then plant each variety separately to
make sure there is no mixing of plants.

In the case of a square bed, line it off with
the garden line, and plant one line at a time,
marking off the distances apart before laying
the plant down. If the bed is round, use
a central stake, as in digging, and the garden
line with a loop in it. Begin in the middle
and draw two or three circles before beginning
to plant.

If the bed be a large one, get two or three
boards to stand on, or you will make holes
with your feet that will be hard to fill. The
boards need not reach quite to the centre
as you can always stretch a foot or two.

When two or three lines have been drawn,
pull out the stake and set a plant in its
place, level off, the surface between this and
the next line before commencing to plant,
and.so on. Pull the boards back as you
finish each line. The experienced operator
can always measure the distance between the
plants with his eye, but the amateur should
not attempt this. Measure the distances
accurately and mark off each place before
knocking the plants out of the pots. Then
knock out enough plants at one time to finish
each line. In this way you will do the work
much more quickly and the roots will not
have a chance to become injured from
drying.

REMOVING PLANTS FROM POTS

The easiest way to get the plants out of the
pots is to stick your spade or spading fork
as far as you can into the lawn or bed,

JuNE, 1907

leaving the handle standing up perfectly
straight.

Take the bottom of the flower pot in your
right hand and place your left hand over
the top, letting the tips of your fingers rest on
the soil, with the stems of the plant resting
between the index and middle fingers.

Then turn the plant and pot upside down
and give the edge of the pot a few gentle
taps on the spade handle. The plant and
ball of earth will slide out with very little
trouble and be secure in your left hand; the
empty pot in the right.

AN INGENIOUS HOME-MADE COMPASS

After two or three lines have been set, it
will be impossible to use the centre stake as
a guide. The line would break the plants
already set. For marking off the lines near-
est the edge, a rough form of compass is
very useful. This may be made of three
pieces of lath, sharpening two of the ends for
points. Drive a nail through the other two
ends, so that the points can be moved to any
distance you wish. Nail the other lath in
the middle of either one of the others. This
is the guide.

Stretch the points then as far as you want
them and join the other end of the guide to
the second leg of the compass. Place one
point at the edge of the bed, stretching the
other point into the bed in the place where
you want to make the line. Then move
around the bed pulling the compass after
you. This will make a circle at an equal
distance from the edge of the bed all the way
around. Mark off the distance between the
plants as before for the next line. Reduce
the width of the compass to whatever distance
is desired and so on until the bed is finished.

This compass is the handiest means of
drawing irregular lines in such a bed. It
is also very useful in drawing geometrical
designs, if such planting is to be done.

MAKING THE HOLES

If the bed has been thoroughly prepared,
it will be an easy matter to make the holes
for each plant, as the ground is quite loose.
Hold the handle of the trowel in your right
hand with the blade pointing downwards as
you woulda dagger. Drive this into the
ground directly on the top of the line with one
stroke. At the same time, hold your plant
in your left hand. Pull the trowel and soil
toward you and before the loose soil has time
to fall back into the hole thus made, put the
plant into it. It is the work of a second.
One stroke of the trowel should make a hole
sufficiently large to hold the ball of earth out
of a 4-inch pot. When planting, set the top
of the ball from one to two inches below the
surface of the ground. With the back of
the trowel, push the soil back and then firm
it down with both hands, but don’t make it
too firm as you are liable to injure the plant.
All that is needed is to have the earth well
packed around the ball. A good watering
after planting will settle the soil sufficiently.

SUGGESTIONS FOR ARRANGING THE PLANTS

A good combination for sub-tropical effect
is tall-growing cannas, with a few castor oil

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plants in the middle, edged with elephants’
ear (Colocasia antiquorum, var. esculentum,
usually spoken of by the florists as Caladium
esculentum). Set the castor-oil plants about
three feet apart each way; the tall cannas
(e. g. Austria, Burbank, Florence Vaughan,
Beauté Poitevine or Queen Charlotte), two
and one-half feet apart each way; and
elephants’ ears one and a half feet apart.

The dwarf cannas, such as Tarrytown,
Express, Mont Blanc, Buttercup and Charles
Henderson, may be planted from one and
one-half to two feet apart each way.

For yellow effects, the tall-growing cannas,
Austria, Queen Charlotte or Premier are
best. For scarlet, Sam Trelease and Flor-
ence Vaughan are best.

Of the more dwarf varieties, Buttercup
is by far the best yellow. It grows only from
one and one-half to two feet high and makes
a beautiful edging plant.

The best dwarf scarlets are Tarrytown,
Express and Charles Henderson in the order
named.

In planting a canna bed, it is best to stick
to one, or at least, two colors, as mixed colors
do not show to good advantage. However,
the centre may be all of scarlet with Butter-
cup for an edging; or the centre may be com-
posed of any of the tall-growing yellows with
Black Beauty or King Humbert (dark-
leaved varieties) for an edging. Another
good edging for a canna bed is fine-leaved
grasses—Pennisetum villosum, (known in the
trade as P. longistylum), or purple fountain
grass (P. Rueppelit). These may be planted
a foot apart.

A very brilliant effect can be had by making
a solid bed of scarlet sage (Salvia splendens).
This does not come into flower until rather
late and gives the vividest red we have. It
is also very useful as a cut flower. This bed

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Rose moss or portulaca goes to sleep in the after-
noon, but will grow in the poorest sandy soil and has
many brilliant colors

can be edged with dusty miller (Centaurea
gymnocar pa).

Rubber plants (Ficus elastica), make a
good base for a sub-tropical bed, using
grasses or any of the highly colored
acalyphas for an edging.

A very pretty bed can be made of various
cacti, century plants and sedums with eche-
verias for edging, but the edging must be
planted after a geometrical design to give
the best effect.

Among flowering plants for summer bed-
ding, geraniums have few equals, and if
planted in poor soil will flower the whole
summer through. ‘The best varieties for this
purpose are S. A. Nutt (double scarlet),
General Grant (double red), Beauté Poitevine
(double salmon) and Jean Viaud (double
pink). The silver-leaved, dwarf-growing vari-
ety Madame Salleroi makes the most suitable
edging for a geranium bed, but can only be
used with red and scarlet varieties. Sweet
alyssum also makes a pretty bed with these
same colored geraniums. Dwarf blue ager-
atum may be used with white geraniums.
Dwarf scarlet nasturtiums may be used with
white and also pink varieties.

Cacti are essentially curiosities and ought, therefore, to be secluded. Their lines do not harmonize with those

of architecture and soften them as cannas do.

Put them in the garden

294.

The geraniums may all be planted about
fifteen inches each way; Madame Salleroi,
for an edging, about ten to twelve inches;
sweet alyssum, nasturtiums and ageratum
about eight to ten inches. .

Begonias are very suitable subjects for
summer ‘bedding. The taller varieties, such
as B. coccinea (B. rubra of gardens), or
the metallica type make a good centre or
background with the free-flowering semper-
florens and Vernon types in the foreground,
and the Erdfordii varieties (such as Erfordii
gracilis, rosea and Fairy Queen) for an
edging. These begonias do well ina partially
shaded place but do not flower as freely as
in the sun. The larger varieties may be
planted eighteen inches apart and the dwarf
ones about twelve inches apart.

For foliage effect, coleus gives the greatest
variety. Golden Bedder and Yellow Ver-

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schaffelti are the best yellows, Verschaffelti
the best red and Hero the best dark. ‘They
are best used for formal design work but can

also be used for bedding. ‘They also will do.

well in a mixed bed having such things as
Thompsoni, Souvenir de Bon and Savitzi
abutilons with their variegated leaves in
the middle, and acalyphas or achyranthes
next to them; then a broad belt, say two or
three lines of coleus, with alternantheras
for an edging. When used in this way,
plant two or three rows of one color next to
one another, as single narrow lines of one
thing makes a bed look too patchy.

A beautiful bed may be made of verbenas
alone planted ten inches apart, and helio-
tropes also look very well when planted en
masse. I have seen a very pretty bed made
of standard heliotropes. ‘These are plants
trained toa singlestem. The stem is three or

JUNE, 1907

four feet high with a bushy top, and a ground-
work of low dwarf plants. Such a bed is
very pretty and the flowers useful for cutting.

Petunias are excellent for solid planting
but they do not look well when mixed with
other things. Examples are endless and we
could go on with enough to fill a volume.

A very attractive bed of the house plants
may be arranged outdoors. Such plants as
palms, screw pines (Pandanus) Norfolk
pine, (Araucaria) all of which will do better
outdoors during the summer in shaded or
sheltered place than if kept in the house the
entire year, but sink the pots in the soil to the
rims. For edging use some such plant as
palm grass (Panicum plicatum) or the so-
called variegated panicum (Oplismenus Bur-
mann).

To avoid injury from late frosts do not put

any of these plants outdoors until after June r.

What to do With Old Bulbs—By John Dunbar, **s*

TAKE UP YOUR TULIPS, HYACINTHS AND DAFFODILS FROM FORMAL FLOWER BEDS BEFORE JUNE Ist,

TO MAKE ROOM FOR BEDDING PLANTS, AND STORE THE LARGE BULBS AS

pe THE quantity of bulbs imported from

Holland is annually increasing, it
seems a fair inference that there must be a
great deterioration in quality and a large
amount of waste in their cultivation, or else
our Dutch friends could not transact the
large amount of business they do amongst
us every year.

We do not contend that tulips, hyacinths,
crocuses and many varieties of narcissus
can be perpetuated indefinitely, even with
the best care, without a certain amount of
annual deterioration and loss. The experi-
ence of the best horticulturists and gardeners
proves that tulips and hyacinths particularly
will decrease in numbers and quality.

In saving over old bulbs at Highland Park,
Rochester, N. Y., I have tried different
methods with varying results, and the plan
now in operation I consider the best in giving
me quantity, quality and ease of handling.

Tulips and hyacinths, when planted in
formal beds, must be lifted in order to get
the beds properly prepared for summer
bedding plants. It cannot be otherwise,
because it is necessary to manure, dig and
perhaps rearrange the grade of the beds.
In areas, and informal beds amongst shrubs,
where annuals may be largely planted, it is

After the bulbs have been cleaned, stack them like
this in a cool, dry, well-ventilated room

not so necessary to lift the bulbs, as the
annuals can be planted on top of the bulbs,
and the bulbs left undisturbed for two or
three years. I have frequently done this,
but my experience of late years has not been
favorable to this treatment of tulips and
hyacinths. The most satisfactory results are
obtained by lifting the bulbs no matter what
conditions they are planted under, at least
in this part of the world.

In formal beds where there may be two
or three colors or varieties blended together

Dig your tulips towards the end of May to make room Lay the bulbs this way to economize space while

“for summer bedding plants

securing perfect ventilation for all

HERE DIRECTED

in some kind of design, it is necessary to
prevent mixtures. When the bulbs are
blooming and before the decaying flower

stems or seed pods have been cut (and they °

should be removed as soon as they are through
blooming) outline clearly the different vari-
eties or groups in the beds by making a
depressed mark with the end of a rake handle
or by laying a piece of stout cord, or a series
of narrow slat strips to indicate the lines of
demarcation. Of course, each variety should
be plainly labeled.

As soon as the stems begin to turn yellow
and show evidences of ripening I start to
lift the bulbs. A light spade or spading fork
is placed behind the bulbs, the bulbs lifted
with the decaying stems attached and placed
in seed flats 22 x 14 x 34 in. (but any
convenient size will do), and packed closely
together, a label bearing the name of the
variety being placed in the flat. The flats
are placed on the floor of a shed loft and the
windows and ventilators left open. Here
in a short time they soon get thoroughly
dried. If there is a large number of flats
and floor space limited you may pile the flats
one above another, but be sure to place large
cleats between them to allow the air to pass
freely.

Stack the flats like this.
bulbs, cool, dry, well ventilated, roomy

An ideal place for drying

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Junr, 1907

If you are cramped for room, you can stack them this
way for ventilation

On wet days the workmen remove the
stems and all loose old skins from the bulbs
and throw out anything that looks like a
diseased bulb. Also the numerous bulblets,
that form in connection with the large bulbs
areall discarded. Only those are saved that
are plump, round, and well-developed and
give indications of good flowers. When they
are cleaned, they are kept in the flats on the
floor of this loft, and kept well ventilated and
cool until planting time in October and
November. I succeed better by this method
of treatment than by any other I have tried,
in retaining those healthy chestnut-brown
skins on the tulips, that are so conspicuous
on bulbs received from Holland every year.

In gardens where only two or three thou-
sand, are to be preserved, they may be tied
up in paper bags and hung on the rafters as
soon as they have dried in a cool airy shed.
I have seen them do very well in this way,
but I believe, it is much safer to spread them
out in flats, as there is always a liability to
“sweat,” and decay when the bulbs are up
in bags, and much damage may be done
before the trouble is observed.

A close watch must also be kept on mice
and rats. I never used to be troubled with

these rodents to any extent, until the last
few years, when they seem to have developed
a sudden appetite for tulips, and I have to
fight them with traps and poison or they
would soon cause extensive losses.

The question is often raised, how about
those numerous bulblets or offsets that form
in connection with the old bulbs? Cannot
they be raised or propagated and keep up
an unfailing and increasing supply?

It takes two to three years for offsets to
form first-class flowering bulbs, and during
this time they must be carefully cultivated

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Showing tulip bulbs in various stages of cleaning; also
what is saved and what discarded

in a warm, light loamy, well drained moist
soil.

There are many places on this continent
where Dutch bulbs can be successfully grown
on a more or less limited scale for private use,
or to supply the market, but the conditions
in labor, environment, etc., are so much
more favorable in Holland, that the raising
of tulips and other bulbs here will not be
profitable, at least for a long time. Yet I
am aware that attempts have been made in
some parts of the South, and the West, and
perhaps are still in progress, to grow tulips
and other bulbs as an industry, but to what
extent those engaged in it have made it
profitable I have never been able to ascertain,
and at least they do not appear to have any
appreciable effect on the bulb supply of this
country.

As for private gardens and public parks
attempting to raise their own bulbs for a
permanent supply, it would clearly be a case
of “penny wise and pound foolish,” as first-
class bulbs can be bought much more cheaply
from Holland considering the labor entailed
in handling them here, even admitting that
they could be successfully raised in quan-
tity.

Any one who wishes to try as a diversion
the raising of tulips from offsets should plant
them in a bed in the garden in light well-
drained soil about five inches between the
rows and two to three inches between the
bulbs. If they produce miniature flower
stems remove them until they are three years
old.

As a general rule hyacinths deteriorate
much more rapidly than tulips. Even when
carefully saved the flowers are seldom as
large the second year as the first, but it pays
to save them, and for a number of years they

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A flat of hyacinth bulbs preserved by the method re-
commended in this article

will produce flower spikes quite freely, which
are very handy for cutting, although grad-
ually diminishing in size. The propagation
and increase of hyacinths is a much more
dificult matter than that of tulips, and I
am not aware that it has ever been attempted
in this country.

Many varieties of hardy narcissus can as a
rule be much more easily perpetuated in this
country than either tulips or hyacinths.
The various forms of poet’s narcissus and
the jonquils will stand unmolested and flower
freely and vigorously for many years. I
have had them growing in the sod for a long
time and apparently increasing in vigor each
year. I endeavor to plant them in position
where they need not be disturbed. Asa rule
most of the hardy, large-trumpet daffodils
and medium-crowned varieties of narcissus,
if planted in proper conditions, will do well
for two or three years, but as soon as they
show signs of weakness and decrepitude
they must be lifted, dried and rested until
the following fall.

In lifting narcissus it is very important
to wait until the foliage has entirely died
down and the bulbs have ripened, and the
flower buds have formed for the following
year.

I have frequently been asked why daffodils
have failed to flower after they have been
lifted and replanted, when they appeared
to be strong bulbs. The trouble has been
the lifting of them before they have entirely
gone to rest When for various reasons I
have to lift different kinds of daffodils out
of beds, they are given exactly the same
treatment as the tulips receive. The poet’s
narcissus, jonquil, and Van Sion daffodils
can be increased readily by offsets, and large
quantities of them can soon be obtained.

A flat of tulip bulbs after the tops have been removed
and before cleaning

After cleaning by this method, showing how well the
beautiful brown coats have been preserved

After cleaning by another method, showing how few

of the sKins are preserved

Annual Flowers for June Sowing—By Thomas McAdam

HOW BELATED MOVERS MAY BEGIN A GARDEN IN JUNE AND HOW OLD-TIMERS MAY HAVE
PLENTY OF FLOWERS IN SEPTEMBER WHEN GARDENS ORDINARILY BEGIN TO FAIL

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HERE are some annual flowers, like
sweet alyssum, which will bloom in
thirty days from the time the seed is sown.
Most of the flowers mentioned in this article
will begin to bloom in August, if sown in
June; a few will begin in September and all
of them will have a good long season of bloom
before frost.

The annuals for June sowing fall into four
groups: 1. Those which ought not to be
sown outdoors until June, viz. portulaca and
scarlet sage. 2. Those which many people
like to have every month in the year, e.g.
mignonette and pansies. 3. The great,
universal favorites which mature quickly
enough so that late beginners may sow them
in June for August bloom. ‘These are also
the very ones that are likely to cease blooming
in September from April-sown seed and
therefore we should sow them all in June
in order to give new life to our gardens
when they ordinarily begin to fail. Examples:
marigolds, annual phlox, annual coreopsis,
California poppy, zinnia. 4. The less com-
mon annuals which will bloom in September
from June-sown seed and give variety of
color and form to our gardens when they are
ordinarily reduced to few types and run too
much to yellows.

For the convenience of the reader all but
the less common kinds are here treated in
alphabetical order.

Alyssum (A. maritimum), is the best
white-flowered edging plant of its height,
because it will bloom twenty weeks if not
allowed to go to seed and will bloom after
frost. Bloomsa shorter time if transplanted ;
therefore, sow where it is to remain. Will
bloom in thirty days. Little Gem is a favor-
ite for edging because it is compact and only
six inches high.

California poppy (Eschscholzia Califor-
nica). Gives scattering bloom all summer
and even after frost, and if protected in
winter will bloom a second year. Often
self sows. Good edger because of finely
cut foliage, but most brilliant when used alone
in rather large beds. Broadcast thinly and
rake in lightly.

Calliopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria, but known
to seedsmen as Calliopsis elegans) gives us
the best browns, with or without yellow,
that we have among cultivated flowers.

Candytuft (/beris amara and its variety
known to the trade as J. coronaria) has
the same color, shape and height as alyssum
but lacks fragrance and only blooms four to
eight weeks. The only inducement to grow
it in addition to alyssum is the candelabrum-
like clusters. Don’t transplant. Sow Little
Prince (height six inches) where it is to
remain, and thin when one inch high to
four by eight inches.

Love-in-a-mist (Vigella Damascena), in
spite of its daintily cut foliage and pretty
blue flowers is primarily a curiosity and will
charm every new generation of children as
long as the race survives.

Marigolds, French and African (Tagetes
patula and erecta). These have only three
colors (yellow, lemon and orange), their
form is commonplace and the smell of their
herbage is too pungent for many. ‘Their
strong point is their extraordinary profusion
of bloom over a long season and therefore
they are invaluable for gay and _ brilliant
mass effects. One of the most reliable
flowers after frost.

Mignonette (Reseda odorata) is the most
popular flower grown solely for fragrance.
Its great weakness is its short season of bloom
as it quickly runs to seed in hot weather.
Therefore, select moist soil and water freely.
As house and garden ought to be fragrant
every day and night of the season, many
people sow mignonette every ten days until
July rst. Because of its lack of beauty and
desirability for cutting it is best grown in the
vegetable garden where it can be grown in
larger quantities and with less care. Don’t
transplant it.

Nasturtiums (Tvopeolum majus), ought

Love-in-a-mist (Nigella Damascena) has finely
divided foliage; grows one to two feet high; 16
flowers, white, blue or yellow; showy

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Latest date for

not to be sown outdoors before May 15th
and as they dislike transplanting should be
sown where they are to stand. I have never
had them cease blooming before frost, but
why not make an extra sowing of them in the
vegetable garden in June and pickle the
young pods? They are delicious.

Pansies undoubtedly make the best show
when sown in autumn for early spring bloom.
When sown in early spring they give scatter-
ing bloom all summer. When sown in June
they will give a good show in early autumn.

Annual phlox (Phlox Drummondii) is
noted for its extraordinary range of colors,
precision of markings and perfection of form.
Get the most expensive seed you can buy and
enjoy the results of plant breeding.

Pot marigold (Calendula officinalis) is
rather coarse, but
a hard frost.

Rose moss (Portulaca grandiflora) stub-
bornly refuses to germinate until June rst.
It has some atrocious magentas and closes
in the afternoon, but will grow anywhere,
carpets the ground to perfection, comes in
ten colors, has extraordinary brilliancy,
blooms amazingly right through a drought
and can be transplanted in full flower to fill
unexpected gaps elsewhere. It does best in
hot, sandy soil and you ought to give each
strong plant a foot each way to spread.

Scarlet sage (Salvia splendens) is common-
ly sown indoors in March, because of the
universal habit of trying to get everything
early whether there is any reason for it or
not. Scarlet sage in July and August makes
a garden look too hot. A big mass of it in
the dog days is blinding, gaudy and mon-
otonous. Let it light up the cool days of
September for you. It is not safe to sow it
outdoors near New York until June rst.

Zinnias are stiff and coarse and some of
their colors are metallic. Also there is no
pleasure in growing a cheap strain, for the
flowers will be flat and ragged. However,
zinnias will produce more brilliant mass
effects for less care and for a longer season
than phlox or any other annual. They
have at least a dozen colors, and high-
priced seed will give high-bred flowers whose
great size, perfection of form, depth of head
and numerous petals are a joy to see at
close range.

THE LESS COMMON KINDS

These are worth trying but we have no
space in which to describe them. Calceolaria
scabiosefolia, Campanula macrostyla, Cen-

- taurea moschata and C. suaveolens, Euphorbia

marginata, godetias, Gypsophila elegans,
Lupinus mutabilis and L. Cruikshanksu,
Nemophila insignis, Sanvitalia procumbens,
var. flore-pleno, and Saponaria Calabrica.

very welcome after’

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of mere boiled sweet potatoes. Moreover,
the sugary type is adapted for baking, while
the mealy type is not. Anyone can get a
Farmers’ Bulletin on sweet potato culture
from the United States Department of Agri-
culture, Washington, D. C. The Readers’
Service Department of THE GARDEN Mac-
AZINE will inform anyone who is interested
where plants may be obtained. It is neces-
sary to act at once. Only the varieties recom-
mended by Professor Starnes are to be used.
Nansemond will not do. The following are
the best replies received to several letters of
inquiry.

A SOUTHERN PROFESSOR’S ADVICE

The difference between the starchy sweet
potato and the sugary Southern type is due
to variety and not to soil or section. Any
variety of the Jersey strain—as Big Stem
Jersey, Yellow Jersey, Red Jersey or White
Nansemond—removed from the shores of
Delaware Bay to South Georgia, will repro-
duce itself with unimpaired starch content
and with but slightly increased sugar content.
Conversely, the Georgia removed from
Savannah to Long Island will lose but little,
if any, of its sugar content and add nothing
to its starch, while the characteristic flavor
of either will not be perceptibly changed.
The effect of soil or even climate—within
reasonable limits—will be found but slight,
at first. In course of time it may induce
some modification. This will be more
readily understood when it is realized that
new varieties of the sweet potato are the
result almost entirely of “bud variation.”

The reason sugary potatoes are not grown
as far north as San Francisco, Chicago or
even Boston is ethnological, and neither
botanical nor climatic. The market gardener

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will not plant them because the public doesn’t .

want them and therefore will not buy them.
Nor will the housekeeper of Savannah or
Mobile or New Orleans buy the starchy
Nansemond strains—what Henry Grady
used to term “ Jersey punk.”

For over two centuries the Southern kitchen
(of the higher type) has been dominated by
the African—by nature one of the best cooks
the world has ever produced. What “old
mauma’” cooked ‘‘went.” But “old
mauma’s”’ race has notoriously a “sweet
tooth” that would shame a plantigrade, and
it would have been more than miraculous
if she had failed—in two centuries—to impose
her own saccharine tastes and her wonderful
sugary confections upon the generations to
which she ministered—God bless her dear
old memory! For “she caught ’em young.”

Additionally, for climatic reasons it was
easier at first to grow Irish potatoes at the
North than sweet potatoes, and easier to
grow sweet potatoes at the South than Irish
potatoes. Each section followed naturally
the line of least resistance. ‘The Northerner
therefore inherited, as time passed, a taste
or predisposition for the dry, mealy, starchy
characteristics to which he was accustomed
in the Irish potato. This on occasion he
extended to the sweet potato also—and so
were differentiated and finally crystallized
the dietetic preference and demand of the
two sections.

Yet the taste for the sugary type of sweet
potato at the South is not universal. Many,
of uninterrupted heredity and training, prefer
the mealy type—especially with butter or
milk—while the old ‘“‘blue-fleshed,” ‘‘red-
skinned,” Black Spanish of our boyhood days
is something to be now realized only in our
dreams!

Nor are all Southern potatoes sugary.
There are two main types—the saccharine
and turpentine. Of the saccharine type, the
best in quality, but not usually productive,
there are the three main strains: Georgia,
pumpkin and vineless (or bunch). They
were originally varieties, but differentiation
has slowly crept in to such an extent that
they must now be termed “‘strains.”” The
Sugar Yam and Yellow Yam are but
offshoots of the Georgia. Indeed, with-
out inaccuracy, they may still be considered
synonyms.

The vineless or bunch is comparatively
a mnewcomer—unquestionably an offshoot
or “bud variation,” originally, from Georgia.
At first strictly a variety, it has differentiated
into a “‘strain” and there are scores of \vine-
less over the South—some good, some bad
and some indifferent. Even pumpkin—
once so distinct—with its deep-colored flesh
—has widely differentiated and there may
be now had the Vineless Pumpkin and the
Split-leafed (lobed) Pumpkin, in addition
to the original form with “shouldered” leaf.

The other principal Southern type is a
heavy producer of large coarse tubers used
chiefly for stock feeding and known as the
turpentine strain. To it belong Southern
Queen, St. Domingo and the like. It exudes
heavily a resinous sap which gives the strain
its name, and is not valued except for its
productiveness. There are other minor

JUNE, 1907

types as the Spanish strain, to which belong
the old Black Spanish and Orleans Red or
Nigger Killer—but this is not intended to be
a technical paper, and the enumeration
already made covers the best market types.
Neither Barbadoes nor Hayman are of good
quality, though the latter produces large
crops.

Tennessee Yam is a memory. For all
practical purposes it is obsolete. The orig-
inal Tennessee had a “shouldered” not a.
“split” leaf. Later a type with deeply
lobed leaves appeared under the same
name, and the original type, having mean-
while sadly deteriorated, dropped out of
sight.

There is not the least reason in the world.
why the sugary type of sweet potato may not
be grown by amateurs in the North, partic-
ularly New Jersey or Long Island. There are
no climatic or horticultural obstacles in the
way. As the hair-tonic man says: ‘Try
it and be convinced.” But you must have
a sandy soil and plenty of hot sunshine.

Georgia. Hucu N. STARNES.

A NORTHERNER’S EXPERIENCE

Have you not stated what is contrary to.
existing facts? I have lived in the South
and also here in the North; I have eaten
sweet potatoes brought from the South and
stored at home during the fall and winter.
I have found them to be very dry and sweet
but not as high in quality as most of those
raised farther North!

I have grown sweet potatoes that are fully
as sweet as the Southern ones but more
watery and in my opinion more palatable
and nutritious than Southern grown potatoes.
of the same variety. The great essential
requirement is a sandy soil. If grown in
heavy loam the potatoes are destitute of
sweetness.

They may be grown as far north as Boston
but must be planted the last of May. I have
grown large sized tubers of Big Stem, Yellow
and Red Nansemonds and Harrison Seedling
as well as the Bush Vineless, but my soil is
just suited for them. Hayman and Vineless

are both good but the season is not quite ~

long enough to grow them to full size. Pear-—
son and Harrison’s Seedling improve in
flavor as the season advances and the latter
(a white variety) is not good until late. It
is excellent for baking.

Long Island, N. Y. E. STANLEY BROWN.

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{PEE two big jobs of June in the vege-

table garden are thinning and cultivat-
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This $7 wheel hoe has two wheels. The
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worth more than $1.15 extra to have two
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you to straddle a row so that you can get
closer to the plants. They tell me that the
$9 size is the favorite, but I consider the
extra $2 for additional rakes and hoes a
waste of money for the ordinary home garden.
The costliest attachment of alJ is the drill,
which is only for market gardeners. I find
the fine rakes of little use. The most use-
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and the large cultivator teeth come next
These are the ones that enable you to main-
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garden with the least effort. The former
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continuous motion so that it furnishes the
quickest and easiest way to cultivate your
garden. The teeth, however, do a more
thorough and lasting job because they
scratch, like a rake. They require more
muscle and you go “‘steady by jerks.”

If you think you cannot afford a wheel hoe,
you should get cheap hand tools that are
better adapted to making and maintaining
the surface mulch than are the common hoe
and rake. You can get an 8-inch scuffle
hoe, with a handle and a V-shaped blade
which has the sides turned up to prevent
cutting off plants, for seventy-five cents.

It is not as quick as the wheel hoe, but it is
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because it cuts both ways and perhaps four
times as fast as the common, or draw hoe.
If you want something that is faster than
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for a dollar which will enable you to cultivate
a 50X too ft. garden after every rain in
about half an hour, while a common rake
will take you an hour.

June is the great time for pruning hedges. .

There is a new kind of shears with one edge
serrated, which prevents slipping and enables
one to cut wood twice as thick as ordinary

shears do. ‘They are said to be self-
sharpening. The 8-inch size costs about
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Everybody ought to protect his street trees
from horsesand wagons. Unfortunately some
cheap tree guards are vulgarly ornate, but
there are plenty of good ones to be had, and
there is an expanded metal tree guard cost-
ing $2.25 which has some simplicity and
dignity. Those made to order often cost $15.

June is the time to study trellises and
training devices ofall kinds, in which notable
progress has been made of late years. Cu-
cumbers and other vines require eight feet
square, 1f allowed to lie flat, and this is too
much for a small garden. Train them on
poultry wire. Keep your tomatoes off the
ground or they will rot. If you need stakes
for dahlias, gladioli, etc., get strong ones
that will be as inconspicuous as possible. It
is sad to see one’s loveliest peonies spattered
with dirt by the rains. There is a kind of
adjustable iron frame that holds up the
drooping varieties, without being conspicuous.

New Jersey. THomas McApDAm.

Home-canned Red Raspberries

SE “Lightning” quart cans. Fill the
cans with firm fresh fruit, shaking
down, not pressing it. Make a syrup of
one quart of water and three pounds of sugar.
Place the cans in a deep pan or kettle of
water, bringing it gradually to boiling heat;
then fill them to the brim with the boiling
syrup, fasten the covers securely, using new
rubbers. Put several thicknesses of paper
in the washboilers and place the cans on the
paper, being careful that they do not touch,
cover them with boiling water and cover the
boiler. Leave them on the kitchen table
until morning, then put them in the cellar.
Raspberries canned in this way retain
their color, form, flavor, and fragrance, and
as they have escaped the boiling process,
every seed remains in its own little cell.
My method of preserving pieplant is as
follows: Peel the stems, cut them in inch
lengths, and fill the cans. Pour in cold
water to the brim, secure the covers, using
new rubbers, and put the cans in the cellar.

It will be found good even after the next.

year’s crops.

Geneva, N.Y. ELizaABETHS. MILLER.

June, 1907

The Californian’s Reminder

pee plants that are natives of tropical
or semi-tropical countries may now be
planted or transplanted.

Inspect such plants as papyrus, Cyperus
Antiquorum and other rhizomatous plants;
if the ends of the rhizomes are lifting out of
the soil, dig under them and sink them down
until they are just beneath the surface.

Give cannas, calocasia, Hedychium coron-
artum (commonly called ginger plant),
crinums and other tender bulbs an extra
watering and feeding. The following for-
mula is clean and does away with any objec-
tionable odor providing it is used at the time
of making: Phosphate of ammonia, two
ounces; nitrate of soda, one and three-quarters
ounces; nitrate of potash, one and three-
quarters ounces; sulphate of ammonia, one
and three-quarters ounces; water, fifty gal-
lons. Use one gallon to each large plant
twice a month or add fifty gallons more
water and use it every week.

All palms do well if planted this riot
for the plants have the summer months in
which to form new roots and to establish
themselves. Specimen palms will need to
have their dead or disfigured leaves sawed
off. Do not remove the base of the leaf
stalk that clasps the trunk, as that will injure
the trunk. Cocos plumosa and others that
have trunks like it are easily damaged by
removing the base of the leaf stalk too soon.
The trunk will split and never heal, causing
permanent disfigurement. Tvachycarpus
excelsus and Livistona australis should never
have the fibre removed from their trunks;
allow it to decay and fall off. Never allow
anyone to drive a nail into a palm trunk. I
have seen a Washingtonia ten feet in circum-
ference and eighteen feet high in the clear
killed by driving a spike into its trunk.

Many of the annuals that were sown in
March and April will now begin to show
flowers, and any lack of water at this time
tells seriously in the number of the flowers
although it may not show so much on the
plants. A mulch of old manure spread
over the surface of the ground will prevent
evaporation, causing che soil to retain the
moisture which is of great benefit to the
plants. With a mulch on the surface, half
the quantity of water will be sufficient.

Dahlias are injured very easily by allowing
the soil to become dry. If these plants are
not mulched, lose no time in putting one on.
Keep the flowers cut and do not allow any
flowers to ripen seed, or any dead flowers
to stay on the plants. An occasional appli-
cation of liquid manure will help the plants.

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Protecting Strawberries from

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INCE our laws have been narrowed down
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it has gotten to be quite an important matter
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on private estates where the birds gather
them in great numbers, on account of being
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It means a little work and expense to
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The unsatisfactory way of protecting strawberries

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ruin a great many berries and usually the
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Scarecrows and little hand-made wind-
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Fish nets are also used, and they are very
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the net to rest on. This should be high

enough so you can go under the net to pick —

the fruit. If you lay the net on top of the
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Mosquito netting is not as expensive as

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Looks like a ridiculous “.stunt,’’ but is really the
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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

JUNE, 1907

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The fruit may look as nice as any, but the
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Being made of poultry wire, it can be
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I tried the scheme last season and it
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very much afraid of cats, and I have seen
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both the strawberry bed and the cat and
conclude that the game wasn’t worth it and
fly off.

Anyone can give this a trial, as cats are
even more plentiful than first-class straw-
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A Hot-Weather Transplanting
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URING the hot weather one often wishes

to transplant seedlings and plants but is

deterred by fear of losing the plants or

the work is needlessly delayed by waiting
for a rainy day.

Here is a plan I have tried and found
successful for several years. In the spring
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and leave them in a pile to make leaf-mold.
When I wish to do any transplanting I dig
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plants require, about two inches lower than
most of the plant’s roots will come.

Then I take some of those partly decom-
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the leaves thoroughly and place a layer
of them about an inch and a half thick in
the bottom of the trench or hole and then
level the ground, filling in with the dirt
previously removed. I set out the plants
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roots.

The wet leaves put the moisture where
the plant wants it—at its roots, and the soil
is not made in a hard cake around the roots
which happens ordinarily when water is
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the soil becomes moist all around the plant
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Of course, one must be very careful in
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sun during transplanting.

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For the Amateur Gardener

FOUR SEASONS
IN THE GARDEN

By EBEN E. REXFORD

| POO on gardening for the home-maker, by the

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Insecticides for June Use
Apes month of June is a busy one for the

amateur gardener who means to get
the better of the insect host. These pests
make their first big and insistent attack at
this time, and unless they are rounded up
sharply, all the care given to the early raising
of the plants will be labor lost.

Every gardener should have ready a supply
of Paris green or arsenate of lead. These
two poisons, or one of them, will be practically
sufficient to attack all the insects that chew
the leaves or flowers. Whale oil soap or
kerosene emulsion is to be used for green
fly, and all other lice. The oyster shell
bark louse takes its travels abroad during
June and all fruit and ornamental trees
where it is present should be sprayed with
one of these substances. White scale on
roses, the pear leaf mite, and the pea louse
must be looked for daily.

Whale oil soap offers an easy means of
making an emulsion and costs about fifteen
cents a pound. A pound cake will make
about six gallons of solution. Kerosene
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water and then mixing in thoroughly one
gallon of kerosene to ten or more gallons of
the soapy water. It is rather troublesome
to thoroughly emulsify kerosene, and very
much more convenient to buy one of the ready-
prepared emulsions, sold in the seed stores,
which can be diluted with water as required.
It costs about a dollar a gallon (65% oil);
and one gallon will make anywhere from
nine to twenty-five of emulsion for use.

If the harlequin bug appears on melon
and squash vines, make an extra strong soap
mixture for him, using one and one-half
pounds to a gallon of water.

The best poison for all chewing insects
is arsenic. You can be sure of killing the
worm if you can get him to eat a grain of
Paris green, but Paris green is not an easy
thing to apply, especially in water which is
much the most convenient vehicle for the
amateur. In fact, you can’t dissolve it. A
much more practical substance is lead
arsenate; it sticks on the foliage longer, but
unfortunately it gives the plants the ap-
pearance of having had mildew, because
lead arsenate is white. However, this objec-
tion has recently been overcome in a specially
prepared form which has a green color.
This costs about twenty cents a pound,
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if you are on sandy soil) with that arch enemy
of flowers, the rose chafer. ‘These arsenate
preparations wll kill the rose chafer but
they must be used at double the normal
strength, and they must be used frequently
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Look out also for the currant worm, saw
fly, grape berry moth, earworm on corn,
potato bug, pear slug, plum curculio, and
tomato worm. All of these can be killed by
the arsenates.

After the strawberry crop is gathered,
spray the bed for leaf blight, using Bordeaux
mixture. Most amateurs balk at the use of
Bordeaux mixture because it is decidedly

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June, 1907

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O matter who your painter may be, for your own protection as
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308 Nk etararepmre amie (19) CuNID IO MN MAGAZIN ® June, 1907

DOD'S ORIGINAL

Branded uith the Devil, but fit for the Gods
THE SALES OF
UNDERWOOD’S
ORIGINAL DEVILED HAM,
TONGUE, TURKEY and CHICKEN

Increased in 1906 over10%

This was a merited tribute of confidence from
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The recently enacted Pure Food Laws have
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examined them, and by the U. S. Government.
They are no different now than they always have been.

For sale by all good grocers. If yours does not sell
our Deviled Ham, for his name and 15 cents in
stamps we will send you a 15-cent can, post-paid.

WM. UNDERWOOD CO.

Established 1822
52 Fulton Street Boston, Mass.

Necessary as a Lawn Mower

You wouldn’t think of cutting even a small plot of grass with-
out a lawn mower. Why then waste time, labor and money
trimming and edging lawns and gardens on your hands and
knees with clippers or sickle when

The Capitol Lawn Trimmer and Edger

will do the work quickly, smoothly and easily? An absolute ne-
cessity for lawns, gardens, parks, golf courses and cemeteries.
Ask your hardware dealer, or write for Catalog ‘‘C.”’

The Granite State Mowing Machine Co., Hinsdale, N. H.
Can't Smell it! Cawt See iw!
Garbage in

Witt’s Can

is odorless, out of sight, will not attract flies,
and dogs can’t get at it.

Close-fitting lid; water-tight, mever-/eak bot-
tom; made triple-strong by riveting, flanging
and extra heavy steel bands riveted around top
and bottom. <A mecessity where neatness and
perfect sanitary conditions are valued.

Imitations of ‘‘ Witt’s Can”’ lack the splendid strength
and durability of the genuine. Be sure the name
““ Witt’s ’’ is on can and lid.

Sizes—Witt’s Can, No. 1, 153x256 inches; No. 2,
18x25; No. 8, 20x25. Witt’s Pail, No. 7, 5 gallons;
No. 8, 7 gallons.

All steel, corrugated, galvanized, water-tight, odor-
proof (close-fitting lid). Look for the yellow label.

Ask at the Stores for WITT’S CAN and see
that *‘Witt’s Can’”’ is stamped on lid and bottom.

If not on sale in your town order direct from us. Use
it and if you don’t like it we'll pay for its return and
promptly refund your money.

The Witt Cornice Co.

DEPARTMENT A. CINCI* NATI, O.

PRETO

avers

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et nace ae

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troublesome to prepare, but it can be bought,
almost ready for use, in very convenient pow-
der, or paste forms. The paste form is
perhaps the better of the two, but the ex-
periment stations say it is not so effective
as the freshly made article; all the same it
has a reasonably satisfactory effect and that
is all the amateur wants. To make up for
its lessened value, use a little more of it.
One pound of the paste will make fifty gal-
lons of spraying mixture, and should not
cost more than a dollar. Use it wherever
a fungus disease is expected, also for the
striped beetle on melons by adding a little
arsenate of lead to it, and on potatoes for
the flea beetle. Somehow or other, the flea’
beetle jumps away from Bordeaux mixture.

Ammoniated copper carbonate is a pre-
paration very similar to Bordeaux mixture
but more expensive, yet it is valuable because
it makes a perfect solution; it should be ~
used on all fruits when they are half developed
for the same purposes as Bordeaux mixture
is recommended.

In June, the apple borer gets active and
must be dug out with a wire; or inject some
carbon bisulphide.

If you only have a few small bushes to
spray, the poison can be applied adequately
by means of an ordinary whisk broom. As
a general rule, the small hand sprayers are
not very serviceable, but I have seen one that
is made entirely of brass (and brass or cop-
per is an essential except that for ammonia
iron is used) which holds a quart and
sells for two dollars. The special features
of this machine are that it makes a con-
tinuous spray by means of a compressed air
chamber and it has two nozzles, one making
a direct jet, and by means of the other a jet
can be directed either up or down, or in any
direction desired. Of course, when used
with heavy mixtures such as Bordeaux mix-
ture or Paris green, the machine would have
to be shaken constantly to insure the suspen-
sion and free passage of the poison.

For larger gardens, it would be much more
economical to buy some machine of greater
capacity and these are now to be had in vari-
ous forms. Some are of the character of
force pumps which can be attached to the
sides of pails or tubs, but by far the best
thing is one of the many forms of high-pressure
spray pumps from which a continuous jet
is produced. ‘These vary in size from easily
portable forms, holding only a few gallons,
up to machines that require two horses to
haul them, and the prices range accordingly
from about five dollars up to hundreds.

The amateur who really means to get the
best results should not hesitate about spend-
ing a few dollars on getting a good spray
pump, and one that has extension rods, by
which the spray can be easily carried to the
tops of high trees will be well worth the extra
dollars.

More explicit instructions on the use of
poisons will be found in Professor Sanderson’s
excellent spraying calendar in the April
GARDEN MacGazinE, which tells you not only
what to do, but also how to recognize the in-
sect or disease, and the time of its appearance.

New York. L. B.

JUNE, 1907

————

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WATER YOUR PLANTS
TWICE A MONTH

ILLINOIS SELF- WATERING
FLOWER BOXES

7 . i
you make plants thrive and demand less necessary attention on your part.

Made in various styles
for Porches, Windows,
Hanging Baskets, etc.

These boxes possess every desirable quality — Durability (being made of gal-
vanized iron), Lightness and Strength (strongly reinforced). They are just

the thing for Country Homes, City Residences or Apartments. Are inex-
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For propagation; also redhead, widgeon, teal,
shoveller, gadwali and other species of rare and
beautiful. waterfowl, at home on lily ponds and orna-
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Write to WILTON LOCKWOOD,

280 Boylston St., Boston.

"WHEN CROSSING
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Experienced travelers.
always carry

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Relieves sunburn and
preserves the skin. Re-
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Invaluable in case of
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Get the genuine. Sold
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The Standard

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Save time and labor. Do best work. Book free.
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Annual Flowers for June Sowing

Alyssum, Little Gem
California Poppy
Calliopsis elegans
Candytuft
Marigold, in sorts

Per packet 5 cents

Calendula officinalis
Portulaca, single and double
Scarlet Sage

Zinnia elegans, tall and dwarf

Mignonette, in sorts

Centaureas

Nasturtiums, tall and dwarf
Pansies, all colors and shades
Phlox Drummondi, tall and dwarf

One generous packet of each, (14 packets) 50 cents

Our $1.00 Collection of Lilies. See April number.
Dahlias, Begonias, Cannas, Iris. See May number, offer holds good for June.

Bamboo Stakes Per 100, $1.00; per 500, $4.00; per 1000, $6.00

6 and 7 feet long Extra Strong Stakes, 114 and 2 inches in diameter, for Dahlias, Shrubs, Young
Trees, where extra resistance is required, each 8 cents, per dozen $1.00, per hundred $6.00.
Send for our catalogue. Address

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Removed from 47 Barclay Street

For tying and staking Lilies, Gladioli, Roses, Chrysanthemums. 6 feet.

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packets of seed or lily collection as checked above.

How th ww den be made more attractive?
310 The ey you with suggestions A H E G A R D E N M A G A Z I N E JUNE, 1907

The Great Flower Shows of June

INES ETY per cent. of the flowering shrubs

bloom in May and June, and the most
delightful way to study them is to visit a
nursery that makes a specialty of them.

The great flower shows of this period are
furnished by roses, azaleas, lilacs, peonies,
irises, rhododendrons, and the great genera
prunus and pyrus, which comprise the
ornamental cherries, plums, peaches, crab
apples and pears. These are all large
groups, containing dozens of species or
varieties, and therefore it is impossible to
get any conception of the relative merits of |
the different kinds from books and pictures.

We have arranged for a series of delightful |
outings for readers of THE GARDEN MAGA-
ZINE, by asking all the nurserymen we know,
whether they will have special flower shows, |
between May 15th and June 3oth. In
general, this is the time when the nursery-
man’s spring rush is over, and he can enjoy |
outdoor life with his friends, but many
nurserymen have failed to reply, or have |
written us that they cannot well receive _
visitors in great numbers, because the
nurseries are remote from large cities.

We are happy to report, however, that the
following nurserymen will have special
@ | shows to which readers of THE GARDEN
MacazineE and their friends are welcome,
provided they will notify the nurserymen at
once of their desire to attend. ‘This is abso-
lutely necessary in order to arrange accom-
modations where such are necessary.

Be sure to specify whether you are inter-
ested in one particular flower or only in
flowering shrubs in general. You will not
be solicited for orders.

Chicago, Ill. ‘The Peterson Nursery, 108
La Salle Street, has several acres of peonies
and iris, which attract large crowds for three
weeks, especially on Saturdays. Not open
on Sundays.

Philadelphia, Pa. The Andorra Nur-
series, Chestnut Hill, will have peony and
rhododendron shows in early June. Decora-
tion Day usually finds these at their best.

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Cranberry Insects, etc.
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Explaining why it cannot burn or scorch the most delicate foliage ; why rain will not wash it off; why
it gives absolute and constant protection without the necessity of frequent respraying. Being white,
foliage sprayed with it is readily distinguished and you can see that it is there. Highly endorsed by
leading growers and Government Agricultural Stations. Write for booklet to-day.

MERRIMAC CHEMICAL ©0., 59 Broad St., BOSTUN, MASS.

Rare and Choice Cactus Dahlias

Over 300 of the newest and latest
introduced varieties are offered in

Rawson’s Garden Manual

for 1907

4=/— Mailed free upon application. This booklet is entirely new.
Most complete, artistically illustrated and con-
tains more choice and rare things for the garden
than we have ever offered before.

W. W. RAWSON & CO.,

5 Union St., Boston, Mass.

The Anglais Table Deco-

ration for Arranging
Cut Flowers

Naturally the ANGLAIS TABLE DECORATION will
be at once appreciated by lovers of flowers. The ANGLAIS
TABLE DECORATION is made up of two low Colonial
glass vases, one crescent and one rectangular in form, each
containing a JAPANA CUT FLOWER HOLDER ready
for use. (See Note.)

It takes 6 Cres. to make acircle. 6 Cres. and 2,4, 6o0r8
RECT. to make an oblong according to the size desired.
The Effects Possible are Limited Only by the Possessor

NOTE—The JAPANA isa solid piece of glass full of
holes allowing a perfect circulation for the water and holding
the fowers in their natural position (the Japanese idea of
beauty). Being of glass the JAPANA does not show when

Meehan & Sons at Germantown will have
flowering shrubs, perennials and old trees.
The Wm. H. Moon Company at Morrisville,
Pa., (midway between New York and
Philadelphia) will have flowering shrubs.

Near New York, Bobbink & Atkins,
Rutherford, N. J., will have a general collec-
tion of flowering shrubs, and will notify you
of any specialty in good condition. The
Cottage Gardens, at Queens, L. I., will have
several acres of peonies and rhododendrons.
Geo. H. Peterson, Fairlawn, N. J., will have
a rose and peony display.

in water and flowers last much longer.

edd (ie altar foe a Wenem (Cage Pittsburg, Pa. ‘The Elliott Nursery Com-

pany has several acres of peonies in bloom,
about the first week of June, and will provide

Centre Piece in Use. . fe Seas : pee
pee an automobile if it is notified, and if it is

Low Vase with "Japana"

plete See 2. 2 S00 convenient.
"Anglais" units with Japana com- Near Boston, Mass. The Bay State

Nurseries at North Abingdon and the Read-

PR of price. Be: ing Nurseries at Reading Mass., make a
cular on application specialty of rhododendrons and also will

; have flowering shrubs and perennials. The

M. V. GARNSEY, LaGrange, Ill. Old Colony Nurseries at Plymouth will have
a big show of peonies for a very short time—

6 Cres. 2 Rect. with Japana $6.00
AN OVAL ARRANGEMENT

L tte the latest Z ynple-
June, 1907 TN TELTB) GN TRAD) JOIN, IWUN GAYA TON, Os a SS Sie i to 311

Henderson’s Pot Grown Tomato Plants

Henderson’s Quality Tomatoes
for Home Gardens

The Solid Meaty Kinds that Carve Like Steak.
Delicious and Tasty Sliced, Rich and Savory Cooked.

OUR POT GROWN TOMATO PLANTS

Are superior to plants from seed beds, being sturdier and better
rooted, besides there being no loss of roots the plants start growth
at once when set out.

If buyer will pay express charges we will leave the ball of
roots intact, an advantage, but we can mail the plants, postage
paid, at prices given, though some of the soil must be removed to
lighten weight.

Prices of Henderson’s pot grown tomato plants:

Dozen. Hundred.
HENDERSON’S PONDEROSA. The largest fruited tomato Brown

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Henderson’s Up-to-date Lawn and Garden Tools make gardening a
pleasure by converting its drudgeries into recreation. We carry the
largest assortment of any firm in America.

A FEW OF OUR SPECIALTIES:

a 7 § 16 in. cut, $7.50 21 in. cut, $9.50
HENDERSON’S BALL-BEARING LAWN MOWER,. . ) 18 in. cut, 8.50 24 in. cut, 10.50
HENDERSON’S WATER BALLAST ROLLER, weighs 300 lbs., loads to 600 Ibs. . . . + 26.00
PENNSYLVANIA ROTARY LAWN RAKE, keeps the lawn in beautiful condition, . . . 16.00
HENDERSON’S SOD PERFORATOR, useful in renovating lawns, . . . $3.00

HENDERSON’S HAND GARDEN PLOW, FURROWER,
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PLANET, JR., No. 11 DOUBLE WHEEL HOE CULTIVATOR, $9.00 yy
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The Readers’ Service will }urnish you with the names
in any departmen of

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of reliable firms

THE GARDEN

trade.

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THE MORE SHEER -

j/| | the Fabric—the more DELE
|) CATE the Colors—themore |
NECESSARY the use of |

Soap Powder for Washing.
-|}PEARLINE is absolutely
|} HARMLESS and does the

work without rubbing.
| BEGIN this season by
| Washing everything and’

especially your FINE. things
with PEARLINE and
see how much BETTER

THEY LOOK and hoy

IRON FENCE

is cheaper than wood and

lasts forever. Has style, fin-
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world-wide reputation as the

il) eee

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>AGENTS WANTED in every town. Ask
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"The World’s Largest
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Ironvases, iron settees—!
decorative and useful.

My Booklet. A New Idea

FOR PLANNING GROUNDS SENT FREE

FRANK HAMILTON

Landscape Gardener
Bryant Building, 55 Liberty St., NEW YORK
Tel. 1286 Cortlandt.

The Cattarian

classifies parasites of the cat
free of charge for subscribers
and outlines scientific treat-
ment. The only magazine the
cat lover cannot afford to do
without.

10c. a copy
319 First St., S, E.,

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also specimen trees sixty years old. The
New England Nurseries, Inc., at Bedford,
will have flowering shrubs and herbaceous
perennials. The Eastern Nurseries at Ja-
maica Plain and Holliston, Mass., will have
many rhododendrons, flowering shrubs and
perennials; they should be notified in ad-
vance.

A Concrete Veranda Box for
Bighty Cents

Fok some years we had used wooden
boxes for flowers on our stone porch,
only to find them unsatisfactory, on account
of warping, cracking, and the consequent
very careful watering needed to keep the
plants from drying out, and as more and
more stone, stucco and cement houses were
built in our neighborhood, the possibilities
of concrete were considered.

On account of weight, we decided to make
boxes, five feet long, all walls one inch thick,
so as to be easily handled. We have since
found that any length concrete box can be

A cement veranda box just taken from the mold
and ready for finishing off

successfully made, but as our old boxes had
been in 10- and 15-foot lengths, a 5-foot unit
was easier to experiment with, and could be
used to good advantage.

We made a mold consisting of bottom,
sides and end planks, loosely nailed together,
the nails not quite driven in. ‘This mold
we lined, loosely, with poultry netting and
folded the ends and corners so as to make
a reasonably close fit to the walls of
mold.

To go inside the netting we made an inner
mold, consisting of four pieces of plank,
sides and ends, not nailed but with cleats
near each end of side planks, of such thickness
as to let the two end planks come inside of
the side planks, so as to make the outside
end face of the inner mold smooth. This
mold measured two inches smaller each
way than the outer mold, leaving an inch
clearance all around.

Mortar, consisting of one part Portland
cement, two parts of sand and enough
water to soften the mass to the consistency
of dough, was poured in bottom of outside
mold over the wire, to a thickness of one
inch. The inner mold was then set in, care
being taken to keep it central, and the space
between the sides and ends of the two

MAGAZINE 1907

JUNE,

©’ Direct From Factory
A PIEDMONT RED CEDAR CHEST best protects

your furs,
woolens and fine clothing from moths, dust and dampness,
and at least cost. A Piedmont costs about the same as one
season's cold storage—and lasts forever.

Exquisite odor of red cedar permanently assured. Not
veneered, but made of solid Southern red cedar. Hand-
somely trimmed. Made in several sizes.

Buy a Piedmont. Do away with ill-smelling moth balls.
Have stored articles always safe, fragrant and handy.

Ideal Gift for Xmas, Birthday, Weddings.

Shipped direct from factory, freight prepaid. We
refund money and pay return freight if dissatisfied.

Write for Booklet now, and learn low factory prices
and full description.

PIEDMONT FURNITURE CO., Dept. H, Statesville, N. C,

We also make a beautiful box Couch of Solid Southern Red Cedar,
handsomely upholstered. Send for booklet and prices:

RAY warson ,

\
SI Four Row Potato
Sprayer |
Covers 30to 40acres per day. Strad-
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Wheels adjust for different
widths. Sprays to any fineness and
gearing of pump to wheel of cart gives any ly
pressure desired. Automatic agitator and suction ™~ "
Strainer cleaner. It never spoils foliage or clogs. Free
instruction and formula book shows the famous Garfield,
Empire King, Orchard Monarch and other Sprayers.
Write for it.
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48 11TH Street, Exmira, N. Y.

HURST POTATO&
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ON FREE TRIAL
No money in advance—Pay when
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Z Bg patie mm first season. A boy can operate it.
ere GUARANTEED FIVE YEARS. Whole-
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you keep it—pay when you can. Special FREE OFFER for first one
in each locality. “SPRAYING GUIDE”? and full information FREE.

Write to-day. We pay freight.
Hi. L. HURST MEG. CO., 70 North St., Canton, O.

THORBURN’S LAWN GRASS SEED

containing a mixture of the finest Grasses; Quart 25c;2 quarts 45¢;

4 quarts 80c; x peck (394 pounds) $1.25; 1 bushel (15 pounds) and over

$3.75 per bushel Sent prepaid to any address in the United States.
rite for Catalogue.

J. M. THORBURN & CO.,

88 Barclay St.. New York

ARY’S GARDEN AND HOW IT GREW

by Frances Duncan. A practical treatise on makingo

flower garden, told in the form of a story im a wayta

interest young people and help them to lay out and tend n
garden. Illustrated, $1.25. Postpaid by the Century Co., Unioa
Square, New York.

Seeds That Grow ances’ ssa °taz

logu2 for 1907.
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

| AKE MONEY CANNING FRUIT

for others. They’ll pay high cash prices. Send for free,
money-making catalog. Tells all about costs and profits
made with our canning outfit. Sendnow. Begin to
reap profits this season. 2

MODERN CANNER COMPANY
Dept I Bridgeport, Alabama

Where shall I spend my vacation? List hotels,
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Racine Boats

are built right, run right, priced
right and are guaranteed to please.
They are the craft of the people, by
the people, and for the people—the
pleasure mediums of the aquatic
world.

We can reach you from 122 W.
34th St., New York, 182 Milk St., Boston,
38 Delaware Ave., Camden, N. J., 1610
Michigan Ave., Chicago, 182 Jefferson
Ave., Detroit, 321 First Ave., South

Seattle, Washington, or any of the other
large cities.

————

Racine Boat Manufacturing Company
Box 48 - - - Muskegon, Michigan

When writing for our large illustrated catalogue,
enclose five cents to prepay postage

Now is the Tune to Build Giecamonees

conservatories or graperies—the time, because it
takes time to construct and put up a house the
way we thoroughly do it ; and because you ought
to get the full value of a long crop, from early
fall to late spring — Carnations, roses, melons,
tomatoes, etc., from October to June.

Send five cents in stamps for booklet, ‘‘ How to Get Started.”’

HITCHINGS AND COMPANY

Greenhouse Designers and Builders

1170 Broadway, - New York

“i

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Detroit and Buffalo

The D. & B. Line steamers leave Detroit week days
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map of Great Lakes. Address,
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Detroit & Buffalo Steamboat Co.

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PUN DIA ePEDESTAL|

Adds Character to Your Grounds

They are extremely beautiful and artistic. One like the illustration, the ped-
estal being 42 inches high, made of real stone, including solid cast bronze dial
114 inches square, complete for any latitude, $40.00. Freight charges guaran-
teed not to exceed $3.00.

The bronze dial alone to suit your latitude, $15.

We make special designs of stone Garden Furniture, Seats, Fountains, Per-
golas, etc.

Write for our free book of ‘‘ Sundial Information.” Tells what you want
to know. White us to-day.

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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

JUNE, 1907

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CHOICE DAHLIAS
FOR JUNE PLANTING

in the Garden
can still be
filled with
Perennials
from pots and
with Annuals.

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CATALOGUE

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molds was filled, alittle at a time, the mortar
being tamped solid over the netting with a
small stick.

No care need be exercised in keeping the
netting in the centre of space between the
two molds, as its position is immaterial, and
even were it against either side, the mortar
would work around it so it would not show, but
when the space is full, care should be
taken that all ragged edges and ends of
netting are beneath the top of the mortar
surface.

After the mortar has slightly set, which
will be in four or five hours, the inner mold
is carefully withdrawn, one plank at a time,
and the box left to set thoroughly, for about
three days. It is important to withdraw
the inner mold as soon as possible, as the
planks of which it is made tend to swell,
while the mortar contracts slightly and the
bottom mortar will split if the mold is not
withdrawn on time. The partially driven
nails of outside mold are then pulled, and the
mold taken from around the box, which is

Mold for two 5-foot boxes, showing inner mold
and wire netting

trowcled up smooth with very thin pure
cement. Holes for drainage can be cut in
bottom with a pocket knife, and after thor-
oughly wetting the box, a very thin pure
cement wash is applied with a _ brush,
and it is ready for use. The outer surface
need not of necessity be troweled and
cement-washed. It could be left rough
and covered with small stone pebble dash,
or be finished to match the house or wall
as desired.

This gives the boxes the appearance of
being a part of the porch, and they can be
left in place all winter, after the plants are
removed, without being the eyesore that
wooden boxes are, under similar cir-
cumstances.

Boxes made as described hold moist-
ure much better than wooden ones and the
plants grow better in them.

For all ordinary requirements, the poultry-
netting reinforcement is quite strong enough,
but a very long box, practically unbreakable,
can be made by using a welded fabric known
as Pittsburg fence in place of the netting.

It is desirable, where several boxes are
needed, to arrange molds so that more
than one box can be made at a time, thereby

Pot-Grown
Perennials

Just right for planting in May or June, and will

flower the first season. We mention but few
of a great variety to be found in our collection.

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f Chrysanthemum—hardy, all colors
Double Pyrethrums—all colors
Heuchera sanguinea
Helianthus in variety

Lilium— auratum, album, rubrum,
Batemanii, elegans, etc., etc.

Lobelia cardinalis
Lupinus—white and blue varieties
Phlox—all colors and shades

i Stokesia cyanea

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Exterminates field mice, house mice, and other rodents
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JuNE, 1907 THE

GARDEN MAGAZINE

Goine to install a water supply im your
home? The Readers’ Service can atd you

315

How to Have A: Reliable Water Supply

how extensive or modest your requirements might be, you may have an ample

N: MATTER where you may live, you may have a reliable water supply. No matter

supply of water the entire year ’round—day and night.

You may have an abundant

supply everywhere—all plumbing fixtures and hydrants—just as high as you want it.
Unless you are connected with a first class water works system which gives satisfac-

| tory service and is economical, you should learn about

| TheKewaneeSystem of Water Supply

Limited space makes it impossible to tell here in detail how
the Kewanee System operates. Briefly, it includes the right kind

of pumping equipment to suit the individual conditions of each
customer.

It includes also the results of over ten years experience
in designing individual water supply plants and operating them.
We also offer in the Kewanee System, the technical knowledge of
a corps of trained engineers.

A main feature of the Kewanee System is the Kewanee Pneu-
matic Tank. With this tank the troubles, repairs, freeze-ups, leak-
ages, etc. which go hand in hand with the use of elevated and attic
tanks, are entirely avoided.

You need not use an attic tank which may leak and flood your
house, or in which the water will become foul and stagnant; and
which does not provide sufficient pressure for good service.

It is not necessary to have an exposed elevated tank, to freeze,
flow over, leak or collapse.

By using a Kewanee Pneumatic Tank, your water will be de-
livered to all plumbing fixtures and hydrants by air pressure.

The tank is placed in the cellar or it may be buried in the
ground. It is made of steel plates, securely riveted; and by means
of a special process, it is made absoluely air tight. Pumping water

into this tank, creates
the air pressure,
which distributes the
water.

We would like an
opportunity todesign
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Water Supply for you. We would like to show you just wherein
it will be most economical, efficient and satisfactory. We would
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cal knowledge in this line. We would make no charge for pre-
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of satisfactory results.

But first, we want to send you our sixty-four page illustrated Catalog No. 16,
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If you need a water supply system now or expect to need one in the future, you
should write for our catalog right away. Tell us what you will want supplied with
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Kewanee Water Supply Company, Kewanee, III.

New York Chicago

You can do /wice the work
with some hoes that you can
with others.

Any Joy that ever hoed a
potato patch knows the difference.
The right kind of ahoe is neither too large
nor too small; nor too heavy nor too light. It is
just the proper size and shape to do the kind of
work it is intended for. Its quality is excellent
and its hang is accurate.

Hoeing becomes agreeable work when you have the hoe that fits your hands and
the work you have to dc. There are just such hoes made.

[RUE [EMPER

Hoes, \ike the Forks, Rakes, Potato Hooks and all other farm and garden hand-
tools that bear the label are “‘ The best tools you have ever bought atthe same prices
you have always paid.’’

If they had not been tested for guality and construction by the most severe
methods at the factory, they wouldn’t be allowed to wear the label.
Remember there’s a tool for every kind of work.

And you'll save ¢zme and money by using

_ the x2ght kind of a tool every time.

e * * *

Let us tell you more about that. Just ask
on a postal card for our free book, ‘‘ Tools
and Their Uses,” and it will be sent to you
at once.

American Fork @ Hoe Co.
433 Am. Trust Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio

Keep Your Drives Clean

Don’t Dig Weeds

Kall them with THISTLEINE. Spray the walks,
driveways and gutters with THISTLEINE. ONE
SPRAYING WILL KEEP THEM FREE
FROM WEEDS AND GRASS THE ENTIRE
SEASON. Kills Dandelions, Burdock and Canada Thistles.

5-POUND CAN OF THISTLEINE will make
sufficient solution TO SPRAY 4,000 SQUARE FEET.
Price, $2.00. If your dealer doesn’t keep it, send money
direct to
LINDGREN CHEMICAL CO.
26 Scribner Street - . Grand Rapids, Mich.
Used for four years by city of Grand Rapids and officially endorsed

316

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SS cay RUST PROOF
Flower Bed Guards,
Sgle UIDs, or FENCE

THE WHEELOCK RUST PROOF

is the standard of excellence.
All dealers Wheelock Fence Dept.
Catalogue

Wright Wire Co., Worcester, Mass.

Rhode Island Reds

White, Buff, Barred and Black
‘Rocks; White, Golden, Silver
and Buff Wyandottes, Brown,
Buff and White Leghorns;
Light Brahmas, Black Minorcas
and Black Javas.

Hardy, prolific, farm bred, pure stock. For
BIRDS (moderate prices) or ‘““EGGS to
HATCH” at ten cents each, write for circular.

WALTER SHERMAN, - Meadowslope, NEWPORT, R.I.

RUSSIAN WOLFHOUNDS sam.

Valley Farm Breeding Kennels
SIMSBURY, CONN,
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The largest and most successful Breed-
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at both kennels. lllustrated catalogue
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Sick Chickens

Keep your chickens in dry,
comfortable quarters and
they’ll be comparatively safe
against disease. If they do

get sick, the right remedies guickly
bring them about.

Madoc Gape Cure is quick and sure ;
for severe cases use a Gape Worm Extractor. Different roup
eures—all good. Lice Killers—easy to apply and do the work
thoroughly. My Illustrated Poultry Supply Book tells about
the various remedies, colony houses, the best foods and other helpful
supplies. Write for it—free. Ask me to help yousolve your problems.
STOKES’ SEED STORE, 219 [Market St.,Philadelphia

Walter P. Stokes, of the late firm of Johnson & Stokes

Scottish Terriers

Offered as companions. Not //

given to fighting or roaming— |
Best for children’s pets.

NEWCASTLE KENNELS
Brookline, Mass.

are best. Always

on their own

roots. Flower
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$ and Vegetable
seedsaspecialty. Askfor Vew Guideto
Rose Culturefor 1907.114 pages. It’s free,

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How can the flower garden be made more attractive?
The Readers’ Service will aid you with suggestions

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

JUNE, 1907

expediting the operation and concentrating
the labor item.

For a s-foot box, ten inches wide at bottom,
twelve inches wide at top and eight inches
high, the cost was:

2 ft. wire poultry netting 6 ft. wide at

(SACO ISP ICD Moco ccassceccava0can $c.06
1-12 bbl. cement at $2.60............. 0.22
I-12 yard sand at Gor eer i). tewtannae 0.14
1-4) days) timeratybiesOne eee eran ere 0.38

$0.80

The only tools used were wire cutters,

hammer and trowel.
Alabama. T. H. & L. B. ALpricu.

A Good Houseplant

a Clivia is an evergreen, bulbous plant
which is admirably adapted to house
culture. It does not, as a rule, need repot-
ting more often than once in two or three
years. It may be done just after the plants

Cltbia miniata, but Known to the trade as Jmantophyl-

lum miniatum. It delights in a cool situation, but will
not stand frost

have flowered (March to June), and before
growth commences. Years when repotting
is not done remove an inch or two of the
top soil, replacing it with fresh soil. As the
plants are so seldom repotted it is a decided
advantage to add to each bushel of soil
about one-half pint of bone meal and two
quarts of finely-broken charcoal.

The Common Foxglove
APES foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) which

is shown on this month’s cover is most
effective when grown in masses, backed by
shrubbery. It is one of the most easily
grown biennials. Seeds sown in July will
bloom the following May or June. The
plants produce many seeds which self-sow
as soon as ripe and the young plants will
bloom the following summer wlthout further
care. A g-inch mulch of leaves from a
hardwood tree will help to keep the plants
in good condition during winter.

Magnificent Flower Show Within New York
City Limits

One Hundred Thousand
Peonies

Forty-Four Thousand |

Rhododendrons
N At Cottage Gardens,
I BLOOM Queens, Long Island
June is the month to see Peonies and Rhodeden-
drons in all their glory. We will have in bloom

100,000 Peonies in over 400 varieties, also 20,000
native and 24,000 hybrid Rhododendrons.

The public is cordially invited. Queens is reached byall
Long Island electric and steam trains from Brooklyn, also
Garden City and Hempstead trains from Long Island City.
Call long distance 7Phone 530 Jamaica, or write and carriage
will meet any train.

If you cannot come, the next best is to get a copy of The
Nursery Book— Beautifully illustrated—beginning with things
that will interest all lovers of Trees, Shrubs and Herbaceous
Plants—just out. A post card to the following address will
bring one to you FREE. Send for it if you want to know the
truth about trees and shrubs.

Cottage Gardens Co.
Room 2, Queens, Long Island

‘Landscape Department Offices: Rooms 9094-95 Metropolitan
Building, Madison Ave. and 23d St., New York, N. Y.

Grow——
Mushrooms

Give yourself the pleasure of gardening during win-
ter without a greenhouse or even a cold frame. Supply
your own table with a tasty delicious delicacy.
Pure Culture Spawn makes “breeding to variety”
possible.

A Mushroom Bed is a Money Maker

Big demand, good prices. Here is a good thing—a
profitable branch of horticulture—don't wait till every-
body else sees it. Write to-day for Illustrated Booklet
A—free for the asking.

PURE CULTURE SPAWN CO., Cincinnati, Ohio.

DID YOU SEE IT?

In the April issue of this Magazine there appeared a very

beautiful picture of a new rose in natural colors, being an exact

# reproduction of the cover of our 1907 Catalog. On the back

were some very attractive offers of plants, seeds and bulbs.

Look it up—while you are thinking of it—and send us at least
atrial order. The Catalog is Free for the asking.

THE McGREGOR BROS. CO., SPRINGFIELD, OHIO

Sharpen Your Lawn Mower.
20 times for 25c.

EUREKA Sharpener

4 A new device to attach to the cutting mesa =e ey
\ blade of any mower, sharp- A
ens all blades to a keen, even, accurateedgein
afew minutes. Anyone can attach it to cutting
blade. (See illustration.) No filing, no work:
% Simply push the mower on sidewalk with Eureka
Sharpener attached and blades sharpen automatic-
2 ally. Sold byall dealers, 25c., orsentprepaidon receipt
> of 30c, stamps or coin. Specify width of mower blade.

EUREKA SHARPENER CO.. 1303 16th Street, Detroit, Mich.

Write to-day for our art booklet ** How

ose to Grow Roses”? and our New Flo-

CONARD & JONES CO., Box P, West Grove, Pa.
Growers of ‘“‘the Best Roses in America.””

ral Guide—FREE.

STANDARD AMERICAN BRAND
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Always Uniform
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fy pine ere e house

Question
And What Our Catalog Is

WE BELIEVE that a

goodly number of readers

OUT OF SIGHT AFTER THE WASH
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mar the lawn. Holds 150 feet of line. The sensible clothes

dryer for particular people—at prices within the reach of all
WRITE FOR CATALOG 39
Also Balcony Dryers. HILL DRYER CO., 359 Park Avenue, Worcester, Mass-

are now planning for next
fall to have a greenhouse

“all their own’ —not
necessarily an elaborate affair with nu-

merous compartments, requiring a gar-
dener, etc., but a compact, attractive,
“right near the house”’ garden of glass.
A place where you can while away
many delightful hours, bringing their
reward in unmatched flowers and adding
those delicious “home grown” vege-
tables to your table.

For such as these we have prepared
a catalog that shows forth in a really in-
teresting way just what the U-Bar is,
why it makes the lightest, cheeriest,
most attractive and enduring house.
We have illustrated it freely, and one of
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now it’s done in book form, ready for you,

Plant for Immediate Effect

Not for Future Generations

Start with the largest stock that can be secured !
to grow such Jrees and Shrubs as we offer.

We do the long waiting—thus enabling you to secure Trees and Shrubs that give an
immediate effect. Price List Now Ready.

ANDORRA NURSERIES '@° privaberearas Ba.

WI. WARNER HARPER, Proprietor

It takes over twenty years

and mailed at your request. Send for it.

PIERSON U-BAR COMPANY,
Designers and Builders U-Bar
Greenhouses, Metropolitan Build-
ing, 4th Avenue and 23rd Street,

NEW YORK

Hardy and Tender

A collection unduplicatable and embrac-

ing every desirable variety known; as

well as all other aquatic and semi-aquatic

plants suitable for the planting of natural
and artificial ponds.

All these are fully described in Dreer’s Garden Book for 1907,
which will be mailed free to all applicants who mention this pub-
lication. Also a special leaflet on Water Lilies free to those who
request it.

Our Mid-Summer Catalogue, which is issued at the end of June, contains an up-to-
date list of the best strawberry, celery and other plants for setting out this summer.
Also a most complete list of seeds of hardy plants which should be sown in summer,
including Canterbury Bells, Hollyhocks, Larkspurs, Columbines, Foxgloves, etc.

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The Most Important
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“The Amateur Gardener

who really means to get the best
vet i results should not hesitate about

spending a few dollars on getting a
good spray pump.”
LAKE
GEORGE

So Writes An Authority
In This Magazine.

See Article, “Insecticides for June Use”’ page—

Results are sure and the work
easily and most economically done
when you use the simple, powerful,
convenient

AUTO-SPRAY

It throws a continuous stream or
mist under high pressure, is the
best for shrubs and small fruits, yet
has power for tall trees, poultry
houses, etc. Brass tank capacity
four gallons; all working parts of
brass; practically indestructible. 15
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3 never clogs, saves solution and regu-
Auto Pop Nozzle lates spray to any density desired.

AUTO-SPRAY No.1.

Write For Catalogue and Spraying Calendar.

We make all styles and sizes of spraying outfits.

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The Kodak Story

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The Kodak catalogue tells the details. Free at the dealers or by mail.

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GARDEN MAGAZINE 323

A Chat on Planning

HERE’S a lot of mystery, wonderment about a greenhouse and the
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For some years we have been trying to
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The Attack on Constipation.

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THE CHANGING MAGAZINE

One is forever hearing some reader say
Somebody's Magazine is not so good as it
used to be. ‘This in face of the fact that the
periodical is better printed, more various and
interesting in its contents, and made, you
may be sure, at an infinitely greater cost.
The fact probably is that the reader is so
jaded that unless the magazine turns editorial
flip-flaps every season he gets tired of it.
In our own magazines we try to secure a
happy medium.

Last month, for example, we devoted
practically a whole issue of The World’s
Work to the great new South. In prosperity
and in new possibilities here is a subject
which may well fire the pen of the greatest
student and writer. We hope that in getting

away from the usual for a month we have .

accentuated the magazine’s flexibility.

In Country Lije in America we are arrang-
ing to add several new departments to the
monthly range of subjects covered. There
shall be no interest connected with country
living (the sane country living, we mean,

“To business that we love we rise betime.
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THIS SPRING’S BOOKS

May we send you as a reader of THE
GARDEN MAGAZINE any of these books on
approval? ‘The prices are for books post-
paid.

The Privateers. H. B. Marriott Watson. $1.50.

Bettina. Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd. $1.25.

A Sovereign Remedy. Flora Annie Steel.

Soils. S. W. Fletcher. 2.20.

Birds Every Child Should Know. Neltje Blanchan. $1.32.

The Issue. Edward Noble. $1.50.

My Life as an Indian. J. W. Schultz. $1.65.

Friday the 13th. Thos. W. Lawson. $1.50.

The Efficient Life. Luther H. Gulick. $1.32.

The First Claim. M. Hamilton. $1.50.

Fruit Recipes. Riley M. Fletcher Berry. $1.65.

The Reptile Book. Raymond L. Ditmars. $4.34.

An Experiment in Perfection. Marion T. D. Barton.

$1.50.

$1.50.
Carmichael. Anison North. $1.50.
Farm Management. F. W: Card. $2.20.

Under the Sun. Perceval Landon. $5.12.

Wuthering Heights. (Large Print Library). Emily
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Nearest the Pole. Robert E. Peary. $5.12.

Water Wonders Every Child Should Know. Jean M.
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Tin Enamelled Pottery. Prof. Edwin A. Barber. $1.00.

Nimrod’s Wife. Grace Gallatin Seton. $1.92.

The Industrial Republic. Upton Sinclair. $1.32.

Navigating the Air. Aero Club of America. $1.65.

The Awakening of China. Dr. W. A. P. Martin. $4.12.

The Diary of Delia. Onoto Watanna. $1.34.

Salt Glazed Stoneware. Prof. Edwin AtLee Barber.

$1.00.
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“Mlosses and Lichens” to The Nature Li-
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TO READERS IN CANADA

The Canadian Government has raised
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from one to four centsa pound. Naturally,
having accepted the subscriptions we will ful-
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Some editors are blind, unimaginative
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editors evolve in their remote dens from
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IDEAS WORTH $25 EACH

Did you ever start a fruit, vegetable or
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How can a person who knows nothing
about gardening and doesn’t want to devote
a lot of time to it get his place planned and
planted in an attractive and permanent
fashion for $100? Do these “landscape
departments” of the big nurseries furnish
good plans cheaply or do they clutter up a
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The autumn-blooming bulbs ought to be
ordered in July for August delivery. If you
wait till September they may be out of stock
or bloom in the bags while in transit. Who
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sternbergias, that bloom outdoors between
September and November and take accurate
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Who will try all the different kinds of weed
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INTIMATE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOME LIFE

Can you honestly take pride in what your

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Have you made any bird houses that really
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cats? Are they those absurd things made
to resemble human dwellings, or are they
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Have you ever imported toads into your
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able and look attractive while gardening?
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An artistic treatment of a porch. Brenda, a Lord Penzance hybrid sweet brier
on a permanent, wooden lattice work

Chicken wire on a porch is convenient and cheap but not particularly original
or artistic. Climbing Cecile Brunner

Five Months of Bloom from Climbing Roses—By W. McCollom, #%

THREE GROUPS OF PILLAR ROSES FOR VERANDA AND PERGOLA THAT WILL GIVE CONTINUOUS SUCCESSION
OF BLOOM FROM JUNE TO OCTOBER—HOW THE TENDEREST ROSES MAY BE KEPT ALIVE FOR YEARS

MONG the host of roses there are a
score or so that rank among the
showiest and most popular of summer flower-
ing climbers, yet somehow the word “roses”
does not conjure up these vines. Among
them we get wide range of bright colors with
pleasing fragrance, together with the fact
that they are roses. ‘There is a subtle charm
in that alone, and when the ease of cultiva-
tion is also considered, it is some wonder that
they are not more commonly esteemed.

In recent years, the introduction of many
hybrid climbing roses has served to direct
attention to the possibilities of this class of
plants for pillars, and especially on verandas.
Some of these newer kinds have special
merit, but the older ones are by no means to
be forgotten. We can now have climbing
roses in flower continuously from June to
October, inclusive.

There are three distinctly marked groups
of climbing roses:

1. Multiflora, flowering in June.

2. Setigera, flowering in June.

3. Wichuraiana, flowering from July to
September.

The last named group has become avail-
able only since 1893, and some of its more
recent hybrids promise to extend the season

of bloom right up to frost. The hybridist
has been very active in blending varieties of
these three groups so that the lines of divi-
sion are rapidly becoming less clearly
marked.

Without a doubt, the popular Crimson
Rambler, the best known variety of this
earliest flowering group, 1s also the best dark
red flowered climber, and gave a great
impetus to pillar planting for flower effect.
It comes into bloom in June but it is, un-
fortunately, very liable to mildew.

Very like it and flowering about ten days
earlier, just when the rose bugs are abundant,
is Philadelphia, but it is not so liable to
mildew. So you may take your choice
according to conditions. ‘The best pink rose
of this same type is Dorothy Perkins.

Pink Roamer contests the place of honor
among the pink-flowered varieties, but the
blossoms are small, though so very numerous
that the plant in its season is a solid mass of
bloom. Another drawback is that it is
greatly relished by the rose bug, which seems
to attack it with especial vigor. It flowers in
early June. Other good pinks of the Ram-
bler type are Dawson (double) and Wedding
Bells (semi-double, pink with white centre).

The best white rose of this type is the

330

White Rambler (Thalia) and the best yellow
is the Yellow Rambler (Aglaia). Both
flower at almost the same time as Crimson
Rambler, possibly a few days later.

Heléne is a deep-rose color, single and
very fragrant. This last greatly resembles
the type Rosa multiflora, which produces its
profusion of pure white flowers in immense
trusses about the middle of June.

The second group, or intermediate bloom-
ing climbing roses, which closely follow upon
those of the early, or multiflowered group
in July, are also derivatives from our beauti-
ful native prairie rose (Rosa setigera). ‘The
type itself is one of the most satisfactory of
all plants for covering rocks, fences or walls.
It is very hardy, is not particular as to soil,
and, as would naturally be expected of a
native plant, it will thrive in situations where
all others roses fail utterly.

Although these roses are easy to grow, too
much care and attention cannot be given to
the selection of a proper site, and to the
preparation of the soil at the outset. These
provided, other material factors can be after-
ward remedied to a certain extent. First
of all stands location. If this is unfavorable
all other factors count for nought. Sunshine
is essential; exposure to the sun all day is not

——

Jury. 1907

absolutely necessary, but is better. The
roses should be given protection from the pre-
vailing summer winds of the locality, but
this must be sufficiently remote to interfere
in no way with a free supply of air.

Roses must have air and plenty of it. © If
the ground is slightly raised above the sur-
roundings all the better; thorough drainage
must be secured in some manner, as to plant
roses in a cold, damp soil, or in a low spot
where surface water settles is simply to
sacrifice the plants. Under such conditions
they will quickly succumb to mildew. Plant-
ing in a shady spot under the drip of trees
will also result in mildew. On a cold soil
(a stiff, clayey loam that retains moisture)
I have found that ample drainage and con-
sequent warming of the soil can be provided
by about one foot of broken bricks, clam
shells, coarse cinders, or in fact, anything of
a hard nature that is large enough to allow
the water to filter through. This material
is put in the bottom of the trench, two or
three feet down, and covered with something
to prevent the soil clogging up the inter-
spaces. Sphagnum moss answers admirably,
but anything of a like nature will do.

Roses revel in deep, well-enriched soil and
I have yet to hear of any one getting a bed
too rich for roses. Thoroughly trench the
soil three feet deep and add to every two
cubic yards of earth one cubic yard of manure.
Cow manure is the best, but any good farm-
yard manure will do. As the top, or surface,
has most fertility, it is turned to the bottom
in the trenching, which should be done, at
the very least, six weeks before planting—
ten weeks is better—to give the ground an
opportunity to settle before planting.

Climbing roses do not need much pruning
but one cannot afford to neglect them alto-
gether. Merely remove the dead wood and the
very weak shoots and cut back on the previous
season’s growth far enough to get a couple
or three good strong breaks, but do not let the
plant carry more wood than it can support.
If a plant is in good health it needs very
little pruning; but if it is not growing satis-
factorily, and there is no question as to its
having plenty of nourishment, prune it
severely. In such a case, cut back far
enough to produce strong, new growths,
cutting right down to the ground even.
Prune climbing roses in the early spring
(late March or early April).

When growing well, the plants will send
up several strong suckers simultaneously
with the appearance of the flowers, which
may be taken for renewal growths if it is
not desired to let the plant climb to any
-great height; remove one or two of the oldest
shoots to make room for the newcomers.
If a greater height is wanted, these young
canes must be cut out immediately, as nearly
all the strength of the plant is directed toward
their development.

There is just one caution to be given here:
make sure that the plant is growing on its
own roots before training up the new suckers,
because with grafted plants the root suckers
must be removed. ;

The rose is not a natural climber; it can
ramble over low shrubs, large boulders and

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The prairie rose (Rosa setigera), a tall-growing shrubbery species which may be treated as a vine

such things, but when grown about a veranda
pillar, it must be artificially supported by
tying up occasionally as it grows. This is
more satisfactory than ignoring it until the
end of the growing season. It is then a hard
job-to straighten out the badly tangled or
twisted shoots, and the wind is likely to
break them when they are very long.
Never let one shoot grow upright for too
long a period, or get very far ahead of the
others. If you do, the strongest or leading
shoot will receive the greatest quantity of
the sap and the plant, by throwing its strength
to the top, will soon become nude at the base.

The prairie rose is excellent when grown in masses.

For training roses, I prefer to use staples,
as the plants make but few branches and
they are easily removed, which is a con-
venience in’ the case of tender roses requiring
winter protection.

In the fall, give a mulch of six inches of
good manure, which will not only serve as a
winter protection but will also yield plant
food in the early spring, when growth starts.
In very dry locations summer mulching is
also desirable.

Very tender roses trained on the outside
of a veranda or building, and which are
subjected to heavy drip in winter, need

Has bright red hips which last until Christmas

A huge standard rose in a California yard. This bears

thousands of flowers

special attention. They are best taken
down, all the branches being tied together,
and bent down to the ground and covered
with five or six inches of earth; this, in turn,
when slightly frozen, is covered with some
loose stable litter, or leaves. Treated thus,
it is surprising what very tender varieties
may be grown in very exposed situations.
For instance, I have had Maréchal Niel and
Reine Marie Henriette growing on a veranda
on Long Island. Injury from drip may also
be prevented by wrapping the more hardy
varieties in burlap, or very heavy paper.

Never prune in the fall, if the plants are
to be covered, as sometimes the topmost eyes
will push out into life and be injured by late
frosts.

Feeding old established plants that have
exhausted the soil can be accomplished in
early spring, by spading under a dressing of
four or five inches of manure, and after the
buds burst and just before a rain, give a
dressing of fertilizer in which bone is the
principal ingredient. About the middle of
May, start to give the plants regular weekly
applications of liquid manure. Unfortun-
ately, this treatment tends to bring the roots
to the surface, which, of course, must be
avoided unless one is anxious to water in
dry weather. Retrenching ‘the ground” just
outside the old trench lines is slower in giving
results, but its effects are more lasting. -

Transplanting may be done at almost any
time, except during the period of “actual
growth (June and July) if the plants are
severely pruned, for they will quickly start
growth fromthe young eyes. Spring, how-
ever, is the best time, and the earlier the*bet-
ter, and even though planting undér ‘the
most favorable conditions it is advisable to
prune well.

A quick start counts for much in planting
and it will help greatly to throw a handful
of fertilizer in the ground near the roots, but
not in actual contact. If growth does not
start quickly, the wood hardens.

Young plants of roses can be raised by
layering in early spring (April). Use flower-

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ing wood and make a clean cut about half
way through the shoot to be layered, just
below an eye, and bend the shoot down to
the ground, fastening it with pegs or stones.
Place a handful of sharp sand around the
cut and keep it well watered. It will quickly
make roots and may be severed from the
parent plant in about four to six weeks.

Roses, generally speaking, are not any
more subject to insect attacks than are any
other flowering shrubs. The worst pest is
the rose beetle, which, however, also attacks
other shrubs that flower about the same
time. Fortunately, its season is short, and
as most.of the climbing roses flower later
than the ordinary garden kinds, they escape
untouched.

As a.preventive on the earlier flowerin
kinds, I have- tried everything I ever’ “heart
of as being good, arsenate: -oflead, Paris green;
kerosene: mang, ‘teloacee _Préparations—all with

The Baltimore Belle, a prairie rose hybrid. An old-
fashioned but popular variety

practically no success. Handpicking is the
most effectual means of attack. It is not
such an awful task as one may imagine, and
one can usually get some of the small boys
of the neighborhood to do the.work at a
small cost. Let each worker have a bucket
with a little kerosene in the bottom. The
advantage of this is that the females are
destroyed and the intensity of next year’s
attack lessened. ‘These insects do not chew
like most other large insects but bore down
into the very heart of the flower, where it is
impossible to get any poison.

If any of the leaves become skeletonized,
the rose slug is at work and will be found on
the wnder side of the leaf, and the poisons
(hellebore, or arsenate of lead or Paris green)
must beapplied there. Ivory soap (one bar to
ten gallons) added to the two latter named will
help them to adhere. Dust the plants with
hellebore while the dew is still on them.
Spray with Paris green one ounce to twelve
gallons of water, or arsenate of lead one
pound to ten gallons of water.

Juuy, 1907

If the green fly, or a’phis, is troublesome—
some will always be found on the tip of the
young growth—these can be destroyed with
some of the tobacco preparations, kerosene
emulsion or gishurst compound.

The same remedies are used against the
leaf hopper, whose presence can be detected
by yellowish blotches showing on the foliage,
but the insect itself will be found only on the
under side of the leaf.

One caution about using poisons of any
kind on the plants, as it is not uncommon for
children to eat rose petals (in fact, I have
seen some grown up folks do it, too) very
plain warnings of their presence should be
given.

The San José scale will attack roses, and
as it is a difficult pest to overcome, and the
plant itself is almost sure to be very sickly
before its presence is detected, the best course
is usually to dig them up at once and burn
them. If, however, they are worth the
trouble of saving, spray in spring and fall
with some of the standard preparations of
soluble oil.

Mildew is the commonest trouble of climb-
ing roses, and the powdery gray coating on
the surface of the leaves is especially dis-
figuring to veranda plants. If not taken in
hand as soon as it is seen, the affected leaves
will drop from the plant, leaving bare, un-
sightly stems.

A good remedy is flowers of sulphur blown
on the plant with a small bellows on a good
bright day, but spraying with potassium
sulphide (five ounces to ten gallons of water)
is better, to my mind, because if windy the
sulphur blows from the foliage. Spraying
with kerosene emulsion will also control
the mildew.

The single, rich pink flowers are produced
in great numbers all at one time, so that the
plants become veritable wreaths of bloom
which last for about two weeks. As a trail-

ing plant allowed to fall over a trellis or

The Crimson Rambler rose as a hedge. The most

popular climbing red rose

Jury, 1907

clamber down the front of a steep bank, I
do not know anything that is more pleasing
than the prairie rose (Rosa setigera).

Even more free flowering is its variety
tomentosa, with smaller flowers produced at
the same time. From this prairie rose a
number of the most popular and widely
distributed climbing roses of this country
have been derived and, indeed, one of the
very best white roses of a free growing habit
of any section is the famous Baltimore Bell.
Its companions, Seven Sisters, Bright Crim-
son, Queen of the Prairies and Deep Crimson
are equally well known.

Ever since its introduction in 1893, the
memorial rose (Kosa Wichuraiana) has been
most justly one of the most highly esteemed
summer flowering shrubs of trailing habit.
Its numerous flowers are small, about one-
half inch in diameter, and the bright, glossy
green foliage makes it a handsome plant for
trellis use, even when it is out of flower. In
the matter of hardiness, there are few plants
that will excel the memorial rose, and where
it becomes established it will self-sow in
great profusion. It makes very long shoots
and can easily be trained to cover the entire
front of the piazza of an average suburban
dwelling.

The leaves of this rose are almost evergreen,
and this characteristic has been carried to
some extent into its hybrids, but in the
majority of cases, the hybrids do not carry
their foliage all winter, but retain it until
very late in December and for that reason
alone merit some consideration, for they
would be decorative plants even though they
never flowered.

This group of climbing roses surpasses
the other two in one great important quality.
They do not make one burst of flower and
then rest, but they continue producing their
blossoms almost continuously from July until
September or October, and in one or two
instances (as is the case with Débutante)
they will continue to flower until stopped by
the frost.

As a white-flowered plant the species itself
far surpasses any of the hybrids, and it can
be used for such a multiplicity of purposes—
as a ground cover, as a trailer, and as a pillar
rose it is unsurpassed. If a pink-flowered
form is preferred, we are fortunate in having
it supplied by the variety carnea.

Almost immediately after the introduction
of the memorial rose, many rose growers
busied themselves in producing crosses be-
tween it and roses of the rambler type,
principally the Crimson Rambler itself,
and as a result we are enjoying to-day some
remarkable accessions to the list of climbing
roses.

In my opinion, without any exception, the
very best single-flowered rose for showering,
or fall training, is the Jersey Beauty, the
blossoms of which are two to three inches
across, creamy white in color, with a very
prominent mass of pale yellow stamens, and
a black disc in the centre. This variety
has the peculiarity of closing its flowers at
night time, opening them again the following
morning. For a double rose of the same
type, grow Manda’s Triumph. The flowers

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are sweetly scented, pointed in the bud and
the blooming period extends over two months,
from July to September.

The Farquhar is the best bright pink rose
of this group. The color is wonderfully
brilliant, being almost a cherry, and the
flowers are produced in great clusters.
Except in color, it is a counterpart of the
Triumph.

The freest flowering roses of this type are
Débuntante and Lady Gay, both a clear,
light pink; the former having double flowers
an inch and a half across, the latter (though
flowering more profusely) has individual
blooms smaller. For very deep pink flowers
grow Minnehaha, while Hiawatha is the
crimson.

As a foliage plant, Evergreen Gem, one of
the early hybrids of this section (having
Rosa Wichuraiana as one of its parents) is
unique. Its flowers are buff white, single
and very large, recalling those of the tender
Southern Cherokee rose. The evergreen
character of its foliage is more marked on
light, sandy soils than it is on heavy soils, and
north of New York the foliage, though partly
persistent all winter, is not of the same type
of evergreen as the holly, but is held better
and retains a better color than that of the
California privet. Finally, I commend Gar-
denia to your notice. The character of this
flower is told by its name, and more than that
I need hardly say.

Where it is possible to give special attention
to the plants that are not absolutely hardy,
there is abundant opportunity to greatly
enhance the effect of the piazza during the
season of rose bloom. ‘These tender varieties
must, of course, be taken down from the
trellis or pillar and given protection over
winter, in the way that has already been
described. ‘There are just a few of these
tender roses which are worth all the effort
that their cultivation entails.

Reine Marie Henriette (Tea) is one of the
most brilliantly flowered, so-called red, but

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really almost cherry-colored, roses of all the
thousands that are in cultivation. It has
not been popular as a greenhouse vine, but
as a trellis rose, where it can be given the
necessary protection, it far surpasses any-
thing else in the lamily. Beginning to flower
in June, it will continue to produce its gor-
geous blossoms until the time of frost. It
can be counted upon to attain a height of
fifteen feet.

For pale pink, large-sized flowers, take
Climbing La France, in every way like the
popular dwarf variety of the same name,
except in its habit of growth, and that (as is
the case with all climbing forms of dwarf
roses) it flowers a week or ten days later.

As a good, free-flowering, yellow rose,
Climbing Perle des Jardins is my favorite,
although there are plenty of other roses which
will give richer color, as, for instance, Réve
d’Or and Cloth of Gold, typical old-fashioned
roses.

In the South, the two banksia roses may
be grown outdoors, but in the North they
are generally available only in greenhouses.
They are very free growing and produce
trusses of flowers, which have a marked odor
of violets, the individuals not being more
than a half inch across. The foliage is shiny
and of about the same size as that of the
memorial rose, but of thinner texture. One
variety is creamy yellow; the other, white.

Gloire de Dijon is perhaps the hardiest of
the tender climbing roses and it does excel-
lently, trained on a trellis, for a comparatively
short time. It is strangely subject to what is
called canker and is, therefore, considered
a difficult rose to grow.

The best of all the tender climbing roses,
however, for delicacy of color and perfection
of form in the flower, is Maréchal Niel, the
richest pure yellow of any flower of the family,
the buds are pointed, about two to two and a
half inches long, and true to its family
characteristic as a noisette rose, the flowers
are produced in clusters.

4 ad ino Le

The Memorial rose (Rosa Wichuraiana) grown to hang over a wall. Makes a rapid growth

ees

True and False Originality in Garden Design—By Wilhelm Miller,

HOW ONE WORD COVERS TWO IDEAS, ONE OF WHICH LEADS TO RIDICULOUS GARDENS,

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WHILE THE

OTHER WILL ENABLE ANYONE TO PLAN A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN IF HE WILL ONLY BELIEVE AND FOLLOW

ig IS commonly said that imagination
is the most precious quality in design
of any kind, but I believe that there is a
more fundamental consideration, and I am
confident that most of us have a wrong
conception of what imagination really is.
The popular notion is that design is wholly
a matter of taste; that there are no principles,
laws or rules; that a successful garden
cannot be planned in cold blood. It must
be the result of sudden inspiration—of
divine fire.

The thing these people are talking about
is only fancy—a wild horse that leads us
into all sorts of ridiculous situations. True
imagination is a much soberer animal. The
only leap it ever takes is when it sees some
practical way of accomplishing a purpose
that grows right out of the necessities of the
case. The only true originality is that
which makes a painstaking study of fitness.

A humdrum view of a lofty subject this
may seem at first. Later, a sickening con-
sciousness steals over one that the spec-
tacular and irresponsible kind of imagin-
ation is a false god. Finally, the respect for
the real thing so possesses one’s whole being
that such simple words as these of Charles
Eliot become surcharged with an almost
religious fervor: “Art out of doors must
be founded in rationality, purpose, fitness.”

As soon as one realizes what this means
the desire to make a garden becomes a
passion, and under those circumstances I
do not see how anyone can make a poor one.
‘Even if you do not agree with me, so far,
you will, Iam sure, concede that the eighteen
pictures which accompany this article repre-

1. Appropriate to a steep hillside near a large house.
False originality creates terraces in flat surroundings

THREE FORMAL GARDENS THAT HAVE SOME EXCUSE FOR BEING

sent beautiful gardens; that they show
originality in a high degree; and that they
are remarkably varied. Yet they all illus-
trate the one idea of fitness. There is not
one flight of fancy in the lot. I confess that
when I first saw some of these gardens it
seemed as if ‘‘a heaven-born inspiration had
pierced the clouds and brought back a radiant
gift the like of which no mortal eyes had
seen as yet,’’ but, in several cases, at least,
I happen to know that the designers kept
pretty close to earth.

It is precisely because the only true origin-
ality is that which labors diligently under the
laws of fitness, that I have selected examples
which have been fully described in the public
prints, so that anyone who likes to study the
details of their working out may do so.
And I shall try to point out mercilessly, but
TI hope with justice, just what false originality
would do, and has done, in each case.

Let us start with the case that gives the
most trouble of all—the formal garden. I
used to think that formal gardening was
wrong in itself. I would never read Blom-
field and Thomas’s unholy book, and when
William Robinson in “The English Flower
Garden” fulminated against these impious
authors, I swelled with admiration at his
noble wrath. Later I met a real architect
who told me that the authors of “The
Formal Garden in England” were custodians
of one of the most precious truths that have
come down to us through the ages. For
a while I was greatly troubled, but now that
I have had a peep behind the stage and
seen the thunder machine do its worst I am
no longer appalled.

2. Appropriate to an estate where a transition is
needed from art to nature (house to landscape)

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The truth is that there is no important dif-
ference between the two schools at all. It all
simmers down to a question of fitness, and
both sides, in their calmer moods, admit
that formal gardening is appropriate for
the immediate environment of a great house
while landscape gardening is appropriate ©
for the rest of the grounds. The only things
they quarrel about are names—not realities.
For example, the architects want Art to
rush down upon Nature and teach it its
place—hence geometrical beds; the land-
scape men want Nature to rush up to the
house and lay its imprint upon the work of
man—hence shrubbery about the house and
vines. In either case, you get the real thing
that is desirable, viz., the transition between
architecture and Nature.

Again, there is an everlasting rumpus
about what to call the men who do these
things. But there again, why fuss? Of
course, you can’t tell what a man is by what
he calls himself, but a “landscape engineer”
probably knows more about grading; a
“landscape architect” about formal gardens;
a “landscape gardener” about plants; and
the “landscape designer”? may be the broad
man who can do all three kinds of work
well.

Nevertheless, this controversy between the
“two schools” will rage throughout coming
centuries and each generation of onlookers
will naturally suppose that vital truths
of the universe are at stake. Book will be
hurled against book, cries of “foul play”
will hurtle through the air and the dead will
lie in heaps. But it is all stage play. The
actors have to make a living. A professional

3. Appropriate toa great estate if near the house but
’ wholly shut in by trees

4. Appropriate to the Pacific coast because of its con:
nection with Japan (Golden Gate Park, San Francisco)

5. Appropriate toasmall city lot, if secluded, because
it is a miniature form of gardening

6. Appropriate for Americans who have lived long in
Japan. The late Admiral Bartlett’s tea garden

THREE JAPANESE GARDENS THAT HAVE SOME JUSTIFICATION IN FITNESS

man may not advertise—save in one way
viz, by writing, and the quickest way to
attract attention is to start a controversy.
The old fellows don’t write—their time is
too valuable. It is only the young fel-
lows that need business who need to ad-
vertise.

I don’t say that William Robinson is
insincere. What he is fighting against is
extravagance and display. What Blomfield
and Thomas are fighting for is the preser-
vation of a lot of charming features near the
house that were swept away by the mistaken
zeal of the first landscape gardeners: “fore-
courts, house-courts, base-courts, terraces,
bowling greens, and walled gardens com-
posed of ‘knots,’ parterres, pleaching,
arbors, ‘palisades’ and hedges and peacocks
parading the ivied walls.”** Both sides
want seclusion, repose, mingled light and
shade, blending colors, sweet odors, the

* This sentence and the next are slightly altered from
a passage in “Charles Eliot, Landscape Architect”’—a
lovable book which is perhaps the most important Ameri-
‘can work on landscape design.

Bi ren one nent

7. Appropriate to smallest back yards of largest cities.
Outdoor winter playground for children

sound of running water, butterflies and birds
and above all perfect fitness.

Three formal gardens that fit are shown
at the head of this article. The first one is
appropriate because the steep hillside near
this great house had to be preserved in some
way and terraces are natural to hill country.
The dwarf conifers in the foreground are
appropriate because the house is occupied
in the winter and it is desirable that the
surroundings of a house should be attractive
every day of the year. False originality
creates terraces at extravagant expense in

_ flat lands, where the flatness could be relievee

in better ways.
The second picture illustrates the principle

that the greater the house the greater the

need for formal gardening and also that a
formal garden should be organically connect-
ed with the house. The connection is here
indicated by the lions and by the path in
the foreground. The whole garden is sunken
so that it does not obtrude itself when one is
contemplating the majestic view in the dis-
tance. The wall of earth in the middle dis-

8. Appropriate wall garden for cities built on rolling
lands. Shrubs and vines planted above the wall

tance shows where home grounds end and
fields begin. False originality would fill
this garden with marble seats and Italian
well curbs, and either raise it so that passers-
by might see or in a spirit of snobbishness
build a high stone wall around the whole.

In the third picture we have an apparent
exception, for the peerless Larz Anderson
garden at Brookline is quite shut off
by tree planting, because the house and
garden represent two different styles of archi-
tecture. Nevertheless they are near to-
gether, organically connected by bowling
alley and passageways. False originality
would say: “I have money enough to create
an environment. I can be a law unto
myself.”” ‘The true originality of the Ander-
son garden lies in the way in which it blends
into nature instead of proudly vaunting its
superiority to it. For as you approach the
garden the eye is carried by easy transition
from lawn to shrubbery and encircling trees,
amid which one gets enticing glimpses of the
pergola within. And as you stand at the
entrance to the garden, on a commanding

9. Appropriate to a rose lover and to the plant itself.

An example ofa collector’s garden

THREE CITY GARDENS THAT ARE ADAPTED TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT OR TO THE OWNER’S PERSONALITY

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10. Seclusion obtained by enclosing a garden with
trees instead of a snobbish, citified stone wall

level, your glance travels from vine clad
walls, down steep banks of shrubbery to
the foliage of perennials, thence to the
brilliant flowers in geometrical beds and
finally to the central lawn—the natural
resting spot from which the eye ascends
by the same easy process.

Allied to the formal garden is the Japanese
garden, for although the Japanese loudly
protest that their gardening is the most

13. False originality drains wet swamps. True
originality converts them into bog or water gardens

ae

11. A meadow or orchard for daffodils by the thou-
sand. Nocare is required after planting

natural of all because it is the landscape
in miniature, there is an impassable gulf
between their conceptions of landscape art
and ours. Theirs is essentially religious
and symbolic. The Japanese do _ not
want many flowers in their gardens; they
think that great masses of color are vulgar;
they care more for lines than for color and
in their cut flowers particularly these lines
have a _ semi-religious significance; their

14. A nature-likKe water garden, irregular in outline,

secluded, but sunny. On a wild garden estate

12. A Southern garden for March and April effect, in
which Indian azaleas are naturally dominant

simplicity is an extreme and affected sim-
plicity; their hills, stepping stones, lanterns,
dwarf conifers, temples and waterfalls are of
definite relation to one another, or else they
have something to do with ancestor worship.
No genius can ever harmonize a Japanese
garden with an American landscape. It
should always be an isolated feature. False
originality creates a very large Japanese
garden, or puts it where all the world may

15. How an old quarry was turned into a beautiful

rock garden. How different from a rocKery

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Juuy, 1907

!
see it. True originality devises new ways
of secluding it so that one’s friends come
upon it suddenly, as a pleasant surprise, or
develops the nature-like type of Japanese
garden, of which Miss Bartlett’s garden is
an example although Fig. 6 does not show
its generous central lawn which distinguishes
this type of Japanese gardening from the
kind that is commonly described by travelers.

Everybody assumes, without thinking
about it, that American home grounds must
be bare and bleak all winter, yet there is not
the slightest excuse for it. Fig. 7 shows a
winter garden or outdoor playground for
children that would utterly transform the
hideous backyards of our greatest cities.
Another way which is quicker and cheaper
is to plant shrubs with brightly colored bark
or bushes with red berries that remain attrac-
tive from October to March. Even where
there is no land at all, young conifers in tubs
and boxes are appropriate, though costly.
False originality departs to Florida in Novem-
ber and tries to grow Northern plants in sub-
tropical surroundings.

Another city problem that concerns
every place which is not absolutely level is
what to do with the irregularities left by
street grading. Fig. 8 shows a solution that
is truly original and American—simply
vines and shrubs of arching habit planted
in the soil above the wall. False originality
has wasted thousands of dollars in manu-
facturing grassy terraces, difficult to mow
and costly to repair, or in pompous retaining
walls where none are necessary, or stone
work to match the house. Here is a type
of wall garden adapted to the hot American
summers. The English wall garden, covered
with perennial flowers, is not.

There are more mistakes made in arranging
roses than any other plants. It is usually
wrong to put roses in the front yard, either
in beds near the house, or as borders for
lawns or walks, because the rose bush is not
a graceful bush and it has so many enemies
that it must be covered more than half the
time with unsightly powders or spraying
material. Moreover, rose bushes have to

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16. A border of hardy perennials in which three crops
of flowers succeeded one another

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be heavily manured, or else put in winter
overcoats of straw and neither thing is
attractive. The rose belongs in a garden
where its misfortunes can be hidden from
the public gaze and its troubles more easily
dealt with. It appeals to the collecting
spirit because everybody wants many kinds
of roses and only a few bushes of each.
Therefore it demands formal treatment and
Fig. 9, shows the right kind of rose garden—
i. e., a simple design such as any amateur
may work out. The wrong kind of formal
garden is that which the newly rich affect—
a big one composed of standard or tree roses,
which do not like our climate.

Even the newly rich, I suppose, would
admire the six great estate gardens pictured
on the preceding page. In fact, they would
probably exclaim, ‘“‘ Now that’s what we want
—something different.” The heart is right,
but the mind is wrong, because we all natur-
ally jump to the conclusion that the “ differ-
ent” quality in Figs. ro to 15 is due to bold
flights of fancy instead of close study of the
environment including the soil and its native
vegetation.

For example, Fig. to has no connection
with the soil or its vegetation but it is appro-
priate to its environment because it provides
outdoor privacy and flowers near the country
house and this privacy is attained by sur-
rounding the garden with trees, informally
arranged, so that one wanders into the woods
and finds this precious retreat. False origin-
ality would have used a high wall, which
might be necessary in a city but would be
worse than useless in the country because
the ideal is seclusion without exclusiveness.
The stone wall is always in danger of
suggesting the latter idea and therefore
snobbishness.

Radically different is Professor Sargent’s
meadow filled with poet’s narcissus, Fig. 11.
This style of gardening produces more
flowers for less money than any other, because
the bulbs cost only $5 to $10 a thousand
and require no care after planting. It is
appropriate for meadows, orchards and other
places where the grass is not cut with a lawn

17. Water gardening on natural lines. The water is
usually higher andthe margin does not show

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mower. False originality in wild gardening
is planting your lawn with left-over hyacinths
and forced bulbs that will never look wild;
or planting them in rows; or using kinds that
cost $40 a thousand just because they are
the biggest daffodils, for these are too garden-
esque—too obviously the products of man’s
breeding.

Fig. 12 shows the right kind of garden for
a winter home in the South—something as
different as possible from what you have in
the North, especially broad-leaved evergreens
such as camellias, Indian azaleas and
Magnolia grandiflora. It is now the fashion-
able thing to have a place in the Caroliras
or Georgia, near Camden, Aiken or Summer-
ville, but why employ a Boston landscape
gardener for such a place, especially if he
has never seen camellias or Indian azaleas
except in a greenhouse and the Cherokee
rose only in pictures? Will he not plant
lilacs, which will never thrive there, instead
of crape myrtle and tea olive?

The next picture, Fig. 13, shows an
original way of treating a wet spot. This
is a bog garden, in which showy pitcher
plants abound and where the cardinal flower
might make great sheets of red. False origin-
ality would drain every swamp. True origin-
ality makes a pond for water lilies, puts in
fish to eat mosquito wrigglers and sclves
two problems at once—health and beauty

The water garden shown in Fig. 14 is a
“made pond” but who would know it?
Although trees hide it until you come near,
they are far enough away from the water to
give the lilies the full sunshine they demand.
Though made of concrete, the edge of the
basin is nowhere visible, being covered with
grass. Instead of one square or circular
expanse, it consists of an upper and lower
pond with stepping stones across the neck,
rampant varieties in one pond, rarer sorts
in the other and the magic of running water
between. False originality builds formal
basins on hills, with high cement rims and
water above the ground level, or tries to
combine fountains with water lilies.

(Continued on page 356)

18. A necessary straight walk enlivened by making
ita garcen of annuals

THREE SUBURBAN GARDENS WHICH INDICATE APPROPRIATE HOBBIES FOR BACK YARDS

Four Plans for a 50 x 100 ft. Lot—By F.C. Leible,

New
York

THIRD OF THE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THE *‘CHEAPEST GARDENS FOR SMALLEST LOTS,” WHICH
GIVE FOUR SOLUTIONS FOR EVERY CUOMMON-SIZED LOT FROM 25 X 100 FT. UP TO 150 X 150 FT.

[Epiror’s Note.—In February were published four plans for a 25x 100 ft. lot; three for a 40 ~ 100 ft., and three for a 50 x 100 ft.

100 x 100 ft., 50 ~ 125 ft., 50 « 150 jt., 75 x 150 ft., 100 x 150 ft. and 150 x 150 ft.|

HE 50x too ft. lot is a very common
unit and a most objectionable one,
as 125 feet is about the minimum depth for
a lot that is fit for human beings to live upon.
The 50 x 100 ft. lot is one of the common

fathers who do not see the necessity for alleys
in clean, self-respecting communities.
Nevertheless, it is possible to have a small
vegetable garden even on a 50x 100 ft.
lot, as shown in the first of the four plans,

VEGETABLE

GARDEN

Fraxinus Americana

Magnolia Soulangea, var.
Alexandrina

Acer palmatum, var. atro-
sanguineum

Berberis Thunbergii

Wistaria Chinensis

1. American ash (2)*
2. Alexandrian magnolia (1)

3. Blood-red Japanese maple (z)

4. Japanese barberry (12)
5. Chinese wistarias (2)

Rosa multiflora

Rosa rugosa

Viburnum tomentosum,
var. plicatum

Cornus alba, var. Sibirica

Cornus alba, var. elegan-
tissima

6. Crimson Rambler rose (2)
7. Rugosa rose (3)
8. Japanese snowball (3)

9. Siberian dogwood (1)
to. Golden-leaved dogwood (1)

Price of plants, $25.00
*The figures in parentheses indicate the numbers of plants which the plan calls for.

Plan 1,

sizes in the nearby suburbs of New York.
It is, in fact, only two New York lots, as the
miserable New York unit has spread like a
contagion, owing to the greed of real estate
dealers and the shortsightedness of city

The cheapest solution for a 50x100 ft. lot—trees and shrubs costing $25

but it will not be sufficient for all the family’s
needs so that it can hardly be justified on
grounds of economy. I should not be-
grudge a vegetable garden to anyone who is
homesick for one, but from the standpoint

Rosa rugosa

Deutzia gracilis

Spirea Bumalda, var.
Anthony Waterer

Azalea Sinensis

Caryopteris Mastacanthus

Diervilla hybrida, var.
Eva Rathke

Platanus occidentalis

Berberis vulgaris

Hibiscus Syriacus, var.

Chionanthus Virginica

Diervilla florida

Calycanthus floridus

. Rugosa rose (13)
. Deutzias (10)
. Waterer’s spirea (9)

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2
3
4. Mollis azalea (7)
5. Blue spirea

6. Eva Rathke weigela (11)
7. Button wood (2)

8. Common berberry (2)

9. Rose of Sharon, red (6)
ro. Fringe tree (4)

11. Weigela (3)

12. Carolina allspice (3)

Plan 2.

Lespedeza Sieboldi

Forsythia suspensa, var.
Fortunet

Hydrangea paniculata,
var. grandiflora

Rhus Cotinus

Philadelphus coronarius

Lonicera Tatarica, var.
rubiflora

Hibiscus Syriacus var.

Syringa Persica

13. Japanese bush clover (4)
14. Golden Beli (4)

15. Hardy hydrangea (6)

16. Smoke tree (5)
17. Mock orange (4)
18. Red Tartarian honeysuckle (5)

to. Rose of Sharon, white (3)

20. Persian lilac (3)

21. Mahonia (2) Berberis Aquifolium

22. Japanese virgin’s bower (4) Clematis paniculata
Price of plants, $50.00

Shrubbery for $50 that will provide flowers almost every day from April to October

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The other sizes will be 75 « 100 ft.y

of civic beauty, the best treatment for 50 x 100
ft. lots in closely built suburks is a lawn
surrounded by shrubbery—something like
Blanieze

You cannot do much for $25—simply
make a lawn, plant a few shrubs and hope for
better times. Fifty dollars is about the
minimum for which you can get a lot well
furnished with shrubbery that will be attrac-
tive from April to October, with a touch of
color in winter. The lowest sum for which a
flower lover can plant the whole place with
hardy perennials for the main feature is
$75. The least sum for which you can get
something highly artistic and personal is
$100.

PLAN I. THE CHEAPEST SOLUTION $25

This plan provides that all the money
shall be spent on permanent things that re-
quire little care. It is forva person who likes
formality; witness the magnolia and Japan
maple standing like sentinels in the middle
of the front lawn and the hedge of Japanese
barberry lining the walk. If you prefer an
informal treatment, omit the costly specimens
just mentioned and put shrubs in front of the
vegetable garden.

If you can afford to spend $5 a year for
five years, you can add gradually to the
shrubbery in the side yard until you have
the place well furnished, as in Plan 2.

PLAN 2. SHRUBBERY FOR $50

This plan provides shrubs that will be in
flower from April to October without a break,
unless possibly for a day or two. You could
not accomplish this and have evergreens, too,
and about the only distinct winter attraction
is some barberries.

This scheme, I believe, is the best for the
greatest number of people who own their
homes, especially if they are commuters,
because it is permanent and easily cared
for.

You could plant the whole place, with the
aid of a laborer, in one day. After that, it
needs an average of not more than fifteen
minutes’ care a day. About the only care
it needs is pruning and rearranging a few
shrubs every spring or fall, in case some die
and others grow too big.

The renter’s objection to this plan is that
he does not know how long he will stay.
For him, annuals are cheaper, because they
cost only five cents a package and flower the
same year. Shrubs cost from thirty-five to
fifty cents each and take about three years
to reach full beauty, but they are cheaper
in the end.

The mahonias at the entrance (marked 21)
are broad-leaved evergreens of an architec-
tural character and would perhaps look
better near the house. They require shelter

Juuy, 1907

from winter winds and sunshine or they will
be badly faded.

PLAN 3. PERENNIALS FOR $75

This plan is for a lover of hardy flowers.
There will be something in bloom almost
every day from April to October. The
garden will require an hour’s care every day
on the average. Some people may not care
to have small evergreens in their border of
perennials and would prefer a solid back-
ground of shrubbery. The hydrangeas in
the front yard will make two very showy
masses—perhaps too showy. The important
thing is to realize that border planting is
better than scattering things about. An-
other principle is that an undulating front is
better for a hardy garden than a straight
line, unless the border is in a formal situation,
e. g., when it lines a straight walk.

If vcu can afford $75, you can have several
evergreens. Dwarf conifers of globular or
pyramidal shape are appropriate for the front
ef the house because their formal lines har-
monize with those of architecture. They
give a certain stateliness and dignity to
formal surroundings that informal plants
cannot possibly give.

PLAN 4. YEAR-ROUND ATTRACTIONS, $100

This plan will make a man’s home grounds
attractive every day of the winter, when most
yards are bare and unsightly. This result
is accomplished by using red berries that last
all winter, shrubs with brightly-colored bark
and the evergreens of two kinds—broad-
leaved and narrow-leaved.

Of broad-leaved evergreens there are
thirteen plants—seven English ivy, four
Japanese holly and two pyramidal boxwood.
The English ivy covers the sheltered wall of
the house. North of Philadelphia this is
not sufficiently hardy and tall growing, and
should be replaced by the climbing euonymus
(E. radicans), which will grow up to the
second story in a climate where English ivy
can be used only as a ground cover.

Of the mnarrow-leaved evergreens, or
conifers, there are nine specimens represent-
ing five species. Some help to make the
entrance attractive and others are to furnish
a background for the red berries and shrubs
with brightly colored bark.

The Japanese barverry is massed at the
corners in the front yard where its red berries
will be enjoyed by passersby from October
to March. The autumn colors of the foliage
are also very brilliant. This bush grows
only four feet high, but is prickly enough
to keep anyone from trying to cut across
the corners of the lot. It has the extraor-
dinary merit of being well furnished with
foliage right down to the ground, while the
common barberry is bare at the base.

The common barberry has the advantage
over the Japanese in having its berries borne
in clusters, while those of the Japanese are
scattered singly along the branches. ‘There
are five of these common barberries in the
background (No. 20, in Plan 4) where they
will make a warm spot of color all winter.
If your dining room happens to be on the
other side of the house, you could make these

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change places with the group of golden bells
(No. 16), as it is very pleasant to see some-
thing warm against the snow.

There are also nine shrubs in the back
yard that will be a brilliant red all winter.

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These are the Siberian and American red.
osier dogwoods. The brightest color is

always located in the year-old wood and
therefore it is best to cut these shrubs right
down to the ground every third year.

DRYING VARD

o. California privet (100)
1. American elm (2)
. Hardy hydrangea (14)

Ligustrum ovalifolium
Imus Americana

Hydrangea paniculata,
var. grandiflora

Taxus baccata, var. erecta

Thuya occidentalis, var.
globosa

Azalea Indica, var. amena

Thuya occidentalis, var.
W areana

Philadelphus grandiflorus

Hibiscus Syriacus

Forsythia suspensa, var.
Fortunet

Rhodotypos kerriotdes

Viburnum tomentosum,
var. plicatum

Styrax Japonica

Syringa Persica

Funkia lancifolia, var.
variegata

Coreopsis lanceolata

Hibiscus Moscheutus, var.
Crimson Eye

Veronica longifolia, var.
subsessilis

Monarda didyma

Althea rosea

Dicentra spectabilis

Chrysanthemum Leucan-
themum

Iris Germanica var.

Boltonia latisquama

Achillea Plarmica, var.
flore-pleno

Plan 3. Fora flower lover.

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3. English yew (2)
4. Globe arborvite (6)

5. Azalea (3)
6. Siberian arborvite (1)

7. Mock orange (4)
8. Rose of Sharon (4)
9. Golden bell (1)

to. White kerrias (2)
11. Japanese snowball (1)

12. Storax (1)
13. Persian lilac (3)
14. Plantain lily (3)

15. Tickseed (3)
16. Crimson eye (3)

17. Speedwell (4)

18. Horsemint (3)

19. Hollyhock (9)

20. Bleeding heart (3)
2i. Shasta daisy (3)

22. German iris, Gracchus (6)
23. False chamomile (6)
24. The Pearl achillea (3)

25. Columbine (4)

Aquilegia vulgaris
26. Foxglove (5)

Digitalis purpurea, var.
gloxinieflora
Flelianthus multiflorus,
var. flore-pleno

Achillea millejoliwm, var.
roseumr

Iris levigata

Cimicifuga racemosa

Phlox paniculata, var.

Hemerocallis fulva

Aster Nove-Anglie

Gaillardia aristata, var.
grandiflora

Phlox paniculata, vare

Helenium autumnale

Dictamnus alba

Clematis heracleefolia var.
Davidiana
Delphinium formosum
and D. hybridium

Chrysanthemum Indicum

Tris levigata, var.

Lysimachia clethroides

Rudbeckia speciosa

Liatris pycnostachya

Gypsophilla paniculata

Taxus baccata, var. fasti-
giata

Juniperus communis, var.
Flibernica

Betula alba

Paonia officinalis

Price of plants, $75.00

27. Double sunflower (3)
28. Rosy milfoil (4)

29. Blue Japanese iris (3)
30. Snakeroot (3)

31. Phlox, Eclaireur (5)
32. Orange day lily (5)
33. New England aster (3)
34. Blanket flower (4)

35. Phlox, Marie Stuart (4)
36. Sneezewort (3)

37. Gasplant (3)
38. David’s clematis (4)

39. Larkspur (5)

40. Pompon chrysanthemum (4)
41. Japanese iris, Eclipse (5)
42. Loose-strife (7)

43. Cone flower (a)

44. Gay feather (3)

45. Baby’s breath (3)
46. Irish yew (2)

47. Irish juniper (3)

48. White birch (1)
49. Peony (8)

Hardy borders that will bloom from April to October

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1, Pin oak (2) Quercus palustris 13. Japanese holly (4)
2. Colorado blue spruce (2) Picea pungens, var.
glauca

3. Irish yew (2) Taxus baccata, var. fasti-

giata
Berberis Thunbergit
Buxus sempervirens
Thuya occidentalis, var.
globosa
Rosa multiflora
Akebia quinata
Ampelopsis tricuspidata
Hedera Helix
Cornus stolonifera

4. Japanese barberry (12)
5. Pyramidal box (2)
6. Globe arborvite

7. Crimson Rambler rose (2)

8. Akebia (2)

9. Japan ivy (9)
to. English ivy (7)
1x. Red-osier dogwood (3) Forsythia suspensa, var.
12. Chinese golden bell (3) Fortunet

Plan 4. Year-round attractions for $100.

Ilex crenata

Tlex verticillata

Thuya occidentalis

Forsythia suspensa

Cornus alba, var. Sibirica

Kerria Japonica

Hibiscus Syriacus

Berberis vulgaris

Ligustrum ovalitolium

Pinus Laricio, var. Aus-
tyiuca

23. Oriental spruce (1) Picea orientalis

24. Indian currant (8) Symphoricarpos vulgaris

Price of plants, $100.00

Is particularly strong in winter features

14. Black alder (s)

rs. American arborvite
16. Golden bell (6)

17. Siberian dogwood (6)
18, Globe flower (7)

19. Rose of Sharon (4)
20. Common barberry (5)
21. California privet (3)
22. Austrian pine (1)

A City Roof Garden for $9.00—By Jacolyn Manning, &%

THE TRUE STORY OF A HOME ROOF GARDEN THAT HAS BEEN A SUCCESS FOR THREE
YEARS, TOGETHER WITH AN INDUCEMENT FOR OTHERS TO GO AND DO LIKEWISE

[Eprror’s Norz.—WVe off er twenty-five and ten dollars for the best two roof-garden articles written as a result of reading this. They must be illustratzd and by amateurs.|

Q)u8 roof garden, whose third summer

is now in the past, has beenan all-the-
season joy. It has saved us from the fiery
furnace of the August sunshine.

Our residence is a second-story flat in a
brick block. The front windows open on a
noisy, dusty thoroughfare. The most invi-
ting room in the flat is in the rear, crossing
its entire width, and opening by three large
windows on a tin roof, the extension to the
store below.

This roof slopes slightly to the west. The
brick walls that surround it, have one break,
toward the sunset and the beautiful Chippewa
River.

During the first summer the sun’s rays
seemed to gather malevolent heat each suc-
ceeding hour of the afternoon, until the roof
quivered, and the atmosphere of the sitting
room became unendurable.

The only palliative I found, was to flood
the roof with water at intervals, but the steam
from the hot tin merely gave us change in
discomforts.

The following spring the deep windows
and roof were utilized early to start seedlings.
They grew like “Mister Finney’s turnip,”
and “did no harm” though it was a little
trouble to draw in or cover the boxes each
night. By the first of May there were twenty-
three flats filled with thrifty young annuals.

We had consulted a roofer concerning
the next step. He said that a platform, on
proper stringers, could be covered with boxes
of earth and do no damage to the roof.

This platform when made was 6 x 12 ft.
with uprights at the corners to which I

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nailed chicken wire for vines on three
sides.

At the shoe store I found stout wood
cases of a uniform size, 4 x 2 x 14 ft.

A local expressman agreed to fill these
boxes with good garden earth, for a small
sum; and becoming interested he was better
than his word for he hauled muck from a
nearby swamp, and adding sand and barn-
yard earth, mixed a compost which has
proved fertile.

The boxes were placed one at each end of
the platform, and three along the distal
border. Boxes and platform were painted
dark green.

Sweet peas and corn were planted along
the back row (having in mind a Greek peanut
vender who made himself a tolerably shady
and green retreat, on a barren and ugly
corner on Ogden Avenue Boulevard, Chicago,
by growing corn around his portable pop-
corn and peanut stand. To the credit of
the Douglas Park policeman, be it said, he
was left undisturbed in this pathetic sub-
stitute for the vine and fig tree of his native
land.)

Impatient for immediate beauty, I
brought home budded clumps of marsh-
marigolds from the Trout Brook and filled
the right hand box. The sun brought out
the blossoms rapidly, and the box, kept
soaking wet, was a mass of gold and green
for three weeks. These were replaced by
well grown dwarf nasturtiums which main-
tained a succession of flowers in that box
till frost.

The left-hand box was planted with cosmos

A bare, unsightly place which radiated so much heat as to make the adjoining rooms unendurable

340

seedlings and morning glories which, ran
a race for the top of the wire. The cos-
mos plants were thinned as they grew till
only three were left. Their last blossoms
were gathered in November, weeks after
frost cut down all the green of neighborhood
gardens.

Sweet peas, pansies, mignonette, forget-me-
nots, all grew and blossomed freely, and were
gathered and loved.

The most heated August afternoon wafted
a cool fragrance through the open windows,
and frequent rains lessened somewhat the
task of watering thoroughly each box every
day.

When the harvest moon soared high, I
found my roof a garden of enchantment, and
left it reluctantly only when the light ceased
from silvering each shining leaf.

Of course, the spring-grown annuals
exceeded our possible space, and were given
away by dozens to friends with “‘really”
gardens. ;

I bought, for color, one salvia, two
scarlet geraniums and two scarlet verbenas:
explaining to the German florist, who insisted
on giving prices by the dozen, that only a few
for a roof-garden were needed. “Ha!” said
he, ‘‘a roof-garden. You are quite like
city folks! Well, there is one good, the dogs
will not walk over it.”

The second summer, a cucumber barrel,
and various boxes were added. ‘‘ You never
come in without half a bushel of dirt!” was
a neighbor’s comment on the basket filled
with leaf mold and fern roots that always
accompanied a return from the woods.

An old iron sink waked up one morning
to find itself ennobled to the production of
mint. The sink proved itself superior to
the wooden cases, in that it does not leak
water nor earth, and the old drain is sufficient
to keep the ground sweet.

The third summer (1905) we had one very
successful bed of china asters, raised from
seed and showing profuse, many-colored,
chrysanthemum-like blooms.

The bird visitors were frequent. One of
the ever-present English sparrows was seen
one day despatching a wasp, from the colony
under the eaves. Robins listened vainly for
earth worms. Screeching, inquisitive jays,
with a lovely blue, lit up the wire now and
then. One humming bird has been seen
—by two witnesses—and the kingfishers fly
by, springing their rattle on their way to
the river.

I have had periods of thinking our plant
opportunities very limited. The vines espe-
cially have never made the sturdy growth of
those rooted in old Mother Earth, yet they
have added shade, fragrance and beauty.

I have grown and trained over the win-
dow frames with varying success, wild
cucumber, flowering beans, Chinese yam or

Juuy, 1907

cinnamon vine, morning glory, canary bird
flower, Cobwa scandens and Japanese hop,
the last named by all odds the prettiest.

In the July Outlook, Hans Christian Ander-
sen tells us that a box of earth on the roof
between two houses, was his mother’s garden;
there she raised kitchen greens and flowering
plants. This goes to prove that there is
nothing new under the sun. It is said that
the little “Japs” have been growing flowers
on their concave roofs since time began, or
rather since their Tartar tents gained per-
manent coverings. Jvris tectorum is so called
because it is grown on their roofs to safeguard
their homes from evil spirits.

But with the scrub-woman, a chronic

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5x20 ft. He decided to utilize this space
for a garden, as he could not grow any plants
in the house because of the illuminating
gas.

A number of wooden boxes were made
in various sizes from three to eight feet
long, one foot wide and eight inches deep.
An iron railing enclosed the garden, and
the view from the street was shut off by
training vines over the framework. The
boxes are arranged on both sides, allowing
a narrow walk in the centre. In one corner,
a bench was placed with an awning over-
head, where the greater part of the day is
spent watching and caring for the plants.

A hose connection in this roof garden

THE TABULATED RESULTS

SEASON SUCCESS
NO. OF WHEN AND cost
COMMON NAME BOTANICAL NAME OF \ OR
PLANTS | WHERE STARTED (cents)
BLOOM FAILURE
African marigold..| Tagetes erecta ....... 4 | Apr. roth, house | Aug. Ist to frost . 5 | Many flowers.
Canary bird vine .| Tropaolum peregrinum 4 | Apr. 9th, house ..| Aug., Sept. ..... 5 | Plants died.
Candytuft ...... Iberis amara ........ clump | Apr. roth, house .| June to frost .... 5 | Many flowers.
China aster ...... Callistephus hortensts . 15 | Apr. roth, house .| Aug. ist to frost . 10 | Many flowers.
Cinnamon vine ...| Dioscorea divaricata .. 2 | May rsth, roof..) No flowers ...... 20 | Beautiful foliage.
Cobea cies bee Cobea scandens...... 2 | Apr. 9th, house ..| No flowers...... 25 | Plants died.
(Conner hes ae UWE WIS sen ocoacee 12 |) A\pro AMI, TOOL .c|loccan2ccsocgesscs| cooce- Too crowded dis-
carded Aug. Ist.
(Cosmost ee ens. a: Cosmos bipinnatus ... 3 | Apr. 9th, house ..} Oct. 1st, Nov. 7th 10 | Many flowers.
Japanese hop ....| Humulus Faponicus .. A || AND TCL, IWOWISS 3|| oasccccsscccacce 5 | Very decorative.
Mignonette ...... Reseda odorata ...... 25 | May 2sth, roof..| July rst, to frost 5 | Too crowded never
| thrifty.
Morning glory....| Ipomea purpurea..... too | Apr. 4th, roof...] All summer ..... 5 | Decided success.
Nasturtium, climb.| Tropeolum majus....| 100 | Apr. 4th,roof....] July sth, to frost . 1o | Many flowers.

_ Nasturtium, dwarf | Tropeolum minor ....| 100 | Mar. 14th...... June 8th to frost . 10 | Decided success.
petunitabee ee ee Petunia hybrida ..... 50 | Apr. 4th, house | June r5th to frost 10 | Better var. failure.
IMO ooanosoane Papaver somniferum ..| ...... May Ist, roof....| No flowers ...... 1o | Plants died.
Sweet alyssum....| Alyssum maritimum ..| clump | Apr. roth, house .| June to frost .... 5 | Many flowers.
Sweet Pea....... Lathyrus odoratus ....| 200 | Mar. 14th, house | All summer ..... 25 | Flowered earlier

than im gardens.
Zinnia) Zinnia elegans ...... 12 | Apr. roth, house | July 30th to frost 10 | Very satisfactory.
$1.65

objector, I can say, “T have never did it that
way before.”

EXPENSES OF ROOF GARDEN

Packing cases (five)................. $ .50
Bair thicrmerstepat steven yevetla ae csciecgeeeineee als 1.00
Green paint (1 quart)................ .60
Ilaysiorman, 6 x 1, Site 5 eeococ oaceoceycco 3.00
Chane) eyol WE, DE Sic co 5o0obe ooeconcad .60
Seacls aimel pull. s126ea00uccesc00n000. 1.65
Plants from greenhouse.............. 1.15

Total expenses for three years’ maintenance $8.50

The following were given to us: Forget-
me-not, tradescantia, mint, dill, flowering
beans and wild cucumbers.

From the woods we brought cowslips,
ferns, violets and golden saxifrage.

A Retired Gardener’s Hobby

Pee is a second-story roof garden
‘4 not far from the centre of the city of New
York, whose wealth of plants would excite
the envy of any lover of flowers. The
owner is a man eighty-seven years of age
and was formerly engaged in growing flowers
commercially; and when late in life he
retired to city apartments to spend the rest
of his days quietly, he felt that he could not
spend his time more pleasantly than by
cultivating a few of his favorites. In the
rear of his apartments is a narrow roof about

provides for plenty of water. A good svring-
ing is necessary every day which controls
the red spider and by an occasional use of
flowers of sulphur, the gardener is able to

Many Kinds of plants were grown on this roof.

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A 6x12 ft. platform was built to protect the roof.
On it were placed the boxes in which the plants
(mostly annuals) were grown

keep his plants free from the aphides and other
insects. During the winter, the plants are
sent to a nearby greenhouse where they are
cared for. They are brought back to the
roof as soon as spring opens.

The view of the garden from below pre-
sents a mass of Japanese morning glories
covering the iron railing. Growing in the
same box are some roses, asters and gladiolus.
Two or three varieties of the gladiolus fringe
other boxes in which more roses are growing.
The other boxes contain chrysanthemums,
begonias, dahlias, pelargoniums, heliotropes,
verbenas, lantanas, Easter lilies, feverfew,
fuchsias and a few tomatoes which were
mixed in with the morning glory seed.

A good succession of bloom was obtained
from some boxes by planting them in the
earliest spring with pansies and English
daisies; for summer bloom these were suc-
ceeded by geraniums, English ivy, coleus,
cannas, and lobelias. ‘These gave a contin-
uous bloom until frost.

A jessamine vine (Jasmimum nudiflorum)
clambers up the side of the house and a
clematis covers part of the railing. Here
and there are pots of the Boston fern and
palms.

Pennsylvania. R. R. Raymor#.

The shade they cast materially lessened the heat in the rooms

on this side of the house

A New Gardening Hobby for Americans—By Henry Maxwell, <

Conn-

THREE WONDERFUL DISCOVERIES THAT ENABLE US TO TRANSFORM BAD-SMELLING, UNHEALTHFUL, MOSQUITO-INFESTED
BOGS INTO GLORIOUS GARDENS FILLED WITH ORCHIDS, INSECT-CATCHING PLANTS, AND OTHER INTERESTING FLOWERS

Bes GARDENING is a familiar phrase
in England that suggests only de-
lightful possibilities, but in America it may
sound ridiculous enough. Yet this article
will describe six new kinds of gardens that
can be made at small expense out of un-
healthful, disagreeable or worthless bits of
lowland which are now merely breeding
places for mosquitoes.

Two of these gardens will contain fascinat-
ing orchids and insectivorous plants that
cannot be grown in any other way; one will
contain thousands upon thousands of cardinal
flowers and fringed gentians in unbroken
sheets; another will have some of the most
gorgeous flowers in the world, such as
Japanese iris: one will appeal to the collector
and suburban hobby-rider; and the last will
be a very cheap and wholly American garden
such as any rural community can afford to
have, instead of reducing the countryside
to an ugly monotony by filling low areas in
the crusade against mosquitoes.

All this has been made possible by three
great discoveries, the most electrifying of
which is that malarial fever is spread only
‘by mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles, which
‘can be destroyed by oil sprays and by drain-
ing the marshes. The world has been entire-
ly mistaken all these centuries in supposing
that it is bad air or an exhalation from
swamps which causes chills and _ fever.
Moreover, it is only at night that the malarial
mosquitoes are active. Thus, swamps have

For the orchid bog garden—the Pogonia.

Will grow only in sphagnum

been robbed of their terrors, and bog gar-
dens can no longer be considered unhealthful.

Another revolutionary discovery was made
by Dr. George V. Moore, who has shown
that the bad-looking and _bad-smelling
“scum” of stagnant water can be destroyed
with marvelous ease and cheapness by the
use of copper sulphate. City reservoirs of
drinking water can be cleaned simply by
trailing a bag of copper sulphate behind a
rowboat; lakes can be cleaned without kill-
ing the fish, and bulletins of the United States
Department of Agriculture tell just how to
do it. Exit the bad smell.

The third discovery was made by the new
science, ecology, which studies plants out-
doors in their life relations to one another,
instead of merely describing species or cutting
up plants and studying them under a micro-
scope. Ecology has shown that there are
two totally different kinds of bog, each with
wonderful peculiarities and possibilities. The
more exciting kind is the sphagnum bog,
because it is the only place in which we may
grow pitcher plants and other weirdly beauti-
ful insect-catchers, as well as the Arethusa,
Calypso and other elusive orchids. The
less exciting kind is the common muck
swamp which can be glorified by great
colonies of cardinal flower, fringed gentian,
forget-me-nots, bee balm, purple loose strife
and Lilium superbum.

“The sphagnum bog,” says an American
enthusiast, ‘“‘is the cleanest and healthiest

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For the insectivorous bog garden—a sundew.

kind of wet place there is, for it is a singular
fact that its waters contain no bacteria. Not
only is there a complete absence of the ordin-
ary organisms of decay, but the waters are
strongly antiseptic. ‘This explains why oak
and other trees that have fallen into such bogs
have been preserved for many centuries.
It also explains why sphagnum bogs furnish
the best peat for burning and for horticultural
purposes, because the best peat—true peat—
is soil in which the plant forms are still clearly
visible, whereas in muck the germs of decay
have destroyed all trace of vegetable
structure. (Unluckily, most people do not
understand this obvious and all-important
distinction. Muck is cheap; good fibrous
peat costs money.) Swamp peat, when
burned, yields a great deal of ash; sphagnum
peat, very little.

“Another astonishing fact about a sphag-
num bog is that it is poor in plant food, while
the common swamp is rich. Both kinds
have luxuriant vegetation, and the ordinary -
muck swamp, when drained and sweetened
by the use of lime, becomes good land for
leafy crops, such as celery and lettuce, which
need plenty of nitrogen. But the sphagnum

bog is very poor in nitrogen, and that is why
the pitcher plants, Venus’s flytrap, sundew,
and butterwort have to get their nitrogen in
the form of proteids, by capturing insects.
“This poverty in nitrogen also explains
why nobody ever succeeds in growing most of
The bog-loving

our hardy native orchids.

(Drosera rotundifolia)

JULY, 1907

a white autumn

The turtles-head (Chelone glabra),
wildflower. Muchmore splendidis the bright rosy
Chelone Lyoni, which is hardy if covered in winter

members of the orchid and heath families
are now known to be ‘partial sapro-
phytes.’ They are not downright parasites,
like the misletoe and dodder, which get
all their nourishment from living organism
and often cause the death of their hosts,
but they are more nearly comparable to
mushrooms and the Indian pipe, which feed
on decaying organic matter.”

I. AN ORCHID BOG GARDEN

There are thousands of these sphagnum
bogs in the United States which are worthless
to the farmer, and in New England, especially,
they can often be bought as parts of ten-
dollar-an-acre farms that are just the thing
for summer homes. I know of one Boston-
jan who is planning to buy one and grow all
the hardy native orchids mentioned in THE
‘GARDEN MacGaziIneE for August, 1906, on
pages 13 to 15. The showiest of all hardy
orchids is Cypripedium spectabile, which is
often found in sphagnum bogs.

Il. AN INSECTIVOROUS BOG GARDEN

The other great specialty which one may
cultivate in a sphagnum bog is the insect-
catching plants. Of these the most wonder-
ful is Venus’s flytrap (Dionea muscipula).
Although this grows wild only in North
Carolina, it is hardy at Philadelphia and I
believe it would be hardy in a New England
sphagnum bog, for Mr. Manning finds that
the Southern pitcher plant (Sarracenia flava),
the showiest of the whole genus, multiplies
under such conditions. However it is most
satisfactory as a pot plant and is too small
for mass effects, and so are sundews. I know
where I can buy six kinds of hardy pitcher
plants (the showiest of which is Sarracenia
flava), and several kinds of sundews and
butterworts—all at an average rate of $1.50
for ten. Some day I intend to follow Mr.
Manning’s example, buy a farm with a
sphagnum bog on it, get Darwin’s book on
Insectivorous Plants and go in for these
wonders of the vegetable kingdom. Among

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the many other treasures that will grow in
Mr. Manning’s bog garden are the exquisite
twin flower Linnea borealis, the dainty
mealy-flowered primrose (Primula farinosa)
and a whole section of the lovely heath
family, including Andromeda, swamp huckle-
berry, marsh rosemary and Kalmia glauca.

The only thing you have to do to such a
bog garden is to set the plants and kill the
poison sumach if there is any.

I. A SPECTACULAR BOG GARDEN

Coming now to the ordinary muck swamp
or meadow, we find that great floral spec-
tacles can be produced at trifling expense by
naturalizing the showiest American wild-
flowers that delight in wet ground. Our
loveliest blue wildflower, the fringed gentian,
is now being grown by thousands at Tuxedo,
New York, by Mr. Thomas Murray, to
whom THE GARDEN MAGaAzINE awarded a
medal in December, 1905, for his discovery
of the secret of fringed gentian culture.

Our very best red wildflower, the cardinal
flower, has two kinks in its cultivation (which
are straightened out in THE GARDEN MaGa-
ZINE for May, 1905, on page 187 and April,
1906, on page 180), but it can be cheaply

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For the American bog garden—cattail

“one of

For the collector’s bog garden in which
everything” is the idea. Japan iris (J. laevigata). Over
a hundred varieties of this gorgeous nine-inch flower

raised from seed. Mr. Murray estimates
the cost of raising a million cardinal flowers
about $300 for actual labor. These can be
easily transplanted from seed-bed to flats and
thence to the open ground.

Bee balm (Monarda didyma) is a coarser
flower than the cardinal, but a brighter and
more effective red in distant masses, and it
multiplies with ridiculous ease—almost as
fast as mint. I wish I had a piece of wet
woods which I could drain by simple ditching.
By letting the ditch meander a little, I could
make a brook out of it, and line a mile of it
with bee balm and forget-me-nots at a cost of
fifty dollars. (I should get the Mvyosotis
palustris, var. semperflorens, which is said to
bloom all summer.)

The brightest yellow flowers of early April
are marsh marigolds (Caltha palustris). I
know a man who offers to collect 10,000 for
$70, but a fair price for clumps is $20 for roo.

The hundreds of thousands of commuters
who daily cross the Hackensack marshes to
New York all know the marshmallow
(Hibiscus Moscheutos) which glorifies the
meadows in August. It has pink flowers
four or five inches across. The white variety
is kept by nurserymen, also a variety called
Crimson Eye.

The most gorgeous purple flower of July
and August is the spiked, or purple, loose-
strife (Lythrum Salicaria), which improves
wonderfully in cultivation. In the great
marshes opposite New York it grows only
two or three feet but at Barrytown, N. Y.,
it attains eleven or twelve, and has countless
spikes of small flowers. This plant is a
great favorite of Mr. John Burroughs. Its
season of bloom is extraordinarily long. A
hundred clumps of it cost about $10.

The crowning glory of such a garden would
be the American Turk’s cap lily (Lilium
superbum), a stately species with whorled
leaves, which attains eight feet and bears
dozens of scarlet-orange flowers. This is

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Arrowhead, a typical bog plant whicn we ignore, vut
which Europeans buy from nurserymen

the costliest item—$55 for a 1,000 bulbs—
but it is worth it. JLiliwm Canadense is
another charmer.

Iv. A HARDY EXOTIC BOG GARDEN

Of course, for an ‘“‘iris crank,” a bog
garden is little short of Paradise. The

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Yhe brilliant red Indian paint brush, one of many
flowers that will not grow in ordinary gardens, but
should in a bog garden.

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largest of all irises, the Japanese, demands
drainage in New England, and many people
complain that young plants of it will not
stand “‘wet feet.”” But I have seen plenty of
g-inch Japanese iris flowers in mean, nasty
wet clay. There are a dozen other species
of iris that are worth growing in boggy places.
The largest yellow flower you can get for the
bog garden is [vis Pseudacorus and it is a
good one. German irises are also strongly
recommended by the English bog gardeners,
but I should consider them too gardenesque
for a wild spot.

Among foliage plants for sucha garden the
three grandest types are the following:

The giant reed (Arundo Donax) is some-
times recommended as the cheapest and best
tall permanent grass for the bog garden, but
it often winter kills in wet places. Ravenna
grass (Erianthus Ravenne) is supposed to
be a lover of wet ground, but I have un-
favorable accounts of it from New England.
Perhaps the safest would be eulalia.

The famous Gunnera I have never seen,
except in pictures of streamside gardens, but
I believe it has the biggest leaves of anything
that grows out of the ground. Imagine a
specimen fifteen feet in diameter, eight feet
high and with leaves four feet across! Un-
fortunately, Gunneras are South American
plants, and therefore tender. They are
quite hardy in England if a layer of dry leaves
be placed among the stems during severe cold
spells and the Gunnera leaves bent down.
In early spring, also, the young growths have
to be protected by canvas-shading, or
matting. It is considered hardy at Ruther-
ford, N. J. Five-year-old plants cost $3.00.

The umbelliferous type of vegetation
should be represented by some sort of giant
fennel) (esos ekeculaaell ones snasmato
do to this is to keep it from going to seed, for
these splendid things are weedy. Her-
acleum lanatum is satisfactory at Philadelphia
and does not self sow too much.

V. THE CHEAPEST AMERICAN BOG GARDEN

The cheapest kind of bog garden is one
composed of the plants that grow wild in the
greatest quantity in your vicinity. The
public always wants to keep the forest portion
of a city park in its original wildness and the
same spirit, I hope, will assert itself strongly
in every locality where a crusade against
mosquitoes is going on. For the wet woods
and meadows have a flora of their own which
is well worth preserving. Spring beauties
by the million carpet the wet woods near my
home; Canada lilies, with their spotted red
or yellow bells glow everywhere among the
shadows; and in September there are sheets
of blue lobelias. Everybody knows and
loves these flowers, but we need to change
our viewpoint about the commoner and
humbler flowers.

For instance, who loves skunk cabbage ?
Only bees and artists and Thoreau. The
farmer thinks only of its coarse, summer
foliage and rank odor. Yet it is malodorous
only when bruised, the coloring of its hoods
is unsurpassed and it is undoubtedly the first
wildflower of the year, preceding the hepatica
by a month or more. Moreover, it is actual-

1907

JULY,

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One of the best blue flowers of autumn. Save it when
you drain a swamp (Lobelia syphilitica)

ly cultivated for its beauty in countries where
itisnot common. Thirty-seven cents apiece
is the catalogue price in England. We shall
never be cultured until we can appreciate
the beauty of common, homely, every-day
things.

A farming community has the right to
banish skunk cabbage from its village park,
if it wants to, out the day will come when
every city will have a bit of wet woods for

Hardhack or steeple bush (Spiraea tomentosa). Deep

pink or purple flowers in July or August.

Jury, 1907

the enjoyment of the people, and there will
be thousands who will hail the mottled hoods
of this strangely beautiful plant as the first
sign of returning spring.

On a great estate near Philadelphia is a
two-acre bog garden where skunk cabbage is
appreciated, especially for its foliage effect
before the trees leaf out. New England
asters were planted among them to hide
the cabbage leaves during their period of
coarseness.

All the common ferns that like wet places,
whether in shade or sunshine, and all the
familiar wildflowers of the swamp (arrow-
head, sweet flag, turtlehead, and others here
pictured) are regularly cultivated and sold
by nurserymen, although it must be con-
fessed that their chief demand comes from
Europe.

Other native perennials of this kind worth
saving are the swamp calla (Calla palustris) ;
turtlehead (Chelone Lyoni); golden club
(Orontium aquaticum); buck bean (Meny-
anthes trifoliata) ; dark green bulrush (Scirpus
atrovirens); grass of Parnassus (Parnassia
Caroliniana), deer grass, shooting _ star,
swamp violet and adder’s tongue.

Among the best native shrubs for bog
gardens are: wild rosemary (Andromeda
polifolia); white azalea (Azalea viscosa);
dwarf cassandra (Cassandra); button-bush
(Cephalanthus occidentalis); _ high-bush
huckleberry (Gaylussacia frondosa); black
alder (Ilex verticillata); sheep laurel (Kalmia
angustifolia); swamp laurel (Kalmia glauca);
Labrador tea (Ledum latifoliwm); long-
stalked winter-berry (Vemopanthes Cana-
densis); red choke-berry (Pyrus arbuti-
folius); rhodora (Azalea Canadensis); deer-
berry (Vaccinium stamineum); high-bush
blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum). Mr.
F. W. Barclay also recommends Itea Vir-
ginica, and common elder.

VI. THE COLLECTOR’S BOG GARDEN

Do you like to grow ‘‘one of everything”
in a small space in your backyard, discarding
the things you do not like and propagating
the things that take your fancy? Bog
gardening makes a good backyard hobby,
for suburbs or country. It can be incidental
to a water-lily basin or a rockery. I do not
know of any in America. Use the overflow
from a yard fountain or any place that is
constantly wet. This is the most practical
kind of bog garden for the greatest number,
for anyone who is sure of having plenty of
water may get some muck and sphagnum and
grow insectivorous plants and orchids.

There seems to be nothing about bog
gardening in American horticultural litera-
ture. The best directions that I know of
for making a bog garden are those in William
Robinson’s “‘English Flower Garden”
(Chapter XXI., 8th edition). The passage
is too long to be quoted here, but I will gladly
copy it entire for anyone who is seriously con-
sidering making a bog garden, and will also
tell where rare bog plants may be secured.

[THe GARDEN MacazineE will be glad to
send a liberal check for a good illustrated
account of any American bog garden made
as a result of the above suggestions. EpiTor.]

For the hardy exotic bog garden—the best yellow flag Iris Pseadacorus. Also shows a favorite way of growing

Leg plants, i. e., on the margin of a water-lily pond

For the spectacular bog garden—the American Turk’s-cap lily (Lilium superbum)

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The backyard in the beginning was of the average type—given up to posts and cans. A few vines and flowers soon redeemed it.

An Outdoor Living Room for $50—By William Macomber,

Buffalo,
New York

HOW A PATENT ATTORNEY UTILIZED HIS INVENTIVE ABILITY IN TRANSFORMING A 35 X75 FT.

PATCH OF CLAY INTO LAWN AND FLOWERS, AND BUILT A REALLY

CEN a yard 35 x 75 ft., clay that would

make a poor quality of brick, a back-
ground of fences in three stages of dilapida-
tion. The problem: Make this plot both
beautiful and useful.

Soil had to be made. This was purely a
question of coal-ashes, manure and labor,
and plenty of all three. A background for
the color effect was necessary. Various
plans were discussed and abandoned; the
one selected was a seven-foot wire mesh
fence covered with perennial vines, and
roses. Small effort persuaded the owners
of adjoining property to pay half the cost
‘of the fence. We put it up—r1-foot cedar
posts taper-sawed, 3 feet in the ground, about
8 feet apart, 6-inch base boards to keep out
weeds, and green paint. Cost, our share,
about $20. The yard being a rectangle, to
employ straight lines would only accentuate
its harshness, gracefully curved lines ex-
clusively gave rest and repose, and the mass-
ing of plants added to this effect. .

All borders were edged with sweet alyssum
(Carpet of Snow), the most satisfactory edg-
ing, because it serves the double purpose of
marking the border and a foil for all colors.

The fences were covered by three excellent

The summer house proved an attraction for our
neighbors. Tea was served on the lawn and we
practically lived outdoors

temporary climbers: wild cucumber (Echino-
cystis lobata), the fastest grower and least
desirable; Cobewa scandens, slowest grower and
most desirable; Japanese hop, the most
satisfactory ofall. For this climate (Buffalo)
there is but one permanent vine for a back-
ground—Japanese clematis (Clematis pant-
culata). Our original scheme called for
rambler roses alternating with clematis; but
it was a failure; rambler roses are not dense
enough for that purpose.

Of course there are many little things not
mentioned—annuals that “tuck in” any-
where—which are absolutely necessary to
keep the color effect continuous. We cannot

recommend too strongly solid beds of China
We separate the

asters in selected colors.

The home-made horse-shoe-shaped summer house
10x16 feet is built of cedar posts and hemlock

It cost $22.00
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points.

PRACTICAL SUMMER HOUSE

purples and blues from the pinks and reds..
Beware of massing conflicting colors.
There was a wealth of bloom all through

Lat yax ce

No straight lines or sharp angles were permitted
in the garden, because all around was angular. For
references see text on the next pag>

JuLty, 1907

the season from the borders in which grew
the plants given in the following list; the num-
bers refer to the plan on the opposite page.

1. Golden Glow (Rudbeckia laciniata var.
ji. pl.) and single hollyhocks (Althea rosea).

2. Tom Thumb nasturtium (7ropeolum
minus, var.) and the following named varieties
of sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) which are
kept separate for convenience of picking in
solid colors: Hon. Mrs. E. Kenyon, deep
cream; Janet Scott, soft clear pink; K’n¢g
Edward VII; rich, deep red; Lady Grisu
Hamilton, light lavender; Lottie Eckford,
white, shaded and edged with lavender; Lord
Rosebery, rose-carmine, with vines of
deeper rose; Aurora, salmon pink stripes on
silver-white; Blanche Ferry, pink standard
with white wings; Coccinea, bright cherry
red; Countess of Lathom, creamy pink;
Dainty, silver-white, with pink edges; Doro-
thy Eckford, pure white; Duke of West-
minster, claret red; Lovely, soft pink with
white edge; Miss Wilmott, rich orange pink;
Mrs. Walter Wright, deep mauve; Navy
blue, violet-purple; Othello, deep brownish
maroon; Prima Donna, blush-pink; Prince
of Wales, deep rose; Venus, salmon-buff;
Countess Spencer, rosy pink; Helen Pierce,
white mottled with bright blue.

3. Vegetables—radishes, lettuce, parsley,
beans, etc.

4. Late branching red and pink China
asters (Callistephus hortensis) arranged by
colors from front to back as follows: shell
pink, rose pink, carmine, crimson.

5. Lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus), Japa-—

nese anemone (A. Japonica and its var. alba),
Adam’s needle (Yucca filamentosa), red-hot
poker plant (Kniphofia aloides var. nobilis),
gas plant (Dictamnus albus).

6. False chamomile (Boltonia latisquama).

7. Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus, var.
globosus fistulosus) which did not bloom.

8. Foxgloxe (Digitalis purpurea).

g. Petunia (P. hybrida) and snapdragon
(Antirrhinum majus) in variety.

to. Boule de Feu, Coccinea, and Inde-
pendence phlox (Phlox paniculata, var.).

iz. Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus)
mixed colors.

12. Verbena (V. hybrida) and salpiglossis
(S. sinuata) colors mixed.

13. Showy _ larkspur
mosum).

14. Blue Danube Japanese iris (/vis
Zevigata, known in the trade as J. Kempjeri)
and yellow day lily (Hemerocallis aurantiaca).

15. Bonfire scarlet sage (Salvia splendens,
var.).

16. Whitelilac (Syringa vulgaris, var. alba).

17. Mock orange (Philadelphus coron-
avis).

18. Polyanthus (Primula polyantha).

19. Sweet woodruff (Asperula odorata).

20. Oriental poppy (Papaver orientalis),
two forms.

21. Drummond’s phlox (Phlox Drum-
mondi), mixed colors.

22. Sweet-scented tobacco (Nicotiana
alata also known as NV. afjinis), flowers white,
fragrant at night. Sander’s tobacco (N.
Sandere), flowers pink.

(Delphinium _ for-

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Looking toward the house. The wild cucumber in flower on the summer house

23. Halberd-leaved rose-mallow (Hibiscus
muilitaris).

24. Yellow day lily (Hemerocallis fulva).

25. The China aster (Callistephus hor-
tensis) arranged by colors from front to back
as follows—lavender, blue, deep blue, and
white.

26. Peony (Péonia officinalis).

27. Yellow columbine (Aquilegia chry-
santha).

28. Japanese lilac (Syringa Japonica).

29. Sugar maple (Acer saccharum).

30. Japanese virgin’s bower (Clematis
paniculata).

31. Crimson Rambler rose (Rosa multi-
flora, var.).

32. California poppy (Eschscholzia Cali-
jornica).

The view from the house after the improvement.

The first year’s development gave the
yard beauty; but we found to our surprise,
there was no adequate way to enjoy it. We
could walk around the garden, admire the
flowers, and then go back into the house.
We could not use the beauty that had been
produced.

HOW THE SUMMER-HOUSE WAS BUILT

We must have a summer house. So we
went peering into other yards about the city.
True, we found “pergolas” and “arbors,”
all either expensive or ugly, not one usejul.
Our iriend, the architect, could not get our
view point. He could design a building, or
a pergola, neither of which we wanted. So
we worked out the design shown on the
opposite page.

Cumpare with the first picture on opposite page

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It is, substantially, horse-shoe-shaped.
There are four cedar posts, two at each end,
large, square-sawed, ro ft. long, 3 ft., 6 in. in
the ground. The intervening posts of 3 x 4
hemlock complete the outline. ‘The floor is
No. 2 matched, laid on 2x4 hemlock running
crosswise, spiked to the posts and sup-
ported centrally by short posts set with their
tops even with the joists. The gable is 2x4
pine, dressed; plates the same; and the
rafters 1x4 pine, dressed. The entire wire
covering is the same as the fences. Paint
dark green. Cost, about $22.

THE SUMMER-HOUSE FURNISHINGS

The heavy end posts, deep in the ground
and braced by the flooring, support two
hammocks side by side. Easy chairs, old
rugs that we leave out in all weathers, and a
table, make up the furnishings. Here we
live; the house is merely a place in which to
eat and sleep.

As the photographs show, the principal
vines this first year were cucumber and cobcea.
Another year permanent vines—akebia,
honeysuckle, bittersweet, grape, Dutchman’s
pipe, scarlet trumpet, and actinidia, which
are already planted, will give a permanent
covering. Any bare spots that occur will be
covered by the Japanese hop.

PROFIT AS WELL

A word for the vegetables, since the idea
was usefulness as well as beauty. The bed
on the right gave us plenty of radishes,
lettuce, parsley, beans, chard, carrots, onions,
squash, tomatoes, parsnips and _salsify.
This is “ intensive farming.”

What did it cost? In addition to what I
have stated, $7 for seeds and plants, $4 for
manure, and a dollar for various bug-poisons.

As to profits? First, I came out from a
hard winter’s work like an onion sprouted in
the cellar. I took a ten-day vacation, built
the summer house and planted the garden.
All the help I hired was a man half a day
digging post holes. In building the summer-
house I built myself over.

Second, the vegetable garden paid for all
seeds and plants, both vegetables and flowers,
and more; and gave us /resh vegetables.

Third, the summer house gave us a vaca-
tion, the same which, due to pressure of
business, we would not have had otherwise.

Fourth, the summer house and garden
combined have given pleasure to- our
friends. They drop in for tea, for a visit,
and just to see the garden. In no way could
we have done so much for our friends with
so little outlay.

Fifth—and the best thing of all—rest,
daily rest.

Much as we need vacations, we need a
daily rest more—an hour when we let go and
forget. The garden gave the atmosphere,
the summer house the place.

Two much-neglected human desires were
satisfied—the desire to create and the de-
sire for recreation. From year to year we
shall re-create, improve, beautify; and
each pleasant day, from May to Nov-
ember, we may have an hour’s vacation,
and recreation.

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The Californian’s Reminder

ULY is the month in which lawns feel
the effect of constant drought. The
blue grass is growing in a climate different to
its native home, Kentucky, where it has
underground running stems. In California
these are not formed to any extent and for
that reason it is difficult to keep blue grass
lawns in good condition, especially in south-
ern California.

If the lawn looks gray after it has been
mowed, thoroughly rake it with a sharp steel
garden rake, the object being to get rid of the
dead grass in the lawn. This is not easy
to do, but there will be a vast improvement
in the appearance of the lawn. A dressing of
fertilizer given at the same time will help
improve the lawn. One made of eight parts
of stable manure (thoroughly rotted), one
part hardwood ashes, and fifty pounds of
untreated bone will be effective. These
must be thoroughly mixed together, because
if much of the bone meal, or wood ashes
should be dropped on the lawn in one place
the grass would be killed. Spread the
fertilizer over the lawn, one-quarter of an
inch thick and wash it in with water. One
cubic yard (which is equal to one wagon load)
is enough for a piece of ground forty feet
square. The following day rake off the
coarse material left from the manure. An
improvement in the lawn will be noticed a
few days after the fertilizer has been used.
Some bur clover will come up owing to the
fact that the manure contains the seed, but
this is not an objectionable weed as it can be
easily eradicated.

SWEET PEAS FOR WINTER BLOOM

Sow seeds of sweet pea toward the end of
the month, for winter flowers.
good dressing of well-decomposed manure
into the ground in the early part of the month,
and about four or five days before sowing the
ground should be forked and irrigated. Sow
the seeds two inches deep, and after covering
them with the soil, spread a light mulch of
old manure over the bed. For pink and
white flowers, plant the variety Earliest-of-
All, which attains a height of three feet; and
for a white variety, sow Earliest White,
which will bloom in sixty days from the date
of sowing.

Santa Barbara, Cal. W. H. Morse.

TREE AND VEGETABLE SEEDS

Seeds of native, Australian and South
African trees and shrubs, or those from
climates similar to that of California, may be
sown during the next three months. Make

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first sowing of stocks and pansy seeds
Watch the chrysanthemums for suckers and
unnecessary side shoots Begin the annual
rest of your rose bushes by witholding all
water from them, watering to be resumed
when pruned, about November rst.

The following may be planted during this
month: Beans, beets, cabbage (late), cauli-
flower, lettuce, peas, radishes, potatoes,
spinach and turnips. Radish and spinach
may be planted in this climate every month
in the year. To have these vegetables crisp
and to prevent the radishes from having a
strong taste, the water supply must be un-

stinted.

ERNEST BRAUNTON

Los Angeles.

Ridding Land of Gophers and
Moles

T° RID my lawn and garden of the

gophers I flooded their runs with water
but the soil was so sandy that the water im-
mediately drained away and so had no effect
on them.

Then it occurred to me to try acetylene gas,
so procuring a small handful of the crystals
of calcium carbide, from which the gas is
made with the addition of water, I dropped
them down one of the holes that seemed newly
made and free from loose earth. Then,
having ready a piece of sod, I quickly emptied
a pail of water down upon the carbide, and
stopped the hole with the sod, setting it in
firmly with my heel. The steam-like vapors
soon appeared issuing from other openings,
which were closed immediately in like
manner.

The experiment proved a success and I
find it never fails to kill or drive away the
rodents. ‘The calcium:as used in automobile
lighting outfits is in lumps of one-quarter to
one-half of an inch in diameter. I use eight
to twelve of these lumps to a hole as the
occasion seems to demand. It is cheap
(costing about ten cents a time) and effectual
and I have observed no injurious effect upon
either blue grass or white clover. So far I

had no occasion to use it upon any other
grasses but I feel sure no damage can be done
by a reasonable use of the gas.

J. D. CUNNINGHAM.

California.

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She will say: “A Shredded Wheat Biscuit, heated in an oven and
eaten with hot milk every morning, keeps the children healthy and
strong and supplies me with all the energy needed for a day’s work.”

Ask the Chef:

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You do not have to be a chef to enjoy Shredded Wheat Biscuit. It is ready-
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fruits, creamed meats or vegetables. Contains all the muscle-making, brain-build-
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A breakfast of SHREDDED WHEAT BISCUIT will supply the energy for the work or play. TRISCUIT is the

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It is an ideal food for flat-dwellers, light housekeepers, campers, for picnics, for excursions on land or at sea.

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Instead of a smooth skin coating made
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This mineral surface is chosen for its
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1908

A Densely Shaded Garden

Y CITY lot of 80 x 120 ft., isshadowed.
on the east, north and west by a high
overhanging hedge designed to shut off from.
view the neighbors’ premises. This mixed
hedge of lilac, syringa, young elms and
maples, supports tangled masses of wild
grape and woodbine (Ampelopsis), and I.
consider it much more handsome than one
consisting of only a single variety of hedge-
plant. Its natural and unstudied appear-
ance appeals to the imagination and calls.
to mind the draped banks of a river. But—
this hedge restricts my gardening operations:
very materially. Only the middle part of
the back of the lot can be used for such
flowers as require sunlight and air for their
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it over, it has grown to weeds, which throve:
abundantly. On June 2oth of last year I
thought out a new and daring plan, one
involving the risk of considerable loss. IL
spaded the ground and set the bed with
white, and pink Canterbury bells, white fox-

glove, Shasta daisy, and pink cosmos all um

jull bloom. Yes, cosmos in bloom in June..

These plants were growing in the back.
garden in rows. I took up each plant with

a spading fork with whatever soil adhered

to the roots and set them in the newly dug

earth without watering as we had had a
shower the previous night. That border
presented a lightning transformation scene,
as magical in effect as Jonah’s Gourd. The
plants never wilted in the slightest degree
but kept on growing and blooming even
better than those left undisturbed. Having:
attained their full vigor in the open sunlight,
the plants now had a store of vitality todraw
upon, and the partial shade was just right
to keep the blossoms at their best, as they
lasted longer in better condition than others.
that grew in full sunlight. I had tried these
varieties in that bed other years, but had
always started them early in the spring.
They had pined and dwindled along, furnish-
ing a dismal sight all summer.

On this discovery of the adaptability of
these plants I set out all those remaining
in the rows among the perennials whose
season of bloom was past or had not yet

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Don’t Wait Till
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before you begin to realize how nice it

would be if you had built that greenhouse
during the summer. Suppose you do
build it now, then what advantages are to
be gained? In the first place, you can
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JuLy, 1907

come. Iris, bridal wreath, weigela, peony
and others were once again covered with
bloom, the foliage of the perennials furnishing
an ideal background for such newcomers as
the Canterbury bell, and foxglove have no
foliage to speak of. he feathery dark
green of the cosmos screened the coarse-
growing hollyhock with wonderful effect, and
could be used to hide the shortcomings of
the sweet pea vines but I have cut mine down
to about eighteen inches of the ground to
induce new growth for fall flowering.

The Canterbury bell bloomed in the eastern
border till August roth; foxglove and Shasta
daisy till July 20th; and the cosmos after
blooming profusely till August r5th is out
of bloom at this writing, August 24th, but
is covered with fresh buds ready for fall duty.
As the foxglove and Canterbury bells are true
biennials, blooming but once, I pulled them
up leaving the ground free for further experi-
ments with other plants coming into bloom
at that time. The Shasta daisies were taken
up, divided and replaced in the back garden
to gain strength and vigor for next year’s
work. They commenced bearing their second
crop of flowers on August 17th, one plant
that happened to be left in the border bloom-
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taken back to the original bed. With the
above-named flowers the experiment has
gone far enough to prove that the method
of transplanting in full bloom is a complete

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dragon in aspect, and Vinca rosea, and its
variety alba, from seed planted in shallow
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transplanted to open ground May 1oth,
bloomed August rst.

The penstemons moved while in full
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from each stool. In the case of older and
well established clumps this treatment might
not prove successful. I experimented only
with plants easily reached and handled In
the case of the dahlia, gladiolus and perennial
phlox it will be interesting to note how this
treatment affects the future life of the roots.
For early spring blooming the Holland
bulbs do well in my eastern border as the
foliage of the hedge does not come out in
time to shade them. After the bulbs are
done blooming and while the foliage is ripen-
ing, forget-me-not, English daisy, pansy and
columbine, all of which can be moved in
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plants are sunk in the border when ready
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tinual round of ever-changing flowers in the
obdurate eastern border. The forget-me-
not, English daisy and columbine can be
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the best strains of each variety. One inci-
dental advantage of all this transplanting
is the deep stirring of the soil which will do
away in a great measure with the use of that
implement of hideous memory—the hoe!
In the July, 1906, number of THE GARDEN
MacazineE I find this: ‘Cosmos always
wants to grow too high and bloom too late.
It may be twenty years yet before we shall
have dwarf, July-blooming varieties.” In
view of this it may be well to relate how I
came by June-blooming cosmos of three
feet and less in height. I had grown cosmos
since its first introduction and would barely
get sight of the first small blossom of greenish
white or faded-out pink before the snows
smothered the plants. The previous fall I
saw a beautiful bunch of cosmos, each
blossom about four inches across, of a very
lively tint of primrose pink. I secured the
address of the grower, a lady who knew
nothing about the plant but that it had been
blooming all summer. I engaged seed of
the growing plants, which I sowed on Feb-
ruary 17th of the following year in a cigar
box in the house. The young plants were

transplanted to another box five inches. in |
depth April 5th; they were set in the open

ground May 3oth, the plants being then
about two feet tall. They bloomed June
12th but the blossoms were not as large as
those of the parent plants, probably because
these were exhausted from blooming before
my seed was saved. I had noticed last year
that cosmos even such as I then grew had
one recommendation. It would—contrary
to popular opinion—transplant so readily
that I considered it unkillable. I pulled up
some plants during the hottest weather of
last August, and two days later found them
still alive though lying in the sun with
exposed roots. - For an experiment I planted
them again and they went on growing as
if nothing had happened. It was this experi-
ence with cosmos that suggested the fitting
out of my eastern border.

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GARDEN MAGAZINE Jury, 1907

LL True and False Originality in

ee oe Garden Design
CRYSTAL — 3 _ (Continued from page 337.)

The only “unique” garden among these

|. ®@ : : Gi, OUL 70. : 8 great estates is shown in Fig. 15 and even
pts S slide é there it grows out of the necessities of the

| O m | Nn O ow SUGAR : we) case, for something had to be done with this
; HAVEMEYERS & ELDER. Seem | abandoned quarry and why not grow rock-

: ne loving flowers? It is unique only because
people do not commonly own quarries.
There is something vastly more important
than the unique, viz., the typical. This
i ' garden is typical because rocks suggest rock
Al eT gardening, and because its surroundings are
: Wp: wild, and the picture shows how both ideas
are allowed to grow right out of the soil
and develop themselves to the fullest. False
originality would “grade up” the old quarry
cc. > and make a carriage turn with a mound of
| rE cobblestones in the centre covered by

Sold only fs 5 Ib. sealed boxes! nasturtiums, or else a “rockery” made

- . out of artificial stone in an attempt to grow

IMAGINATION COULD NOT CONCEIVE OF A HANDIER AND PRETTIER FORM THAN IS PRESENTED IN “CRYSTAL DOMINO SUGAR: all the rare flowers of the Alps.
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\ no room to create a broad country-like view,
(Ch 9) By grocers everywhere. OD joule Gia Wh 2 ALS A iit. baad the
main principle of landscape gardening applies

—the open lawn with massed planting at
the sides. False originality scatters plants

THE B U R LI N G T O N 9, about, or puts them in rows, or makes flower
beds in the middle of the grass. And the
‘ application of the law of fitness to the back-

BORATED TALCUM yard is this: Let your backyard express your

own personality—not a vain imitation of
TOILET POWDER another’s, as carpet bedding is. If you enjoy
pets and animals and only do gardening
“YOU’RE SAFE” ; from a sense of duty, then don’t have a
in the hands of the little ae garden—simply have a lawn. But go in

eeeion” cto. ee 7% § | forsomething! Havea hobby. Every man

whose results are certain, of us ought to be compelled by law to have
pe By \ one for his own health and peace of mind.

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TOILET POWDER 2 2 Say | remember that all the ridiculous things folks
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Prickly Heat, Chafing, | GA not imagination—which manifests itself in

Greatest Comfort for Least Money Bia. Put im Ron-refill- 4i{ | three ways:
Burlington Venetian Blinds keep out the sun ERatlae tonne onanTeS rote | Way. 1. In straining after the unique instead

d let in the air. A J 6 : i 1
aMUsed around the veranda, they make it private pou: If Mennen 8 face is a of the typical; which results in strange,
as a room—really add an outdoor room to your € cover 1ts genuine a : coe j aha
house. To sleeping rooms they give both dark- Deliehttal after eee ; . ¢ ~ eccentric things.
d breezes. . : 5d . : :

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Sliding Blinds, with our Screens and Screen ff Beat Sue S006, Bere : Roel Gaaateiee site rescllis Gin clalnoracs
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carpet bedding instead of borders of hardy

the mountains. :
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BOREINGIO RUN aN ee a ee WM) fresh cut Parma : which results in pretentious formal gardens
eons ae aan instead of gardens that have the atmosphere
of peace and of affectionate home life,

The reader who desires further particulars about the
eighteen gardens here pictured will find them im the back
numbers of Country Life in America and of Tur GARDEN
Macazine, files of which*are perhaps accessible in your
public library. If not, perhaps back numbers may be

T O Y O U R H O U S E secured. Fig. 1, etc., refer to illustrations m the present

is one of our conservatories, opening somewhat like this one does, article. Other numbers refer to volume and page. C. L.=
from the reception hall. Not alone a sort of hospital to give vigor to Country Life in America. G. M.=Garpen Macazine.

your plants, but a place in which to sit and be surrounded by beauti- C. L., s: 408, Mar., 1904—(2) C. L., 9: 45) Nov.

ul growing life. Then there are our greenhouses; they enhance (1) C. L., 5: 408, +» 1904 + b., 9: 2 ?

the attractiveness of your grounds and give of their goodness in cut 1g05—(3) C. L., 7: 485, Mar., 1g05—(4) C. L., 2: ror,

Bowers and veretables a the yeararound. Sees Mar., 1903—(5) C. L., 2: 98, July, 1902—(6) C. L., 7:

it ti Ss, sending along és cay
five cane SA ceawipaltor aut pestle, © ister EeGeusidedeee 493> ae, Se bec: = ve ee a Y a
9: 528, Mar., 1906— ben HAR ABS, —

Hose os AND ae C. L., 7: 480, Mar., 1905—(11) C. L., 3: 204, Mar., 1903

reenhouse Designers & Bui = —(12) C. L., 7: 474, Mar., 1905—(13) C. L., 4: 339,

Manufacturers of Heating and Ventilating Apparatus San 035 @ ©. lon FA ARO, Mle, 1905—(15) Goa

. =a - L., 7: ) . . L., 4:

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L., 4: 276, Aug., 1903-—(18) G. M., 5: 147, Apr., 1907.

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“Nothing Doing!” Green Lima Beans

HE lima bean which remains green in

the dried state, is a much desired
article in the seed trade, and for ten years
or more I have been trying to establish a
strain of the large lima bean which would
retain the green coloring in the dried bean.
This color is not only desirable in the dried
bean but if a variety of this character could
be established, the young beans as gathered
and shelled in the green state would be

more uniform in color and more attractive The best varieties, both new
(ca ATEN GUE ORE RER EE? in appearance ‘i Fee and old, and the best methods |
; ; hy one who has grown many lima beans of planting to raise a full cro | |
No wind—the yacht cannot sail. is familiar with the fact that in gathering the | |f P s 2 P
of strawberries next year are

No wind—the windmill on shore cannot | green beans, or beans in the fresh state, during : . :
pump the water needed. the summer months, in all the large varieties fully particularized ma

th ill b t It f ?
Our grandfathers had proverbs showing ere oO Bier iamlaes Dr econseate HH DREER S

cank SEe cece OCR beans which are almost pure white in color
eir helplessness, an i pen on Bl aninteln Giseace & th 1 | oe ie
nature, ‘Rain comes at no man’s call,” they Weta eke oem ee || Mid-Summer Catalogue

: : ance of the dish when served on the table. | | Also describes and prices the best strains of Cel- : .
declared, and so—they tried to be patient. | 7, my own garden it is my practice to dis- ery, Cablidgelandiniien veneer ienines '
But we have learned how to make nature obey card all these white beans when shelling the A select list of the best Palms, Ferns and decor-
our needs. The modern up-to-date establish- : . ative plants.

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state that the tallest trees of American holly

you know of in the North are at Mt. i aes CUBED hy WRG OS
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sul it Iron fence is a very good specimen at Perth Amboy, | antiseptic that not Gals prorat
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Juvy, 1907

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

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names of reliable firms inany department of trade

Transplant Evergreens
in Summer

.. when the ground is warm and moist, for best

we results. Grow Evergreens on the lawn and

home grounds, for best effects. Buy Peter’s

~ Evergreens, from the heart of the Southern
Alleghany Mountains, for best stock.

Colorado
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(illustrated herewith) is one of our
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> of which dignified our grandmothers’

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360

THE GARDEN MAGAZINE

Jury, 1907

Red Cross Shoe
Women whose
feet hurt SaV—

We are receiving thousands of letters like
those below. ‘Thesole of the Red Cross Shoe
is flexible. It is of regular thickness, but
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Leading dealers have the Red Cross. If yours hasn’t, we: will
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don’t buy; write us.
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Important Announcement

WE ARE sorry that the letter from the
Southerner which we published in
the May number aroused sectional feeling and
it is a pleasure to have it made so perfectly
clear that the author of that article was a
pessimist; our kind friends in the South have
supplied us with an abundance of names of
amateurs who are interested in home gar-
dening, and a dozen or more very promising
articles are being prepared at the time of this
writing.

We take great pleasure in announcing that
Mr. P. J. Berckmans of Augusta, Ga., the
leading horticulturist of the South and the
Dean of American Pomology, has nearly
finished writing a thorough study on trees
and shrubs from the Southern point of view
which we hope to be able to publish serially
in THE GARDEN MAGAZINE.

The various chapters are of absorbing
practical interest and make an important
contribution to American horticulture, for
Mr. Berckmans was the first to introduce
from China, Japan, and elsewhere many of
the most important fruit trees and ornamental
plants that have contributed greatly to the
wealth and beauty of the Southern States.

At our special request, Mr. Berckmans
has furnished photographs of the original
type specimens of these introductions where-
ever possible, and has told in a most delight-
ful way the circumstances under which each
one was introduced.

The Fruit Garden in July.

FTER the “ June drop” thin all the tree
fruits that have set thickly. You will
not lose a pound of fruit by the process, and

you will get larger, higher-colored, and

better-flavored specimens.

Examine the under sides of grape leaves
for mildew. If there is any, dust them with
dry sulphur, ona still, warm day.

Behead your raspberry and blackberry
canes. Use pruning shears or sickle. Cut
back to three feet, and they will make com-
pact bushes that need little tying.

Did you have enough strawberries this
year? No? Then start a new bed right
now. You can save a year by layering run-
ners in small pots, before July 15th. After
that you must buy potted plants for fall set-
ting, and they cost ten cents each.

Do you know this trick about cultivating
strawberries? Always run your wheel hoe
through each row the same way. Reverse
tillage uproots runners.

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