May 22, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



731 



HARDY PERENNIALS AND THEIR 

 VARIOUS USES. 



liy Kol'Crt Camerou. 

 Coiilirued from Pagt yoj, Issue of May is. 



Florists and Their Homes. 



Are the florists and the nurserymen 

 doing the best they can to make their 

 homes and places of business pleasing 

 and attractive and are they trying to 

 teach the people to love and use plants 

 more abundantly around their homes? 

 Some florists have very beautiful 

 grounds, nicely kept, while others have 

 miserable dilapidated places. There 

 is less reason for a florist, above all 

 others, to have an unsightly and un- 

 tidy place. He has always plenty of 

 material growing around him and 

 knows how to make it grow. There- 

 fore around his home there should al- 

 ways be a pleasing and satisfying 

 picture. If you don't keep your 

 place neat and tidy and have plenty 

 of plants and flowers around your 

 places of business and homes, how can 

 you expect to urge your customers to 

 grow more plants when you do not 

 show them a good example? 



Immortal Burns has said: 



"O wad some Power tlie giftle gie us 



To se3 ourselves as itliers see us! 



It wad frae moiiy a blunder free us. 

 An* foolisli notion." 

 Private Estates. 



I am pleased that some of our large 

 private estates have taken up this sub- 

 ject seriously and are naturalizing 

 bulbs and other plants by the thous- 

 ands, in woodlands and other places. 

 William N, Craig of North Easton, is 

 doing this work finely. Charles Sander 

 at Prof. Sargent's place has done ex- 

 cellent work. Mr. Henry Hunnewell, 

 of Wellesley, has planted liberally and 

 has obtained good results. And on the 

 North Snore we have quite a number 

 of good examples. 



In England this kind of work is 

 done on a very large scale. At Kew 

 Gardens a few years ago they had only 

 a few small patches of plants that were 

 naturalized. Now they have acres of 

 snow-drops, crocuses, squills and 

 many other things which are seen and 

 enjoyed when they are in bloom, by 

 hundreds of thousands of people from 

 the thickly populated parts of London. 



Some of you will say, these bulbs 

 are too expensive to plant in such 

 large quantities as I have recommend- 

 ed. You will be surprised if you buy 

 in large quantities to find how cheap- 

 ly they can he bought. 



The Herbaceous Border. 



There are many ways in which hardy 

 perennials can be used, but the most 

 common way is in the mixed border. 

 Many persons think it is an easy mat- 

 ter to plant and maintain a herbace- 

 ous flower border, but if one is to 

 have flowers during the Spring, Sum- 

 mer and Fall, and maintain a good 

 scheme of color, it is by no means the 

 easy thing that it is commonly sup- 

 posed to be. A person may have many 

 plants of good kinds and they may 

 grow satisfactorily, but that does not 

 make a border or garden; that merely 

 makes a collection. 



So, if we are to have beautiful gar- 

 dens and borders, the chief point we 

 should keep in view is to use them 

 with careful selection and definite pur- 

 pose, always aiming that they shall 

 make beautiful pictures. Two borders 

 may contain the same number and 

 kinds of plants; the one may be plant- 



A Prosperous Florist is like the Bee Never Idle 



We have plants to sell, so liave thousands 

 of other florists. 



But we have quantity, quality and prices 

 that few can oflfer. 



Our immense stock of bedding plants Is 

 now ready, every hole and corner full for 

 Immediate shipment. 



Geraniums, S, A. Nutt (best crimson), 

 John Doyle and other reds, Mme Thibaut 

 and Jean Viaud (pink), 4-iu. pots, $7,00 

 per 100, 



Poitevlne, Albion (single white) Ivy ger- 

 aniums, .ST. 00 per 100. 



Scarlet Sage Clara Bedman, 4-in., $7.00 

 per 100; 3-in., ifiOO per 100. 



Ageratumg, best of the blue dwarf, 4-in. 

 pots, in bloom, .$6.00 per 100. 



Heliotropos, best of blue dwarf variety, 

 4-in, pots, in bloom, $7.00 per 100. 



Begonia Vernon, best dark red, and 

 others, $7,00 per 100. 



Begonia Flambeau, on account of its 

 waxy foliage (pink flowers in summer), Is 

 valuable for window boxes, vases, and 

 makes a striking appearance, SH-in. pots, 

 $2.00 per doz. ; 4-in. pots, $1.00 per doz. 



Fuchsias, assorted, in bud, 4-in. pots, 

 .fO.OO per 100. 



Petunias, double assorted, 4-in. pots, $7.00 

 per 100. 



Lantanas, assorted, 4-in. pots, in bloom, 

 $7,00 per 100. 



Nasturtiums, dwarf assorted, 4-in. pots, 

 $0,00 per 100, 



Stocl4s, German, six weeks, 4-in. pots, 

 $7,00 per 100. 



Vincas. variegata and periwinkle, . 4-in. 

 pots, $1-2,00 per 100. 



Cobaea pcnndens, 4-in., Sc. 



Cannas, 4-in. pots, Henderson, Poitevine, 

 Bismarck, Mile. Berat. etc., $8.00 per 100; 

 King Humbert. 4-in., lOe. 



Mignonette, 4-iu., 7c. 



.\ster Victoria, German, 5 best sorts, $3.00 

 per 100. 



Honeysuckle, large, 6-in., 50c; 10 plants 

 sold at 100 rates. 



SMAI,!- PLANTS 



Pelunia California Giant, 3-»u. pots, $4.00 

 per 100. 



Petunia Inimitable, 2^4-in. pots, $3.00 per 

 100. 



Verbenas, assorted, in bud, 2%-in. pots, 

 $3,00 per 100, 



Colens, VerschafEeltii, Golden Bedder and 

 Queen Victoria, $3.00 i)er 100. 



C'oleus, fancy leaved, 2y2-iu. pots, $4.00 

 per 100. 



Marigold, Tagetes or French dwarf, 3-ln. 

 pots, $3.00 per 100. 



Centanrea Gymnocarpa (Dusty Miller), 

 2i/!;-In. pots, $3.00 per 100. 



Parlor or German Ivy, 2V4-in. pots, $3.00 

 per 100. 



Salpiglossis, assorted, 2>,4-in. to 3-in. 

 pots, $3.00 per 100. 



Lobelia Crystal Palace (blue), 2i4-In. 

 pots, $3.00 per 100. 



Tradescantia, green and variegated, 2%- 

 in. pots, $3.00 per 100. 



Kenilworth Ivy, 2V4-in. pots, $3.00 per 

 100. 



Thunbergia, or Black Eyed Susan, 2V4-in. 

 pots. $3.00 per 100. 



Cuphea, or cigar plant, 2%-ln. pots, 

 $3.00 per 100. . „ 



Vinca variegata, 3-iu., $4.00 to $5.00 per 

 100. 



Ageratnm, blue, dwarf, 3-in. pots, $4.00 

 per 100. 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 3-in. pots, 

 .•Jl.OO per 100; 2-in. pots, $3.00 per 100, 

 $2.5.00 per 1000. 



Cosmos, 4 early varieties, separate colors, 

 made up 3 plants In a pot. $3.00 per 100, 



Summer Chrysanthemums, best varieties, 

 3-in. pots, $4.00 per 100; 4-iu. pots, $7.00 

 per 100. , , 



Pvrethrura .\ureum (Golden Feather), 

 2^'..-in. pots, $3.00 per 100. 



koses. Climbing Lady Gay, Crimson 

 Ramijler, D. Perkins, sy^-in. to C-in. pots, 

 2,=jc, .30c to 40c. 



Arancaris Kobusta Compacta and Excelsa 

 Glauca, Specimen plants, 7 to S in. pots, 

 2.5 to 35 inches high, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, 

 $3.00 each. „ . , 



Araucaria Excelsa, 25. 35 to 40 inches 

 high, 6-in. pots, 5 to 6 tiers. $1.00, $1.25. 

 New crop, 40c, 50c, 60c, 75e. 



Kentia Belmoreaiia and Forsteriana, just 

 arrived from Belgium per steamer Manltou, 

 in first class shape, 75c, $1.00, $1.50 to 

 .$2.00 each. 



MOONVINES. 



4-in. pots, nicely stocked up. $12.00 per 

 100: 3-in. pots. .$8.00 per 100; 2V4-in. pots, 

 $5.00 per 100. 



All goods must travel at purchaser's risk. Cash with order, please. 





E stock shipped in or out of pots. 



Godfrey Aschmann, west o'i^tano st 



. Philadelphia, Pa. 



IMPORTER, WHOLESALE GROWER and SHIPPER OF POT PLANTS 



BAY TREES, BOXWOOD, PALMS, AkAUCARIAS, 



AND OTHER DECORATIVE MATERIAL 



Evergreens l^ -^iS"'^^" Ficus Elastica ^^e^^. 



CLEMATIS, and all other Vines and Climbers. 

 Trained Fruit Trees, Qieenhouse Qrapes, Herbaceous Plants, Trees and Shrubs, 



We shall be pleased to give special prices on lists. 

 ASK FOR WHOLESALE CATALOGUE. 



BOBBINK & ATKINS 



Rutherford, N.J. 



ed in sucli a way that everything is 

 jarring, displeasing and unrestfiil, 

 while the other may be planted with 

 the same material hut, in such a way 

 that it makes an impression o£ pleas- 

 ing satisfaction; in fact, it makes a 

 series of satisfying pictures. To leain 

 to see the difference in these pictures 

 and how to put them in their right 

 places, is to recognize gardening as a 

 fine art. 



In forming plantations and borders, 

 the right thing to do is to place the 

 plants with such care that they shall 

 form a part of a harmonious whole 

 and that portions will show a series 

 of pictures. 



The Color Scheme. 



We do not give enough attention to 

 our color scheme, and in almost every 

 garden I know this is a very weak 

 point. Much of the success of a border 



or garden depends on giving thought 

 and study to get pleasing color effects. 

 Many times good material is useless 

 in our scheme, either from ignorance 

 or lack of forethought. A plant may 

 not ba ugly in itself, but, when placed 

 in a wrong environment, may make a 

 very distasteful picture. We all know 

 how to grow the plants, but it is an- 

 other question of how to place them 

 that they may give the best effects and 

 make the most beautiful pictures. If 

 we are to be successful with our bor- 

 ders we ought to give more study to 

 the color scheme, as there is so much 

 depending on it that we certainly can 

 greatly profit by giving much more at- 

 tention to it than we have in the past 

 I am not posing as one who can teach 

 you in this line, but I can see where 

 most of us are very unsuccessful in 

 making our border compositions. 



