THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AME: iCA. 



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DREER'S POT-GROWN 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS 



The best varieties, both new and old. and best methods of plant- 

 ing- to raise a full crop of strawberries next year are fully particu- 

 larized in • 



Dreer's Mid-Summer Catalogue 



.\lso Celery, Cabbage, and other vegetable plants. A select list of 

 decorative plants. Palms. Ferns, etc.; Seeds of old-fashioned Hardy 

 Perennials and other flowers for summer sowing, Seasonable Farm 

 Seeds, etc. 



Write today for a copy, FRF. E, and |jKase mention this magazine. 



HENRY A. DREER 



7 14. CHESTNUT ST.. PHILADELPHIA., PA. 



with the natural conditions. I-"ur instance, if the drive 

 passes through a wood, comijosed (as in many cases) of 

 the deciduous trees of the East, charming vistas may 

 often be secured by the removal of undesirable trees, and 

 by so doing benefit those reserved. 



Where an undergrowth or fronting is required, mag- 

 nificent effects may be produced by the introduction of 

 such evergreens as hemlock, spruce, rhododendrons, 

 mountain laurel, etc.. at a slight cost. 



Where native cedars or pines predominate, the addi- 

 tion of scarlet oaks, red maples, birch and other trees as- 

 sist in brilliant color effects. Berried shrubs and trees, 

 such as the mountain ash, berberries and native holly, 

 viburnums, etc.. add much tn the fall and winter land- 

 scape. 



Special care must be given to the landscape work in 

 close proximity to the house. Xo set rule can be applied. 



A charming setting for a house built of gray stone can be 

 procured by the planting of evergreens, thereby softening 

 the outline and adding a rich, subdued tone the year 

 'round. 



THE GREENHOUSE. 



There is hardly an estate of any size that does not carry 

 its range of greenhouses. In many cases their planning 

 and erection is placed in the hands of someone who has 

 not the faintest idea of the particular purpose for which 

 each section is being built, and who studies them from an 

 architectural instead of a horticultural point of view. 

 The result can be imagined when the gardener is called 

 upon to produce roses or fruit in a house that has hardly 

 an}' of the requirements called for. I have seen many 

 greenhouses on private estates placed in positions where 

 the\' are a source of annoyance instead of pleasure. 



Herbaceous and Tree Peonies 



Some of the Best Varieties, Planting and Care. 



Hardy herbaceous flowering plants have come rapidly 

 intii popular favor during recent years. The perennial 

 characteristic of such plants has taken deep root in the 

 hearts, of the people and won their love. The pretty, 

 annual Howering plants bloom for a single season and are 

 killed by the first heavy frost of Autumn, but the hardy 

 herbaceous perennial plants bloom each in its own season, 

 and when the Summer campaign of bloom and growth is 

 over, and Winter comes, they retire into their quarters 

 beneath the earth, but come back again like old and loved 

 friends when the sun of .\]M-il with its warm kisses melts 

 the ice and snow, and nature reawakens from its winter 

 sleeji. 



Oi all the many hardy hcrhaccuus flowering plants, no 

 one is hardier, more floriferous, .^liowy and beautiful than 

 the Peony. To all these attractive qualities there is in 

 manv varieties also the added charm of a delicate 

 fragrance. 



The early varieties bloom \\-'>\u about May 2? to June 

 1 ; the early mid-season from June 1 to June 10; the mid- 

 season from June 10 to June 1.^ : the late mid-season from 

 June 15 to June 20; and the late from June 20 to July. 

 This classification as to beginning and end of season is 

 arbitrary, but shows what carlw mid-season, etc.. means 

 in what follows : 



During the June flower shuw- and window disjjlays of 



the seed stores there is an excellent opportunity for pros- 

 pective buyers to make their own selections. 



To such as are not al)le to take advantage of these 

 opportunities, the following varieties selected by careful 

 observation out of the several hundred varieties now 

 grown are recommended as among the most beautiful in 

 the various colors of the several classes. 



E)OUBr.E HERBACEOUS CLASS. 



Festiva maxima, color pure white, center petals often 

 tipped red, earl\- : lonrcmne D'or, pure white, tuft of 

 center petals tipped carmine, late ; Boule De Neige. milk- 

 white, flecked with crimson, early mid-season ; Modeste 

 Guerin. light Solferino red, fragrant, mid-season; 

 Atrosanguinea, brilliant rosy magneta, outer iietals, 

 streaked white, mid-season; August in D'Hour, brilliant 

 Solferino — red mid-sea.«in; Jules Calot, dark pink, fra- 

 grant, mid-season. Avalanche, milk white, center lilac 

 white, with carmine flecks, fragrant, late ; Felix Crousse. 

 brilliant red, fragrant, mid-season ; Mme. De \'erneville, 

 pure white, blush center, flecked with carmine, fragrant, 

 earlv; Mons. Jules Flic. |)ale lilac rose, very fragrant, 

 earlv; .\dolphe Rousseau. puri)le, garnet, early; Rapliael, 

 d^rk purple, garnet, extra early; .Slons. Martin Cahuzac, 

 very dark purple, garnet, the darkest colored Peony of 

 all, earlv mid-season; I.amartine, rose carmine, mid- 



