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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



CONINE NURSERY CO. 



East Main St. 



Established 1S95 



Stratford, Conn. 



Reference Dvui 



A Gentleman, owning a thousand 

 acre place within one hundred miles 

 north of New York City, interested 

 in perennials, rock plants, trees, 

 shrubs, native flowers and shrubs, 

 etc., is willing to give land, house, 

 and half capital to an established 

 firm of nurserymen, or member of 

 such firm, willing to locate nursery 

 or branch on partnership basis on 

 his place. Write full details, in 

 strict confidence, to SIRMIO, care 

 of Gardeners' Chronicle. 



and trust that it will be possible for you to 

 join us in this effort. 



The i)bjcct of the club is to turn unsightly 

 backyards into gardens, to beautify all waste 

 places, to plant trees near important build- 

 ings and along treeless streets, to encourage 

 window-box planting, and to be observant of 

 the workings of the park department, in 

 order that we may make city life richer by 

 fostering the love of beauty. 



In order to carry out these important 

 ideas, we feel that it is very necessary to 

 have photographs of successful develop- 

 ments, so that people can clearly see the pos- 

 sibilities of their own backyards, and receive 

 inspiration. This is the primary reason for 

 competition, to secure pictures to carry on 

 the gofxi work of making New York a better 

 place in which to live. 



May we hope for your co-operatiun in tliis 

 work? l-K.w'CEs B. Joh.\sto.\. 



Here and There 



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WILD FLOWERS BEING EXTER- 

 MINATED 



The beautiful wild flowers that once 

 adorned our roadsides, meadows and woo<ls 

 are rapidly disappearing, especially in the 

 country around big cities, and the reason, 

 according to .Mbert \. Hansen, who sends 

 to Science an earnest plea for their preserva- 

 tion, is the "unrestricted, indiscriminate. 

 thoughtless pickings to which these beau- 

 teous i)lants are subjected. Each spring wit- 

 nesses the descent of legions of thouglitless 

 flower-gatherers who ravish the flora with 

 hardly a thought that the tearing away of 

 flowers robs most plants of their only meth- 

 ods of reproduction. 



The remedy is not the prohibition of wild- 

 flower picking, but the care of pickers not to 

 gather too many. "Sufiicient," says Mr. 

 Hansen, "should always Ik- allowed to re- 

 main, particularly in the case of annuals, to 

 produce seed and so perpetuate the species. 

 Plants should never be gathered by the roots, 

 as is so frequently the case with hepatirn, 

 anemone and bird-foot violet. Plants grow 



To Have It Then, You Must Build Now 



.\s magically as greenhouse flowers seem to grow, sfill there is a 

 good deal of plain every day common sense about it. 

 Y'ou do have a complete control over conditions and can force things 

 faster than is their usual wont. 



But even so, what you gain in time by forcing, you just as surely 

 lose in quality. 



Time, therefore, is the \ ital factor which prompts us to urge you to 

 build your greenhouse now if you e.xpect to surely have joy giving 

 l)looms in alnuidancc for Thanksgiving, and all the coming fail and 

 winter through. 



P'ortunately, greenhouse building the way we do it is carried on 

 with rather surprising speed and (piite devoid of the usual botlier- 

 ments. 



To help you in selecting just tlie house best adapted to your pur- 

 poses, we have a delightful l)Ooklet called "(.Owning Your Own 

 Greenhouse." Send for a copy. 



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NEW YORK 

 101 Park Ave. 



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Home Office and Factory: Elizabeth, 

 PHILADELPHIA 

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ORCHIDS 



We are SpeclaltHtH In Onblds. We collect. 

 ITTAW. Import, export and aell orchids ex- 

 clusively. If you nro In the market for Orchids, 

 we n<illclt yonr ln»inlrlc« nn»I orders. Csts- 

 logueH and special lists on spptlcatlon. 



LAGER & HURRELL 



Irthid GrowBri and Inptrtan 

 S u 111 in I It , N . .J . 



I CUT FLOWER BOXES 



EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO 



MANUFACTURERS 



PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



JI:u,d/c HUMUS 



Ibr the I'rlee i^ the ISosf iiiid Clionpiv^f 



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