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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



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I COMPETENT I 

 I GARDENERS I 



I The comforts and products j 



I of a country home are increased | 



j by employing a competent | 



I gardener; if you want to en- | 



I gage one, write us. | 



I Please give particulars re- j 



I garding place and say whether | 



I married or single man is | 



I wanted. We ha\e been supply- | 



I ing them for years to the best | 



1 people everywhere. No fee | 



I asked. I 



I Peter Henderson &'Co. | 



I Scedsiiii'ii ii«(/ fh'iisls § 



I 35 and 37 Cortlandt Street, j 



I NEW YORK CITY | 



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Pernettya mucronata is a spreading ever- 

 green shrub two to four feet high, giving 

 a weahh of brilhant fruits the size of peas 

 and varying in color from waxy white to 

 blackish purple and including rose, lilac and 

 mauve. Pernettyas are readily raised from 

 seeds, but as only a portion of the seedlings 

 produce really shown fruits, to reproduce 

 these true increase should be by layering or 

 by cuttings. To improve the type, however, 

 recourse must be obviously be had to raising 

 and selecting seedlings. The Pernettyas us- 

 ually retain the fruits until the early months 

 of the new year. 



The Snowberry (Symphoricarpus race- 

 mosus) is too often a neglected shrub. 

 Grown in deeply trenched and well manured 

 ground, it produces quantities of large white 

 fruits weighing down the branches. The 

 Siberian Crab (Pyrus baccata), the culti- 

 vated garden form, not the wild type, is the 

 last of the Crabs to drop the cherry-like red 

 fruits, often after Christmas. 



Last, but far from least, though it is a 

 British wild climlx-r of llie hedgerows, men- 

 tion must be made of the Traveller's Joy or 

 Old Man's Beard (Clematis Vitalba). deck- 

 ing all and sundry over which it can ramble 

 with its abundant silky fruits. — The Garden. 



PRESERVATION OF NATIVE 

 NEW ENGLAND PLANTS 



A Society fur the Preservation of Xative 

 New England Plants has been formed under 

 the auspices of the Garden Club of .America 

 and the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Its object is to encourage and educate the 

 people of N'ew England to protect native 

 plants and wild flowers from destruction, to 

 cut them only with care and discriminatif)n, 

 leaving the rarer specimens to multiply 

 themselves, and to spread a knowledge of 

 their habits and cultural re<|uirements among 

 the community at large. 



This Society plans to provide free lec- 

 tures, hold exhibitifnis, plant wild flower 

 sanctuaries, and to spread knowledge and 

 love of wild plants, believing that once the 

 people have learned about them they will 

 become their guardians and stop their rapid 

 extermination. 



.At present the native Laurel is in great 

 danger, being used in immense (|uantities in 

 decorations at all seasons of the year, es- 

 pecially at Christmas time. For example. 

 one yard of "Laurel rope" contains twenty 

 years' growth of a large plant. In Nc^v 



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One oj Many — 



The Indian Summer Snap- 

 dragons are indescribably 

 l)eautiful and the Dahlia 

 Zinnias extremely handsome. 



A new Star of the First Magnitude in 

 the splendid Galaxy of Schling Novelties 



Indian Summer 



A Snapdragon of truly 

 Regal Size and Color 



Indian Summer is so unusual in size and so 

 entrancing in color that any adequate descrip- 

 tion must seem like hyperbole. 



Imagine a snapdragon, its flower spikes borne 

 on a stem equaling the gladiolus in height and 

 vigor with individual blooms at least a third 

 larger than the largest of the so-called giant 

 snapdragons hitherto produced, and as for 

 color — a rich, velvety copper red — but, no, 

 imagination fails here as well as description! 

 .\ few plants in your own garden will make 

 you a far more enthusiastic admirer tlian 

 reams of adjectives. 



Better order at once — the supply is limited, the 

 demand increasing daily. 



1 Packet SI. 00. 



6 Packets S5.00. 



28 West 

 59th St. 



$cKlii\g^ $ced$ 



New York 

 City 



V B The first edition of our annual "A Book for Garden Lovers" is Jusl off the I'ress. Full g 



of' helpful information and suggestion, it should be in your hands now for your spring planning— | 



included free with your order, otherwise 25 cents. | 



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AXFIXO 



TKe Superior 

 Nicotine Dust 



T7"TT T O aphis, thrips, white fly, mealy bug, red spider, acacia scale leaf- 

 J\.11_/L>0 hoppers, ants, cucumber beetles, and most soft bodied insects. 

 .\XFIXO is a highly volatile nicotine dust evolving pure nicotine gas when 

 e.xposed to the air. This gas envelopes the entire plant. It goes where 

 liquid sprays and smoke cannot possibly go. 



Packed in 1, 5, 25, 50, 100 pound containers. 



Ask your dealer for AXFIXO, if he cannot supply you, write the manu- 

 facturers, mentioning your dealer's name. 



HIGHTSTOWN HARDWARE CO., Manufacturers 



Hig'htsto-wn, Chemical Division. NevT Jersey 



"A Garden for Every Home." 

 MULLER-SEALEY CO.. INC. 



I 45 West 45th St. New York City 



ORCHIDS 



We are SpeciatlflU In OrchldB. We collect, 



vrow. Import, export and aell orchids ex- 



cluHlvely. If i'ou are In the market for Orchids, 



we Rollcit yotir ln<inlrle)i ami orders. Cats- 



loguett and special IlntH on application. 



LAGER & HURRELL 



•nhU Gnwtn and lii(Mrt«i 



Summit. N. U. 



Joseph Manda Go. 



Orchids Our Specialty 



Send for Our Catalogue 



191 Valley Road We»t Orange, N. J. 



RARE ALPINE 1922 SEEDS 



fiom one nf the larRcst and choicest collec- 

 tions in Britain, sold c1um|i. I.isls free. 

 Sample packet 12 varieties, $1., Ml varieties 



*^ REV. J. F. ANDERSON 

 Glenn Hall, England 



HARRY BALDWIN 



MjLDufaoturer of 



Greentiouse Shading 



Lath Roller Blinds 



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OIAIJTY RED POTS 



blnih' of bmt matprlal by ■killed 

 lHlM)r. utilformty burned and 

 rnri'fully parked. 

 Famosi "Mtu-AztM" War* 

 Inrludfls AzaK-a Pot«. Tvn 

 DlfihRS, Haogln' Buketj, Lawn 

 Vims, etc Write tm ratalocup 

 and price list 

 Tbe Zan« Pollrrj Compear 

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