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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



El}t Cont^nta— 31uli|, 1014 



Electricity and Plant Culture Sp Arthur Smith 



Propagating the Aucuba . . . . 



When to Prune Shrubbery 



The Soil and Disease . . . . 



The Snapdragon . . By H. J. Moore 



The Old Man . . . B], Walt. Mason 



"Just as Old " .... 



Growing Interest in Public Rose Gardens 



The Smith Memorial 



Where Brains Are Needed By S. E. Kise 



The Sweet Pea of the Past and Future . 



Planting Peonies .... 



Our Cover Illustration . By W . H. Waite 



Auriculas from Seed 



Progressive Curiosity 



American Sweet Pea Society Show 



American Gladiola Society Schedule 



Opportunity ..... 



The White House Gardens, Washington, D. C 



Editorials ..... 



Presage of Woe .... 



Doings of National Cooperative Committee 



Summer Meeting National Assn. of Gardeners. 



National Association Notes 



Among the Gardeners ... 



A Spirit Worthy of Encouragement 



Reason of Cheap Gardeners 



A Gardener's Grievances 



What Can You Do? . . . . 



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Growing Strawberries in Hills 



By F. M. Sherman 88 



Chinese Grafted Chrysanthemums 88 



July . . . By David S. Miller 88 



Training Wall Fruit Trees .... 89 

 Eidelweiss in American Gardens 



By John W. Coates, Jr. 89 



Convention Railway Gardening Association . 90 

 The Oldest Chemical Fertilizer 



By Karl Langenbeclf 90 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society Exhibition 91 



Convention American Park Supt's. Convention 9! 

 Queries and Answers . . . . .92 



National Associations and Local Societies . 93 



Gardeners' Diary ..... 94 

 Nassau County Horticultural Society Annual 



Rose Show 94 



Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural Society 



Annual Summer Shew . .94 



Newport Horticultural Society Annual Show . 95 

 Oyster Bay Horticultural Society Annual June 



Show 96 



New Bedford Horticultural Society June Shows 96 



New London Horticultural Society Rose Shows 96 



Tuxedo Horticultural Socie'ty ... 97 



Connecticut Horticultural Society . . . 97 



Nassau County Horticultural Society . . 97 



Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural Society 97 



Pedigreed Pansy Seed 



Pansy Seed secured from the best growers known to us after exhaustive tests. 



"PAlVrOTTQ MOM "PT TTQ TTT XT? A QTIJATM texture and strong stems, which cau be accomplished only by a selec- 



±'/\lViUU;> iMUiN Jr'i.Ui U 1^ 1 KA a i. KAllN tion of the best plants for seed purposes, and therefore must not be 



Gigantic Size, Heavy Texture, Brilliant Colors confounded with strains offered by some seedsmen at lower prices. 



Our N'on I'his Ultra Tansy is a mixture coutainiug the largest, hand- Pkt. Vi oz. Oz. 



somest and most perfect varieties ever sent out. The beautiful color- Fire King-. Red and yellow. lar.:;e lirown eye $0.15 $1.25 $4.00 



Ing and variety ot marking give a bed of these Pansies a most brilliant Emperor William. Deep blue . ! 15 1.23 4.0U 



appearance. The st-ea has: been saved from the greatest assortment of ^ 



typos, including only the best of Giant Cassiers, Bugnots. Trimardeaux ^ord Beaconsfield. Viobt. shaded white 15 1.50 5.00 



and Giant English. French and German strains. Finest Mixed, pkt. Light Blue. White center 10 1.00 3.50 



15 cts., % 02. $1.50, oz. $6. Light Blue 10 1.00 3.50 



f^TAWT PAW^TTT^ Pres. Camot. Pure white petals; dtt-p blotch 15 1.25 4.00 



Purple 10 1.00 3.50 



Separate Colors Pure Yellow lo i.oo 3.50 



Our strains of Giant Pansies are procured from specialists in Europe. Snow- White 10 1.00 3.50 



who devoted tlieir entire ener.Kies toward producing sizi', very heavy White. Dark eye 10 1.00 3.50 



PANSIES IN MIXTURE 



Pkt. 14 oz. Oz. Pkt. Vi oz. Oz. 



Masterpiece. Siiporb new class of blotched Pansies. Bugnot Strain, l.arse, stained, mixed $0,25 $1.50 $5,00 



with large Ijlooras mostly undulated or curled. 



Brilliant colors $0,15 $2,00 $7,00 Cassier s Strain, All colors mixed lo 1.00 3.50 



Madame Perret. Early flowering, fragrant, espe- Odier, .\11 colors mixed 15 1,00 3,00 



cially rich in red shades; large flowering I,". 1,50 5.00 Fine English Mixed 05 .50 1.50 



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