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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



S^1t0 Contents— #ctob^r, 1914 



The United States Botanic Gardens, Washing- 

 ton, D. C 203 



Not Room for Both 206 



Propogation of Ornamental Trees and Shrubs 207 



Too Busy to Read 207 



Work for the Month of November 



Bv Henry Cibson 208 

 Eremuri in Shrubbery .... 209 



Herbaceous Perenn-al Plants By J. Johnson 209 

 Lawn Sprinkling Through Concealed Irrigation 2 1 

 Park Department Organization 



By Fredericl( Larv Olmstead 2 I 2 

 The Herbaceous Paeony . . . .213 



Notes by the Way By Wm. H. Waite 214 



Destroying Tussock Moth . . . .214 



Influence of Garden Clubs .... 



By George T. Powell 215 

 Lillian Shaw . . . . . .215 



Editorials . . . . . .216 



"The Flowers" By Jas. Whilconb Riley 216 

 Bulletin, National Co-operative Committee . 217 

 National Association of Gardeners' Notes . 217 



Among the Gardeners . . . . 



Wm. E. Maynard 



A Message from the War Zone . 



American Association of Park Superintendents' 



Notes 



Park Department Personals 



Fall Show Schedule, Horticultural Society of 



New York ...... 



The Gardener's Point of View 



"The Gardener" . . . By Rodda 



Queries and Answers 



National Associations 



Local Societies .... 



Gardeners' Diary 



Nassau County Horticultural Society 



Horticultural Society of New York 



Newport Horticultural Society 



Connecticut Horticultural Society . 



New Bedford Horticultural Society 



New Jersey Floricultural Society . 



Monmouth County Horticultural Society 



\X'estchester and Fairfield Horticultural Society 



Short Hills Garden Club . . . . 



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Bargains in Shade Trees and Evergreens 



Why We Are Offering Them So Low 



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T'S not bfcause business is poor, 

 for in spite of tbe war we are 

 keeping over a hundred niou as 

 liusy as tliey can be. digging, 

 s^iii^^- lacliing and shipping orders. 



^H|^'^ Tliis unexpected Fi.ll Inisiness we 



:s6i-^*- . attribute to two things. First, people 



are all al on';e getting awake to the 

 fact that Fall is actually the best 

 time for most planting. People who 

 before would not buy in the Fall, as 

 much as a few hardy plants of us 

 when wo have urged them, have come 

 this season in their autos and gone 

 away with their running boards load- 

 ed with them, besides several good- 

 ^ized evergreens filling up tbe back 

 seat space. 



Both the big and little buyers hare 

 come ^'ist as we have been advertis- 

 ing for them to come, for the last 

 ten years. 



Henry Ford, the famous automobile 

 maker." took four carloads of ever- 

 greens, biir and little, last Fall, and three more car.> were 

 shippt-d to him this season. *u- r- n ;^ 



R-ason nun'ber two for people buying more this Fall, is 

 because they have found out the undebatable superiority of 

 our' stock, as to rigor of growth, dense, shapely formed tops, 

 and the edvantage of transplanting trees with a compact 

 mass of fine roots that can be dug and shipped entirely 

 without injury to them. _ 



So much for that side of our business. Now, as to why 

 we have made certain reductions in our shade trees and 

 evi^rureens. 



Briefly: because some of them will be crowd- 

 ing each other in another year. When this 

 has happened before, we have always moved 

 them to give all the room to grow for making 

 fine expansive tops. But now we have this 



Colorado Blue Spruce. 



We have 14000 of 



them. 



i:rowing down to such a line 

 point, with, more tr'-cs con- 

 tinually coming along the line 

 growing higher, we have fig- 

 ured it out that it is better 

 for us to sell a certain num- 

 ber of trees and cut riglit off 

 of their pricL- what It would 

 Cost to move them. 

 MAPLES. 

 The big Maples, for in- 

 stance, that nst d to cost the 

 Pittsburgh stiel man $90, you 

 can buy of us today for §45. 



Here are some other prices: 



20 ft. hi£ih, r* in dia.. 13 ft. 



spnari. 16 > rs, old, .^4.". 



reduced to $?8. 



14 ft. high. G in. dia., 14 ft. 



.'.pread. $60. reduced to $35. 



26 ft. high. 7 in. dia., 16 ft. 



spread. 20 yis. old, .«<ii. i^ducrd to $.jO. 

 WHITE PINES. 

 White Pine, 4 ft. high nt .fSo per 10, reduced 

 White Pine. 5 ft. hiizh at ."^^O [ler 10. reduced to 

 White Pine. S ft. hicrh at S140 per 10, reduced to 

 White Pine, 10 ft. hish at $200 per 10. reduced to SHm.Ofi 

 White Fine, 12 ft. high at $270 per 10. reduced to $150.00 

 October and November is the time to plant them and the 

 time they are most uetded. 



OUR GUARANTEE. 

 Everything you buy of lliiks' is imt only guaranteed to 

 grow, but grow satisfactorily. Vnything not satisfactory w.' 

 will cheerfully replace, whetlicr it lie a 2-foot high ever- 

 green or a Norwiiy Slaple having a 12-foot spread. Now for 

 business — what can we s<-ll you ': Our catalogues you are 

 welcome to. A visit to our nurseries is worth your while. 

 Come and pick out just what you want. You will get ex 

 •I'-tly what you pick out. 



Norway Maple. 6 j] 



diameter. 20 ft. high, 



18 ft. spread. 



$1:1.3.'; 



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Isaac Hicks &>S)on 



Westburu . Lon<^ Island 



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