POPULAR GARDENING. 



October, 



1 



A Column devoted to the Paper's Interests. 



IT XS ISTOT 



OUR INTENTION 



To keep secret the fact that this paper needs 

 many subscribers. So, because some depart- 

 ments are not much crowded yet, we take one 

 column to talk of the matter. 



First of all we want to impress the fact, that 

 we design to make of Popular G.\rdening, 



The Brightest, 

 The Cheapest, 



The Most Useful and 



The Most Popular 



paper of its kind in America, and one that will 

 be wanted in hundreds of thousands of families. 

 This number is a fair sample of what will 

 follow, excepting that some departments are yet 

 undeveloped. A constant aim will be to render 

 all parts of Popular Gardening reliable and 

 concise in character. Any contributions that 

 will not, on the part of their writers, allow of 

 reasonable editorial revision in our hands, if 

 needed to get at their substance in the fewest 

 words, are not wanted. Some say the 



PRICE IS TOO LOW: 



that no well edited paper can live at such rates. 

 We are aware that the price is low, e.'cceeding- 

 ly low, but w^e have faith in the people, to be- 

 lieve that this feature is all right. Many of our 

 best papers are among the cheapest of papers. 

 What looks like a defect here to some, appears 

 all right to the masses, and they make up for 

 this in increased patronage. 



And this is what we shall count on 

 them— may we say on You kind Read- 

 er among the number — to do in our 

 case. With 50,000 subscribers as a basis 

 soon, we can furnish a paper that shall be won- 

 derful in beauty, in worth and in price. This 



50,000 at 60 Cents, 



50,000 at 60 Cents, 



50,000 at 60 Cents, 



let us say, we shall work hard to secure, within one 

 year if possible, but only because we expect to offer 

 a paper in every way worthy of them. And now. 



To all Persons In Town or Country 

 who love Flowers, Plants, and fine 

 Lawns we are free to say we want to count 

 you among our first 50,000 suppor- 

 ters! Look over the paper carefully. Can you af- 

 ford to be without such a mass of interesting matter, 

 when 60 cents will buy it for a whole year? 



To all who grow Fruits and Vegeta- 

 bles! We want you among our subscribers at 

 once . You cannot possibly invest the price of this 

 paper to better advantage, than to subscribe. 



To you, Botanists; to you, Poultry 

 Raisers; to you, Aparians; to you. 

 Housewives; to you, Children! We want 

 to see the names of one of you from every family, 

 at least, among our subscribers. We promise you 

 all a rich treat of matter throughout the year. 



Remember that 60 cents, or only 

 50 cents In clubs of five, will secure this 

 paper crammed with choice matter for one year. 



TO CAUTIOUS PEOPLE. 



See Page 1 3. 



Three Roses. 



All bright, dewy-tipped, and fragrant. 



Delicate, dainty, and shy, 

 A secret sweet in its bosom, 



A tear and a smile in its eye; 

 This opening Moss rose which blushes 



Its fringes of green above. 

 I choose, for its grace and beauty. 



As symbol of maiden's love. 



For its lustrous, matchless splendor. 



For joys its beauties impart. 

 For the lavish way it squanders 



The richest sweets of its heart. 

 For its queenly air and color, 



The depths of its velvet hues. 

 Symbol of wifely devotion. 



This royal Red rose I choose. 



For purity fair and spotless, 



For breath fresh as early mom. 

 Because its warm heart is golden. 



Because it has ne'er a thorn. 

 Because its blossoms are unfailing, 



So sweet none can e'er refuse. 

 Symbol of mother's affection, 



This modest White rose I choose. 



—Dart Fairthome 



Choice. 



Ihave a garden full of blooms; 



Oh will you choose ? 

 I know them by their own perfumes. 



Their varied hues. 

 And when between their ranks I walk 

 I kiss the hly on her stalk, 

 I touch the rose and mignonette 

 And smile to see the pansy wet. 



With piuple dews. 

 I have a heart so full of friends 



I cannot choose. 



— Kathertne Lee Bates. 



Roses now improve. 



Garden intelligently. 



Bone manure suits Lilies. 



Dutch bulbs art superior. 



Walk in! Chrysanthemums. 



Smilax won't grow from slips. 



Are the flower pots on hand ? 



Why not set some Parrot Tulips ? 



Hit us with a club — of subscribers. 



Water enough, but don't overwater. 



Subscribe for Popular Gardening. 



Pl.\nt bulbs in masses rather than rows. 



We never raise our own Daisies from seed. 



New York City has 150 cut-flower stores. 



Be free to ask us questions about gardening. 



This Paper may be obtained of newsdealers. 



Lantanas came from the West Indies, 1692. 



Never pay fancy prices for untried nov- 

 elties. 



Flowers, are jewels for the rich and poor 

 alike. 



All successful gardening is pleasure gar- 

 dening. 



In France the Oleander is called Rose 

 Laurel. 



Forget-me-nots suffer more from wet than 

 from cold. 



If you want to plant a Beech, be sure to do 

 so in the fall. 



The fate of flowers — In doing their best 

 they get blowed . 



Stand up and be counted among the first 

 50,000 subscribers. 



St. Paul's Church, New York, has a con- 

 servatory of its own. 



Messrs. Cassell are publishing "Familiar 

 Trees" in monthly parts. 



Measure a g.\rden as you would a picture, 

 not by size but by quality. 



Messrs. Kelway & Son.. Longport, Eng- 

 land, grow 20 acres of Gladiolus. 



If you are puzzled how to manage some 

 plant, ask Popular Gardening. 



Will the Bennet Rose take Gen. Jacque- 

 minot's place is the question of the day. 



Reader ! Can you not give us some idea 

 or information of interest to others. Ic would 

 be welcome. 



One German seed catalogue, that of Haage 

 & Schmidt, of Erfurt, offers more that 13,000 

 distinct sorts. 



Alw.\ys exercise care in handling or prun- 

 ing the Oleander; its juices are known to be poi- 

 sonous to persons. 



Christ.mas Hyacinths are possible to be had 

 in the house, by starting bulbs of the White 

 Romans at once. 



The Agroste.mma or Rose Campion, a plant 

 easily grown from the seed, blooms well in 

 the house. So says a correspondent. 



On the Occasio.v of Mr. John Frost's, aHas 

 Jack Frost's, evening visits to the flowers, 

 paper hoods are to be a leading feature of dress. 



It p.\ys to plant trees. Set a dollar tree to- 

 day and in ten years a hundred dollar bill 

 wouldn't buy it. What other investment to 

 equal this? 



Why Not Work a little for this paper 

 among your friends. To be candid, it needs 

 just such help now. Only 50 cents a year in 

 clubs of five and more. 



Why trees lean towards the East so gener- 

 ally, is a question puzzling to the savants. It 

 is claimed that more than the wind has to do 

 with the matter. We don't believe it. 



Get up a Club for Popular Garden- 

 ing. You will find this, at its low price, an easy 

 task, by applying to your friends to subscribe. 

 Only 50 cents a year, in clubs, remember. 



If you wish to promote your love for plants 

 hear what Mr. C. L. Allen says: Understand 

 the plant and its wants, study it, take it into 

 your heart and mind, become familiar with it. 



A branchi.n'G double Tuberose, has appear- 

 ed in a Chicago collection. If the freak will 

 be repeated in the progeny of the bulb pro- 

 ducing it, a remarkable race will be the result. 



Rusticus wants to get a " tree box " and 

 asks where. If a tree of that name, at a nursery, 

 if a box, patronize a carpenter. Merely to see 

 a tree box, a boxing master ought to be able to 

 advise. 



Plant shelter belts of trees, especially 

 Evergreens about your grounds. Then you 

 can grow a thousand things well where now but 

 a hundred will succeed, and have the arboreal 

 beauty too. 



How to help promote a wider love for 

 gardening in your vicinity. Get your neighbors 

 to join with you, in ordering this paper at the 

 club rates of 50 cents a year for five or more 

 subscribers. 



.\ Neighbor who knows how to garden, 

 both for pay and for pleasure, has two 

 secrets. Here they are for our readers: a large 

 manure and compost heap always, and, never let 

 weeds propagate. 



Looks as if the Lily of the Amazon 

 (Euckaris Amazonica, ) must be given up as a 

 blooming plant in the average hot-house. 

 What it needs is about 100 degrees of heat, and 

 little fussing with besides. 



Those who have the free flowering Platy- 

 codon grandijlora, white or blue, growing in 

 their gardens, will be glad to know that a rosy- 

 violet variety has been introduced from Japan 

 by Mr. Maires. It is to bear his name. 



To Amateurs. If you know of a brighter, 

 better or cheaper paper than Popular Garden- 

 iNii by all means subscribe for it, and let us 

 know, that we may do likewise. If you don't, 

 send in your subscription to this office, and you 

 wont miss it much. 



Let not how much, but how well, be your 

 aim in gardening matters. Give us three plants 

 well grown, rather than twenty scrawny, ill- 

 treated things; two square rods of vegetable 

 garden in good order, than half an acre crowded 

 down with weeds and otherwise ill-attended. 



