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foliage is always attractive, is a very good 
shrub to plant with Snowberries. The brilliant 
red hips of Rosa rugosa form a striking con- 
trast against the white fruits of the Snowhberry. 
Tall shrubs generally have a tendency to be- 
come bare around the base as they grow older. 
To hide this defect as well as to clothe the 
lantation with verdure down to the grass, it 
1s usually the custom to plant smaller shrubs 
in the foreground. By careful selection of 
these shrubs it will be possible to achieve many 
7 7 , _ beautiful effects. 
¥ a©re IM Their P 19 mM eC Falinots. eet ERLE OGDEN Brair. 
Your old favorite Sweet Storax, a Spring Beauty 
Shrub, Lilac, » Syringa, ta ae ERG inet. SIG ‘ 
i of the most pleasing sights in ear 
Snowball, Hollyhock, Lark summer in my garden is a Storax, or J ape 
spur and Phlox—in large anese Silver Bell (Styrax japonica), a shrubby 
plants, sure to bloom this tree about twelve feet in height that is covered 
by a mass of fine, white, rather greenish-tinted 
bells hanging gracefully from the undersides 
of every branch. The fragrance, perticnlanly 
year. 
Why wait years for trees 
to grow? in the evening, reminds one of the scent of 
~~ aa Instead, beautif Vey Ou Se ee ee given to me as a rarity and 
Twenty-year-old tree from Fae Nurseries Die with Hicks-grown was a seedling from a pl eugene I vad OU RU 
rees and shrubs—and . en- to be twenty-five feet high. The tree form is 
The HICKS Guarantee joy their beauty and cool shade at once. quite rare. The branches of the shrub or tree 
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interested in flowers 
noses aay Geree™ ISAAC HICKS & SON, Jericho Turnpike, Westbury, L.I. 
No garden is complete without this grand 
Snapdragon plant, which bloonis the entire season. 
Snapdragon has been our specialty for 
years and we bring to you the world’s best varieties, chiefly of our own 
introduction. Seed of our famous Silver Pink at $1.00 per pkt.; 3 for 
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at $1.25 per doz.; post paid; $5.00 per 100, by express. Plants of Silver 
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They are of easy cultivation and Wilt Bloomthis Season MRS. E. PIOZET, Box 38, Hyattsville, Md. 
The Japanese Silver Bell blooms in early summer. Its 
flowers are greenish-white and fragrant 
are inclined toward a lateral growth suggest- 
ing somewhat the Dogwood, though of a closer 
T H E. C A R D I N A L Cc L I M B E R Bott and the leaves are finer and more 
The Storax is free growing and is not fre- 
Whoever first beholds this lovely vine stands fascinated by its beauty and quently attacked by disease or insects. In 
é 5 act it has only been infected once since I have 
grace, bearing away the ardent desire to possess it. had it, and then a single spraying of Scalecide 
was sufficient to effect a cure. It flourishes 
ITS LIFE AND BEAUTY well on a well drained, loamy soil; mine has 
To begin, a small black seed: Sow NOW in warmth in grown to perfection near the edge of a strata 
the house. By April strong plants to set out after frosts of rock, receiving a dressing of well-rotted 
are past. 15 to 20 ft. high during summer, lasting till fall. manure both spring and fall, the ground being 
kept cultivated in a circle around the tree 
three feet in diameter. 
Foliage: Glossy bright green fernlike, enchanting. 
Flowers like miniature morning glories, in rich masses New Rochelle, N. Y. A. Van GELDER. 
covering the branches. 
Color, A dazzling fiery Cardinal scarlet. Leaf Roller of Fruit Trees 
Aa Decs chianae gorgeousness for rustic post, arbor, A SELES, pears, plumeiicher(eanntmeenet 
: lesser extent, peaches, are liable to injury 
COST SMALL, RESULTS GREAT. from this pest which has but recently become 
s We 10 AG ds 15 troublesome in New York State, especially. The 
eee oe 0 seeds (She ae authorities of the State College say it is diffi- 
: cult to control because of its habit of hiding in 
Do you love your Garden? the opening buds or in rolled leaves; but the 
Do not deprive it of this Beauty’s crown. Sea Fate tible to the eect a ue ot 
; ; which, when thoroughly applied, have destroye 
Order EARLY. This seed is always scarce as but few eae A ty OO oar CORE: a the eges, The oils 
seed pods form on the plants. should be applied in the spring, at the active 
Other attractive flowers and succulent Vegetables are growing period of the tree, but always before 
Loe pr described in our 1916 Gardenbook. Send for it. A the buds burst, and a spray of 1 gallon of the 
L — postal brings it. oils to 15 gallons of water is recommended, the 
spraying to be done on a day when the tempera- 
H. H. BERGER & Co., 70 Warren St., New York ture is above freezing. One application only is 
necessary. 
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