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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



i''EBHUAEY, 1906 



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Hardy Garden Flowers 



Number I. 



" Little wonder that a plant so boldly decorative 

 in outline and bearing: a flower of exquisite coloring 

 so marvelously formed should make its strongest 

 appeal to the artistic Japanese. From these fore- 

 most gardeners of the world has come a strain of 

 irises that neither orchids nor lilies can rival in 

 beauty of form, texture coloring, markings and 

 general effectiveness. Yet the Iris Ka>ml>feri may 

 be as easily grown as the potato. Moreover, it is 

 perfectly hardy. High, dry lands do not suit its 

 moisture-loving roots, but good garden soil, en- 

 riched with thoroughly decayed manure, deeply dug 

 in and well watered during May and June — the blos- 

 som months in the northeastern United States — will 

 produce flowers of wonderful size. Do not select a 

 sliadv place for your irises. They thrive under full 

 exposure to the sun, but moisture they must have 

 to bloom their best, and sometimes their roots will 

 penetrate two feet deep to get it. Naturalized in 

 the water garden, they are ideally situated; but let 

 no one forego the delight of growing Japanese 

 irises merely because he has not a pond or stream 

 on his plate. Some exceedingly fine specimens 

 have been produced in a city backyard." 



— Neltje Blancliau in the Garden Magazi?ie. 



The Japanese Iris is one of the 

 many beautiful perennials that make up 

 a hardy garden, a garden of charm that 

 gives continuous bloom from frost to frost, 

 year after year, with practically no other 

 expense than that incurred the first season. 

 We are specialists on hardy perennials, 

 growing them exclusively, having in our 

 nurseries all the best varieties. 



We shall be glad to send you our 1906 

 catalogue and advise in the planning and 

 selection of stock for the hardy garden. 

 Write us to-day. 



J. B. KELLER SONS 



1023 SOUTH AVE., ROCHESTER, N,Y. 



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light. My oil stove would smoke at times — 

 the orchids resented it. It soon became 

 clear that either the pit or the orchids must 

 be given up. The latter won, and a small 

 greenhouse measuring 18 x 20 feet was 

 built, and success of a sort came. The plants 

 did not die, and I succeeded in producing 

 some of the most gorgeous of flowers. 



The collection was still a mixed one, and it 

 was soon evident that all kinds could not be 

 grown together to perfection. My fancy ran 

 to cattleyas, as they seemed to yield the 

 greatest return in the way of large and su- 

 perbly colored flowers. As the newer addi- 

 tions to the collection came into flower, they 

 were compared with the older ones, and the 

 best only were kept for future cultivation. 

 This is the exciting and attractive feature of 

 orchid growing. It must be remembered 

 that practically no two imported plants are 

 alike. Herein lies the overwhelming differ- 

 ence between these plants and the ordinary 

 run of the more popular flowers, which dupli- 

 cate one another to the limits of multiplica- 

 tion. All orchids have an individuality. 

 The glorious uncertainty of not knowing ex- 

 actly what blending of coloring will develop, 

 and the always present possibility of some- 

 thing very fine or rare being flowered in your 

 collection removes the orchid cult from that 

 of the other greenhouse plants. 



By rapid strides the addition of finer types 

 crowded the space in my greenhouse, and 

 larger quarters were planned. By successive 

 stages more glass was provided, until to-day 

 I have my choicest plants, numbering into 

 the thousands, in a structure of 25 x 125 feet. 

 Unflowered imported plants are added from 

 time to time, and the surplus finds its way 

 back to the auction rooms to sell for what 

 it may. 



If one can successfully grow the cattleya it is 

 quite possible to have blooms all the year 

 round. The best types for cut flowers are these : 



Name Season of Bloom 



Cattleya labiata, var Sanderiana. 

 (C. gigas), and C. Jlar- 



dyana June-August 



" var. Do-uiana September-Novembei 



" " Per civ alii an a November-December 



" " Triana December-February 



" " Schroderiana March-April 



" " Mossiir May-June 



" " Mendelli May- July 



The first named is the most gorgeously 

 beautiful, and the most difficult to manage — 

 it wants all the light possible, and a peculiarly 

 cool buoyancy of the air that can be learned 

 only by experience. Hardy's cattleya, which 

 flowers with it, is easier to grow, and to many 

 people is even more pleasing in its coloring. 

 It is a natural hybrid of C. gigas and C. aurea, 

 and is remarkable for the large size of the 

 flowers and the beautiful mottled or honey- 

 comb effect on the purple-mauve petals. 



The easiest of all to grow is C. labiata, 

 which will thrive in an ordinary greenhouse. 

 It is preeminently the amateur's orchid, and 

 can be purchased at very moderate prices. 



Orchids are not necessarily expensive. 

 Some of those I have named can even be 

 bought for one dollar each, but the man who 

 pays more for well-selected plants will get 

 more than the extra money's worth. 



New Jersey. Clement Mooee. 



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