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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1906 



March Opportunities 



Seeds a.nd Bulbs Every Ga.rdener Needs Now 



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This big flower seed offer— a complete flower garden — liberal packets, sent 

 prepaid for one dollar. (Sow these seeds in the house or hotbed in March to set 

 out plants in the spring for early flowers.) 



Pkt. 



Ageratum 5c. 



Sweet Alyssum 5c. 



Alyssum, compacta, perfect little ball of 



bloom 5c. 



Asters, in choicest sorts 10c. 



Coreopsis, large flowered 5c. 



Candytuft, Giant Hyacinth 5c 



Chrysanthemum, hardy garden sorts 10c. 



Dahlias, Burbank's single fancy 10c. 



Daisies, Burbank's Shasta sorts 10c. 



Heliotropes, in mixture 10c. 



Pkt. 



Lobelia, finest border and ribbon plant 5c. 



Sweet Mignonette, giant spikes 5c. 



Petunia, single frilled and ruffled 10c. 



Petunia, double fringed 10c. 



Salvia Splendens 10c. 



Snapdragon, brilliant colors 5c. 



Nicotiana Sanderi ice. 



Pansies, Berber's Never Fail, superb col- 

 lection IOC. 



Verbena, mammoth mixture of superb sorts. . 10. 

 Wallflower, mixed 5c. 



These 20 large packets of TESTED PRIME FLOWER SEEDS for $1 .00 

 Enclose the money to-day and merely ask for " March Flower Seed Collection." 



If you w&nt to ga-in a month on your flower bed 

 this year order these now 



Start these bulbs in the house or hotbed in MARCH to have fine young plants 

 for the garden in spring. SPECIAL — in addition to low prices — we will prepay 

 express charges on a dollar's worth or more of these bulbs if ordered now, to 

 introduce our new catalogue. 



Tuberous Rooted Begonias 



Single white, rose, crimson, scarlet, salmon yel- 

 low, orange in separate colors: each, 7c; doz., 



75c. 



Cannas 

 Red, yellow, tigered, white, rose, vermilion; sep- 

 arate named sorts: each, 10c; doz , $1.00. 

 Cannas in fine mixture: each, 8c, doz., 85c. 



Caladiums, Fancy Leaved 



Superb coloring, named sorts: each, 15c; doz. $1.50 



All colors mixed: each, 6c; doz., 65c. 



Caladium (Elephant's Ears) 

 Large bulbs: each, 15c; doz., $1.50. 



For %\ 00 "we -will send you fifteen of these bulbs prepaid by express, our 

 * selection, including Elephant's Ears, Fancy Leaved Caladium, 



Cannas, and Begonias. 



Tuberous Begonia. 



This timely collection of seeds and bulbs will mean success to your garden. The special prices are to 

 introduce 



OUR 28th ANNUAL CATALOGUE 



now ready. It will interest you. Full lists of all sorts Iris, Paeonias, Cannas, Gladioli, Lily Bulbs, also seeds, 

 shrubs, etc. Made especially attractive to both large and small buyers. Send for it to-day. Address: 



H. H. BERGER & CO., 47 Barclay St., New York. Est. 1878 



BABY RAMBLER 



In the garden in summer, or in the house in winter, it is never out of bloom. 



The plants are very vigorous, grow to a height of 24 inches. The foliage is dark, glossy, profuse and re- 

 markably free from insects and fungus. 



The flowers are borne in clusters; 30 40 and 50 flowers to a cluster. No garden or window should be with- 

 out it, just like the Crimson Rambler, excepting it is dwarf, and is never out of bloom, also it is perfectly hardy 

 in the coldest climates. One year olds 20c each, 3 for 50c; two-year-olds 50c each. 



N. C. BANGHArl, Florist & Seedman, - - South Plum Street, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO 



TWENTY YEARS EXPERIENCE 



in close practical touch with large and small estates in 

 all parts of the country enables us to offer to every 

 owner of Grounds and Gardens our special help in 

 Designs and suggestions for the improvement of such, 

 and with great economy and saving. We study to meet 

 the individual requirements of each place, and supply 

 both Plans and Material in the most economical 

 manner. 



Our practical suggestions enable you to plant any 

 other portion of your place with a great saving, and we 

 ask you to write us and we will help you. 



We send men of experience at any time at nominal 

 rates to advise upon every leading question of Land- 

 scape work. Formal and Old-fashioned Gardens and 

 every feature of Landscape work we give close and 

 careful attention to. We refer to many hundreds of 

 private properties in all parts of the United States. 



Our Nurseries are among the largest in the United 

 States, and we ask but reasonable profit. 



We offer every known hardy form of Trees, 

 Shrubs, Rhododendrons, Evergreens, Herbaceous 

 Plants, Vines, Dahlias, Bulbs, etc., at prices which 

 will attract your close attention. 



If you have any problem to solve, we are willing to 

 assist, and will be glad to have you write us. 



WRITE US AND SEE OUR CATALOGUES 



THE SHADY HILL NURSERY CO., 155 Milk St., corner of Broad, IBOSTON, MASS. 



of Cleveland. We sold 157,000 packets last 

 year to forty-seven societies and schools out- 

 side the city. It is true that we make a little 

 money out of such transactions on account 

 of the great quantity put up, but every cent 

 we make we put back into the movement, 

 which is essentially a philanthropic enter- 

 prise. We buy our seeds in bulk from regular 

 importing seedsmen, and they are put up in 

 penny packages by women who have had five 

 years' experience in this work. The Associa- 

 tion is able to put up seeds much more cheaply 

 than smaller organizations of less experience, 

 which have to buy in smaller quantities. 



The beauty of this penny-packet scheme 

 is that anyone can start it who is willing to 

 spend five dollars, and twenty-five hours time 

 for the improvement of his city. You do not 

 have to organize a society, attend committee 

 meetings, and get the approval of a lot of 

 people with conflicting interests before you 

 can do anything. Of course the ideal thing 

 is to have a large and lively association, but 

 when you have that the seed problem will 

 take care of itself. Meanwhile, here is a 

 practical way to start. 



The list of seeds we sell includes asters, 

 bachelor's-buttons, balsam, calliopsis, China 

 pinks, four-o'clocks, marigolds, morning- 

 glories, nasturtiums, phloxes, verbenas, zin- 

 nias and gladiolus bulbs, corn, beans, let- 

 tuce, radishes, beets and onions. 



In the spring envelopes are sent to the 

 schools or organizations which have applied 

 (we do not deal with individuals). One en- 

 velope is put on each child's desk before the 

 close of school in the evening. On it is 

 printed the names of the different kinds of 

 flower and vegetable seeds, with general direc- 

 tions for preparation of the soil, time of plant- 

 ing, etc. The envelopes are taken home, 

 and each child marks beside the name of the 

 flower the number of packages desired. He 

 writes his address in the proper space and 

 returns the envelope with his money to the 

 teacher. The money is sent to the treasurer 

 of the Association, and the envelope to the 

 distributing centre where the orders are filled. 

 Each package has specific directions for plant- 

 ing and care of the seeds contained therein. 



In 1905 we distributed 389,895 packets of 

 seeds and bulbs. Of these 234,000 packets 

 were used in Cleveland, besides 27,440 bulbs 

 of gladiolus. Last year we reached 50,000 

 families. The children have all the pleasure of 

 raising flowers during the summer and bring- 

 ing them to the schools for the autumn flower 

 shows. As a consequence, backyards have been 

 cleared up and the city is in a more sanitary 

 and beautiful condition than ever before. 



The Slavic Alliance of Cleveland sold and 

 distributed in 1905 about 12,000 packages of 

 seeds, an increase of almost 100 per cent, over 

 1903. This Alliance published a pamphlet 

 in four different Slavic languages, namely, 

 Bohemian, Polish, Slovac and Slovenic, 

 which gave an outline of its progress and also 

 contained a treatise on floriculture in general, 

 and special directions for every kind of flower 

 seed offered for sale that year. 



Louise Klein Miller, 



Curator of School Gardens, Cleveland Public 

 School, Cleveland, O. 



