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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1906 



A BED OF CANNAS 



Free to Our Customers 



We offer the following beautiful kaleidoscopic assortment of colors: 



RED, SCARLET, PINK, WHITE, YELLOW, SALMON, 



CRIMSON DARK FOLIAGE, YELLOW SPOTTED RED, 



RED EDGED YELLOW, RED SPOTTED YELLOW, WHITE SPOTTED ROSE, 



and a GRAND. TALL GROWING DARK FOLIAGE VARIETY. 



These Cannas will bloom continuously until frost, and will give a brilliant and 

 gorgeous effect if massed in a bed or planted against a house or wall, or they may be 

 arranged to screen a fence or an unsightly spot. 



All are strong, dormant roots, which may be started at any time. If you wish 

 to gain a few weeks' bloom before the usual long flowering season, you may start them 

 at once in boxes or pots in the house or hotbed. 



We will send one of each of the twelve (12) different colors, or your own choice 

 of any one or several colors, for one dollar ($1 .00 ) . You may get these twelve roots free 

 by following out the conditions of the attached coupon. Send the coupon, accom- 

 panied by a one-dollar bill — the twelve Cannas and a due bill worth one dollar will be 

 returned to you together with our handsomely illustrated catalogue. You may return 

 the due bill to us at any time during the season, and we will accept it as a one-dollar 

 payment on any order from our catalogue, for seeds or bulbs amounting to three dollars 

 ($3.00) or more, providing no other premium is selected. 



ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON, Seedsman 



342 West 14th Street, New York City. 



CUT OFF THE COUPON HERE- 



Arthur T. Boddington, Seedsman, 



342 West 14th Street, New York City. 

 Enclosed find one dollar. Please send me the one-dollar collection of Cannas, the one-dollar 

 due bill and your 1906 catalogue. 



Name . 



Address . 



of the furrow, until half their height is 

 covered. Repeat this as the plants grow, 

 until the furrow is completely filled. 



Twice a week the bed is given a thorough 

 watering, at evening, and every second week 

 a light covering of manure is hoed under. 

 When July comes, a light mulch of lawn 

 clippings is given, which is removed and a 

 fresh one put on when the semi-monthly 

 cultivating is done. 



No blossom is ever allowed to form seed, 

 and it is particularly insisted that the flowers 

 shall be cut — not picked — as the pulling at 

 the stems loosens the roots, killing the vines. 

 Usually the cutting is done in early morning 

 or evening, as the blossoms keep better than 

 if cut when the sun is on them. The vines 

 generally begin to bloom within two months 

 after the seed is planted, and with this care, 

 continue to blossom until frost. 



In the fall the vines are pulled up, and a 

 generous covering of manure forked under, 



Sweet peas will bloom eight weeKs after planting. 

 Mulched with litter, watered thoroughly and all flowers 

 picked every day, they will flower till frost 



and a covering of manure is then put on, and 

 left over winter. Generally this is forked 

 in before planting time, but several times we 

 simply rah the furrow after raking the bed 

 over, and found the results equally as good. 

 New Jersey. K. W. Lawson. 



Sowing Sweet Peas for 

 Succession 



A PERFECT succession of sweet peas is 

 secured by planting at least three rows, 

 sowing each at a different time. One row may 

 be planted in September (except in the ex- 

 treme northern states) another as early in 

 the spring as the ground can be prepared, 

 and the third five or six weeks later. The 

 last row is planted in the center, in order that 

 it may be somewhat protected from the sun 

 by the taller vines of the two outside rows. 

 This method insures sweet peas of a good 

 quality, from spring until frost. 



