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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1906 







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Hardy Garden Flowers. Number 3 



The charming Japanese Anemone is the loveliest white flower of the late autumn. It 

 glorifies the garden after the Phlox is gone. It survives a succession of late frosts and lasts well 

 into October or November until the killing frosts devastate the garden. 



While one of the most delicate and beautiful of all flowers, the Japanese Anemone is not 

 critical, for it will grow in any location either in sun or shade, demanding only a fairly good 

 garden soil. 



Its blossoms are either a pure white or an exquisite shade of pink and massed against a 

 dark background make a strikingly beautiful effect for the autumn garden. The Anemone is 

 excellent for cutting, and will furnish flowers for the house in great abundance. 



Of all our stock of hardy perennials none surpasses our collection of Japanese Anemones. 

 They are strong one-year-old plants that will bloom profusely this fall. The Queen Charlotte, 

 with its large pink flowers, is especially beautiful. 



WHITE 



SINGLE — A. Japonica alba. Fine large white flower. 



August to November. 

 DOUBLE — A. Japonica Whirlwind. Flowers pure 



white. 



PINK 



DOUBLE — A. Japonica Rubra. Carmine with yellow 



ctntie. 

 DOUBLE — A. Japonica Queen Charlotte. Flower= a 



beautiful and pleasing shade of pink, semi-double 



•very large, fine for cutting. 



PRICE, 15c EACH. $1.50 PER. DOZEN. $10 PER. HUNDRED 



The exquisite garden effect pictured above can easily be produced for $1.50 



The Anemone is beautiful — notably beautiful, but is not exceptional among hardy perennials, for the hardy 

 garden abounds with such charming flowers. Each day, from frost to frost there is bloom, succession after suc- 

 cession, in every color and shade with always something new and interesting. 



The garden of hardy flowers is the garden of character. Plant one this spring. 



We grow hardy perennials exclusively and have a superb stock such as only a specialist can have. 



Our iqob catalogue of Hardy 

 I-erenniak is your*, for the asking- 



J. B. KELLER SONS, Rochester, N. Y. 



Nothing is more essential to the growth 

 of good sweet peas with long stems than to 

 plant them early. The rows should run 

 north and south. 



When the vines are about four inches high, 

 begin training them on strings, chicken 

 wire, or brush. Sweet peas require an 

 abundance of moisture, and need to be 

 watered frequently during dry weather. 

 The vines should also be syringed with a hose, 

 or force pump, once or twice a week, to keep 

 down the red spider, especial care being 

 taken to hit the under side of the leaves with 

 considerable force. 



When the plants have grown too high, 

 they may be cut back to within three or four 

 feet of the ground. They will soon grow up 

 and bloom again. The blooming period 

 will be much prolonged if the flowers are 

 picked daily. It is always best to buy new 

 seed each year. 



Portland, Ore. James H. Spencer. 



Sweet Peas Worth Growing 



THE average seed catalogue with its long 

 list of varieties is a bewildering maze 

 to even the professional grower. Most of 

 them offer from fifty to one hundred varieties, 

 and many of the kinds are duplicates or so 

 near alike that it takes an expert to tell the 

 difference. While it is true that some will 

 do better in one locality than in another, yet 

 one cannot attempt to grow them all unless 

 a wh61e farm is at his disposal. 



Many of the failures and disappointments 

 in sweet-pea growing have been the result of 

 late sowing. To ensure success the young 

 plants must have a good start before the 

 advent of hot weather. 



The seeds must be sown thinly, and 

 covered to a depth of three or four inches. 

 They germinate slowly. When about six 

 inches high, draw the soil toward them on 

 both sides, making a slight mound, two to 

 three inches high. At the same time put up 

 the supports, for if once allowed to fall over, 

 they never do as well. After this apply the 

 mulching, and water liberally in dry weather. 



I give here a list of the cream of the vari- 

 eties in their colors as I have found them 

 and am satisfied that they are sufficient for 

 all purposes: 



White:— Blanche Burpee (profuse bloom- 

 er), Dorothy Eckford (large flower), White 

 Wonder (long stemmed) and White Cupid 

 (very dwarf). 



Pink and white: — Cupid (dwarf), Dainty 

 (edged with pink), Earliest-of-All (very 

 early), Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain (striped 

 pink). 



Light pink:— Blanche Ferry (very early), 

 Countess Spencer. 



Other varieties: — America (white, striped 

 with scarlet), Grey Friar (white with pep- 

 pered markings of purple), Lovely (shell 

 pink), Janet Scott (dark pink, long stemmed), 

 Miss Willmott (orange-pink, long stemmed), 

 Salopian (scarlet), King Eward VII. (very 

 brilliant crimson), Prince of Wales (rose), 

 The Hon. Mrs. E. Kenyon (primrose yellow), 

 Lady Grizel Hamilton (lavender), Othello 

 (maroon), Navy Blue (blue). 



New York. ' James T. Scott. 





