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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1906 





The Elm City Nursery Co. 





New Ha.ven : : : : Connecticut 





Visitors always welcome at the Nursery j 









NOW IS 









ORDERING 

 SEASON : : 







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The following catalog 





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index gives an idea of what 

 you can order at the Nursery 

 to your special advantage. 

 Send for this catalog now and 

 a copy will be forwarded im- 

 mediately, without cost to 

 you. 















AHiidired Catalog Index 





Abies 



Clematis 



Indigo Shrub 



Retinisporas 





Acacia 



C let lira 



Iris 



Rhamnus 





Acer 



Coffee Tree 



I tea 



Rhododendrons 





Achillea 



Colutea 



Jacob's Ladder 



Rhodotyphos 





Aconitium 



Columbine 



Jamesia 



Rhus 





Acorus 



Cone flower 



Japan Quince 



Ribes 





Actinidia 



Convallaria 



Japan Maples 



Robina 





Aesculus 



Coreopsis 



Judas Tree 



Rock Cress i 





Ailanthus 



Corn us 



Juglans 



Ro^-a Rugosa j 





Akebia 



Cotoneaster 



Juniper 



Rose Acacia il 





Alders 



Crabs, fl. 



Jtalmia 



Roses 





Almonds 



Craetajjus 



Kerria 



Rubus 





Alnus 



Currant 



Kniphona 



Rudbeckia 





Althaeas 



Cydonia 



Koelreuteria 



Salisburia 





Alyssum 



Cypress 



.Larch 



Salix 





Amelanchier 



Cytisus 



Larkspur 



Salvia 





Amorpha 



Daphne 



Lathy rus 



Sambucus ( 





Ampelopsis 



Daisy 



Lemon Lily 



Saxifraga 





Amsonia 



Day Lily 



Lespedeza 



Scabiosa 





Andromeda 



Delphinium 



Leucothoe 



Schizophragma 





Anemones 



Desmodium 



Ligustrum 



Sciadopytis 





Anthemus 



Deutzias 



Lilacs 



Sea Pink 





Apios 



Dianthus 



Lilium 



Sedum 





Apples 



Dicentra 



Lily of Valiey 



Shasta Daisy 





Aquilegia 



Dictamnus 



Lindens 



Silk Vine 





Arabis 



Digitalis 



Liquidamber 



Silver Thorn j 





Aralia 



Dogwood 



Lirodendron 



Solidago 





Arborvitac 



Douglas Spruce 



Locust 



5moke Tree 





Arenaria 



Dutch Pipe 



Lonicera 



Sneeze weed 





Aristolochia 



Echinacea 



Lotus 



Snowballs 





Arundo 



Eleagnus 



Lychnis 



Snowberry 





Asclepias 



Elders 



Lycium 



Snowdrop Tree 





Ash 



Elms 



Magnolia 



Sophora 





Ashes 



English Ivy 



Mahonia 



Sorbaria 





Asparagus 



Erianthus 



Maidenhair 



Sorbus 





Asperula 



Eulalia 



Mallow 



Speedwell 





Aster 



Euphorbia 



Maples 



Spiraea 





Astilbe 



Eunonymous 



Matrimony 



Spruces 





Azalea 



Evergreens 



Meadow Rue 



Spruge 





Baby Rambler 

 Balsam 



Exocnorda 

 Fagus 



Meadow Sweet 

 Milkweed 



Stachys 

 Statice 





Baptisia 



False Indigo 



Miscanthus 



Stephanandra 





Barberry 



Fern Sumac 



Miscellaneous 



St. John's Wort 





Bay Trees 



Festuca 



Monarda 



Stokesia 





Basswood 



Firs 



Monkshood 



Strawberries 





Bee Balm 



Flags 



Mountain Ash 



Sumach 





Beech 



Forget-me-not 



Morus 



Sunflower i 





Bee Larkspur 



Forsythia 



Mulberry 



Sweet Flag 





Bell Flower 



Fox Glove 



Myosotis 



Sweet Gum ! 





Bellis 



Fraxinella 



Myrica 



Sweet William j 





Berberis 



FraxinuS 



Myrtle 



Sycamore 





Bergamot 



Fruits 



]Neilleia 



Syringa i 





Betula 



Funkia 



Nepeta 



Syringo 





Biota 



Garden Roots 



Nyssa 



Tamarix 





Birches 



German Iris 



Oak 



Taxodium 





Bitter Sweet 



Giant Reed 



Orange 



Taxus i 





Black Alder 



Gingko 



1'acliysandra 



Tecoma 





Blackberries 



Gleditschia 



Fadanthus 



Thalictrum 





Blanket Flower 



Globe, fl. 



Paeonia 



Thorns ' 





Bleeding Heart 



Golden Bell 



Pansy 



Thuya ! 





Blue Bells 



Golden Elder 



Pa paver 



Torch Lily 





Blue Spruce 



Golden Glow 



Pea 



Tradescanthia 





Bocconia 



Golden Rod 



Peaches 



Trees 





Boltonia 



Golden Spiraea 



Pears 



Tritoma 





Bone 



Gooseberries 



Penstemon 



Trollius \ 





Boston ivy 



Grapes 



Periploca 



Trumpet 





Box 



Grasses 



Periwinkle 



Tsuga 





Buttercup 



Grass Seed 



Phellopendron 



Tulip Tree 





Butterfly Weed 



Gymnocladus 



Philadelphus 



Tupelo \ 





Buttonball 



Gypsophila 



Phlox 



Vim aria 





Callicarpa 



llalesia 



Photina 



Ulmus 





Cal. Privet 



Hamamelis 



Physocarpus 



Uniola 





Calycanthus 



Hazelnut 



Physostegia 



Valeriana 





Campanula 



Hedera 



Picea 



Veronica 





Candytuft 



Hedge Plants 



Pieris 



Viburnum 





Caragana 



Heleniuin 



Pines 



Vinca 





Carpinus 



Heleopsis 



Pinks 



Vines 





Carya 



Helianthus 



Plane 



Viola j 





Castanea 



Helleoborus 



Platycodon 



Virginia 





Catalpa 



Hemerocallis 



Plums 



Virgins Bower j 





Ceanothus 



Hemlock 



Polemonium 



Vitex 





Cedar 



Herbaceous 



Poplar 



Vitis i 





Celastrus 



Heuchera 



Poppy 



Walnut 





Celtis 



Hibiscus 



Privet 



Weigela 





Centranthus 



Hickoria 



Prunus t 



Willows 





Cephalanthus 



Hippophaea 



Pseudotsuga 



Wistaria ! 





Cerasus 



Hollies 



Ptelea 



"Windflower 1 





Cercis 



Hollyhocks 



Pyrethrum 



Woodbine j 





Chamaecyparis 



Honeysuckles 



Pyrus 



Woodruff \ 





Chamacerasus 



Hop Tree 



Quercus 



Xanthoceras 





Cherries 



H ornbeam 



Quinces 



Xanthorriza 





Cherries, fl. 



Horse Chestnut 



Ragged Robin 



Xanthoxyllum 





Chestnuts 



Hydrangeas 



Ranunculus 



Yarrow 





Chionanthus 



Hypericum 



Raspberries 



Yellow Wood 





Chrysanthemum 



Uteris 



Red Bud 



Yews 





Cladrastis 



Ilex 



Red Poker 



Yucca 





Be sure and 



send for our catalog before ordering. We have 





such an extensi 



vt stock to select from and all orders are dug and 





packed under t 



le supervision of trained men, so we are quite 





sure to please e 



ven the most critical buyer. 





THE ELM C 



ITY NURSERY CO., NEW HAVEN, CONN. 



A 12 x 9 ft. Greenhouse for $ioo 



(Photographs by Hedwig Rohn.) 



THE cost of my hothouse, including the 

 heating apparatus, excavation, and bank- 

 ing up outside, was $ioo. It is twelve feet 

 long, nine feet wide, and eight and one-half 

 feet high in the centre. The benches on each 

 side of the house are three feet wide with a 

 foot-wide bench at the end, to leave room 

 for the heating apparatus. It was built in 

 September, 1904. 



There is one small ventilator, which takes 

 the place of one and a half panes of glass. It is 

 raised and lowered by a long stick, with holes 

 in the lower end, which is slipped over a long 

 nail protruding from the side of the house. 



The heater is an old laundry stove, using 

 through the colder weather — zero, and even 

 several degrees lower — one hod of coal a 

 day, costing, I think, about ten cents, and 

 requiring attention at six in the morning- 

 and again at five in the afternoon. Some- 

 times on very cold days, the draughts were 



This small greenhouse cost $1 a square fool to build 

 and ten cents a day for heating 



examined three times, and coal put on. The 

 thermometer ranged from 50 to 6o° on the 

 coldest mornings at six o'clock and between 

 60 ° and 80 ° through the day, according to 

 the amount of sunshine and the requirements 

 of the plants. 



The stove is sunk in a pit, 40 by 43 inches, 



bricked on four sides, and deep enough for the 



top of the stove to be on a level with the floor, 



which gives plenty of heat under the benches. 



Memorandum of cost: 



Cost of house $86.00 



Stove and stovepipe 6.00 



Digging pit for stove and bricking 



it up 6.00 



Extra shelves 2.00 



$100.00 



The simple heating arrangement is very 



satisfactory, and I have never experienced 



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