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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



May, 1906 



No Repairs. When you roof your 

 buildings with Amatite, your first cost 

 covers all cost. After it is put on you 

 can forget all about it, for it will require 

 no repairs — painting, patching or tinkering 

 of any sort — for many years. If your 

 Amatite roof costs you $10.00 to begin 

 with, the cost ends there. And it is all 

 because it is made to wear and does not 

 rot, crack or peel off in a few years. 



Send to our nearest office for free 

 sample and see for yourself how much better it is than the ordinary kinds. 

 Barrett Manufacturing Co., New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Allegheny, 

 Kansas City, New Orleans, Cleveland, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Boston. 



ORCHID PLANTS 



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The ten most popular varieties which will flower 

 the first season, together with directions for grow- 

 ing them, $20.00. 



Cattleya Labiata Coelogyne Cristata 



Cattleya Citrina Odontoglossum Citrosmum 



Laelia Anceps Dendrobium Nobilis 



Laelia Autumnalis Cypripedium Insigne 



Laelia Albida Oncidium Cavandishianum 



ORCHID PEAT AND MOSS 



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CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

 FOR EXHIBITION 



I make a specialty of handling 

 the very finest exhibition varieties 

 and have all the novelties of the 

 year as well as the standard 

 kinds. Fine, splendid varieties 

 are Morton F. Plant, Mrs. John 

 E. Dunne, Mrs. Geo. Heaume, 

 Mrs. Henry Partridge, Mrs. F. 

 F.Thompson. Send for my com- 

 plete Catalogue No. 2 of exhibi- 

 tion and hardy varieties. 



CHARLES H. TOTTY &V5&&? 



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We will mail free any classified collection of six 

 varieties selected from the April number of The 

 Garden Magazine on pages 139, 140 or 141 for 

 20 cents in stamps or coin. 



When ordering, state which class you wish. 



Illustrated catalogue of seeds free for asking, 

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To close out we offer a few choice plants 

 at 25 per cent from the prices In opt cata- 

 logue. Stoolc in prime condition. Selec- 

 tion must be left partly to us . Among 

 others are Hybrid Teas, Bessie Brown,. Kil- 

 larney, Franz Beegao, Lady Battereea, 

 Chatenay, Antolne Ri voire, Enohantreas-, 

 Belle Slebreoht, Gladys RarfcnSes, Grace 

 Barling, liberty, Gustavo Regie. Uadam 

 Cadeau Ramey, La France, Lady Clanmorria, 

 Pree,' Carnot and Viscountess Folkenatone. 



Trau Karl Drasehkl, Prince Camille de 

 Rohan, Clrleh Brunner, and a few others of th« 

 best Hybrid Perpetuals. 



twigs from several parts of the tree should be 

 taken so as to show all the leaf forms. 



Give all the specimens from an individual 

 tree the same number which should be also 

 attached to the tree, so when the names come 

 you will know to what tree they belong. 



Connecticut. G.P. 



SUGGESTION FOR WALLFLOWER GROWING 



Q. I have started some wallflowers in my 

 window garden for planting out-of-doors. 

 What position in the garden is best? 



Connecticut. A. B. 



A . If you do not get flowers this year, do 

 not be disappointed. The wallflower is 

 a hardy perennial plant which grows one or 

 two feet high, and usually blooms the second 

 year from seed. 



The drainage is the most important item 

 in growing good wallflowers. Plant in a 

 slightly shaded situation where the soil is 

 rich and deep. Take out a foot of the soil 

 of the border, put in two or three inches of 

 broken brick and old mortar, and replace 

 the earth. In its native place, the plant is 

 partial to old walls, and grows naturally on 

 the chalk cliffs. 



New York. C. D. 



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The Californian's Reminder , 



HYACINTHS, narcissi and other fall 

 planted bulbs will now be ripening 

 their tops and may be lifted and stored away 

 till next season. These bulbs should be 

 placed in boxes of damp sand, if sand is ob- 

 tainable and the bulbs will " cure " as the sand 

 dries. 



You should have annual flowering plants to 

 put in their places ; if not, plant some at once. 



Plant another lot of gladiolus bulbs. 



Dahlias may still be planted. 



Fill a box of sand with chrysanthemum 

 cuttings at once if you have none propagated. 



If your climbing roses, Cherokee, Banksia, 

 Glazenwood, and Ophir have stopped 

 flowering, prune if necessary. 



Watch deciduous shrubs like deutzia, 

 philadelphus, spirea, and weigela and give 

 necessary pruning when past flowering. 



The following vegetables may be planted: 

 Beans, cabbage (seeds and plants), carrot, 

 cauliflower (plants), corn (sweet), cucumber, 

 egg plant (seeds or plants), lettuce, melons 

 (musk and water), onion (seeds or sets), 

 peas, peppers (seeds or plants), potato, sweet 

 (plants), pumpkin, radish, spinach, tomato 

 (seeds or plants), turnips. 



Garden squashes planted this month give 

 best returns. 



Watch sweet corn closely; irrigate and 

 cultivate often. 



California Ernest Braunton 



