286 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



June, 1906 



Why a Garden for 

 Six Months Only 



PERHAPS you have tasted the health-giving joys of your flower or 

 kitchen garden, felt lonesome and out of sorts when the all too 

 short season ended. You had slept better, held a bigger feeling 

 for all humanity those days you were digging, coddling your garden 

 favorites. Now with the return of beautiful spring comes all the antici- 

 pation of renewed friendship with Mother Earth, but don't forget the 

 short span of summer's lease and how soon again come the dull months 

 of winter wastes. 



Why not have a glass enclosed garden the whole year round? A 

 garden giving you choice flowers, adding their fragrance and beauty to 

 your home, and out of season vegetables to increase the pleasures of 

 your table. Then with it all comes that unmistakable soothing of the 

 nerves, that " straightening out of the kinks " which an hour or so a day 

 in a greenhouse surely brings. Right now is the time to talk this build- 

 ing matter over with us, so your house will be all ready not later than 

 the last of July to get your plants and other things prepared. Then 

 November, with its dreary days, will find your house filled with bloom ; 

 your Christmas table graced with its regal bunch of American Beauty 

 roses, and the guests smacking their lips over crispy cucumbers or 

 luscious melons — " all from my own greenhouse." 



LORD & BURNHAM CO. 



Greenhouse Designers 

 and Manufacturers 



1133 Broadway, Cor. 26th St., New York 



Boston Branch, 819 Tremont Building: 



SEND for our cold frame brochure, 

 which also tells a good bit about 

 greenhouse things you want to know. 

 Prices range from $500 up. 



FAIRFAX ROSES 



CANNOT BE EQUALLED Cataloguefree 



W. R. GRAY, Box 6, OAKTON, FAIRFAX CO., VA 



MAULE'S SEEDS LEAD ALL 



Illustrated Catalogue free 



WM. HENRY 3IAI1E 



1 ?01 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



The Celebrated Furman Boilers 



As an Investment, Furman Boilers return large Dividends in 



improved Health, increased Comfort and Fuel Saved. 



Selling Agents: 



E. S. DEAN, Bloomington, 111. E. K. BARR, La Crosse, Wis, 



Valuable Catalogue and Booklet "Warmth" mailed free. Ad- 

 dress The nerendeen Manufacturing Company, 

 6 Plant Street, Geneva, N. Y. 



NEW YORK Office and Show Room 296 Pearl Street. 



may be in the floral structure, it is hoped to 

 determine during the coming summer. 



Washingtonia robusta has grown rapidly 

 in public favor during the past few years, due 

 to the fact that it is superior, for many 

 purposes, to the commoner W. filifera. 

 When we had watched it for several years 

 and noted its rapid growth, it became evident 

 that for street alignment it surpassed all 

 palms heretofore used for the purpose. 



The claim so often made by dealers that 

 W. robusta is the hardier of the two species, 

 is utterly without foundation, W. filifera 

 being the hardier. The claim is based, no 

 doubt, on the fact that W. robusta does not 

 get "rusty" on the leaf tips as does the com- 

 mon species. This rustiness does not come 

 from the leaf being nipped by the frost, for 

 often the greatest part of such discoloration 

 comes in late summer. 



It may be as well to correct a popular mis- 

 understanding regarding the needs of these 

 plants. They do not "grow in the desert 

 sands without water. " Neither do they 



Washingtonia robusta. Same age as lree of W. filifera 

 shown in illustration on page 284. Grows four times 

 as fast, and is better as a street tree 



grow on the desert at all, nor in the sand, nor 

 without a constant supply of water. They 

 grow in the canyons and depressions of the 

 foothills border'ng the desert, usually in 

 black "adobe" or "gumbo " soil and where 

 they get a considerable water supply. This 

 water generally holds in solution so much 

 alkali that it can not be used for drink by 

 man or beast. 



Wendland, in his original description of 

 W. robusta, says it is native to the Sacramento 

 River region. This was certainly a mistake 

 on his part unless there be a Sacramento 

 River in Northern Mexico. Doubtless he 

 meant the Colorado River, for the northern 

 range of this palm is not far from the mouth 

 of that stream. 



California. Ernest Bratjnton. 



