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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



June, 1906 



A Quarter-Ton of Grapes 



grew in this grapery 

 in one year from 16 

 vines, each vine yield- 

 ing 30 pounds. This 

 is not a record break- 

 ing instance either, 

 but simply what any- 

 one can do with one 

 of our houses. 



Have you ever tasted grapes from a grapery along in May and June — big lucious 

 fruit in all its unequalled flavor — a start on Dame Nature of full four months ? Of 

 course they can be grown just as easily for Thanksgiving or Christmas. 



U=Bar Graperies are the Best 

 and give the nearest possible to an outdoors-ripened fruit because of their extreme 

 lightness of construction and least possible shading, the sun getting to the vines in all 

 its strength and flavor-giving power. 



The U-Bar is a patented construction and we are the only ones building U-Bar 

 Graperies and Greenhouses. Send for cuts. 



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Designers and Builders 



U-BAR GREENHOUSES 



Metropolitan Bldg.. 4th Ave. and 23d St. 

 NEW YORK 



Texas Rain Lilies Naturalized 

 Valuable new varieties of fruits. Dewberries and blackberries 



and crosses between them, and new fruits. Write for catalogue, by express, 10 cents each 



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{Cooperia penduncjdata and Cooperia Drummondii) 

 THE LILY THE FAIRIES LOVE 



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 summer use in Northern gardens or for pot plants for window decora- 

 tion. You can mow the lawn on Saturday and have it covered with 

 white stars by the middle of the next week. Easily planted by drop- 

 ping the bulbs in holes punched with a crowbar. 



Cooperia pedunculate (Rain Lily, Fairy Lily"), by mail or express 

 prepaid, 20 for $1; 100 for $3. By express, not prepaid, ioj, $2 

 1,000, $12. 



Clematis coccinnea (red), C. crispa (blue), hardy everywhere 

 by mail, 25 cents; by express, 15 cents. 



Pavonia lasiopetala, hardy shrub, rosy pink, flowers all summer 

 by mail, 25 cents ; large blooming root, by express, 20 cents. 



Malvaviscus Drummondii, hardy, 2 ft.; brilliant red flowers all 

 summer; bv mail, 25 cents ; by express, 20 cents. 



Salvia Texaaa, Biue Salvia, perennial ; by mail, 2 for 25 cents; 



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The Culture of Magnolias 



THE weak point about the magnolia is 

 its soft, spongy, brittle, punklike roots. 

 Therefore be careful to preserve all the fine 

 roots, always planting them with a ball of earth 

 and never in the autumn. It does not pay to 

 buy a cheap year-old magnolia or an older 

 one that has never been properly prepared 

 for transplanting. It is better to pay three 

 to five dollars for a tree that has been several 

 times transplanted and has a good ball of 

 earth. 



It makes all the difference in the world 

 whether your magnolia has a dark back- 

 ground or not, if it blooms before the leaves. 

 The flowers show off best when seen against 

 evergreens or against a dark-colored house. 



Magnolia Norbertiana, one of the later flowering of 

 the numerous hybrids between M. Yulan and M. obo'baia 



Don't get your magnolia in the middle of the 

 lawn or in front of deciduous trees. The 

 front yard is the time-honored place for it. 



Nothing is too good for your magnolias. 

 Dig a big hole, fill it with rich earth, mulch 

 the surface heavily and water freely until 

 the tree is established. 



It is a slow business to raise magnolias 

 from seed, but if you want to try it, ask to 

 have the seeds packed in damp clay before 

 they are sent to you. Magnolia seeds have 

 so much oil in them that they travel badly. 

 But in clay they will preserve their germi- 

 nating power for several months. 



Magnolias can be safely planted until the 

 second week in June, if you buy trees with 

 a large ball of earth that is covered with 

 cloth to protect them from sun and air. 



New York. W. M. 



