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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



June, 1906 



Fences ? 



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The Apple Tree 



NOW IS THE TIME 



when nature is in full bloom to arrange for further 

 planting. A great deal depends upon harmony of 

 color ; select now, and arrange your Trees, Plants and 

 Flowers so as to have continual color. Our Landscape 

 Architect can assist you. Visit the nursery and see 

 the stock. We have everything necessary to beautify 

 your homes, from the Apple Tree which blooms in 

 May, to Herbaceous Plants and Perenniala for the 

 summer gardens, and all kinds of Forc. c t Trees, that 

 lend cooling shade in the summer and brilliant foliage 

 in the fall. Do not wait until time to plant, but 

 arrange now. Send for Catalogue. Address 



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NEW CANAAN, CONN. 



should be set varies with the kind as follows 

 (distance in inches): Ageratum, 6 to 9; an- 

 nual phlox, 4 to 6; Begonia Vernon, 6 to 8; 

 cannas, 12, except the orchid- flowered ones 

 (like Italia) which should have 18; coleus, 

 9 to 10; geraniums, except the dwarf ones, 

 12; dwarf geraniums (Madame Salleroi) 

 6 to 9; heliotrope, 12 to 18; lantanas, 8 to 12; 

 salvias, 12 to 18; verbenas, 6 to 12. 



Cannas make a very effective bed or border 

 plant either alone or with other kinds. A 

 bed of them surrounded by low growing 

 plants like geraniums or ageratums is good 

 to look at. There are many varieties, some 

 of the good kinds are: Alphonse Bouvier, 

 crimson, 6 feet; President McKinley, crim- 

 son with scarlet shadings, 3 feet; Buttercup, 

 almost a clear yellow, 3 feet; Egandale, red 

 with bronze foliage, 4 feet ; Florence Vaughan 

 golden yellow with red spots, 4 feet, Madame 

 Crozy, scarlet with golden edges, 4 feet. 



Some good geraniums are: Gen. Grant, 

 scarlet; Madame Bruant, carmine; Alphonse 

 Riccard, scarlet; Beaute Poitevine, salmon 

 pink; S. A. Nutt, dark crimson. The dwarf 

 varigated-leaved ones, like Madame Salleroi 

 make very good edging plants and must 

 not be grown for flowers. 



There are many kinds of coleus, but the 

 best are: Golden Bedder, yellow; Rainbow, 

 maroon; Verschaffelti, dark crimson. The 

 best ageratum, Stella Gurney, has bright 

 blue flowers. The best bedding begonia is 

 Vernon, it has bronze-like foliage and red 

 flowers. The best heliotrope is Queen of 

 the Violets, a rich violet blue. 



New York. W. Clark 



Things Worth Trying 



AFTER the "June drop" thin the crop 

 of tree fruits and grapes. Leave about 

 half, work for quality, not quantity. 



Pot strawberry runners now, if you want 

 to save a year on the fruit. Pinch off the 

 ends, after the first joint, and let them root 

 on an inverted sod, or in 2% inch pots set 

 level with the ground. 



Do your canning outdoors. (1 : 230, 2 : 69) 

 Can surplus strawberries, cherries, and 

 Swiss chard. (1:254) These references re- 

 fer to the volume and page of The Garden 

 Magazine. 



Try some tuberous-rooted begonias or 

 tarweed {Madia elegans) in a shady bed 

 where other plants fail. 



Set out sprouted dahlia roots the first 

 week in June. (1:235) 



June 20th plant some gladioli in your 

 shrubbery border for late September flowers, 

 and make a planting July 1st. 



Plant Virginia creeper against the cellar 

 window, to keep the cellar cool. (1 : 133) 



Peg down petunias and verbenas, and they 

 will hide the ground. 



Make a lath-house for your palms, and 

 they will be much easier to care for this 

 summer, and much healthier next winter. 

 (1:227) 



One of the best and easiest ways to keep a 

 greenhouse attractive all summer, with 

 little care, is to grow a collection of fancy 

 leaved caladiums. 



Buy Mrs. Comstock's delightful "How to 

 Keep Bees," and get an observation hive. 



Gillett's Ferns and Flowers 



For Dark, Shady Places 



While we grow many thousands of the hardy garden flowers 

 which require open sunlight for their growth, like Phloxes, Cam- 

 panulas, Peonies, Digitalis, etc., there is a demand for something 

 to grow in dark shady places where the hardy garden plants will 

 not thrive. We find just such a class of plants in the HARDY 

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 been studying and growing for 25 years, and can help you in 

 your selections. They are adapted for a great many places, and 

 selections can be made for beautifying the dark corner by the 

 porch, the shaded wall or hedge, shady hillsides, wet places in 

 both open sun, deep shade, dry woods and rocky places. Brilliant 

 lobelias for planting in small brooks; dainty gentians for planting 

 by brookside. Also Rhododendrons and other American shrubs. 



Send for my Illustrated Descriptive 

 Catalogue of over So pages> which 

 tells about this class of plants. 



EDW. GILLETT, 



Southwick, Mass. 



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