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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



July, 1906 



To Know the Wild Flowers 



as every lover of Natures desires to know them. The best, quickest 

 „ ^ ^ and simplest way is by means of 



"A' r NATURE STUDIES 



These enable you to identify each flower at a glance. _ You have 

 at hand a picture of the plant; its classification and analysis in simple 

 English; its history aid its place in legend and poetry. Blank space 

 for mounting each specimen and for making your own memoranda. 



Each series of fifteen studies, identifying twenty-five or more 

 different wild flowers, which blossom at about the same season, is 

 contained in a specially designed and artistic case, that slips easily 

 into the pocket, and is accompanied by a guide card, with illustrated 

 directions. Each series complete in itself, '25 cents, postpaid. 



SPECIAL OFFER— We will send tour different series con- 

 taining sixty studies, which identify over one hundred and 

 twenty different flowers together with twenty-five blank mounting 

 cards, all postpaid, if you will enclose a dollar bill in an envelope 

 and send to us. 



THE "A" COMPANY, Box 846 H, Philadelphia 



DUTCH BULBS 



Sold by the growers direct to the planter 



We are the only dealers in the United States owning and working 

 nurseries in the Sassenheim district of Holland. 



Orders taken now, billed July 15th, will be filled direct from our 

 nurseries, and healthy, first-class, true-to-name bulbs guaranteed. 



Send for our Catalogue. 

 FRANKEN BROS. - - Lake Forrest, 111. 



Old English Garden Seats 



Rustic Furniture 



Special Designs Made to Order. 

 Send for Catalogue. 



NORTH SHORE FERNERIES 

 Beverlv, Massachusetts 



the berry-moth, whose caterpillar causes 

 wormy grapes. It often becomes a serious 

 pest. The first brood of the insect appears 

 in spring, and the little caterpillars are 

 forced to feed on the leaves and tender ten- 

 drils. If these have been poisoned by spray- 

 ing, most of the caterpillars will be destroyed. 

 Later in the season, after the little cater- 

 pillar has become full grown, it cuts out a 

 little fold from a leaf, from which it forms a 



The only way to Keep the grape vine free from 

 insects is to spray every ten days or two weeks 

 from April lo August 



case, within which it transforms to a chrys- 

 alis, and passes the winter. The destruction 

 of the fallen leaves will control it. 



Where grapes are grown extensively the 

 control of the numerous insect pests affecting 

 them is no easy matter, but a few vines may 

 be kept almost entirely free from them by 

 thorough and frequent spraying, frequent 

 cultivation, and the burning of all foliage and 

 rubbish in the fall. 



E. Dwight Sanderson. 



Japanese Iris Excursion 



HPHE Garden Magazine suggests the de- 

 -■- suability of excursions in all parts 

 of the United States this month, to see. 

 large collections of the Japanese iris. 

 This is the largest of all the irises, the flowers 

 often being nine or ten inches across, and 

 sometimes twelve or fourteen. They have a 

 very wide range of color, and the variety of 

 markings beggars description. 



The common impression that they will 

 grow only in damp places, such as the bor- 

 ders of water gardens, is a mistaken one. 

 They do splendidly in ordinary gardens, if 

 planted in a heavy soil, and given plenty cf 

 water during dry spells. 



There are over a hundred named varieties 

 in cultivation. Some are imported under the 

 Japanese names, and comparison shows that 

 some of the Japanese dealers are unscrupu- 

 lous in substitution. Consequently it pays 

 to see what you buy. 



A small group of persons particularly in- 

 terested in irises will visit the largest private 

 collection near New York, and will probably 

 see some of the largest nursery collections on 

 the way back. It will be an all-day excur- 

 sion, and everybody who cares to attend is 

 invited to send his address to the editor of 

 The Garden Magazine, so that he may 

 be notified of the proper time and place. 



BAY TREES 



For the formal garden, bordering the walk, at 

 the entrance to the grounds or house. There is 

 nothing that gives such a distinctive effect as the 

 graceful Bay Tree. 



We have some fine 

 specimens in tubs as 

 follows : 



34 inch— 36 incli head, 48 

 inch stem, 7 feet tall, 

 in 17 inch tubs, $13.25 

 each. 



24 inch— 26 inch head, 45 

 inch — 4S inch stem, 6 

 feet 10 inches tall, in 

 13 in. tubs, $7. 5C each. 



In dozen lots 15 per cent, 

 discount. All c refully packed, 

 F. O. B. Rutherford. 



Ornamental stock for 



lawn and exterioi 



decorations 



ORCHIDS 

 JULIUS ROEHRS CO. 



Exotic Nurseries RUTHERFORD, N. J. 



Kills Bugs, prevents Blight, Rot and Scab, 

 Increases crop on average 1 1 5 bushes to acre. 

 Entirely automatic in operation. 

 Send for free 84-page booklet M. 



15 SPRAMOTOR CO. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. LONDON, CANADA 



G. H. PETERSON 

 Rose and Peony Specialist 



FAIR LAWN, N. J. 

 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FRUIT FARM 



T?OR SALE — 177 acres in the heart of the fruit belt ; wellstocked 

 -^ orchards and small fruits; excellent soil; good house; near 

 station. E. J. Ayres, Villa Ridge, Ills., or P. W. Ayres, Con- 

 cord, N. H. 



DO NOT DELAY 



Spring and summer planting is over and we are now 

 at liberty to assist you to arrange for Fall Planting. 

 We have a full line of all kinds of Fruit, Forest, 

 Ornamental Trees, and Evergreens, Vines, Shrubs, 

 California Privet and Herbacious Plants. Our 

 Landscape Architect will make a plan for your 

 planting. Visit the Nursery, and select your stock ; 

 if impossible to do so, write for Catalogue. Address 



STEPHEN HOYT'S SONS, CO. 



Tel. 148-2 So Norwalk. Ct. 

 NEW CANAAN, CONNECTICUT 



