August, 19 14 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



27 



Madonna 

 Lily 



(Lilium Candidum) 



_ On stems 3-4 feet tall, the de- 

 liciously fragrant flowers are borne 

 10-20 to each stalk. Keep in bloom 

 June-August. 



The one pure white Hardy Garden 

 Lily. Must be planted early to 

 succeed. (Bulbs ready August 15th.) 



Large Bulbs 

 Extra Size 

 Mammoth 

 Jumbo 



£ach 



$.12 



.15 

 .20 

 .30 



$1.25 

 1.60 

 2.00 

 3.00 



100 



% 8.00 



10.50 



12.00 



We furnish the best northern 

 grown bulbs. 



We wish to interest you in the 

 growing of Narcissi and Daffodils 

 to grace your home in winter, your 

 grounds in early Spring. 

 Tulips flaunting gay banners. 

 Hyacinths to perfume your 

 rooms and garden. 

 Crocus and Snowdrops to gaily ring in Spring's advent. 

 Lilies gathered in deep forests or mossy glens of Europe, Asia 

 or your own Countree. 

 Our Specialties of Magic Bloom fully described. 

 Amaryllis of royal strain. 



Iris of many sorts, velvety petaled in thousand rainbow tints. 

 Seeds to grow choicest Winter bloom. Seeds to sow in Summer 

 and Fall for Hardy Perennials. 



Complete list of bulbs to grow in Our Prepared Mossfiber 

 whereby you can successfully grow lovely flowers all thro' winter. 

 Every bulb, every packet of seed is specially selected for you 

 — and delivered post or express prepaid by us. 



Send for oar Fall Balb Book — // is free 

 Send today. Early orders secure the best 



ADDRESS 



H. H. BERGER & COMPANY 



70 Warren Street, New York 



PEONIES 



Fifteen fine named Peonies for S2.50, or 25 for $5-oo all 

 different and truly labeled, a chance to obtain a fine 

 collection at half price, comprising such varieties as 

 Festiva Maxima, Felix Crousse, Delachei, Achillea, Lady 

 L. Bramwell, Couronne d'Or Prolifica Tricolor, Louis 

 Van Houtte, and various other fine sorts. With any 

 order of above for Ss-oo I will include one plant of 

 Baroness Schroeder, free. I have the largest stock in 

 America of Lady Alexandra Duff (absolutely true) and 

 many other fine varieties. Send for catalogue. 



W. L. GUMM, Peony Specialist 



Remington, Indiana 



Biltmore Nursery 



Publishes helpful books 

 describing Trees, Flower- 

 _ Shrubs, Hardy Gar- 

 den Flowers, Irises and Roses. Tell us about your intended plant- 

 so that we may send vou the proper literature. Write today. 

 BILTMORE NURSERY, Box 1782, Biltmore, North Carolina 



Make The Farm Pay 



Complete Home Study Courses in Agriculture, Horli- 

 cnlture. Floriculture, Landscape Gardening, Forest rv, 

 Poultry Culture, and Veterinary Science under Prof. 

 Brooks of the Mass. Agricultural College. Prof. Beal of 

 Cornell University and other eminent teachers. Over 

 one hundred Home Study Courses under able professors 

 in leading colleges. " 



230 paee catalog free. Write to-day 



THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL 



Depl. 8, Springfield, Mass. 



THREAD 



AND 



THRUM 

 RUGS 



Made to order — to exactly match 

 the color scheme of any room 



HAVE your fine rugs made to order, not 

 cheap stereotyped fabrics, made in unlimited 

 quantities; but rugs that are different and sold 

 only through exclusive shops. We are only too 

 glad to submit sketch in color to harmonize with 

 surroundings of the room. Woven in selected 

 camel's hair in undyed effects or pure wool in 

 any color tone. Any length, any width — seam- 

 less up to 1 6 ft. Order through your furnisher. 

 Write us for color card — today. 

 Thread & Thrum Workshop 

 Auburn, New York 



Pocket 



KIPLING 



BOUND IN FULL FLEXIBLE RED LEATHER 



Light and convenient to carry, easy to read. Each, net, $1.50 



Edition 



Puck of Pook's Hill. 



Traffics and Discoveries. 



The Five Nations. 



Just So Stories. 



Kim. 



The Day's Work. 



Stalky & Co. 



Plain Tales from the Hills. 



Life's Handicap ; Being Stories of Mine 



Own People. 

 The Kipling Birthday Book. 

 Under the Deodars. The Phantom 



'Rickshaw and Wee Willie Winkie. 



The Light that Failed. 



Soldier Stories. 



The Naulahka (With Wolcott Balestier). 



Departmental Ditties and Ballads 



and Barrack-room Ballads. 

 Soldiers Three, The Story of the 



Gadsbys and In Black and White. 

 Many Inventions. 

 From Sea to Sea. 

 The Seven Seas. 

 Actions and Reactions. 

 Rewards and Fairies. 



Recently Issued: "SONGS FROM BOOKS" 



An interesting collection of scattered poems made by the author himself 



Net, Si. 40 



Many people cannot get books. If there is no bookstore near you we shall beglad to send books on approval. We do not 

 wish to interfere with the trade of the bookseller: we wish that every locality in the United States had a good bookseller 

 and that you would buy the books selected from him: our suggestion is addressed to readers who have no convenient book- 

 store to go to. 



A " Kipling Index " will be sent free to any one on request 

 Garden City DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY New York 



at all Seasons 

 Growing in your Cellar 



oifS^ Mushrooms 



A(\ TTC ' n P nsta £ e stamps together with the name of your 

 qv CL3. dealer will brin£ you, postpaid, direct from the 

 manufacturer, a fresh sample brick of 



Lambert's Pure Culture MUSHROOM SPAWN 



the best high-grade spawn in the market, together with large illustrated book 

 on Mushroom Culture, containing simple and practical methods of raising, 

 preserving and cooking mushrooms. Not more than one sample brick will 

 he sent to the same party. Further orders must come through your dealer. 



Address: American Spawn Co., Dept. 2, St. Paul, Minn. 



PEONIES 



PLANT THIS FALL 



Plant some of our new varieties originated 

 here on our grounds. Free catalog describes 

 them and the best old varieties. 



BRAND'S Faribault, Minn. 



Pot-Grown 

 Strawberry Plants 



as shown in the cut are much the best. 

 The roots are all there — and good 

 roots, too. If set out in August and 

 September will produce a crop of ber- 

 ries next June. I have the finest stock 

 of plants in the New England States. 

 Send for Catalogue and Price List. 

 C. S. PRATT. Reading, Mass. 



DAHLIAS 



MOST POPULAR GARDEN' 

 FLOWER! Cordial invitation 

 extended to all to visit my gard- 

 ens during flowering season. 

 Sample box containing 50 blossoms, different kinds, all labeled with names, 

 for $1.00, to cover labeling and packing; express to be paid by purchaser. 



Geo. L. Stillman, Dahlia Specialist, Westerly, R.I., Box C-4 



MOLEPHER 



KILLS 



Ground Moles 



AND 



Gophers 



If you are troubled with them, order a Jar of Mole- 

 pher, which we sell under a guarantee to kill them. 

 Sent Post Paid on receipt of $1.00. 



MOLEPHER CHEMICAL CO. 



S09 Chestnut Street St. Louis, Mo. 



PEONIES AND 

 PERENNIALS 



A word from you will secure our new 

 catalogue describing and pricing the 

 two hundred and fifty best Peonies 

 which won the gold medal and silver 

 cup, and other plants. Address 



E. A. REEVES 



South Euclid P. O., Cleveland, O. 



It's Six Miles Around the 

 Clothes Line Every Year 



Those weary, back-breaking steps, lugging that heavy basket 

 of clothes every wash-day, can be avoided. You can stand in 

 one place and hang out a whole week's wash without tramping 

 through the damp grass in summer or the snow in winter. 



HILL'S CHAMPION 

 CLOTHES DRYER 



will do all this for you. Can be put up in one minute. No 

 heavy lines to string up and pull taut — none to take down. It 

 is ready to be used the moment you slip it on the pole and ooen 

 its inverted-umbrella-like top. Simple, sightly, convenient. 



If your hardware dealer cannot supply you, write 

 to us. Send for illustrated Folder No. 2. 



HILL DRYER COMPANY 

 302 Park Ave., Worcester, Mass. 



