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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 1914 



BULBS 



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Three Color Combinations 



NOW that the garden season is about over it is 

 easy to see where we made mistakes. 



One arrangement which gave me great pleasure was 

 in May, when, against a wall where Ampelopsis Veitchi 

 was putting out its tender, bronze-green, varnished 

 leaves, great masses of white Spirtza Van Houttei 

 broke in a feathery spray. Below these fairy breakers 

 lay a quiet sea of beautiful purple Iris German tea. 

 Along the margin, rising to the same height as the iris, 

 soft pink and dull lavender Darwin tulips melted in to 

 the purple. 



Again in early July came a vision of gladness. Tall 

 English hybrid delphiniums threw a blue mist against 

 this same ampelopsis-covered wall, and below them 

 double white Japan iris, which one seedsman calls 

 Yomo-no-umi, whatever that may mean, rested upon its 



tall reed-like stems like a flock of rare and lovely birds. 

 In August', when the season wanes and colors 

 deepen, a lovely group consisted of Liatris pyenostachya, 

 its spectacular upward flight brought out against the 

 white of Hydrangea paniculata, var. grandiflora. Be- 

 low, the feathery spray of Coreopsis verticillatus starred 

 with pale yellow blossoms, softened the angular 

 stems of the liatris, while to the right bloomed great 

 bunches of auratum lilies, their white and gold 

 making the high light of the picture. Farther in 

 the border, but with no other blooms intervening, 

 came groups of phlox, that nearest the liatris in soft 

 shades of purple melting into the lovely lavender of 

 Eugene Danzenvilliers, while farther on the glowing 

 lavender-pink of phlox Frau Von Buchner brought in a 

 warmer note and softened yet heightened the colder 

 tones. 



Pennsylvania. Helen McKeehan Sharpe. 



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Meetings and Exhibitions in October 



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Oyster Bay, L. I., Horticultural Society: dahlia show. 



Garden Club, Lawrence, L. I.: exhibition of mari- 

 golds, salpiglossis, snapdragons. 



Pasadena, Cal., Horticultural Society: regular 

 meeting. 



Short Hills, N. J. Garden Club; fifth annual dahlia 

 show. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston, Mass.: fruit and vegetable exhibit. 



New Jersey Horticultural Society, Orange, N. J.: 

 ninth annual dahlia, gladiolus, fruit and vegetable 

 show. 



Nassau County Horticultural Society, Glen Cove, 

 L. I.: dahlia show. 



Wichita, Kansas: International Dry Farming Con- 

 gress and Soil Products Exposition. 



Worcester County Horticultural Society, Worcester 

 Mass.: exhibition. 



Connecticut Horticultural Society, Hartford, Conn, 

 regular meeting. 



Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Horticultural Society: regular 

 meeting. 



Nassau County Horticultural Society, G'.en Cove, 

 L. I.: regular meeting. 



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Nov. 3 



25th Anniversary of the organization of the Board 



of Trustees of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 



St. Louis, Mo. 

 Pasadena, Cal., Horticultural Society: regular 



meeting. 

 Staten Island Garden Club, New Dorp: lecture on 



bulbs. 

 New Hampshire Horticultural Society, Antrim, N. 



H.: annual meeting. 

 Pasadena, Cal., Horticultural Society: fall flower 



show. 

 Connecticut Horticultural Society, Hartford, Conn.: 



regular meeting. 

 Menlo Park, Cal., Horticultural Society: fall flower 



show. 

 Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Horticultural Society: regular 



meeting. 

 Staten Island Garden Club, New Dorp: meeting. 

 Nassau County Horticultural Society, Glen Cove, 



L. I.: chrysanthemum show. 

 Oyster Bay, L. I., Horticultural Society: chrysan- 

 themum show. • 

 Horticultural Society of New York, Museum 



of Natural History, New York City: exhibition. 



Owing to the war in Europe, many of the foreign fixtures already announced have been indefinitely 

 abandoned. 



Note: The Editors will be grateful for information about the doings of gardening societies, 

 clubs, etc., and especially as regards coming events. In order to ensure timely publication, the 

 information must reach the Editors by the twelfth day of the month preceding the date of issue in 

 which the notice should appear. 



The International Flower Show 



We have recently received the preliminary schedule 

 of the 1915 International Flower Show, which will be 

 held, as last year, in the Grand Central Palace, 46th 

 Street and Lexington Avenue, New York City, March 

 17th to 23rd. This will be conducted under the 

 auspices of the Horticultural Society of New York and 

 the New York Florists' Club, and it is hoped that it will 

 meet with the same enthusiastic reception that it ex- 

 perienced last year. Here is an opportunity for the 

 amateur to become acquainted with all the novelties. 

 Even if one has no garden and has never raised any 

 flowers to speak of, it is a most delightful experience 

 to see them in such profusion, and we have no doubt 

 but that this year's show will b.e even more beautiful 

 than that of last year. 



The Horticultural Society of New York offers its 

 gold, silver, and bronze medals for exhibits of unusual 

 merit, the exhibits to be judged and the awards to be 

 made by the Society. The complete schedule will be 

 issued later, but in the meantime, if any definite in- 

 formation is desired, apply to Mr. John Young, 53 

 West 28th Street, New York City, who is Secretary of 

 the New York Florists' Club. 



The Garden Clubs 



The garden clubs of Long Island have formed them- 

 selves into a Red Cross Auxiliary, and are organizing 

 together for the purpose of collecting funds to help the 

 sufferers in the War. 



We have also been informed that plans are now under 

 way for the establishment of a garden club at East 

 Hampton, L. I. 



A Correction 



In the September issue of The Garden Magazine, we 

 referred to the July meeting of "The Garden Club of 



Michigan." We are sorry to say that was a mistake; 

 the note referred to the Garden Club of Alma, Michi- 

 gan. 



Anniversary of The Missouri Botanic 

 Garden 



The twenty-fifth anniversary of the organization of 

 the Board of Trustees of the Missouri Botanic Garden 

 will be held October 15th and 16th. This event first 

 took place September 10, 1889, when the Missouri Bo- 

 tanical Garden, as a botanic institution, public in char- 

 acter, was established under the will of Mr. Shaw. Be- 

 sides the numerous lectures and sight seeing trips and 

 the annual banquet, scheduled for this year there will 

 be special floral displays. The old museum building, 

 closed for a long time, has been renovated and will 

 contain an exhibit of disease-producing plants, and the 

 effect of these parasites upon other plants, as well as 

 upon various woods and timbers will be shown. 



International Dry-Farming Congress 



Probably one of the largest industrial expositions ever 

 held in the Southwest will be the International Dry- 

 Farming Congress and Soil Products Exposition at 

 Wichita, Kansas, October 7 to 17. Space has been 

 bought by nation'al and local manufacturers in all sorts 

 of industry; in a special building some of the railroads 

 will have comprehensive displays; horticulture, dairy 

 and live stock will be well represented; and the United 

 States Government, with an appropriation of $20,000, 

 has called for exhibits covering every important phase 

 of agricultural work and life. The various state depart- 

 ments and colleges of agriculture will also have repre- 

 sentative exhibits. 



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