January, 1915 



THE G A R D E N M A G A Z I N E 



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Ageratum* (6-12). An old-fashioned favorite, 

 fine for edging or for whole masses of solid color 

 blooming all summer long. Colors are blue or 

 white; there is a new purplish colored variety, cat- 

 alogued as red. One of the best blue bedding 

 plants. 



Aster* (12-24). Instead of trying the usual 

 mixture, get a package each of three or four of the 

 fine new named varieties such as Daybreak, Crego's 

 Giant White, Mary Semple, or Electric. For a 

 succession of blooms, make three or four planting 

 or select different types, such as Queen of the Mar- 

 ket (early), Royal (midseason) and Semple's Late 

 Branching (late). Astermums are a distinct new 

 medium late type. 



Bachelor's Button (6-10). An old favorite which 

 may be had in blue, white or pink; a new double 

 blue variety is especially good. 



Balsam (15-20). Another old favorite, but very 

 beautiful, especially if planted in the foreground 

 where the individual flowers may be seen. Usually 

 grow about two feet high, but a new strain called 

 Goliath attains about twice that height. 



Calendula (12-18). Orange and yellow tones. 

 This blooms freely all summer long, and under 

 varied conditions. A reliable old standby for bor- 

 ders or masses. 



Calliopsis (8-10). Another old, reliable fa- 

 vorite easily grown. Yellow and brownish shades, 

 artistically formed flowers, very graceful. Golden 

 Ray has narrow twisted petals and is especially 

 beautiful. 



California Poppy* (6-8) . These sown early and 

 freely make beautiful solid masses with their orange 

 and yellow flowers, blooming freely from middle 

 to late summer. 



Candytuft (4-12). Good for producing low grow- 

 ing masses of white. The other colors are usually 

 rather harsh. 



Castor Bean (Ricinus) (24-36). A grand, dec- 

 orative rapid growing annual for producing a trop- 

 ical effect, especially valuable for tall backgrounds 

 or for screening unsightly objects. (Very few seeds 

 in a packet). 



Celosia (6-18). Both the "Cockscomb" and the 

 plumed types are good for borders where long lines 

 of bright colors are desired. Pride of Castle Gould 

 is a distinct new, very decorative type, and the 

 "wool flower" has a densely globular head. 



Carnation (6-12). The pretty and fragrant 

 hardy and semi-hardy carnations or "pinks" flower 

 from seed the first season, lasting well into the fall. 

 Wherever flowers for cutting are wanted a packet or 

 two should certainly be included. 



Chrysanthemums (12-18). These also are 

 especially good for cutting, in either the single or 

 the double forms, although the former I think are 

 the more satisfactory. They will bloom from seed 

 sown outdoors, but it is better to start them early 

 under glass. 



Clarkia (8-10). These showy flowers come in 

 shades of white and rose or purple. Succeeding in 

 either sun or shade, they are very easily grown and 

 the new named varieties show great improvement. 



Cosmos (24). One of 

 the most beautiful and 

 graceful of flowers for 

 late summer and autumn 

 either cut or growing. A 

 new early large flowered 

 type will make its use 

 possible where formerly 

 it has been avoided on 

 account of the danger of 

 an early frost getting 

 all but the very first 

 blooms. Lady Lenox 

 (pink) and White Lady 

 Lenox are especially 

 beautiful, but should be 

 started early. 



Dianthus (5-8). At 

 least a few of these free 

 flowering, bright, old- 

 fashioned favorites of 

 which there are now 

 several named varieties, 

 should be included in 

 every order. Excellent 

 for cutting, and if started 

 early, flower practically 

 all summer. 



Dimorphotheca aurantiaca (6-8). A new very 

 free flowering annual with very large daisy-like 

 flowers which shade from pure white, through yellow 

 and orange to deep salmon. This blooms contin- 

 uously from June to frost. (There are approxi- 

 mately 100 seeds in a packet). 



Gypsophila* (6-15). This is the popular 

 "Baby's Breath" and is the best flower there is for 

 lending an air of gracefulness and lightness to a 

 bouquet of mixed flowers or to enhance the beauty 

 of flowering plants. Get enough seed to make 

 three or four plantings, at intervals throughout the 

 summer. 



Larkspur (Annual, 6-12; perennial, 12-18). 

 The annual will bloom within three months from 

 seed, and the perennial will flower freely the first 

 year if sown early enough and transplanted. Among 

 these are to be found the best of the blue flowers. 



Lobelia (4-8). Very beautiful for low borders 

 or edges or low spreading masses. A new variety, 

 Tenuior, has flowers several times the size of the 

 old, well-known sorts, and the plants attain a 

 height of a foot and a half. 



Lupine (4-8). A very pretty and easily grown 

 flower, succeeding in poor soil and even partial shade. 



Marigold (6-18). There are two distinct types, 

 the African, which are quite tall, and the French, or 

 dwarf. Of the latter, Legion of Honor is excellent 

 where a long, narrow bright border is desired. 



Mignonette* (6-8). This should always be 

 included in the seed order because of its unequalled 

 fragrance. Some of the new larger flowered sorts 

 are not as sweet scented as the older ones. Get 

 enough seed to allow for a second planting in 

 August. 



Moonflower (12-18). This beautiful climber may 

 be started early from seed, but it is usually safer to 

 buy the plants. 



Morning Glory (4-12). These are the most satis- 

 factory flowering annual climbers to quickly cover 

 trellises or unsightly fences. 



Nasturtiums* (5-12). It is always possible to 

 use to advantage a generous supply of nasturtium 

 seed, but get some of the new named sorts such as 

 Vesuvius, Golden King, Empress of India, Moon- 

 light, Sunlight, and Twilight. If you are familiar 

 only with the pretty but somewhat crude colors of 

 the ordinary mixture, these will be a revelation. 

 In buying nasturtium seeds, remember that an 

 ounce, costing two to four times as much as a 

 packet contains from four to six times as much seed. 



Pansy (6-8). For early flowering plants, start 

 the seed in January or February. Seed sown out- 

 side in April where the soil can be kept moist and 

 in a partly shaded position, will give flowers through- 

 out the summer and fall. 



Petunia (8-12). Unsurpassed where large, bril- 

 liant masses of color are desired. The single sorts 

 are the most satisfactory for bedding, and may be 

 sown out-of-doors in May. 



Phlox Drummondii (8-12). The annual phloxes 

 have bright flowers and bloom freely from July 

 until frost. 



Poppies* (4-8). Where there is room, a number 

 of the different types of annual 

 poppies should be grown, scatter- 

 ing the' seed, which is very fine, 

 thinly on finely prepared soil. A 

 packet of each kind will give an 

 ample supply. If they are wanted 

 throughout the season, secure seed 

 for a second sowing. 



A well balanced garden, is the sure result of a careful and early-in-the-season study of the seed catalogues and the 

 ' proper determination of the amount of seed necessary 



I'orlulaca* (4-6). This old favorite is the besl to 



use where a bright bed is wanted exposed to the hot 

 sun. They will thrive on a tin roof! A new 

 variety — Parana — has ruby red flowers about 3 

 inches in diameter 



Salpiglossis (6-12). A flower that is not yet 

 universally used, although it deserves to be. The 

 flower is somewhat the shape of a petunia, but much 

 more graceful, and is of the most beautiful velvety 

 texture. Unsurpassed shades and pencilings of 

 color. 



Saliva (6-18). This is the most vivid of all 

 vivid red bedding plants. When grown from seed 

 they should be started inside early. Be sure in 

 ordering to select a variety adapted to the purpose 

 for which you plan to use it, as they vary a great deal 

 in height and habit of growth. 



Schizanthus (8-12). The beautiful "butterfly 

 flower," on account of its finely cut foliage, habit of 

 growth and form of blooms, makes an ideal plant 

 where a tall, informal border is desired. It may be 

 sown where it is wanted and will flower in a few 

 weeks. 



Scabiosa (8-12). An old favorite especialy val- 

 uable for furnishing cut flowers during the heat of 

 mid-summer. 



Snapdragon (Antirrhinum) (8-12). Another 

 fine flower which has been greatly improved during 

 the last few years, and is just beginning to win the 

 popularity it deserves. In ordering seeds be care- 

 ful to select a type suited to the place you have 

 picked out for it. The dwarf, semi-dwarf, and 

 tall strains vary from one to three feet or more in 

 height. 



Stock (5-12). At least a packet of these old 

 favorites, to furnish a few plants for cut flowers, 

 should be included in every flower seed order. They 

 are not only very pretty, but deliriously fra- 

 grant. The Ten Weeks sorts are especially good 

 for bedding. The Cut-and-come-again strains 

 bloom, if they are kept cut, from summer until 

 frost. 



Sweet Alyssum* (4-8). This has long been con- 

 sidered the very best low, white edging plant. 

 A new variety, Violet Queen, gives us another 

 color with the same dwarf spreading habit of 

 growth. 



Sunflower (12-36). The common sunflowers 

 are useful and ornamental, where rapid grow- 

 ing plants for screening are needed. Both the 

 single and double varieties of helianthus are especi- 

 ally good for cutting, and flower from seed sown out- 

 side. They have been greatly improved, and most 

 people are not yet familiar with the best new devel- 

 opments. The new "red" sunflower is interesting 

 and comes fairly true from seed. 



Sweet Peas* (4-8). Most purchasers order 

 more, frequently two or three times as much, sweet 

 pea seed as they require. They do much better 

 if sown rather thinly, and then thinned out to at 

 least four, and better six or eight inches apart, if 

 the soil is rich, as it should be to produce good 

 flowers. For really fine results get some of the new 

 named Spencers, plant the seed in paper pots in 

 February or March, getting two or three plants in a 

 pot, and set out in well prepared trenches in April, 

 planting deep, and mulching them as soon as the 

 season becomes hot. 



Verbenas (12-18). These are among the 

 brightest of all low growing garden flowers, and are 

 especially good for keep- 

 ing the flower beds 

 cheery in autumn, after 

 most of the other things 

 have gone by. 



Zinnias (8-12). These 

 are one of the easiest 

 of annuals to grow, even 

 under unfavorable con- 

 ditions, and are fine for 

 brilliant masses of color. 

 A new type, called 

 "curled and crested" is 

 much more artistic and 

 attractive in form than 

 the stiff round heads of 

 the regular type. Red 

 Riding-hood, a very 

 bright dwarf sort, is 

 unexcelled for a bright 

 low narrow border or 

 edging plant. 



