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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 1905 



OWERS 



A CHARMING FINISH TO THE 

 SHRUBBERY BORDER 



Strong field grown clumps planted this 

 autumn will be established and ready to 

 afford a wealth of bloom earlier in the 

 Spring than if you wait till April. 



Send for attractive folder price-list of 

 the best old fashioned sorts. Order early 

 and get the garden in order during the 

 pleasant October days. 



At the Westbury Nurseries one may 

 choose everything for the complete plant- 

 ing of a place. Choose it in all its vig- 

 orous perfection. We would call special 

 attention to our stock of splendidly grown, 

 heavily rooted shade trees, flowering shrubs 

 and evergreens. Then to our specialty: 

 extra size nursery trees 15 to 30 feet high, 

 grown 8 to 25 feet apart for perfect develop- 

 ment. Then choose the great spreading 

 shade tree, 12 to 20 inches in diameter and 25 

 to 50 feet high, that completes the picture. 



Our Catalogue, " Trees for Long Island," 

 is an invaluable book for the planter, for 

 it opens a new field in horticultural knowl- 

 edge. 



ISAAC HICKS and SON 



(EDWARD HICKS, HENRY HICKS) 



Nurserymen and Scientific Tree-movers 



Westbury Station, LONG ISLAND, N. Y. 



BURPEE'S 



Handsome catalogs containing beautiful colored prints, directly 



photographed from nature, mailed FItEE on request. 



IV. ATLEE KUKI'EE, Seed Growers, Philadelphia, Pn. 



SEEDS 

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K FRUIT BOOK 



"shows in NATURAL COLORS and 

 accurately describes 216 varieties of 

 fruit. Send for our liberal terms of distri- 

 bution to nlanters. — Stark Bro's, Louisiana, Mn. 



Cottage Gardens Descriptive 

 Catalogue of Peonies 



IS READY 



Also new cheap price list of Evergreens, Decid- 

 uous Trees and Shrubs. Tables giving the 

 botanical and common names of the best her- 

 baceous plants, height, color and season of 

 bloom, will assist you in making your garden. 

 Both sent for the asking. There is still time 

 to plan the home grounds for Fall planting. 

 All inquiries cheerfully answered, 



COTTAGE GARDENS CO., Queens, L.I. 



THE BAY STATE NURSERIES 



Autumn 1905 Catalog, designed especially for Gar- 

 deners and Owners of Large Estates, now ready. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS 



PERENNIALS 



FOR AUTUMN 

 PLANTING 



Our Herbaceous Department contains over a Thousand 

 Varieties of Hardy Perennials, new and old. Paeonias, 

 Phlox, Iris, Hardy Asters, in fact everything required 

 for Garden and Border Planting. 



Shade and Evergreen Trees in great variety. 



Hardy Shrubs, Vines, Roses of every description. 

 Our nurseries are located eighteen miles south of Boston. 

 We have rapid transit both north and south. Freight arrives 

 in New York or Boston the next morning after shipment. 



The BAY STATE NURSERIES 



W. H. WYMAN 



NORTH ABINGTON, - MASSACHUSETTS 



other light covering. The ground must not 

 thaw until early spring. This can be easily 

 accomplished by keeping the frame covered. 



The middle of March the frames should be 

 uncovered on bright days. Once the ground 

 has thawed it must not be allowed to freeze 

 again. Coldframe-grown sweet peas should 

 be in bloom at least two weeks earlier than 

 those sown outdoors in the fall. The dates 

 given are for the latitude of northern New 

 Jersey; further north the seed should be 

 sown earlier, and further south later. The 

 aim is not to have the young plants too 

 strong before the frost sets in, but they must 

 be well above ground before being covered. 



The plants stand the winter best when they 

 are from five to six inches high. 



SOME GOOD VARIETIES 



The following varieties have given me the 

 best results from fall sowing : 



Mont Blanc, the earliest white, will grow 

 about three and a half feet high, fall sown. 



Emily Henderson, pure white, grows five 

 to six feet high; large flowers; excellent for 

 fall sowing. 



Josephine White is another good white for 

 fall sowing, and very early. Has longer 

 stems but not such well-formed flowers as 

 Mont Blanc. Sadie Burpee, very large 

 white; the black-seeded form of this has a" 

 faint pink tinge but is more hardy than the 

 pure white, white-seeded form. 



Queen Victoria, primrose yellow, faintly 

 overlaid with purple. 



Earliest-of-all, pink and white. 



Navy blue, dark blue. 



Anyone who wishes to try any other vari- 

 eties should select those having black seeds, 

 most of which can be successfully grown from 

 fall sowing. n. Btjtterbach. 



How to Attract Wild Ducks to 

 Your Neighborhood 



WILD rice, the favorite food of wild 

 ducks, is a plant worth growing for its 

 beauty alone. One seedsman I know of has 

 had it in his catalogue for many years, under 

 the name of Zizania aquatica, but the secret 

 of its cultivation has only lately been discov- 

 ered. The seeds must be sown in the fall, 

 and they must never be allowed to become 

 thoroughly dried out. This explains why 

 sportsmen's clubs have always failed in their 

 efforts to grow wild rice near their club- 

 houses. Hitherto they have always bought 

 the seed in the spring, as was natural, and 

 hundreds of dollars have been wasted. 



Another peculiarity of wild rice is that it 

 will grow only in fresh water. Even 3 per 

 cent, of salt is too much, and that is so little 

 that you can just detect a brackish taste. 



Buy ten cents' worth of seed this fall and 

 scatter in on the bit of fresh water nearest 

 your home, whether you own the stream or 

 not. No one will harm the wild rice, and 

 next year your heart will leap with joy to see 

 the beautiful wild rice in flower, and when it 

 goes to seed you will enjoy seeing the other 

 birds feeding on its swaying stems, even if 

 you do not raise enough plants the first year 

 to attract wild ducks. 





