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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



December, 1905 



Lily of the Valley for Christ- 



mas 



Fl< 



lowering 



Plant 12 bulbs in a 5-inch pot, place the pot in a light sunny 

 window, and the bulbs will be in flower in about 4 weeks' time. 

 If a succession of bloom is wanted, plant as many pots or boxes 

 as will be required and place them outside in a partly protected 

 place, covering them with leaves, straw or any other material, 

 so as to make it convenient to get at in case the ground is 

 frozen too severely. Freezing the bulbs does not injure them, 

 however. 

 Price: Bundle 25 bulbs, $1.00. Four bundles, 100 bulbs, $3 00 

 Delivered free anywhere in the United States 



How to Grow Narcissus Paper- 

 White Grandiflora in Water 



A very unique, simple and novel way to grow this variety of 

 Narcissus is to place six or eight bulbs in a shallow glass or 

 china bowl with water. Support the bulbs with pebbles or 

 gravel as you would the Chinese Sacred Lily bulbs; place the 

 bowl in a dark place until the roots have started, when you 

 should bring them to the light. Keep the bowls filled with 

 water and the bulbs will take care of themselves. You will 

 have a beautiful and luxuriant display of delightfully fragrant 

 flowers in a short time — in fact within six weeks after planting 

 if desired. The flowers are nearly two inches across, a dozen 

 or more in a cluster, and are in no way inferior to those grown 

 in garden soil. A number of bowls planted in succession of 

 two weeks apart will give a beautiful display of flowers all winter. 

 Price, 50 cents per dozen; $3.00"per hundred 

 Delivered free anywhere in the United States 



STUMPP & WALTER CO., seedsmen 



50 BARCLAY STREET 



NEW YORK 



LS.&S. 



"HORICUM" 



LS.&S. 



TRADE MARK 



THE SAN JOSE SCALE KILLER 



For Fall or Spring Use 



We aim to kill scale and not trees. One spraying will not kill all the scale. Many of them 

 get under the rough bark. They are very minute, but their multitude makes the San Jose Scale 

 a plague like the plagues of Egypt. 



"IHoricuin "J is Simple, Strong, and Ready For Use 

 Sold by Seedsmen. Send for pamphlets, worth having, to 



HAMMOND'S SLUG SHOT WORKS 



San Jose Scale on a fear. 



Fishkill=on=Hudson, 



NEW YORK 



JAPANESE DWARF PLANTS 



These beautiful and artistic MINIATURE trees, in finely colored and decorated Japanese CHINA 

 POTS, are a most appropriate addition to the cheer of the home and window garden during the Christ- 

 mas season, and during the whole year. Their quaintness pleases everybody who visits your home. 



Unlike most tender house plants, these Japanese dwarf trees are many years old, and have withstood 

 the variation of climate and the trials of indoor growing. 



We have an assortment of these plants, such as pines, junipers, cedars, larch, also maples and other 

 sorts. 



A DAINTY BIJOU GIFT FOR CHRISTMAS. 



One Dollar will bring you, express charges prepaid, one of the larger specimens in China fancy 

 pot. (See picture.) 



50 cents, one of the smaller sized trees. (See picture.) 



Oitr Interesting Catalogue is Ready. Send for It. 



H. H, BERGER & COMPANY, 47 Barclay St., New York 



In a few weeks the remaining limbs began 

 to grow, and so did the little peaches. At 

 the end of the season she gathered thirty as 

 fine large peaches as ever graced a table. 

 As soon as the leaves fell in the fall she 

 applied the mixture again, after cutting out 

 more of the wood that had been too badly 

 affected to recover, and now, aside from 

 their mutilated appearance, one would 

 travel far to find more thrifty-looking trees 

 than those that have replaced the poor, 

 scaly specimens. 



The result of the lime-sulphur mixture. In the fall the 

 trees were growing vigorously 



The following is the formula for the 

 mixture used: 



25 pounds of lime, 



20 pounds of flowers of sulphur, 



60 gallons of water. 



Slack the lime in ten gallons of hot water; 

 add sulphur while slacking is in progress, 

 stirring rapidly and constantly for one half 

 hour; dilute to sixty gallons with cold water. 



The One Who Didn't Know used but one- 

 twentieth of this quantity (which cost 

 her twenty-five cents for the lime and 

 fifteen for the sulphur), and found it not only 

 easy to handle but more than sufficient for 

 her needs. The rest was splashed over the 

 currant bushes, which chance had informed 

 her were readily affected by the same pest. 



Long Island. Grace L. Weeks. 



New Ideas for Christmas 



GATHER your bittersweet early, while 

 the leaves are still on. 



Move Christmas ferns from the woods, if 

 they are very plentiful, and make a small bed 

 on the north side of your house, near the front. 



Don't steal or harm your neighbor's ever- 

 greens. 



Don't rob Nature of laurel and magnolia. 

 They take too long to grow. 



Do you know the five new important South- 

 ern evergreens? If not, it's high time you 

 should. 



Galax is the waxy, heart-shaped leaf with 

 the exquisite venation, which comes in many 

 sizes and in green or bronze. Put a leaf in 

 every Christmas package. You can get a 

 hundred by mail for about sixty cents. 



