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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



IECDMIVE PALMS. 



\0 WOMAN we owe the introduction 

 of the house plant in our living rooms; 

 the effect everyone admits is a delight- 

 ful combination of outdoor suggestion and 

 indoor comfort. The house plant made neces- 

 sary the jardiniere. Naturally, ordinary red 

 earthenware flower pots were both unsuit- 

 able and inharmonious for indoor use. Every- 

 one is familiar with the common glazed jar- 

 diniere. While some attempt has been made 

 of late years to produce an artistic glazed 

 jardiniere, the cheap or medium priced article 

 is not desirable. But perhaps the greatest 

 objection which has been advanced against 

 the glazed jardiniere is 

 its unfortunate effect 

 on the plant. The roots 

 of a house plant must 

 have a free circula- 

 tion of air; the flower 

 pot is porous, but a 

 glazed jardiniere is not; 

 plants which do not 

 thrive in an ordinary 

 jardiniere are slowly suf- 

 focating. 



Down in the city of Columbia, South Carolina, there is 

 a concern that discovered why so many house plants failed 

 to thrive in a room, and found that a jardiniere made 

 from a particular kind of reed was the ideal holder for the 

 flower pot. From this first effort has sprung up the manufac- 

 ture of "Bombayreed" jardinieres. Palm lovers who had 

 been equally unfortunate in preserving their house plants 

 immediately secured specimens of the "Bombayreed" jardi- 

 nieres, and the growing demand demonstrated the need for 

 this new article. 



The reed from which "Bombayreed" jardinieres are made 

 is imported directly from the Malay Peninsula, and is noted 

 for its pliability and strength, which admits of its being turned 

 and bent to almost every conceivable form and shape. Classic 

 designs have been somewhat followed and adapted, as these 

 will readily harmonize 

 with almost any decora- 

 tive scheme. The style 

 known as Grecian was 

 suggested by a classic 

 bowl ; Roman, by the 

 cap of a Roman column; 

 Persian, Arabian, etc. 

 The Carolina Glass Com- 

 pany — manufacturers of 

 these jardinieres — have 

 spent considerable time 

 and money in experiments 

 to secure the proper color- 

 ing materials, not only for 

 the immediate effect but 

 with a view towards 

 permanency. Special 

 shades have been sought 

 for with a view to their 

 harmony or contrast with the color schemes of rooms they will 

 occupy. The sea-green and forest-green will fit in with almost 

 any color scheme. The etruscan, red and maroon will fit in 

 readily with a yellow, gold, green or neutral scheme. Gold has 

 also been featured in "Bombayreed" jardinieres, as has light 

 yellow and the natural reed color. A feature is being made of 

 coloring jardinieres specially to order to match any color or 

 shade in a room. 



It need hardly be emphasized that " Bombayreed " jardinieres 

 are an attractive addition to the decorative effect of a room — 

 just as much as the house plants themselves. The makers of 

 "Bombayreed" jardinieres have issued a little booklet on the 

 "Care of Palms" — the only treatise on the subject in convenient 

 and popular form. This little booklet contains more informa- 

 tion of actual value in properly caring for and nurturing palms 

 and other house plants than volumes of technical works on the 

 subject. The Carolina Glass Company, Columbia, South 

 Carolina, will send a copy to any reader requesting it before 

 the present edition is exhausted. 



(From ''House Beautiful," Nov.) 



December, 1905 



Sixteen New Hardy Chrysanthe- 

 mums from a First Attempt 



ON Christmas Day, 1903, when the ground 

 was covered with snow, I took a walk 

 in my garden and spied a bunch of seeds on 

 one of my pompon chrysanthemums. It gave 

 me an idea. Why not raise some seedlings ? 

 I gathered the little soggy mass of pulp, dried 

 it in the oven of the kitchen range, and in a 

 few days took what was left to a local florist, 

 as I had no greenhouse facilities. The florist 

 rather sniffed at the idea of my getting any 

 of the seeds to germinate — he thought the 

 season had been too early to allow any to 

 be fertilized, etc. A little persuasion, how- 

 ever, induced him to make a trial, and in a 

 few weeks thirty-nine seeds had germinated. 



These little plants were carefully looked 

 after, and were put in thumb pots at the 

 proper time. As early as possible in the 

 spring they were planted in good soil in my 

 chrysanthemum bed. Without any great 

 amount of care they grew all summer, the 

 tops were pinched back, and by fall they 

 had made very large plants, twice as large 

 as any of my other plants from cuttings. 



The results were remarkable — about six- 

 teen distinct varieties and only one single 

 flowered variety in the lot — none was poor. I 

 exhibited some of them at the New York 

 Flower Show last year, and took second 

 prize, but they were past their best several 

 weeks before the show, which was very late. 



For profusion of bloom in the fall the 

 pompon chrysanthemum is a wonder. I cut 

 armfuls of flowers daily from my bed, grow- 

 I ing about 150 varieties beside the seedlings. 



The amateur can produce with very little 

 j trouble just as fine flowers from his out-of- 

 I doors garden as the professional florist with 

 all his glass, and they are especially welcome 

 at a time when all other blooms and foliage 

 have gone. They stand several degrees of 

 frost without injury. Of recent years great 

 strides have been made in improving this 

 type, and it has been kept well in line with its 

 giant relations in combination of colors and 

 style of flower — some are double, others are 

 asterlike, and some are as simple as a field 

 daisy. 



Good healthy young plants should be set 

 out in the spring, as soon as all danger of 

 frost is past; put them in good rich soil, two 

 and a half feet apart; pinch them back until 

 August, so they will make good stocky plants; 

 do not neglect to give them water; keep the 

 bugs off, and there you are! 



New Jersey. Frank H. Presby. 



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House Plants 



AND 



How to Succeed With Them 



By Lizzie Page Hillhouse 



This practical little handbook is written by a 

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The amateur will be both surprised and de- 

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