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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1906 



The Tree Book 



"This is 

 the most 

 valuable, 

 accurate 

 and elab- 

 orate book 

 ever pub- 

 lished in 

 A m e r ic a 

 on our na- 

 tive trees." 

 —New York 

 Herald. 



& 



BY 



JULIA E. ROGERS 



It is extraordinary how little known, 

 comparatively, are the blossoms of 

 the beech tree. The Tree Book 

 reveals some interesting facts here 

 — as well as for all the other impor- 

 tant American trees. 



Opening shoots of a beech tree in May 



^pHIS book has 

 many features 

 that no other 

 work on trees 

 approaches. It 

 tells how to know the trees; the uses and 

 value of trees; the care of trees; how to 

 grow trees; the preservation of forests. 



The 350 beautiful photographic illus- 

 trations, by A. R. Dugmore, show bud, 

 blossoms, full leaf, fruit and the wood of 

 all the important species. 



Sixteen plates in color. 



THE GARDEN 

 MAGAZINE 



COVTTTRY LIFE 

 W AMERICA 



THE WORLDS 

 WORK 



DOVBLEDAY PAGE * CO AEW YORK 



Net, $4.00. 

 (Postage, 34 cents.) 



GLADIOLI 



My " Diamond " collection of the 

 Gladioli is composed of the rarest 

 and largest flowers of this variety of 

 plant, including every color of the 

 rainbow, and of the famous flower 

 known as " Virginia." Price, $5.00 

 per dozen, sent post-paid to any 

 part of the world. 

 STEPHEN FISH SHERMAN 



Specialist in Gladioli 



Proprietor Willow Bank Nurseries, Newark, Wayne County, New York 



G 



REEN PEAS should be treated 

 with a fertilizer containing a 

 high percentage of Potash, in 

 order to get the healthiest, fullest pods. 

 " Truck Farming " and " Plant 

 Food" are two practical books for the 

 farmer, which we mail free of any 

 cost or obligation to those who write 

 for them. They contain valuable facts 

 about truck-gardening as a profitable 

 business. 



Address, GERMAN KALI WORKS, 

 93 Nassau Street, New York. 



soil than those kinds planted in the sun. 

 While these flowering cacti are extremely 

 patient of neglect, they quickly respond to 

 forcing and may be, if proper care is given, 

 brought into bloom at any desired time. 

 They are also responsive to fertilizers, as 

 are most members of the family, providing 

 the fertilizers be properly applied. 



A collection which rivals in growth the 

 one described was planted on a mound of 

 well-rotted stable manure of the age of ten 

 or more years and from two to three feet 

 deep, forming a circular mound some 

 thirty feet in diameter. Over this was placed 

 about six inches of fine gravel, in which the 

 cacti were placed. The scheme proved a 

 great success and the few large growing sorts 

 that have become deeply rooted in the 

 decayed manure have outstripped any of 

 a like age in the city. Manure has been used 

 in cactus growing with good success, but 

 unless it is well rotted and the drainage per- 

 fect the experiment is attended with great 

 risk. For successful growth the usual run 

 of cacti needs an abundance of sunshine, 

 and in this respect California has no rival. 

 Ernest Braunton. 



The Marguerite or Paris Daisy 

 ' I TIOSE who have known the marguerite 

 ■*■ only as a pot plant or summer bedder 

 would have cause for surprise and admiration 

 at the sipht of the beautiful hedges of it we 



In California the Marguerite is one of trie com- 

 monest of plants, being almost always in flower. II 

 is used planted outdoors for landscape effect 



grow in California. Its use for this purpose 

 becomes more extensive each year, especially 

 for the bordering of entrance drives. 



In the cities, towns or private places 

 where the drives are lighted, the effect after 

 nightfall is nearly as beautiful as that of the 

 daytime, for the plants are covered with a 

 solid mass of dazzling white throughout 

 nearly the entire year. 



It is also used individually in the gardens 

 and along the parkways of residential 

 sections of cities, while florists use the cut 

 flowers quite extensively, as they are available 

 at all times. It is entirely unnecessary to 

 give any cultural directions, for in our state 

 it "just grows without care." 



Los Angeles, Cal. Ernest Braunton. 



