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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Septembe: 



1917 



Top-Notchers j 



| Perennial ( 

 | Larkspurs | 



If you like blue flowers, you 

 simply must have some of 

 our wonderful seedling Lark- 

 spurs with their regal spikes 

 six feet or more in height in 

 marvelous shades of dark- m 

 blue, light-blue and white. 



Special Offer 



For Immediate Planting 



To introduce our new Seed- 

 ling Larkspurs, we will send 

 prepaid to any address: 



1 ^ Assorted, One-Year Old d?qj 

 J- « Field-Grown Clumps, *pO 



Guaranteed to bloom con- 

 tinuously year after year. 



SEND FOR OUR CATALOGUE 



''PERENNIALS FOR 



FALL PLANTING" 



Charles H. Totty 



Madison New Jersey 



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28. 



Meetings and Lectures in Sep- 

 tember 



{Following dates are meetings unless otherwise specified) 



1-2. Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Boston, 



Mass. Exhibition of the Products of Chil- 

 dren's Gardens. 

 Lenox, Mass., Garden Club. 

 New Bedford, Mass., Horticultural Society. 

 Lake Geneva, Wis., Gardeners' and Foremen's 



Association. 

 Garden Club of Pleasantville, N. Y. 

 Marshfield, Mass., Garden Club. 

 Garden Club of Lawrence, L. I. Lecture: Garden 



Design and Color. 

 Northern Nut Growers' Association, Annual 



Convention, Stamford, Conn. 

 Pasadena, Cal., Horticultural Society. 

 Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Horticultural Society. 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Boston, 



Mass. Dahlia and Fruit Exhibition. 

 Park Garden Club, Flushing, L. I. 

 Rochester, N. Y., Florist Association. 

 New Rochelle, N. Y., Garden Club. 

 New York Florists' Club, New York City, N. Y. 

 Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 

 Lenox, Mass., Horticultural Society. 

 Nassau Co. Horticultural Society, Glen Cove, L. I. 

 Connecticut Horticultural Society, Wethersfield. 

 Westchester, N. Y., & Fairfield, Conn., Horticultural 



Society. 

 Minnesota, Minn., Garden Flower Society. 

 Lenox, Mass., Garden Club. 



Rhode Island Horticultural Society, Providence. 

 Tarrytown, N. Y., Horticultural Society 

 Marshfield, Mass., Garden Club. 

 American Peat Society, Minneapolis, Minn. 

 Pasadena, Cal., Horticultural Society. 

 California Dahlia Society, San Francisco, Cal. 



Annual Exhibition. 

 Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Horticultural Society. 

 Park Garden Club, Flushing, L. I. 

 American Dahlia Society in conjunction with the 



American Institute of the City of New York. 

 Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 

 School Garden Association of New York, New 



York City. School Gardens Exhibit of the 



Schools of New York. 

 Connecticut Horticultural Society, Wethersfield. 

 Garden Club of Lawrence, L. I. Flower and 



Vegetable Show. 



The Late M. Vilmorin 



Philippe de Vilmorin, head of the world- 

 famous wholesale seed house of Vilmorin- 

 Andrieux & Co., of France, died June 30th. 

 He was forty-five years of age and had suc- 

 ceeded his father in the able direction of the 

 firm which has long been an institution of the 

 greatest value to horticulture and agriculture, 

 dating from 1774. It is in the production of 

 the sugar beet (by Louis Vilmorin 1816-1860) 

 that the most spectacular result rests, but each 

 generation has labored consistently for con- 

 tinued improvements in vegetables and flow- 

 ers, until the very name of Vilmorin raises 

 ideals of progress and standards of accomplish- 

 ment that are quite unusual. Philippe de 

 Vilmorin had many friends in America, and 

 the writer of this note records the loss of an 

 esteemed friend who was at all times ready to 

 assist from the stores of his knowledge and 

 experience. — L. B. 



The Dahlia Festivals 



tjXDLLOWING a season that has generally 

 *■ proven quite favorable for the produc- 

 tion of flowers the managers of the Ameri- 

 can Dahlia Society are assured of an unusually 

 representative display of blooms on the oc- 

 casion of the annual exhibition to be held in 

 conjunction with the American Institute at 

 25 West 39th St., New York City, September 

 25th to 27th. Admission is free, and the 

 leading growers will have their novelties on 

 view. On October 3rd the Short Hills, N. J., 

 Garden Club holds its ninth annual Dahlia 

 show, this time for the benefit of the American 

 Red Cross. It is hoped that interested ama- 

 teurs having blooms to send will communicate 

 with the Secretary, Mrs. Chas. H. Stout. 



Lil. Candidum 



{Madonna Lily) 



No Lily so glorious, so 

 chaste, so fragrant, and 

 HARDY planted in Sep- 

 tember — flowers June-July. 



Each 12 100 



Extra large bulbs $.20 $2.25 $12.50 



Monster bulbs. 30 3.00 15.00 



Delivery paid 



Send for our Fall Bulb Book. UNIQUE- 

 INSTRUCTIVE. 



H.H.BERGER & CO., 70 Warren St.,N.Y. 



PROFIT and 

 LEASURE 



in growing your own 

 Fruit next year 



Atkinson's 



PREPARED 



Humus 



contains everything necessary for any plant and any soil 

 Each Pound (with proper cultivation) will grow more than 

 five lbs. of luscious vegetables 

 INSURE THE LUXURIOUS GROWTH OF YOUR TREES 

 AND SMALL FRUITS by fertilizing them this Fall with Atkinson's 

 Prepared Humus. Cream of the Earth top dressing, will produce a fine 

 putting green or lawn quicker and cheaper than by any other method. 

 The original, clean, odorless Prepared Humus. Beware of imitations and 

 substitutes. Apply now on lawns. Humus is universally recognized as 

 being an indispensable element necessary to plant growth, b*t it is not 

 a complete fertilizer by itself. The elements lacking are supplied in 

 Atkinson's Prepared Humus. "Humus is the basic matter for plant 

 foods. Bread without salt would be a failure; plant food without 

 Humus is a JOKE." Scientific Crop Feeding, Vol. 5, No. 5. Please 

 send your dealer's name with your order. Prices F. O. B. cars at ware- 

 house—Bogota, N. J. 100 lbs. $3.00; 300 lbs. trial order $7.50 the ton 

 rate. Price per ton $50.00, with instructions if desired.. 



M. B. ATKINSON 



Bogota, New Jersey 



SUN DIALS 



Pedestals, Gazing Globes 



Dials to order for any latitude. Guar- 

 anteed to record sun time to the minute. 



Illustrated detailed information sent upon request 

 Ask for Folder C-2 



E. B. Meyrowitz, Inc., 'JS/E^ST 



Branches: Brooklyn, Detroit, St. Paul. Minne- 

 apolis, London, Paris. 



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THE BARTLETT WAY 

 OF TREE SURGERY 



Means safe, sure and lasting results. 

 It is backed by years of "knowing now." 

 Enthusiastically endorsed by Forestry 

 Schools. Representatives available 

 everywhere. Send for "Tree Talk." 



THE F. A. BARTLETT COMPANY 

 588 Main Street Stamford, Conn. 



DUTCH BULBS 



are coming: 



The Quality of "Diamond Brand" Bulbs of 1017 crop 

 promises to be superfine! We are not so sure about the 

 Quantity, but hope enough will reach us to go around. 



•jpeciai i/Hcr. j ng dabwin tulips we win 



mail 12 blooming bulbs each of CLARA BUTT, clear salmon 

 pink, PRIDE OF II \ Mil i 11. deep rose shaded 

 scarlet and GRETCIIEN, very light salmon. *1 

 «6 fine bulbs in all, postpaid for V* 



FREE: — Treasures of Bulbland 



describes the choicest Hyacinths, Tulips, Daffodils, 

 etc. Delivery in September. Write for your 

 copy TO-DAY. 



NETHERLAND BULB CO., 32 Broadway, N. Y. 



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