PEONIES 
DUKE OF WELLINGTON—Soft creamy white; large. $ . 
Festiva Maxima—Pure white; center flushed car- 
mine; always popular 
FLoRAL TREASURE—Fine bright pink; free bloomer: 
fragrant. 
GLoBosa GR ANDIFLOR a—Large v Ww hite: fragrant 
GoLpEN Harvest—The nearest approach to yel- 
low; very sweet 
GranpiFLora RuBRA—Extra large. 
of bright red . 
Humir—Bright rosy pink. Vv ery showy a 
La TuL1pE—Large white, laced crimson. 
L’EspERANCE— Vivid rose; early and free: 
PuRPUREA SUPERBA—Large outer petals: 
small and compact. Very large 
flowers. Tall. . 
QUEEN VICTORI A—Creamy 
blotched red; extra. 
One Each of Above Collection, Pan 20 
og ehh O)D.C 56% 
"Perfect balls 
Late: 
Watenuur 
fragrant 
center 
lilac-rose 
white: center at timcs 
The following varieties are selected from our Large Collection for 
their many distinctive qualifications and embrace the colors from 
other meri- 
torious sorts. If interested, write. Special quotations in CEE 
white to bright red and purple. In addition have many 
Amphitryon—lilac, suffused with white : 
Astier Rehu—Brigit deep purple, half of eac h petal lis ghter. S 
Attraction—Snow white, with rosy-crimson -ye . 5 
Baron Von Burkhart—Bright rose flowers in imme ‘nse he “ads 5 
Coquelicot—Fine pure scarlet, with deep crimson eve 4 
Crepuseule—Lilac, shaded Jighter toward margin; lurge c. imson center. 
Tris—Deep purple-nagenta, dark crimson center 5 
Jas. Bennett—Light pink, tinted salmon; large crimson. center 
Jas. Galloway—Bright crimson, maroon center F 
P achblow—Delicate pink with white markings 
Pink Beauty—Light ro-e; enormous spike “ 
R. P. Struthers—Crimson pink, tinted or.nge; dar’: center 
The Queen—Pure white; large flower and spike 5 
Large Ficld Clumps, 20 cents each; *2.00 per dozen 
Above Collection, 18 varieties, %2.00 
Send for Fall Catalogue of Perennials and Bulbs 
92 W. Maumee St 
Nathan Smith & Son, <5..a5 a 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
SEPTEMBER, 1906 
Peonies and 
Phlox for 
September 
Planting 
the following belong to the old- fashioned Officinalis 
Type, especially valuable on account of early flowering: 
Artpa PLENA—Opens light pink, finishes pure white $ .30 
RoseEA PLENA—Deep purplish rose. Large flowers  .30 
RosEA SUPERBA—Rose pink, shadedsalmon. Grand .75 
RuBrRA—The well-known red 5 5 GeO) 
One Each of This Collection? $r. 50 
SPECIAL: The Two Collections, 15 Superb Varieties: 
$5.50 
The above quotations are for strong flowering clumps 
and should not be compared with the small roots usually 
offered 
Japanese Bamboo Stakes 
For Supporting Plants and Shrubs. 
Durable year to year. Indispensable for tying Lilies, 
Roses, Chrysanthemums, Tomato Plants; Dahlias, etc. 
6 ft. Stakes, 100,81; 1,000, 83 
Extra Heavy Stakes for young trees, shrubs, etc., diam- 
eter 1% to 2 inches, 6 feet long, 
Dozen, S1; 100, 85 
7 ft. long: per dozen, 81.25; 100, 86 
These heavy stakes are also used for the building of | 
Japanese gardens, bridges, kiosks, etc. Address 
H. H. BERGER & CO. 
47 BARCLAY ST. 
FOR PLEASURE IN THE SPRING, 
PLANT IN THE FALL. 
IRISES 
HERBACEOUS PLANTS AND SHRUBS 
A consultation with our experienced landscape architect will 
facilitate planting. Catalogue sent on application. 
SHATEMUC NURSERIES - 
BARRYTOWN, Dutchess Co., NEW YORK 
NEW YORK CITY | 
EVERGREENS 
Spruce, Firs, 
Arborvites etc., 
~ HARDY PLANTS 
Phlox a specialty. 
Retinisporas, Hemlock, 
Good stock at low 
Pines, 
in variety. 
In great quantity and best kinds. 
PAEONIES 
Strong clumps for immediate effect. Send, for 
catalogue. 
SOUTHWORTH BROS. 
Nurserymen 
BEVERLY, MASS. 
Write me about your 
seed troubles 
—your triumphs, too—whether you 
bought your supplies from me or not, 
whether you intend to or not. 
I want to get into close personal touch 
with you regarding seeds, bulbs or any- 
thing else pertaining to your garden. 
My large Floracroft Trial Grounds and Seed 
Gardens, with a complete range of greenhouses 
constantly under my control and personal super- 
vision, and my experience in raising 
Stokes’ Standard Seeds 
give me knowledge that I make valuable to my 
customers through my catalogues and personal 
correspondence. 
I am an optimist in all that pertains to garden or green- 
house. I feel that if we get together on the subject, you 
will soon be my friend and eventually my customer. 
Shall I send you my catalogues and circulars as they are 
issued from time to time? Write me to-day. 
STOKES’ SEED STORE, 212Market st. 
Walter P. Stokes of the late firm of Johnson & Stokes. 
A Quick Way to Cook Spinach 
HERE was an article in the July, 1905, 
GARDEN MAGAZINE, page 270, con- 
taining a recipe for cooking bee I think 
I have a better one. 
Put spinach in cold water as soon as 
picked, wash thoroughly, and let it stand till 
needed in cold water. Put one-half tea- 
spooniul cf soda in a kettle of boiling water, 
add salt, put spinach in the boiling water. 
This will cool the water, but it will boil 
again in a minute or two. Boil three minutes. 
Empty spinach into colander, and press out 
the water. Season just before serving with 
a good lump of butter. Cooked this way, it 
will not need vinegar. New Zealand spinach 
has to be cooked from five to ten minutes. 
Massachusetts. JOSEPHINE CLARKE. 
Which are the Best Dark Roses? 
ILL some of the readers cf the Gar- 
DEN MaAGAzINE having experience 
in similar climate help me? I want the 
names of such hybrid perpetual roses as 
are very dark red, or rich, velvety crimscn 
in color. I have Camille de Rohan, which 
blcoms but once, and is not as hardy as I 
like, in this region, which is about fifty miles 
south of Lake Erie, in Northeastern Ohio. 
Ohio. 1a) Nh Ge 
“The Seasons in a Flower Garden.”’ 
By Louise 
Shelton. Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1906; pp. 1-7. 
Price, $1.00 net. 
This is a book which every amateur gar- 
| dener should own and from which he can 
glean much valuable infermation. It is di- 
vided into three parts. Part I has sugges- 
tions for gardens varying from 25x30 it. to 
60x70 ft., and tells what, when and how to 
plant. There is also a short chapter on 
scils. Part I1—The Garden Record. Be- 
ginning with September as the proper month 
to start garden operations, the work which 
should be done each month is taken up in 
detail. There are also valuable tables of 
the plants in bloom during the different 
months which show how long the plants last 
in bloom, height, color, etc. Part III 1s de- 
voted to general information, such as, how 
to make coldframes and hotbeds, flowers for 
special places and the preferred habitat cf 
flowers for the wild garden. 
“How Ferns Grow.” By Margaret Slosson. 
Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1906; pp. 1°6, plates 45. 
A very comprehensive study of the leaf de- 
velopment of eighteen of our native ferns 
illustrated by lifesize nature prints. The 
author shows how the fronds of a given 
species vary during the development cf the 
plant. A book for the nature student. 
