The Garden 
Vot. IV—No. 3 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY 
OCTOBER, 1906 
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The Greatest Invention in the 
History of Floriculture 
Or upon a time people gardened 
only in the spring. And when the 
autumn came, the land was filled with mis- 
chievous doings for the lack of innocent 
pastimes. 
In those days there arose a great Prophet 
and a great Inventor. 
And the great Inventor made a pilgrimage 
to the humble abode of the great Prophet and 
said: ‘“‘O Seer, I want to do something for 
humanity.” 
“Invent a new game,” said the Prophet. 
“And what is the best possible game for the 
people?” asked the Inventor. 
“Consider the fable of Hercules and 
Antzus,” replied the sage. 
Then the Inventor withdrew and pondered 
upon the seven-times-vanquished giant whose 
strength was ever renewed by contact with 
his mother Earth. And so Fall Planting was 
invented. 
In those days it was possible to secure a 
universal and perpetual patent. So the 
people gratefully paid annual tribute. 
And the revenue thereof was very great, 
and the Inventor gave an equal share of it 
to the Prophet. 
Now the Invyentor’s share supported all the 
universities in the land. 
But the Prophet took his money and made 
a garden; for he wished to delight his soul. 
But even the garden of his heart made no 
impression upon his money. 
So he took the revenue and bought bulbs. 
And he scattered them over the land until 
every home had a garden and was full of 
flowers. 
And the people lived happily ever after- 
ward. 
Morat. 
fall. 
Plant something every day this 
THE FOUR OVERWHELMING ARGUMENTS 
FOR FALL PLANTING 
You avoid the spring rush. 
You can select varieties more intelligently. 
Less danger of “substitution.” 
More time to do a good job. 
THE ONLY OBJECTION POSSIBLE 
The only danger is that certain plants will 
be killed by the winter. 
But the list is a small one, and the plants 
are not half so important as the conditions 
under which they are planted. 
Both things are quickly understood. Any- 
one with common sense can be on the safe 
side. But to add wonderfully to one’s enjoy- 
ment of home life requires some imagination, 
and for many people fall planting is a perilous 
flight of fancy. Read the rules on page 118 
and you will come down safely. 
THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 
ON HARDINESS 
The first horticultural convention of world 
importance held in America was the Hybrid- 
ization Conference of 1902, which gave a 
wonderful impetus to intelligent plant breed- 
ing. We are happy to announce that there 
will be held in this country a great Inter- 
national Conference on Hardiness. This will 
occur in 1908, the exact time and place to be 
announced later. The choice of theme is 
nothing less than an inspiration. We all 
know something about hardiness—or the 
lack of it—to our cost, yet none of us knows 
as much as he wants to. 
We ought to have complete lists of the best 
hardy trees, shrubs, perennials and fruits 
for every locality. 
We also need to know what will not en- 
dure our winters and why. 
‘And most of all we want to know some 
cheap, easy way to protect plants that are 
not quite hardy in our locality. For haven’t 
you noticed how often the plants we most 
ardently desire are on the ‘“‘doubtful list”? 
In fact, the doubtful list is always composed 
of plants that are better than anything of the 
kind we can have without a greenhouse. 
What Philadelphian, for instance, does not 
envy the Washingtonian his specimens of 
Magnolia grandiflora, the grandest evergreen 
tree of the subtropical regions? Yet the two 
cities are only four hours apart. 
HOW YOU CAN HELP 
Consider what one feature of fall planting 
not practised in your community might be of 
the greatest value to you and to your neigh- 
bors. 
Try some one experiment looking in that 
direction which will not cost more than you 
can afford, and try it on a convincing scale. 
For example, no one plants annuals in the 
fall. Yet we know that you can sometimes 
get'sweet peas two months earlier than usual 
by means of fall sowing. 
There are two drawbacks to annual flowers 
as compared with perennials—they cost more 
to care for and they are later in coming into 
bloom. 
Yet if we could safely plant the most im- 
portant annuals in the autumn when we have 
more time and when labor is cheaper and 
easier to get, the force of the first objection 
would be spent. 
And wouldn’t you like to demonstrate that 
some one favorite annual flower can be had 
in May instead of July by means of fall 
planting ? 
It would be no mean contribution to the 
science of floriculture and the happiness of 
mankind. 
Why not make some experiment in fall 
planting and send a full account to Leonard 
Barron, Secretary of the International Con- 
ference on Hardiness, in care of THE GARDEN 
MacazinE, New York. 
YOU CAN CREATE NEW AND INSPIRING 
GARDEN PICTURES 
By naturalizing a thousand of the poet’s 
narcissi in some meadow, wood, orchard 
or bank of stream. (Cost $5.00.) 
By scattering in your lawn a thousand 
crocuses, the gayest flowers of March. 
_ (About $3.00.) 
By planting a hundred bulbs of the sweetest 
blue flower that anyone ever found in his 
lawn, Scilla Sibirica. ($1.25.) 
By planting a thousand giant snowdrops 
on the chance that a late snowstorm will give 
you an effect like that on page 132. (About 
$5.00 for 500.) 
By planting 10,000 trilliums in an uninter- 
esting bit of second-growth woods which now 
supports only grass and cows. ($70 to $100.) 
THE JOYS OF A COMPLETE COLLECTION 
Why not have fifty varieties of tulips, com- 
prising practically all the important species 
and varieties so that everybody will want to 
come to your lawn party next spring and rave 
over the wonderful colors? (Fifty each of 
fifty varieties, $60 to $75.) 
Or a collection that will enable you to 
understand what the English daffodil craze is 
all about? (Say a dozen each of fifty kinds, 
about $25 to $40.) qe oe 
Or six each of the twenty-five best hardy 
lilies, except the high-priced ones. (About 
$25 to $35.) 
These are the three best hardy bulbs for 
hobby riders. Your whole family will get 
the craze and you will become famous in 
your town as a connoisseur. You will know 
all the varieties. Every flower of a tulip, 
daffodil or lily is a thing to be separately 
handled and loved. 
For important routine work see page 140. 
