Hardy Garden Flowers No. 10 
There can be absolutely no question that the Holly- 
hock is the stateliest of all tall perennials. Moreover 
no other flower of its commanding height and nobility 
of aspect has such extraordinary range of color. The 
single varieties ought to be lined up along every road- 
side in the land, and the seed should be scattered 
with a lavish hand to glorify waste places in the months 
of June, July and August. 
But you make a great mistake if you buy only seeds 
of Hollyhocks because you never get the most refined 
forms and the purest colors from seed. {[f you want to 
enjoy the Hollyhock in all its wealth of bloom, in all 
the purity of its strongest colors, and in all the perfec- 
tion of its most refined form you must buy plants of 
named varieties which represent decades of patient, 
loving, persistent breeding towards an ideal. 
Plant single hollyhocks lavishly for bold mass ef- 
fects, for they are more picturesque and less subject to 
disease than the doubles. Plant the double holly- 
hocks near at hand, where you can take the best of care 
of them and enjoy their perfection daily. 
We can give you the formula of the Copper Car- 
bonate solution which will absolutely prevent the 
Hollyhock disease that has been so disastrous, and 
thus overcome the one objection to this superb peren- 
nial. 
Thus we can restore to our gardens the noblest tall 
perennial flower in cultivation—a flower that should be 
the main feature in the back row of every hardy bor- 
der. No other tall perennial has so large a flower; 
none has so widea range of color; few can equal it in 
stateliness of growth, and no other old fashioned 
flower of its height is so dear to the hearts of the 
people or so rich in home associations. 
Single Hollyhocks — Fine large-flowered 
separate colors. Pink, light rose, white, 
crimson, red, light red, salmon pink and 
rose, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100. 
Large-flowered, all colors mixed, $1.25 
per doz., $9.00 per 100. 
Double Hollyhocks— Large-flowered in 
separate colors. White, yellow, pink, rose, 
salmon-rose, red, cherry-red and crimson. 
Large-flowered, all colors mixed, $1.25 
per doz., $9.00 per 100. 
We are specialists in hardy perennials. 
Let us send you our beautiful Fall booklet, 
“Old Fashioned Flowers and the Newest 
Varieties.” 
J. B. KELLER SONS, 
Rochester, New York 
THE 
coldest winter, in town or country—for a 
small pit may find space, even in a city 
back yard—a perpetual window garden of 
spring flowers. 
New York. Marcia E. Hate. 
Kill the Cutworms in the 
Greenhouse 
i THE greenhouse the most common 
insect, passing under the name of cut- 
worm, is the larva or grub of the May beetle. 
It makes its home in the sod and is es- 
pecially numerous in old  pastures—land 
that has not been tilled for several years. 
It is in the sod, gathered for use as potting 
soil or for filling benches, that the cutworms 
find their way into the greenhouse. To kill 
these cutworms lime is often mixed with the 
soil previous to its being taken into the green- 
house, but it takes so much to insure their 
destruction that the lime is often a serious 
detriment to the soil. 
I found a method—more by accident than 
otherwise—of destroying all sorts of grubs in 
soils composted for greenhouse work. The 
compost heap had been made a few months 
before, but just previous to filling the chry- 
santhemum benches with it, I mixed tankage 
with the soil at the rate of about forty pounds 
to the cubic yard. In former years I had 
used bone meal, but this season my soil 
being rather deficient in nitrogen I used 
tankage. When mixing the tankage with 
the soil I found that it was badly infested 
with cutworms, and my intention was_ to 
apply lime before taking it in the greenhouses, 
but on examination four days after the mixing 
I found that the pile had generated enough 
heat to cook all the insect life. 
Soil mixed with bone meal in the same 
proportion as given above will also generate 
heat, but unless the conditions are very favor- 
able to fermentation sufficient heat may not 
be generated to kill all the insect life. This 
may be materially assisted, however, by 
having the soil rather moist and if favored 
with close warm weather the results will be 
all the more certain. A soil containing the 
above amount of either of these fertilizers 
will be rather strong for plants such as ferns 
and what may be termed the less gross feed- 
ing plants, but is excellent for general use. 
Tankage is a product of the slaughter- 
house, and is composed of blood and bone 
together with the intestines and other waste 
parts of animals, the whole being thoroughly 
dried and then ground fine. 
When the cutworms do get into the green- 
house benches a good way to catch them 
is to bury small pots—2 4-inch size—bottom 
downward in the soil at frequent intervals 
along the edges of the bench. They should 
be buried deep enough so that the top of 
the pot will be just a little below the level of 
the surface of the soil. The soil should be 
smoothed around the edges of the pot so as 
to present no obstruction to the grubs, so 
when they crawl around at night they will 
fall into the pots from which they are unable 
to crawl out. The pots should be visited 
every morning to destroy the grubs trapped. 
In this way I have cleaned benches that were 
badly infested with cut worms. 
Elmsford, N. Y. Wm. SCOTT. 
GARDEN MAGAZINE 
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| GRAPES FOR EVERY 
GARDEN 
Grapes are the most tractable of all fruits. There is no 
plant for the home garden that is so utterly indifferent to its 
position. Grape vines will accommodate themselves to the 
most difficult situations. They take up little room and are ex- 
ceedingly ornamental in many ways, as arbors, on trellises, or 
for covering unsightly walls and fences. They take up prac- 
tically no room yet their yield is most abundant, providing de- 
licious fruit for weeks when there are few other fresh fruits to 
be had, and that with slight cost. 
We will send you ten large grape vines of the best varieties 
including Delaware, Niagara, Concord, etc., in three red, three 
white and four black varieties, for $1.00, delivered free. These 
are vines of the highest quality, just what we have been supply- 
ing the large commercial grape grower who of course demands 
the best for quality and yield. We have been growing grape 
vines for forty years. 
Send for the above collection to plant out this fall. Let us 
send you our illustrated descriptive Hand Book which will tell 
you how to plant, cultivate and train them. 
T. S. HUBBARD COMPANY 
FREDONIA, N. Y. 
Grape Vine Specialists, 
This is the only month 
of the year you can select Chrysanthemums intelli- 
gently. Go toa flower show, note the varieties you 
want and order them from us now. We will grow 
them especially to your order for Spring delivery. 
We can supply any existing variety if you order. 
. now and mention THE 
GARDEN MacGazinE. We 
are 
Chrysanthemum 
Specialists 
Importers, Originators and 
Disseminators of the Best 
Novelties and Standard 
Varieties 
red Spring Catalogue in 
2 . January 
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NATHAN SMITH & SON 
112 W. Maumee St., Adrian, Mich. 
Buy From A Specialist 
SPECIMEN TREES 
Choice Evergreens; °F: 
Ornamental Planting, 
Also DECIDUOUS TREES and SHRUBS 
Write for large illustrated catalog. 
D. HILL, Evergreen Specialist, 
DUNDEE, ILLINOIS 
ORCHIDS 
Largest importers and growers of 
OrcuHIps in the United States 
LAGER & How R REE 
Orchid Growers and Importers SUMMIT, N. J. 
