March, 1907 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



103 



Old Fashioned Flowers or Hardy Perennials 



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To know them is to 

 love them : to know 

 them well is to love 

 them dearly. They 

 are not for a few 

 months of a single 

 season only; but, 

 like the good friend 

 and true, they re- 

 main for all time 

 with those who 

 love them; reveal- 

 ing their sweetness 

 and increased 

 beauty as the years 

 pass by. These 

 hardy flowers 

 flourish in almost 

 every soil, need but 

 little care and re- 

 quire no special 

 knowledge to suc- 

 ceed with them. 

 That those who 



have never ordered of me, may at small outlay, learn of the excellence of my Hardy Perennials, I offer the fol- 

 lowing special collections by mail, postpaid — all well developed plants which will bloom freely the first season ; 



Hollyhocks 



Everybody should have Holly- 

 hocks. Not those with small, 

 dull hued, imperfect blosoms, but 

 the improved kind with large, 

 perfect, exceedingly double bright 

 colored flowers. Though not gen- 

 erally known, there has been as 

 great improvement made in this 

 stately flower, during the past 25 

 years, as there has in the Canna, 

 Chrysanthemum, Dahlia or Carna- 

 tion. The flowers of 



Lovctt's Superb hollyhocks 



are not only very large, wonder- 

 fully perfect in finish and pure in 

 color, but they are produced in far 

 greater numbers and for a much 

 longer season than the Hollyhocks 

 of "Grandmother's garden." 

 Strong roots, which will flower 

 early the first season, by mail. 



Separate colors, 



8 for Si. 00 



14 44 



50 " 5.00 



Mixed 



10 " 1.00 



44 44 



50 " 4.00 



Single Hollyhocks 



10 " 1.00 



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50 " 4.00 



All are fully described in my cata- 

 log of Hardy Perennial Plants. 



8 Double Hollyhocks, all different, 



$1.00 



12 German Iris, choice named, Si. 00 



10 Japanese Anemones, 5 sorts, $1.00 



5 Canterbury Bells, all different, 



$.50 



12 Hardy Phlox, no two alike, 



1.00 



12 Hardy Asters, no two alike. 1.00 



10 Foxgloves, no two alike, 1.00 



5 Hardy Sunflowers, all different. 



.50 



12 Hardy Chrysanthemums, all different 



1.00 



10 Hardy Pinks, includingPerpetualSnow.l. 00 



5 Day Lilies, no two alike, .50 



6 Rudbeckia, including Purpurea, 



.50 



10 Columbines, choice named. 



1.00 



10 Larkspurs, superb varieties, 1.00 



5 Veronicas, including Blue Jay, .50 



6 Oriental Poppies, 3 sorts, 



.50 



I will send the 16 collections by express for $10.00, purchaser paying charges 



Is there a man, woman or child who does not enjoy strolling in a garden of flowers and gathering fragrant bouquets of them — in the dewy morning, in the quiet of evening or even 

 under a noonday sun ? This privilege is within the reach of every owner of a few feet of land, from May until December. For $100 I will supply 1000 large, strong plants of choicest 

 Perennials — enough to plant 4000 square feet — and if you will give me a rough outline of your grounds, locating buildings, walks, and drives, with dimensions, and state character of 

 the soil, I will make a plan especially for your property with a planting list, — showing just what the selection consists of and where each plant is to be placed — to produce ii constant 

 and pleasing display of harmonious colors, throughout the entire summer and autumn. [For $55 I will make a plan, planting list and supply 500 plants for same, or enough to plant 

 2000 square feet.) In my catalog of Hardy Perennials, everything is explained. It is a copiously illustrated book of 70 pages, giving accurate descriptions of over 1000 varieties of the 

 choicest Hardy Perennials, Shrubs, Vines, etc., with much valuable information about these beautiful and intensely interesting flowers, and is mailed free for the asking. 



J. T. LOVETT 



LITTLE SILVER, NEW JERSEY 



Why Greenhouses Cost 



Perhaps you don't understand why a greenhouse should cost so 

 much more in proportion than other houses of the same size. In the 

 first place, in a greenhouse there's always a condition of con- 

 stant alternate dryness and moisture that is disastrously destructive 

 to ordinary construction — those conditions must be fortified against 

 in the right use of every piece of iron and wood put into the house. 

 The frame work must be made so light as to shade the plants the 

 least and still be perfectly rigid, not only as a support but to with- 

 stand the wind. Then there's the question of glass breakage — the 

 very thing that all carpenter built houses do not seem to take into 

 consideration — the contraction and expansion must be arranged for 

 or the glass bill each year is disheartening. Last, they must be built 

 to grow plants even better than outdoors. That's why a good, en- 

 during greenhouse costs, and that is the only kind of house we build. 

 If you want our every way practical, enduring house then send 5c. 

 in stamps for our "How to Start with a Greenhouse," or better 

 yet, write for particulars. 



Hitchings & Company 



Greenhouse Designers and Builders 

 Manufacturers of Heating and Ventilating Apparatus 



1170 Broadway, New York 



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DWARF FRUIT TREE TRELLISES 



ARBORS, GARDEN ARCHES, FENCES, GATES 



The Espaliers and Trellises illustrated here are the most perfect form of 

 supports for trained fruit trees and vines. They combine neatness with the 

 requisite strength and give the garden a trim appearance. 



The Wall Espalier is constructed of steel upright supports, on which are 

 bolted arms with pointed ends so that they can be driven into the seams of the 

 wall between the bricks, thus insuring rigidity and strength. The wires are 

 kept taut by means of ratchets at the ends of the Trellis. 



The Trellis illustrated below is built with heavy galvanized anchor posts 

 and pipe top rail. The same construction as in the Wall Espalier is arranged 



for keeping taut 

 the wires. 



Sen or our illus- 

 trate (catalog No. 30 

 describing these in de- 

 tail, also our Wrought 

 Iron and Wire Fences, 

 Entrance Gates, Tree 

 Guards, Poultry 

 Runs, Stock Pad- 

 docks, etc. 



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