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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1907 



To 

 Beautify 



Your 

 Lawn or 

 Grounds 



There is nothing more suitable than one or more of the following Canna Combination Sets. They 

 are inexpensive, grow rapidly, bloom freely early and late, and require little or no attention. 



Our Cannas are all started in pots (not dry bulbs), making a showing when first planted, and 

 also blooming much earlier. The ground need not be raised for these plants. 



Our "Popular" Canna Bed 



For a 7-foot bed: Center, 6 Duke of Marlborough, dark 

 red ; 2nd row, 1 2 Florence Vaughan, yellow spotted red ; 

 3d row, 18 Mme. Crozy, brilliant vermilion scarlet, deeply 

 edged with golden yellow. For a border, 30 red Salvias. 

 Price, complete by express, $5.00; by mail, $5.50. If some 

 other border than Salvias is desired, select from page 4 of 

 our catalog. 



For a 5-foot bed: Center, 3 Duke of Marlborough ; 2d 

 row, 5 Florence Vaughan; 3d row, 10 Mme. Crozy, and 20 

 Golden Bedder Coleus for border. Price, complete by ex- 

 press, $2.50; by mail, $2.75. 



For a 5-foot bed of solid red we will furnish 16 Pennsyl- 

 vania, a brilliant shade, with 20 Golden Bedder Coleus for 

 border, for only $2.50 by express, or $2.75 by mail. 



Write for prices on other combinations for larger or 

 smaller beds. 



Bedding Geraniums 



Nothing improves a yard or lawn so much as a splash 

 of red color. For this purpose nothing excels our special 

 bedding collections. 



For a 5-foot bed we especially recommend the brilliant 

 red Heteranthe, the best bedding geranium in America. It 

 will take 20 of these, with 20 Dusty Miller for border. The 

 40 plants, by express, $2.00; by mail, $2.25. Golden Bed- 

 ding Coleus may be selected instead of Dusty Miller. 



OUR 1907 CATALOG— FREE. This contains many 

 other desirable combinations for bedding purposes as well 

 as a full line of all that is desirable in plants, seeds and 

 bulbs. Write for it to-day. 



SCHMIDT & BOTLEY 



Box 65 



SPRINGFIELD, OHIO 



A WOMAN FLORIST 



6 



Hardy Everblooming 



looses 



On their own roots 



ALL WILL BLOOM 



THIS SUMMER 



Sent to any address post-paid; 



25 



guaranteed to reach you 

 €EM KOSE COLLECTION 



Gruss an Teplitz, deep red. 

 Aurora, grandest pink. 

 Princess Sagan, bright red. 

 Ivory, pure white. 

 Enchantress, deep rose. 

 Sunrise, golden yellow. 

 SPECIAL KARGAINS 



6 Carnations, the "Divine Flower," 

 all colors, - 25c. 



* Prize-Winning Chrysanthemums 25c 



6 Beautitul Coleus, 



3 Grand Orchid Cannas, 



8 Sweet-Scented Tuberoses - 



6 Fuchsias, all different, 

 10 Lovely Gladiolus, - - 25c 



10 Superb Pansy Plants, - 25c. 



15 Pkts. Flower Seeds, all different, - - 25c. 



Any Five Collections for SI 00 Pusl Piiirt. Guarantee 

 satisfaction. Once a customer, always one. Catalog 

 Free. 

 MISS ELLA V. BAINES, Box 96 



growing condition 



Springfield, Ohio. 



Lamp-chimneys with my name 

 on them live to a ripe old age 

 unless an unusual accident happens 

 to them. They never break from 

 heat. 



They give the best light, too, 

 because they fit and are made of 

 tough glass, clear as crystal. 



Let me send you my Index to Lamp-Chimneys. 

 It's free. Address, 



MACBETH, Pittsburgh. 



Eastern 



Nurseries 



Se.id for our Descriptive 

 Illustrated Booklet 



Everything for the Hardy 

 Garden." 



M. M. DAWSON, Manager 

 JAMAICA PLAIN, MASS. 



Two Hellebores Worth Knowing 



The first of the hellebores here pictured is 

 the green hellebore {Hellebonis viridis), a 

 plant with yellowish green flowers about two 

 inches across which blooms in May. It is a 

 member of the buttercup family, and belongs 

 to the same genus with the Christmas rose 

 and Lenten lily, but differs in having deci- 

 duous, instead of evergreen, leaves. Also, 

 the color is not quite as pure. While it is 

 undoubtedly inferior from the garden point 

 of view, it is thought worthy of cultivation 

 in Europe and a few American nurserymen 

 keep it. I have never seen it growing wild 



The green hellebore {Helleboms •viridis), a hardy per- 

 ennial plant with yellowish green flowers about (wo 

 inches across, which appear in May 



in America, although it is locally adventive 

 from Europe in waste places in New York, 

 New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, 

 and West Virginia. 



The American white hellebore (Veratrum 

 viride) is not a true hellebore, as it belongs 

 to the lily family. It is a plant of extraor- 

 dinary and unique beauty in March, because 

 of the plaited character of its unfolding 

 leaves, as shown in the accompanying picture. 

 It is often confused by the public with the 

 skunk cabbage because both plants grow in 

 wet places and make exuberant leaf-growth 

 in early spring, but the unfolding leaves of 

 the American white hellebore have a formal 

 or decorative beauty which is quite absent 

 from the coarse and formless leaf of the skunk 

 cabbage. After once seeing the two plants 

 side by side you will never mistake them 



