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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



August, 1918 



Top-Notchers 



Perennial 

 Larkspurs 



If you like blue flowers, you §1 

 simply must have some of H 

 our wonderful seedling Lark- 

 spurs with their regal spikes | 

 six feet or more in height in | 

 marvelous shades of dark- | 

 blue, light-blue and white. 



Special Offer 



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For Immediate Planting 



To introduce our new Seed- 

 ling Larkspurs, we will send 

 prepaid to any address 



1 ^ Assorted, One- Year Old <t>r 

 A" Field -Grown Clumps, *P^ 



Guaranteed to bloom con- 

 tinuously year after year. 



SEND FOR OUR CATALOGUE 



"PERENNIALS FOR 

 FALL PLANTING" 



Charles H. Totty Co., 



Madison New Jersey 



>0 -»~ COMING EVENTS -*-. Q 



KDWB ^SOCIETY NEWe) 



16. 

 14-17. 



20-22. 



20-21. 



24. 

 24-25. 



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27. 



Meetings and Lectures in August 



(Following dates are meetingsunless otherwise specified) 



1. Marshfieid, Mass.. Garden Club. 



2. Pasadena, California, Horticultural Society. 



3. Lake Geneva, Wis., Gardeners' & Foremen's Asso. 

 New York Botanical Garden Lecture. 



5. Larchmont, N. Y., Garden Club. 



New Bedford, Mass., Horticultural Society. 



6. Garden Club, Pleasantville, N. Y. 



9. Westchester, N. Y., Horticultural Society. 



Fairfield, Conn., Horticultural Society. 

 10. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Horticultural Society. 



12. Garden Club of New Rochelle, N. Y. 

 Rochester, N. Y., Florists' Association. 

 Park Garden Club, Flushing, N. Y. 



13. Garden Club, Ridgefield, Conn. 



14. Valdosta, Ga., Floral Club. 

 Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 



Nassau County Hort. Society, Glen Cove, L. I. 

 Horticultural Society, Lenox, Mass. 



15. Garden Club, Salisbury, Conn., Lecture: Friends 



and Foes of the Garden. 

 Marshfieid, Mass., Garden Club. 

 Dahlia Soc. of California, San Francisco, Cal. 

 Am. Gladiolus Socy., Elmwood Music Hall, Buffa- 

 lo, N. Y. 

 Society American Florists and Ornamental Hor- 

 ticulturists, St. Louis, Mo., Annual Convention. 

 Pennsylvania Hort. Soc. Jenkintown, Pa. 

 Dobbs Ferry N. Y., Horticultural Society. 

 New York Botanical Gardens, Gladiolus. 

 Park Garden Club, Flushing, L. I. 

 Garden Club of Ridgefield, Conti. 



American Peony Society 



HPHE 15th Annual Meeting of this organ- 

 •*- ization which was held in Cleveland, 

 Ohio, June 5th and 6th, was a very success- 

 ful gathering both in attendance of Peony 

 enthusiasts and of fine quality blooms. In 

 conjunction with the National Society the 

 Ohio Horticultural Society and the Cleveland 

 Florists' Club joined forces. Peony enthusi- 

 asts were much interested in the sensational 

 display of a new white American seedling 

 raised by Mr. E. J. Shaylor of Auburndale, 

 Mass., to which was awarded the $100.00 

 prize offered by Mrs. Edward Harding. This 

 prize which was entered by the Society for 

 the purpose of encouraging American pro- 

 ductions, was held under the agreement that 

 if not awarded within five years it should be 

 returned to the donor. The gift was made 

 three years ago and it is only this year that a 

 sufficiently meritorious novelty/ was sub- 

 mitted to the Society. This flower which is 

 so far nameless, is identified as Number 35. 

 It is large, white, with strong leathery foliage 

 and the flower somewhat in the style of Le 

 Cygne. It is interesting to note that the 

 west also made a good account of itself and 

 the Brand varieties showed up in fine form. 

 Some excellently shown blooms shown by 

 Mr. Farr were Le Fee, Soulange, Galathee, 

 Konigswinter, Splendida, Grandiflora, Phil- 

 lippe Rivoire, Albatre, Milton Hill, Marie 

 Lemoine, Lucy Hollis, Monsieur Rarral, Rosa 

 Bonheur, Gloire de Chenonceaux, Enchan- 

 tress, Claude Gelle, and Marmontel. In the 

 color classes awards were as follows: 25 pink 

 Eugenie Verdier, Madame Emil Galle, 25 

 pink August Villaume, 25 red Phillippe Ri- 

 voire. Other varieties that stood up well were 

 Ellwood Pleas, Therese, Glorious, Corona- 

 tion, and Frances Willard. As the best 

 Peony introduced since 1910 Brand's Ches- 

 tine Gowdy and Phoebe Carey won prizes. 

 In the class for new varieties originated since 

 1900 some the leading blooms were Suzette, 

 Frances Willard, Tourangelle, Midsummer 

 Night's Dream, Raoul Dessert, Phillippe 

 Rivoire, Alsace Lorraine. Mr. James Boyd of 

 Philadelphia was made President for the en- 

 suing year, and Mr. A. P. Saunders, Clinton, 

 N. Y., Secretary. 



"'''I' "Jl.ll Wl!' ('Ill 



PEONIES 



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The Best of All Sorts, Selected 

 out of Over 1200 Varieties 



The cream we offer in our 

 "Wartime List." Large 

 blooming clumps ready to 

 give quick results. Ready 

 in September and later. 



"Dover" Collection 



of 12 Prize Winners 

 Extra Fine for $60.00 



Albert Crousse 



Baroness Schroeder 

 Chestine Gowdy 

 Edmond About 



Frances Willard 

 , Gismonda 



( Lady A. Duff 



Longfellow 



Mons. Martin Cahuzac 

 Marie Stuart 



Primevere 



Therese 



"Marietta" Collection 



12 Very Fine Ones, for $12 



Albert Crousse 



Augustine d'Hour 

 Avalanche 



Baroness Schroeder 



Duchesse de Nemours 

 Eugene Verdier 

 Felix Crousse 

 Grandiflora 



Mons. Jules Elie 



Mons. Martin Cahuzac] 

 Mary Hamilton 

 Welcome Guest 



"Good Luck" Collection 



12 Very Choice Sorts , for #5, 



Arthemise 



Dorchester 



Festiva Maxima 

 Floral Treasure 

 Jules Calot 



Marie Stuart 

 1 Mad. de Verneville 

 Meissonier 



Octave Demay 

 Philomele 



Solfaterre 



Warwick 



All of Above Peonies are 

 Free, Sure Bloomers 



We grow and create plants — 

 our specialties are Carnations, 

 Gladioli, Hemerocallis and 

 Peonies. We aim to produce 

 and distribute the best. 



Send for our "Wartime List" now 



C. BETSCHER 

 Dover, Ohio 



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