March, 1909 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



// you wish to purchase live slock 

 write to t e Readers' Service 



63 



. Travers Island Club House 



of the 



New York Athletic Club 



is an example of the Taste, Beauty and Character 

 which may be given to Architectural Effect along 

 with Economy, Strength and Durability of Construc- 

 tion by the use of 



Edison Portland Cement 





Beauty, Economy, 

 Strength and 

 Durability 



are insured in concrete con- 

 struction by the cement that is 



UNIFORM in COLOR 

 FINENESS and 

 COMPOSITION 



These essentials to the success 

 of concrete construction are 

 positively assured in 



_ EDISON 



PORTLAND 



CEMENT 



Our own quarries furnish ce- 

 ment rock of never varying color. 

 This material is scientifically 

 mixed and burned. The result- 

 ing "clinker" is then specially 

 ground. 



UNIFORMLY 10% 

 FINEST in the WORLD 



Send for Book of Examples of 

 "Edison Portland" concrete con- 

 struction and booklet "Making and 

 Placing Concrete by Hand," 



with name of dealer in your vicinity. 



EDISON PORTLAND CEMENT CO. 

 Room 931, St. James Bldg., N.YXlty 





New Hardy garden Hydrangeas, Grand iflora Alba. This is without doubt the most im- 

 portant strictly hardy shrub which ha= appeared in years and can be depended upon to give 

 magnificent results in any situation where ordinary shrubs thrive. 



The above illustration directly from photo taken at our nursery July 4th last from a three 

 year old plant. Flower heads are of large size of the purest glistening white, maturing after 

 some weeks to a green tint, making the shrub exceedingly attractive for the entire season. 

 Plant it as a single specimen in groups or as a foreground for larger shrubs or trees. Price, 

 Strong two year plant, $1.50 each, S13. 50 per ten; strong one year, $1.00 each, S0.00 per ten; 

 medium one year, 50 cents each. $4.50 per ten, S30.00 per hundred. 



Experienced Buyers 



WILL CERTAINLY BE PLEASED 



WITH THE HIGH QUALITY 



OF OUR STOCK 



Extensive assortment Ornamental and 

 Shade Trees, Evergreens, Shrubs, Vines, 

 Herbaceous Plants, etc., etc. 



Attractive New Catalog Ready. Mailed 

 to You the Day You Inquire for It 



Prices as Low as Consis- 

 tent With High Quality 



In addition to our immense stock of the usual 

 sizes we have some beautifully developed specimens 

 for immediate effects which have been so many 

 times root pruned that they take up with a splendid 

 root system and can be depended upon to give suc- 

 cessful results. Ask for this list. 



Parties wishing to visit our nursery can reach us in a few minutes from 

 the railroad station by taking the Edgewood electric car. 



THE ELM CITY NURSERY COMPANY, New Haven, Conn. 



