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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1909 



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Universal Lawn Shears 



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Orris Root Plants 



An exceeding fine hardy garden plant; a rapid 

 multiplier; blooms early in the spring; flowers 

 large and as gorgeous as an orchid, very lasting 

 as a cut flower; the root has a commercial value. 

 Plants 50c. each by mail, $5.00 per doz., express. 

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top of the highest hills, usually 1,000 feet or more 

 above sea-level, and always in very dry, sandy 

 soil. It is, however, quite abundant on the south- 

 eastern shores of Lake Huron, in the province of 

 Ontario, but in soil of precisely the same character. 

 It is usually found in very thin woods, but likes also 

 the full sunshine. 



The giant among our native gentians is the 

 soapwort gentian (G. Saponaria) which often grows 

 three feet high and is rather coarse and rank. The 

 flowers, however, are sometimes two inches long 

 and are borne in dense clusters often five or six 

 inches across and open quite widely. The color 

 is of a light reddish or purplish blue, rarely white. 

 It grows in wet or dry, usually sandy soil. On 

 account of its large size, it should be grown in the 

 centre or background of a group of gentians, or 

 else in isolated clumps. 



Blue is the dominant color among our American 

 gentians, and we can hardly expect to get a very 

 wide range of color among them. White forms 

 of most native species, however, occur; the 

 pure white forms of the larger fringed gentian, 

 and the closed blue gentian are both beautiful 

 flowers. 



Perhaps the nearest approach to yellow we cart 

 expect to find is the yellowish gentian (G. flavida), 

 which excels even the closed gentian in beauty, 

 the flowers being much larger, about two inches 

 long, and wide open. The color ranges from 

 greenish -white to yellowish-white. The clusters 

 of flowers also average larger than those of the 

 closed gentian, while the light shining green of the 

 foliage is very pleasing, contrasting finely with the 

 darker foliage of other perennial species. This, 

 species also likes dry, sandy soil. 



The perennial gentians I have hitherto noticed 

 are as a rule rather coarse plants, yet showy and 

 useful as ornamentals. There are, however, two 

 species of perennial gentians that are very slender 

 and graceful plants — the narrow-leaved gentian 

 (G. linearis), which ranges from six inches to two 

 feet high according to soil, with many narrow 

 leaves and clusters of rather slender open blue 

 flowers from one inch to nearly two inches long; 

 and the red-stemmed gentian (G. rubricaulis), one . 

 to two feet high, with much broader leaves and 

 larger greenish-blue to bright blue flowers. Both 

 prefer wet soil, but like other gentians it is probable 

 that they could be made to grow on almost any 

 soil. In cultivation they should be planted in the 

 foreground of coarser species. The flowers of 

 either species are fully as long, if not longer, than 

 those of the closed gentian, but more slender, 

 and besides are open. 



Michigan. W. A. Brotheuton. 



Getting Money's Worth in Tools 



IT IS no use expecting to do first-class work in 

 a garden without adequate tools. So much 

 irritation can be saved by using the one tool that 

 easily fits, that I wonder constantly that so few 

 people, comparatively, seem to have a proper out- 

 fit. I have tried practically every tool that seemed 

 to be in any way adapted to garden use, and I know 

 that I would not undertake to keep up a garden 

 to anything like a decent standard of efficiency 

 without the tools named below. 



The following list is composed of only such 

 tools as are absolutely necessary to really cover 

 every phase of planting and cultivation in a 

 garden fifty feet square or larger. There are, of 



