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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



August, 1910 



Here's a Greenhouse Idea for You 



Attach one of these attractive little U-Bar greenhouses of ours 

 d'rect to your residence. It makes an ideal conservatory or 

 sun room. 



When you come to think about it, what a wonder it is that 

 more people dont attach their greenhouses right to their homes 

 so they can reach the greenhouse at any t me, during any 

 weather, no matter what time of year. Besides when such a 

 house is so handy you will run in several times a day to fuss 

 around among the flowers a bit. 



It simply means that you have a chance to "tend garden" 

 indoors among the most advantageous conditions. 



There are certain well-defined reasons why the U-Bar way 

 of constructing these houses makes them superior for your 

 purpose ; but the catalog both tells and shows them in such 

 a satisfactory, interesting way, that we are going to ask you 

 to send for it. Bear in mind, however, that if }0u are really 

 seriously considering having a greenhouse, that ive will gladly 

 come and talk the question over with you any day you sug- 

 gest. Start by sending for the catalog. 



U-BAR GREENHOUSES 



PIERSON 



DESIGNERS and BUILDERS 



U-BAR CO. 



1 MADISON iSVE..NEW YORK. 



ILLETT'S 



Hardy Ferns and Flowers 



For Dark, Shady Places 



Send for my descriptive catalogue 

 of over 50 pages, which tells about 

 this class of plants. It's free. 

 Edward Gii-LEn.oox c southwick.mas& 



Vick's 



Garden 

 and Floral 



Guide 



The igio Autumn Edition ml'i be ready August 15 

 You will need its assistance in selecting 



Tulips. Hyacinths, Narcissus, 

 Crocus, Lilies, Hardy Plants 



for Fall planting, and we will be pleased to mail you a 

 free copy on request, j \jiES VICK'S S N 

 863 Main St, Rochester, S. Y. 



Sold by the Seed Dealers 



Grand Show of Asters — 

 The Station Agent's Plan 



My Aster beds are along the railroad track of 

 the Central New England. It has been my 

 pleasure to have a grand show. The black 

 beetle and the striped bng are very troublesome. 

 These pests will skin the whole bunch if we 

 let them alone, but we don't let them alone, 

 for as soon as the plants are well grown I take 

 Hammond's Slug Shot and a bellows and go over the whole. On a still day 



when the blooms begin to open we give them 

 This year we let them go, and the bugs or 



p.Wf'' 



dust settles everywhere. Then 



another dose and we have the flowers. ., ^, , 



beetles got a start and we started for them, but they did us damage. For many years I have known Slug 



Shot and used it, and there is no use trying to raise flowers or fruit or vegetables without you watch 



them, because as sure as the sun shines you will have bugs, lice or beetles which you must get rid of. 



Now on cucumbers the striped bugs play havoc. You told me once to »_, ,, 



put some Slug Shot in water and sprinkle the rows. When that is done flaniniOnCl S 



the cucumbers grow. The cherry trees will curl the leaves with lice; 



if you can blow Slug Shot over these ends the Slug Shot sticks to 



the sticky mess which comes where these lice are and they do not ^_, , 



spread. ^^ f^^'^'' 



Yours respectfully, ^' ^ 



LUTHER BRUNDAGE. 

 Billings, N. Y. 



For Pamphlet on "Bugs and Blight" Worth 

 Having Write to 



Hammond's Slug-Shot Works 



FISHKILL-ON=HUDSON, NEW YORK 



Cattle Comfort" 



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Garden Planning 



THE planning of a garden is not the simple 

 matter it may appear at first sight. It 

 involves attention to many considerations con- 

 nected with the character and position of the site 

 and its surroundings, as well as to those questions 

 in which both horticulture and good taste play 

 important parts. 



Each particular site presents a problem to itself, 



and the art of the garden-maker must be exercised 



first in studjang the factors, and then in permitting ^K ! 

 them to guide him to a good result. ^Hl 



Though garden-making in a large measure is 

 controlled by principles based upon Art, purely 

 artistic considerations can only serve the designer ^_ 

 when they are subordinated to the practical needs. ^Bl 

 As in other branches of applied art, utility claims ^H 

 first consideration, so in garden-making the con- 

 ditions which make for the welfare of the flowers, 

 and the comfort and convenience of those who 

 use the garden, must always receive attention. 



This does not imply that successful flower cul- 1 

 ture is the be-all and end-all of gardening, for that , 

 would be to ignore the beauty of the garden picture. 

 It is possible to give due weight to the picturesque, 

 without in the slightest measure discounting the 

 value of the garden from a horticultural standpoint. 

 On the other hand, the mistake only too frequently 

 is made of supposing that well-filled beds and 

 borders, abundant blossom, and neatly kept grass 

 and walks are the sole desiderata of gardening. If 

 that were so, it were better to grow one's flowers as 

 the market gardener grows his cabbages — in rows. 

 The gardening enthusiast is too apt to permit his 

 pride in the flowers to blind him to the value of a 

 garden picture. He sees the individual, but not 

 the crowd. It were better he should adopt the 

 standpoint of the landscape gardener, who thinks 

 less of plants as plants than as elements in a com- 

 position, in the way of a painter of pictures. 



The garden, however small, is amenable to 

 treatment on truly artistic principles, and the first 

 thing to recognize is that it must be homogeneous. 

 It should appeal to the eye as a whole before it 

 claims attention in detail. Everjlhing in the gar- 

 den must be interdependent, and the general pic- 

 ture must be distinguished b}' balance, unity of 

 eilect, and a studied harmony of line and mass. 



If common-sense principles, based upon fuU 

 knowledge and recognition of tlie governing factors 

 of the problem, be allowed to control the design, 

 the result wall not only make for beauty, but gar- 

 dening, in the sense of successful flower culture, 

 wiU be agreeable and plain sailing. 



There must be no exaggeration of special features, 

 no discordant note to worry the eye, no forcing of 

 effects. The size of the garden hardly enters into 

 the question. It is just as easy, and just as diffi- 

 cult, to plan a large garden as a small one. The 

 same general principles apply in both cases. It is 

 largely a question of scale. 



Gardens which are made haphazard are rarely 

 successful, yet the majority of small gardens have 

 been so made. The inference is obvious. How 

 often do we not see, from the vantage-point of some 

 suburban railw'ay line, garden after garden in 

 monotonous succession, all planned to a common 

 type? Some may be neat and well kept, others 

 neglected, but the outlines are the same in all, 

 probably conceived and made by the speculative., 

 builder's foreman, whose knowledge and skill can] 

 hardly be expected to rank higb in this department j 

 of his work. 



When the gardener himself has taken the pains" 

 to model his garden to suit his own views of what 

 it should be, the result is more often than not marred 

 by mistakes which arise from hastiness and an ^B I 

 inadequate knowledge of, or attention to, essentials. ■( 

 Possibly the commonest error is to ignore aspect, 

 planning for symmetry, which is hardly ever con- 

 sistent with the best arrangement for flower-growing 

 in a plot of limited size. 



Another mistake is to overelaborate, thereby 

 destroying simplicity and breadth of effect. 



I do not intend to enumerate all the shortcomings 

 of the modern small garden. Skilful planning, 

 particularly when applied to gardens of limited size, 

 includes economy of space, or, in other , words, 

 making the most of the space available.^- And this 

 is only possible by giving proper consideration to 

 aspect. \V. S. Rogers. 



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