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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1911 



PUT A STOP TO DEPRECIATION-BUILD WITH CYPRESS AT_ FIRST! 



CYPRESS 



"THE WOOD ETERNAL" 



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m is SO MUCH the best wood— for SO MANY KINDS of uses — that only 



=3| its more conspicuous merits can be covered in any single advertisement. 



CYPRESS advertising will therefore proceed upon the broadest lines 



—with an educational purpose as permanent and safe as your investment in CYPRESS itself. 



For the moment, (and as a guide of real value in your Winter Plans for Spring Building, or 



Spring Improvements, or the Repairs due to your not having known CYPRESS before) 



the vital CYPRESS FACTS may be condensed into 9 words: — 



"CUT OUT REPAIR BILLS- 

 BUILD OF CYPRESS AT FIRST!" 



If "it" (whether palace, bungalow, "back-steps" or pasture fence) is already built — 



MAKE YOUR NEXT REPAIRS WITH CYPRESS 

 and PUT A_ STOP TO DEPRECIATION 



SOME DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE H O U S E S — (BOTH CYPRESS) : 



It took a cyclone to injure this. 



Only a cyclone can wear this out. 



In this house fof solid CYPRESS) in Sinepuxent, Md., the 

 heroic Commodore Decatur was born, January 5, 1779. Jn 

 38S4 a cvclone left it as photographed above — wrenched and 

 half-denuded. BUT NOT DECAYED. CYPRESS is equal to 

 aii insurance policy against Ordinary Depredation and Repairs. 



This is a modern residence in Brooklyn. New York, roofed and 

 sided with CYPRESS shingles throughout. CYPRESS shingles 

 when weathered take on a beauty and substantial pieturesqueness 

 not approached by any other material. CYPRESS bevel-siding 

 (clap-boarding) is equally enduring-. "Cut Out Repair Bills." 



CYPRESS is indeed " the wood eternal. " 

 S3p^pr5&^ He who uses Cypress builds but once. 



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Why not FIND OUT what CYPRESS can do for YOU, NOW? 



WRITE US— ASK YOUR OWN QUESTIONS— about big 

 needs, or little ones. You can rely on detailed and reliable 

 counsel if you address our "ALL-ROUND HELPS DEPT." 



SOUTHERN CYPRESS MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION 



1209 HIBERNIA BANK BUILDING, NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



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TREES FOR SUMMER SHADE 



EVERGREENS that add a tone of warmth and verdure, 

 and impart a charm to landscape, — HARDY FLOWER- 

 ING SHRUBS that add beautiful bits of color to the 

 garden work, — CALIFORNIA PRIVET, the ideal hedge 

 plant, are some of my specialties, and GROWN IN NEW 

 JERSEY under soil and climate advantages are ready 

 to start growth again anywhere as soon as planted. 

 Beautiful illustrated catalogue, mailed free. 



T. E. STEELE, Pomona Nurseries, Palmyra, N. J. 



Points on Starting a Hedge 



AS A HEDGE is to endure for generations, 

 the preparatory work cannot be done too 

 thoroughly. Prepare the soil by digging a trench 

 about two feet wide wilh a depth of three feet. 

 Where the original soil is of a fair quality, plent}' 

 of well-rotted manure only will be needed, which 

 should be mixed into the soil as thoroughly and in 

 much the same manner as cement is mixed into 

 sand in concrete work. Where the ground is very 

 clayey, it will positively have to be replaced with 

 prepared soil. In setting out the material always 

 do it with the aid of a tightly stretched line, and 

 never trust to the eye alone for exact alignment. 

 The distances apart will vary according to the 

 plant. 



In trimming, the experienced gardener will 

 discard the hedge shears as far too cumbersome 

 and slow; he will use a corn knife or have a long 

 knife made from an old wornout flat file. By 

 means of this, with deft upward strokes, he trims 

 the sides of his hedge, while the top he cuts moving 

 the knife from him. It is easier to keep true to 

 the line with a knife than with the shears. Whether 

 water be applied or not, cultivation should on no 

 account be neglected for at least the first three 

 years of the hedge's growth. Weeds or grass 

 among the shrubs must not be tolerated. 



Be advised that to start a hedge is a matter 

 of patience; five years, at least, will be consumed 

 from the time you set out your bushes until the 

 hedge assumes its true character. But what is 

 worth while is worth working and waiting for. 



North Dakota. C. L. M. 



An Honor Medal for Horticulture 



AN IMPORTANT event in the horticultural 

 world during the past year has been the 

 establishment of the George Robert White Medal 

 of Honor, for the maintenance of which a suitable 

 fund has been given to the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society by Mr. George Robert White 

 of Boston. " The income of the fund is to be de- 

 voted annually for the specific purpose of provid- 

 ing a substantial gold medal to be awarded to the 

 man or woman, commercial firm or institution 

 in the United States, that has done the most during 

 the year, or in recent years, to advance the interest 

 in horticulture in its broadest sense." 



The George Robert White Medal of Honor 

 will take rank with the Victoria Medal of Honor 

 of England and the Medal of the Legion of Honor 

 of France, and will have a strong influence in pro- 

 moting the horticultural activities of this country. 



The first award of the medal was made to Pro- 

 fessor Charles Sprague Sargent, Director of the 

 Arnold Arboretum, in recognition of his work in 

 the introduction of many desirable ornamental 

 trees and shrubs. 



The American Pomological 

 Society 



AMATEUR horticulturists who may be travel- 

 ing in the South during February might 

 find it worth while to be at Tampa, Florida, on 

 February 9th, 10th and nth. On these days the 

 American Pomological Society will hold its 32nd 

 biennial session on the invitation of the Florida 

 State Horticultural Society and the Tampa Board 

 of Trade. The sessions of the Society, which will 

 be held in the Tampa Bay Casino on Thursday 

 evening, February gth, are purely formal. On the 

 two following days, however, a very valuable lot 

 of discussions will be introduced by the leading 

 horticulturists of the country. An exhibition of 

 tropical fruits will be held in connection with the 

 sessions, and also on the opening day the Society of 

 Horticultural Science will hold its annual meeting. 



A Greek Desert Plant 



LONG years ago, when we studied Greek, we 

 supposed the asphodel to be a mythical flower, 

 but most nurserymen have it. It is a desert plant of 

 the lily family which grows outside Athens near 

 the cemeteries, and thus came to be called the ' 'flower 

 of the dead." The word "daffodil" is a corrup- 

 tion of asphodel. Try Asphodeline lutea in the 

 back of your hardy border where the thinness 

 of its foliage will be obscured. 



