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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1911 



DINGEE Rosfe s 



are the 'oest grown, the sturdiest and freest blooming. All lovers of 

 Roses, all successful growers, invariably plant Dingee Roses, because 

 of their wonderful, sturdy, lusty growth, and the little care required 

 to grow them. Just give them a place to bloom, and you will be 

 richly rewarded with a profusion of Roses. 



The name "Dingee'' guarantees quality in Roses. It is your assur- 

 ance of getting sturdy, hardy plants, warranted to grow and bloom. 

 Our large acreage of the finest Rose land in the country, 

 and the "Dingee methods" of production enable us to 

 grow Roses such as cannot be had elsewhere. Sixty years 

 of experience has taught us how. 



Dingee JZoses are always sold on their own roots — the only way aEose 

 should be grown. We prepay all express charges under a special 

 plan explained in our book, and deliver growing- plants free to 

 your door, no matter where you live, with safe arrival guaranteed. 

 While our specialty is Roses, we also grow all other flowers worth 

 while — Carnations, Chrysanthemums, Violets, Perennials, Shrubs 

 and Vines, etc. We sell also the finest varieties of Flower and 

 Vegetable Seeds. 



Write to-day for a copy of the greatest of Rose Books ever pub- 

 lished, the leading Rose Catalogue of America, entitled 



DINGEE ROSES 



Or, New Guide to Rose Culture for 1911, FREE ! 



There is no other book about Roses that compares with it. Magnificently illustrated in 

 colors, this beautiful book of 106 pages gives special prices and tells all about these famous 

 Dingee Roses— nearly 1,000 kinds— and all other desirable plants and seeds, and how to 

 grow them. Send for a copy at once, and if you will buy Dingee Roses and follow the 

 directions given you will succeed in making your Rose Garden the envy of your neighbors. 



THE DINGEE & CONARD CO., Box 37, West Grove. Penna. 



Established 1850. 70 Greenhouses. 



The leading and oldest Rose Growers of America. 



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Pink and Blue Flowering Hydrangeas 



In our unique varieties of Hydrangea you are offered a delightful variation from the standard 

 and well-known sorts. Among these are Monstrosa Otaksa, Ramis Pictis, and Thomas 

 Hogg, which bloom freely in early summer, bearing large heads of flowers, colored, 

 according to variety, pale rose or blue, or pure white, and lasting for weeks. These 

 are strong, field-grown plants, perfectly hardy in the South either in the open 

 ground or in tubs. Further North they require protection. 



Berckmans' Golden Arborvitae 



(Biota Aurea Nana). Originated by us ; becoming- more popular every year. Dwarf, 

 pyramidal, compact, symmetrical; foliage of an intense golden hue. Unexcelled for small 

 gardens, cemeteries, window boxes, tubs, etc. A fine stock this year: particulars on request. 



Get our attractive free Catalogue, describing Southern-grown trees and shrubs— Azaleas, 

 Camellias (imported and home-grown); field - grown Hoses, evergreens, shade, fruit and 

 nut trees, etc. 



P. J. BERCKMANS CO., INC., Fruitland Nurseries, 

 Box 1070 8 Augusta, Georgia. Landscape Department, 414 Harison Building. 



Sure and Sudden 



Death to All Insect Pests 



when you spray with the stick-longest, kill-quickest, safest and most 



economical of all insecticides 



ELECTRO Arsenate of Lead 



it 



( in Powdered Form ) 



is the only dry Arsenate of Lead in amorphous (non-crystalline) form, hence the 



only one that mixes instantly with water in such a finely divided state that every drop of 

 spray is equally strong in arsenic. It cannot be washed off by rain. Is death to insects months 

 after application, yet it is harmless to the newest, tenderest foliage. 



Electro is guaranteed to contain33% arsenicoxide,or50% more than other brands, as proved 

 by Connecticut and New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station tests. Write us for them. 

 If your dealer can't supply Electro, don't accept substitutes, but send to us for prices and 

 proofs from successful fruit growers. We'll supply Electro in paste form if you prefer 

 it. Use Electro Lime Sulphur for San Jose scale and Sucking insects. 



THE VREELAND CHEMICAL CO. 



Dept. C SO Church Street New York 



BACK YARD' 



A Successful Flower Combina- 

 tion for City Yards 



ONE of the best combinations of annual flowers 

 in a city garden is sweet peas and asters. 

 They will give a wealth of blossoms on a small 

 area from early to late summer. The combination 

 is peculiarly good because both flowers require 

 nearly the same conditions. Neither should be 

 grown on the same ground two summers in suc- 

 cession. An interval of two years gives better 

 results for either flower. 



In Chicago sweet peas ordinarily begin to bloom 

 about June ioth, and continue, in a normal season, 

 until August ist to 15th. When they are through 

 blooming we cut off the vines level with the tops 

 of the asters and turn the stubble into the soil. 

 The asters shade the roots of the sweet peas to 

 some extent, thus acting as a mulch. Usually 

 the asters are ready to set out about July ist; 

 they come into bloom in September. Both asters 



A border of sweet peas and asters — two flowers 

 that reauire practically the same conditions 



and sweet peas do best in ground rich in phospho- 

 ric acid and potash and poor in nitrogen. Hard- 

 wood ashes are an unsurpassed fertilizer for both. 



Sweet peas must be planted very early, to make 

 good roots and vines — in the latitude of New 

 York or Chicago, just. as soon as the earth can be 

 broken for the purpose, even if you have to take 

 an axe and chop through a frozen crust of an inch 

 or two. Early planting applies, under the most 

 favorable conditions of weather, even to the light- 

 seeded kinds like Dorothy Eckford, though as a rule, 

 it is better to plant these later, when the ground 

 is warmer. If the spring comes on gradually, 

 and the ground is porous so that it dries out 

 quickly, the light-seeded ones will do better planted 

 very early. But the hardiest of sweet pea seeds 

 sometimes will rot in the ground, and the light- 

 seeded ones are very good to use as fillers where 

 there are bare spots in the rows, planting just 

 as soon as the earlier kinds have broken through 

 sufficiently to show where they are needed. 



Dark-seeded sweet peas will not produce vines 

 worth putting up supports for, if sown late — say 

 a month after the first day the frost is out of the 



