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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1911 



PLANT LILIES FOR 

 GLORIOUS BLOOM 



LiKum Auratum 



No Garden so 

 small, no Gar- 

 den so Vast, but 

 Lilies are in- 

 dispensable. 



We give herewith 

 a list of Lilies se- 

 lected for their low- 

 price, being within 

 reach of all Flower- 

 lovers, and especi- 

 ally for their great 

 hardiness, ease of 

 propagation and 

 culture. 



This our Success 

 Collection of Lilies 

 has met with gen- 

 eral approval. 



each 12 ioo 



Lil. Auratum, the golden Queen 

 of Japan (see picture) 15 $1.25 $10.00 



Lil. Roseum, snow white 

 ground, rosy spots and bands 

 through the recurved petals. . .15 1.25 10.00 



Lil. Batemanni from Japan, 

 bears on tall stems clusters of 

 rich apricot tinted bloom 20 2.25 12.00 



Lil. Album, recurved petals, a 

 magnificent flower, of snowy 

 glistening white 25 2.25 15.00 



Lil. Magnificum truly mag- 

 nificent, frosty white spotted, 

 clouded and bearded with rich- 

 est crimson 20 2.00 12.00 



Lil. Tenuifolium, the brilliant 

 Coral Lily, bearing 12 to 20 

 flowers on graceful stems. A 

 group of these lilies is an en- 

 trancing sight 15 1.25 10.00 



Lil. Superbum produces 30 to 

 40 flowers of rich orange red, 

 darkly spotted, on tall stems . . ,15 1.25 10.00 



Lil. Washingtonianum. This 

 is the gem of the list. On tall 

 stout stems, this queenly flower 

 opens its wonderful calyx, a 

 pearly white, flushing gradually 

 to the most exquisite rosy tint. .25 2.50 



One bulb each of these eight beautiful Lilies for 

 only one dollar. Price includes delivery. 



We send only bulbs which will bloom the first 

 season. 



Half the collection four bulbs (our choice) for 

 60 cents. 



With every order we send a leaflet giving full 

 directions how to grow Lilies successfully. 



SPECIAL NOTICE 



Our offer of Vines holds good for April. Look 

 it up if in need of Vines for your house or Garden. 



Send for our Spring 191 1 Catalogue. 



Remember our specialty is, and has been for 

 thirty-three years. Rare Novelties and Importa- 

 tions from Japan. 



Address 



H. H. BERGER & CO. 



70 Warren Street New York 



packing the soil before setting the plants. The 

 ideal soil has a red clay subsoil and is well drained, 

 though manuring and ditching or tiling will make 

 almost any soil productive. While new land is 

 more productive, it would be best to have it in 

 some cultivated crop for a year before putting 

 it to strawberries in order to kill the wire worms 

 and grubs of various kinds. 



Whether you select plants from the field of a 

 neighbor or buy them from a nurseryman, re- 

 member that there are what is known as perfect 

 flowering as well as imperfect or pistillate plants. 



The imperfect flowers will need the perfect 

 kinds in close proximity in order to fertilize them so 

 that they will set fruit, while the perfect flowering 

 will bear alone. It is desirable to have both of 

 these since some of our most valuable kinds are 

 imperfect bloomers. At least every fourth row 

 should be set to the perfect bloomers. Old plants 

 that have borne fruit are not fit to set out, and 

 these may be distinguished from the new plants 

 by having dark roots and the crown thrust above 

 the ground, while the new plants which have 

 just formed the previous season have clean white 

 roots. 



When the ground has been prepared and the 

 plants selected you will determine on one of several 

 different ways of setting the plants — matted row, 

 hedgerow or single hill. Each has its advantages. 

 For the small bed where space is of some consider- 

 ation, the matted row will probably be selected, 

 as the rows may be as close as three feet and the 

 plants set eighteen inches apart. The plants are 

 allowed to root and mat across half of the space. 

 Where there is plenty of ground the hedgerow may 

 be used with the rows three and a half or four 

 feet apart, and the plants set two feet apart in 

 the row. They send out runners which should 

 be trained lengthwise of the row and the row kept 

 within the bounds of a foot in width. With the 

 hill system the runners are cut when they have 

 grown out to the first stolon and not allowed to 

 root. This system requires more work, but it 

 produces better fruit which is more easily picked. 



Whatever the system of planting, the plants 

 must be set and cared for in a similar manner. 

 When ready to set the plants put them in bunches 

 and with a sharp pair of shears cut off an inch or 

 so of the tips of the roots, and if there seems to be 

 an unusual number of leaves, remove some of the 

 larger ones. The roots should be placed in as 

 natural a position as possible, and this may be 

 done by making a hole in the soil with a dibble 

 or trowel and setting the plant in place with the 

 roots distributed fan shape. If the weather is 

 dry pour a little water into the hole and after- 

 ward press the soil firmly about the plant. 



As to the time of setting, this depends largely 

 on the latitude. In the South the fall will be the 

 best time, while as far north as the Ohio River I 

 prefer April and in some cases a little later. For 

 two years past I have set new plants, and our 

 best success has been with the plants set in June 

 after the fruit has been picked and new runners 

 taken root. This work has been done, however, 

 by taking the plants from the old beds as soon as 

 the runners had taken sufficient root and putting 

 them into the ground at once, in some cases with 

 a lump of dirt hanging to the roots. 



Use plenty of stable manure on the ground be- 

 fore the plants are set, as this is the last time 

 you can use such manure on account of hay and 

 weed seed contained in it. Weeds can be kept 

 down the first year while the plants are small 

 and may be well cultivated. Keep on cultivating 

 till August, allowing the plants to throw out 

 runners or develop a compact root system, as you 

 desire either the matted row or single hill. 



When the ground has frozen in the fall, apply 

 a mulch of clean oat or wheat straw, but never 

 use hay as it contains weed seed. There is just 

 one other way of mulching that I consider better 

 than straw, and that is by sowing sorghum and 

 oats the first of September right among the plants. 

 This will die down when frozen and form an excel- 

 lent mulch. 



Sheep manure and ashes in equal parts at the 

 rate of a ton to the acre or 1,000 pounds ground 

 bone, and 200 pounds nitrate of soda should be 

 applied every year just before blooming time. 



Missouri. H. F. Grinstead. 



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