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What is a fair rental for a given 

 property? Ask the Readers' Service 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1911 



The many possibilities in grouping Japanese Maples may be appre- 

 ciated by observing the distinctive result secured by this bed 



Rich Blood-Red Japanese Maples 



Every one Meehan- grown — not one imported 



Where bushy, vigorous Japanese Maples are wanted, with foliage of a richer, more in- 

 tense scarlet, there are no finer plants than those now growing on our nurseries. 



This present grand collection has been raised after over thirty years of experience in 

 growing this particular class of stock. 



In America we are the leading growers of Japanese Maples and our stock is in great 

 demand by nurserymen and dealers as well as among property owners. 



All experienced gardeners know the shortcomings of imported plants and how far superior 

 are our freshly dug, bushy, vigorous specimens. They are accustomed to the climatic condi- 

 tions of this country, which cannot be said of stock raised in Japan. 



This Spring our big collection is in fine condition for moving, and Spring, as you know, 

 is the very best period in which to transplant Japanese Maples. 



The largest plants we have are at least twelve years old and all have been frequently 

 transplanted, pruned, and looked after. 



Two years ago we sent some to England and we have a note to the effect that they sur- 

 pass any there in their rich coloring and general vigor. 



Every property however limited has room for one as they occupy little space and many 

 large properties can make showy displays by grouping them. 



Here are the sizes. Place your order at once and we will guarantee you'll be pleased 

 with the plants. 



BLOOD-RED JAPANESE 

 MAPLES 



1 3^ to 2 feet 



5 for $5.00; 25 for $20.00 



2 to 2^ feet, bushy - 



S for $7.00; 25 for $31.25 

 ^Vi to 3 feet, fine 



S for $12.00; 25 for $50.00 



3 to 3^ feet, 8 years old, - 



5 for $16.00; 25 for $66.25 

 3H to 4 feet, beauties - $5. 

 5 for $20.00 



SUPERB SPECIMENS 



4 to 5 feet - - $6.00 to $k 



$1.25 each; 

 $1.75 each; 

 $3.00 each; 

 $4.00 each; 



00 each; 



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SPECIAL OFFER 



Plant a Japanese Maple Group 



Very few people know the decidedly beautiful 

 effects possible in combining various varieties of 

 Japanese Maples in a group. The crimsons, greens 

 and yellows always harmonize. Set a group out on 

 your lawn and you'll be delighted with the effect. 



Here is a fine selection for the purpose : 

 2 Japanese Blood-leaved Maples 2 to 2% ft. 



1 Golden-leaved Japanese Maple 1 J4 to 2 ft. 



1 Green Polymorphum Maple 3 to 4 ft. 



2 Red Fern-Leaved Japanese Maples 1 to iJ4 ft. 

 1 Green Fern-leaved Japanese Maple 1 J^ to 2 ft. 

 1 Ivy-Leaved Japanese Maple 2 to 3 ft. 



These 8 fine, well-developed specimens, from 

 1 to 4 feet high, for $ 1 3.00. 



ARE YOU A 

 GARDEN OWNER? 



If you are a garden owner, needing trees, evergreens, perennials 

 and plants, send us 10 cents and we'll send you our 100-page new 

 Spring price-list and mail you 3 big, interesting copies of our 

 Garden Bulletin. These are worth triple the price. 



THOMAS MEEHAN & SONS, Box 17, Germantown, Phila., Pa. 



Plant for Immediate Effect 



Not for Future Generations 



Start with the largest Stock that can be secured ! It takes over twenty 



years to grow such Trees and Shrubs as we offer. 

 We do the long waiting — thus enabling you to secure Trees and Shrubs that 



give an immediate effect. Spring Price List Now Ready. 



ANDORRA NURSERIES IT pSESSBM^a. 



WM, WARNER HARPER, Proprietor 



of fresh air. The cover was put snugly down at 

 night, of course, and during cold winds and rains. 

 The cloth cover became wet, to be sure; but the 

 slant of the frame — four inches in fifty-four — 

 drained off most of the water and no part of the 

 bed was too damp except about three inches at 

 the front. We took off the cover and stored it 

 when warm weather came, thus making it serve 

 for three seasons. 



A fine arrangement for growing perennials, cut- 

 tings, etc., is a box nearly filled with rich earth. 

 It need not be sunk in the ground. Hinge the 

 cloth cover into place to protect the contents from 

 scorching sunshine, as the hotbed cover protects 

 from cold. The yard-square, hundred-pound flour 

 sacks, to be had at bakeries for four or five cents 

 each, make excellent covers. 



There is scarcely a perennial plant desirable for 

 gardens in the frost belt that cannot be raised from 

 seed with comparative ease in such a covered box. 

 Sow the seeds any time after the spring rush is 

 over — the earlier, the better. Sprinkle the box 

 carefully when the soil looks dry, keep shaded 

 through the middle of hot days but open to the 

 air from late afternoon until nine or ten in the 

 morning. Thin the plants as they become crowded, 

 transplant to the garden when big enough to handle 

 nicely, and hoe them well. 



Michigan. Gladys H. Sinclair. 



Some Points About Celery 



WHENEVER celery can be stored in trenches 

 outside, the following plan can be used 

 with great saving of time and labor. Instead of 

 digging and storing, it is grown on an intensive 

 scale and protected where it stands. In small 

 gardens the old plan of growing celery in trenches 

 four feet apart requires too much room. On 

 this plan five hundred stalks can be grown on a 

 plot 6 by 50 feet. Besides, it is almost as 

 easy to hill up the bed as to hill a row. To 

 begin with, an early crop of lettuce and radishes 

 can be grown while the celery is still too small to 

 set out. 



Make the bed six feet wide and as long as needed. 

 The soil must be thoroughly worked and well 

 enriched. It will take the loamiest and best soil 

 in the garden to make celery. A board five feet 

 long and one foot wide is laid off with notches six 

 inches apart along each edge. A garden line is 

 stretched the length of the bed, six inches from the 

 edge, and the end of the board is placed exactly 

 square with this line. Standing on this board the 

 gardener sets a plant at each notch across the bed. 

 The board is then moved, and the notches made 

 to correspond with the plants just set out. An- 

 other row is then planted, and so on down the bed. 

 In this way the entire plot is planted without 

 walking on the soft earth, and the bed stands, 

 when finished, perfectly uniform, with rows one 

 foot apart across the bed and six inches apart in 

 rows. The whole is then soaked, and the plants 

 left, with occasional cultivation to keep"out weeds, 

 to develop. 



When "handling" time comes two cords, 

 several feet longer than the width of the bed, with 

 pegs at each end, are used. A peg is thrust into 

 the ground at the end of a row, a turn is taken 

 around each plant to hold it upright, and the 

 other peg is set to hold the plants until handled. 

 The other cord is used on the second row, and 

 enough earth shoveled carefully in to hold the 

 plants erect. This earth is drawn by hand close 

 to each plant, tight enough to hold it erect when 

 the cord is removed. The next rows are then 

 treated as the first until all are done. 



When hilling time comes the same process is 

 repeated until the plants are ready for the final 

 covering. In the South celery does best during 

 the early fall and must not be hilled until then. 

 By hilling time the crop will be off the ground at 

 the side of the bed and plenty of earth is at hand 

 for hilling. Frosts improve the quality of celery 

 as nothing else will, but on the approach of freezing 

 weather about eight inches of earth is thrown over 

 all and the bed is well banked at the sides and ends. 

 The top of the banked bed can slope to shed water, 

 and straw and manure can be thrown over all as 

 a final protection. 



North Carolina. C. E. R. 



