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The Garden Magazine, June, 1922 



La Tulipe Noir 



n=Complete Bulb Garden=j 



Exceptionally Fine Tulips and Daffodils 



at Pre- War Prices 



If you have longed for a complete Dutch Bulb Gar- 

 den — a garden of Darwin Tulips with their brilliant 

 colors, the unusual and artistic Breeders in bronzes, 

 purples, grays and browns, the dainty Old English Cot- 

 tage tulips, and the finest Daffodils 



Here is Your Opportunity 



By sending us your order not later than July ist you may effect 

 a substantial saving in your Dutch bulbs, securing unrivaled 

 quality bulbs as follows: These bulbs delivered in Fall. 



800 Bulbs (20 of each variety listed below) $35.00 

 400 Bulbs (10 of each variety listed below) 18.00 



200 Bulbs ( 5 of each variety listed below) 10.00 



This wonderful offer contains the following choice tulips and 

 daffodils. You can not find more reasonable prices in these choice 

 varieties: 



DARWIN TULIPS 



BARONNE DE LA TONNAYE— Bright rose. 



CLARA BUTT — Exquisite soft salmon-pink. 



KING HAROLD — Deep velvety crimson. 



PAINTED LADY — Creamy white, the water lily tulip. 



PHILLIPE DE COMMINES— Dark velvety violet. 



FLAMBEAU— Vivid scarlet-blue base. 



MARGARET — Delicate silvery pink. 



LA TULIPE NOIR— The black tulip. 



PRIDE OF HAARLEM— Glorious rosy carmine. 



WHITE QUEEN— White, black anthers. 



BREEDER TULIPS 



ALCIDA — Yellow tinted bronze. 



GENERAL NEY— Old gold olive base. 



JAUNE D' OEUF— Lovely soft golden. 



MADAME LETTHIERRY— Salmon. 



VIOLET QUEEN— Large ruby- violet. 



BRONZE QUEEN— Buff tinged apricot. 



GODET PARFAIT— Deep purplish violet. 



MEDEA — Crushed Strawberry enormous. 



QUEEN ALEXANDRA— Delicate primrose with black 

 anthers. 



YELLOW PERFECTION— Light bronze-yellow, re- 

 markably beautiful. 



OLD ENGLISH COTTAGE TULIPS 



ELLEN WILMOTT — Fragrant creamy yellow. 

 INGLESCOMBE SCARLET — Intense scarlet, black 



base. 

 GLARE OF THE GARDEN— Dazzling scarlet. 

 LA MERVEILLE — Sweet scented orange red. 

 PICOTEE — Pure white margined bright rose. 

 INGLESCOMBE PINK— Brilliant salmon. 

 INGLESCOMBE YELLOW— Glossy canary yellow. 

 JOHN RUSKIN — Apricot rose shaded mauve. 

 MOONLIGHT— Enormous soft yellow. 

 PLUTO — Rich carmine rose. 



HARDY DAFFODILS 



J EMPEROR— Rich yellow trumpet. 

 fl EMPRESS— (Bicolor) white yellow 

 trumpet. 



MME. DE GRAAFF— Immense, white 

 pale primrose trumpet. 



LUCIFER — White perianth, cup in- 

 tense orange red. 



QUEEN BESS— Very early — White 

 primrose cup. 



SIR WATKINS — Giant Daffodil, 

 rich sulphur-yellow. 



BARRII CONSPICUUS — Soft, yel- 

 low perianth, cup edged scarlet. 



EVANGELINE— Pure white, lemon- 

 yellow cup. 



MRS. LANGTRY— Pure white twin 

 flowered. 



The Lovely POETICUS ORNATUS. 



JONQUILLE COMPERNELLE ODO- 

 RUS — Buttercup-yellow, fragrant 

 and free flowering. 



This offer will not be 

 j repeated — nor is it good 



I after July 1st. 



i Send us your name for Fall Catalogue. 



Ready August 1st 



H. H. BERGER & CO. 



70 WARREN STREET, NEW YORK CITY 



Established 45 years 



John Raskin 



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JUNE, 1922 



THE GARDEN 



MAGAZINE 



CONTENTS 



COVER DESIGN: RHODODENDRONS Raymond Theel 



PAGE 



ONE OF NATURE'S GIFTS IN JUNE, THE RHODODEN- 

 DRON .... 233 



BIRCHES TO CHARM THE WOODLAND PATH - - - 234 

 Photograph by Branson M. De Cou 



WISTERIA AND THE TREE PEONY IN PLEASING 

 COMBINATION 



Photograph by Mattie E. Hewitt 



THE MONTH'S REMINDER: WHEN TO DO WHAT YOU 

 WANT TO DO 



RAISING NEW IRISES FROM SEED - 



235 



SOME IRIS COMBINATIONS FOR 



Willis E. Fryer 



COLOR EFFECT 



B. Y. Morrison 



238 



PLANT GLADIOLUS IN JUNE - - 238 



IRISES FROM MARCH TO MID-JULY - - Lawson Gaul 239 

 Photographs by R. S. Sturtevant, Clifford Norton, and 

 others 



A LILY POOL IN A LITTLE GARDEN - - J. B. Spencer 243 

 Photographs by the author 



A JAPANESE GARDEN UNDER A CHICAGO SKY 



Robert H. Moulton 245 

 Photographs by the author 



THE CLUBS IN COUNCIL 



I. Do the Garden Clubs Progress? 



Ellen P. Cunningham 246 

 II. Keeping Step With Summer 



Fannie M. Chapman 247 

 Drawing by E. M. Mattsson 



SUGARS— PLANTS OF THE DESERT— SPINES 



D. T. MacDougal 249 

 Photographs by the author 



JUNE IN A SEASHORE GARDEN - - Mary H. Northend 252 



THE GROWING WAYS OF BEARDED IRIS - A. C. Amy 254 

 Photographs by the author 



FOLIAGE PLANTS THAT DO WELL IN THE SHADE - 256 



CROP FACTS FOR READY REFERENCE 256 



A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE GARDEN— IV 



H. H. Manchester 257 

 Illustrations supplied by the author 



INVITATION— Poem ------- S. Mitchell Neilson 260 



Illustration by Velma T. Simkins 



THE MEDITERRANEAN IRISES - - - S. Stillman Berry 261 

 Photographs by the author and Wm. N. Kline, Jr. 



GETTING LATE TOMATO PLANTS FROM EARLY ONES 



A. Rutledge 263 



MAKING THE GRAPE VINE PRODUCTIVE John L. Doan 264 

 Photograph by E. H. Lincoln 



AMONG OUR GARDEN NEIGHBORS 267 



THE OPEN COLUMN 268 



Photographs by Mrs. F- A. Nye and Mrs. David Fernie 

 GIRLS AND BOYS vs. WEEDS 



Leonard Barron, Editor 



VOLUME XXXV, No. 4 

 Subscription $3.00 a Year; for Canada, 83.35 ; Foreign, 83.65 



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