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Xmas Day the joyous spirit of Christ By Mrs. 
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COUNTRY LIFE THE WOELD'S WORE The GARDEN 
IN AMERICA MAGAZINE, 
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & Co. NEW YORK. 
Flowering Shrubs 
for Massing or for Specimens 
Grow Mushrooms 
For Big and Quick Profits 
Small Capital to Start 
A Safe Business 
Ghe Best 
Hardy Perennials 
Choice Roses 
Our Landscape Department will furnish 
plans and estimates. 
SHATEMUC NURSERIES 
Barrytown Dutchess Co., N. 
Iam the largest growerin America. 
Ten years’ experience enables me to 
give practical instruction in the bus- 
iness worth many dollars to you. No 
matter what your Occupation is or 
where you are located, here is an 
opportunity to acquire a thorough 
; knowledge of this paying business. 
Send for Free Book giving particulars and information, how 
to start, cost, etc. Address 
JACKSON MUSHROOM FARM 
3350 N. Western Ave. Chicago, Illinois 
I BI ws in your garden. wril ET As 
210 pity emai menn Ws) GARRIDO MAGAZINE DecemBeER, 1908 
a a fy 
A Better Way to Keep Garden 
Notes 
HERE are many interesting notes 
about flowers and gardens that 
amateur gardeners wish to save. These 
are usually put away so very carefully that 
it is almost impossible to find them again. 
After spending considerable time hunting 
through scrap books and pigeon-holes for 
a much needed table, we resolved either 
to save no more notes or to find a plan for 
keeping them in such a way that we could 
get any particular one at a moment’s notice. 
We labeled two dozen large manila 
envelopes as follows: 1 Perennials, 2 
Annuals, 3 Shrubs, 4 Trees, 5 Vines, 6 
Roses, 7 Lilies, 8 Insect Pests, 9 Fertil- 
izers, 10 Vegetables, and put them in some 
convenient place. A card index was then 
made, the cards being placed in a wooden 
box which rested on one edge (a generous 
sized cigar-box would do), and as the 
clippings and notes accumulated, they 
were put into their proper envelope and 
an item made in the card index telling 
exactly what the article was about, who 
wrote it, and any further particulars that 
might be considered necessary. Small 
clippings and memoranda of dates of 
planting, etc., were placed directly on the 
cards, which were arranged alphabetically. 
Whenever the clipping was out of its envelope 
we left the card out of its proper place. In 
this way all our garden notes were in one 
place and easily accessible. 
Illinois. Luu G, PARKER. 
The Christmas Rose 
RES Christmas rose (Helleborus niger) 
is the most remarkable flower for 
outdoor bloom in the North in winter. It 
blooms from November to March, inclusive, 
and people have often found it underneath 
the snow. 
It is a plant of peculiar culture, resembling 
the peony in three important respects. 
First, it ought to be planted in September; 
second, when once established, it is very 
long lived and multiplies for ten to twenty 
years if it finds a congenial spot; third, 
both plants should be disturbed at the 
roots as little as possible. 
