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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



September, 1911 



Stain and Preserve Your Roofs 



A handsomely stained roof gives distinction to the 

 commonest house, and the rich velvety moss-green 

 and tile-red shades of 



Cabot's Shingle Stains 



not only beautify the shingles, but thoroughly preserve 

 them. They are made of Creosote, "the best wood pre- 

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 can be applied at half the labor cost, and are suitable 

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You can get Cabot's stains all over tJie country. 



Se7id for samples and name of nearest agent. 

 SAMUEL CABOT, Inc., Mfg. Chemists, 1 Oliver Street, Boston, Mass. 



Residence for Hon. T. L. IVoodr-uff, Garden City. 



Stained 'with Cabot's Slii>r°ie Stains. 



A. N. Allen, Arch't, New York 



GARDEN 

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Jar 



for A utumn 

 Wild Flowers 



Send forCatalogueof Garden Fur- 

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SE5SS « CLOTHES DRYER 



Eliminates clothes posts, is portable and can be 

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1 Hon and stretch lines. When closed, arms lock 

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£ 



"How to Grow and Market Fruit" 



mw' A new hundred-page book. Contains the lessons of ^09 

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Not only tells how, but shows how, with a great many 

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HARRISON'S NURSERIES 



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Ten valuable farms for sale. 



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Grown in the cold State of Maine. Will 

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Protect your trees from rabbits, 

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Write us for description and price. 

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Send for catalogue. 

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PANSIES 



(Sow in early Autumn) 



Hidden Ranch is a nook in the north woods where pan- 



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and culled again. The H. R. seedlings are exquisite. 



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Landscape Gardening 



A course for Home-makers and 

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THE CLIPPER 



There are three things that de- 

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 In one season the "Clipper" 

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PLANT PEONIES 



In September or October 



If you care for Peonies, or more Peonies, next May and June— the time to 

 order is HIGH NOW. . L , , , 



We grow Peonies here in the Middle West and our nursenes are the hub tor 

 Peony shipments to all points of the compass. 



Our Peony roots are full of real life and vigorous promise. If you set them 

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No matter where you are, we are near, if you are temperamentally disposed to 

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WILD BROS. NURSERY COMPANY, Box 514, Sarcoxie,Mo. 



Europe many colors will soon be common, as 

 even from seed flowers can be produced in a few 

 months. 



Ixias make in April the finest show of all the 

 Cape bulbs, for the stems are tall and slender, 

 the colors good and the flowers prettily arranged 

 and very numerous. I like them best planted 

 in the background where their sparse foliage will 

 be no defect. Where daffodils are lifted annually 

 ixias may be planted among them and so furnish 

 a later crop of flowers without in any way delaying 

 the lifting of the former, as they both die down 

 about the same time. The reservation regarding 

 annual lifting was made because I recently saw a 

 bed where a strong ixia had beaten out a cup 

 daffodil for permanent possession. Leave mixtures 

 alone and buy a number of a distinct kind unless 

 you like spotty effects. If names are desired, 

 White Queen is a good white with crimson eye, 

 Beauty of Norfolk a nice canary yellow with black 

 centre, Humbert a beautiful coppery rose, and 

 Vulcan a fine orange-red with black centre. Cra- 

 teroides (speciosa) , cerise, is very bright and early, 

 and viridiflora is interesting for the green colof 



mmim 



Two-year-old clump of Gladiolus Colvillei. var. 

 The Bride, which gave dozens of spikes of cut 

 flowers in May 



of its flowers. But it is not strong enough to be 

 much of a garden flower and requires even more 

 sunshine than other ixias to open its flowers. 



Sparaxis are dwarfer than ixias and more like 

 miniature gladiolus in the arrangement of their 

 flowers. Garden varieties come in whites, > r ellows, 

 pinks and scarlet, often with yellow or black 

 centres. There are also some unpleasant violet 

 reds. Useful for little groups on the edges of sunny 

 borders, but they do not last as long as ixias. 



Tritonia crocala, in various shades of orange 

 scarlet, is wonderfully bright, its gladiolus-like 

 spikes only rising to a height of six or eight inches 

 but nevertheless very fine in the mass. Easy to 

 grow and increases rapidly. 



Babianas, the last of this April-blooming group, 

 is distinguished by its much larger, hairy foliage, 

 and, having lavender, lilac and violet as well as 

 white and red-violet in its color range, its tall 

 flowers are nearly as noticeable as ixias. 



Gladiolus of all kinds may be treated as peren- 

 nials in the California garden, and the large 

 hybrids are either so considered or are planted 

 at widely varying seasons of the year to keep 

 up a succession of cut flowers. But here I 

 wish to sing the praises of the smaller, dwarfer 

 and less showy kinds which are usually planted 

 in October and November and bloom in the late 

 spring months. What they lack in size they make 

 up in beauty of form, delicacy of color, and graceful 

 arrangement on the spike. As cut flowers their 

 lovely sprays far outclass the stiff spikes of the 

 later varieties and every flower opens well in water. 

 I prefer to lift the bulbs each summer when dor- 

 mant, as I find some varieties increase in number 

 and vigor while others gradually die out. Peach 

 Blossom, Pink Perfection and Blushing Bride would 

 be a good trio for a novice. The taller Gladiolus 

 Colvillei, blooming at the same time, is also well 

 worth while, particularly in its white formThe Bride. 



California. Sydney B. Mitchell. 



