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What is a fair rental for a given 

 property? Ask the Readers' Service 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



November, 1911 



W. D. Mann, Architc 



Chicago 



Residence of George Ade, Brook, Ind. 



Shingles, Siding and Trimmings 



stained with 



Cabot's Shingle Stains 



Exterior staining is no longer confined to 

 shingles. Stains are being used more and more 

 upon rough and smooth siding, trimmings and 

 other outside woodwork. The colors are 

 beautiful, soft, and transparent. They are 

 cheap and easy to apply; and they are made of 

 Creosote, which preserves the wood. 



You can get Cabot's Stains all over the country. Send 

 for stained wood samples and name of nearest agent. 



SAMUEL CABOT, Inc., 1 Oliver St., Boston, Mass. 



They cost no more from us than from 

 others but — 



We Grow Peonies 

 —Nothing Else 



and that means something. 



MOHICAN PEONY GARDENS 



Box 300, SINKING SPRING, PA. 



Give Your Grounds the 

 Atmosphere of Far-away 



k It isn't really so very far from California to 4 

 ' any part of this great country — yet some of the 

 trees and plants which we grow here are as dis- 

 tinct from those of the East as though grown on 

 the other side of the world. Many of them, more- 

 over, are perfectly hardy and we ship them to 

 all parts of the globe, where they grow most 

 satisfactorily. In fact, many of the same kinds 

 of trees and plants which can be obtained from 

 eastern nurseries make their highest develop- 

 ment here, under our superior methods 

 of propagating, and they continue that 

 growth when shipped to other climates 



Burbank Introduces Through Us 



We are the authorized introducers 

 of many of Luther Burbank's fruits 

 and flowers — Plums, Strawberries, 

 Walnuts, etc. 



Our Valuable Books 



Price Catalogue. Illustrated through- 

 out. Describes our complete line. 

 Free if you state your probable re- 

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California Horticulture. A cyclopedia 

 of success widh trees and plants — 

 pruning, planning, planting, irrigat- 

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 pages in full colors. 25 cts. postpaid. 

 New Products of the Trees. 

 Describing Burbank's late intro- 

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 lustrated in color. 25 cts. postpaid. 



FANCHER CREEK NURSERIES, Inc. 



GEO. C. ROEDlNG, President and Manager 



Box B, Fresno, California 



Established 1&84 Paid-up Capital, $200,000 



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early germination by artificial watering and to 

 follow it up by a series of hoeings so as to clear out 

 the weed seedlings and leave the ground free for 

 the flower seeds to be sown later. 



Many of the most attractive for grouping (as 

 well as individually), among them the pentstemons, 

 scarlet larkspurs (Delphinium cardinale), Lupinus 

 arboreus, blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium helium), 

 Lalhyrus splendens, and Mimuhis cardinalis, are 

 perennial; and with these the best practice is to 

 sow the seed when ripe in shallow boxes and after- 

 ward transplant to their permanent positions. 



There are men in both Central and Southern 

 California who make a specialty of native flower 

 seeds and bulbs, but if the scientific names be 

 first obtained through the medium of some such 

 handbook, as Parson's "California Wild Flowers,'' 

 it will be easy to purchase most kinds through 

 any large seed dealer. 



NATIVE BULBOUS PLANTS 



For those who have more money or more time, 

 a very interesting field is open in the growing of 

 native bulbous plants, either by purchasing a 

 selection or by gathering the dormant bulbs oneself. 

 In the former case the beginner should give first 

 choice to the Calochortus, the wonderful family 

 which has the fairy lanterns (C. albus) and the 

 mariposa or butterfly tulips (C. venustus varieties) 

 among its members. These best enjoy well drained, 

 gritty soils and must be kept dry in summer. In 

 some small gardens I have seen them planted among 

 the late tulips where they throve and kept the 

 border in bloom after the tulips were gone. 

 Another simple way I have used myself is to plant 

 them in boxes ten inches deep and bring the boxes 

 into the garden only when they are ready to flower, 

 when they can be buried in the ground so as to 

 give the effect of small beds. Planted two inches 

 deep and twice as far apart they do very nicely. 



For the owner of an adobe garden the Brodiaeas 

 offer the attraction that many of them are native 

 to that heavy soil and so thrive in it, while anyone 

 with a nice shady, well drained place between trees 

 or shrubs should plant some of the native fritil- 

 larias and dog-tooth violets there. 



California. Sydney B. Mitchell. 



Flower Shows for November 



DURING this month some of the most import- 

 ant exhibitions of the season are held. We 

 have advice of the following fixtures: 



Boston, Mass., November 9-12. — Chrysanthe- 

 mum show, Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 

 Horticultural Hall. 



Cincinnati, O., November 13-18. — Fall ex- 

 hibition, Cincinnati Florists' Society. Horticul- 

 tural Hall-Music Hall. 



Hartford, Conn., November 8-9. — Chrysan- 

 themum show, Connecticut Horticultural Society. 

 Putnam Phalanx Armory. 



New York, November 1-3. — Chrysanthemum 

 Show, American Institute of the City of New York. 

 Berkeley Lyceum. 



New York, November 3-7. — Fall exhibition, 

 Horticultural Society of New York. American 

 Museum of Natural History. 



New York, November 3-12. — American Land 

 and Irrigation Exposition, Madison Square Garden. 



Milwaukee, Wis., November 13-19. — Fall Flower 

 Show, Milwaukee Florists' Club. Auditorium. 



Philadelphia, Pa., November ! 7-10. — Annual 

 eKhibition Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 

 Horticultural HalL. 



St. Louis, Mo., November 7-1 1. — Fifth fall 

 floral exhibition and pomological display, St. 

 Louis Horticultural Society, Coliseum. 



St. Louis, Mo., November 7-1 1. — Annual 

 exhibition, Chrysanthemum Society of America 

 in connection with the St. Louis Horticultural 

 Society. 



Stamford, Conn., November 3-4. — First annual 

 exhibition, Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural 

 Society. Casino. 



Tarrytown, N. Y.,. October 31-November 2. — 

 Thirteenth annual exhibition, Tarrytown Horti- 

 cultural Society. Music Hall. 



Worcester, Mass., November 9. — Chrysanthe- 

 mum exhibition, Worcester County Horticultural 

 Society. Horticultural Hall. 



Ope ns with the Foot 



Three Things You Need 



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THIRD : It supplies a safe and san- 

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 freedom from plumb- 

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Sold direct. Send for Circulars on each 



C. H. STEPHENSON, Mfr. 

 40 Farrar Street, Lynn, Mass. 



Easy to sweep into 



Your Plants Need Flowerine 



Plant Food Tablets. A clean, odorless, convenient fertilizer, 

 guaranteed to make them luxuriant, healthy, beautiful leaves 

 and flowers. Excellent for ferns. Eliminates soil pests. No 

 need to repot. Dissolve in water. 25c. package postpaid 

 Nothing so good. Wribe today. Agents wanted. 



Flowerine Chemical Company, Joplin, Mo. 



1 here's Money in Poultry 



Our Home Study Course in Practical Poultrv 

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