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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1912 



R. S. V. P. 



"What is that R. S. V. P. to 

 residence of bride ' ? " Abe Pot- 

 ash asked. 



Morris reflected for a mo- 

 ment. 



'That means," he said at 

 length, "that we should know 

 where to send the present to." 



"How do you make that 

 out?" said Abe. 



"R. S. V. P.," Morris replied, 

 emphasizing each letter with a 

 motion of his hand, "means: 

 Remember to send vedding 

 present." 



From 



Abe and Mawruss 



Being Further Adventures of 



Potash & Perlmutter 



Illustrated. Fixed price, $1.20 



{Postage 12c.) 



Doubleday, Page & Co. 



Garden City New York 



DREER'S DAHLIAS 



We have over 500 varieties, including 

 the very latest American and Euro- 

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 The best of them are offered in 



Dreer's Garden Book for 1912 



If you want a complete list ask for 

 Special Dahlia Catalogue 



HENRY A. DREER, 71 ^ffiL Sfc 



SEND for Catalogue showing Flower Boxes, Pots, Vases, 

 Jardinieres, Etc. Made of Strong, Durable "Terra Cotta. 

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Wild Flowers in Texas 



I HAVE been much interested in roadside garden- 

 ing as set forth in The Garden Magazine 

 from time to time. One summer, while out on a 

 camping trip, I stuffed my pockets with all kinds 

 of wild flower seeds, and, upon returning home, 

 scattered them here and there along the roadside, 

 with amazing results. 



It ought to be a delight to any real nature lover 

 to transplant these wild things to the common 

 ways, where all who pass may enjoy them. 



Along the International and Great Northern 

 Railroad, between Taylor and Austin, Tex., there 

 are miles and miles of roadside gardening that 

 simply baffle description. 



Such gardening! Acres upon acres — yes, 

 square miles — of blue-bonnets, where it would 

 be difficult to find a spot as big as a man's hat 

 that has not its wealth of blossom; one wide waste 

 of blue, except for the occasional knots of spreading 

 live oaks rising like emerald islands out of a sea 

 of bloom. 



And then the scene changes. Instead of 

 blue-bonnets, there are great rolling billows of 

 knee-high purple verbena, with, here and there, 

 great patches of pink phlox — the softest pink 

 imaginable — and, everywhere, the lovely rain- 

 lilies, singly or in twos and threes, on their graceful 

 nodding stems — lilies as white as snow and moie 

 delicate in texture than wax. 



As the train sweeps along a hillside comes into 

 view, where, above the carpet of low-growing 

 flowers, there appear great clumps of tall white 

 snapdragon, looking for all the world like sheep 

 in the distance 



Suddenly the whole prairie is aflame — literally 

 on fire with the blazing red of Indian pinks, 

 Mexican-blankets, or painted-cups (Castilleia). 

 We wonder at the very audacity of Nature in 

 dashing such broad splashes of brilliant color 

 upon her canvas. And thus, for hours, one can 

 roll on through an endless panorama of hilarious 

 color and triumphant bloom. 



Texas. R. 0. Allen. 



This Month's Cover 



THE Christmas rose (Helleborus niger), shown 

 in color on the cover of the magazine, is 

 by all odds the most attractive winter-flowering 

 plant for a hardy garden. It is the only plant 

 that gives really large flowers throughout the 

 winter. Flowering in January, the expanded 

 blooms, measuring sometimes three inches across, 

 may be gathered after having to actually brush 

 away the snow. When first expanded they are 

 the purest crystalline white, becoming pinker as 

 they age. 



As a matter of fact, the showy part of the flower 

 is made by the sepals, the real petals being reduced 

 to small green tubes that surround the cluster of 

 stamens in the centre of the flower, and are quite 

 inconspicuous. The plant grows in any ordinary 

 garden soil, but it well repays special attention 

 and rich feeding. Plant in a moist, well drained 

 and partially shaded spot and preferably in Septem- 

 ber. Fall planting gives better results with the 

 Christmas rose than spring planting. It resents 

 disturbance of any sort, however. If you have 

 strong plants in the garden they may be lifted any 

 time during the winter, put into large pots, grad- 

 ually advanced into warmer temperature indoors 

 and in this way are easily forced. 



Other species of Helleborus, flowering in early 

 spring, have greenish and brownish flowers. 



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while you've time to do a thorough job. 

 Don't put off till busy spring. Use 



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rn rp Our valuable book on Plant 

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 is suitable for the den, library or living room. All 

 we ask is that you send us the name and address 

 of the dealer from whom you buy your garden 

 implements. Address : Calendar Department. 

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