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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1914 



Biltmore Nursery Books 

 Are Filled with Facts 



nou erinc Trees and 

 Shrubs 



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Biltmore Nursery has brought science to nature's aid in grow- 

 ing to perfection the trees, shrubs and plants that are the pro- 

 duct of this nursery in the "Land of the Sky." Nature was 

 kindly in the beginning in the matter of soil and climate in the 

 region where the nursery is located. Patient study and intelli- 

 gent cultivation have done the rest. 



Biltmore Nursery desires to become better acquainted with 

 those discerning people who cultivate plants and flowers. In 

 order to do so, the Nursery has prepared a series of books dealing 

 with its products and which it is sending to interested planters. 

 These books are not of the cheap, flimsy catalog kind. They 

 have been intelligently written and perfectly illustrated to convey 

 to the reader the exact facts concerning the thousands of plants 

 and flowers and shrubs and trees grown at Biltmore Nursery. 



One of these volumes, a book of some two hundred pages en- 

 titled "Biltmore Nursery Catalog," embraces practically every 

 tree, shrub and plant in cultivation. It is a permanent publi- 

 cation and one which is extremely valuable to all persons who 

 own homes or estates. 



The "Biltmore Rose Book" — the handsomest volume ever issued 

 by any nursery, and the most expensive to produce, deals exclu- 

 sively with the Roses. Full page colored illustrations and concise 

 descriptions give every detail of the various Rose species and 

 individual members of the many Rose families. 



A volume entitled "Hardy Garden Flowers," and another known as 

 "Flowering Trees and Shrubs," deal each with the specimens properly com- 

 ing under the titles, in a manner as to leave no further information desir- 

 able. A booklet called "The Iris Catalog," tells exclusively of the Iris 

 families, and shows in colors true to nature the beauties of this popular 

 species. 



Let your flower wants be known to Biltmore Nursery, or write about your 

 planting plans, and the proper book will be mailed to you without charge. 



BILTMORE NURSERY, Box 1722, Biltmore, N. C. 



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ROKLEY'S FRUIT PLANTS 

 Michigan's best, hardy, well rooted stock from old es- 

 tablished growers. All varieties of Strawberries, Raspberries, 

 Blackberries, Currants, etc. Also the great Kverbearing Straw- 

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VOUR success as a fruit grower depends largely upon securing berry plants from carefully 

 •*■ grown stock. You are sure of the quality of all berry plants and small fruits when you 



Buy Allen's True-to-Name Varieties 



We have all the best of the new and standard varieties. Hardy, prolific plants grown 

 in the nursery with nearly 30 years' successful experience back of them. Allen's Straw- 

 berry plants will yield bigger, better crops. 

 All Shipments of Plants Guaranteed to be carefully packed — to be from fresh stock 

 and in good condition. 



Allen's Book of Berrxes for 1914 



This book is profusely illustrated and full of va'uable information to fruit growers. Tells 

 how to plant and cultivate Strawberries and „..ner small fruits. It also lists and describes 

 Allen's True-to-Name Blackberries, Raspberries, Currants, Grapes, Asparagus, etc. Every 

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of the Blacks, a coal black variety; Golden Mar- 

 gined, a brown edged with gold; Golden Yellow, a 

 pure yellow variety; Lord Beaconsfield, a purple 

 violet shading to lavender around the edges; Pea- 

 cock, a royal purple with blotches of peacock blue; 

 Victoria, a blood red; and Meteor, a brownish 

 red. 



The pansy will thrive in a rather protected place. 

 A friend in Santa Rosa has a bed in the sunlight 

 and one under a high north porch. The plants 

 under the protection of the porch have thrived bet- 

 ter and produced the largest blossoms. This is one 

 solution of the question of planting under the high 

 porches of California. 



In the centre of a large drive at Cloverdale is a 

 raised bed of pansies that gives a most pleasing wel- 

 come to the guest who approaches the entrance. 

 The bed is higher in the center and has the varieties 

 harmoniously arranged in circles about a foot wide. 

 A treatment of this kind requires plenty of space, 

 but where there is a drive that circles under a porch, 

 the space between the two parts of the road thus 

 made is an excellent location for a bed of pansies. 

 If they are kept well watered and the surplus blos- 

 soms picked, the planting will be as attractive in the 

 fall as in the spring and summer. 



For bedding, the improved strains of stocks can 

 scarcely be equaled in beauty and fragrance. They 

 require treatment the same as asters and the bed- 

 ding arrangement suggested for asters will apply to 

 stocks. Some of the best varieties are: Giant 

 Perfection in light and dark blue, red, pink and 

 white; Beauty of Nice, flesh pink; Intermediate 

 East Lothian in crimson, purple, and white: and 

 Brompton in flesh, bright rose, brick red, crimson, 

 light blue, violet, and white. 



Snapdragons are very much admired by some 

 because of the odd shape of the blossom. Aside 

 from this, their long clusters of blooms have a 

 special value when used in very narrow beds along 

 the porch or to cover the foundation. They should 

 be grown in a hotbed and transplanted. 



If you appreciate the velvety, gold-dusted flowers 

 of salpiglossis, now is the time to plant the seed in 

 a hotbed. Salpiglossis grand] flora has blossoms 

 of many hues and is an exceptionally pleasing bed- 

 ding plant. As soon as the plants are about an 

 inch high, put them about three inches apart in pots 

 or boxes. Protect the young plants until they take 

 root. Then gradually harden them off by exposing 

 them to the open air for a short time each day. 

 When they are about six inches high, transplant 

 them again, this time to the place where they are 

 to bloom. Put them about a foot apart. 



California. John Y. Beaty. 



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The Cost of Raising an Orchard 



FEW people will dispute the fact that an orchard 

 is a profitable enterprise, but there are only 

 a few who know what it actually costs to get an 

 orchard into bearing condition. There is a man in 

 Somerset County, Maine, who believes that when 

 an orchard of 1,000 trees is ten years old, it will yield 

 a profit of at least $1,200 for that year, which 

 amount will increase every year thereafter. He 

 experimented with his own trees and at the seventh 

 year picked two bushels of salable apples from each 

 tree. When they were ten years old they each pro- 

 duced on an average more than a barrelful, and 

 the profit to him from the 1000 trees amounted to 

 about $1,300. The figures given herewith are those 

 of the owner of the orchard. 

 He states that he chose rocky soil, believing that 



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