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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1914 



We have issued a Very Interesting Catalogue on 



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PERGOLAS" 



AND GARDEN ACCESSORIES 



showing a series of^ new designs; can be had free on request. 

 Catalogue "H 28" for Pergolas and Columns for Pergolas. 

 Catalogue "H 40" for Exterior and Interior Wood Columns. 



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Pacific Coast Factory 



A. J. Koll Pig. Mill Co., Los Angeles, Cal. 



A Thousand Dahlias 

 in a Suburban Yard 



Can be duplicated anywhere. I will 

 supply the dahlia roots, iooo, in 20 varie- 

 ties (my selection), all properly labeled, 

 for $80. 



500 in 20 varieties (my selection) for $45 

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Illustrated Catalog Free 



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Box 412 Hammonton, N. J. 



Plant Roses Now 



And when you do 

 plant, it's true econ- 

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Peterson Roses 



are the acknowledged 

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Catalog on application 

 GEORGE H. PETERSON 



Rose and Peony Specialist 

 Box 50 Fair Lawn, N. J. 



A 35x40 ft. Garden Worth 

 Having 



AFTER reading an article in the September, 

 1913, number of The Garden Magazine 

 about a garden to help the "high cost of living," I 

 am anxious to tell about our garden. Our entire lot 

 is fifty feet by one hundred and ten, but only forty- 

 two by thirty-four feet are available for a garden. 



On one side there is a row of rhubarb, a peach 

 tree and five currant bushes. Across the back are 

 three grape vines, red, white and black, ten currant 

 bushes and a 6x8 ft. chicken house. Another 

 side that cannot be used for the garden, on account 

 of a stone wall and bank, has three peach trees, 

 three grape vines and the chicken run. 



About one third. of the garden, as early as the 

 soil can be worked, is planted to early peas; another 

 third, to small vegetables, such as carrots, beets, 

 and Swiss chard, which grow the whole season; and 

 between the rows of these we put in onion sets, 

 beet greens, radishes and lettuce which are short- 

 lived crops. 



The last third of the garden has a couple of rows 

 of early Golden Bantam corn, pole string beans, 

 lima beans and tomatoes. Bush beans and greens 

 for the chickens are planted between the bean rows, 

 radishes or head lettuce in the tomato row. A few 

 pumpkin seeds are put in with the early corn. 



The last of June, when the peas are used, Golden 

 Bantam corn is planted in that space, and about the 

 last of July celery is planted between the rows of 

 corn. 



We have all the vegetables a family of three can 

 use in the summer; and one season canned 22 pints 

 of peas, 6 pints and 4 quarts of lima beans, 7 pints 

 and 4 quarts of string beans, n pints of succotash, 

 3 pints of beets, 12 quarts and 3 pints of Swiss 

 chard and beet greens, and 10 quarts of tomatoes. 

 Blight hurt the tomatoes last year; we usually put 

 up between twenty and thirty quarts. We get six 

 to ten good sized pumpkins and all the celery we 

 can use until about the last of January. There 

 are still enough beets and carrots in the garden to 

 last well into the winter. 



We had all the rhubarb we could use, about eigh- 

 teen quarts of very large currants, six or more large 

 peach baskets of extra fine peaches, all the grapes 

 we could eat and six jars canned. 



Besides, we winter twenty hens; the eggs sold 

 have paid for their feed. All the eggs and chickens 

 we use are free of cost. And we have raised each 

 year a couple of broods of young chickens to sell. 

 Last year we sold thirty-seven young chickens of 

 varying ages for $iq.6o. The chickens have nettled 

 us from $25 to $50 a year. 



New Jersey Mrs. A. RisrNG, Jr. 



Growing Calla Lilies Indoors 



HAVE you ever had calla lilies (Richardia) 

 blooming indoors in pots? It is very easy to 

 accomplish, and I have had fun doing it, too. 



I put into an 8- or 12-inch jardiniere or wide- 

 mouthed jar (without any drainage) a double hand- 

 ful of charcoal and cover it well with any good gar- 

 den soil. In this I plant about four or five calla 

 lily bulbs and barely cover them with soil. I water 

 well, and place the pot for about two weeks in a 

 dark and cool, but not freezing, place. When the 

 bulbs have had time to form roots, I bring them out 

 to the light and fill the jar nearly full of water. 

 About every two weeks I add half a teaspoonful 

 of ammonia to the water. Every four or five 

 weeks I carefully turn the jar on its side and let 

 the water run off, refilling with fresh water. If a 

 little warm (not hot) water is given from time to 

 time the bulbs will come more rapidly into bloom. 

 From four bulbs in an ordinary sized jardiniere I 

 have had as many as nine lilies in bloom at one 

 time. 



In iate spring or early summer when the blossoms 

 become few and smaller and the leaves turn yellow 

 near the edge, put the jar in some shady place and 

 turn it on its side to dry out; or turn out the entire 

 contents under a flower bench in the greenhouse or 

 pit and let the bulbs dry out. They can be planted 

 as before in September for Christmas bloom, or in 

 the spring as preferred. 



Tennessee. N. L. M. 



Orchid 

 Flowering 

 Sweet Peas 



A Quarter Pound 

 For a Quarter 



THIS offer contains the finest mixture of 

 named Spencer varieties, all carefully se- 

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 darkest crimson. 



These Spencer varieties are rightly termed 

 "Orchid Flowering", owing to their size, color and 

 their lovely frilled and fluted flowers often four 

 to j. stem. 



In our GARDEN GUIDE there are fourteen 

 pages devoted to Sweet Peas and valuable cul- 

 tural suggestions by an expert Sweet Pea grower. 



It is also a complete catalog of BODDING- 

 TON'S QUALITY SEEDS, BULBS and ROSES. 



This Guide is full of helpful gardening hints. 



Where shall we send the Sweet Peas and the 

 Guide? The Guide is free. Send a post card 

 for one today. 



ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON 



340 West 14th St. 



New York 



Quality Seed Potatoes 



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Seven Glorious Lilies for One Dollar 



Delivery Included 



STRONG, PLUMP BULBS 



Flower First Season 



Grc4i 

 JL. Album. Recurved pet- 

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Ht. 3-4 ft 35 



L. Auratum. A glorious 

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 white petal runs a golden yel- 

 low band. Ht. 4-6 ft 30 



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 petals are spotted rich crim- 

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 Tj. Tenulfollwm. Coral Lily 

 of Siberia. Bright coral red 

 flowers sway in masses on nu- 

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 L. Washlnfiftonlanum. 

 Native of high Sierras. Large 

 trumpet flowers open pure 

 white, shading into deep rose. 

 Perfume entrancing. Ht. 5-6 

 ft. Monster Bulbs 50c 80 



Ijs Glorlosa Superb*. A gem of southern climes. The 

 only climbing lily known. Soft tendrils twine around any support. 

 On slender stems are poised like birds of tropical plumage the ex- 

 quisite dazzling yellow and scarlet flowers. Monster Bulbs 50c each. 35 

 With every order, we send printed directions "How to Cultivate Lilies 

 Successfully." 

 Our Spring 1914 Garden Book of 120 pages is FREE on application. 



Address H. H. BERGER & CO., 70 Warren Street, New York 



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