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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1912 



DINGEE Ro&es 



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Dingee Roses are the result of 61 years' careful, scientific rose 

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Dingee Roses are always sola 1 on their roots — the only way a TOSS 

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While we specialize on Roses, we also grow Carnations, 

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 of the finest quality. We also sell a large and fine variety 

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There is no other book about Roses that compareswith it. Magnificently illus- 

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WATER 



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We install five distinct types of Water Works Equipment for the Rural Home — for 

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strikingly appropriate for the Christmas season that 

 the demand far exceeded the supply of both plants. 



The pepper plant, while not new, has still the 

 element of novelty. In order to have it for Christ- 

 mas, one must commence preparations in the early 

 summer. The plants are readily grown from seed. 

 Sow the seed in shallow boxes during March and 

 keep warm until germinated; afterward prick off 

 the seedlings into thumb pots and after successive 

 shifts plunge out of doors during the summer. 

 Take them into the house as late as possible in 

 the fall and keep in a sunny room. The plants 

 should be in fruit before Christmas and will last 

 for weeks. 



Instead of leaving the fruit on the plant it may 

 be cut for decorative purposes. A mantle decora- 

 tion of branches of peppers carelessly arranged 



Give the pepper plant plenty of room when growing. 

 Crowding will make it run high 



among maidenhair fern is striking. It would be 

 well to lay the ferns on their sides so that the 

 pots could not be seen. Large plants for this pur- 

 pose are the best as they show up better. The 

 cut stems laid around a dining table, by the in- 

 dividual plates, make a pretty display and a centre- 

 piece made of the peppers is also striking. 



The old but deservedly popular Jerusalem cherry 

 can be similarly grown from seed by starting in 

 February or March. The plant practically takes 

 care of itself. 



The pepper and the cherry and an abundance of 

 ferns certainly solve the question of appropriate 

 Christmas decoration at very small expense. 



Massachusetts. L. J. Doogue. 



Naturalizing Columbine 



IN THESE days of naturalizing, more attention 

 should be given to the possibilities of the 

 columbine. For the native red columbine (Aqiii- 

 Icgia Canadensis) a rocky place, preferably with a 

 little shade, is best; but, failing that, an excellent 

 effect may be created by letting it loose in thin 

 grass. There is one place on Long Island where 

 it does well in fairly thick grass, having made itself 

 at home on both sides of the country pathway, 

 which is glorified for a little distance by the hun- 

 dreds of nodding red flowers. As the plants are 

 near a dwelling, they are probably "escapes" 

 from a garden. Quite as striking an effect in the 

 wild, but easily duplicated by naturalizing, is 

 a bit of mountain hillside with no end of the yellow 

 columbine (Aquilega chrysanlka) in the thin grass. 

 The cultivated blue, purple, pink and white varie- 

 ties similarly may be used in the thin grass or in a 

 small grove of such spindling trees as the white 

 birch and locust. 



Maine. G. D. B. 



