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suggestions about garden furniture THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1912 



Gladden your friends with an 



EASTER GIFT 



of one of these lovely Japan Miniature trees. 

 They will last long after flowers are faded. 



No. 2. An exquisite Dwarf Cedar (CHABO-HTBA) each 

 $2.00 to Ss.oo. According to size of plant. 



No. 8. A lovely Evergreen Si.oo to S3.00 



No. 10. Charming Cryptomeria S1.00 to S2.03 



No. 11. A Miniature Pine $1.00 to $2.00 



No 1. A Magnificent group of Pine and 

 Azalea growing on rock; all minia- 

 ture VERY beautiful $5-00 



It is impossible to 

 give in limited space 

 more than a short de- 

 scription of these ex- 

 quisite Dwarf plants. 

 The group above is 

 taken from photo- 

 graphs and gives but a 

 faint idea of their deli- 

 cate beauty. We can 

 furnish you charming 

 specimens from Si. 00 

 up to $2 5 .00 dependent 

 altogether on AGE, 

 shape, size. EACH 

 plant is sent out in a 

 DAINTY Japan China 

 potand DIRECTIONS 

 are sent "How to take 

 care of the lovely 

 strangers." PRICE 

 includes delivery. 



Just let US KNOW 

 HOW much you wish 

 to pay for an EASTER 

 GIFT and WE KNOW 

 that we can please you. 



LLLXUM AURATUM. 



Our Superb Success Collection 

 S HARDY Lilies for $1.00 



1. Lil. Auratum, the Golden Queen Lily of each 12 



Japan Broad white petals, with a golden 

 band running through each. Perfumes 

 the Garden for a wide area So. 15 Si 50 



2. Lil. Album. Pure GLISTENING white 



recurved petals. The FINEST WHITE 



LILY in existence $0.20 $2 00 



3. Lil. Roseum Magnificent. Petals pure 



white, banded and dotted with glowing 



carmine red So. 15 Si 50 



4- Lil. Superbum. A Gorgeous flower. 

 Stems grow 5x6 feet tall bearing 

 masses of golden orange flowers, spotted 

 dark crimson So. 15 S1.50 



5. Lil. Tenuifolium The exquisite Coral 



Lily of Siberia. Bears 12 to 20 fiery 



scarlet flowers. GEM for cutting ....$0.15 $1.50 



6. Lil. Umbellatum. One of the VERY 



BEST of HARDY Garden Lilies. Strong 

 sturdy habit. 3 ft. high. Color buff 

 salmon, yellow So. 15 Si. 50 



7. Lil. Wallacei. Very charming Lily. 



Flowers a rich apricot spotted with 



raised maroon So. 15 $1.50 



8. Lil. Washingtonianum. The GEM of the 



collection A Majestic Lily. On tall erect 

 strong stems grow clusters of magnifi- 

 cent Lilies. Opening a pure white these 

 glorious flowers turn a rosy red, and 

 gradually a wine color. The perfume of 

 this rare Lily is delightful S0.30 S3.00 



Of 



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$10 

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All bulbs are FLOWERING size, will bloom the 

 first season, and all are HARDY. 

 Full directions How to Grow Lilies Successfully sent 

 with every order. Remember : Price includes de- 

 livery Singly the eight Lilies would cost you SI. 40. 



SEND for our Ideal Spring Garden Book — Novel 

 and delightful. Address 



H. H. BERGER & CO. 



70 Warren Street New York City 



Daturas in a Small Garden - 



Y GARDEX space is but ten by twenty feet. 

 I cannot devote much time to it but what 

 attention I have given it I have tried to make ef- 

 fective. I have asters, zinnias, sweet alyssum, 

 snapdragon arranged in clumps; even.- garden has 

 these, I know, but with me they are only incidentals 

 to emphasize the attractiveness of the main feature, 

 which consists of six plants of datura placed in the 

 middle of the bed. These plants I have grown from 

 small ones, keeping them over from season to season 

 until now they are sturdy and well branched, giving 

 hundreds of beautiful flowers that are revelations 

 to people who have always regarded this plant as 



A bed of daturas was the most attractive and re- 

 munerative item in my garden last year 



commonplace. Last summer a lady purchased one 

 of the plants from me at a price that I named, 

 hoping it would be prohibitive but which she paid 

 without question. The price was S25.00. 



Daturas practically take care of themselves. I 

 simply dig them up in the fall, cut them down close, 

 and store them in the cellar away from frost until 

 the following spring. I bring them up early in the 

 spring and give them a good start in a sunny window 

 before setting them out of doors. If I were not so 

 busy with other things I feel sure that I could make 

 a few hundreds of dollars in a season growing these 

 plants and selling them in different sizes. 



Massachusetts. J. Gavin. 



Sub-irrigation of a Flowerbed 



IN REMODELING our house, we found it 

 necessary to change the location of the kitchen 

 sink. This was comparatively an easy matter, 

 except for the location of the drain pipe. The 

 house being situated on level ground, there was 

 no place for the waste water to discharge, with- 

 out constructing a long drain which would pass 

 directly through the lawn, disfiguring it for at least 

 one season. 



To avoid this the following plan was worked out : 

 By means of a lead pipe the sink was connected 

 with a larger iron pipe, which passed under the 

 porch and discharged at the upper end of a flower- 

 bed. It is necessary to use an iron pipe in this 

 place, as it is exposed to the weather and the lead 



Hicks Trees 



The Common Sense of Buying 

 Them 



FIRST there's the trees themselves — none 

 better grown. Root pruned, every one of 

 them. Sturdy, stocky specimens that will 

 transplant with least possible growth check, 

 Maples. Lindens. Catalpas. Pin Oaks and Ever- 

 greens in sizes from six inches up to thirty-five 

 feet. April is an ideal month to plant any of 

 them. If you ask our advice we would say. plant 

 one good sized tree at say S40 to S75 rather than 

 a number of the usual sapling size from 50c. to 

 S2.00 each. 



The $50 tree will be like the one above — a 

 shapely, full spreading, splendid shade tree that 

 will at once beautify your place and give yon im- 

 mediate pleasure and satisfaction. It will take 

 fifteen to twenty years to grow one like it. Such 

 a tree is not an expense, but a plain common sense 

 investment. It is 6-9 inches in diameter, 20-30 

 feet high with a spread of 12 to 16 feet. 



Come to the nursery if you can and pick out 

 your trees. Rhododendrons, and other shrubs — if 

 you can't our catalogs and price lists are arranged 

 for easy ordering. Send for them. 



Send for our 191 2 catalog. It's full of illustra- 

 tions and planting helps for trees, shrubs and 

 hardy plants — a book well worth sending for. 



And remember if you don't order shade 



trees for April, you will have to wait till 



October. 



If you fail with a big Norway or silver 



maple, we will send you another free. 



That's Hicks' way of guaranteeing his 



stock. 



Isaac Hicks &SoiA L w ^ b S d 



ENGLISH WALNUTS 



Do you want my English Walnut Book ? It tells all you want to know about 

 this ornamental shade tree, planting, cultivating and harvesting. It is the 

 first book ever published on the subject, and has been compiled after extensive 

 research, embodying practical information from successful growers. The 

 price is $1.00. WALTER FOX ALLEN, Lawrence vllle, X. J; 



whwASTERS 



"Itook first prize on your Asters, "or "Your Asters were 

 the finest I ever saw,"— so say scores of my patrons. I 

 want you and your friends to try them. Send a dime and 

 addresses of two flower growers, and I will send you : 

 1. A fill packet of my Exhibition Prize Aster Seed. 

 2. Coupon good for ten cents on any seed order. 

 3. My leaflet. **IIow to (crow Best Asters." 

 4. My new Illustrated Flower List, with dainty, handpainted 

 cover design (over 600 kinds— seeds, plants and bulbs). 



You will be surprised to see at what a small cost you can haves 

 beautiful flower garden. Write today for my list anyway— it is free— and 

 plun your garden early. 



MISS EMMA V. WHITE. SeeJswoman, 15th year 

 8014 Aldrlch Ave. So. Minneapolis, Minn. 



