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THE (J A III) EN MAGAZINE 



March, 1918 



Gladioli 



The Flowers that 



Make Summer 



Last Longer 



FOR over a quarter of a century we have spec- 

 ialized in GLADIOLI, the best summer 

 flowering bulbs, introducing such world-wide 

 winners as Princeps, Mrs. Francis King, Chi- 

 cago White, Primulinus "Sunbeam," etc. 

 We avoid import and freight duties on foreign 

 bulbs by growing our own — hence our moderate 

 prices. 



Vaughan's 1918 Leaders 



Field Marshal Haig A 1918 Novelty. An immense full spike 

 i of open ruffled flowers. Bright salmon pink 

 wilh blood-red blotches. 

 Each, $1 .00; 3 for $2.75 (prepaid). 



Primulinus Sunbeam Light, open, graceful spikes of clear 

 ■ canary-yellow flowers. The best yellow 



at Monmouth County Show, 1917. 



Each, 20c; doz., $1.75 (prepaid). 



Mrs. Frank Pendleton The most talked of Gladiolus of to-day. 

 i Immense spikes, immense flowers, pure 

 flesh-pink with deep maroon blotch. 

 Each, 15c; doz.., $1.25 (prepaid). 



Mrs. Walter S. Brewster A splendid ..flower of a unique shade 

 ■ of white, pink and cream, beautifully 

 blended, with a dark red blotch. 

 Each, 25c; doz., $2.75«: 

 Schwaben Tall, full, open spikes, of tremendous size; a clear lemon 

 i yellow with faint red stripe; the best yellow in its class. 

 Each, 15c; doz., $1.50: 



Europe Almost a pure white. The flowers are large, slightly waved, 



■" ^^ —— ™ makinga large, open, well filled spike. Each, 15c; doz., $1.50. 



SPECIAL PREPAID PRICES FOR THE SIX 



One bulb of each (6 bulbs) $1.75 



Three bulbs of each (18 bulbs) 5:00 



Six bulbs of each (36 bulbs) 9:50 



MRS. FRANK PENDLETON 



Liberty 

 Collection 



Mrs. FRANCIS KING 



Vermilion-Scarlet. 

 EUROPE. The Finest 



Pure White. 



BARON J. HULOT, 



Violet Blue: 



6 of each (18 bulbs) $1.25 

 12 of each (36 bulbs) 2.2S 



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 and Blue 



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Patriotic Sweet Peas for July 4th. — It's 

 a far cry from now until next Fourth of 

 July but as fireside planning and seed buying; 

 are in order I have a little hobby that I'd 

 like to pass on to the other Garden Neighbors. 

 For several years I have had bouquets of red, 

 white and blue Sweet Peas for the Fourth of 

 July; likewise, before and after that date. 

 Florally speaking, it seems that the Great 

 American Day has been neglected by com- 

 mercial gardeners. Thanksgiving means 

 Chrysanthemums; Christmas means Poin- 

 settias, Holly, Mistletoe, etc.; what is Easter 

 without Lilies or Daffodils? while Decoration 

 Day means early Peonies — if we can get them. 

 But the Glorious Fourth has no companion 

 flower. Probably because the date falls at a 

 time when nature is most lavish and the gar- 

 dener who "takes things as they come" 

 reigns supreme, but I have found the 

 Sweet Pea to be the only flower that 

 furnishes "Old Glory's" colors at that 

 time. — For red and white I use King Edward, 

 and King White. The nomenclature is 

 rather un-American, but don't . blame the 

 flower. It's the color we are hunting, no 

 matter what the name may be. The President 

 is a grand scarlety red and a most patriotic 

 cognomen. Blues have been harder to get. 

 Navy blues are good, though rather dark,, and 

 some varieties listed as light blues prove to> 

 be more of a lavender color, so that some- 

 times I have departed from Sweet Peas for 

 my blues and used small sprays of intensely 

 blue Chinese Larkspur. However, this year 

 I am trying Blue Gem, a new blue Sweet Pea. 

 If any of the Neighbors have trouble in 

 securing a good stand of white or blue Sweet 

 Peas it may be that their soil is at 

 fault. For a heavy loam I suggest 

 a quantity of coarse sand well mixed 

 directly in the furrow where the planting is 

 made. Sweet Pea seed, especially the white 

 and wrinkled-seeded (blue) varieties, must 

 have perfect drainage else they will rot. 

 But the white and blue flowers and patriotic 

 bouquets are worth all the trouble it costs. 

 — Mrs. R. W. Walters, Springfield, Ohio. 



A Little Intensive Gardening. — This is an 

 account of how I killed four birds with one 

 stone. Wishing to do a little intensive 

 gardening last spring I selected a small piece 

 of ground 8 x 8 ft. at the end of the vegetable 

 garden. Early in April I set out one dozen 

 Early Jersey Wakefield cabbage plants, and 

 about two dozen lettuce plants were set 

 around the extreme edge. About May ioth 

 all the available space between the cabbage 

 was filled with tomato plants, Chalk's Early 

 Jewel and Ponderosa, eighteen in all. This 

 is how it worked out: The lettuce matured 

 first and formed nice heads by the middle of 

 May. The tomatoes, being trained on 

 stakes and pretty closely pruned, did not 

 interfere with the cabbage which was ready 

 for use early iri July, and was removed as 

 fast as needed. After this the tomatoes had 

 full sway. On July 15th Chalk's Early- 

 Jewel ripened first fruit. Enough tomatoes 

 were grown on the eighteen plants to supply 

 a family of four for general use and also 

 enough to can for winter. Toward the end 

 of September the tomatoes had pretty well 

 outlived their usefulness and were taken out 

 and a cold frame set up. This frame was filled 

 with fresh soil, well enriched, and accom- 

 modated forty lettuce plants, Big Boston 

 and Wayahead varieties; these plants at this 

 date (November 5th), are growing like weeds 

 and promise to be ready for the knife by 

 Thanksgiving. — A. A. Knock, York, Pa. 



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