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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



May, 1918 



Special low prices 



Dutch Bulbs 



Good only until June 1st 

 Order Now! 



I FREE! 

 1 Fall 



Catalog WL M ^^ Hyacinths, 



Now mV m-^T tulips, Narcissi, 



Ready vkll ^^W Crocus, give, for 



Write m| •m r r small outlay of time 



To-day ^Qr an ^ money, an abund- 



ance of flowers in the 

 house from December until 

 Easter, and in the garden 

 from earliest spring until the 

 middle of May. Bulbs are grown almost exclusively in Hol- 

 land, in enormous quantities, and sold at very low prices. 

 Usually they cost double before reaching you. 



By ordering from us now instead of waiting until Fall, you 

 make a large saving, get a superior quality of Bulbs not 

 usually to be obtained at any price in this country, and have 

 a much larger list of varieties to select from. 



Our orders are selected and packed in Holland, and are shipped to our 

 customers immediately upon their arrival, in the best possible condition. 

 DARWIN TULIPS — We can now supply the magnificent and high- 

 priced Darwin Tulips at a great reduction. They are sensational in 

 their beauty and should be included in every garden. They last for 

 many years. 



If you wish to take advantage of our very low prices, we must have 

 your order not later thHn Jnne 1st, as we import Bulbs to order onlv. 

 They need not be paid for until after delivery, nor taken if not satis- 

 factory. (References required from new customers.) 



A FEW PRICES Per 100 Per 500 



Fine Mixed Hyacinths $4-50 Jsr.oo 



Fine Mixed Tulips i.6o 7.50 



Darwin Tulips — Fine Mixed - - - 2.00 9.50 



Double Daffodils ' - - 3.25 ' 15.00 



Narcissus Empress 3.50 16.00 



Narcissus Golden Spur 3.50 16.00 



Spanish Iris, Splendid Mixed - - - 1.25 5.00 



For prices on smaller quantities see our import price list, the 

 most comprehensive catalog of Bulbs published, which may be 

 had for the asking. 



ELLIOTT NURSERY CO., 367 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



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Rose Arches and 

 Garden Fences 



greatly help to put the garden on an efficient basis. 

 Made of extra heavy, rust-proof wire, Brook's trellises 

 and, arches render lasting service, hence their use 

 stands for true economy. AH sizes and shapes made 

 to order to serve your special needs. Tell us what 

 you want and we will make special quotations. Illus- 

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(Concluded from page 206) 

 I ever saw of its kind. Probably this and Kate 

 Greenaway are slower than the rest to ripen a 

 bulb properly. Or — you pay your money and 

 take your choice about believing Tulip- 

 doctrines, it seems to me — it may mean that 

 these two want moisture all summer to keep 

 the bulbs, not utter ripe-curing in a dry room 

 so profitable to most of the others. Has any 

 one tried burying them in sand for summer 

 storage? 



Pennsylvania. E. S. Johnson. 



— Breaking in Tulips is still as much a mat- 

 ter of mystery as it ever has been, and the 

 question is now causing considerable discussion 

 in England, where broken stocks are bothering 

 the growers a great deal. Whole stocks of 

 Clara Butt break there, while in Holland a 

 break is more or less of a rarity. My belief is 

 that injury, such as is noted above, can never 

 be a cause of breaking. Probably soil, or 

 climatic conditions, or both, are the real causes; 

 it is certainly due to degeneration of some kind. 

 We know that a broken bulb throws the next 

 season a stalk much shorter than the unbroken 

 type, and produces a much smaller bulb. This 

 is true of the Bybloem and Bizarre of classes 

 [the broken Breeders], and also the Rem- 

 brandts [broken Darwins]. 



Broken forms always appear with me during 

 the second season for the bulbs in my garden; 

 the first year from Holland I have only two or 

 three out of the 20,000 bulbs I plant. It is 

 after the bulbs are weakened by a year's 

 growth in soil and climate unkinder than Hol- 

 land affords that they break; and though in- 

 jury to the bulb does weaken it, I feel sure that 

 breaks would occur only the year after they 

 have grown in American soil. Does your cor- 

 respondent have any evidence to offer from 

 bulbs scarred when received from Holland? 

 Chester J. Hunt. 



Things to Remember in Planting 

 Evergreens 



WHEN only a few trees are to be planted, 

 the holes must be dug by hand labor, but 

 the ground should be spaded up beforehand to 

 a depth of 2 feet or more if the subsoil is hard 

 and impervious. If the soil is dry it should 

 be soaked up by artificial watering a few days 

 before the trees are to be set, so that it can be 

 worked without danger of puddling at the 

 time of planting the trees. 



The holes should not be dug until the tree 

 is ready to be planted. Opening a hole some 

 time before the tree is to be planted allows 

 the soil to dry out. Two or three inches of 

 loose soil should be left in the bottom of the 

 hole, place the. tree in an upright position, 

 arrange the roots in natural order and fill in 

 about them with loose, moist soil. When the 

 hole is partly filled, tramp the soil firmly to 

 bring it in close contact with the roots and 

 leave no openings about the roots. Two or 

 three inches of the top soil should be left in a 

 loose, open condition for a soil mulch. If the 

 soil is in good condition, the newly planted 

 trees will not require watering. When planted 

 in their permanent location the trees should 

 be set 2 or 3 inches deeper than they grew in 

 the nursery. 



Newly planted trees should receive the 

 best of cultivation for one or two years, or 

 until they become thoroughly rooted. The 

 cultivation should be sufficient to maintain a 

 soil mulch and to keep down all weeds. — 

 W. J. Morrill, State Forester, Colorado Agri- 

 cultural College, Fort Collins, Colorado. 



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Our 1918 Seed Catalogue 



is called "The War-time Flower Garden." 

 It lists nothing that is not well worth 

 growing; all undesirables have been dis- 

 carded. Yet it covers everything in 



Seeds, Plants and Bulbs 



that is essential to a perfect gar- 

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