Salt Mackerel 



CODFISH, FRESH LOBSTER 



RIGHT FROM THE FISHING BOATS TO YOU 



FAMILIES who are fond of FISH can be supplied 

 DIRECT from GLOUCESTER, MASS., by the FRANK 

 E. DAVIS COMPANY, with newly caught KEEPABLE 

 OCEAN FISH, choicer than any inland dealer could 

 possibly furnish. - l 



We sell ONLY TO THE CONSUMER DIRECT, 

 sending by EXPRESS RIGHT TO YOUR HOME. We 

 PREPAY express on all orders east of Kansas. Our fish 

 are pure, appetizing and economical and we want YOU 

 to try some, payment subject to your approval. 



SALT MACKEREL, fat, meaty, juicy fish, are delicious 

 for breakfast. They are freshly packed in brine and will not 

 spoil on your hands. 



CODFISH, as we salt it, is white, boneless and ready for 

 instant use. It makes a substantial meal, a fine change from 

 meat, at a much lower cost. 



FRESH LOBSTER is the best thing known for salads. 

 Right fresh from the water, our lobsters simply are boiled 

 and packed in PARCHMENT-LINED CANS. They 

 come to you as the purest and safest lobsters you can buy 

 and the meat is as crisp and natural as if you took it from 

 the shell yourself. 



FRIED CLAMS is a relishable, hearty dish, that your 

 whole family will enjoy. No other flavor is just like that of 

 clams, whether fried or in a chowder. 



FRESH MACKEREL, perfect for frying, SHRIMP to 

 cream on toast, CRABMEAT for Newburg or deviled, 

 SALMON ready to serve, SARDINES of all kinds, TUNNY 

 for salad, SANDWICH FILLINGS and every good thing 

 packed here or abroad you can get direct from us and keep 

 right on your pantry shelf for regular or emergency use. 



With every order we send BOOK OF RECIPES for 

 preparing all our products. Write for it. Our list 

 tells how each kind of fish is put up, with the 

 delivered price, so you can choose just what \y^ 



you will enjoy most. Send the coupon for it ..--' 



now. 



FRANK E. DAVIS CO, 



314 Central Wharf, 

 Gloucester, ^^ 



Mass. .--'"' 



,---"' Name__„ 



..--'"' Frank E. 



Davis Co., 



...--""314 Central Wharf, 



--*' Gloucester, Mass. 



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EXPERIENCES AMONG 

 THE FLOWERS 



Alpine and Rock Plants as 

 Edgings 



IN THE March, 1917, number of The Gar- 

 den Magazine, I was much interested in 

 Montague Free's remarks about growing 

 rock plants at the edges of the hardy bor- 

 ders. This has been my own plan for many 

 years. All the borders in my garden are edged 

 with field stone sunk part way in the earth, or 

 built up into little low retaining walls. There, 

 with their thirsty roots creeping among the 

 cool moist stones, many a small and lovely 

 thing thrives grandly, that would perish in 

 the fat soil of the ordinary border. Most 

 Alpines and rock plants are perfectly hardy 

 but they are not able to withstand the ex- 

 tremes visited upon them in our climate — 

 the freezing and thawing, baking and cook- 

 ing, and above all the winter damp. Among 

 the stones they are protected at least in part 

 from those trials. When the rock plants 

 begin to feel at home they usually announce 

 the fact by sowing their seeds about and 

 starting thriving colonies in the path close 

 to the stone edging, and often mingling with 

 the seedling of some neighbor plant with 

 delightful results. Besides the stone edgings 

 of the border, we use the cracks in the stone 

 garden steps for the same purpose, ramming 

 in sandy loam and then inserting a small bit 

 of some pretty trailer which spreads along the 

 joints, softening the hard lines of the stone 

 work and bringing it into more sympathetic 

 relation with its surroundings. 



There are a few rock plants that grow 

 happily in such positions. Those marked(*) 

 I raised from seed. Achillea tomentosa, a 

 tiny thing with dusty foliage and yellow 

 flowers. A. Clavennae *, tufted growth and 

 white flowers 6 in. . Poor rather stony soil. 

 Aethionema grandiflorum*; charming plants 

 of loam; May and June; sunny position. 

 Alyssum montanum forms a compact gray- 

 leaved tuft only three inches high with yellow 

 flowers in May. Anthemis montana* grows 

 about ten inches tall, has soft silvery foliage 

 and white flowers in July. A. Aizoon (syn. 

 Achillea ageratifolia), is very low growing and 

 has silvery leaves and pretty white flowers. 

 Sunshine and light soil. Armeria setacea* — 

 a charming tufted Thrift only three inches in 

 height, with grass-like leaves and rosy flower- 

 heads. Nice for a chunk. Arenaria montana, 

 beautiful dark-leaved plant with large white 

 flowers in late May. A. balearica, creeping 

 moss-like plant starred with white flowers. 

 Lovely for creeping over stones in shady 

 places. 



Campanula pusilla*, pretty little tufted 

 hairbell with lavender blossoms, 4 in. Nice 

 in steps. 



Corydalis lutea* — This little Fumatory is 

 splendid for growing anywhere among stones 

 where it may be allowed to spread freely. 

 Delicate fern-like foliage and yellow flowers 

 all summer. 



Dianthus* — All the rock Pinks are delight- 

 ful. Some of the prettiest are D. neglectus, 

 D. graniticus, D. sylvestris, D. dentosus, D. 

 arenarius, D. cruentus, D. caesius, D. suavis, 

 D. fragrans. 



Erysimum rupestre* (syn. pulchellum) loves 

 a sunny crevice and bears its fairy Wall Flowers 

 in profusion in late April. 



Linum* — All the Flax flowers are delight- 

 ful but L. salsoloides, a dainty sprawler, 

 and L. monogynum, a nice little bush with 

 white flowers are particularly happy in the 

 stone steps or in crevices of the border edge. 

 Lychnis alpina*, forms a bright flowered little 

 tuft. Full sunshine. 



Silene alpestris, S. acaulis, S. Schaftae are 

 all good for this purpose. 



Stachys Corsica* is a compact little trailer 

 with white pea-shaped flowers that enjoys a 

 sunny spot. 



Viola gracilis prefers light shade; lovely 

 purple flowers in summer. 



Other rock plants that grow happily in 

 such a position are the creeping Veronicas, 

 Saponaria ocymoides, Papaver alpina and P. 

 rupifragum, Viola cornuta, Polemonium rep- 

 tans, Aubrietias and Helianthemums. — Louise 

 B. Wilder, New York. 



A New Method of Treating an Old 

 Friend 



DURING the past summer numerous 

 requests have come to the Boston Park 

 management asking the name of the plant 

 that has been so freely used both for bedding in 

 temporary beds and also for permanent plant- 

 ings among the shrubbery. All the inquiries 

 expressed great pleasure at the novelty and 

 beauty of the shrub and its arrangement and 

 there seemed to be an idea that some real 

 novelty had been brought out. In view of 

 what had happened and the success of the ' 

 venture the interest of the public was but a 

 natural sequence. 



The plant in question was not new, in 

 fact it was a real old friend in a new field 

 under new treatment which brought out unsus- 

 pected qualitieswhich would not have been cre- 

 dited if the plant were shown in the accus- 

 tomed way. It was our old friend Buddleia 

 magnifica but treated as an annual and massed 

 with tender plants in such a way that its 

 wonderful flowers showed with unwonted 

 splendor. At the Aquarium in South Boston 

 in particular the plants were used in solid beds 

 with bordering plants that would best con- 

 trast with the flowers. The plants are grown 

 in pots at the greenhouses and the young 

 plants are carried along in the cool houses and 

 timed so that they will be in a condition to 

 put out for the summer with the ordinary 

 bedding plants. With plenty of nourishment 

 the plants have flourished into a riot of bloom 

 and it was the profusion and seemingly out 

 of season blooming that excited the curiosity 

 of the visitors to the grounds. 



At Franklin Park a liberal planting was also 

 made among the shrubbery and the pleasure it 

 has afforded to the people has not been less 

 than at the Aquarium. 



This method of cultivation has been so 

 successful that it is to be continued with no 

 fear that even a superabundance of this 

 beautiful plant will cause the pubHc to grow 

 tired of the gorgeous blooms. — L. J. Doogue, 

 Mass. 



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