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What is a fair rental for a given 

 property? Ask the Readers' Service 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



September, 1912 



DREER'S 



Giant Trumpet 



DAFFODILS 



There are no hardy bulbs which have 

 more points of merit than the Nar- 

 cissus or Daffodils; perfectly hardy, 

 growing and doing well either indoors 

 or out in the garden, all positions seem to suit them. 



The Giant Trumpet sorts are the handsomest of the genus and 

 of these we offer this season fourteen of the very finest kinds, 

 which planted this Autumn are sure to give you a bountiful har- 

 vest of gold and silver blossoms next spring. We offer as 

 follows : 



1 each of the 

 3 « .. .. 



6 " " " 



14 torts for $1.00 by mail 

 14 " " 2.25 " " 

 14 " " 4.00 " " 



In addition to the above we have a splendid collection of the Poet's, Star, 

 Double and other Daffodils as well as Spring Flowering Bulbs of all 

 kinds. Seeds and Plants for Autumn planting, all illustrated and 

 scribed in our Autumn Catalogue. Free for the asking. 



4 Chestnut St. 

 PHILADELPHIA 



HENRY A. DREER B 



Japan Barberry 



For low, dwarf, impenetrable hedges 



One of the handsomest flowering shrubs. Often planted 

 singly. Abundant foliage of rich green, changing in Autumn 

 to an attractive crimson. Its beauty is enhanced by a 

 profusion of drooping yellow flowers which later are followed 

 by bright red berries. 



Hardy plants, 15 cents each; Si. 25 per dozen, postpaid. 

 2-yr. size, 25 cents each; S2 per dozen. 3-yr. size. 40 cents 

 each; S3 per dozen, by express. Carefully packed and 

 shipped. Write for catalog. 



THE CONARD & JONES CO. 

 Box 24, West Grove, Pa. 

 Growers of the " Best Roses for A 



Horsford's Hardy Plants 



For Autumn Planting 



Set out hardy plants early in the autumn 

 — they will get started before winter and do 

 finely for you next summer. 



Lilies, Tulips, Hyacinths, Daffodils and 

 many other varieties for fall planting are 

 described in Horsford's Autumn Supplement. 

 Write early for free copy and spring cata- 

 logue. 



Home Grown Lilies 



Most of the lily bulbs sold in this country are from 

 stores, having been dug, dried, and roots removed 

 before shipping from Europe or Japan, which reduces 

 vitality. Fresh bulbs, right from the beds they have 

 been grown in, with roots and firm outside scales give 

 better results first year. 



Horsford's Autumn Supplement enables you to get 

 your bulbs all planted long before the imported bulDs 

 are in. Tulips, Daffodils, Crocuses, etc., give berrer 

 returns when planted early in the North than with late 

 planting. They have time to make their root growth 

 before cold weather. Orders filled from fresh bulbs as 

 long as stocks last. Send for free supplement. 

 F. H. HORSFORD Charlotte, VERMONT 





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One of the many 

 ground plans shown 

 in our booklet on 

 "Hardy Gardens 

 Easily Made." 



Hardy Permanent Gardens Now an Open- 

 Sesame to the Busy Man 



In our attractive booklet " Hardy Gardens Easily Made For The Busy Man " we have 

 endeavored to simplify the making of a Garden of Perennials or Old-Fashioned Flowers 

 by prepared plans adaptable to most situations with lowest estimates of cost that make 

 them no longer a Utopian Dream. Let us send you one and save hours of needless 

 worry over catalogues and surprise yourself what can be done for so little money. 



THE PALISADES NURSERIES, Inc. 



Growers of Palisades Popular Perennials, and Landscape Gardeners 

 Sparkill, N. Y. R. W. Clucas, Mgr. 



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What Its Members Are Doing 



Dear Gardening Folk: 



If I could devote a whole page to telling you 

 about the fine gardens that have been made this 

 summer by members of our Club, it would not be 

 enough. I have letters from boys and girls and 

 from mothers and teachers that tell wonderful 

 stories of happy summer days spent out in the 

 open air working with the flowers and vegetables, 

 watching them bloom and grow and learning all 

 about their interesting lives. 



One mother of three writes: 



Dear Lady Greensleeves: 



Our summer has been a very happy one. My three chil- 

 dren and I have enjoyed our work, together so much. The 

 children earned eleven dollars and I helped them buy the 

 plants and seed. We prepared the ground thoroughly and 

 then began planting. You should see the bower of beauty 

 we have as a reward for our work, and we have given lots of 

 flowers to the hospital for crippled children. 1 think it is 

 wise to teach children to share their joy with less fortunate 

 children. Thank you for helping us have such a happy vaca- 

 tion time. 



And this is what a teacher in Massachusetts says: 



Dear Lady Greensleeves: 



Always before this year our school garden has been only a 

 bare success, but this year it is a wonderful triumph and all 

 because the children 01 my class joined The Young People's 

 Garden Club. Out of twenty-seven children, eighteen worked 

 hard for funds so as to have a better garden, and the money 

 they earned was spent in buying plants and tools. You 

 surely have helped us. and the children who earned the money 

 are proud and eager to go on working so that we may have nice 

 window-boxes this winter. Keep your eyes on Class B! 



The following letters are from three children who 

 are most interested members of the club: 



Dear Lady Greensleeves: 



I have raised all the vegetables that mother has used this 

 summer and I have sold enough tomatoes and beans to pay 

 back the money I spent in planting. Mother said she would 

 pay me the'same price for the vegetables she used that she would 

 have to pay the shopkeeper, so I expect to make about twenty 

 dollars from the five dollars I earned at first. 1 am going 

 to work all winter and next spring expect to have coldframes 

 to start my plants in. I hope Major, my big squash, wins a 

 prize. Bennett Raymond. 



Dear Lady Greensleeves: 



Our garden is very gay. We have scarlet sage and golden 

 glow, gladiolus, tiger lilies and climbing nasturtiums in bloom 

 and the cosmos are lovely. Mother told us to select gay flowers 

 for our garden and we did; now everyone calls us the ''rain- 

 bow twins." We enjoy our book on flowers and have learned 

 a lot this summer. We are going to work for enough money to 

 buy some nice roses next spring. We hope lots of boys and 

 girls have had as good a time as we. and that our Club will 

 grow so fast that it,will soon be the very.largest in the country. 

 Billy and Beth, 



And so you can easily see that our Club teaches 

 boys and girls to earn money and to invest it in 

 healthy, joyous days of outdoor work and play. 

 We give each child an extra gift for every five 

 dollars they earn, and the happy times we have 

 together, gossiping over our gardens, are very 

 enjoyable. The aim of the Club is to teach the 

 joy of gardening, and to enable children to have 

 a garden and to study plant life. Every boy and 

 girl is invited to join and all others who are in- 

 terested in children's garden work. 



We have planned work through the autumn and 

 winter that will keep the children interested and 

 we hope next summer to" have twice as many mem- 

 bers as this year. Membership is free. 



Yours for the joy of childhood, 



Lady Greensleeves. 



