OCTOBEB, 1912 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE information about automobiles 



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Cover Design — Our Farm Home 



C. A. Purchase 



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The Month's Reminder -------------91 



Peony Bloom for the Longest Season - A . P. Saunders 92 



Photographs by the author, N. R. Graves and others 



Buildings in the Home Grounds: I.,Tool Sheds Phil M. Riley 95 



Photographs by A. G. Eldredge, N. R. Graves and others 



How to Buy Nursery Stock ----- Adolph Kruhm 97 



Photograph by the author 



Hakdy Bulbs for Present Planting - - -A. Herrington 100 



Photographs by W. S. Kimball, A. F. Loomis and others 



Small Fruits for Next Year's Crop - - W. C. McCollom 103 



Photograph by the author 



The Principles of Wild Gardening - - Wilhelm Miller 105 



Photographs by William Robinson, Henry Troth and others 



The Little Farm -------------- -108 



The Child's Garden -------- Ellen Eddy Shaw 1 10 



Photographs by C. E. Foster and P. B. Mann 



Growing Roses From Seed ------ H. S. Adams 112 



Photograph by F. A. Walter 



Roses for the South --------R. N. Lobdell 1 1 2 



How I Start Seeds ---------- A. Martin 114 



Drawings and photograph by the author 



Let Cosmos Selfsow --------- Mary B. Paret 116 



The Winter Behavior of Some Plants in i 9 1 1 - 1 2 



C. L. Meller 1 18 



How Southerners Grow Sweet Peas ------- 120 



Bulb Planting in the South ----- Thomas J. Steed 1 22 



Resetting Old Bulbs - - ------ m . R. Conover 1 24 



Photograph by the author 



Hardy Plants to Bloom all Summer 



Photographs by the author 



L.J. Doogue 126 



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Our New Catalogue 



One of our Four Fields of Peonies 



of 48 pages richly illustrated will start 

 you right as to the selection of varieties 

 of Fruits, Flowers and Trees, after which 



A Visit to Rosedale 



will convince you that our stock is un- 

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 made low prices to attract attention from 

 the absorbing three cornered political 

 game of this Presidential year. 



One, two and three year clumps in 

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. ALBERT, DAN'L D'. Deep rose 

 . ARC, JEANNE I>\ Outside rose colored, inside s 

 . Arthemise. Rose, pleasant odor. Early . 

 . BELLEVAL. VlSC. Blush; fragrant 

 . BINDER, Chas. Magenta, fragrant. Late . 

 . BOUCHARLAT Aine, Mons, Bright rosv lilac 

 . CARNEA ELEGANS. Glossy flesh, odor p'leasai 

 . CHARLEMAGNE. Lilac white, odor pleasant 

 . CROUSSE, FELIX. Bright red. odor pleasant. 

 . CROUSSE. MME. White, tinted pink, odor plea 

 . DEJUSSIEU. Rosy-magenta, odor pleasant . 

 . DELACHEI. Deep. rich, dark crimson. Late m 

 . DELICATISSIMA. Delicate pink . 

 . DEMAY. HENRI. Anelin red. odor pleasant. 

 . DUBOIS. CLAIRE. Light rose-pink. Late . 

 DUPONT. MONS. Large, creain-white, odor pie; 



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Bright Silvery pink, tinted salir 



D'lInuR. MME. Soft carmine pink . 



Elie, Mons Jules. Clear flesh-pink. Late. . 



EXPOSITION DE Lille. Pale pink, splashed with darker 



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, EDULIS. Violet rose, verv full and sweet. 

 . Festive Maxima. Paper-white, with ca 



very fragrant. Earlv, free and full 

 . Fulgida. Rosy magenta, silvery reflex .... 

 . GALHAC, MME DE. Delicate pink: odor pleasant 

 . GALLE, MME. EMILE. Soft lilac shaded flesh. Odor very 



pleasant. Late . . 



. GERARD, MARGUERITE. Pale pink. Late 



. t_.OSSEl.lN, Chas. Guard petals fleshy-pink; center deep 



yellow. Late 



. GRANDIFLORA NlVEA PLENA. Full, white center 



shaded sulphur 



, Grandifloka CARNEA Plena. Large lilac white. Very 



earlv. Odor pleasant 



. GUERIN, MODESTE. Solferino red. Mid-season 

 . HUMEI. Purplish rose; one of the latest to bloom 



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. . . LEBON, MME. Large, bright cherry, fragrant. Very late 



. . . LEMONIER, AUGUSTE. Velvety red, large and full ". 



. . . NEMOURS, DuCHESSEDE. Sulphur-white; fragrant. 



• . . NORD, TRIOMPHE DU. Large, solferino red, very plea- 

 sant odor. Late 



. . . OR, CURONNE D'. White, with yellow tints. Late . 



. . . PALISSY. BERNARD DE. Pale lilac rose. Late . 



. . . PHILOMELE. Guards soft pink, center deep golden yellow, 



. . . RUBRA TRIUMPHANS. Dark purplish crimson, very- sweet, 

 semi-double. Early . 



. . . SCHRCEDER Baroness. Most delicate flesh-pink bud, 

 changing to white when open 1_ 



. . . TALINDYKE, PRINCE DE. Dark purple. Very late. Twice"! 

 a first prize winner at Exhibition of Am. Peony Associ ; 



. . . UMBELLATA ROSEA. (Syn. Sarah Bernhardt.) Very early. 



Violet-rose guard petals, center amber white, fragrant 

 . . . VAN HOUTTE, LOUIS (Calot 1S67.) Dark red, odor plea- 

 sant. Late 



. . . VERDIER. CHAS. Dark, solferino red. Odor very plea- 

 sant. Late - . ■ . 



. . . Versch.effelt. Ambrose. Purple magenta. Late 

 . . . VlOLACEA. Deep purple violet, large and full 

 . . . Wellington. Due DE. Guards white, center sulphur. 

 whi f e, fragrant, mid-season - 



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