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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



November, 1912 



The Wonder 



I *1 of 



LjllV Byzantine 



{From a 

 Photo) 

 This 

 bulb 

 blooms abso- 

 luLely without 

 soil or water by 

 simply placing 

 it in the light 

 and sun on a 

 plate, in a china, glass or a brass bowl. 



The flowers appear as ii" by magic — ex- 

 quisite rosy blossoms golden stamens in 

 the chalix, omitting a delicate fragrance 

 in the sunshine. Each bulb bears from 

 8-20 flowers according to size. 



The Sweetest Gift 



to bring a smile to the lips of Inva- 

 lids or Shut-ins, to whom the watching 

 of this magic blossoming brings daily delight. 



Start bulbs three 

 weeks before Thanks- 

 giving to adorn your 

 dinner table with 

 unique bloom. If 

 wanted for Christmas 

 flowering, send in or- 

 ders now. We will re- 

 serve bulbs for you, 

 shipping in proper 

 time. Full directions 

 how to treat bulbs 

 with every order. 



Large Bulbs S0.20 



Monster Bulbs 30 



JUMBO (very scarce) 4° 



Your Garden Needs Lilies 



Our Success Dollar Collection 



Lil. Longiflo 



, long white trumpet So. 1 5 $1.25 S S.oo 



Lil. Roseum, white and rosy 



Lil. Album, glistening white, reflexed 



petals 



Lil. Magnificum, SUPERB lily .white 



and crimson 



1-25 8.50 

 Lil. Auratum, GOLDEN QUEEN of 



Lilies 15 1.25 8.50 



Lil. Superbum, GRAND lily, stems 



6-7 ft. high, with a wealth of 



orange; dark spotted flowers 15 1.25 7.50 



LU. Umbellatum, upright flower; 



colors ranging from nankin buff 



to deep orange and apricot. Superb .15 1.25 S.oo 



Seven strong, sound bulbs of the hardiest, 

 most satisfactory lily bulbs, which will 

 flower first season. 



Price Includes Delivery on Both Offers 



Our October offer of bulbs and moss fiber 

 holds good till December. Address 



H. H. BERGER & CO. 



70 Warren St. New York 



to make up for that lost by evaporation, and at the 

 end of the week the buds had appeared and showed 

 clear of the enclosing sheath. The pots were now 

 put in a sunny window, and the paper bags re- 

 moved to give all the light and air possible. Other- 

 wise, there would be no foliage. I put hot water 

 in the pans once a day for another week; at the 

 end of the two weeks, they were put out of doors 

 with my porch plants, and I started another 

 bundle of pips in the kitchen. 



The first hundred pips bloomed in thirty-three 

 days. As the weather grew warmer, the second 

 hundred came into bloom in about three weeks, and 

 the third hundred were not put on the stove at all, 

 though they were given the hot water treatment. 



Florida. M. Bowers. 



Oriental Poppy Notes 



AS AN enthusiastic grower of oriental poppies, 

 I want to offer a few suggestions, to be taken, 

 after Mrs. King's article in the July, 1912, issue 

 of The Garden Magazine. 



In deference to the authorities, plant your poppies 

 in August and September — if convenient. We 

 who have only odd moments in our gardens, cannot 

 always do things at just the approved time but we 

 find that almost any plant can be moved at any 

 time, provided sufficient care is given it. We have 

 moved oriental poppies in October and early April 

 and noticed no setback to them; the April moved 

 plants bloomed just as well as those which were 

 undisturbed. The fact of the matter is that we 

 disturb the plants very little when we move them; 

 we first cut down on the four sides of the plant with 

 a long, sharp spade, then lift out the plant with 

 enough earth to hold all the roots in place. Poppies 

 are a littU* more difficult to transplant than some 

 plants, because one must cut down so deeply to get 

 the long root. 



If one desires a certain shade in poppies and can 

 rely on the plantsman being accurate in color 

 designation it is well to buy plants of the oriental 

 poppies; but if one has time and patience, then I 

 would say, sow hybrid seeds and in a year's time 

 the beautiful varieties secured will more than repay 

 you for the little care given them. Perhaps there 

 may be only a few plants which are really distinc- 

 tive, or only one that is a desired shade, but 

 from that one you may work up a splendid lot. 

 From a package of seeds sown a year ago we had a 

 number of good blooming plants this year. One 

 was a very large, soft salmon; two were deep, 

 rich red with immense black blotches and one was a 

 very unusual flower, being larger than any others, 

 with black splotches at base of petals. In the 

 sunshine it is a glowing maroon but in the shade the 

 inside of the flower seems to be distinctly mulberry. 



I like Mrs. King's suggestion of planting tulips 

 to flower before the poppies and as we want a strong 

 red in this corner we shall try T. Gesneriana, -car. 

 spatkulata. I have never planted anything to 

 follow the poppies because they often give us a 

 second autumn bloom. 



Some plants seem to demand a special setting. 

 To us delphiniums are not seen at their best unless 

 against the blue sky line, no trees or tall shrubbery 

 interfering, and madonna lilies are lovelier if grown 

 among delphiniums. Poppies are too garish unless 

 softened by nearby green; we grow them in a 

 triangular bed, the long side facing the lawn, a 

 white rugosa hedge on the south and a hemlock 

 hedge on the west. 



Pennsylvania. Edna Harthan. 



Build a Greenhouse 



and have 



A Perpetual Summerland 



with its 



Fruits and Flowers 



NOTHING quite takes the dread and "shut 

 in" feeling out of winter like having your 

 own greenhouse, with its various garden 

 chapters to interest and delight you every day, 

 from the (ailing of the leaves, to the return of the 

 swallows. 



If you want only a little house (one so little 

 as two hundred and fifty dollars worth) or an 

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 Our catalog is full of suggestions — most of them 

 illustrated. Send for it. There's still time to 

 build before winter completely grips things. 



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