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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



November, 1912 



From Childhood to Old Age 



Kimball Pianos 



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| THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO. 19 Union Stock Yards, Chicago 

 1 Wizard Brand is sold by Jlrst-c.ass seedsmen ess^HI 



to the ground, Bessie Brown and Magnafrano have 

 grown and flowered well, in company with Gruss 

 an Teplitz and some Baby Ramblers, white, pink, 

 and crimson. The June roses did not bloom at 

 all, and the climbers, ramblers, Clothilde Soupert, 

 Mrs. Peary, and some old-fashioned, unknown 

 roses were all cut down and had few flowers. Even 

 the old pink hundred-leaf at the foot of the garden, 

 a perfect run-about and usually giving hundreds 

 of roses, was subdued this season. And the rugged 

 rugosa (a red variety) has looked vety anaemic. 



One of the things most missed in the garden's 

 spring bloom was a border of garden pinks, the 

 Dianthus plumarius, var. nanus, which for years 

 had made a long strip of vivid color above a low 

 stone wall. They are so delicious with their clove 

 scent, and bloom in such gay masses, that they 

 have come to be indispensable, and must be re- 

 newed. In another border were red Grenadin 

 carnations, which had been there for two years. 

 These I thought would not withstand such a winter, 

 but where the gay feather pinks succumbed, the 

 carnations lived and throve, and bloomed better 

 than ever. They, too, have a strong spicy perfume, 

 are bright scarlet in color and very double. 



Among the lilies, the Siberian coral lily must 

 have felt entirely at home, and bloomed profusely. 

 The others were poor, the Madonna lily having 

 few flowers, and the California, pardalinum and 

 Humboldtii dropped their buds after they had 

 formed them. But the grand L. Henryi is tall and 

 vigorous, with many buds, and the tiger lilies look 

 fairly well. 



Those dear little bulbs, the fritillaries, seemed 

 quite unhurt. They are planted in a small rockery 

 which breaks the line of the lawn under a low cement 

 wall, and they were more charming than ever with 

 their slender graceful stems and drooping bells, 

 if that can be properly called a bell which has 

 angles instead of curves. This tin}' rockery has 

 little woodland plants from the South Mountain, 

 with the Carpathian harebell, Pachysandra, white 

 arabis and Saxijraga cordifolia, all cold-proof. 



The plants along the wall itself had varying 

 fortunes. A Vilis Coigncttice, set out last year, 

 and said to be tender, stood the cold well, and has 

 made a handsome growth. There are few hand- 

 somer wall coverings than this vine, and it is said 

 to color well in the fall. A number of hollyhocks, 

 grown from California seed, which it was hoped 

 would make a beautiful showing, were badly used 

 up. Only a few groups here and there remained. 

 On the other hand there was a pleasant surprise. 

 Last summer some chimney bell campanulas, 

 raised from seed the preceding season, were the 

 pride of the garden. Until cut down by hard 

 frost they bloomed, pure white and turquoise blue, 

 on wands six feet tall, which WTeathed themselves 

 gracefully along the wall. They seeded themselves, 

 and this year quantities of little ones are growing 

 in the borders. Tall growing plants are specially 

 valuable along a wall, and no one who has had the 

 chimney bells can help loving them. Yet there 

 are few things more tedious than raising biennials. 

 They are so short-lived that they must be good 

 indeed to reward one; but if, like the foxglove and 

 this campanula they renew themselves, they are 

 very welcome additions to the borders. 



Of course many old standbys are with us — the 

 Oriental poppies, orange and lemon lilies, the 

 irises which were never finer, delphiniums, core- 

 opsis, sunflowers, gaillardias, achillea, feverfew 

 and blue bells, hardy asters and phlox. Snap- 

 dragons proved tender, and so did the cherished 

 English wall flowers. These two beautiful flowers 

 were almost entirely lost, but the hardy chry- 

 anthemums, which have been very slow to establish 

 themselves in this small garden, are unhurt and are 

 even increasing well. 



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Growing Cress in a Greenhouse 



"1 \ 7"HEX we built our toy greenhouse in Novem- 

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 6-inch pots of water cress roots for winter salads. 

 For a time it grew well, but our heating system 

 was a failure and when the cress did not thrive I 

 put the roots into the bench for trial there. In 

 May it started well into growth and about July 

 ist I made my first sales. Before the sales stopped 



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