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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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"Hardy Garden Flowers" 

 Has HO Illustrations 

 All Made to Help You 



ABOVE is one of them. All were made from photographs taken 

 especially for Biltmore Nursery. They show the charm of 

 hardy perennials, new and old, grown as they should be grown. 

 The book has 64 large pages. It describes all the perennial plants 

 that are used to produce the pleasing landscape effects illustrated, and 

 gives concisely and accurately the characteristics and cultural re- 

 quirements of many others. It breathes the spirit of the charm of 

 hardy gardens. It depicts the beauties of the modest Pink, the bril- 

 liance of the Poppies, the charm of the Peonies, the stately grace of 

 Foxgloves and Larkspur, and the striking effect obtained by masses 

 of Hollyhocks and other plants. 



How you may get this book 

 at once, without cost 



"Hardy Garden Flowers" is too expensive 

 for promiscuous distribution, since each copy 

 costs 30 cents and requires j cents postage. 

 If you have a garden of perenn'als. or contem- 

 plate planting one soon, and want to know how 

 to select the most beautiful kinds and use them 

 to the best advantage, we will be glad to send 

 you a copy by return post. 



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Other Biltmore books that will 

 show you how to plant 



"Flowering Trees and Shrubs, 1 ' a valuable 

 companion to " Hardy Garden Flowers," similar 

 in style and helpfulness. " The Iris Ca'alog," 

 showing magnificent flowers in natural colors. 

 "Biltmore Nursery Catalog," a guide to the 

 cultivated plants of North America, most 

 valuable to those who have large estates. 



Ask for the book you need most. 



Biltmore Nursery, high in the mountains of North Carolina, has 

 extremes of climate that give the stock great hardiness. Biltmore 

 Nursery products are bred, fed, trained and packed so they will start 

 into vigorous growth as soon as they are transplanted anywhere in 

 America. Biltmore Nursery products are offered in sizes and varieties 

 sufficient to meet every requirement of purse or preference. 



BILTMORE NURSERY, Box 1542, Biltmore, N. C. 



DOSES r NEW CASTLE 



ALWAYS GROWN ON THEIR OWN ROOTS 



Most rugged, hardiest Roses in America. Plant them and make your Rose Garden 

 a success. New Castle soil best adapted to Rose growing — hence our big success 

 in growing healthy, vigorous Rose bushes. They carry all the strength and vigor 

 of New Castle soil. 



We grow and sell all best varieties of Roses, also Hardy Perennials, Shrubs, Plants, Bulbs, 



Flower and Vegetable seeds. Safe arrival guaranteed. 



ROSES OF 1 NEW CASTLE— free 



Our 1913 edition, most famous rose book published. Profusely illustrated in colors — highest 

 authority on rose culture. Gives all necessary information. Plan your Rose Garden now — 

 send for this great book — it's free — write today. 



HELLER BROTHERS CO., Rose Specialists, Box 421, New Castle, Ind. 



thoroughly and strain through a jelly bag. To each 

 pint of juice add a pound of sugar and enough green 

 vegetable coloring (which may be obtained at a 

 drug store) to give a delicate green tint. Pour into 

 tiny jelly glasses, in each of which has been dropped 

 a leaf of fresh spearmint. The mint leaf gives 

 its flavor delicately to the hot jelly poured 

 over it, rises to the top and, before serving, can 

 be removed. 



Canned pieplant. Cut the stalks fine, pack the 

 pieces tightly in cans, fill the cans to the brim with 

 cold water, let stand two hours; if water has 

 settled away, fill jars again to the brim. Screw 

 on covers and set in dark, or wrap cans in paper to 

 exclude light. This will keep for a year. 



And as a crowning virtue let me say there is 

 nothing more effectual than pieplant juice to remove 

 obdurate rust stains from fabrics — such stains as 

 are the discouragement of housewives. For the 

 accomplishment of this, pour cold water over un- 

 peeled pieplant. Let it boil thoroughly so that all 

 its virtuous juices may be extracted; then hold the 

 rusted part of the material in the boiling acid juice 

 and the stains vanish as if by magic. 



Michigan. Mrs. A. S. Hardy. 



Floral Centrepieces 



IN MAKING a centre piece for the luncheon 

 table one does not desire anything very elabor- 

 ate. The accompanying illustrations show two 

 effective and easy methods of utilizing narcissus 

 and smilax. 



The first is made by erecting, over a flat circular 

 mirror, a bower formed by two half hoops twined 



















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with smilax and studded at regular intervals with 

 narcissus. The mirror is also surrounded by the 

 narcissus and smilax. 



For the second design a quaint rustic basket is 





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filled with narcissus and smilax. A layer of slightly 

 moist sand is put in the bottom of the basket which 

 will keep the flowers from wilting. This centre- 

 piece is most charming in its simple and unstudied 

 arrangement. 



Massachusetts. M. H. Northend. 



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