AMERICAN HOMES AND “GARDENS” 
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Buy Hick Shrubs Now 
This Ad. Tells You Why Planting Now Is Best 
‘THERE are four main and several minor reasons 
why Fall planting of shrubs is best. 
First: The ground gets settled around their roots so 
they start growing vigorously first thing next Spring; 
and you know it is the long, vigorous growths that | 
arch gracefully and give the most beautiful effects. 
Second: Many of the shrubs either bloom or bud 
out so early in the Spring that if planted after April 
15th they are bruised or broken off, and although the 
growth starts a little later, it is not so vigorous until 
Mid-Summer. This is particularly so of Forsythia, 
Pearl Bush, Lilacs, and Spireas. 
Third: Many of the shrubs are beautiful all Winter 
and you might just as well be enjoying them during 
those dreary months. For instance, there is Red 
Twigged Dogwood, the bark of which is a glowing 
carmine. Japanese Barberry with its brilliant red 
berries which stay on all Winter, is unequalled for 
low mass effects or hedges. 
Fourth: Next Spring you and everybody else will 
be too busy. You know how it has been every other 
year—almost impossible to get what you want done, 
when you wanted it done. Besides, now, while your 
needs of the past Summer are fresh in your mind, 1 
the best time to order. 
(There are a few things which we recommend 
to reserve until Spring: Azalea, Magnolia, Beech, 
Liquidambar or Sweet Gum, Tulip Tree and 
Rhododendron.) 
That Privet Hedge you have long wanted might 
just as well be planted right now—it’s a simple 
straight ahead sort of a job that will only hold up 
other things 1f put off till Spring. 
Would you not rather have the sort of boundary 
shown in the illustration to shut off the street than a 
hedge or a fence that everybody inthe street can 
look over? Would not this greater width of foliage 
be a more efficient block to the noise, dust, and 
intrusion of the public? This group contains 
Deutzia, Spirea, Viburnum. Lilac, Syringa. or 
Mock Orange, and Weigelia. A path through 
such shrubbery gives a new picture at every turn. 
Have you not noticed that many places give you 
No invitation to visit and explore? You look over 
the hedge and you see it all. Groups of shrubbery 
will divide part of your place into a series of in- 
teresting outdoor rooms. One can bea rose garden, 
another a tennis lawn, and another a ramble among 
wild flowers underneath a shady grove. The 
shrubs perform the important function in landscape 
of forming a screen higher than the line of sight. 
Don't you want some especially fine Golden Bell, 
Upright Honeysuckle, Syringa, or Mock Orange, 
and Viburnum dentatum’ 
Or, have you spots where you have planned to 
put Weigelia, snowball bush, or sweet shrub, that 
old fashioned favorite with its unforgotten perfume? 
Hicks’ shrubs, like Hicks’ trees, are strong, sturdy, 
well developed stock that you can thoroughly 
depend upon. Dependable shrubs from a depend- 
able firm. 
Come to the nursery and pick them out. It’s a 
most satisfactory way If you can’t, then send for 
price list; you will find the prices low, Send your 
order, and we will fill it carefully and promptly 
with freshly dug st.ck. Now is also the time to plan 
winter tree work, such as moving big evergreens 
ten to forty feet high. Have Hicks move them 
for you. 
Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury, Long Island 
Hyacinths, Darwin and other || 
Tulips, Narcissus and Crocus, 
Easter LiliesandhardyJapanand 
NativeLilies. English, Spanish 
Send for catalogue A 27 of pergolas. sun dials and garden 
furniture or A 40 of wood columns. 
Hartmann - Sanders Co. 
Exclusive Manufacturers of 
| Koll’s Patent Lock Joint Columns 
Freesias, Cal- 
and Japan Iris. 
ochortus and Trilliums, and all 
other Native and Foreign Bulbs 
and Roots in endless variety. 
The Largest Assortment in America 
CATALOGUE NOW READY 
Mailed Free for the Asking. 
J.M. THORBURN & CO. 
33 Barclay Street Dept. A New York 
Suitable for 
Pergolas, Porches or Interior Use 
ELSTON and WEBSTER AVES., 
CHICAGO, ILL. 
Eastern Office: 
1123 Broadway, New York City * 
Our illustration shows the attractive effect that can be obtained by 
adopting pergola treatment for your garage. 
to the cost of the building and makes it an attractive feature of your 
general landscape scheme ‘nstead of an eyesore, as-it frequently is. 
This adds but very little 
November, 1911 
Iemon juice, grated lemon zest, grated 
Parmesan and tomato sauce are the usual 
relishes when a spicy sauce is to be served 
with a fancy name. For “just gravy,” good 
and rich, with only the turkey flavor, re- 
move the roast when thoroughly tender all 
through and well browned, and make the 
gravy in the pan with the rich drippings 
and the particles of dressing that have es- 
caped in the roasting. Pour off the surplus 
grease, add a little water to the thick drip- 
pings, wet a little flour thickening, smooth 
and free from lumps, and add to the drip- 
pings until smooth and creamy in texture. 
The gizzard, heart and liver may then be 
chopped and added to the gravy; or the gib- 
let stew may be thickened to form a sepa- 
rate gravy of its own, with the meat from 
the bony pieces. Garnish the turkey with 
crisp sprigs of parsley when served. 
THE SOLDIER’S GARDEN 
By GEORGE A. AVERY 
HE main accomplishment of a soldier’s 
career in times of peace may not be in 
learning to fight the best or to lounge the 
easiest, if a promising experiment in garden- 
ing goes on and bears fruit at the rate 
shown by this year’s demonstration at Cater- 
ham Barracks, England. The soldiers at 
this point recently gave their annual vege- 
table, flower and industrial show, and in 
spite of a long drought the exhibits were 
very successful.and the best of the series. 
There are cases of cultivating the soil within 
a military station or reservation grounds by 
enlisted men in garden work, but the litera- 
ture of these is scant and the data are few. 
The more recent information comes from 
this Barracks, which has the distinction of 
giving an annual affair for prizes, and which 
in military circles is considered one of the 
social features of the year. It is a character- 
istic of the soldier on a peace footing to go 
bluntly about his duties, and after this to 
enliven his spirit on a pass or to enjoy 
games and other diversions. But the prize 
show referred to throws new light on the 
range of a barracks’ life. That the dull 
routine may be improved upon is shown by 
this scheme, which rewards the men with a 
healthful occupation and other benefits. The 
officers, from the commandant down, take 
a leading interest in the exhibition, and this 
support has helped to make gardening there 
a feature of a soldier’s work. The champion 
vegetable grower in the English army is 
Corporal Holt, of the Coldstream Guards. 
He was again this year the leading com- 
petitor at the “Barracks” show, and was 
awarded nine firsts for his vegetables. 
Corporal Holt is the famous tallest man 
in the army, and pictures of him doing his 
service at the most notable military pageants 
have appeared in the English illustrated 
papers. He also received the first prizes for 
the best kept garden and for the one the best 
cropped. In this latter competition, the 
legend goes that the giant guard, knowing 
that no award would be given to him 1f his 
exhibit showed to the judges of cropping a 
single specimen of rank overgrowth of the 
weed (Britannicus grenadiere), kept him- 
self for the time hid inside the Caterham 
Barracks. 
While there is no movement in the United 
States toward organizing an annual prize 
garden exhibition, there are instances where 
soldiers at posts take advantage of grounds 
and leisure to raise small crops for their 
own consumption, the over-production being 
shared by other soldiers of his company and 
even by his officers. One very successful 
garden was handled by a sergeant at Fort 
Hamilton, N. Y., and it may be hoped that 
