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RDENS 



March, 1907 



Sun- Dials with Pedestals, Complete 



By utilizing our Koll's Patent Lork Joint in tlie con- 

 struction of the wooden pedestals furnished by u<, we 

 lue enabled to offer this most attractive featLire of the 

 formal garden at a price that places them within the 

 reach of all. 



A S|iecial booklet showing a number of designs of 

 pedestals, pergolas, etc., with prices, will be sent fiee 

 upon request. Ask for Circular "A-26.''' 



HARTMANN BROS. MFG. CO. 



MOUNT VERNON, N.Y., U.S.A. 



New York Office: 1123 Broadway 



Western Factory: Henry Sanders Co., Chicago, III. 



MANIM' AC i rRIiKS OF 



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I' or Pergolas, Porches, or Interior Use. 



s Complete Outfit 

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= C^^^ No. 7 SCROLL SAW 



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SS good material and workmanship, and to 



— saw pine three inches thick at the rate 

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1 Plant for Immediate Effect I 



NOT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS 



Start with the largest stock that can be secured! It takes over twenty years to 



grow such trees and shrubs as we offer. 

 We do the long waiting — thus enabling you to secure trees and shrubs that give an 

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m Andorra Nurseries, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 



— — WM. WARNER HARPER, PROPRIETOR — 



always in order. As the Japan lilies do not 

 reach this country until late in the fall, it will 

 be well to get all orders in to the florist early 

 that they may be filled from the first consign- 

 ments of bulbs. Then if the beds are pre- 

 pared in advance they may be gotten into the 

 ground before severe weather. However, it is 

 possible to make successful planting of bulb? 

 as late as Christmas. I have planted them 

 when it was necessary to break tlie frozen 

 ground with an axe, but the bulbs did unusu- 

 ally well the following spring. 



The Japan lilies should be planted about 

 nine inches deep and it is well to place sand 

 around the bulb sufficiently to prevent the 

 earth coming in contact with it. A little 

 sphagnum moss directly under the bulb is an- 

 other wise precaution, as this will insure drain- 

 age for each particular bulb and prevent the 

 : ettling of water about the base of the bulb. 



After the lilies are all planted and the soil 

 firmed about them the bed should be given a 

 dressing of old, rough manure, leaves and lit- 

 ter ; the coarsest of this may be raked off in 

 the spring and the fine manure worked into 

 the ground. This, however, must be done 

 before the lilies start as they are very tender ; 

 as soon as the frost is out of the ground is the 

 best time to work over the lily bed; it should 

 not be disturbed after the middle of April 

 or the first of May according to the latitude. 

 The Annunciation lily, which ripens its foli- 

 age in August and remains dormant for a 

 short time, should be planted at that season 

 and not be disturbed later. This lily grows 

 its bulbs close to the surface, hence should not 

 be planted deeply. As it lies near the surface 

 of the ground it is easily affected by frost in 

 winter and sun in summer. It should, there- 

 fore, have the protection of the vicinity of 

 other plants; lately I have grown them suc- 

 cessfully among the peonies. Their earlier 

 start in the spring enables them to get their 

 heads above the foliage of the peonies before 

 those plants have made much growth and the 

 peonies afford protection from the hot sun 

 during the summer. 



All lily bulbs are composed of a succession 

 of layers of scales ; these are very tender, and in 

 handling the bulbs care should be given that 

 none are broken ; when this does occur the 

 broken part should be removed with a sharp 

 knife and no ragged edges left to decay and 

 affect the entire bulb. These broken scales 

 may be planted in sand and will in return pro- 

 duce new bulbs. If one cares to sacrifice a 

 bulb it may be separated into scales and each 

 one planted, base down, in sand and in time 

 will produce a large colony of mature bulbs. 

 Given good soil, drainage and proper plant- 

 ing the lily is fairly healthy and long-lived, 

 but when it becomes apparent that the plant 

 is deteriorating the cause must be looked for. 

 When the season of rest comes and the bulb is 

 dormant, it may be lifted and examined for the 

 cause; this will often be found to be decay 

 caused by improper drainage, some structural 

 injury, or the too close proximity of manure. 

 Whatever the cause the bulb should be thor- 

 oughly cleaned and all diseased scales re- 

 moved. Wherever the base of these scales is 

 sound they may be planted, first removing all 

 unsound or diseased parts. Often it will be 

 found that the ants have taken up their home 

 in the bulb ; these must be expelled and the 

 bulb planted in a fresh spot ; never put an 

 ailing bulb back in the same place, but give 

 it fresh soil, protect it with clean, sharp sand 

 and place the bit of sphagnum moss at the 

 base. 



Do not remove the protecting mulch too 

 early in the spring but displace a portion at 

 a time. If, as sometimes happens, the lilies 

 start too early they should be covered on cold 

 nights and days, otherwise a sudden freeze 

 m.ay take the tender shoots and that will be 



