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T H E G A R I) E X :sr A G A Z I X E 
October, 1916 
Just a Talk about 
a Hobby of Mine 
T his win be my last opportunity to 
talk to you this year on a subject 
that has been dear to me for twenty- 
three years, and in which I am to-day 
more deeply interested than ever — 
THE PEOXY. 
Each Spring so many people express 
their regrets to me because they al- 
lowed the previous Fall to go by with- 
out making a peony planting. I feel, 
therefore, that I cannot let this month 
go by without a final reminder while 
there is yet plenty of time to plant, 
since I consider early October the very 
best time of all. As a matter of fact, 
I do none of my own planting until af- 
ter mid-October, and wherever exhib- 
ited, my flowers usually take most of 
the first prizes. 
My appeal to you on behalf of the 
Peony is not merely a business one. 
We already have the largest and most 
select peony business in this country, 
if not in the world, and with a barrel 
of flour in the larder, coal in the cellar 
and a Berkshire hog (thanks to a fel- 
low peony enthusiast) fattening for 
Christmas, why should I care? 
If you knew the Peony as I know it, you 
would love It as I love it. The brush of a 
Corot, master of colors as he was, would 
falter before the modern Peony’s wondrous 
range and delicacy of shades. De Longpre, 
the greatest flower painter of our time, 
threw down his "brush in despair as he 
failed to catch the elusive tints — the won- 
drous sheen of the Peony. 
And who can drink in the delicious 
perfume of to-day’s varieties without won- 
dering what a Roger & Gallet — a Colgate, 
would give to match what Nature gives us 
so freely in the Peony. And speaking of 
Nature, did you ever stop to think how 
you and Nature working hand in hand can 
produce living pictures of beauty, such as no 
Rubens, no Corot, no Angelo ever achieved? 
Do you “get me’’ ? 
A very dear old lady, who herself gave 
most freely of her time and wealth to the 
betterment of humanity, once asked me if 
I realized how my own eflForts were making 
mankind happier and more blessed. 
Time passes — opportunity slips by. Soon 
it will be a year too late. Send to-day for 
a free copy of 
“The Flower Beautiful” 
which tells you the whole story. 
George H. Peterson 
Rose and Peony Specialist 
Box 50 Fair Lawn, New Jersey 
Color Schemes with Darwins 
{Concluded from page 94 ) 
Particularly noteworthy combinations are 
the following which may be used with even so 
small a quantity of bulbs as a dozen: 
I, Velvet King and Mrs. Cleveland or Zulu 
and Flamingo. 2, Clara Butt and Yellow 
Perfection. 3, Pride of Haarlem and, Golden 
Bronze. 4, Inglescombe Pink and Apricot. 
5, The Fawn and Dom Pedro. 6, Dom Pedro 
and Moonlight. 7, Suzon and Wilberforce. 
8, Dream and Wilberforce. 
In fact the association of the pinks and 
lighter rose shades with the buffs, apricots, 
and lavenders seems peculiarly happy. 
Breeder Tulips are an acquired taste. They 
are of such dull and somber shades as a rule 
that they excite little attention at first glance 
but as one tires of the more glaring shades the 
delicate beauty and wonderful intermingling 
of colors in these old fashioned bulbs which 
are once more coming into their own compel 
admiration. 
There are a number of varieties which, 
although differing quite distinctly, show much 
the same coloring. These are the yellows 
with purple stripes down the centre of the 
petals. Jaune d’Oeuf is a good example of 
this class. Another series is confined to 
brown and purple. These dull shades are 
particularly useful as foils for the brighter 
Cottage and Dar^vin varieties. Then there 
are the apricot and buff shades, generally with 
a brown tone in the centre. These Tulips 
are comparatively little known but they are 
well worth while, and each Tulip order this 
fall should include a few of them for trial. 
A good selection would be: Dom Pedro for 
the mahogany and brown type; Cardinal 
Manning for the lighter purple and browns; 
Bronze Queen for the buff shades; Golden 
Bronze or Toison d’Or as it is also called, for 
the lighter brown and yellow shades; and 
Jaune d’Oeuf for the yellow and purple type. 
Of the brighter Breeders, Lucifer is note- 
worthy, a brilliant orange scarlet of much the 
same’ style of blossom as the Cottage Tulip, 
La Merveille, but of more gorgeous coloring. 
Of the peculiar rose shades, Mme. Lethierry 
is perhaps as fine as can be purchased. It 
comes rather close to the Darwins in general 
appearance but has a peculiar quality of deep 
rose with salmony shadings fading out to 
light pink on the edges of the petals. It is 
described as dark crushed strawberry which is 
not ver>' accurate but as close as one could get. 
Another dusky Breeder is Heloise which is 
disappointing when it first opens as it is a dull 
brownish plum purple but as it ages it develops 
rose shadings which are quite unlike any other 
Tulip. It is a long flower with reflexing petals. 
One of the showiest of the Breeders is 
Prince of Orange, a big globular flower of a 
peculiar shade of red which merges into a 
gorgeous orange feather edge. 
■Although a mass planting according to a 
color plan such as I have described is undoubt- 
edly as wonderful a garden picture as can be 
painted, I am still of the belief that the 
Darwins are one of the ideal early season 
plants for the perennial border. In isolated 
groups associated with the spring blooming 
perennials, they are singularly beautiful. 
Clara Butt with the pale blue creeping Phlox, 
Pride of Haarlem with hardy Candytuft 
whitening about it, the pale Vitellina arising 
among the dwarf purple Iris; all these form 
unforgetable combinations. I wouldn’t sac- 
rifice my color garden; neither would I wish 
to give up the perennial border late 1 ulips. 
Darwin Tulips 
This exquisite class of Tulip bears flowers four to six 
inches in diameter on 30-inch stems. They bloom and 
thrive for years without deterioraUon such as the 
ordinary Tulips are subject to. 
Pride of Haarlem. The best old rose color Darwin 
Tulip. 25c per doz. $1.75 per 100. 
Margaret. Beautiful globular flowers of soft, blush rose. 
25c per doz.; $1.35 per 100. 
Clara Butt. Exquisite shade of soft clear pink. 25c 
per doz.; $1.50 per 100. 
Baronne De La Tonnaye. Large, rose carmine flowers 
superbly formed and retaining their brilliancy to 
the lasL 25c per doz. ; $1.50 per 100. 
Collection of twelve each {4S bulbs), $1.00 postpaid. 
Daffodils 
Victoria. The variety* shown below, yellow trumpet with white 
perianth, "double nose” bulbs producing two flowers. 
5 >c perdoe.: {-?.oo per 100. Postpaid. 
Trumpet Varletlef* .Mixed, aoc per doz.; $i ocperioo. Postpaid, 
tlur Autumn llutb t'atalogue^ with full in^nnation relative to 
Darwin and Breeder Tulips. Narcissus, etc., mailed on 
request. 
Arthur T. Boddington Co., Inc. 
Dept. G 1 128 Chambers Street, New York 
Whys and Wherefores of 
Fall Spraying 
is the title of a little booklet, giving seven reasons, 
official and non-official, why it is the b«t time to spray. 
This booklet will be sent out by the B. G. Pratt Co., 50 
Church St., New York, manufacturers of the well-known 
"SGALECIDE” at a very early date. If you are not 
on their mailing list, send them a postal to-day giving 
the number of your trees and your dealer’s name and 
you will receive a copy free. Address Dept. I. 
A preity hillside locab'OQ 
Insure Your Garden 
Against the Cold 
.A Sunlight outfit should be added to Nature’s 
soil and light and heat in order to keep your plants 
coming and growing Fall, Winter and Spring. 
Buy one or many double glazed sash or a ready- 
made, small Sunlight Greenhouse at once. Start 
things this Fall. The cost is small, the service 
surprisingly great and sure. Shipment immediate. 
Catalogue sent free. If you want Prof. Massey’s Booklet 
on Hot'bed and Greenhouse Gardening enclose 4c in stamps. 
SUNLIGHT DOUBLE 
GLASS SASH CO. 
927 E. Broadway 
Louisville Ky. 
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