January. 1917 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
231 
Two New Perennials 
for Your Hardy Garden 
Helenium Superbum Rubrum. The most gorge- 
ous and imposing perennial of late summer. 
Immense flower-clusters on stems 4^ feet tall; 
richest terracotta scarlet, fading to burnt orange. 
Hardy and vigorous. Six strong-field-grown 
plants for $1.50, twelve plants ^2.75, prepaid. 
Delphinium Bella Donna Semi-plenum. This 
new introduction is being recognized as the most 
satisfactory of all hardy Larkspurs. Its sprays 
of rich blue, semi-double flowers, of uniquely 
graceful form, appear in almost uninterrupted 
succession from June until cold weather. Six 
strong-field-grown plants $2.00, twelve plants 
^3-75> prepaid. 
Better Things for the Hardy Garden 
such as the above, go hand-in-hand with the better taste and 
higher standards in flower gardening now arising. To encour- 
age this movement I have included in my catalogue “Flowers 
for the Hardy Garden” only perennials of special merit. Each 
is described from notes taken direct from the growing plants; 
for each there are cultural directions, and suggestions for color 
effect, besides a complete classification of color terms. A copy 
will be sent for the asking. 
TWIN LARCHES NURSERY 
Frank M. Thomas West Chester, Penna. 
I’m Starting a Garden 
of Roses 
wrote one of our friends, “so please send me three 
desirable sorts for this venture.” We selected and 
sent them — and they were so satisfactory that we 
thought others might want them too, so we offer the 
three in one collection — 
Killarney Queen. 
Rhea Reid. 
Sunburst. 
A beautiful pink, superior to the old 
Killarney. 
Rich orange-scarlet. Awarded gold medal as 
the best out-door rose. 
New and a gem. Bronzy yellow, fading to 
apricot. 
One Plant of each for $1,50 
Two Plants of each for $2.75 
Delivered to your home 
Order before February 10. Plants will be shipped m time for planting. 
Baur’s Rose, Plant and Tree Catalogue 
is ready for mailing. It tells bow to plant and care for tbe things 
that grow, with a list of varieties that are worth having in any 
garden. Write for it today. 
15 East Ninth St., Dept. A, Erie, Pa. 
■Garden Preparedness- 
^ Comes in January and February for garden lovers who know. 
^ There is a certain wise lady who would as soon think of not buying seed for Spring Planting, as of missing the rare 
pleasure and inspiration that the right kind of garden books bring her each winter. 
^ GARDEN MAGAZINE readers will feel a certain satisfaction in knowing that the books we tell about below were all printed 
and published by Doubleday, Page & Co., at the same Country Life Press where the Magazine is printed each month. 
“TVq Hobby Is So Safe and Sane 
for a W Oman as a Garden*' 
^ This is what Louise Beebe Wilder found out for herself, and she has 
^ put her experiences into as enticing a garden book as we know. It is 
called “MY GARDEN,” and is just a series of delightfully informal talks 
with a true Garden lover — what to plant to take the place of that mass of 
creeping phlox, how to keep the field mice from eating all your bulbs, the 
best plants to tide over the awkward seasons and other bits of garden lore. 
We cannot speak too highly of MY GARDEN. Leonard Bar- 
ron, The Editor of the Garden Magazine, pronounces this book, 
“The most inspirational and yet practical garden book that has ap- 
peared in years,” and many others have found it equally valuable and 
delightful. 
Illustrated. Net, $1.^0. 
Visualizing Your Planting Problems 
^ \\ hether you W’ant to make a backyard garden or a special border 
^ or bed of shrubbery there are plans and ideas in this “ BOOK OE GAR- 
DEN PLANS” to suit your every need, and help you visualize your own 
problems. The author is STEPHEN F. H.AMBLIN, of the School of 
Landscape Architecture, Harvard Lfniversity. 
20 blue print plans, 32 pages of illustrations. Net, $2.00. 
IV^hat Would You Think of a Chart — 
which told at a glance tbe height, the time of blooming, the color of bloom, 
preference for sun or shade, wet or dry soil, fragrance, cutting qualities — 
in a word, the whole story of all the dependable perennials.? That is one 
of the features of THE GARDEN BLUEBOOK, by Leicester B. Holland. 
In addition each of the 200 hardy perennials is described in detail and pho- 
tographed. Net,$\.oo. 
Two Romances That We Want Every One Who Has a Garden to Read 
'^Roberta of Roseberry Gardens' " 
^ From the New York Times: “Miss Prances Duncan has written a most 
^ companionable book, one, too, of unusual literary quality; one to be 
read with enjoyment unalloyed and to be gratefully remembered. The 
characters of the tale are as full of human interest as the book is of garden- 
ing lore.” 
Illustrated. Net, $1.2^. 
^'The Idyl of Twin Fires"' 
^ Perhaps you were one of those who eagerly awaited each install- 
^.ment of this charming romance as it appeared in “Country Life.” 
It is now in book form with Thomas Fogarty’s drawings which just catch 
the spirit of the old New England farm house, and the romance it knew. 
The author, you remember, is Walter Prichard Eaton. 
Net, $1.50. Limp Leather, net, $1.65. 
Don’t Forget David Grayson and His Cheery Outdoor Philosophy. There are Graysonian Clubs all over the Country Now. 
His Four Books (including his first Novel “Hempheld”) Bound in Limp Leather, Boxed, Net, $6.50. Each volume, net, $1 .65 in leather. 
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