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THE GARDEN M A G A Z I N E 
February, 1917 
Tatty's 5 Mums 
If you need any Chrysanthemums 
for your garden, — you may as well 
have the best! 
If records at Exhibitions count for 
anything we can show that we 
have taken more prizes than all 
the other growers put together. 
Our World-Wide organization, 
looking for just the best varieties 
raised in the different countries, 
gives us a unique advantage. 
Our Hardy sorts are suitable for 
all conditions and sections, and 
well worthy of your investigation. 
We will send in the spring, at the 
proper time to plant in the garden: 
Chrysanthemum 
Plants 
Assorted Hardy Types that 
will be satisfactory in your section; 
including Singles, Pompon, and 
large-flowering types; de- 
livered prepaid to any 
address in the country for 
Catalogue 
$ 5 . 
describing over 300 varieties in Single; 
Pompon; Japanese and Early Flowering 
types — also my latest introduction — The 
Tuxedo Collection of Japanese Anemone 
’Mums; will be mailed on receipt of your 
address. 
Charles H. Totty 
“77z<? Novelty Man ” 
Madison New Jersey 
COMING EVENTS Hr 
UB ^SOCIETY NEW 
Meetings, etc. in February 
(Following dates are meetings unless otherwise specified ) 
1. Marshfield, Mass., Garden Club. 
2 . Pasadena, Cal., Horticultural Society. 
3. Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Boston, Mass.: 
lecture. 
5. New Bedford, Mass., Horticultural Society. 
6 . Lake Geneva, Wis., Gardeners’ & Foremen's Asso- 
ciation. 
Garden Club of Myers Park, Charlotte, N. C. 
7. Short Hills, N. J„ Garden Club. 
9. Westchester, N. Y., & Fairfield, Conn., Horticultural 
Society. 
Connecticut Horticultural Society, Hartford, Conn. 
10. Dobbs Ferry. N. Y.. Horticultural Society. 
Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Boston, Mass, 
lecture. 
12. Park Garden Club, Flushing, L. I. 
Garden Club of New Rochelle, N. Y. 
Rochester, N. Y„ Florists’ Association. 
New York Florists’ Club, New York City. 
14. Short Hills, N. J„ Garden Club. 
New York Federation of Horticultural Societies and 
Floral Clubs, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Lenox, Mass., Horticultural Society. 
Nassau Co. Horticultural Society, Glen Cove. L. I. 
15. Marshfield, Mass., Garden Club. 
16. Pasadena, Cal., Horticultural Society. 
17. Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Boston, Mass.: 
lecture. 
20. Lake Geneva, Wis., Gardeners’ & Foremen’s Asso- 
ciation. 
Garden Club of Myers Park. Charlotte, N. C. 
21. Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 
Rhode Island Horticultural Society, Providence, R. I. 
Tarrytown, N. Y., Horticultural Society. 
23. Connecticut Horticultural Society, Hartford, Conn. 
24. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Horticultural Society. 
Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Boston, Mass.: 
lecture. 
26. Park Garden Club, Flushing, L. I. 
28. Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 
Great Programme at Ithaca 
’ I 'HE Department of Floriculture at Cornell 
University has arranged an interesting pro- 
gramme in the horticultural section for 
“Farmers’ Week,” February 12th to 17th. 
On Tuesday, February 13th, at 9 o’clock, 
Miss L. A. Minns will speak on “Some Books 
Every Garden Lover Should Own.” At 10 
a. M. Mr. E. C. Volz will discuss “Methods 
for Prolonging the Keeping Qualities of Cut 
Flowers,” and he will be followed at 1 1 a. m. 
by Mr. C. L. Thayer on “Hardy Lilies.” 
On Wednesday the New York State Federa- 
tion of Horticultural Societies and Floral 
Clubs will hold a meeting at Ithaca and 
the following programme will be presented: 
At 9 A. M. “Roses in Greenhouses and Their 
Breeding” will be discussed by Professor E. 
A. White; at 10 a. m. Professor David Lums- 
den will speak on “Orchids and Orchid Breed- 
ing.” The Department of Landscape Art 
has arranged for a lecture at II A. M. by Mr. 
Henry Hicks of Westburv, Long Island, on 
“Making Home Grounds Attractive.” The 
afternoon programme will consist of a dis- 
cussion of “Garden Roses and Their Culture,” 
by Dr. A. C. Beal, and “Diseases of Roses” 
by Dr. L. M. Massey. 
On Thursday at 9 o’clock Dr. R. Matheson 
will speak on “ Insects Which Attack House 
Plants, and Their Control.” At 10 o’clock 
Professor David Lumsden will discuss “The 
Value and Management of Amateur Flower 
Exhibitions.” At 1 1 o’clock Dr. A. C. Beal 
will speak on “Outdoor Sweet Pea Culture.” 
The afternoon will be devoted to a lecture and 
demonstration of Flower Arrangement by 
Professor E. A. White, followed by a round 
table on questions relating to flower growing. 
On Friday at 9 a. M. Professor Lumsden 
will discuss “The Home Flower Garden and 
its Care.” At 10 a. m. Mr. E. C. Volz will 
speak on “Native Plants for the Home Flower 
Garden.” At 11 a. m. Miss L. A. Minns will 
speak on “Bulbs for Indoor Planting,” fol- 
lowed at 12 o’clock by Mr. C. L. Thayer on 
“ Bulbs for Outdoor Planting.” In the after- 
noon there will be a demonstration on various 
phases of plant work, such as the making of 
window boxes and baskets, pruning, bulb plant- 
ing, propagation by cuttings and seeds, etc. 
American Rose Society 
A PPLICATION for the registration of a 
new rose is made by Mr. John H. Dun- 
lop, Richmond Hill, Ontario, as follows: 
“Mrs. Henry Winnett” Parentage — Rus- 
sell x Shawyer. Color — Bright Red about 
shade of Richmond. Large full flower, solid 
color, foliage ample. Deliciously fragrant, 
combining keeping qualities of Russell with 
the freedom of Shawyer. Form good, petals 
well reflexed and of solid texture. 
The Ever-changing Poppy 
TXT’E HAVE in our yard an old pit which 
* * caved in several years ago. Since then 
we have been filling it in with ashes from the 
furnace. One day late in May, I decided to 
strew some mixed poppy seed on it, never 
imagining that they would do more than come 
up a few inches and hide the unsightly spot. 
To my surprise, on Juty 14th several poppies 
bloomed. From that day until August 31st, 
the old pit was a thing of beauty, indeed, 
covered by from forty to fifty blooms daily of 
wonderful variety. 
By actual measurement many of the plants 
were more than four feet tall; and the blooms 
on one plant measured from \\ inches to 10 
inches in diameter! That plant had a single 
bloom .of an exquisite crimson with white 
lacey frilled edge, and a pink centre. Every 
day there were new shades, shapes, and 
sizes. 
There was a pink with white frilled edge 
and white centre; also some very double 
feathery, huge ones, of crimson, lavender, 
pure white, and magenta. This variety 
looked more like the huge fluffy chrysan- 
themums we see in greenhouses. Then there 
were single poppies, with contrasting colors 
on edge and leaf; some dark red ones had a 
black “maltese cross” in centre, edged with 
white. 
Heretofore, we have sown our seed the first 
of August, and they have come up and 
bloomed the following spring; but by the end of 
[une, the poppies are usually all over. We 
have never had such healthy fine plants as 
these we planted in May. 
Virginia Evelina Dunbar. 
A Large Leaf 
I HAVE been interested in the article on 
big trees in The Garden Magazine 
for November. Is a Sycamore leaf 18 by 15 
inches, exclusive of stem, worth talking 
about? I have one of this size, picked in 
October from a young tree some ten feet 
in height. 
Buffalo, N. Y. I . A. 
Cultivating Vacant Lots 
\ 17 'HERE can I get information regarding 
* * associations which have taken up the 
problem of the cultivation of the vacant 
lot? 
Ottawa, Can. W. E. Harper. 
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