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Your Garden Tools 
The push -ahead-a-steD-at-a-time V 
kind are the ones you want — with 
high wheels to run easy over rough 
ground, even with a woman behind the tool, 
and with adjustments so that a boy or girl can 
handle it. Tools of this kind will do as much in 
one hour as you could with old fashioned hoes in 
ten hours. Easy work and better results. 
Wheel Hoes 
and Seed Drills 
Include 38 or more styles and combinations from which 
any gardener can choose just what he needs. Accurate 
sowing in rows or hills, perfectly safe cultivation astride 
young plants or between rows, hoeing, weeding, ridg- 
ing, opening furrows and covering them. 16 inch 
wheels. Steel tube frame. 
IRON AGE 
Ask your dealer to- show them and write 
us for booklet “ Home , b arm and Mar- 
ket Gardening with Modern Tools." 
BATEMAN M’F’G CO. 
Box 352 
Grenloch, N. J. ^ 
Also 
Spraying 
Machinery, 
Potato 
Machinery, 
Cultivating 
Tools, Etc. 
No. 6 
Drill 
and 
'> heel 
Hoe 
INGEE POSFS 
Sturdy as Oaks XVV/ IfJ 
Dingee roses are always grown on their own roots 
— and are absolutely the best for the amateur planter. 
Send to-day for our 
“New Guide to Rose Culture” tor 1917 
—it's free. It isn't a catalog — it’s a practical work on rose 
growing. Profusely illustrated. Describes over 1000 varieties 
of roses and other flowers, and tells how to grow them. Safe 
delivery guaranteed. Established 1850. 70 greenhouses. 
THE DINGEE U ('ONARD CO., Box 537, West Grove, Pa. 
EVERGREEN AZALEAS 
and other beautiful 
Flowering Evergreens 
T HIS is the heading of just one of the de- 
partments in our splendidly illustrated 
catalog — “ Suggestions for Effective Planting." 
Just now this department is of particular in- 
terest, because all of the plants described are 
conspicuous for their fairy flowers in the 
spring. They are immediately appropriate for 
arrangement on the borders of higher evergreen 
plantings — about the base of the house or in 
the garden, etc. 
We will gladly mail you this unusual catalog 
on request. Meanwhile, here is one of your par- 
ticular favorites: 
JAPANESE EVERGREEN AZALEA 
l Azalea amoenaj 
Each 
10 
100 
PA ft. . 
§13.50 
§125.00 
2 ft. . . 
18.50 
165. IK) 
2'A ft. . 
. 3.50 
33.50 
300.00 
HA. X 2 'A, 
very 
broad . 
. 7.50 
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William Warner Harper, Proprietor 
Rox 100, Chestnut Hill, Phila., Pa. 
G A R I) E N M A G A Z I N E 
The Indigoferas for Late Flower 
A LTHOUGH the majority of the Indigo- 
x feras are found in tropical climates it is 
foitunate that we have a few capable of stand- 
ing the varying climatic conditions of this part 
of New England. Most of the species inhabit 
the tropical regions of Africa while a few are 
found in America and also Asia. We read that 
for more than two thousand years the value of 
indigo as a dye derived from one of the species, 
presumably I. tinctoria, had been recognized 
in Asia but its use for many years was for- 
bidden in Europe and a decree of the Diet in 
Germany, held in 1 577, forbade the use of 
“the Devil’s dye” as it was called, and it 
was likewise forbidden in France from 1596 
to 1669. 
It was not till after the discovery of America 
that Indigo was obtained in any very large 
quantities in Europe, and the plant from 
which it was prepared was found growing 
wild in most of the tropical parts of the western 
hemisphere; this plant was probably I. Anil 
and was formerly cultivated in great abun- 
dance in Jamaica. This Indigofera was found 
growing spontaneously in Carolina in the 
year 1747, and so abundantly that 200,000 
pounds were shipped to England and sold at 
a very good price, but from that time its 
further cultivation was not -very extensively 
prosecuted. We learn that the Aztecs were 
well aware of its value as a dye. Recent intro- 
ductions from Asia have brought to our gar- 
dens one or two species that do not produce ' 
beautiful dyes, but in return give us delightful 
shrubs and beautiful flowers. 
Indigofera Kirilowii was introduced a few 
years ago from Korea by Mr. J. G. Jack. 
It forms a sub-shrub about 3 ft. tall and 
annually produces numerous racemes of large 
bright pink flowers during June and July. 
It spreads rapidly by means of suckers, giving 
us an easy method of propagation, although it 
produced seeds for the first time in the Arnold 
Arboretum during 1913. 
Another taller growing shrub, introduced 
from Central China by Mr. E. H. Wilson, 
and growing to the height of more than 6 ft. is 
Indigofera amblyantha. The flowers are pro- 
duced in slender axillary racemes, and are very 
numerous and pink in color. Its great value 
lies in the fact that these racemes continue to 
lengthen individually and produce a succes- 
sion of flowers from July to October. What 
hardy shrub gives us such a continuance of 
flowers as that? A few of the flowers produce 
seeds that are contained in a long and narrow 
pod. It propagates fairly easily from cuttings 
which by the end of a year make large plants, 
as it is a rapid grower in its early stages. This 
is a plant that should find a place in every 
garden. 
Another low growing species and more of a 
hardy herbaceous character is Indigofera 
decora var. alba, a very useful plant for the 
rockerj r or shrubbery border. 1 he branches 
are slender and annually killed to the ground, 
but they produce during the month of July 
numerous racemes of snow-white flowers. 
This plant comes from Southern China. 
A similar much branched low growing shrub 
is Indigofera Gerardiana, a native of the Hima- 
layas, and acts in the same manner as the 
formei in regard to hardiness. I he foliage is 
neat and pea-green in color and forms a pretty 
hush, but the bright pink flowers are not very 
freely produced. This plant was introduced 
from India into England in 1842, where it is 
usually grown against a wall and is often called 
Indigofera floribunda. 
Arnold Arboretum. W. H. Judd. 
Special Offer 
Your Last Chance 
Large Importation just received 
Iris Kaempferi 
Their beauty of form and wealth of <x>lor appeals to 1 
every eye. In a gorgeous assortment, flowering the 
first season, strong clumps, the most magnificent grown 
IRIS, each 20 cts., per doz. $2.25. Per 50 SET $9.00. 
Novelty Iris “Kamata” 
the finest yet discovered in Japan. Great transluscent 
BLUE Blooms RADIANT Fleur-de-Lis, each 50 cts 
3 for $ 1 . 00 . 
Japanese Paeonies 
Prime favorites with all landscape architects 
Single Herbaceous. Lotus flowering like the beautiful Lotus of 
Japan, in various colors. 6 beauties $2.50. 
Double Herbaceous. Full globular blooms, rich and effective for 
grouping. 6 various colors $3.75. 
2 NOVELTIES. Ama-no-sode. Shell rose pink. Fuy a jo. Velvety 
crimson, reverse satiny white. Each $T. 00 . 
Tree-Paeonies. Magnificent shrubs of unusual vigor, bearing large, I 
splendidly formed flowers, ea(h 75 cts. Doz. $ 8 . 00 . 
Have you a JAPANESE Hydrangea? These are among the showiest 
of flowering shrubs: 
Aiga-Ku. Brilliant blue. Beni-Gaku. Vivid deep rose. 
Hortensia Involucrata, Double. Blush white. Each 65 cts. 
3 for $1.75. 
Novelty Hortensia Rosea. Flowers in large clusters of coral rose 
bloom, each 75 cts. 
Japan Maples. Adapted for groups or lawn specimens. 
Acer Atropurpureum with coppery red foliage. 
Acer Dissectum with cut leaves of fern like appearance. 2 to 3 ft.. 
each $1.00. Extra large, $ 2.00 to $3.00. 
Climbing Japan Hydrangea. Hardy climber, glossy foliage, covered 
with great clusters of creamy white flowers. Fragrant. Each 75 cts. 
Magnolias. Azaleas. Bamboos, and various other rare plants, all listed in our 
Garden Book. Send for it. REMEMBER, these are all HARDY plants, 
of easy growth, and most adaptable to our climate. 
H. H. BERGER & CO., 70 Warren St., N. Y. 
AMERICAN GROWN GLADIOLUS 
BULBS ARE THE BEST 
We Offer The Following Subject To Prior Sale 
Charlemagne 
Each 
$.30 
Dozen 
$ 3.50 
Hundred 
$ 25.00 
Queen of the Blacks 
. .25 
2.75 
22.00 
Eucherist 
. 25 . 
2.75 
22.00 
Empress of India . . . 
. . .10 
1.00 
6.00 
War 
. . .10 
1.00 
8.00 
Rosella 
. . .06 
.60 
4.00 
Panama 
. .10 
1.00 
8.00 
Niagara 
. . .10 
1.00 
7.00 
Mrs. Francis King . 
. .04 
.40 
3.00 
(D & S Mixture Special) .03 
.30 
2.00 
DE GROAT & STEWART Dept A, Bath, N. Y. 
YOU Should Plant 
Because they represent a wonderful variety. 
Because they increase in size and beauty each suc- 
ceeding year and with proper selection you can 
have a handsome garden with an everchanging 
color from May to December. Here are the 
names, both botanical and common, of a few 
kinds you should plant this spring: 
Anemones 
Anthemis 
Aquilegia 
Beilis 
Buddleia 
Campanula 
Convallaria 
Delphinium 
Dicentra 
Digitalis 
Monarda 
Myositis 
Pa paver 
Primula 
Scabiosa 
Rudbeckia 
Stokes ia 
Tritoma 
Valeriana 
Windflower 
Golden Marguerite 
Columbine 
English Daisy 
Butterfly Bush 
Bellflower 
Lily of the Valley 
Larkspur 
Bleeding Heart 
Foxglove 
Bergamot 
Forget-me-nots 
Poppies 
Primroses 
Blue Bonnet 
Coneflower 
Cornflower Aster 
Torch Lily 
Hardy Heliotrope 
All of these and many others all described in our new 
catalogue, many beautiful illustrations. Tells 
HOW TO GET MORE PLEASURE OUT OF 
YOUR GARDEN 
Send for catalogue and special offer 
W F k r I MP Specialist in Hardy 
. H.. Old Fashioned Plants 
Box 386 Little Silver, New Jersey 
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