218 
The Garden Magazine, December, 1920 
Gracious Homes “j 
Given Added Beauty 
The restful note that graceful evergreens im- 
part the year ’round to home grounds can 
be easily, inexpensively given to any town, 
suburban or country home if 
HILL’S EVERGREENS 
are employed in the home grounds ornamentation. 
Specify Hill's Evergreens when consulting with 
your Landscape Architect, Nurseryman or Florist. 
We have been Evergreen Specialists for 60 years. 
Ready to supply choice specimens. Safe Delivery 
and Satisfaction Guaranteed. Write for free copy 
of our latest Evergreen Book. 
D. HILL NURSERY CO., INC. 
106 Cedar St. Dundee, 111. 
FRUIT TREES FRUIT PLANTS 
For Autumn and Spring Planting 
APPLE TREES. — 5-6 feet, first-class 
PEAR TREES. — 5-6’feet, first-class 
PLUM TREES.— 4-6 feet, first-class 
PEACH TREES. — 4-5 feet, first-class 
CHERRY TREES. — 5-6 feet, first-class 
GRAPE VINES.— 2 year old 
CURRANT BUSHES.— 2 year old 
VARIETIES: Cherry, Fay’s Prolific, Black, White, 
and Perfection 
All the above are strictly healthy and free from disease. 
Order early as Fruit trees and Fruit plants are scarce. 
Send us your lists of other Trees and Plants wanted for price. 
MORRIS NURSERY COMPANY 
1133 Broadway New York 
The Glen Road Iris Gardens 
Grace Sturt evant. Prop. 
Wellesley Farms, Massachusetts 
GROWERS AND ORIGINATORS OF FINE VARI- 
ETIES OF BEARDED IRIS 
POlfERY 
GIVES ENDURING CHARM 
S end for our illustrated « 
'catalogue of Flower Pots. 
Boxes, Vases.Benchcs. Sundials. 
Gazing Globes, Bird fonts and 
other Artistic Pieces for Garden 
and Interior Decoration, 
GAEomyTERRA CoTta (b. 
3214 WALNUT ST. PHILADELPHIA. 
GROWING HYACINTHS 
INDOORS 
H YACINTHS are perhaps the most beautiful 
flowers you can grow indoors for winter 
blossoms. The large Hyacinth bulbs cost more 
than other bulbs, but they are worth it. If you 
cannot buy them of a local florist, send for the 
bulb catalogues of the firms whose advertise- 
ments you will find in the magazines and news- 
papers. Then select such varieties as these: 
Gertrude, rose color; Gigantea, blush pink; 
Moreno, bright pink; L’Innocence, white; 
Grand Maitre, lavender blue; Daylight, prim- 
rose yellow. 
Order the single rather than the double flow- 
ered varieties. They are more satisfactory for 
use indoors. The cost of these bulbs depends 
upon their size. The larger the bulb the better the 
flower spike. In choosing them select those 
which are firm when pinched between thumb 
and finger and which show a healthy bud at the 
top. All you need to do to give this bud a 
chance to grow is to give it water and air and a 
temperature which at first is cool but not freezing. 
So it happens that you can grow Hyacinths in 
water, in soil, or in fibre. 
In water . — There is a peculiar interest in grow- 
ing Hyacinths in Hyacinth glasses. To see the 
long white roots projecting downward to the bot- 
tom of the glass gives one a better idea of the 
plant’s growth than to just imagine them hidden 
in the soil. The cleanliness of the method is also 
in its favor; there is no dirt and no drip. The little 
water garden can be placed on a polished table 
or shelf with no danger of injuring the surface. 
Two forms of these Hyacinth glasses are in 
general use: One, the Belgian, is tall with straight 
sides; the other, the Tye, is broad with rounded 
sides. 
The use of the glass is very simple. Select a 
large, firm Hyacinth bulb; fill the glass with clear 
water; set the bulb in the top of the glass and 
then place in the cellar or in a dark, cool place 
where there is no danger of freezing. Leave the 
bulbs there until the long roots fill the glass and 
the crown of leaves has broken apart. This is 
important. If taken out too soon, failure is 
likely to result. Then bring to a light, cool room 
and watch the growth of leaves and flowers. 
In garden soil . — To grow Hyacinths in garden 
soil select a flowerpot of somewhat larger diam- 
eter than the bulb. Fill it with soil to within 
two inches of the top. Set the bulb on the soil and 
fill in around it. Water thoroughly and place on 
the cellar floor or a shelf. Throw over it a piece 
of burlap or old carpet and leave it for six or eight 
weeks while the roots develop and the crown 
breaks apart. Water it once a week or so, as 
needed. Then bring it to a cool, light room, 
where it will soon send up leaves and flowers. 
In fibre . — The special advantage of growing 
Hyacinths in the prepared fibre now offered for 
sale by most seed houses is that you can have 
the flowers in attractive, water-tight, flower jars 
that can be set on the dining table or mantel 
without injury to the surface. 
Fill the receptacle nearly full of fibre, put the 
bulb in, and fill around it with more fibre. Then 
saturate the fibre with water and set away in a 
cool, dark place for six or eight wgeks. When the 
crown breaks apart bring to the light of the 
living room. 
DAHLIAS FREE 
Three new Peony-Flowered Dahlias 
that sell at $1.00 each. 
Ninigret, rich dark red, clouded and striped lighter. Pow- 
hatan, dark crushed strawberry, a flower of very beautiful 
shading, free bloomer. Frances Lane, light lavender red; this 
flower is wonderfully shaded and is difficult to describe. 
A strong root of each of these three grand Dahlias and a 
year's membership to the American Dahlia Society, annual 
dues, $2.00, which includes the interesting quarterly bulletin, 
giving Dahlia culture and Dahlia news of the world. Also a 
season ticket to the Society’s Great Dahlia Show, all for the 
regular annual dues for 1921, $2.00, with 50 cents extra, total 
$2.50 to cover cost of packing, postage , etc. 
Order at once. Roots will be sent in time for planting in 
the spring. This offer may not appear again. Address 
EDWARD C. VICK 
Secretary, American Dahlia Society 
205 Elwood Avenue Newark, N. J. 
REDESIGN 
Grow! Live beyond your last year gardens. If it is only 
by adding one new flower, redesign, anticipate, desire — for 
the leaves have gone and the trees are still; this is the season 
for premeditation. 
WARREN B. MEIXNER & CO. 
Landscape Architects Ithaca, N. Y. 
Use It Now — 
SODUS Q 
UMUO 
The Essence of Fertility 
to make next year’s soil rich and 
productive. 
Send for interesting literature. 
SODUS HUMUS COMPANY 
190 Main Street, Benton Harbor, Mich. 
WE WILL HELP YOU 
We have helped many young men and women to make money. 
If you have the time we have the opportunity. We want new sub- 
scribers to the World’s Work, Country Life, and the Garden 
Magazine. For particulars address Circulation Dept. 
Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, New York 
STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, 
Etc., OF THE GARDEN MAGAZINE, published in accordance 
with the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912; Publishers, Doubleday, 
Page & Co., Garden City, N. Y.; Editor, Leonard Barron, Garden 
City, N. Y.; Owners, Doubleday. Page & Co., Garden City, N. Y. 
Stockholders holding 1 per cent, or more of total amount of stock on 
October 1, 1920. F. N. Doubleday, Garden City, N. Y.; H. S. 
Houston, Garden City, N. Y.; S. A. Everitt, Garden City, N. Y.; 
A. W. Page, Garden City, N. Y.; Russell Doubleday, Garden City, 
N. Y.; Nelson Doubleday, Garden City, N. Y.; W. F. Etberington, 
New York City; Alice A. DeGraff, Oyster Bay, N. Y.; Dorothy 
Doubleday Babcock, New York City; Florence VanWyck Double- 
day, Oyster Bay, N. Y.: William J. Neal, New York City; Daniel 
W. Nye, Garden City, N. Y.; John J. Hessian, Garden City, N. Y.; 
E. French Strother, Garden City, N. Y.; W. Herbert Eaton, Garden 
City, N. Y. 
Known bondholders, mortgagees, and ether security holders holding 
1 per cent, or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securi- 
ties: None. 
(.Signed) DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 
By S. A. Everitt, Treasurer. 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1st day of October, 1920. 
(Signed) Frank O’Sullivan, Notary Public 
Queens County, N. Y. 
Certificate filed in Nassau County 
Commission expires March 30, 1922 
