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The Garden Magazine, April, 1921 
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FAVORITE VARIETIES OF IRISES 
Here are three collections of IRISES which are FAVORITES in our garden. 
Favorite Collection of Dwarf 
Irises 
Coerulea, Bride, Stewart, Standard, 
Orange Queen, Socrates, Cyanea, 
Curiosity, Bluestone, and Eburnea. 
/ Rhizome each of above varieties 
$3.00 prepaid 
WASHINGTON STREET 
Favorite Collection of Inter- 
mediate Varieties 
Brunette, Charmant, Dorothea, Etta, 
Freya, Halfdan, Helge, Ingeborg, 
Royal and Walhalla. 
1 Rhizome each of above varieties 
$2.50 prepaid 
Favorite Collection of Tall 
Bearded Irises 
Anna Farr, Caprice, Glory of Read- 
ing, King, Juniata, Lohengrin, Lor- 
eley, Mary Garden, Pocohontas, Prin- 
cess Victoria Louise, Rheinnixe and 
Quaker Lady. 
1 Rhizome each of above varieties 
$6.00 prepaid 
VAN WERT, OHIO 
LEE R. BONNEWITZ, 
Van Wert Iris Gardens 
“SPARE THE KNIFE AND 
SPOIL THE SHRUB” 
CEVERE pruning is the most heartrending 
experience that falls to the lot of the ama- 
teur gardener. Yet great is his reward which 
comes in renewal of the shrub and in bloom, 
wonderful both in size and color. 
No shrub has more need of the knife or re- 
sponds more satisfactorily than the Hydrangea 
paniculata grandiflora. The accompanying photo- 
graph shows what a little intelligent care will 
do; and any one willing to follow a few simple 
cultural directions may get the same results. 
HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA 
These remarkably lusty blooms are 
ample proof that severe pruning agrees 
with this type of Hydrangea at least 
My Hydrangeas have not the advantage of 
naturally rich soil. In western North Carolina 
the soil is heavy, red clay; its only virtue being 
that it holds what is added to it. The results 
I have had are due to no natural conditions, 
but entirely to treatment. I have used the 
following method for years, and with unfailing 
success. 
In the fall the shrub is cut back to within two 
or three feet of the ground; all small weakling 
growth is at that time removed, and a dressing 
of stable manure given. Care is taken that the 
manure is not thrown into the bush, but around 
it. With us there is no need of giving the canes 
winter protection. In early spring, when dan- 
ger of severe cold is past, I again thin out and 
trim — this time leaving only the strongest perfect 
canes of the last year’s growth; in number, 1 
am guided by the age and strength of the roots. 
These canes are cut back to different heights, 
from eight inches to two feet, according to the 
shape desired to be maintained. Tall canes 
in the centre with canes diminishing in size to- 
ward the outer edge give a pyramid-shaped shrub, 
which is a good setting for bloom. Such a 
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