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May is Dahlia Planting Time 
There is still ample time to secure the best in Dahlias. For 
fifty years John Lewis Childs, Inc., has kept in the front line 
of Dahlia progress. Our collection comprises not only 
varieties that are in popular favor but many varieties of sur- 
passing merit, including our own recent introductions that 
have created such widespread interest in the Dahlia world. 
Here are a Few Leaders 
of which we are Proud: 
Yellow King — Color yellow, shading to 
lighter at the tips. The flowers are 
borne well above the foliage. A speci- 
men flower of this magnificent Hybrid 
Cactus is shown above, each 75c 
Attraction — Large elegant Hybrid Cac- 
tus of a clear lilac-rose color, each. .75c 
D. M. Moore — Immense Decorative of a 
dark maroon, almost black shade, 
each 50c 
Hampton Court— A delightful Peony 
Flowered pink. Fine stems, each. 50c 
Hocksia — This wonderful Decorative 
Dahlia is a mixture of scarlet and gold. 
The flowers are enormous and are held 
above the foliage on long heavy stems, 
each $ 1.00 
Kalif — A truly majestic Hybrid Cactus, 
frequently measuring 8 to 9 inches in 
diameter, of perfect Cactus form, in 
. pure scarlet, each 75c 
Golden West — Large bold Cactus. Color 
a deep rich yellow heavily overlaid with 
orange, each $1.00 
Lucero — A Decorative whose color is 
bronze buff with a carmine flush and a 
deeper tinted center, always full center 
and grows better as the season advances 
in size and depth of shading, each, ,40c 
Red Flamingo — Very large Decorative 
with broad wavy petals, forming a 
unique rich luminous crimson red flower 
of unusual attractiveness, each. . . $1.00 
Ruth Forbes — A wonderful Cactus 
Dahlia with massive clear pink flowers 
composed of heavy petals, each. . . . 75c 
Sonnengold — A rich old gold Nym- 
phaea, one of the most attractive shade? 
of yellow found in Dahlias, each . . . 50c 
Tropic Bird — Big wide petals of a dull 
red color, with gold base and mottled 
band. A Single of perfect form, each 30c 
color 
SPECIAL OFFER: We will mail one strong, field-grown root of each 
of the above 12 fine sorts for $8.00. 
Do You Get Our Catalogues? 
This will probably be our last appeal to GARDEN MAGAZINE readers 
until September, when we shall invite your orders for bulbs for Fall 
planting. While we value the patronage of thousands of GARDEN 
MAGAZINE readers, we are equally anxious to please other thousands 
and count you all among our customers. Early in September, we expect 
to have ready for mailing our new Fall catalogue of imported Dutch Bulb 
and, lest you should not be on our regular mailing list, we would appreciate 
receiving your request for this catalogue now. It will be sent in due time. 
JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Inc., Floral Park, N. Y. 
The Carden Magazine, May, 192 
THE GARDEN 
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VOLUME XXX 11 I, No. 3 
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COVER DESIGN: JAPANESE WISTERIA Herbert Brown 
PAGE 
CORNER PLANTING FOR THE SMALL PLACE 167 
Photograph by Mattie E Hewitt 
RHODODENDRON IN NATURALISTIC PLANTING - - - - 168 
Photograph by J. Horace McFarland Co. 
PEONIES IN PROFUSION 169 
Photograph by Arthur G. Eldredge 
THE GARDEN INDOORS AND OUT - Margery Sill IP ickware 170 
I The Garden and the Sun Porch. 
Illustrations supplied by the author, Mattie E. Hewitt, Carbone 
Inc., J. C. Kraus 
YOUR WISTERIA— JAPANESE OR CHINESE? 174 
THE RUSTIC AND SUBURBAN MOTIFS IN LANDSCAPE 
PLANTING - -- -- -- -- -- Robert Wheelwright 175 
Drawing by Velma T. Simkins 
Photographs by Thomas W. Sears 
PLANT BRIEFS: DWARF PHLOXES - - - Louise B. Wilder 179 
Photograph by J. Horace McFarland Co. 
BUILDING AN ORCHARD FROM A CITY DESK 
Walter Collins O’ Kane 18 1 
Drawings by Justice Simkins 
Photographs by the author and J. G. Showed 
COLOR CHARTS FOR GARDENERS Fletcber Steele 185 
NEW YORK'S SPRING FEAST OF FLOWERS 187 
Photographs by Edwin Levick 
DWARF EVERGREENS FOR PICTORIAL RELIEF IN BORDER 
PLANTING AND BEDDING Henry Wild 191 
Photographs by Arthur G. Eldredge, Roger B. Whitman, Leonard 
Barron and Mattie E. Hewitt 
THE OLD GARDENS OF PENNSYLVANIA, VII.— JOHN EVANS 
ARBORETUM - -- -- -- -- - John W Harsbberger 195 
Photographs by the author and Roger B. Whitman 
GROWING RADISHES THAT DON'T GET PITHY - A. Kruhm 197 
Photograph by the N. R. Graves Co. 
VINES FOR DWELLINGS C.L. Burkholder 198 
Photographs by the author and Mary H. Northend 
AMONG OUR GARDEN NEIGHBORS 200 
THE OPEN COLUMN 201 
Photographs by H. H. Richardson, N. R. Graves Co., and Leila 
B. Stapleton 
THE MONTH'S REMINDER 205 
THE CALIFORNIA REMINDER 206 
INCREASING THE NUMBER OF YOUR BULBS S. L. Bastin 212 
GROWING VERY EARLY TOMATOES - - - Thomas J . Steed 216 
DR. VAN FLEET’S NEW ROSES 222 
Leonard Barron, Editor 
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DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 
