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The Garden Magazine, August, 1921 
Old Pennsylvania Gardens 
To the Editor of The Garden Magazine: 
\A/ HAT has become of Chester Creek? We used to say, after Cobbs’ 
’ ’ — “ Darby, Crum first come Ridley, Chester next ’er.” But there 
is no Chester Creek on the map accompanying the “Old Gardens of 
Pennsylvania.” — A Descendant of Humphry Marshall, Lima, Pa. 
— The map accompanying the series of articles on The Old Gardens of 
Pennsylvania printed in The Garden Magazine from October, 1920, 
to August, 1921, was not intended to be a detailed one of the region con- 
cerned. It was intended to indicate general directions from the City 
of Philadelphia only. Through an inadvertence, Chester Creek was 
not drawn. Its absence does not militate against the usefulness of the 
map. — John W. Harshberger. 
The Largest Tulip Trials 
To the Editor of The Garden Magazine: 
/^AN PAGE 322 of the July issue we note Frank H. Presby claims the 
honors for the C. H. Hunt Company’s trial grounds containing 
434 varieties of Tulip. May we submit our claim for first place as last 
year we grew more than 500 distinct varieties at our own trials at 
Oyster Bay, L. I., which we think may place us in the position of 
having had the greatest number of varieties in comparison. — Zander- 
bergen Brothers. 
Distribution of New Rose 
I T IS announced that in order to equalize opportunity to the trade 
of the new Rose, Mary Wallace (Van Fleet Hybrid, W. C. 124) 
originated on the Department of Agriculture Trial Grounds, distribu- 
tion on the cooperative plan through the American Rose Society has 
been deferred until next year and that applications of nurserymen for 
wood for propagation may still be received. 
Miss Grace Sturtevant, of the Glen Road Iris Gardens, Wellesley, 
Mass., desires us to explain that the photograph appearing on page 
231 of the June, 1921, Garden Magazine represents a view in her 
garden and was taken bv her brother. 
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WHAT SEPTEMBER PROMISES THE READER 
T O THE true gardener fall is not anticlimax but impetus — and opportunity! The winter months are few and swift of foot, and 
the earliest Snowdrops a joy not to be missed. Miss Lucy Elliot Keeler’s “My Joy Garden of Early Spring” is a friendly sharing 
of experience for the benefit of us all. 
Readers of William Robinson’s “ English Flower Garden” will find fresh revelation of the beliefs and accomplishment of this dean 
of British garden builders in his “Home Landscapes,” recently published and now comprehensively reviewed. On a personal visit to 
“Gravetye Manor” in June, Mr. Barron took a number of pictures of Mr. Robinson’s own home landscape which furnish authoritative 
illustration of the points discussed. 
“The Wandering Garden,” by Miss Eloise Roorbach, presents a very appealing and little known side of Carl Purdy, a figure of 
American horticulture but perhaps more familiar and significant in the outside world. His passion for beauty has made flowers spring, 
literally, in his footsteps! 
From California to the Far East may seem something of a jump, but the garden knows no geographical boundaries and the instinct 
to plant is rooted deep in the heart of man. Of this further testimony comes from distant Hassan, whence Mr. E. W. T. Slater writes us 
about “Gardens in Ancient India.” 
There will be practical talks by Mr. Seymour, Mr. Hart, and other writers in whom the gardening public has confidence, of Freesias 
for winter forcing, Tulips for autumn planting, etc. 
The possibilities of considerably increased crops by the use of Hybrid Seed are presented by Prof. Collins in the second article of his 
illuminating series commenced in the current issue. 
Another instalment of “Notes from Breeze Hill,” an incisive, reflective, and above all “straight-from-the-shoulder” account of 
the experiences of an observant amateur; and — well, perhaps something should be left to the imagination! 
Photo , Edwin Levick , N . Y . 
Photo , Edwin Levick , A . Y . 
FROM “BACKYARD” TO “CITY GARDEN 
A forceful object lesson presented at this season’s New York Annual Flower Show by the City Gardens Club which makes words quite unnecessary 
