for some fine one in your neighbor's garden. None cost over two 
dollars, and some are twenty-five cents each: 
Hortulanus Feit, soft chamois pink decorative. 
Madonna, pure white, loose decorative, long graceful stems. 
Mme. Bidjstein, pale lavender peony, 
Norah Lindsey, buff and pink peony. 
Attraction, pale pinkish lavender hybrid cactus, frilled petals. 
George Walters, rose pink hybrid cactus, exceptionally large. 
King of the Autumn, salmon yellow decorative. 
Crystal, pink incurved cactus, fine for dinner table. 
Crawley Star, dainty pink single, cup shaped, small. 
F. W. Fellowes, salmon red cactus, an improved W. v. Goethe. 
Duchess of Brunswick, large salmon peony. 
Gretchen Heine, dainty little pompom, white, flecked pink. 
Countess of Lonsdale, the old favorite, salmon rose cactus. 
There are thousands of new varieties appearing every year. 
Some scarcely survive a second season. Others are so highly thought 
of by their originators that ridiculous prices are charged, and are not 
possible for the average gardener. Of the newer and more expensive 
varieties, a few are listed below. There are many others equally good, 
but these I know from my own personal experience to be exceptionally 
fine. Only one, Gladys Sherwood, costs five dollars. The others 
average two or three dollars apiece. They are to be found in nearly 
every catalogue sent out by speciaHsts. 
Insulinde, buff brown, upright hybrid cactus. 
Gladys Sherwood, white hybrid cactus. 
California Enchantress, pink cactus, dense. 
Snowdrift, pure white decorative Broomall (Grower). 
Bonnie Brae, dainty pink cactus. 
Princess Pat, rose upright hybrid cactus. 
Mabel B. Taft, light yellow decorative. 
Mt. Shasta, blush white hybrid cactus. 
Anyone who has all these dahlias in the garden is indeed fortunate. 
Henrietta M. Stout 
"Will you write a Httle article on Tall Bearded Iris for our Bulle- Notes on 
TIN, giving a dozen best standard varieties and a dozen very new Tall 
varieties with descriptions?" is the request made of me. Bearded 
Each Iris blossom, changefuUy radiant in the caressing rays of Iris 
the late afternoon sun, makes overtures and limited choice hurts — 
so many must be disregarded. 
Every "Five foot book shelf" begins, or should begin, with the 
Bible and Shakespeare. Every Iris collection Should begin with pale 
lavender Dalmatica and soft yellow Flavescens. Add either velvety 
black-violet Othello or Perfection, darker lavender-blue Juniata and 
Queen of May, old but perennially joyous in dimpling tones of lilac 
pink. For later pink Her Majesty with warm white Innocenza, as 
first lady in waiting, is a fine foil for the pink toned beauty of dusky 
Arnols. Either Madame Chereau or Ma Mie in white-frilled blue, 
cool white Mrs. H. Darwin or tall Fairy fragrant, with a touch of pale 
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