November, 1917 
WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
43 
An Attractive Home Means 
Contentment 
Keep the children at home by making 
them proud of it. The most effective 
and economical way to do this, is to 
beautify the lawn. Careful arrange- 
ment and good plants are essential. Our 
Landscape Department has specialized 
in this work, is familiar with Wiscon- 
sin conditions, and has probably the 
largest assortment of choice nursery 
stock in the state to select from. 
While Elm Nursery Co. 
Oconomoivoc, Wisconsin 
_ - — : ^ 
HARDY OLD FASHIONED PLANTS 
OUR SPECIALTY 
The best varieties for Wisconsin conditions, carefully grown and 
carefully packed. Write for prices 
WILLIAM TOOLE & SON 
Hardy Plant and Pansy Farm Baraboo, Wis. 
v_ ; 
the past year, hence their adapta- 
bility is not yet known. The fol- 
lowing have proved from fairly 
to very satisfactory : Achillea 
millefolium, columbines, Carpa- 
thian harebell. Canterbury bells, 
crocus, cowslip, daffodil, English 
daisy, Shasta daisy, foxglove, for- 
get-me-not, day lilies, Siberian 
iris, Lychnis, Iceland poppy, Ori- 
ental poppy, perennial phlox, 
English primrose, and sweet wil- 
liam. 
Peonies produce a few good 
flowers, but the plants do not in- 
crease in size as they should. 
Among the perennials treated as 
annuals, the pansy stands the 
w'.nter here unprotected. 
Annuals. — About 60 varieties 
of annuals were grown, and the 
following proved highly satisfac- 
tory: Snapdragons (Antirrhin- 
um), asters, calendulas, candy- 
tuft (Iberis), cornflower, chrysan- 
themums (mixed), coreopsis 
(mixed), Extra Early Large- 
Flowering cosmos, Chinese pinks 
(Diantlnis), African Golden Or- 
ange daisy, California poppy 
(Eschscholtzia), feverfew, Gail- 
lardia, African marigold, French 
marigold, mignonette, monkey 
flower, nasturtiums (tall and 
dwarf varieties), pansy, petunia 
(single mixed), Phlox drummon- 
dii, Burbank poppy, Shirley 
poppy, Rudbeckia, stocks, and 
sweet peas (tall and dwarf). 
Marguerite carnations made a 
fine growth, but were just begin- 
ning to bloom when cold weather 
came. Those lifted and taken in- 
to the house have done .finely. 
Centaureas, other than C. cyanus, 
and the morning-glory were fail- 
ures, while Gypsophila elegans. 
marvel-of-Peru or four-o ’clock, 
verbenas, and zinnias did moder- 
ately well. 
Have you a good supply of nuts 
for the winter? Take a day off 
and gather butternuts, walnuts, 
or hickory nuts for the winter. 
Give the garden a final clean- 
ing. Burn all rubbish. Leave 
the land clear. 
Parsnips and salsify may be left 
in the ground over winter. As a 
rule, it is perhaps safer to dig and 
store them in a cool place in sand 
or soil. They are more easily got at 
for winter use when stored than 
when left in the field. 
The value of spraying the orch- 
ard at the right time and in the 
right way again this season has 
been shown. (Much wormy and 
scabby fruit is on the market from 
local growers. This moves slow- 
ly, while the clean well-graded 
fruit moves rapidly and at good 
prices. 
