168 
The Garden Magazine, May, 1923 
Flowers for Special Purposes 
We are thinking, for instance, of the great 
usefulness during late fall of the 
Hardy Chrysanthemums 
(See Above) 
When all the rest of our hardy favorites have retired 
to their winter slumber, then it is that the hardy J 
’Mums “Shine.” Available throughout the month, in 
several colors and named varieties as follows:— 
Doz. 
100 
Hardy Old Fashioned Pink. 
. . .$2.50 
$18.00 
“ “ “ Red. 
... 2.50 
18.00 
“ “ “ White . . . 
... 3.50 
18.00 
“ “ “ Yellow. .. 
... 3.50 
20.00 
Hardy Named Early Flowering Chrysanthemums 
Boston Bronze. 
$3.50 
$20.00 
Beldens White, Dwarf white. 
3.50 
20.00 
Firelight, Garnet shaded bronze. . . 
3.50 
20.00 
Golden Button, Deep yellow button 
4.50 
30.00 
Glory of Seven Oaks, Deep yellow. 
4.50 
30.00 
Harvest Home, Golden Bronze . . . 
3.50 
20.00 
Indian, Copper red. 
3.50 
20.00 
Julia Miller, Early light bronze . . . 
4.50 
30.00 
Lucifer, Reddish pink button. 
4.50 
30.00 
Marie Antoinette, Rose pink. 
3.50 
20.00 
Wm. A. Phillips, Large single pink. 
4.50 
30.00 
Petite Jean, Blush white. 
3.50 
20.00 
All in heavy, undivided field clumps. 
1 
Plumbago Larpentae (Lead Wort) 
(See Below) 
is a perfect little blue-flowered jewel. It is the most | jj 
desirable late blooming plant for garden or rockery, of 1j 
low, spreading habit, covered with deep blue flowers all 1j 
late summer and fall. Great as a ground cover and 
perfectly hardy everywhere. 
Doz. $2.50; 100 for $15.00; 1000 for $120.00. 
The month of May is the latest time for planting our j 
field grown clumps of hardy perennials. Catalogue on 11 
request, of course! 
Wayside Gardens Co. Mentor Ohio || 
MAY, 1923 
TKeGARDEN 
MAGAZINE 
CONTENTS 
COVER DESIGN: DOGWOOD AND CEDAR H. C. Schlicbting 
PAGE 
“WHEN THE SPRING HAS DIPPED HER FOOT” - - - 173 
Photograph by Arthur G. Eldredge 
IN THE PIKES PEAK REGION.174 
Photograph by H. L. Stanley 
CHERRY BLOSSOM.175 
Photograph by E. I. Farrington 
A TIMELY REMINDER FOR MAY.176 
THE BROADER GARDENING 
Helena Rademacber-Pickenbacb 178 
Photographs by Courtesy of Newark livening News 
A PARADISE OF WILD FLOWERS - - Gardner 1. Harding 180 
Photographs by Courtesy of Newark Evening News 
BEGINNINGS OF A GLADIOLUS ENTHUSIASM 
Agnes Fales Huntington 183 
Photograph by A. G. Eldredge 
TRAVEL TALES OF A PLANT COLLECTOR E. H. Wilson 185 
V. Farewell to Australia 
Photographs by Author, J. Horace McFarland 
Co., and others 
BRINGING BRILLIANCE FROM THE TROPICS— 
AMARYLLIS. Edwin C. Powell 189 
Photograph by U. S. Dept, of Agriculture 
MEET ME AT THE FLOWER SHOW - - Leonard Barron 191 
Photographs by Mattie E. Hewitt and Edwin Levick 
HARDY FLOWERING PLANTS FOR SHADED PLACES 
Arthur Smith 195 
Photographs by A. G. Eldredge and Herbert Angel 
THE ALLURE OF THE DAY-LILY Anne Higginson Spicer 198 
Photograph by A. G. Eldredge 
RAISING THE MAY-FLOWER FROM CUTTINGS AND 
SEED . 197 
THE FRIENDLY GARDEN GATE - - - - Mira B. Culin 200 
Photographs by Caroline W. Funk 
TRIUMPHS OF NATIONAL GARDEN WEEK.201 
AMONG OUR GARDEN NEIGHBORS.203 
WHAT garden week gives to the nation 
THE OPEN COLUMN 
WELCOME WORD - -- -- -- -- -- -- - 203 
IRIS LOVERS STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN ------- 203 
WHERE OLDEN-TIME HERBS MAY BE HAD ------ 204 
ANOTHER DAHLIA SEED ENTHUSIAST - -- -- -- - 204 
PLANT YOUR TROUBLESOME DAHLIA EARLY ----- 205 
RECALLING FORGOTTEN ROSES - -- -- -- -- - 205 
GROWING GOOD CELERY FOR YOURSELF ------- 206 
AN OPEN DOOR TO THE "SUNNY SOUTH”.207 
OCTOBER WATER-LILIES IN NORTHERN MAINE ----- 207 
MAKING YOUR FLOWER SHOW MORE ATTRACTIVE - - - - 208 
ST. BR1GID ANEMONES FROM SEED -------- 208 
Photographs by K. Fashiroda, Alice Rathbone, 
W. W. Tinkham, Mrs. J. C. Darnell, and Frank 
A. Brown 
Leonard Barron, Editor 
VOLUME XXXVIII, No. 3 
Subscription $3.00 a Year: for Canada, $3.35; Foreign, $3.65 
COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY 
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 
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