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Synonym! 
Just as certain names 
stand for standards of 
excellence in merchan¬ 
dise, so has the name 
of Totty become a by¬ 
word for better garden 
plants. 20 years of 
supplying the choicest 
in Chrysanthemums 
and Roses has in a 
measure earned us the 
title of specialists. Yet 
to serve the ever increasing number 
of customers has also obliged us to 
generalize to a certain extent. 
Along with a representative col¬ 
lection of hardy perennials, we 
offer a limited number of 
Irises That Excel 
Personally we feel that every I ris 
is a good Iris. But there are a few 
which we consider better than 
good. You may take our word for 
the following being worthy of the 
term “Better Irises”:— 
Beauty —white, tinted lavender, falls striped deep purple. 25c. each. 
Dalmarius —light blue, with rosy lavender falls. 25c. each. 
Florentina —fragrant, early grayish white. 25c. each. 
Blue Jay —dark, yet bright blue. 50c. each. 
Isoline —a soft, yellow pink, deep rose falls. $1.00 each. 
Tamerlane —silvery blue, coppery purple falls. 50c. each. 
Madame Chereau —white, frilled blue. 25c. each. 
Walhalla —lavender, velvety purple falls. 35c. each. 
Lohengrin —shades of Cattleya mauve. 50c. each. 
Loreley —yellow, with purple falls. 35c. each. 
Mrs. H. Darwin —white, daintily tinted violet. 25c. each. 
Nibelungen —a fawn and bronze-purple symphony. 50c. each. 
Quaker Lady —lavender and gold, falls blue and yellow. 73c. each. 
Rhein Nixe —white with purple falls. 50c. each. 
Plumeri —rose mauve, deeper falls. 25c. each. 
Murat —pale orchid and gold, striped falls. 25c. each. 
Dozen lots of each at ten times the single rate. Shipment 
to be made during late June or early July, but to encourage 
prompt orders we make the following 
Very Special Offer 
We will mail one root of each of above sixteen superb sorts (a total 
value of $6.70 if bought separately) for #5.00. Two roots of each for 
$10.00. This offer holds good only during June and is made to 
Garden Magazine Readers Only, so please mention this advertise¬ 
ment when ordering. 
Charles H. Totty Co. 
Headquarters for Flowers, for Home and Garden 
Madison New Jersey 
Better Flowers for Discriminating Buyers at4E. 53rd St. 9 NewYork City 
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JUNE, 1923 
HvcGARDEN 
MAGAZINE 
CONTENTS 
COVER DESIGN: IRIS IN THE JUNE FLOWER BORDER 
Maurice Day 
PAGE 
"LIKE TRIPODS OF INCENSE’’.237 
Photograph by Arthur G. Eldredge 
“ALLEYS COOL AND GREEN’’.238 
Photograph by Mattie E. Hewitt 
"WOVEN SHADES OF THE VINE”.239 
Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston 
A TIMELY REMINDER FOR JUNE.240 
JAPANESE IRIS GARDEN.242 
Photographs by Charles Burrows 
WHAT IRISES ARE BEST WORTH GROWING 
John C. Winter 243 
WOODLAND PLANTING FOR THE ROADSIDE 
Charles S. LeSure 244 
Photographs by Charles L. Venard—Plan by the Author 
"IRIS LIKE A FLOCK OF BIRDS” (Verse) Louise Driscoll 246 
TRAVEL TALES OF A PLANT COLLECTOR E. H. Wilson 247 
VI. When the Gardener Sees South Africa 
Photographs by M. H. Northend, N. R. Graves, 
E. J. Wallis, and others 
FOR THE GARDEN BOOKSHELF.252 
TALKING OF TULIPS. Alice Rathbone 253 
Photographs by the Author 
WHAT RHODODENDRONS LIKE - - - - A. Rutledge 254 
NATIONAL GARDEN SOCIETY.225 
Announcing the Formation 
A GARDEN OF PLEASANT SURPRISES.256 
Olmstead Bros., Landscape Architects 
Photographs by Mary H. Northend 
TREE PEONIES IN MY GARDEN AND YOURS 
A. P. Saunders 258 
Photographs by the Author and others 
FACTS FOR READY REFERENCE.261 
PEONIES AND IRIS IN A JUNE GARDEN.262 
Clarence Fowler, Landscape Architect 
Photographs by Frances Benjamin Johnston 
HOW THOSE CHILDREN WORK - - - -.264 
Avenue A Gardens for the Children of the Tenements 
AMONG OUR GARDEN NEIGHBORS.265 
building our horticulture up or down? 
news of the societies 
THE OPEN COLUMN.266 
ONE HUNDRED YEARS FROM THE SCYTHE - - - 268 
Picture display of up-to-date mowers 
PRIZE WINNING FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS - - - - 272 
Photographs by Mattie E. Hewitt 
PRIVATE GARDENS THAT DO PUBLIC SERVICE - - - 276 
Leonard Barron, Editor 
VOLUME XXXVII, No. 4 
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copyright, 1923, by 
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 
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