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The Garden Magazine, August, 1923 
Whichever You Choose 
You Can’t Go Wrong! 
I DON’T want to create the impression that I consider my 
judgment perfect! But I assure you, on the basis of 20 
years’ experience that the varieties named below are of the 
“make-good” kind. The offers are designed to create more friends 
for my business. And I usually try to do better than I promise! 
So, send me your orders and I'll try to serve you so that your 
name may be added to my list of SATISFIED CUSTOMERS. 
6 Extra Choice Iris worth 
$7.00 for $5.00 
Afterglow, Alcazar, Archeveque, 
Palaurea, Quaker Lady, White 
Knight. 
IRISES 
12 Iris worth $4.00 for $3.00 
Albert Victor, Archeveque, Da¬ 
rius, Her Majesty, Juanita, 
Loreley, Mithras, Perfection, 
Rhein Nixe, Rose Unique, Wal- 
halla, Walneriana. 
Mixed Irises not labeled (all good varieties), $5.00 per 100, 
$45.00 per 1000. Connoisseurs will be interested in the fact that I 
also offer such choice Irises as B. Y. Morrison, Crusader, Lady 
Foster, Baronet, L. A. Williamson, Lord of June, Sindjkha, etc. 
PEONIES 
Six top-notchers—$15.50 value for $12.00 
Archie Brand —Deep seashell pink of delicate fragrance, $1.50 each. 
Chestine Gowdy —Silvery pink and cream with crimson flaked cen¬ 
ter—-a delightfully fragrant gem. $3.00 each. 
Frances Willard —Exquisite blush white. $5.00 each. 
Karl Rosenfield —Brilliant dark crimson. $2.00 each. 
Mme. A. Dessert —Glossy flesh pink tinged carmine and flaked 
crimson. $2.00 each. 
R. P. Whitfield—Fragrant hydrangea pink. $2.00 each. 
Twelve less expensive sorts $8.75 value for $5.00 
Alexandre Dumas l’Eclatante 
Boule de Neige Louis Van Iloutte 
Berlioz Mme. Ducel 
Couronne d'Or Mme. Bucquet 
Due de Wellington Mme. Geissler 
Germaine Bigot Marguerite Gerard 
Peonies in mixture $2.50 per dozen, $15.00 per 100 
Phlox extra choice mixture $1.50 per dozen, $10.00 per 100 
Now listen! Here is a novel idea: Send me three dollars and 
I will send you the biggest Dollar’s Worth each of Iris. Phlox, and 
Peonies, provided you leave the selection to me. All to be correctly 
named. Write for my modest little catalogue. Do it NOW, and 
let us get acquainted. Thank you. 
GEO. N. 
WELLESLEY HILLS 
SMITH 
MASSACHUSETTS 
AUGUST, 1923 
TheGAEDEN 
MAGAZINE 
CONTENTS 
COVER DESIGN: THE COOL AZURE OF LARKSPURS 
E. Marion Peters 
PAGE 
PRIZE WINNING ARRANGEMETN OF SWEET-PEAS 
Margaret F. Shaw 359 
Photograph by M. DeM. Brown 
"THE GARDEN LIKE A DOOR-STEP PARADISE" - - - 360 
Photograph by Mary H. Northend 
"THE HAPPY EARTH LOOKS AT THE SKY" - - - - 361 
Photograph by Mattie Edwards Hewitt 
A TIMELY REMINDER FOR AUGUST.362 
SEEDING THE LAWN AND KEEPING THE GRASS - - 363 
SOME NEW ALPINES FOR GARDEN USE 
Stephen F. Hamblin 364 
Photograph by Leonard Barron 
GARDENS AND SCULPTURE CHARM TOGETHER 
Estelle H. Ries 365 
Photographs by John Wallace Gillies, Knickerbocker 
Photo Service, and others. 
PHILANDERING WITH PHLOX - - - IVm. Schmeiske 369 
Illustrated 
TREES FOR OUR CHILDREN’S CHILDREN.370 
HERITAGE (Verse). Ma;ie V. Caruthers 371 
Photograph by H. A. Strohmeyer 
THE CULT OF THE IRIS IN 1923 - - R. S. Sturtevant 372 
GARDENS SPLASHED BY THE SEA Stephen F. Hamblin 373 
Photographs by Gabriel Moulin and Mattie Edwards 
Hewitt 
THE NATIONAL GARDEN ASSOCIATION.376 
HOW THE GLADIOLUS BEHAVES IN THE TROPICS 
Forman T. McLean 'ill 
Photographs by H. F. Hill, and others 
SUNS AND STARS.- T. Dabney Marshall 379 
Photographs by Mattie Edwards Hewitt, and others 
IN TRANQUIL MOOD.382 
Photographs by Mattie Edwards Hewitt 
TRAVEL TALES OF A PLANT COLLECTOR E. H. Wilson 384 
Photograph by Mattie Edwards Hewitt 
TWO SOUTHERN PLANTS FOR NORTHERN GARDENS 
Henry E. Downer 387 
FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS OF MERIT.388 
The Cream of the Recent Competition 
AMONG OUR GARDEN NEIGHBORS.- - 390 
The Felicitous Finale 
Rewarding the Creative Gardener 
Gladiolus Lovers, Please Note 
THE OPEN COLUMN ..591 
Photographs by Miss McColm, and others 
TWO RECENT BOSTON SHOWS—PEONY AND IRIS - - 394 
Leonard Barron, Editor 
VOLUME XXXVII, No. 6 
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