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LOVETT’S SXtl HERBACEOUS PEONIES 
As Beautiful as the Lily, Sweet-Scented as 
the Rose, as Hardy as the Oak. 
After their profusion of great, hand¬ 
some, varied-colored blooms have faded, 
their rich, glossy, dark green foliage 
leaves them still one of the most mag¬ 
nificent ornamental plants. 
Peonies are never bothered with disease 
or insects, and once planted are no more 
bother whatever, blooming every season. 
Set Out Peonies and Perennials 
Now for Next Spring Blooming 
Autumn is also the best time to plant Lilies, 
Hardy Shrubs, and Vines, Evergreen Trees, 
Hedges, Berry Plants, Grape Vines, etc. 
For 34 years I have been in this business right here 
at Little Silver. 1 have more than 200 acres devoted to growing only plants, shrubs and flowers 
that I know to be all right for my customers, and I never allow a thing to leave my place that is 
not right up to the mark. My prices are very moderate, and 1 know 1 can please you. 
WRITE TO-DAY FOR MY FREE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE 
Gives descriptions and prices of everything. 1 advise everyone to plant as many peren¬ 
nials as they have room for. They are by far the most satisfactory flowering plants. 
J. T. LOVETT, Monmouth Nursery Box 152 , Little Silver, N. J. 
UR 1912 Autumn Garden Guide now 
ready—it’s free and a postcard will se¬ 
cure you one. It contains a remarkable list 
of bulbs for Fall planting, with full cul¬ 
tural directions—also list of seeds and 
strawberry plants, which can be planted now. 
Write today for our Garden Guide. 
It will help and enthuse you. 
ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON 
SEEDSMAN 
334 West 14th Street, New York City 
Bring Back The Birds 
While you are 
working out your 
ideal in the gar¬ 
den, why not pro¬ 
vide a home for 
the birds that help 
to make life in the 
country really 
worth while? A 
rustic house placed 
in a tree or on a 
pole will make an 
excellent home for Log Cabin No. 2. 
the birds and add 
to the attractive¬ 
ness of the surroundings. We have them in all sizes 
and shapes to suit any style of architecture. 
Width Height Depth Price 
LOG CABIN NO. 1, One-Family 
10" 
10" 
10" 
$1.50 
LOG CABIN NO. 2, Two-Family 
10" 
12" 
14" 
2.50 
LOG CABIN NO. 3, Two-Family 
14" 
12" 
17" 
3.50 
LOG CABIN NO. 4, Two-Family 
14” 
17" 
16" 
4.00 
LOG CABIN NO. 5, Four-Family 
14" 
18" 
19” 
5.00 
LOG CABIN NO. 6, Two-Family 
12" 
14" 
19" 
3.50 
Descriptive circular 
on 
request 
50 Barclay Street New York City 
DOUBLE CLAW 
30 at your dealer’s 
or from us. delivery prepaid 
Spend a little more for 
the tool and save money 
DOUBLE CLAW HAMMER 6<j). 
453 Broadway Brooklyn, N. 
PULLS THE 
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STRAIGHT 
WITHOUT 
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EAUTiFUL Plants de- 
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'combine Strength & Dur- 
‘ bility with Artistic Qual- 
ies that will add Charm 
Id Your Garden &Home 
fat Reasonable Cost. 
Pots, B oxes.Vases, Sun- 
ials.Benches and other 
“'attractive pieces are 
shown in our Catalogue 
which will be mailed 
I upon ^.ecjuest. 
GaU'-swaTTerra CoTta Gb. 
3218 WALNUT ST. PHILADELPHIA 
September, 1912 
in gardens, which appear, unfortunately, 
to have ousted the cottage garden holly¬ 
hocks, with their wide, quaint petals and 
daintily-clustered centers that were the 
pride of many a village in the old days. 
The lemon yellow flowers of this variety, 
three to four inches across, are of deli¬ 
cate texture and most refined appearance, 
and the tall stems, towering fully twelve 
feet in the air, set with the softly-tinted 
expanded blossoms, make a pretty picture. 
The leaves are large, five to seven lobed, 
somewhat resembling those of a fig tree. 
From July to September this hollyhock 
creates a beautiful picture in the garden. 
It is apparently not so susceptible to the 
dreaded hollyhock disease as the florists’ 
varieties. Numbers of self-sown seedlings 
are found in the garden and maybe given 
away every year. Hollyhocks it must be 
remembered, require a rich soil and lib¬ 
eral doses of liquid manure are appreci¬ 
ated. 
There are signs that probably in a few 
years the disease which has been so preva¬ 
lent will have spent itself—at least, one 
can safely write that it is possible to grow 
hollyhocks with success now, whereas a 
few years ago such a thing was impos¬ 
sible. The name of the pest that attacks 
the plant is the hollyhock rust (Puccinea 
malvacearum ). It is easily recognized by 
the orange spots on the leaves and stems- 
The affected leaves should be at once re¬ 
moved, but when the plant is covered with 
the pest no remedy is possible. Burn it— 
root, stem and shoot—to prevent the 
spores spreading and continuing the mis¬ 
chief elsewhere. If the pest can be got 
under control after the removal of these- 
leaves, spray the plant with the now much 
used Bordeaux mixture, which is made by 
dissolving ten ounces of sulphate of cop¬ 
per in a little boiling water, and add five 
gallons of cold water; slake six ounces of 
lime in some water and when it is cool 
pour it into the solution of copper; stir 
all well together. To test the mixture, so- 
as to make quite sure it will not injure 
the leaves, hold the blade of a bright knife 
in it for a minute; if the blade is un¬ 
changed it is all right, but if the steel' 
shows signs of a deposit of copper more- 
lime must be added. 
W. R. Gilbert 
Plants for the Sun Parlor 
T HE furnishings of the sun parlor 
seem incomplete without some form 
of plant life. Of course, those plants that 
cannot bear the direct rays of the sun 
and those requiring an excess of moisture- 
cannot be depended on for the inclosed 
veranda. Where plants are to thrive and 1 
bloom the temperature should not go be¬ 
low 65° at night and should reach 78° or 
8o° in the daytime. 
Flowering bulbs, oxalis, sweet alyssum, 
geranium. German ivy, the trailing vine 
Vinca variegata and the Othonna crassi - 
folia are suitable for the sun parlor under 
conditions which make it habitable for the 
family. 
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