HOUSE AND GARDEN 
M A Y, 
1912 
Our Superb Success Col¬ 
lection of 5 Hardy Vines 
Kudzu Vine 
, Ampelopsis Veitchi. 
(Boston Ivy). Clings 
firmly to the smooth¬ 
est surface. Color, a 
bright fresh green 
through summer, 
turning to glorious 
red and crimson in 
fall. Each 20 cents, 
doz. $2. 
. Aristolochia (Dutch¬ 
man’s Pipe). One of 
the most rapid-grow¬ 
ing vines, covering 
any surface densely 
with broad, heart- 
shaped leaves of the 
richest green. 
Blowers resemble a 
miniature pipe. Each 
60 cts., doz. $5. 
. Clematis paniculata. 
Luxuriant growth. 
Masses of star-like, 
pure white flowers. 
Very fragrant. Each 
25 cts., doz. $2.50. 
. Mammoth Beauty 
Passion Vine. Vine's 
run 20 to 30 feet and 
are covered with 
bloom. The colors are 
beautifully blended 
white, red and blue. 
Nothing more beau¬ 
tiful for the garden. 
Each 15 cts., doz. 
$1.50. 
5. Kudzu Vine. Picture shows one season’s growth 
—a marvel of rapid growing. Will run 40_to 50 
feet in a season. The beautiful flowers, similar 
to Lathyrus, grow in long racemes, color rosy 
lilac. The most wonderful vine to cover trel¬ 
lises, arbors, verandas, etc. Strong plants, 
each 25 cents, doz. $2.50. 
5 Hardy Vines — every one STRONG and full grown, 
for $1.00. Price includes delivery. 
NOVELTY: Climbing Hardy 
Hydrangea from Japan 
In this magnificent climber we have one of the 
most vaiuable additions to the Vine family. The 
foliage is of the richest glossy green, heart-shaped, 
and the flowers of a creamy white, growing in large 
umbels, cover the vine, lasting a long time. It 
grows with marvelous rapidity, twines around any 
object without any support, covering it with a 
dense mantle of glossy greenery. Should be grown 
by lovers of beautiful vines. Each $1.00. 
We send STRONG pot-grown plants of this vine 
which are sure to grow right on WITHOUT any 
check when planted. 
The 5 Vines and one “Novelty” Climbing Hardy 
Hydrangea for $ 1 . 75 , express prepaid. 
Send for Ideal Garden Book, Spring 1912. Address 
H. H. BERGER & CO., 70 Warren St., NEW YORK 
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growth — less than a foot and a half high 
— and is of strong growth and easy cul¬ 
ture, bearing the large, marguerite-like 
blossoms, two and a half inches broad, 
well above the foliage. This new flower 
should find a place in every garden. 
Another fine annual, especially good 
for cutting, that has remained too long 
in the background is the lupine. It grows 
very easily, even in poor soil, and may 
now be had, not only in blue, but in pink, 
yellow, scarlet, and white — a very choice 
collection. 
It always seems to me that the gera¬ 
nium is the least appreciated of all garden 
flowers. We speak of them as “pink,” 
“red,” or “white,” and think of them as 
rather coarse and common. There is not 
room here even to mention the many new 
varieties, but I want to urge upon every 
reader the fact that a great surprise is in 
store for him, or her, if the trouble to 
look up and procure a few of the new 
types is taken. Not only are there dis¬ 
tinct and beautiful shades of color, but in 
many are distinctly contrasting colors, 
and others have unique petal formations, 
as in the cactus class. 
The Lady Washington geraniums or 
pelargoniums, are very near the top of the 
list of beautiful flowers. The one thing 
that has kept them from lieing very popu¬ 
lar is their short blooming period. A new 
race, however, has recently been devel¬ 
oped, which blooms for a long season, or 
rather has re-blooming periods, and this 
should make these lovely flowers much 
more popular. 
The cosmos is another fine flower 
which has had one drawback— that of 
blooming so late that Jack Frost usually 
got the best of the crop. The new early 
large flowering overcomes this to a great 
extent. Lady Lenox, a beautiful shell pink, 
has enormous flowers four inches across, 
and should be tried by every flower lover. 
Crimson Ray is the first of a new type, 
which might be termed “cactus” cosmos. 
The ever-popnlar poppy has not been 
overlooked in the general improvements 
taking place. The indefatigable Burbank 
has just given us a new line, the result 
of hybridizing three of the older species, 
with many new colors and increased size 
of flowers. In the Shirley type. Celeste 
yields shades of sky-blue and lavender 
gray, heretofore unknown among poppies. 
A new annual decorative plant that 
should prove of great value is the Sum¬ 
mer Fir, which makes a neat stately look¬ 
ing little tree. Everyone now knows the 
.Summer Cypress (Kocliia triciwphylla) 
and this “fir” should make a splendid com¬ 
panion for it. 
Another decorative plant that has re¬ 
cently been greatly improved is the ce- 
losia. Thompson’s Superb and other new 
plumed sorts are great acquisitions; and 
Pride of Castle Gould marks a new stand¬ 
ard. Among the cockscombs the French 
Striped makes a very unique and novel 
attraction. 
Even such pretty little old-fashioned 
plants as lobelia and forget-me-not have 
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