HOUSE AND GARDEN 
5 2 
July, 1913 
A Word to Greenhouse Put-Offs 
S OME keep putting it off and 
continue saying things like 
this: “Yes, we are going to 
build a greenhouse before long,” 
or, “Clarissa and I are thinking 
about having a greenhouse one 
of these days.” 
And then sometimes it’s “As 
soon as ever I get the time to 
look into it, we’ll straightway 
have that greenhouse we have 
been talking about for so long.” 
And so Mr. Put-Off, puts off 
from year to year and nothing 
ever happens. And it’s not be¬ 
cause he can’t afford it either; 
or doesn’t enthusiastically want 
it himself. No, not that; but in 
nine cases out of ten, it is sim¬ 
ply because he has such a vague 
idea of what they cost, and what 
their up-keep will be, that he 
hesitates. 
If he would say to Clarissa, 
some morning: “You had better 
drop a card to Hitchings & Co. 
today and get that catalog they 
advertise as such complete in¬ 
formation about greenhouses, 
and we will look it over some 
evening and see if there is a 
house in it like we want.” 
What do you suppose would 
happen? Why don’t you try it 
and see? 
If you want to have Summer 
time, all the time it’s Winter 
time — you had better have 
Hitchings & Co. start building 
your greenhouses now. 
Hitcki 
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handsomely for all the time, thought and 
expense it may take. This being true, 
you will not fail to take notice of all the 
new varieties, garden implements, meth¬ 
ods, etc., which come within your reach, 
and select those which may seem avail¬ 
able to your particular needs. There is, 
in connection with this one thing which 
the majority of people overlook, and that 
is that in most cases money spent on the 
garden will bring returns not only for a 
season or two, but for many years. 
Plan your work as definitely as you can 
ahead, keep a concise but careful record 
of the results, and do not let up until you 
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Wild Flowers in the Garden 
(Continued from page 31) 
Columbine in its native forms — Aquilegia 
Canadensis, Skinneri, chrysantha and 
ccernlea; (these will grow in rocky situ¬ 
ations too) ; all the wild asters and, of 
course, the goldenrods; the wild anem¬ 
one — Anemone Pennsylvania; snake-root 
and Joe-Pye weed — Eupatorium agera- 
toides and E. purpureum; the little star 
grass Hypoxis erecta; the native lilies, 
Lilium Canadense, L. superbum, and L. 
Philadelphicum; and, where it is rather 
moist, the native violets and the lady’s 
slippers — Cypripediums. For wet places 
the marsh marigold — Caltha palustris; 
pitcher plants; the white hellebore— 
Veratrum viride; the cardinal flower— 
Lobelia cardinalis; and the marsh sedge, 
Scirpus atrovirens. Among rocks and 
stones use harebells or Campanula roturu- 
difolia; the true Solomon’s seal— Polygo- 
natum bidorum; bloodroot — Sanguinaria 
Canadensis (this may also be used in 
shade) ; and in very dry spaces, fully ex¬ 
posed to burning sun, the sedums, both 
low growing and tall — Sedum ternatum 
and telephoides. Finally, for the shady 
places, there are the baneberries both 
white and red — Actcea alba and A. rubra; 
the dainty windflower — Anemone quin- 
quefolia (sold as A. nemorosa by some 
dealers) ; Aster ericoides (which espe¬ 
cially likes a dry and sandy location) and 
Aster Icevis; the spring beauty — Claytonia 
Virginia; Cornns Canadensis or bunch- 
berry; the shooting star or American 
cowslip — Dodecatheon Meadia; dog tooth 
violets — Erythronium Americanum; colt’s 
foot — Galax aphylla; trilliums generally; 
and Viola Canadensis, V. cucullata, V. 
pubescens and V. Canadensis. 
As to the design of the wild garden, 
it is non-existent, naturally. It must de¬ 
velop as the work is being done rather 
than according to any predetermined plan, 
except a most general and elastic one. 
There must, of course, be a general 
scheme, and a general idea of the plants 
that are to be massed in certain localities. 
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