58 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
January, 1913 
Reduced Facsimile Front Cover of 
Our Silent Salesman 
B URPEE’S “SEEDS THAT GROW” are supplied each 
season direct to many more planters than are the seeds 
of any other brand. BURPEE’S SEEDS are known the 
world over as the best it is possible to produce, and are 
acknowledged the American Standard of Excellence. 
Progressive planters everywhere are satisfied with the Vege¬ 
tables and Flowers resulting from Burpee-Quality Seeds.— 
grown according to the clear information freely given in the 
Burpee Leaflets. 
In thirty-six years of successful seed selling we have intro¬ 
duced more Novelties that are now in general cultivation 
than have any three other firms. We produce Selected Stocks 
upon our own seed farms in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and 
California, while FORDHOOK FARMS are famous as the 
largest trial grounds in America. No government Experi¬ 
mental Station attempts such complete trials each season, 
and the information here obtained is of incalculable benefit 
to planters everywhere. 
Each season we travel more than thirty thousand miles to 
personally inspect our growing crops and yet never travel a 
single mile to solicit an order! We ask, however, that you 
allow our SILENT SALESMAN to have your careful at¬ 
tention in the quiet of your own home. 
Simply send us your address plainly written and kindly 
state where you saw this advertisement. Then by first mail 
you will receive 
The Burpee Annual for 1913 
A bright new book of 18D pages, it pictures by pen and 
pencil all that is Best in seeds, and tells the nlain truth. 
While embellished with colored covers and plates painted 
from nature it is A SAFE GUIDE, — entirely free from exag¬ 
geration. 
Shall we send you a copy? 
If so. Write To-day. 
A B2 s f, a l card will do,— and you will not be annoyed by 
any ‘‘follow-up” letters. 
Small Gardens for Small Folks 
In connection with our New Department of Seeds for the 
Children s Gardens, we publish this interesting and 
instructive Little Book. Its four chapters, with useful il¬ 
lustrations, tell what and how to plant and explain the 
why and wherefore” of successful gardening. Parents and 
teachers will welcome this original new booklet as filling ‘‘a 
long-felt want.” So enticingly is the story told that chil- 
dren will find its reading almost as absorbing as a fairvtale! 
Tills Unique Little Book—making The Lure of the Land” 
appeal to the hearts of children,—is sure of such an enthu¬ 
siastic welcome everywhere that we have published a first 
edition of more than two hundred thousand copies. 
Seeds for Children’s Gardens 
Parents and teachers as well as the children themselves 
will be vitally interested in reading pages 107, 108 and 109 of 
The Burpee Annual, telling about 
This New Departure 
Many would doubtless like to “have a sample” of just 
what we are doing; therefore, we offer a special 
Ready-Made Collection 
PV»1* OC Cl-c Wfe will mail one “Children’s 
l p ac ket” each of Semple’s Branch¬ 
ing Asters,—Imperial Centaurea,—Fordhook Favorite 
Dianthus, — Variegated Tall Queen Nasturtiums, — Im¬ 
perial German Pansies, — Fordhook Phlox Drummondii, 
Burpee’s Superb Spencer Sweet Peas in Unequaled 
Mixture as grown by us in California. Burpee’s Co¬ 
lumbia Beet, — Burpee's Golden Bantam Szveet Corn ,— 
Burpee’s Iceberg Lettuce,—White Icicle Radish and 
Chalk's Early Jewel Tomato, together with the book 
“Small Gardens for Small Folks.” Five of these col¬ 
lections (with five books) will be mailed for $i.oo and 
sent to five separate addresses, if so directed. To each 
address we will mail also a free copy of The Burpee 
Annual for 1913 , if requested on order. 
W. Atlee Burpee & Co, 
Burpee Buildings, Philadelphia 
Largest Mail Order Seed House 
suited to withstand the dry atmosphere and 
other hardships of ordinary house culture, 
has long been a favorite. A recent form, 
the crested holly fern ( C. Rochfordian- 
um) , while having the same heavy and 
attractive foliage, has the pinnae deeply 
serrated and also undulated, the conse¬ 
quent light and graceful effect relieving 
the compact, dense habit of growth, so that 
it makes a truly beautiful specimen. Be 
sure to give this splendid new-comer a 
trial among the next ferns you get. 
Fern balls, which are usually composed 
of one of the Davallias, sometimes prove 
unsatisfactory. If you get them in the 
dormant state, be sure to order direct from 
some reliable large house whose supply is 
likely to be fresh, rather than take chances 
on them at a local store or florist’s. The 
safest way is to get them already started. 
If you get them in dormant condition, soak 
them in tepid water for several hours and 
hang them where the night temperature 
will go as little as possible below sixty de¬ 
grees, until they are well started. Be care¬ 
ful not to let the balls dry out at any time, 
which they are apt to do if hung up in a 
heated room where the air near the ceil¬ 
ing is hotter and drier than near the floor. 
While these most reliable and attractive 
plants are not, strictly speaking, ferns, 
they require about the same treatment, and 
in popular thought are often classed with 
them. For several years the two types 
that have been in commerce, the climbing 
lace fern ( Asparagus phimosus nanus ) 
and Emerald feather (A. Sprengeri) , have 
grown steadily more and more popular. 
The former has beautiful sprays of a light, 
sometimes almost golden, green color, than 
which there is no foliage more beautiful. 
Notwithstanding their delicacy they keep 
wonderfully well, both when cut and on 
the plant. They may be grown as dwarf 
bush plants, in the form of a fern, or as 
climbing vines. The original form (A. 
plmnosus ) , when grown under proper con¬ 
ditions in the greenhouse, makes vines 
thirty or forty feet long, in a regular jun¬ 
gle tangle. Even the dwarf form (A. P. 
nanus) shows a strong tendency to climb, 
and if wanted in a low form the sprays 
must be pinched back at twelve to eighteen 
inches, and the roots rather restricted. For 
vines, keep in large pots, or boxes, and 
feed liberally. 
Asparagus Sprengeri in both foliage and 
habit is very distinct from A. plumosus. 
The leaves resemble small glossy pine 
needles, borne in long sprays, and as it 
is trailing in habit it makes a unique and 
beautiful plant for stands and baskets. 
The sprays keep well when cut, and make 
an excellent background for flowers. It 
is now used more universally for green by 
florists than any other plant. 
Either of the above may be started from 
seed, or propagated by dividing old plants, 
but small young plants may be had of the 
florists at a very low price. They will do 
well in a temperature of fifty to fifty-five 
degrees at night. Shower frequently, but 
water only moderately. Hatcheri resem¬ 
bles plumosus nanus, but is more compact 
Make the Grounds 
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IT IS AN INVESTMENT—not an expense —a perma¬ 
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your property, as well as to its appearance. 
PROTECTS THE GROUNDS THOROUGHLY, yet does 
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