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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
March, 1913 
Modern Sleeping Porch Fitted withWilson’s Blinds 
Practically makes an Outdoor Room of the ordi¬ 
nary porch; a room at night, a porch by day. 
WILSON’S VENETIANS 
for outside and inside of town and country 
houses; very durable, convenient and artistic. 
Special Outside Venetians 
most practical and useful form of Venetian 
yet devised for porches and windows ; 
excludes the sun, admits the breeze. 
Write for Venetian Catalog No. 3 
Orders should be placed NOW for 
spring or summer delivery. 
Jas. G. Wilson Mfg. Co. 
1, 3 & 5 W. 29th St., New York 
Also Inside Venetians; Rolling 
Partitions, Rolling Steel Shut¬ 
ters, Burglar and Fireproof Steel 
Curtains, Wood Block Floors. 
IRON AND WIRE FENCES 
Fences of all descriptions for City and Sub¬ 
urban Homes. Write today for our Loose 
Leaf Catalog, stating briefly your requirements. 
^WCA\TeN(I 0)N5TRUaiON(bi 
100 Church St., New York 
Formerly Fence Dept., American Wire Form Co. 
Heavy Pot Grown 
Send for Catalog. 
Rare Climbing 
B it /) f a a of a o The Elm City Nursery Co. 
jUIAll^vCl New Haven, Dept. N, Connecticut 
9 
English 
Ivy 
Seven to Eight Feet Speci¬ 
mens. Heavy Pot Grown 
Send for Catalog. 
The Elm City Nursery Co. 
New Haven, Dept. N, Connecticut 
9 
A RARE EASTER GIFT 
LILIES of Valley 
raised by yourself. Your 
friends will appreciate 
this far more than some 
plant or other purchased 
at a store. The phe- 
n o m e n a 1 growth and 
flowering of the pips is 
a DELIGHTFUL EX¬ 
PERIENCE. Planted in 
OUR PREPARED Moss- 
fiber. In eight days the 
beautiful emerald foliage 
is full grown; in ten days 
the buds appear, and in 
three weeks, the glorious 
flowers, silvery white and 
exquisitely fragrant, are 
in full bloom. You can 
plant them in any howl, 
pot or jar you have 
handy. No drainage is 
needed. We furnish the 
mossfiber free, also send 
full directions how to 
grow Lilies of Valley successfully. 
6 Lily of Valley with mossfiber. $0.35 
12 “ .. “ 60 
2 5 “ “ “ “ “ . 1.00 
Lily of Valley Grown in Our 
Mossfiber 
PRICES include delivery 
Are you a lover of nature and all that is beautiful in it? 
Bo you care to raise succulent vegetables for vour home 
table? 
. Send for our 1913 Garden book. It will interest you as 
It contains all the best novelties and full descriptions of 
the best in Flower and vegetable seeds, plants, bulbs, etc. 
Address H.H. Berger & Co., 70 Warren St., New York 
the best of the named varieties of Phlox 
paniculata (called sometimes Phlox decus- 
sata ), grouped in as large masses as the 
space allows. As there is wide variation 
in the color and height of the different 
named varieties of this species of phlox, 
these few kinds should be chosen and ar¬ 
ranged with a view to color harmony and 
height. For white, which harmonizes 
well with every color and shows more at 
night, the variety Jeanne d’Arc is a most 
excellent one, having large and perfectly 
formed flowers which open a little late, 
making fresh and fair the very hottest and 
driest time of the year. One might well 
have a long mass of this at the back of the 
border and extending its full length, the 
mass widening at the center to come al¬ 
most to the front. To the right and to 
the left of this forward projecting white 
mass, Coquelicot and either Pantheon or 
Iris may be grouped, the two groups being 
separated by the white. The Coquelicot, 
on the right, is a strong grower and a 
popular favorite, with fiery scarlet, car¬ 
mine-eyed blossoms. The Pantheon, on 
the left, has large flowers of a beautiful 
salmon-rose color. The variety named 
Iris, if preferred to Pantheon, is more 
unique among these phloxes, being bluish 
violet with blue center, its individual 
flowers being very large and perfectly 
formed. 
Much is also added to the attractiveness 
of the whole bed if a narrow, full-length 
border of Phlox subulata be planted in 
front. This, while exceedingly different, 
is just as true a perennial phlox as the 
above. It grows only a few inches high, 
has narrow, evergreen leaves, and blos¬ 
soms very early in the spring, being then 
literally covered with bright bloom. It 
often blooms again, more sparingly, in 
autumn. As a final touch this species adds 
a minor charm to your all-phlox border 
at a time when it would otherwise be en¬ 
tirely void of bloom, and its pretty mat 
of foliage enhances the beauty of the bed 
at all seasons. It is sometimes called 
“moss-pink.” 
The phlox border responds generously 
to rich soil, well-drained and not too heavy, 
but will grow in any good land. Several 
thorough drenchings of the soil in dry 
seasons greatly increase the wealth of floral 
display, as the plant loves an abundance 
of moisture. The roots may be had of 
reliable growers either in early spring or 
in the fall. If secured in spring, it must 
be in the very earliest part of the planting 
season, as soon as the ground can be dug, 
for after the buds have started it is a 
poor shipper and not likely to do as well. 
In the fall there is less need of haste, for 
after the season’s growth has been made 
and the foliage ripened, the plants may be 
shipped and transplanted at leisure during 
a more or less extended season from, say, 
the middle of September until sometime in 
October. For this reason the fall is pre¬ 
ferable, and altogether the safest time to 
plant phlox. The roots should be carefully 
spread and the plants set well apart. 
After the profusion of June flowers has 
Take Comfort in Your Country Home 
Dependable power makes the difference between 
comfort and discomfort, satisfaction and dissatisfac¬ 
tion, on the country estate or farm. Dependable power 
is also economical when furnished by 
I H C Oil and Gas Engines 
They can be used to furnish a never failing water 
supply for all purposes. They can be used for spray¬ 
ing, sprinkling, sawing and grinding, and to operate 
any machine to which power can be applied. They run 
on the cheapest and most convenient fuel, high or low 
grade oils, gas or alcohol. They require little attention 
besides oiling. 
They are built in all sizes from 1 to 50 horse power. 
I H C oil tractors for plowing, threshing, etc., 12 to 
60 horse power. 
Write for the most interesting engine catalogues 
ever printed, showing the complete line. 
International Harvester Company of America 
(Incorporated) 
170 Harvester Building Chicago USA 
The Poultry Department 
of House and Garden will furnish free 
of charge, upon request, authoritative in¬ 
formation upon any question pertaining 
to the raising of chickens or poultry. 
Poulfiy Department, 
HOUSE & GARDEN 
31 East 17th St., New York City. 
European ^ n 11r c “ 9 
D A A P h The Elm City Nursery Co. 
^ AK New Haven, Dept. N, Connecticut 
ALEXANDER'S 
QUALITY 
|T | DAHLIAS 
TWENTIETH 
JKfe k CENTURY 
flower 
The Dahlia of to-day is of surpassing beauty 
as a single flower, exquisite for private gar¬ 
dens, charming in masses, and ideal for plant¬ 
ing against shrubbery. 
Alexander’s Up-to-Date Dahlias lead the 
World; because they are perfect in type and 
shape, beautiful in color, and most important 
of all — Free-flowering. 
Our many customers are satisfied; they re¬ 
ceive good stock; true to name, and best of 
all — Guaranteed to Grow. 
All Flower Lovers are invited to send to 
the Dahlia King for his latest Free Illustrated 
Catalogue, which contains helpful descriptions 
and valuable cultural hints on Dahlias, Gladioli, 
Roses and Cannas. 
J. K. ALEXANDER 
The Dahlia King 
Box 174 - - EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASS. 
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