April, 1913 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
335 
LILIES, the ARISTOCRATS 
of the GARDEN 
Their IDEAL beauty should not 
fail wherever flowers bloom. 
OUR APRIL OFFER 
Every bulb sent out' is 
SOUND, plump and will dower 
first season. 
Every LILY offered here is 
“HARDY - .” 
Each 
1. L. Auratum. Japan’s 
Queen Lily. Immense 
white petals, with a 
golden band through 
center. 4 to 5 ft. high .20 
L. Album. Indescrib¬ 
ably pure and chaste. 
Glistening SNOW- 
WHITE recurved pet¬ 
als, 3 to 4 ft.25 
L. Roseum. A vision 
or rose beauty. Re¬ 
curved petals, ground 
color white, shaded, 
dotted and banded 
xv.th rosy red. Delicate fragrance.20 
L. Superbum. A glorious lily. Stems rise 5 to 6 ft., 
crowned with rich clusters of orange red flowers spotted 
purplish brown. Very showy .15 
L. Umbellatum. Buff to apricot. Upright' chalice, 
glowing colors, 2% to 3 ft.15 
L. Tcnuifolium. The Coral Lily of Siberia. Nothing 
brighter than this exquisite Lily. The petals are re¬ 
curved, color richest coral red, stems 2 ft. bear¬ 
ing many of the lovely blooms.15 
L. Washingtonianum. From the snowy regions of Mt. 
Washington. This grand species attains 3 to 5 ft. 
The large wide open Trumpet dowers, open white 
shading to a tender rose, gradually fading into deep 
rose and wine red. Most deliciously fragrant.30 
The seven Lilies for ONE DOLLAR DELIVERED. 
Y"ou can only enjoy your OWN 
VINE and fig tree by PLANT¬ 
ING them. 
Vines give your walls that 
mellow old Century look so 
beloved. 
51 II 1 Vines offer you COOL and 
. COZY nooks on hot summer 
ifJlii I igg laffiKi Slia days, 
jjly.l Vines HIDE that unsightly 
<1* ■ - fence, those old tree stumps, 
etc ' 
Vines screen your verandahs 
and cover trellises with man¬ 
tles of green, embroidered 
with richest colors. 
OUR APRIL OFFER 
i > ,-r-/ m NOTE: The vines offered are 
f a11 aad EVERY ONE "HAR- 
JaWI flSSgP? DY” strong, and of easiest 
cultivation. 
Each 
Ampelopsis Veichii (Bos- 
t on Ivy 1 clings firmly to 
any surface. Leaves 
brighest green in sum¬ 
mer, turning with autumn into a blazing scarlet and 
golden flame.20 
Aristolochia Sipho (Dutchman’s Pipe). Purplish brown 
flowers resembling a miniature pipe. Leaves large, 
heart shaped, grow THICKLY on stems forming dense 
shade.65 
Apios Tuberosa. Clusters of rich deep rosy purple 
flowers of sweet violet fragrance (Tuberous).10 
Clematis Paniculata. A dense mass of pure white 
star-like blossoms. Very ornamental.20 
The Kudzu Vine. (Jack and Beanstalk). So called 
owing to its marvelous rapid growth, often attaining 
40 to 50 ft. in one season. Foliage, of a deep green, 
the Wistaria-like, rosy violet flowers are borne in 
greatest profusion, providing dense shade. 
The five vines DELIVERED FOR ONE DOLLAR. Novelty. 
The magnificent “JAPAN CLIMBING HYDRANGEA" 
In foliage and flowers like a TRUE Hydrangea this 
unique vine climbs without any support holding on by 
means of tiny rootlets to any object. The clusters of 
creamy white flowers appear amongst the glossy foliage 
in dense masses. It is altogether a TRULY GORGEOUS 
vine. We furnish ONLY POTGROWN STRONG plants 
which suffer no check whatever when transplanted.. .$1.00 
ORDER EARLY as this stock of Climbing Hydrangea 
is alxvays LIMITED.$1.00 
We will send with the five vines ONE Climbing 
Hydrangea for.$1.75 
If our Gardenbook has NOT reached you send for it 
AT ONCE. It is FREE and you will be delighted with 
what xve have to offer. 
Superb DAHLIAS, Begonias, Amaryllis, etc. 
1 egetable and Flower seeds, NOVELTIES, rare shrubs, etc. 
Address H. H. BERGER & CO., 70 Warren St., New York. 
ESTABLISHED 1878 
The Poultry Department 
will furnish, upon request, authoritative 
information upon any question pertaining 
to the raising of chickens or poultry. 
Poultiy Department, 
HOUSE & GARDEN 
31 East 17th St., New York City. 
wish that some variety had been let alone. 
Fortunately the confusion is only here and 
there. 
The common names are most important 
to remember, provided that they are either 
the best possible rendering into the ver¬ 
nacular or, if fancifully descriptive, are 
sufficiently distinctive. Dog rose ( Rosa 
canina), in the one class, and Chinese 
lantern plant ( Physalis Francheti) , in the 
other, are sufficiently definite. London 
pride is not, nor is bluebell; the former is 
Saxifraga umbrosa in England and Lych¬ 
nis chalcedonica here, while the latter is 
applied to more than one plant on each 
side of the Atlantic. Jerusalem cross is 
really a much better common name for 
the lychnis, as each blossom suggests the 
red cross of the crusader. 
It is well to inquire into the reason of 
every common name. The result is gen¬ 
erally to create in the mind an association 
between the name and the plant. More¬ 
over the inquiry leads one into a very 
pleasant field of folk lore study, as well as 
greater intimacy with the garden. Look 
at a blossom of any aconitum on the plant 
and it is apparent from the shape of it 
why it is called monkshood and helmet 
flower. Pluck it, when fully open, and 
hold it with the back of the helmet down 
and it will be no less apparent that the 
little boys and girls of seventy years ago 
did not overstrain their imagination when 
they spoke of it as Pharaoh's chariot. It 
is just as well to know all these names; 
also that the best is aconite, because it is 
an English rendering of the generic name, 
aconitum. 
Learn all the common names that you 
can, for the pleasurable side of it, but hold 
to the best for ordinary use. Choose white 
rock cress ( Arabis albida), for example, 
in preference to welcome-home-husband- 
be-he-ever-so-drunk; and prince’s feather 
(Polygonum orientale ) to kiss-me-over- 
the-garden-gate. Not that these names 
are so foolish as they might seem at first 
glance. The arabis — also one of the 
stonecrops ( Sedum album), which appears 
to have been given the same name—has a 
mass of white blossoms well calculated 
to enable a man to locate his doorstep at 
night and as for the knotweed it hangs 
its deep rose plumes over a gate in a most 
inviting way. 
Having associated the common name 
with the plant, try to associate the botan¬ 
ical name with both. Such things, for 
example, as finding out that true bellflow¬ 
ers have the generic name of campanula 
(little bell), that a windflower is anemone 
(from the Greek word for wind), that 
the pink is dianthus (green for Jove’s 
flower), that any spring primrose is pri¬ 
mula (from the Latin for first), that the 
finger-shaped blossoms of foxglove are 
the digit of digitalis, and so on. Adding 
specific names you get. Campanula persici- 
folia (peach-leaved bellflower), Anemone 
pennsylvanica (Pennsylvanian anemone), 
Dianthus neglectus (neglected pink), Pri¬ 
mula vulgaris (common primrose) and 
Digitalis purpurea (purple foxglove). 
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Sun won’t fade it nor water spot it. It is 
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