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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
October, 
1914 
Wagner Plants for Fall Planting 
P LANTED this fall the growing shrubbery, trees, vines and hardy perennials from 
Wagner Park will reward you with prodigal generosity all next year. Flowers from 
March until November and evergreens to keep alive the spirit of the garden through¬ 
out the long months of cold weather. Our department of landscape planning will help you, 
not only to select wisely, but also to plant intelligently and with assurance of success. 
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There is a fascination in broad flights of steps flanked with well 
proportioned balustrading. They lend an air of dignity that is 
almost regal to the formal garden. They are a necessary element of 
ornamentation on any carefully planned private estate. 
We have designed and erected much of the balustrading to be found 
in notable formal gardens. Our collection of 1,500 models of garden 
ornament and statuary is the largest in this country. Subjects may 
be used individually in small gardens or in harmonious groups for larger places. Our 
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mental grasses to keep the green shrub¬ 
bery from being monotonous. 
To be sure, many of the trees and 
shrubs in this garden have been there for 
years, but unless you are fortunate enough 
to have a space already properly shaded 
around which you can plant your garden, 
you will have to wait for it to grow into 
picturesque beauty. New gardens are also 
like new houses in that they are not at 
first in harmony with their surroundings: 
even with wealth that does not count the 
cost, one can rarely, if ever, secure the 
charm that is lent by time. 
In this regard the owner of the hardy 
spring garden scores again, for the an¬ 
nuals rarely thrive in the same soil for 
any length of time. Consequently one 
must always be making new arrangements 
and color combinations. 
The mistress of Liberty Hall prides 
herself on the fact that all of her work is 
done either in September or October. The 
peonies and other bulbous plants are usu¬ 
ally separated in September, but all new 
bulbs are set out and all shrubs either 
planted or “slipped” in October. Like¬ 
wise, covering the least hardy of the 
plants with a protection of rich earth is 
also done before the winter begins. 
Of course, without a great deal of extra 
labor, one could use the snapdragons, 
gladioli, dahlias, phlox, etc., almost ad in¬ 
finitum , but then, that is another story. 
The spring gardener has the joy of prun¬ 
ing and digging when nature is most in¬ 
spiring, and of resting in time to enjov 
the fruits of his work. No successful 
gardener can be a lazy gardener, but the 
spring gardener can secure effects that it 
would be impossible to secure later with 
ten times as much work. 
Bulb Succession From April 
To August 
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you should order a few of them along 
with your bulbs for outdoor planting, to 
grow in the house during the winter, either 
in bowls of pebbles and water, or in pots 
or bulb-pans of light, rich soil. Most of 
them will come through all right outdoors, 
although they must have adequate winter 
protection. 
The double-flowering sorts of daffodils 
are distinct from all the foregoing in hav¬ 
ing their flowers conspicuously double, 
which gives them an entirely different ap¬ 
pearance. Of this class Van Scion, the 
old-fashioned favorite Dutch daffodil, is 
the best known. Sulphur (or Silver) 
Phoenix is dull white with a pale yellow 
center and is the largest and finest of the 
double sorts. 
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