HOUSE AND GARDEN 
May, 
1914 
Now for that Greenhouse you have 
been thinking about 
D ON’T say you can’t have it, for “this or that’’ 
reason—especially don’t lay it to its cost, be¬ 
cause we now have a special house of iron frame 
construction, with most attractive curved roof lines 
and a charming little work room attached; which we 
will erect up for you complete, including masonry, 
heating and everything ready to put in the plants, for 
so modest a sum as $1650. 
This price holds good anywhere within 200 miles 
of New York. For greater distances the difference 
in freight and fares of our men is added. 
The greenhouse part itself was on exhibition at the 
National Flower Show held in New York in March, 
and attracted much more attention than we had 
anticipated. It made us believe more than ever that 
it is an ideal house at a moderate price. 
Let us send you an illustration of it and a detailed 
description. Along with it we will enclose our regu¬ 
lar greenhouse catalog which you will find fairly 
teems with just the kind of information you want. 
If you would also like particulars of the large 
house shown above, just let us know. 
Hitchi 
o moan 
NEW YORK CITY 
1170 Broadway 
1 PHILADELPHIA, PA 
Pennsylvania Bldg., 15th & Chestnut Sts. 
FACTORY: ELIZABETH, N. J 
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and affords permanent and effective protection against idlers, 
trespassers, stray animals, etc. 
There is a Stewart Fence for everybody — For almost every 
purpose—At a variety of prices — From the finest hand-wrought 
to inexpensive machine-made designs. We shall be glad to 
help you select a design and furnish estimate if you will advise 
us of your wishes. Booklet on request. 
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Iron Statuary, Stable Fittings, 
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regular beds are prepared; but a gen¬ 
erous-sized hole should be dug up and 
prepared with drainage and well en¬ 
riched soil in much the same way as for 
the garden sorts. Some of the varieties 
are absolutely hardy; the others should 
be earthed up and protected about the 
roots, and where necessary the long canes 
tied together—after cutting back to con¬ 
venient length—and protected with straw. 
Even if they are killed back to near the 
ground, it is not a serious loss, as many 
of them make a growth of ten to fifteen 
feet during a single season. While the 
roses in this class do not as yet comprise 
a very long list, they already include some 
as beautiful as the best garden sorts. 
Climbing American Beauty, with flowers 
of exquisite form, color and fragrance, 
is exceptionally hardy and vigorous; Dr. 
W. Van Fleet has immense, soft pink, 
scented double flowers, born on long, 
firm stems; Silver Moon, glistening, sil¬ 
very-white, semidouble flowers four 
inches across. Christine Wright, very 
large, double, delicate pink. Tausendschdn 
(Thousand Beauties), is distinct from 
both the roses above and the ramblers. 
While the flowers are born in clusters, 
like the latter, the individual flowers are 
frequently three inches across. They 
open light pink, but change to distinctly 
different shades, giving a multi-colored 
effect. Besides these, there are climbing 
forms of a number of the best garden 
sorts, such as Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, 
Caroline Testout, Grus An Teplitz, Belle 
Siebrecht, Richmond and White Maman 
Cochet. While these do not flower quite 
as freely as the bush forms, they are ever- 
blooming. In the spring, cut the strong¬ 
est canes back and cut away the small, 
side branches. 
The climbing Rambler roses are uni¬ 
versally known—due in large degree to 
the Crimson Rambler. They are ex¬ 
tremely hardy, and on poor soil or under 
neglect still grow and bloom, though they 
deserve good care. A number of the 
newer sorts, in reality much more satis¬ 
factory roses than Crimson Rambler, have 
not made any such sensation as did that 
famous sort. The ramblers are adapted 
to many uses. As a covering for porches 
and trellises they are, of course, uni¬ 
versally used. But a few hours spent in 
making an arch or a support over a south 
window, or even in putting in a few posts 
along the side or the back of the garden, 
would enable one to use a few more of the 
beautiful new sorts in a way that would 
greatly enhance the beauty of the whole 
place for many years to come. Now that 
we have some climbers that are both ever- 
blooming and hardy, the “bower of 
roses” is a practical thing for the North. 
Pergolas, or even a small summer house, 
can be constructed quite cheaply if one 
is content to use plain material, and a 
half dozen or so climbing roses will have 
it fairly well covered in a single season. 
In the matter of care and pruning, the 
Ramblers demand very little. Most of 
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