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House &° Garden 
Garden Full 
ft^®f Darwin 
TuUps 
for 
$2?s 
In anticipation of again placing before our cus- 
CLARA toincrs a collection of Darwin Tulips we have had 
BUTT a sufficient quantity grown so that we can offer 
50 Giant Darwin Tulip Bulbs 
Finest Mixed, for $2.00 
Selected from fifteen named varieties, 
Ke\v Spring ffowering plants rival the Darwin Tulip for 
brilliancy of bloom. With flowers as large as the Oriental 
Pt>ppy» in a wide range of colors and shades, borne on 
strong stems often exceeding three feet, they are a wonder¬ 
ful addition to the flow^er garden. 
Plant any time before the ground becomes frozen, and they 
will bloom from the middle of May to Decoration Day. 
Mail this a<lvertiseinent or present at otir store, with check, money order, cash or 
stamps and secure this exceptional collection, sent prepaid to any point in the (J. S. 
east of the Mississippi. For points west and Canada add 25c. ($2.25). 
For those desiring Darwin Tulips in separate varieties, so the colors may be 
studied, we offer a collection of 10 each 10 varieties separately labeled for $5.00 
Our Fall Bulb Catalog containing a complete list of High Quality Bulbs 
for Autumn Planting, sent on request. 
30-32 Barclay Street 
H. G. 
New York 
PARIAN WARE 
{Continued fro 7 n page 166) 
whom the enterprising Fenton brought 
over from England. Fenton had as part¬ 
ners Julius Norton and Henry Hall, and 
their pottery was situated in the north 
wing of the Bennington pottery of Judge 
Norton, Fenton’s father-in-law, whose 
own kilns were devoted to turning out 
somewhat more “practical” wares. 
The Parian pieces from Bennington 
and from other American potteries were, 
like the Copeland pieces in England, ex¬ 
pensive. Nevertheless, they were exten- 
sivelj' patronized. At the New York 
Crystal Palace E.xhibition of 1857, Ben¬ 
nington Parian Ware was given much 
attention. /Among other Parian pieces 
there displayed was the large figure sur¬ 
rounding a monumental arrangement of 
various Bennington wares, the base of 
which was Lava Ware, the second section 
Flint Enamel, and on this a life-sized bust 
of Fenton surrounded by eight columns 
in Rockingham with the Parian figure 
mentioned at the top, the whole some ten 
feet in height. 
Bennington Parian was composed of 
flint from Vermont and Massachusetts, 
feldspar from New Hampshire and kera- 
mic clays from Vermont and from South 
Carolina, carefully ground and mixed and 
“cast” in moulds. Some of the Benning¬ 
ton Parian was fawn-colored, and some 
' was white. Blue pitted grounds were also 
employed against which the uncolored 
relief designs stood forth. In pieces of this 
sort the ground was obtained by applying 
the blue slip with a camel’s-hair brush, 
j The blue pieces ranged from dark to light. 
Pitcliers and vases and other objects 
j intended for use as well as for mere orna- 
I ment were glazed inside. Some pieces of 
I Bennington Parian were given a smear 
^ glaze. From 1849 the Bennington Parian 
j was marked with the United States Pot- 
, tery ('o.’s mark, the earliest form of which 
was a ribbon in relief and the letters 
U. S. P., together with two numbers 
(varying). The later pieces had the name 
of the pottery spelled out. Some of the 
Bennington Parian pitchers are known as 
the “Water Lily”, the “Knight”, the 
“Niagara”, the “Palm Tree”, the “Ivj-- 
Leaf”, names derived from their decora¬ 
tion. The figure, animal and bird pieces 
comprise the “Samuel”, “Sheep”, 
“Swan”, “Ram”, “Bird’s Nest”, “Girl 
Lacing Shoe”, “Eagle and Child”, 
“Greyhound”, “Poodle Dogs” (right and 
left), and a phrenological head. Then 
there were vases, jugs, sugar bowls, 
creamers, inkwells, knobs, etc. 
Bennington did not monopolize the 
market for Parian Ware, as interesting 
pieces were also produced by George 
AUen of Philadelphia, whose mark was 
somewhat like a “T” or an inverted 
anchor. The Parian pieces from Allen’s 
pottery were from moulds brought from 
the Gloucester, New Jersey pottery when 
the latter'was discontinued between 1857 
and 1858. But few Parian pieces were 
turned out by Allen. 
Ott & Brewer of the Etruria Potter}’, 
Trenton, New Jersey, also made Parian 
Ware, and in 1876 exhibited many pieces 
of excellence modeled by Isaac Broome. 
From 1848 to 1856 the Greenpoint, 
Long Island, pottery of Charles Cart- 
lidge & Co. made Parian portrait-busts, 
but such do not appear to have borne 
any mark indicating the pottery. 
In 1850 Charles Coxen was modeling 
Parian pieces for the Baltimore potter} 
of the Edwin Bennett Co., and from 1856 
to 1862 the Southern Porcelain Co. of 
Kaolin. South Carolina, manufactured 
Parian marked with an impressed shield 
bearing the legend “S. P. Company, 
Kaolin. S. C”. Their output, however, 
was limited. 
WHAT IS YOUR OUTLOOK? 
^ROM your windows or ])orcli do you see unsightly backyards, 
obtrusive billboards, or the Ijroadside of your neighbor’s house? 
Are you annoyed by the “in-look” of neighbors or passersby so 
that you cannot comfortably sit outside and read, or sew, or 
entertain your friends? 
Why Not Screen the Objectionable? 
Trees and shrubs tvill do thejoh and make of your lawn a real liv¬ 
able room out-of-doors, private and beautiful, and the cost will be 
moderate. It will make your outlook as good as your “in-look.” 
Now is planting time, so send at once for the helpful suggestions 
given in our Booklet “On Beautifying Home Grounds” and for 
complete catalog II. 
Moons Nurseries 
THE WM. H. MOON CO. 
MORRISVILLE PENNSYLVANIA 
I 
TONSILE EVERGREENS 
E A’ERGREENS have always figured 
largely in formal gardening. The 
Italians of the Renaissance, to whose 
inventions the origin of the formal garden, 
as we know it today, may be traced, 
recognized the value of the dark foliage 
of the c}^ress and the ilex as a contrast 
to the white stonework of their archi¬ 
tecture; and in the modern .American 
garden Japanese holly, tree box and 
arborvitae play an important part. 
For this they have certain special 
qualifications. Their consistency of ap¬ 
pearance, as opposed to the seasonal 
variations of deciduous plants, makes 
them the aptest material for the garden 
in which consistency of effect is one of the 
principal objects, and renders them 
specially suited to artificial treatment, by 
which, indeed, they gain rather than lose. 
They are eminently clippable, or “ton- 
sile”, to use a prettier old gardening term 
which should not have been allowed to 
become obsolete. 
They have great value as a foil to 
lighter growths. The flowers in a bed 
which is bordered with box seem to shine 
with an added brightness, and the 
somber hues of thCSilex — jet green beneath 
a clouded sky — make a striking contrast 
with the viA'id green of well-kept turf. 
Perhaps for purely formal purposes 
arborvitae holds the first place, by reason 
of its color and the interesting texture of 
its clipped surface. But the others have 
their own virtues: box its warmth and 
holly its luster. Even .American holly, 
though most gardeners hesitate to cut it, 
is pleasant if properly clipped, that is to 
say, if its leaves are not mutilated; it gives 
a lighter and more various effect than the 
closer-growing, smaller-leaved evergreens. 
In contemplation of the esthetic prop¬ 
erties of evergreens, howe^•er, their 
practical functions must not be forgotten. 
The hedge is essentially a utilitarian in¬ 
stitution, and in the garden it has several 
uses. It may serve as a wind-screen, or 
hide those unsightly corners from which 
no garden, however carefully planned, can 
be wholly free; to break up large spaces, 
or to give some alley the seclusion of a 
cloister for contemplation or a lovers' 
walk. For all these purposes the ever¬ 
greens are admirable. The density of 
their growth makes them perfect screens, 
whether against the wind or the curious 
eye. .An evergreen hedge is as impervious 
to the wind as a stone wall. Both cedar 
and arboivdtae are efficient for this pur¬ 
pose up to a height of 16' or so. Box can 
only be grown with advantage up to 
about 6', and is therefore inappropriate 
where a really high hedge is needed; but 
for purely di\'isional purposes it is well 
suited, and can be made to give a pleasing 
effect of solidity. 
The treatment of a liedge should always 
be large and simple. To break the lines of 
its top with decorative excrescences is 
usually to destroy its dignity. The sides 
may be diversified with circularbays, which 
will serve assheltersforseats,or, where this 
will not interfere with its functions as a 
screen, they may be pierced with arches, 
especially if such arches will open up a 
daire voyee. 
.As for the use of evergreens in pure!}' 
decorative schemes, here again simplicity 
and discretion are becoming. The days 
of extravagant topiary are over. Trees 
clipped into grotesque shapes may give a 
moment’s amusement, but they soon pall. 
“They be for children”, as Bacon said, 
and, like other childish things, should be 
“put away” by the grown-up gardener, 
or, at any rate, used very sparingly to add 
a touch of fantasy to an austere design. 
