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also groups of Japanese iris, yellow day 
lilies and ornamental grasses. All these 
have interesting sheathlike foliage appro¬ 
priate at the water’s edge. On the other 
side of the stepping-stone path, which 
bounds this planting, are cedars in a mass, 
just as they grow naturally on hillsides. 
The ground between is covered with all 
kinds of rock plants, white rock cress, 
Arabis alpina, dark violet Anbretia, snowy 
candytuft, white Cer ostium and blue 
Phlox divaricata. They flower throughout 
the spring and afterwards their varied 
foliage, the grey tufts of Arabis, the sil¬ 
very tone to the Cerastium, the dark 
leaves of the candytuft and the grey of 
Aubretia are as interesting as the flowers. 
A few yuccas are interspersed with the 
cedars for striking midsummer effect. 
Back of the cedars roses are planted — the 
lovely Rosa spinosissima, the Rosa multi- 
flora and Rosa setigera with long, arching 
branches, and Rosa wichuraiana, which 
clothe the ground with long streamers. 
In early summer the wealth of single pink 
and white flowers is offset by the dark 
green of the cedars, in winter they are 
again a decorative feature when the rose 
hips are contrasted against the evergreens. 
Each subdivision has a distinct indivi¬ 
duality brought out by an interesting 
diversity in shape, character and plant 
material, upon which most of the charm 
of the place depends. There is, however, 
a unifying element of informality through¬ 
out the design. 
ATColonial House Restored in 
Fabric and Spirit 
(Continued from page 27 ) 
plot with a sun-dial, surrounded by roses 
and iris. In June, when the photographs 
were taken, the rose trellises were all in 
full bloom, and peonies, columbines, 
bleeding hearts, candytuft, garden helio¬ 
trope, larkspurs and many kinds of iris 
blooming in the borders made gay the 
garden, yet this was only a suggestion of 
the bloom that had gone before and the 
bloom that was still to come. 
The Balance Sheet of An Orchard 
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must be overcome. For a time it may be 
charged against development, but nothing 
can be left in that account an instant 
longer than is necessary. 
In part, we may find the answer in 
No. 3 (grain for live stock), for at the 
barn door we have a steady retail market 
for grain, and one which can be increased 
at will by additional cows or chickens. If 
the men are used to raise this feed on the 
place, that much outgo of money is saved. 
In part, we may find the answer in culti¬ 
vating such crops as will not interfere with 
Easy to Have a Gardenful of Flowers 
Next Easter 
EASIER in 1916 comes on April 23d, just the time when Hyacinths, Tulips 
and Narcissus or Daffodils are in full bloom out-of-doors in this latitude, offering 
an unusual opportunity to have a glorious show of flowers to those who plant any 
of these bulbs this Autumn. 
A hundred Hyacinths or Narcissus, or 150 Tulips will fill a bed 6 feet in 
diameter. We recommend any of the following, or send for our Autumn Cata¬ 
logue and make your own selection. This catalogue contains a complete list of 
all the Bulbs, Plants and Seeds, which may be planted this Fall. Copies free on 
application. 
Per Doz. Per 100 
Hyacinths, “ Popular ” mixture, in separate colors. $0.45 $3.00 
“ Rainbow ” mixture, in separate colors.55 4.00 
“ Select 2nd Size, named sorts.70 5.00 
Extra Selected, 1st Size, named sorts. 1.00 7.00 
Tulips, Artus. Fine scarlet . 20 1.25 
Belle Alliance. Rich scarlet . 25 1.75 
Chrysolora. Pure yellow . 25 1.50 
“ Cottage Maid. Pink and white . 25 1.50 
Duchesse de Parma. Orange scarlet . 25 1.50 
Kaiser Kroon. Red, bordered gold . 30 2.00 
La Reine. White . 20 1.25 
“ Proserpine. Satiny rose . 40 2.75 
Superb Mixture. All colors, $10.00 per 1,000. . . .20 1.25 
Narcissus, Emperor. Giant yellow trumpet . 50 2.75 
Empress. Giant white and yellow trumpet .50 2.75 
Golden Spur. Golden trumpet .35 2.00 
Sir Watkin. Giant Chalice Cup . 40 2.50 
Barri Conspicuous. Yellow and orange. . .20 1.25 
Poeticus. White, Cup edged red . 20 1.00 
Mixed. Splendid quality . 20 1.00 
At the above prices the bulbs are sent by Express, purchaser paying 
charges. If wanted by Parcel Post add 10 per cent, to value of order 
for postage to points east of the Mississippi River, and 20 per cent, to 
points west of the Mississippi River. 
Dreer’s “ Hints on the Growing of Bulbs,” a new book giving 
clear and complete directions for the growing of Spring and Summer 
flowering Bulbs. Price 50 cents per copy, postpaid or sent free to 
those who order bulbs, and ask for it when ordering. 
Our Autumn Catalogue sent free on request. 
TTnn t-r-r \ 714-716 Chestnut Street 
Henry x\. Dreer, Philadelphia, p a . 
SHEEP MANURE 
MATURE’S best and purest fertilizer. 
Rich in plant food—just rifjht for every kind and 
condition of soil and everything that drows out of it. 
Every atom of its peculiar organic composition has 
been specially prepared by Nature to dive the soil 
all that it needs to make things drow. 
PURE SHEEP MANURE —dried at a temperature exceeding 
1000° F. Weed seeds, fungus and bacteria all destroyed—makes 
wonderful lawns, gardens, fruit and field crops. Use it this Fall. 
Ask for booklet with prices and freight rates on a bag or carload. 
The Pulverized Manure Co., 25 U.S. Yards, Chicago 
Sold by Garden Supply Houses Everywhere 
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