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House & Garden 
The Small Place, 
too, Can Have Its 
FLOWER GARDEN 
You don’t have to measure your 
ground in acres to have a delight¬ 
ful flower garden. Suburban lots— 
even city back yards—present real 
possibilities when properly treated. 
We furnish plans, plants and plant¬ 
ing instructions for small or large 
gardens, especially planned for you 
—directions that can be carried out 
under YOUR supervision. Plan 
for space approximately 50 x 40 
feet, with splendid selection of 
hardy flowers and shrubs, $150 at 
Baltimore ready for shipment. 
Smaller or larger gardens propor¬ 
tionately low priced. 
Write for further particu¬ 
lars NOW, giving rough 
diagram showing dimen¬ 
sions of space, location of 
house, etc. Plants shipped 
in August. Catalog on re¬ 
quest. Address 
LOUDON NURSERIES 
Incorporated 
H. CLAY PRIMROSE, Pres. 
3906 Frederick Rd., Baltimore, Md. 
Now's the time 
to plant 
Evergreens 
Too few people realize the 
fact that August and early 
September constitute the 
ideal period for the setting 
out of Evergreens of all 
kinds ;—when top growth 
has stopped and the full 
vigor of tree or shrub is 
in its roots. 
Don’t miss your opportunity 
this Fall. Look about your 
place and you’ll discover doz¬ 
ens of spots a touch of cheery 
“evergreen” could beautify 
through otherwise colorless 
Winter months. 
Our famous hardy stock af¬ 
fords you a selection beyond 
comparison in variety, beauty, 
and quality. 
Send for our handsome free 
Book. “Beautiful Home 
Surroundings.’’ 
Wyman’s 
Framingham Nurseries 
Framingham Massachusetts 
The opuntias vary from small plants a few inches 
above the ground to trees twenty feet or more high. 
Attractive flowers characterize them 
N O other plant has 
such a peculiar form 
as the cactus. Its par¬ 
ticular shape is very un¬ 
usual, and its appearance 
is distinctive. Its habitat, 
with few exceptions, is 
the tropical and subtrop¬ 
ical desert regions of our 
continent. The striking 
forms of the family give 
their native land its 
characteristic flora, and 
nothing can compare with 
a glimpse of a sun- 
parched waste often 
thickly studded with 
high, slender pillars or 
candelabra-like cacti 
stems, with the spiny 
balls of the Mamillaria, 
Epiphyllums are 
spineless with very 
showy flowers 
these unique plants is 
very simple and is espe¬ 
cially adapted for the 
window garden in the 
home. 
When the cactus is to 
be placed in a flower pot, 
it receives a soil consist¬ 
ing of a mixture of three 
parts of sandy humus, 
two parts of clay, and 
one part of sand. To 
the latter a little lime 
can be added. The pots 
should be small and re¬ 
ceive a good foundation 
of potsherds for drain¬ 
age. 
Young plants are trans¬ 
planted every second 
year; older ones can be 
the uniquely branched Opuntia, etc., transplanted in the third or fourth 
especially during the flowering period, year. Never transplant a cactus which 
It seems as if nature desired to compen- shows the formation of buds; it is best 
sate, through the luxuriance and profu- to wait until they have flowered. In 
sion of flowers which shine in bright and order completely to remove the ex- 
sometimes fiery colors and often exhale hausted soil, the plants should not be 
the most delicate odors, the phantastic, watered for a few days, and after they 
almost ugly shape which is the natural have been transplanted, a few days 
characteristic of the cacti. should elapse before they are again 
The cacti are ugly in form, their some- watered. When placing the plant in a 
times gnarled or cylindrical, sometimes new pot, it must not be set too deep; 
spherical, sometimes angular or com- the upper roots should barely be 
pressed stems, which too often show covered with soil. 
only the appearance of rudimentary During the summer the cacti should 
leaves, are covered with a peculiar be well watered, care being taken not 
growth of bunched thorns and needles to give them too much as that will only 
situated on ridges. The cultivation of injure the plant. 
Melocactus, the “Turk’s Head” 
has a curious wooly top which 
bears brown bristles and slender 
red flowers 
The “Old Man” cactus is Cepha- 
locereus senilis, a columnar form 
reaching 35' in height and with 
odd, hair-like bristles 
France 
Sends Us 
For August 
And Sep- 
t e m b e r 
Planting 
Li 1iu m 
Candidum 
‘‘Lily of 
F r a n c e" or 
Madonna Lily. 
The lily par ex- 
cellen ce for 
HARDINESS, 
Fragrance and 
beauty. Pure 
white lilies of 
t r an seen dent 
charm. We 
pride ourselves 
on the SUPE¬ 
RIOR QUAL¬ 
ITY of our 
bulbs. . Strong 
and Vigorous. 
NOTE — Our 
price includes 
delivery. 
3 12 50 
SELECTED ...$ .90 $3.00 $1250 
MONSTER _ 1.25 4.00 15.00 
IN JULY AND AUGUST SOW YOUR 
HARDY PERENNIAL SEEDS 
Rare Poppies “Pearls of the Orient” —Radi¬ 
ant fluted silken petals in Flesh. Rose, Lilac 
and Mauve shades. Pkt. 50c., trial 15o. 
PYRETHRUM “CACTUS FLOWERED”— 
Petals quilled and twisted. Pkt. 50c., trial 
15c. 
SCUTELLARIA COE RULE A— New Perennial 
from Siberia. Long racemes of Heavenly blue. 
Very floriferous. Pkt. 50c. f trial 25c. 
The 3 trial pkts. 50c. 
(Sow now for Winter blooming and early 
Spring bedding) 
HEARTEASE 
New early blooming GIANT Pansies. 
CELESTIAL QUEEN — Azure blue. 
HELIOS —Pure yellow. 
MARCH BEAUTY— Dark velvety blue. 
SNOWSTORM— Silvery white, dark eye. 
Pkt. 25c.—the 4 pkts. 75c. Trial pkts. 15c. 
We list many other NOVELTIES in Seeds. 
Bulbs, IRIS. Lilies, etc., in our UNIQUE 
Fall Bulb Book—Ready July 20th. 
H. H. BERGER & CO., 
70 Warren St., New York 
Estb. 44 years. 
PEONIES 
and IRIS 
Our Unique Guarantee 
W e i vill replace with 
three any plant blooming 
untrue to description. 
THE PETERSON 
PEONY DIGEST 
is to the endless varieties of¬ 
fered what the Five-Foot Li¬ 
brary is to the literature of 
the world. 
The Digest will be sent 
free upon application. 
PETERSON NURSERY 
30 N. La Salle St., Chicago, Ill. 
