Rhyme in Season 
It's hard to make up rhymes on Roses 
And not step on dead poets’ toeses— 
Near all the bards have in their lifetimes 
Besung the Rose not once, but five times. 
The reason's simple, for in beauty 
This queen of queens fulfills her duty: 
She's photogenic, draws attention 
In one or two or three dimension. 
Although we're apt to sing the praise 
Of varieties we hope you'll raise 
Don't feel our praises are not valid 
Simply because we want to ''sell it." 
The bare-root Rose you plant today 
Will give you lots of joy in May— 
And ever atter, for your pleasure, 
You may enjoy this beauteous treasure. 
Gidedens 
Oriental Magnolias 
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undulating and of dark green. Planted in a 
situation where it will get either full sun 
or light shade, it will grow slowly into one 
of the show pieces of your garden. ($20 
and $25.) 
In addition to this remarkable rarity we 
offer nine other Oriental Magnolias in 
what constitutes a true connoisseur's col- 
lection: M. STELLATA, the star Magnolia, 
bushy growth, flowers white to shell, $5; 
M. SOULANGEANA, the well-known Tulip 
Magnolia, $6 and $12.50; M. LILIFLORA, 
shrubby type with flowers deep purple out- 
side, $6 and $17.50; M. SOULANGEANA 
AMABILIS (synonymous with M. alba su- 
perba), dusty rose-purple becoming nearly 
white, $6.50 and $8.50; M. RUSTICA 
RUBRA, large rounded flowers ruddy pur- 
ple to tips, especially vigorous, $8.50 and 
$12.50; M. LOMBARDY ROSE, an inter- 
mediate grower, nearly pink, $7.50; M. 
VEITCHI, cross between M. denudata and 
M. Campbelli, flowers very large, pink; 
M. CAMPBELLI, tall upright growth, in- 
comparable flowers eight to fourteen inches 
across within three or four years, $12.50 
(wants cool place, no sun when young); 
and CLARA McDADE, pure white, bushy 
habit, $6. 
FOLIAGE FEATURED 
Always Autumn 
We offer as plant of this month an un- 
usual shrub with a breath-taking name, 
DODONAEA VISCOSA ATROPUPUREA, 
which refers in part to the slender, per- 
petually autumnal, red-bronze leaves with 
undulating margins which distinguish our 
subject. One of the most beautiful of the 
ruddy-leafed category of plants, Dodonaea, 
with its open habit of growth, pyramidal 
in youth, more pendulous with maturity, 
serves admirably as a contrast to the dense 
green foliage of the average garden, as a 
silhouette or in a thin screen. 
Fastest growing of the bronzy shrubs, 
Dodonaea averages six to eight feet but 
may go as high as 1|5, is completely cold- 
hardy, revels in the hot sun, and requires 
good drainage, as do so many of the 
plants of its homeland, Australia. Sturdy 
plants in five gallon containers are priced 
at $4.50. 
OUR ILLUSTRATOR 
In this issue we introduce line drawings 
by our head landscape architect, Eric Arm- 
strong, whose illustrations, we think, delin- 
eate the characteristics of the plants under 
discussion with greater clarity. 
