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  • elps and 'inis FOOOME AND GARDEN PLANTING THE GARDEN, MONTH BY MONTH By Romaine B. Ware A garden without iris at this season is almost inconceivable. They are the mainstay, the backbone of the season's floral pageant. Recent years have seen tremendous strides made in the development of new and better iris and if you have not added some of them to your garden, you are overlooking something. Several of the choice new sorts produce flower stalks four and a half feet tall, but better still the quality of their blooms is a vast improvement over the older kinds. Just now you should visit the gardens of some iris specialists and see for yourself these wonderful new things. In nearly every section of the country growers and dealers are found who specialize upon this flower and in their plantings you can see and appraise the latest productions. Among the very new iris, most of them still high in price, there are several which will bear watching. Pluie d'Or is a magnificent new yellow, especially good as a garden iris. Pink Satin is the first really true pink iris and is a quality flower in every respect. Frieda Mohr is a new one in the pinkish-lavender deep lilac-rose group and very fine. Sir Michael comes from England and is one of the outstanding new things from that land which has given us so many choice ones in the past. Numa Rumestan is a new true red, a color the hybridizers have been long working for. Blue Velvet is everything and more than the name indicates. There are many more fine things among the new introductions that you will wish to see even if they are still so costly you can not afford to invest. They will come down in a few years and in the meantime you can get familiar with them. The same thought applies to new things among the spring-flowering bulbs. You may not feel like paying ten to fifty dollars for a single bulb of narcissus or tulip but the fact that there are varieties valued at such prices makes one wish to see them. In many parts of the country there are fanciers who grow a few of these exclusive- novelties, and those who are interested will find them. Always we should be interested in the new and different things. Spiraea and mock orange may be very good but why not become familiar with some of the new Japanese crab apples and cherries? The hawthorns, too, in their many forms are worthy of places in our plantings and just now when their season of bloom is at hand is the time to study and become familiar with their desirable qualities. As the season for planting gladiolus arrives we should plan to plant so that we may have blooms to cut throughout as long a period as possible. The length of time (Continued on page 333) Very individual and showy in their different colors and tufted centers are the Japanese Anemone Chrysanthemums. Above, Mrs. Frank J. Tanber. Right, Mrs. H. J. Ballagh. 50c per plant, $3 per dozen, $20 per 100. CHRYSANTHEMUMS f* REAT gorgeous stands of yellow, bronze, white ^"^ and reds to bring you garden joy right through to the very last. They are fully described and illustrated in our new 1931 catalog. Most standard varieties are 50c per plant. $3.00 PER DOZEN, $20 per 100. We have prepared a special collection for the benefit of those customers who are not familiar enough with the different types to know definitely what to order. This assortment comprizes an equal number of each type and all shades of color. We will send our own selection of 100 ASSORTED PLANTS $15. Q3<$r Madison, New Jersey TOTTY'S, Desk M5, Madison, N. J. I enclose $15 for which send me Totty's Special Collection >f 100 Chrysanthemums when ready for planting [J (check here) Send me, Free, your 1931 Catalog I H (check here) Address State. Mention Nature Magazine when ansuering advertisement* 331
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