i8g6. 



' ' ' GARDENING. 



zos 



borders and lawns, and mih ..T tin- nr>i 

 tilings we think about is wliii Uiiili/ri 

 to use. Diflerent crops — :i\ i^imi irDisi-- 

 turnips and beets; leal' iio|is ;is r,iljli;i);i 

 and snap beans, seed crops as peas and 

 corn. lawn grass, and shrubbery, and it 

 puzzles us a little to know exactly what 

 to use. Most manulacturers make what 

 they call a complete fertilizer, and this is 

 good for any crop. Our advice to you i-^, 

 deal direct with a thoroughly reliable 

 fertilizer manufacturing company, and 

 cither get a complete fertilizer and use it 

 for all of your crops, or slate \\ hat your 

 crops are and ask the company forspecial 

 manures for these crops. Amateurs in 

 general will never bother their heads 

 about an analysis of soil, etc. And we 

 won't burden you with that sort of 

 advice. Get the manufacturer's catalogue 

 when you order and ask for directions for 

 using the manure. Now pray don t be 

 too generous and give your crops an 

 extra dressing lest you vaay burn them, 

 far better give less than the quantity 

 recommended and a month or two later 

 give the balance of the ration. We have 

 asked the Bowker Fertilizer Co. for some 

 advice on this matter and they kindly 

 reply as follows: 



For lawns use our Lawn Dressing, 

 applied at at the rate of 400 pounds to 

 the acre. This fertilizer analyzes 5'! 

 ammonia, 5% soluble and available 

 phosphoric acid, 8% total phosphoric 

 acid and 5% potash, and is made wholly 

 from chemicals. This is to be applied in 

 the spring as soon as the ground is in 

 condition to receive it. The grass must 

 be dry while itisbeing applied, else it will 

 stick to the leaves and burn them. 



For trees gnd shrubs we recommend 

 our Stockbridge Tree Manure, a fertilizer 

 containing 3% ammonia, 7% available 

 phosphoric acid, 10% total phosphoric 

 acid and lO'/t potash, applied at the rate 

 of from 5 to 25 pounds to each tree 

 broadcast, depending upon the size and 

 the age of the tree and extending out as 

 far as the branchts reach. If possible it 

 should be plowed into the sod. For 

 shrubs apply the same fertilizer, from a 

 pint to a quart to each shrub, or at the 

 rate of 10 pounds of fertilizer to 200 

 square feet of border, to be worked into 

 the soil evenly and thoroughly. 



For root vegetables like turnips, etc., 

 we recommend our Stockbridge Vegetable 

 Manure, a fertilizer containii g 4- to 5% 

 ammonia, 6 to 7% available phosphoric 

 acid, 8 to 10% total phosphoric acid ami 

 7 to 9'/t, potash. For cabbage, lettuce, 

 asparagus, etc.. we have special mixtures, 

 but they will average to run, say for let- 

 tuce 4% ammonia, 4% available phos- 

 ])horic acid and 4 to 5% potash, applied 

 according tosuggeslionsinourcatalogue, 

 copy of which we mail you to-day under 

 separate cover. 



BowKER Fkrtilizer Comi'.\.nv. 



GERANIUMS flS BEDDING PLANTS. 



Cicraniums are most satisfactory .Tnd 

 showy plants foroutdoor bedding, bloom- 

 ing profusely from setting out time in 

 May till frost ends their career in fall. 

 The varieties that arc used here for bed- 

 ding are as follows: 



norui.i-; fi.owickinc, v.\rii;tii;s. 



Bruanti, scarlet, one of the best bed- 

 ders; James Vick, deep flesh with dark 

 brown shading; Centaurea, deep pink, 

 large flower; S. A Nutt, dark crimson; 

 Sarah Bernhardt, dark crimson, .\malie 

 Bullet, white; Souv. deMirande, pink; Dr. 

 Jacobs, salmon; Binner Boutard, salmon; 



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