August 23, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



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FEED YOUR SOIL AS YOU NEVER DID BEFORE ! 



BECAUSE the World needs all 

 that you can produce 



BECAUSE you must have all that 

 the soil can produce in this time 

 of high costs and great expense 



So Feed Your Soil! Not Just Any Thing, but the Food that Your Partic- 

 ular Soil Needs. 



Analysis at Cost — will be made for you if you are in doubt. 



MAGIC BRAND FERTILIZERS are made up almost entirely of Vege- 

 table and Animal matter with nothing added for weight or filler. 



CHICAGO FEED AND FERTILIZER CO. 



4166 3. Halsted St., Chicago, III 



holidays. Indeed many florists are 

 looking for a record breaking sale this 

 season. To be prepared for whatever 

 may come you will need a generous 

 supply of plants and now is the time 

 to get them in. You will need plenty 

 of poinsettias, Lorraine begonias, 

 palms, cyclamens, primulas, Jerusalem 

 cherries, ornamental peppers, arau- 

 carias, ferns and screw pines. 



FLOWERS AT NEW ENGLAND FAIR 

 Some very attractive prizes are be- 

 ing offered for gladioli, dahlias and 

 other flowers at the New England fair 

 to be held In Worcester Oct. 1-4. They 

 are as follows: 



No. 1G58— For the best exhibit of 

 flowers to cover not more than 30 sq. 

 ft. of table. $10, $7.50 and $5. 



No. 1C59 — Best group plants and 

 flowers in pots or tubs, $35, $30 and 

 $20. 



Nos. 1660 to 62 inc. — Mass displays 

 of yellow, blue and any other single 

 color autumn flowers respectively; 

 each class, $10, $7, $5 and $3. 



No. 1663— Collection of not over ten 

 new, unnamed varieties of gladiolus, 

 $5, $3 and $2. 



Nos. 1664 to 1668 inc. — Collections 

 of gladiolus, different colors, each 

 class $3, $2 and $1. 



Nos. 1669 to 16S1 inc.— Collections 

 (20 bottles) of Tuberous, Begonias. 



Pinks, Petunias, Verbenas, Perennial 

 Phlox, Nasturtiums, Marigold, Phlox 

 Drummondl, large-flowered Dahlias 

 (except Cactus), Cactus Dahlias, Pom- 

 pon Dahlias, Geraniums and Asters; 

 each class $2, $1.50 and $1, except Dah- 

 lias and Asters ($3, $2 and $1). 



No. 1682 — Twenty vases cut flowers, 

 $2. $1.50 and $1. 



No. 1683 — Best arranged vase of cut 

 (lowers, $3, $2 and $1. 



No. 1684— Basket with handle, $3, $2 

 and $1. 



Xo. 1685 — Combination cut flowers 

 and fruit, $4. $3 and $2. 



No. 1686— Vase of lilies, $3, $2, $1. 



No. 1687— Twenty vases of native 

 flower* $2, $1.50 and $1. 



