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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



©lie Cont^ntfi— ill?^bruary, 1915 



The Spokane Park System John W. Duncan 53 

 Conifers . . . . . . .55 



The Proper Care of House Plants Palmer 56 



Orchids .... 

 Cattleya Gigas Sanderiana . 

 Dynamite as a Soil Builder . 

 Making a Vme Border 

 War and Potassie 



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C. E. Carman 



]. j. Johnson 



Vegetable Culture a Worthy Study 



Duncan Mclnlyre 60 



The Time to Prune Peach Trees . . .60 



Panama- Pacific Exposition Floral Wall . .61 



Color Arrangement in the Flower Garden 



Jos. Robertson 62 



Pruning Ornamental Shrubs . . . .62 



Making an Azalea Bed . . . .63 



Work for the Month of March Henrv Cihson 64 



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I STAIGREEN LAWN SEED | 



B F"or Lawn Making few months in the year are considered as advisable as August or early 3 



p September. While the proper preparation of the ground, fertilizing, rolling and watering is M 



J considered very essential, the mixture of grasses is a very important one and should be given M 



M considerable thought. M 



I 25-Pound versus 14-Pound LAWN SEED | 



I Many low-price Grass Seed mixtures weigh only 14 pounds per bushel. This indicates either H 



g a good proportion of chaff or some of the real good varieties in the rough state, not properly g 



I cleansed so as to leave only the vital part and less of the chafT or shell. M 



H In other words, so many less seeds to the quart or pound that will germinate and grow real J 



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I Why Not Buy the Re-cleaned Kind? | 



g A mixture of grasses weighing 25 pounds per bushel, of high germination and purity, pernia- ^ g 



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g brightness of foliage, with the result that the lawn, even in its first year, will have a bright. g 



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POUND 

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5 POUNDS 

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25 POUNDS 



$8.00 



100 POUNDS 

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