February 28, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



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Why ALPHANO HUMUS is 

 Superior to Animal Fertilizers 

 and More Lasting than Oihers 



A mulch of .\Ipliano Humus duer in, 

 produced in one season tliat top story 

 of roots. Nature built wiiere buildini: 

 was best. 



ALPHANO HUMUS Is a soil build- 

 er and plant food lombincd. 

 It makes light soils heavier and 

 iioavy soils lighter. 

 It is nature's balanced ration. Read 

 on and prove it to yourself. 

 It has a distinct advantage over ani- 

 mal manures in being perfectly san- 

 itary and entirely odorless. It is 

 much tlie ricliest in nitrogen and the 

 aever.al other elements so essential 

 for vigorous plant growth. Being in 

 powdered form it can he easily and 

 thoroughly mixed with the soil. No 

 lugging and tugging with a fork — 

 no task breaking up chunks and 

 lumps as with animal manures. Xo 

 laborious spreading on and tlicn in- 

 vnrialily raking part off. 

 Alphano can be spread on evenly 

 and easily. All of it can be left on. 

 Think of tlie advantage f»f its use on 

 your lawn where manures are both 

 offensive and unsightly. an<l eventu- 

 ally have to be raked off. taking 

 much of their fertilizing value with 

 them. 



Manures are laden 

 with weed seeds. 

 Alphano is guar- 

 anteed to be free 

 from them. Top 

 soil taken from 

 the woods, every- 

 body knows, is 

 particularly valu- 

 Send for our Humus Book. It tells 

 Alphano Humus iu particular 



able for building u-i 

 making new ones. 



Wood soil is simply soil rich with 

 humus. But humus is apt to be 

 acid and inert. The difference be- 

 tween it and Alphano Humus is: 

 Alphano is richer, extremely active • 

 and more thoroughly decomposed 

 and more readily available than 

 wood soil. 



Wood humus is mixed with a large 

 proportion of soil: but Alphano 

 Humus is practically all humus — 

 every part of it contributes to the 

 upbuilding of the soil it is mixed 

 with. 



In one season you can convert a 

 practically worthless soil to one of 

 surprising productivity. Being so 

 reasonable in price you can use it 

 freely. Spread it on your lawn and 

 rake in (not off). 



Put it on your garden and spade in. 

 Sow it iu your garden seed drills or 

 trenches. Dig it around your shrubs 

 and trees. Use it as a mulch for 

 your Rhododen- 

 drons. Boost 

 along your flow- 

 ers with it. From 

 start to finish gar- 

 den this spring 

 with Alphano. 



about humus in general and 



AlpK 



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950 Whitehall Building, New York City 



ScotcH Soot 



Where there is a bouse that is Just 

 full of buds almost ready to show color, 

 nothing will turn better color into the 

 flowers than a little soot, that can be 

 scattered over the benches before water- 

 ing. The amount applied should not be 

 excessive, as the soot is very strong 

 and may damage some of the foliage 

 somewhat. Apply just enough to tilacken 

 the surface of the soil in the benches, 

 and let it go at that. Better a little 

 oftener than too much all at imce. 



We offer the genuine in original cwt. 

 Sacks, lit : 



$2.';5 per Hi lbs.; .$13.50 per 5fi0 lbs. 



Stumpp & Walter Co. 



30-32 Barclay Street, NEW YORK 



IMP. 



SOAP SPRAY 



Well known, highly efficient spray for 



all Insect Pests, Apple Trees, Roses 



Shrubs. No mineral poisons, clean, 



odorless, sticks but will not discolor. 



Harmless to Birds and Cattle. 



Most Effective Results. 



1 CAL., $1.65 S GAL., $6.50 



Dilute with 34 to 40 parts water. 



Ask your dealer or write 



EASTERN CHEMICAL CO., BOSTON 



DO YOU KNOW 



VERMINE? 



Jolin Lewis Childs, Flowerfield, N. 7., 



writes: — 



"I suppose you wlUbe glad to know that 

 VERMINE Is giving excellent satisfaction. 

 Our greenhouse foreman says that it la the 

 only thing that he has ever used that will 

 kill white ants In the benches." 



Valentine Burgevin's Sons, Kingston, 



N. Y., writes: — 



"We wish to say that we find VERMINB 

 an excellent thing. We used It on a bench 

 planted with Smllax to kill root lice or 

 maggots, which ate the roots, and after 

 two applications our Smilax Is taking od 

 new life and has started off to grow. 



The Gardner Nursery Company, Osage, 



Iowa, writes: — 



"We will use VERMINE on our out-of- 

 door fields of strawberry plants If the in- 

 side test continues as satisfactory as U 

 now seems." 

 W. N. Craig, Brookline, Mass. writes: — 



"I have used VERiMINE and found It ef- 

 fective against root maggots, cut wormSj 

 earth worms, ants and other ground pesU. 



VERMINE Is applied one part to four 

 hundred parts of water by thoroUKhly 

 soakins the soil. It will protect your cropj 

 from the ravages of vermin under ground 

 without the slightest Injury to vegetation. 



$1.00 Per Quart $3.00 Per Gallon 



(Special prices on large quantities). 

 For Sale by Seedsmen. 



We Manufacture 

 I APHINE, FUNGINE, SCA1.INE, and 

 I NIKOTIANA. 



Aphine Manufacturing Co. 



Manufacturers of Agricultural Chemical! 

 MADISON, N. J. 



Canadian Agents: Dupuy & Ferguson, 

 Montreal, Que.; Steele. Brlggs Seed Co., 

 Ltd., Toronto, Ont. 



British Distributors: British and Amer- 

 ican Fertilizing Co., Liverpool, ETng. 



hflNURES 



Unequalled for Greenhouse and 

 Landscape Fertilizing 



THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO. 



31 Union Slock Yards, Chicago 



Cocoanut Fibre Soil 



This Is the Real Nature's Humus. Put 

 it on your lawn this spring. Don't let It 

 burn up, or stand all summer hose in 

 hand. 



Order now in 100 III. Imps. 



20tli CENTURY PLANT FOOD CO. 



27 & 29 OCEAN ST., BEVERLY, MASS. 



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