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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 1907 





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Opaque Shade 



In use only a few months and already 

 spoiled by the familia 

 unsightly lt c 



Holland Shade 



Taken from window of well- 

 known club. Shows bow 

 Holland wrinkles and fails to 

 give real privacy. Shades 

 like this will be seen wher- 

 ever Holland is used. 



THE three window 

 shades in this picture 

 show what a wonder- ^ e new w \ n d ow shade material 



Brenlin Shade 



/J Won't wrinkle; won't "crack;" does shade. 



Won't Wrinkle! Won' t" Crack !" Really Shades ! 



ful improvement BREN 

 LIN is. 



Holland shades wrinkle; 

 don'tgive complete privacy 

 and thev don't shade because they haven't body enough. 



Opaque shades "crack" because they are made of mus- 

 lin filled with chalk to make them opaque and hang 

 straight. As the shades are handled this chalk breaks. 



BRENLIN won't wrinkle; won't "crack;" won't fade. 

 It has a natural body that makes it hang straight and 

 smooth and is made without filling of an y kind. 



BRENLIN is made in all colors. Leading dealers have 

 it. Any dealer can easily get it for you. j'i' 



Every yard has the name "BRENLIN" pe rforated in 



letters DD~\i : :KS 



like this;.--?: \L_iN USiM 



in the edge of the material. 



You can only see it by 



taking the shade in your 



bands and examining it 



closely — but be sure that it is there when your shades 



are delivered. It is your protection against shades that 



look like BRENLIN but "crack." 



If your dealer hasn't BRENLIN write us and we will 

 refer you to one who has, or supply you direct. 

 Write for samples and " The Treatment of Windows,'' 

 showing how best li^hlina- effects are secured. Postage Uc- 



Chas. W. Breneman (St Co. 



2061-2071 Reading Koad, Cincinnati 



Plant Bulbs in October 



to have the very best results — never later. 

 Inferior bulbs are certain to disappoint you ; 

 don't depend upon them. Our choice picked 

 stock will cost you less than usually is 

 charged for common bulbs. The select 

 bulbs we supply are dependable, and are 

 adapted alike to bedding and forcing. 



Other Rosedale Specialties 



Superior Roses for discriminating buyers. 

 Hardy Perennials for gardens and borders. 

 Peonies — true to name — ioo superb kinds. 

 Evergreens, Trees, Shrubs, Vines and Fruits. 



Send for free copy of beautiful nelv Catalogue 



S. G. HARRIS, M.S. 

 Rosedale Nurseries :: Tarrytown, N. Y. 



Out of Sight 

 After the Wash 



Fold it up, put it away. No Disfiguring 

 clothes posts to mar the lawn. Holds 

 150 ft. of line. The sensible clothes 

 dryer for particular people — at 



prices within reach of all. Satisfaction guar- 

 anteed. Write for Catalog 39. Do it now. 



HILL DRYER CO., 



347 Park Ave., Worcester, Mass. 



Also Balcony Dryers. 



HITCHINGS & CO. have 

 been designers and builders of 

 greenhouses for many years — been 

 at it long enough to build your 

 greenhouse the way you want it. 

 Send 5c in postage to 1 1 70 

 Broadway, NewYork, for booklet. 



The Plane Tree Disease 



IN JUNE of this year, the Western plane 

 tree (Platanus occidentalis) was at- 

 tacked and rendered unsightly by a fungus 

 disease. As a rule, this disease does not kill 

 all the leaves, the upper branches being free 

 from the disease, but this year all the leaves 

 turned brown and dropped off, leaving the 

 tree bare for a few weeks. The first tree I 

 saw this summer was in Pennsylvania and 

 it had the appearance of being injured by a 

 late frost. 



The mycelium of the fungus lives in the 

 leaves and shows itself only at the fruiting 

 period, when it appears in the form of num- 

 erous dark brown patches on the twigs and 

 veins of the leaves. At this time, the leaves 

 turn brown, drop off and spread the disease 

 among the other plane trees by means of the 

 spores. 



Up to the present time, no method of 

 preventing this disease has been found. 

 Spraying is not practicable because the fun- 

 gus lives inside the twigs and leaves and so 

 cannot be reached by an external application, 

 and besides it would also be impossible to 

 cover the whole tree with a fungicide because 

 of its great size. 



New York. Phineas Nolte 



What Makes Hickory Galls? 



A GREAT many hickories are disfigured 

 by swollen growths, about a half- 

 inch in diameter, on the younger shoots. 

 These become like the shells of an open clam 

 in form, and give a very "warty" appearance 

 to the branches. Occasionally this evidence 

 of the hickory gall aphis is so abundant as 

 to deform a very considerable percentage 

 of the smaller twigs and leaf petioles. These 

 abnormal growths are caused by a small 

 plant louse which appears about the time 

 the leaves unfold, and attaches itself to 

 portions of the developing leaves. The 

 tissues around the affected part grow over 

 the plant louse, which later deposits numer- 

 ous eggs on the enclosing walls. Later 

 these hatch and eventually the succulent 

 gall may have its interior as thickly lined 

 with struggling plant lice, as a geode is with 

 crystals. There is a striking resemblance 

 between the two. 



At first the galls are small greenish 

 enlargements about the size of a pea. They 

 increase in size and change to a bright pink, 

 eventually producing very irregular masses 

 of deformed tissues and later dying and 

 turning black. 





