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// a problem grows in your garden, write 

 to the Readers' Service for assistance 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 1907 



Jump on a Keen Kutter Fork — put any Keen Kutter hand farm 

 tool to the severest test you can think of. You discover an elastic tough- 

 ness which restores tines, blade or handle to original form and position 

 without weakening the tool. c Uoughnessis one of the good qualities of all 



mnmm 



tools, but not the only one — Forks, Rakes, Hoes, Scythes, Spading 



Forks, etc., as well as bench tools — Planes, Axes, Hatchets, Saws, 



Augers, Bits, Braces, Hammers, Gouges, Chisels, Drawknives, 



Gimlets, Squares, Bevels, Files, etc., and a long list of household 



cutlery, are made only of best steel, have long-lasting keen edges 



, , , and tines, and give better wear and service than other tools. L,oo\ 



yiM for the trade-marl^. If not with your dealer write us. 



T " 'Uhe Recollection of Quality Remains Long Jlfter the "Price is forgotten." 



E. C. SIMMONS. Trademark Registered. 



SIMMONS HARDWARE COMPANY (Inc.), St. Louis & New York, U.S.A. 



KMH 



KU1UR 



' The Sim City Nursery Company, ZftCew Haven, Connecticut i 



NEW 



HARDY 



SHR.UB 



Nothing so valuable has appeared for 

 years. A perfectly double form 

 of our native Hydrangea arbores- 

 cens, registered as Gra7idiflora 

 alba. Imagine our beautiful native 

 Hydrangea bearing great heads of 

 snowy white sterile flowers fully as 

 large and perfectly formed as the best 

 of the tender tub sorts from Japan. 

 Blooms from June until October. As a 

 single specimen, in groups or as foreground for larger shrubs, 

 it is bound to be a tremendous success. Splendid illustration 

 of it in our new IQOJ catalog. Offered this year for the first 

 time. Well-established from 3-inch pots, each 50 cts.; per 



io, $4-5°- 



Limited stock ofjield-gro-wn plants listed in our rgoy catalog. 



The Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, Conn. 



Our Hardy Tree aud Plant Catalog, also our Special Summer 

 Planting List both sent promptly o?t request. 



Hand- 

 Woven 



Indian BasRet 25 



Hand-woven by Indians in Mexico from strong- palm 

 fibre. Uniquely colored, durable, useful, ornamental; 

 8 in. high ; fine for den, sewing" room, flower pot. etc. 

 Warranted genuine. Retails for $1.00, but we will send 

 prepaid for 25 cts. (two for 44 cts.. five for $1.00, all 

 different designs), as special ofier. 



Genuine Coral Necklace, 20c. 



Special Half Price Sale 



These 2 NECKLACES for$l. 



Warranted genuine, best imported rich 

 color coral. For limited time the fol- 

 lowing sizes at half regular prices ; 

 14-inch Necklace, twig coral, like inside 

 illustration, with clasp, regular <oc, for 

 20c; 56-in. Fan Chain, 42c; 14-in. Neck- 

 lace of genu-ine round coral beads, like 

 cut, regular $1.75, for 85c; both neck- 

 laces illustrated for $1.00. Order to-day; money back if not satisfactory. 

 Catalog of Mexican Drawnwork, Rugs, etc., FREE. 

 THK FKANCIS E. LESTER CO., Dept. J-10, Mesilla Park, N. Mexico 



SPECIALISTS IN THE TRUEST SENSE 



We Grow Peonies 

 —Nothing Else 



Offering only the choicest and best, and the most 

 distinct of the many varieties in cultivation 



Let us mail you our handsome NEW catalog. It is in fact 

 a Peony Manual, and it's just out. Let us tell you why, if 

 you are a true lover of Peonies, you ought to purchase your 

 roots from specialist growers. You not only thus obtain the 

 really choicest varieties, and strong, healthy roots, but what 

 is of still more vital importance, you are certain of getting 

 the varieties true to name. 



For True Stock-WHICH WE GUARANTEE— and for 

 the grade of roots we send out, our prices are lowest. Four 

 carefully arranged collection offerings at special rates — Ask 

 forthe Catalog Manual and mention The Garden Magazine. 



PEONY GARDENS 



Pennsylvania 



MOHICAN 



Sinking Springs 



The insects attain maturity with the dying 

 of the gall, forsake these shelters and deposit, 

 in cracks and crevices of the tree, eggs which 

 are destined to remain unhatched till the 

 following spring. 



The eggs of some plant lice at least are 

 very resistant to insecticides of any kind, 

 though it is possible that thorough spraying 

 of infected hickories with a kerosene emulsion 

 or a whale oil soap solution, in the early 

 spring before there is any sign of the foliage, 

 would result in the destruction of many of 

 the eggs of this species. It is possible that a 

 treatment with the standard lime-sulphur 

 wash would be even more efficient provided 

 the application was unusually thorough. 

 Considerable may be accomplished in the 

 case of the isolated trees, by cutting and 

 burning all galls before they begin to turn 

 black, because this, if done thoroughly, would 

 mean the destruction of all the aphids on 

 the individual trees. Unfortunately these 

 measures are applicable, as a rule, only to 

 small trees. 



New York. E. P. Felt. 



Ideals in Grape Breeding 



THE grape shown on the cover of this 

 number of The Garden Magazine is 

 an illustration of how horticultural progress is 

 made in the breeding of new varieties toward 

 certain difficult ideals. The activities of 

 American horticulturists have been chiefly in 

 the direction of creating new types of fruits 

 and other economic plants, rather than those 

 that are merely ornamental, which on the 

 other hand receive the chief attention of the 

 European horticulturists. The grape has 

 been the special care of Mr. T. V. Munson, 

 of Dennison, Texas. The European grape 

 derived from Vitis vinifera was desirable on 

 account of its high quality and delightful 

 aroma, and the absence of "foxiness" that 

 accompanies the Concord and other grapes 

 derived from V. Labrusca, but it is not hardy 

 and is susceptible to disease, including the 

 attacks of the dreaded root aphis or phyllox- 

 era. American grapes are resistant to these 

 diseases and have been used in Europe as 

 species on which the vinifera varieties are 

 grafted. 



Mr. Munson has set for himself the difficult 

 task of combining the qualities of all these 

 grapes into one type which shall be phylloxera 

 resistant, hardy, having the vinous quality 

 of the European grape, and the spicy richness 

 of the Labrusca. He has produced thou- 

 sands of seedlings. The variety Xlnta, now 

 illustrated, is a combination of four species, 

 the native Southern or Post Oak grape (V. 

 aestivalis, var. Linsecomii) very resistant to 

 disease; the rock grape (V. rupreslris), in- 

 valuable for its wine qualities; Concord, rep- 

 resenting the hardy fox grape (V. Labrusca) 

 of New England; and for the European, V. 

 vinifera, the highly esteemed Muscat, was 

 the variety selected. The result is a grape 

 named Xlnta, which at Dennison fruits at 

 the end of July and has an agreeable union 

 of these various qualities and is more of a 

 dessert fruit, though, than a wine grape. It 

 is one of the new hybrids now under culti- 

 vation and in the South is especially 

 esteemed 





