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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



November, 1907 



Yes, this is a 



TEDDY BEAR 

 FERN BALL 



(I am 9 inches high) 



With real glass eyes 



Put me in water, hang me up and watch 

 my beautiful green jacket grow. 



Our Christmas novelty from Jap-land. 

 We are the sole importers. Order now, 

 for these bears are scarce. Ready for 

 delivery in December. 



$ 1 . 50, including free delivery 



Our group of Hardy Garden Lilies for Oct. — November: 



Lil. Longiflorum, white Trumpet Lily 

 Fardalinum, yellow, spotted brown 

 " Canadense, red or yellow 

 " Tenuifolium, bright scarlet 

 Wallacei, apricot color 

 Superbum, golden yellow, dark spots 

 Humboldtii, 5-7 ft. high, orange with 



purple spots 20c 2.50 



Washingtonianum, Royal Lily, white 



and rose, 4-5 ft. 20c 2.50 



The eight Lilies, all fine bulbs, flowering first season, 

 for $1.00. Prices include delivery. 



We make special attractive prices for larger quantities 

 of bulbs, where these are wanted for naturalizing, etc. 

 Our catalogue gives./VH directions for planting, etc. Write 

 us on any subject pertaining to horticulture. Any inquiry 

 will be cheerfully answered. Send for our 

 Catalogue. It is free and will surely inter- 

 est you. Address 



H. H. BERGER & CO. 



70 Warren St., New York 



ONE 



12 



15c 



$1.50 



15c 



1.50 



12c 



1.25 



15c 



1.50 



10c 



1.00 



15c 



1.50 



BULB SUGGESTIONS 



YOU want to know what to plant, where to 

 plant, and how they'll look when planted. 

 Vick's Garden and Floral Guide for 

 Autumn, 1907 



shows everything in fine half-tone illustrations. It's free. 



The Pioneer Mail 



JAS. VICK'S 

 SONS 



then from the neck, lastly from the thighs. 

 If the sticking is properly done, most of 

 these feathers will almost fall out, and the 

 whole operation may be completed by the 

 time the bird has done struggling. It is 

 customary to have others to do the pin- 

 feathering, so that the expert picker may 

 keep at his work. The pinfeathers may be 

 rapidly removed by means of a short, blunt 

 knife. The skin must not be torn. 



The beginner had better practice on old 

 fowls at first, as the skin is tougher, and is 

 less liable to be torn. If the birds are to be 

 packed without ice, hang up till thoroughly 

 cool. If they are to be packed in ice, put 

 into water at the natural temperature for a 

 few minutes, then remove, thoroughly clean 

 from any blood and dirt, and put in ice water 

 till free from animal heat. 



If scalding must be resorted to, have the 

 water a little below the boiling point so as 

 not to cook the skin, and keep head and legs 

 from the water. After the feathers are all 

 removed, dip the carcass for a second or two 

 into water almost boiling, and then into cold 

 water. It will be a help in preventing tear- 

 ing of the skin, if after the birds are scalded, 

 they be dipped into cold water before picking. 



COOL THE BIRDS BEFORE PACKING 



Be sure that the animal heat is all out 

 before packing for shipment. Boxes hold- 

 ing from ioo to 200 pounds are best for 

 turkeys. Barrels are excellent for chickens, 

 fowls and ducks, or for poultry packed in 

 ice. Never use straw in packing poultry! 



Grade the birds before packing. Better 

 throw away a poor bird or two than to work 

 it in with a lot of good ones. Pack in even 

 layers, legs out straight, backs up, so the 

 birds will present a good appearance when 

 the package is opened. Be sure that the 

 box is packed solid so that the contents 

 cannot shake. Line the boxes with clean 

 white paper. Mark every package plainly 

 as to contents, names of consignor and con- 

 signee, and notify the latter by mail. For 

 Thanksgiving markets in the large cities, 

 poultry should arrive not later than Monday. 

 Never ship the week following a big holiday 

 as that is usually clean-up week. 



Feathers are always saleable if properly 

 handled. They should be well dried and 

 kept clean. Frequent stirring while drying 

 makes them more fluffy and attractive. 

 Those from dry picked birds are considered 

 best. Prices vary widely. As a general 

 thing, white feathers bring highest prices. 

 The body feathers, tail and wing feathers 

 should be kept separate. Good geese feathers 

 have been quoted from forty up to about 

 fifty-five cents per pound. Duck came next, 

 ranging from thirty-two cents up to forty- 

 five. Turkey feathers showed a wide range, 

 pure white body feathers being forty cents, 

 while colored went as low as five cents. The 

 tail and wing feathers of the turkey are most 

 valuable. These should be kept separate, 

 and tied in bundles. Chicken feathers run 

 from twenty cents for dry picked all white 

 down to two or three cents for mixed feathers 

 scalded. Most poultry dealers can sell the 

 feathers to good advantage. 



New Jersey. F. H. Valentine. 



The work of planting bulbs 



NOW will not be considered 

 wasted next spring when the 

 blooms come, if you are guided 

 in your selection by 



Dreer's 



Autumn Catalogue 



Contains complete list of all 

 the new and standard bulbs and 

 hardy perennial plants, together 

 with directions for bedding and 

 planting. Special introductory 

 offers on tulips, hyacinths, 

 narcissus, crocus and lilies. 



Write for a copy to-day — -free 

 — mentioning this magazine. 



Henry A. Dreer 



Largest grower of plants in the United States 



Philadelphia 



ORCHIDS 



Largest importers and growers of 



Orchids in the United States 



LAGER & HURRELL 



Orchid Growers and Importers SUMMIT, N.J. 



UORSF 



ORD'S Hardy Plants 



For Cold Climates 



When you buy plants that have stood a Vermont winter, 

 you get something that will stand frost. My new 190S 

 catalogue (ready January ist)can be had for the asking. 

 Former customers will get it without writing for it. It 

 will offer about a thousand perennial plants, including 

 bulbs, shrubs, trees, vines, &c, &c. Address 

 FRED'K H. HORSFORD, Charlotte, Vermont. 



WHAT Buy and Plant Dutch Bulbs 



PETER h y the ADAMS METHOD. It pays. 

 a V O Get free copy of my Little Brown Book. 

 •J A I u It explains. 



HENRY SAXTON ADAMS, Wellesley, Mass. 



Write to-day for our art booklet " How 

 (ivow Roses " and our New I'lo- 

 (Juide— FREE. 

 CONARD & JON US CO., Box P, West Grove, Pa. 



Growers of "The Best Roses in America." 



Roses ;.$ 



MAULED SEEDS 



Once sown, always sown. Illustrated catalogue free. 



Wm. Henry Maule, UOl Filbert St., Philadelphia 



Standard Steel Fence Posts 



are to be driven. One-third cheaper 

 than wood posts; will last forever. 

 Posts made for all purposes; lawn, 

 farm and field fencing. Plain, 

 barbed or woven wire fencing can be 

 used with the Standard Posts. 10,000 

 in use on one job in N. Y. State; 

 7,000 in useon another job in Missouri. 

 Factory near Pittsburg, Pa. Write 

 for catalogue and prices to 



J. H. DOWNS. 



299 Broadway, New York City 



