December, 1907 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



The Readers' Service will give you 

 information about motor boats 



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"BONORA" 



Will make your plants 

 bloom through the Winter. 

 "BONORA" contains every 

 element of Nature. It is a 

 composition of absolutely 

 pure chiitucals. A teaspoon- 

 ful dissolved in seven pints of 

 water and sprinkled around 

 the roots of your plants will 

 make them bloom and grow 

 throughout the Winte - . Use 

 them in your hot houses, in 

 your homes, and in your cold frames. "BONORA" 

 will make your pot strawberries produce twice the 

 quantity. "BONORA" is the recognized fertilizer 

 of the times. It gives all plant life active pushing 

 growth. Thousands attest to its wonderful merit. 

 Order it at once, and you will see just what others 

 have seen. Ask your dealer or order direct. 



Put up in dry form in all size packages as follows; 

 i lb. making 28 gallons, postpaid, $ .65 

 5 " " 140 " 2.50 



10 " " 280 " 4.75 



BONORA CHEMICAL CO., 488-492 Broadway, N. Y. 



A MESS OF 



MUSHROOMS 



at all seasons 

 Growing in your Cellar 



4-fi PtS ' n P osta S e stamps together 

 *TU UIOi w j ln the name of your dealer 

 will bring you, postpaid, direct from the 

 manufacturer, a fresh sample brick of 

 Lambert's Pvire Culture 

 MUSHROOM SPAWN 

 the best high-grade spawn in the market, 

 together with large illustrated book on Mushroom Culture, 

 containing simple and practical methods of raising, preserving and 

 cooking mushrooms. Not more than one sample brick will be sent 

 to the same party. Further orders must come through your dealer. 

 Address : American Spawn Co., St. Paul, Minn. 



Cattle Manure 



BKAm 



in 



Shredded on 

 Pulverized 



Best for all indoor and outdoor work. No 

 bad odor. Easily applied. Delivered East of 

 Missouri River. $2.00 Per BagdOO lbs.). Write 

 for circulars. THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO. 



19 Union Stock Yards, Chicago 



SUN-DIALS 



with or without PEDESTALS 



Send /or Illustrated Price List H 2Q 



HENRY SANDERS CO. 



Chicago, Illinois. 



New York Office, 1 123 Broadway 



The Illinois Self Watering Flower 

 Boxes 



Need attention only once in every three weeks. Made of 



best quality Galvanized Iron. Will last for many years. 



For Windows, Porches and Hanging Baskets. For 



Winter and Summer Use. 



Our beautiful booklet sent free. 



Illinois Heater Co., 3949 Wentworth Ave., Chicago 



SAVE YOUR TREES 



"Our men go anywhere" in the trees or in the United 

 States. We are experts in Pruning, Spraying, Ferti- 

 lization and Tree Surgery. HANDLING OF FOKBST 

 LANDS A SPECIALTY. Reforestation of waste lands 

 guaranteed. Our directors are graduates of the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College. 



Consider us just now with reference to your apple 

 and other fruit trees. We can give your old orchard a 

 new lease of life. The destructive San Jose scale is at 

 work in nearly every orchard in the Northeastern States. 

 We can suppress this scale at moderate expense. 



Send for our free booklet, "The Care of Trees." 



We can arrange to give lectures on the care of trees to 

 communities interested in the work. 



Munson Whitaker Co., Scientific Forestry 



622 Tremont Bldg., Boston. H03 Hatlron Bldg , Sen York City. 



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By John E. Kennedy. 



ACETYLENE Light! 

 J~\ True "Sunlight-at- 

 night." 

 Its composition is pre- 

 cisely that of Sunlight. 



So is its color, and 

 chemical effedt. 



Sunlight results from 

 the combustion of Carbon, 

 Hydrogen and Oxygen. 

 Acetylene Light results from just that, and noth- 

 ing more nor less. 



Sunlight has in it all the colors of the rainbow, 

 but so perfectly balanced that it seems white. 



Moreover, Acetylene is the only artificial Light 

 which is thus color-balanced, and it therefore 

 seems white as Sunlight. 



This is why pale-yellow, pale-blue, or pale-pink 

 tints can be as readily and clearly distinguished 

 under Acetylene Gaslight as they can under 

 broad daylight. 



With no other artificial Light is this possible. 

 Acetylene is the only artificial Light under 

 which plants grow as naturally, by night, as they 

 do under Sunlight by day. 



This again proves the kinship of Acetylene 

 with Sunlight. 



How is Acetylene Light produced ? 



From Calcium Carbide and Water. 



What is Calcium Carbide ? 



A dark and stony substance made from Lime 

 and Coke melted together at a fierce heat (6,000 

 degrees) by the Electric Furnace. 



How is "Carbide" shipped and used ? 



Crushed into nuggets like small coal, it is put 

 up in steel drums containing 1 00 pounds each. 



These drums are water-tight. 



Carbide can't burn, can't explode, can't do any- 

 thing till you bring it in contact with water and air, 

 — the two cheapest of all elements. 



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When you drop ^ / 



Carbide into water its / / \ 



Carbon combines with ' 



the Hydrogen of the Water and forms Acety- 

 lene Gas. 



This Gas in itself is powerless till it comes in 

 contact with the Oxygen of the Air, at the Burner. 



When lighted there combustion then takes place 

 and produces the finest illuminant ever known. 



Touch a match to Acetylene Gas, and it burns 

 with a brilliant, white, cool, steady and odorless 

 light which is nothing less than Sunlight. 

 * * * 



Now what does " Carbide " cost ? 



It costs 3H cents per pound in most of the 

 States. 



At 4 cents per pound it produces white Sunlight, 

 of 24 candle-power, for two-fifths of a cent per 

 hour. 



This is a full third less than the same candle- 

 power of light costs from Kerosene at 1 2 cents 

 per gallon with regular Lamps, wicks and chim- 

 neys included. 



How many people now use Acetylene in the 

 United States ? 



Over 2,000,000 people today, including, 

 over 348 towns publicly lighted by it, over 1 68,- 

 320 Country Homes, Hotels, Stores, Churches,. 

 Lighthouses, Public Institutions, Government Army 

 Posts, etc. 



What does an Acetylene Lighting Plant cost 

 to install ? 



Write us the number of rooms in your House 

 (or Hotel) or the size of your Store. 



Then we can tell you intelligently which sort of 

 Generator will best suit your individual purpose, 

 and how little it would cost to completely and 

 properly install it. 



Drop us a line today while you think of it. 



Address Union Carbide Co., Dept. E, \5\ 

 Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111. 



The Furniture of Our Forefathers 



By ESTHER SINGLETON 



With critical description of the plates by Russell Sturgis 



An account for the amateur of the different styles, with the ways of telling the genu- 

 ine; the historical associations, technical details, values and marks, and all other lore on 

 the subject. In two volumes, 664 pages with about 450 illustrations, Price $10.00 



ThzWohld'sWork 



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