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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1906 



Hundreds of Interesting Plant Offers 



And hundreds of valuable suggestions. You will like our good, readable catalogue entitled 

 "HARDY ORNAMENTAL PLANTS OF THE BETTER CLASS." 



We have cause to be proud of it — you will be proud of it, be glad to own a copy and 

 to profit by the useful, interesting information it plainly gives. The chapters it contains 

 are shorn of the usual confusing technicalities and are lacking in dryness. 



This catalogue tells just what you want to know about one of the greatest and most 

 valuable collections of hardy ornamental trees in the world— and tells you in a way you 

 will enjoy. 



Our stock is low-priced, far lower than you could expect in plants 

 Then, too, the assortment is so complete that you can often obtain 

 the plants you would otherwise find necessary to buy from two or 

 three places. You save both ways when dealing with us — you save the several shipping 

 expenses and you get the advantage of very attractive rates that we make on quantities. 

 Every item in the immense stock that we offer is in perfect condition. 



Here are but three samples of our many exceptionally attractive offers : 



LOW RATES, 

 of such high quality, 

 from one source all 



HARDY GARDEN NUMBER SEVEN— $5.00 



A grand assortment of beautiful and most desirable Hardy 

 Plants for an Old-fashioned Garden ; choicest Phlox, Pseo- 

 nies, Larkspurs, Iris, etc, Will give a glorious display and 

 make the garden gay with color from early spring until late 

 fall. Will plant about 150 square feet of space. Lives for- 

 ever. Will furnish plenty of bouquets for house decoration, 

 and will be one never-ending source of pleasure. 



(Read all about it on page j6 of our catalogue.') 



HARDY GARDEN NUMBER EIGHT— $t0.00 



Contains over double the quantity in Hardy Garden Num- 

 ber Seven, which allows us to make even a more attractive 

 combination of pretty, hardy plants. Hundreds of garden 



lovers will be delighted with this assortment and with the 

 charming effects it will create. 



(Read all about it on page j8 of our catalogue.) 



JAPANESE BLOOD-LEAVED MAPLE 



One of the most ornamental plants in American cultivation. 

 This is the beautiful little tree, dwarf and compact, which 

 has leaves of a bright, blood-red color. It takes little 

 room and makes a great showing for the space it does take. 

 Ours are directly opposite in character to the common, 

 mean, little stunted things which are usually sold. OURS 

 ARE GROWN ON THEIR OWN ROOTS and 

 are not sickly or puny. Our plants will grow into magnifi- 

 cent specimens. Two feet high, bushy, grown on their own 

 roots. $2.50 each, five for $10.00. 

 {Read all abouff apanese Maples on page 64 of our catalogue) 



Send ten cents in postage and we will place your name on our mailing list; then you will receive our 

 catalogue and also our interesting booklets, folders, special offers, etc., issued from time to time. 

 You will also have the full benefit of our " Special Information Department," a service which 

 may save you dollars, as it annually saves thousands for our friends. Tell us something about 

 your property, its size, location, surroundings, and give us some idea of your needs and your plans. 



THOMAS MEEHAN & SONS, Inc., Box R, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 



HELP THE PLANTS 



SPRAYING INDOOR PLANTS 



For spraying plants indoors and out, the LENOX 

 IMPROVED SPRAYER is the most serviceable for 

 the house and garden. House plants generally suffer 

 from lack of moisture, such as rain or the morning 

 dew give them. This produces a misty shower that 

 supplies the plant most naturally and completely, as 

 absolutely necessary to real success with house plants. 



SPRAYING UNDER 

 THE LEAVES 



Spraying for insects and dust, it reaches every part of the plant over and under the leaves, where insects breed. 

 Spraying with tobacco water will surely kill these enemies. Had we the space, we could tell you many 

 things about your plants, how essential it is to spray them while in the house, on the under side of the leaves. 



How much 

 Mother would 

 like one, for 

 her plants! 



Sent complete with a. cake of tobacco soap free. 

 Make a suds and spray. Your plants will surprise you. 



THE LENOX MFG. CO., 1292 Broadway, New York 



50 



CtS. 



Post- 

 paid 



An 8x30 Vegetable Garden 



TT WAS only a small patch, 8 x 30 feet, but 

 ■*■ we gathered five dollars' worth of 

 vegetables from it. Our success was due to 

 planting succession crops and never allowing 

 the ground to be idle. 



The first crop was three rows of peas, four 

 feet apart, planted April nth and 28th. 



The patch July 20th when the peas were past their 

 height and the corn still small 



Between these we sowed two rows of corn on 

 June 26th and July 6th. One of the rows 

 of peas was on a trellis, on the other side of 

 which we planted Limas that gave us nearly 

 another dollar's worth. The peas were ail 



The patch August 7th when the peas had been 

 removed and the corn had begun to spread itself 



finished and out by August ist, just as the 

 corn was getting high enough to need the 

 space, and by the first of September it needed 

 all the ground. The corn was sowed about 

 a foot to one side of the peas instead of 



