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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1906 



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TO KNOW THIS BEAUTIFUL SWEET 

 DAPHNE IS TO SURELY LOVE IT 



WE have succeeded in getting up a large stock of this rare evergreen hardy Daphne, which 

 excels the arbutus for fragrance. It is a most beautiful evergreen, low-growing, 

 spreading shrub, and in June, when in the glory of its first blooming {see illus- 

 tration), it would be hard to find its rival for beauty or fragrance. It blooms freely at 

 intervals all summer, even late into the fall, and will grow almost anywhere, thriving best 

 in full sunlight. Splendid for foreground work and rockeries, where good generous masses 

 can be made to produce charming effects. Blooms freely the first season planted. 



Prices: Very bushy plants, each $1.00; per 10, $9.00. Strong plants, each 50c; per 10, $4.00 



OUR 1QQK CATALOGTIF" If you anticipate purchasing choice hardy trees, shrubs, roses, and other hardy 



plants, boih fruit and ornamental, and appreciate quality, our stock is sure to 

 meet with your approval. This, our new 1906 catalogue, is a priced index to our stock, and a copy of it is yours for the asking. 



THE ELM CITY NURSERY COMPANY, NEW HAVEN, CONN. 1 



VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME AT THE NURSERY 



From the ravages of San Jose, Cottony 

 Maple Scale. Psylla, etc. All you need is 



SAVE YOUR TREES 



oC<A.JHl(^lL)rL, water, and a good spray pump 



Mr. A. N. BROWN, of Wyoming, Dei.., writes : 



' You have conferred a boon on the American Fruit Grower." 



Simple — more effective and cheaper than Lime, Sulphur and Salt. For sample, testimonials and price delivered at your railroad station 

 address B. G. PRATT CO., 11 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, N. Y. 



RAWSON'S NEW HOTHOUSE CUCUMBER 



A variety of sterling merit — not by experiment but practical use — for we grow this 

 variety in our twenty greenhouses at Arlington. Its origin is at Arlington. The seed is 



grown at Arlington on our own 



farms. We know what it is : the 



best for growing in greenhouses or 



hotbeds. 



BEET, CROSBY IMP. EGYPTIAN. 

 The smallest top, the quickest growing, 

 the best for forcing or early planting. 



FLOWER SEEDS. Our strain of 

 Giant Ten Weeks' Stocks is in every way 

 superior; larger flowers, ninety percent, 

 double. 



This and many other specialties in 

 flower and vegetable seeds are found in 

 our catalogue of 1906, "Arlington Tested 

 cover 1906 catalogue Seeds." It has been compiled with great giant stocks 



care as to description and illustration of a complete collection of Flower and Vegetable Seed. We 

 want you to receive this catalogue. Write us ; we will mail it free. 



W. W. RAWSON & COMPANY seedsmen 



12 and 13 Faneuil Hall Square BOSTON, MASS. 



through the middle of the space. This had 

 several advantages. It was near enough to 

 the peas so that they could be picked by 

 reaching over it, and yet far enough away 

 to be cultivated. If it had been sowed half 

 way between the pea rows, the space would 

 have been too crowded and the corn trampled 

 in trying to get at the peas. The first photo- 

 graph was taken on July 20th, when the peas 

 were past the height of their season and the 

 corn less than a foot high. The second 

 photograph was taken on August 7th, after 

 the peas were pulled out, when the corn had 

 begun to spread itself and the Limas on the 

 trellis were beginning to fill the place occupied 

 by the peas. The first sowing of peas 

 yielded a crop worth $2, as did the corn. 

 New York. A. Mason. 





The Strip Between Fence 

 Sidewalk 



and 



LIVING in a town which is not fenceless, 

 it was found that the foot-wide strip 

 of sod outside the fence between it and the 

 cement sidewalk was hard to keep looking 

 presentable. It was impossible to cut that 

 grass with a lawn mower and hand- clipping 



A solution of "the unmowable grass by the fence" 

 problem. Plant flowers 



120 feet of frontage is something of a task. 

 The difficulty was finally met in the manner 

 shown in the accompanying picture. The 

 sod was turned under, and a row of portulacca, 

 mignonette and sweet alyssum seed planted. 



The second season enough self-sown 

 "volunteers" appeared to make re-seeding 

 unnecessary. In the two seasons there has 

 been no instance of a blossom or plant being 

 disturbed, although many people, including 

 school children, pass daily. 



One of the greatest pleasures of this idea 

 is that it is being copied by others in this 

 town, and, if the plan is new, it is hoped that 

 this mention of it will "pass it on." 



Nearly any low-growing plant suitable 

 for borders will do nicely for this purpose. 

 Pansies, dwarf nasturtiums or bush sweet 

 peas may be used where soil, moisture and 

 other conditions are suitable. 



Iowa. H. R. Mosnat. 



