THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1906 



Residence of E. I,. Atkins, 

 Paducah, Ry. 



Equipped ivith Keivanee Water Supply Outfit 



WATER 



in Your Country Home 



A KEWANEE PNEUMATIC TANK 



in the cellar or buried in the ground, delivers water 

 to all hydrants and plumbing connections by air preasure. 

 Every comfort and convenience of a city water supply. 

 Fresh, pure water at any moment of the day or night— just 

 turn on the faucet. Splendid fire protectio?i. No elevated 

 tank to freeze or blow over. No leaky attic tank. Will last 

 a lifetime without additional expense. 4000 in operation. 

 Satisfaction guaranteed. Read what a few users say. 



E. T. Crawford, Augusta, O. "Equal to any city water 

 works." 



Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, New York, "Perfectly de- 

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H. I. Spafford N. Bennington, Vt. "Does all you claim, 

 and more too." 



U. R. Fishel, Hope, Ind. "My Kewanee System is giv- 

 ing splendid results." 



\* rite for names of users in your state and 

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 The Garden Magazine. 1 



KEWANEE 

 WATER. SUPPLY CO. 



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FOR THE WILD GARDEN 

 Fine Digitalis for Massing in the 



Shrubbery 



Hardy Herbaceous Perennials for the 



Garden Border 



CHOICE IRISES 



CATALOGUE ON cATPLICATION 



SHATEMUC NURSERIES, 



BARRYTOWN, 'DUTCHESS CO., N. Y. 



NATIVE PERENNIALS 



Gathering Nasturtium Pods for 

 Seed or Pickling 



4S SOON as the seeds get as large as peas 

 go along the vines and with the thumb 

 and the tips of the fingers feel the seeds to 

 see if they fall off readily into your hand. 

 Gather all that come off readily and spread 

 them to dry in a cool, shady place. There they 

 shrivel up and turn brown, in fact they look 

 as if no life were left in them, and the inex- 

 perienced gardener will generally be tempted 

 to throw them away as of no possible value. 

 Don't do it. They are at their best and 

 ready to grow next spring. 



Nasturtium seeds are troublesome to 

 gather, because you must go over the vines 



Fruits of (he nasturtium to be used for picKling 

 must be gathered before the inner core has begun 

 to harden ; they must become properly ripened if 

 they are to be Kept as seed. 



every two or three days and collect all that 

 are loose and fall easily. If you do not look 

 after them the seeds will fall to the ground 

 and be lost. 



AN OLD VIRGINIA RECIPE 



For capers far better than any you can 

 buy: Every morning pick the nasturtium 

 seeds clinging fast to the stems they have 

 grown on, and drop them into a glass jar 

 half full of vinegar. Every day or two 

 repeat the process until the seeds come up to 

 the top of the vinegar. Then strain them 

 out of that vinegar, and boil them lightly in 

 some that is fresh. Then seal up as you do 

 any pickle. Use in exactly the same manner 

 as ordinary capers that are bought ; and you 

 will find them much more spicy and piquant. 

 So say the women of my family, who have 

 been using these pickles for years. 



Care must be taken that the fruits are 

 small when pickled. If large enough to 

 grow they will have a hard centre, which is 

 not so good for the purpose of pickles. 



Virginia. 



Caroline M. Brown. 



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