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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1906 



HIGH CLASS 



Flower and Vegetable Seeds 



IT has been our aim to first look for quality in the selec- 

 tion of Plants for seed purposes. Our strains of Flowers 

 and Vegetables show this care taken. We will mention 

 a few most prominent : 



ASTER, RAWSON'S MID-SUMMER ANTIRRHINUM, NEW GIANTS 

 AQUILEGIA, RAWSON'S LONG SPIRAEA 

 CYCLAMEN, RAWSON'S ROYAL STRAIN 

 PANSY, RAWSON'S ARLINGTON PRIZE 

 PRIMULA, RAWSON'S GOLD MEDAL STRAIN 

 STOCKS, RAWSON'S FLOWER MARKET 



In Vegetables we have an excep- 

 tional large list. All will be found in our Catalogue of ' Ar- 

 lington Tested Seeds" for 1906. It has been compiled with 

 the greatest care as to descriptions and illustrations of a com- 

 plete collection of Flower and Vegetable Seeds. 



^ We want you to receive this catalogue. 

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W. W RAWSON & CO. 



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A New Remedy for the Chicken 

 Nuisance 



THE garden I have in mind is open in every 

 direction, except as hedges of lilacs 

 and roses are disposed to give the sense 

 of retirement but so as not to keep out the 

 air or the sun. Though neighbors are near 

 who have fowls in plenty, which might under 

 ordinary circumstances be unendurably try- 

 ing, no stray chicken or duck or turkey ever 

 ventures into the sacred precinct. The cause 

 of this lies in the presiding genius of the place 

 in the shape of a big, ugly looking hawk 

 chained to a pear tree in the very centre of 

 the garden, so placed as to be seen from 

 every direction. If a chicken ventures any- 

 where in sight he gets away alive as soon as 

 the instinct of self-preservation will permit, 

 and it is certain that the stolen visit will never 

 be repeated. 



The two questions that arise at once are: 

 (1) How do you get the hawk? (2) How do 

 you keep him alive and useful ? 



(1) In the nearby country hawks are plen- 

 tiful. They feed largely upon field mice, and 

 are seen skimming over the fields and pounc- 

 ing now and again upon their victims. 

 Often they select a tall stump or pole as a 

 vantage point in their hunting trips. It is 

 easy to take advantage of this fact, place 

 a steel trap securely at the top of the pole, and 

 catch the hawk. If the pole is not found in 

 place, one can be erected at some convenient 

 spot and the trap set. It is possible that a 

 substitute could be had for a hawk in the 

 shape of a crow, which can be more easily 

 tamed. An owl would be even more effect- 

 ive than a hawk. It is probable that, in case 

 of a local scarcity, an advertisement offering 

 a reasonable sum for such a bird of prey 

 would bring forth plenty of responses. 



(2) As to feeding the hawk or owl there 

 seems to be no serious trouble. Mice and 

 rats would, of course, be eagerly devoured, 

 as well as young woodchucks and other pesst 

 of the farm, such as English sparrows, moles, 

 rabbits, etc. Much refuse from the table 

 would also be edible. Fresh meat in any 

 form is acceptable to either bird. But most 

 important of all, a bowl of clear, fresh water 

 must be kept near. 



Experience shows that such an addition to 

 the garden force makes a new object of inter- 

 est to the whole household and comparatively 

 little trouble. A tame crow can be easily 

 wintered, but the hawk or owl would ordi- 

 narily be given up when the winter comes on, 

 though many might like to keep it. 



Maine. Wood-Warp. 



