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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1906 



THE GARDEN UNIT PACKET 



Adams Seeds 



A NEW IDEA FOR YOUR GARDEN 



EVERY LOVER of the 



garden should know of 

 my new and original 

 method of putting up 

 garden seeds. Saves you 



J time, trouble and worry, 



^L cuts down your expenditure to the 

 dflffll* lowest possible figure and reduces 

 your gardening to an exact science. 

 Seeds are now put up in packets 

 guaranteed to fully plant one io-foot 

 ^HR^ row of garden ; 2 packets planting 

 ^^ two i o-foot rows; 3 packets planting 

 three I o-foot rows, etc. Write to- 

 day for prices — 3c. — up. 



NASTURTIUMS 



and Acorn Shirley Poppies are my specialties. My 

 Flowerlover's Mixtures in both varieties are un- 

 surpassed, being especially mixed by my own for- 

 mulae, insuring you giant flowers of the most rare 

 and beautiful colors so highly prized by connoisseurs 



MY SPECIAL OFFER 



Send 10 cents to-day and become a member of the Flower- 

 lover's Club, get my Little Green Book for the Garden for 

 1906, my Little Brown Book of Dutch Bulbs and the Flower- 

 lover's Bulletin for one year with hints by Peter the Gardener. 



ioc Covers all 10c 



Henry Saxton Adams 



Jamaica Plain and Wellesley, Mass 



SEEDS 

 BULBS 

 PLANTS 



A WOMAN FLORIST 



/ HARDY EVERBLOOMING ^ r C 



O ROSES 



On their own roots. 



ALL WILL BLOOM THIS 



SUMMER. 



25' 



Sent to any address post-paid; guaranteed to reach you 



in good growing condition. 

 OEM ROSE COLLECTION 

 Btirbank, deep rose. 

 Cardinal, bright red. 

 Killarney, grandest pink. 

 General Mc Arthur, deep re*, 

 Snowttake, pure white. 

 Bouquet of Gold, golden 

 yellow. 



SPECIAL BAHGAINS 



6 Carnations, the "Divine 

 Flower," all colors, 25c. 



8 Prize-Winning Chrys- 

 anthemums, . . 25c. 



8 Beautiful Coleus, . . 



4 Grand Orchid Cannas, 



8 Sweet-Scented Tuberoses, 



6 Fuchsias, all different, 

 10 Lovely Gladiolus, . . . 

 10 Superb Pansy Plants, 

 15 Pkts. FlowerSeeds,alldifferent,25c. 



Any Five Collections for One Dollar, Post-Paid 

 Guarantee satisfaction. Onceacustomer, always one. Catalog Free. 

 MISS ELLA V. BAINE8, Box 96 Springfield, Ohio 



FERRYS 



Mate sure a yield of quantity and 

 quality. When your father planted 

 Ferry's, they were the best on the 

 market, but they bave been improv- 

 ing ever since. We are experts in 

 flower and vegetable seeds. 

 1906 Seed Annual, beautifully illus- 

 trated, free to all applicants. 



D. M. FERRY & CO., Detroit, Mich. 



The Disgraceful "Annual 

 Cleaning" 



Has it ever occurred to you that the old- 

 fashioned spring cleaning orgy is not a thing 

 to be proud of ? 



It is just as easy to keep the yard clean all 

 the year round, as it is nicer and healthier. 



It ought to be a criminal offense to let all 

 the house refuse accumulate near the house 

 in one undifferentiated heap. 



Have a regular place for coal ashes, an- 

 other for cans, glass and iron, another for 

 inflammable material, such as paper, and a 

 compost heap for leaves, manure, and even 

 kitchen scraps, if covered. 



The arrangement of these four heaps is 

 the one thing you cannot trust to "hired 

 help." Such matters are a part of landscape 

 gardening. Their arrangement requires the 

 constructive imagination of a statesman. 



The ideal is an easily accessible place 

 screened by evergreen planting. 



Coal ashes are not supposed to have any 

 plant food, but we occasionally hear of a 

 garden that has been made more productive 

 by using them. Spade them into your soil 

 if you have no manure. They will improve 

 the texture of clay or heavy soils. 



Coal ashes mixed with broken glass are 

 dangerous to handle; mixed with garbage 

 they are an abomination. 



If garbage is not gathered daily you can 

 use it to your profit. Dig a hole five feet 

 deep and sprinkle earth every day over the 

 garbage, so that there will never be anything 

 unpleasant to see or smell. After a year or 

 so that spot will bear wonderful crops. 



Make a compost heap of manure and 

 earth and keep it under cover, if you can, 

 so that the rains will not wash away the plant 

 food. 



Make another of autumn leaves and earth. 

 You will find it invaluable for potting plants 

 and making flower beds. Do not allow any- 

 one to put stones or glass into such a heap. 



Must we have a grand cleaning up this year ? 

 Let's do it, then, and never have another. 



The Happy Owner of a Hotbed 



If you have a range of hotbeds and cold- 

 frames you may now be enjoying pansies, 

 violets, English daisies, primroses, polyan- 

 thus and auricula. 



Also lettuce, radishes and spinach. 



If you want fresh, home-grown vegetables 

 in April sow lettuce and radish in March. 



For May use you can have, besides those 

 just named, spinach and mustard for 

 greens, garden cress and endive for salads, 

 and beets. 



For June use you can have the following 

 vegetables a month earlier than you could 

 without the aid of a hotbed: cucumbers, 

 cauliflower, tomatoes, and with very good 

 management, a few eggplants and peppers. 



Have you ever tried the "new onion cul- 

 ture"? The way to get large mild onions 

 is to start the seed in a hotbed in March and 

 transplant the young onions to the garden 

 in April. 



TREtS 



FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL 



Evergreens 

 Shrubs Roses 

 Hardy Plants 



All the Best and Hardiest Varieties 

 Largest and Most Varied Collections in America 



ELLW ANGER & BARRY 



Nurserymen— Horticulturists 



MOUNT HOPE NURSERIES 



Established 1840 

 ROCHESTER NEW YORK 



Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue (144 pages), 

 also Descriptive List of Novelties and Special- 

 ties with beautiful colored plate of the New 

 Hardy White Hose Frau Druschki, mailed FKEE 

 on request. 



Do you know Green ? — 

 — Chas. A. Green, the man who, losing his 

 fortune as Bank President in the panic of 1873, 

 retired to a farm and succeeded as a ^ fruit 

 grower ? 

 Well, Green is the head of GREEN'S NURSERY CO. 

 Proprietor of " GREEN'S FRUIT GROWER," and an ad- 

 mitted authority the world over on fruits. 



He has mastered his business by 30 years of good, hard 

 digging, and what he knows he has put into a book, which 

 you may get free, if you ask for it. 



This book of Green's is filled with big illustrations, and 

 practical information about growing Apples, Pears, Peaches, 

 Plums, Grapes, Berries, etc., and how to get the best results, 

 whether you are growing for pleasure or profit. 



It explains how you can secure bargains in Asparagus Plants, 

 Poplar and Apple Trees, new hardy roses, Blackberries, Grapes 

 and other specialties for which Green is famous. So, if you 

 want this valuable catalog and a copy of "GREEN'S FRUIT 

 GROWER" — free — just say so on a postal card and they will 

 come at once. Address, 



GREEN'S NURSERY COMPANY, 39 Well St., ROCHESTER. N. Y. 



Qlifornia3eeds 



are H\e best. WHY? 



Because California's superb growing cli- 

 mate and soils insure a plumper seed with 

 more vitality, and hence having positiv; germin- 

 ating; qualities. Be convinced of this fact by sending a. 

 trial order for one or more of these superb collections of 



SURE-GROWING \ SEED5 



6 Pkts. California Nasturtiums, all v ^^/-% 

 named, three tall and three dwarf £ J^ # 

 varieties 



6 Pkts. California Sweet Peas, ^T?r* 

 the finest named strains, full ^J^/ # 

 weight . . . .- . 



6 Pkts. California Wild Flowers, ^£/> 

 such as Escholtzia, Tidy-Tips, ^,j^, # 

 Cream Cup, etc. . _ ....... 



The Three Collections only 50c. 



together with a copy of our monograph giving cultural 

 directions, descriptions and illustrations of Cali 

 fornia flowers and vegetables, together with 

 our special 1 ist of si rnnsr fii'M-grown 



CALIFORNIA ROSES 



F.GILMAAI TAYL0RSEEDC0. 

 GLENDALE,CAL. 



Box 105 



