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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1906 



Ideal Sport 

 A Fine Day 

 A Good Dog 



and 



It's just as natural tor 

 a girl to want to shoot 

 as for a boy. It does her 

 just as much good. Gives 

 her healthy, invigorating 

 outdoor exercise, 

 qu ick ens her eye f steadies 

 her nerve, and makes 

 her self-reliant. 



Catalog Free 



describing"Stevens" 

 guns of every sort 

 and style, for hunter, 

 marksman, girl or boy. 140 

 pages. Sent free to 

 any one interested 



sending 4 cents in stamps to 

 c6ver postage. 



If your dealer cannot supply yon 



write to us. 



J. STEVpws ARMS & TOOL CO. 



420 High Street 



i Chlcopeo Falls, Mass., U. S. A. 



ALL THE PLATES IN 



Garden Magazine 



ARE MADE BY 



THE 



ENGRAVING 

 COMPANY 



Gill 



140 Fifth Avenue, New York 



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wood's ;$ 



i Choice 

 Roses 



1 We grow only for those 



who demand the finest, and 

 to introduce our stock we 

 will send for $1.50 the fol- 

 lowing Superb Hardy 



Two Year Old Roses 



La France 

 Marshall P. Wilder 

 , Mabel Morrison 



Persian Yellow 1 



Prince Camille De Rohan ' 



Baby Rambler 

 Clio 

 Remember, they are all strong hardy 

 two year old bushes. 



Send for free catalogue of roses, ' 

 small fruits and nursery stock. 



ALLEN L. WOOD 



Wholesale Grower 

 Rochester, W.Y. 



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such members as are received in 1906. Also 

 it is better if you suggest your own subject. 

 These investigations are along three main 

 lines : 



1. Cultural experiments, e. g., how to grow 

 plants that are difficult of cultivation, as ar- 

 butus ; the best methods of training tomatoes ; 

 lime -loving and lime-hating plants, etc. 



2. Growing complete collections of some 

 one kind of plant, e. g., lilies, funkias, etc., — 

 not thousand-dollar orchids or plants of 

 mere botanical interest, but all the species 

 and varieties of horticultural promise that 

 are available to the public. 



The results may be published in full else- 

 where, but we should like the soul of the 

 thing for The Garden Magazine. 



3. The improvement of flowers. The 

 "mutation theory" now provides a quicker 

 way of getting new varieties with larger 

 flowers and more of them, new colors and 

 easier methods of cultivation. We can sug- 

 gest several subjects that ought to show re- 

 sults in two or three vears. 



How to Get Penny Packets 

 of Seed 



THE penny packet of seeds is one of the 

 best ideas for civic and village improve- 

 ment yet invented. This year a quarter of a 

 million packets were sold — not given away — 

 in Cleveland alone. It is a simple, easy 

 thing to sell them to the school children, and 

 the cultivation of these flowers at their homes 

 will transform the whole appearance of a 

 city in less time, and with less effort and ex- 

 pense, than any scheme yet devised. 



The sale of penny packets does not an- 

 tagonize the seedsmen, because it does not 

 compete with their five-and-ten-cent pack- 

 ages. On the contrary, they unanimously 

 agree that it makes new business for them. 

 The penny packets are sold only to children, 

 and the bulk of them are taken by children 

 who would not buy five-cent packages this 

 year but are almost certain to do so here- 

 after. A member of one of the oldest estab- 

 lished firms in the city declared that his sales 

 of seeds has increased 33 per cent, since the 

 organization of the Home Gardening Asso- 

 ciation, and contributes money to the cause, 

 though we buy our seeds elsewhere. This is 

 because the Association's seeds are sold only 

 to children, and the parents becoming inter- 

 ested, buy of the seedsmen. 



Sometimes a local dealer can be induced to 

 put up penny packages in a city where there 

 is a flourishing improvement association, but 

 if you cannot arrange this you are welcome 

 to write to the Home Gardening Association 



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STRAWBERRIES 



1906 



BOOK 



FREE 



ANDHPWT0 

 .GROW THEM 



Worth its 

 Weight in 

 GOLD 



The Book that beats them all because it tells how big crops 

 of big fancy strawberries can be grown every year and how to 

 pick and pack them for big prices. It keeps Experienced Growers 

 posted on new discoveries in plant breeding and latest cultural 

 methods. It takes beginners through a complete course of 

 instruction ; tells just when and how to do everything to get Big 

 Results, and how to start a Profitable Berry Farm with little 

 capital. Beautifully illustrated with photo-engravings. Don't 

 order your plants until you read this book. It is free. 



R. M. KELLOGG CO., Box 690, THREE RIVERS, MICH. 



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OLD-FASHIONED 

 FLOWER GARDEN 



The sweet old-fashioned flowers grandmother used to 

 plant are again coming into prominence. Nothing so 

 sweet and pretty for cut flowers as those of olden 

 times. A corner of your garden devoted to them will 

 be a delight the whole season through. 

 For 20C. (cash or 2c. stamps) we will mail you postpaid 

 our "Grandmother's Flower Garden," with full cul- 

 tural directions. Consists of 10 full-size packets of 

 seed of these beautiful flowers. Don't miss this op- 

 portunity for securing hours of enjoyment. 

 This offer we can afford to make only as a means of 

 introducing ourselves to new customers. We send with . 

 the collection our 72-page illustrated catalogue describ- 

 ing the best things in flowers and plants. Honest, 

 truthful descriptions with no exaggeration, therefore 

 no disappointments. 

 Send to-day before our supply of collections is exhausted 



MONADNOCK GREENHOUSES 



KEENE, N. H. 



lliiili iiiis 



new houses 



FD 17 Tj from all 

 K XL H, diseases. 



10 large two-year-olds, |i. 4 for 50c 1 p ost ;< j 

 24 strong young plants, Si. 11 tor 50c. J 

 Best sorts, vigorous roots, true labels, free booklet. 

 T1IKT.EEIH.E FLORAL CO., Springfield. Ohio. 





10 Main 81. 

 Newark, N. Y. 



All kinds of Trees, 

 Shrubs, looses, etc., from grower to 

 planter. Free Book, 62 pages, gives 

 prices, describes 528 varieties, tells how 

 to plant and care for them. 



NORTHERN SEED 



EARLY CROPS- 



If you are growing potatoes or other garden truck for the early 

 market, plant our Northern Grown Seed and get top prices. 

 Our Extra Early Petoskey is quickest maturing potato grow- 

 ing. Heavv yield. Try some this year and see the difference. 

 For 25c, stamps or coin, will send one large seed potato and com- 

 plete catalogue of our Hardy, Quick Growing Seeds. Catalogue 

 alone free. 

 DARLING & BEAHAN, 405 Michigan St., PETOSKEY, MICH. 



Write for YOUNG'S 



seed book: 



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Don't plant your 

 vegetable or flower 

 garden until you get Young's New Annual Catalogue. 

 This great book contains a choice collection of vegeta- 

 bles, flowers, bulbs and plants; also a lot of valuable in- 

 formation for the planter. Whatever other catalogue 

 you may have, be sure you get Young's. Write for free I 

 copy to-day. j 0S |AH YOUNG, 23 Grand St., Troy, N.Y. 



