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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1906 



TIGER SKINS 

 LEOPARD SKINS 

 BEAR SKINS 

 WOLF, FOX. ETC. 



GAME HEADS 

 V ROBES 

 AND 

 MATS 



F. C. JONES, Importer 



176 FEDERAL STREET, - - - BOSTON, MASS. 



Pure Food Law 



Senate Expected to Pass It 



There will be no change in the 

 cure of 



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ERRIS HAMS AND DAGON 



because we have never used 

 injurious preservatives 



INSIST UPON THE BEST 



No. 628M. Top Buggy with Large Phaeton Seat and 1% 

 inch cushion tires. Price complete, $71.00. As good as 

 sells for $30.00 more. 



33 Years Selling Direct 



Our vehicles and harness have been sold direct 

 from our factory to user for a third of a century. 

 We ship for examination and approval and guaran- 

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 the consumer exclusively. We make 200 styles of 

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ELKHART CARRIAGE & HARNESS MFG. CO., ELKHART, IND. 



No. 4,14. Single Curved Breast Collar Harness. Price 

 complete, $10.75. As good as sells for $5.00 more. 



The Secrets of Growing Good 

 Sweet Peas 



WE think our success with sweet peas is 

 due to the depth and quality of the 

 soil, deep planting, and frequent cultivation. 



Our first bed was laid out with the rows 

 running east and west, and this has proved 

 more favorable to the plants, as the hot 

 afternoon sun does not beat down upon the 

 entire side of a row, as it will with north and 

 south rows. 



First, we took up the sod, two feet wide, 

 and fifty feet long, cutting it into convenient 

 lengths to handle, and laid it to one side. 

 All the soil was taken out, to a depth of twenty 



Cut sweet peas in the morning before the sun 

 siriKes them. Pulling the vines loosens the roots and 

 the plant dies 



inches. In ihe bottom of the trench thus 

 made the sods were placed, roots up; next 

 came a six-inch layer of well-rotted cow 

 manure. The hose was turned on this, to 

 thoroughly settle it. 



Then the trench was filled level full with a 

 soil prepared by thoroughly mixing equal 

 parts of good garden loam, old manure, and 

 woods' earth. This was firmed down, and 

 the trench filled again. 



A furrow six inches deep was made the 

 length of the strip, in which the seeds were 

 planted one inch apart, and covered with 

 two inches of soil, which was pressed firmly 

 by means of a two-inch strip. 



Strong posts were set ten feet apart, to 

 which was fastened some five-foot wire net- 

 ting, and the bed given a thorough watering. 

 "Our aim is to get the seed into the ground 

 between the 15th and the 25th of March. 

 One spring it was the fifth of April, and the 

 vines were not as strong that year. It is our 

 experience that the earlier the planting can 

 be done, the better the success, and it pays 

 to plant only the best seed. 



As soon as the young plants reach a height 

 of two inches, draw the soil in from the sides 



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Art and Utility 



combined is becoming more and more of a feature 

 in articles made by American manufacturers for 

 household use and decoration. 



Perhaps one of the most successful examples is 

 the "Bombayreed" jardinieres of which a half-dozen 

 styles and colors are illustrated on a back cover 

 page. The common ugly glazed pot is doomed if 

 the favor with which "Bombayreed" jardinieres are 

 meeting is any indication. 



A few exclusive features of "Bombayreed"' jar- 

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Besides the great variety of colorings the makers 

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Be sure to look for the styles displayed on another 

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 a text book free on "The Care of Palms." This 

 should interest every lover of house-plants. 



See full page advertisement. 



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 My Challenge 



Branching Aster 

 White, Pink, Laven- 

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