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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1906 



A REMINDER FOR PLANTERS 

 ORDER NOW 



We shall be pleased to send our Booklet of 

 Novelties and Specialties and General Cata= 

 logue (144 pages) describing best Fruits, Ornamental 

 Trees, Flowering Shrubs, Roses, Hardy Plants, with 

 colored plate of New Rose Frau Karl Druschki, by 

 mail free on request. 



Particular attention is directed to the following : 



BECHTEL'S CRAB— Large double flowers. Very 

 ornamental. 



BISMARCK APPLE— A showy, large, red Fall 

 apple; bears while quite young; a market variety. 



BANANA APPLE— Beautiful yellow Winter apple. 



WALTER PEASE— Handsome red Fall apple. 



BARRY APPLE— Valuable late-keeping Winter 

 apple. 



BARRY PEAR — Best late pear; extraordinary 

 keeper; high quality, large. 



PERFECTION CURRANT— New, best red currant; 

 fine quality. 



JOSSELYN QOOSEBERRY— Large, red. For 

 market. 



Shrubs and Plants 



LEMOINE'S NEW DOUBLE LILACS— Marvel 

 ously beautiful. 



LEMOINE'S NEW HYBRID DEUTZIAS. 



HARDY PERENNIAL PHLOX— In great variety. 



DOUBLE AND SINGLE PEONIES— Select as ; 

 sortment. 



JAPAN AND GERMAN IRIS— Of best kinds. 



New Climbing and Rambling 

 Roses 



RUBIN— Ruby red. 



PHILADELPHIA RAMBLER— Improved crimson 

 rambler. 



HELENE — Violet rose, showy, abundant bloomer. 



DOROTHY PERKINS— Most beautiful, delicate 

 pink variety. 



New Hybrid Perpetual Rose, 



FRAU KARL DRUSCHKI— Best hardy white rose 

 yet introduced ; beautiful in bud and when fully 

 open; abundant, continuous bloomer; great ac- 

 quisition. 



New Dwarf Hardy Crimson 



Perpetual Blooming Rose, 



known as Baby Rambler 



A very valuable new rose, particularly desirable for 

 planting out of doors in beds, masses, borders, 

 etc., being hardy and producing all Summer long 

 crimson flowers in clusters. It is also a fine 

 house plant, being constantly in bloom. 



ELLWANGER & BARRY 



Nurserymen Horticulturists 



MOUNT HOPE NURSERIES 



ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 



any difficulty with coal gas, as the draught is 

 direct and strong. The stovepipe goes 

 through a sheet of galvanized iron in the roof 

 directly over the stove. This galvanized iron 

 takes the place of a pane of glass. 



In 1904 under the benches I started ixias, 

 paper-white narcissi, freesias, Roman hya- 

 cinths, alliums, and callas. On the benches 

 were carnations, snapdragons, asparagus 

 and nasturtium vines, cyclamen, cinerarias 

 and small ferns for the house, also a lemon 

 tree, an orange tree, a small camellia, gar- 

 denia and genista in pots. 



Mushrooms, ixias, narcissus, freesias. hyacinths, 

 snapdragons, carnations, and'nasturtiums grew in this 

 house all winter 



In 1905, three-quarters of the house was 

 divided equally between snapdragons and 

 carnations, and the rest kept for callas, ferns, 

 and potted things. Under the bench, near 

 the door, is a three-foot-square mushroom 

 bed, which bore a good crop. 



It takes about one load each of compost 

 and leaf mold to fill the benches. 



Pennsylvania. B. P. C. Pitrves. 



Growing Alpine Plants from 

 Seeds and Cuttings 



ALPINE plants can easily be increased 

 by dividing the plants in early spring, 

 when growth is commencing or cuttings can 

 be taken from the young shoots when they 

 are two inches long, and treated as other 

 cuttings. Put them in a coldframe, water, 

 and shade them from the warm sun. When 

 rooted, pot them in small pots, plunge in a 

 coldframe, and leave them there over the 

 first winter. During the severest weather 

 give them a covering of salt hay or other 

 loose, warm material. The plants will be 

 more advanced in the spring and will trans- 

 plant much more satisfactorily for the extra 

 trouble of potting. 



Alpine plants are easily grown from seeds, 

 sown in the coldframe during July, sowing in 

 any fine garden soil. Cover very lightly — not 

 more than a quarter of an inch — and never 

 allow the soil to become dry. Protect from 

 the sun either by cheese-cloth screens, or 

 white-washed glass, the sashes being raised 

 to a good height to admit plenty of air. 



New York. T. S. Orchard. 



The New Method of Killing the San 

 Jose Scale 



A SOLUTION THAT IS BOTH EFFECTIVE AND INEXPENSIVE 



IN DESTROYING THE PERNICIOUS SAN JOSE 



SCALE, PSYLLA, ETC. 



This new preparation supplants the lime- 

 sulphur wash with its bothersome preparation, 

 boiling of ingredients and danger of serious 

 injury to the clothes and hands. 



The following is an extract concerning it 

 from the January 15th, 1906, Bulletin issued 

 by Professor S. A. Forbes, State Entomologist, 

 Urbana, 111. 



" The time and labor necessary to the preparation of 

 the sulphur wash may be greatly saved by using as a 

 substitute a spray of soluble petroleum, made by dilut- 

 ing one part of the commercial preparation known as 

 'Scalecide' with nineteen parts of water. This mater- 

 ial, made by the B. G. Pratt Company, No. 11 Broad- 

 way, New York City, while more expensive than the 

 sulphur wash, may be used to advantage in a small 

 orchard or in a town lot." 



The above estimate by Professor Forbes was prob- 

 ably based on small retail quantities, as will be seen 

 by the following extract from the Rural New Yorker, 

 January 20th, 1906, page 51, reporting the N. J. State 

 Hort. Society Meet: 



" The soluble oils are cheap and convenient, requir- 

 ing only mixture with a proper amount of water, and 

 make ideal applications from the sprayer's standpoint. 

 A comparative trial made by the Pennsylvania Rail- 

 road Company in spraying fourteen miles of Osage 

 orange hedge showed the soluble oils to be cheaper than 

 lime and sulphur when all charges for labor and fuel, 

 as well as first cost of materials, were reckoned up." 



For further information, reports of Experiment Sta- 

 tions and samples, address 



B. G. PRATT CO., 



11 Broadway, New York City 



1840 



2906 



Old 

 Colony Nurseries 



Hardy Shrubs, 

 Trees, Vines, 

 Evergreens 



and 

 Perennials 



A large and fine stock of well-rooted plants, 

 grown in sandy loam. Good plants; best sizes for 

 planting; very cheap.'* Priced catalogue free on 

 application. ■». 



T. R. WATSON, Plymouth, Mass. 



SAVE YOUR TREES 



from the Ravage of SAX JOSE, COTTONY MAPLE 

 SCALE, PSYLLA, Etc. 



ALL YOU NEED IS 



"SCALECIDE," Water, ^aV g p°uV. 



Simple, more effective and cheaper than LIME, SULPHUR and SALT 



For sample, testimonials and price de- 

 livered at your Railroad station, address 



B. G. PRATT CO., 11 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 



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