THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



August, 1914 



Poultry, Kennel and Live Stock Directory LtS"^^ 



dogs, poultry and live stock will be gladly given. Address INFORMATION DEPARTMENT, 

 The Garden Magazine, 11-13 West 32d Street, New York. 



USE THE 



HOWES 

 Bird Baths 



Through the hot sum- 

 mer months when our 

 songsters need great 

 quantities of water 



The Howes Baths are 



the best and cheapest 



ones made 



No. 1 . Twenty-four inches 

 square $7.50 



No. 0. Sixteen inches 



square $5.00 



THEY are made of the finest cypress wood 

 lined with galvanized iron, trimmed with 

 mouldings and brass corner braces and mounted 

 on heavy oak pedestals with neatly trimmed 

 base. Our baths make beautiful ornaments 

 for the lawn or garden and they keep the 

 birds with us all summer. 



Order direct from this advertisement as these 

 two, new beautiful styles are not in our catalogue. 



Send for fully illustrated booklet of 

 the famous HOWES bird aitractors. 



Maplewood Biological Laboratory 



Stamford, Connecticut 



Delight the 



A Shetland Pony 



— is an unceasing source 

 of pleasure. A safe and 

 ideal playmate. Makes 

 the child strong and of 

 robust health. Highest types 

 here. Complete outfits. En- 

 tire satisfaction. Write for 

 ustrated catalog. 



BELLE MEADE FARM 



Dept. 15 Markham, Va. 



Bob White Quail 



Partridges and Pheasants 



Capercailzies, Black Game, Wild Turkeys, Quails, 

 Rabbits. Deer, etc., for stocking: purposes. Fancy 

 Pheasants, Peafowl. Swans, Cranes, Storks, 

 Ornamental Geese and Ducks, Foxes, Squirrels, 

 Ferrets, etc., and all kinds of birds and animals. 



WILLIAM J. MACKENSEN, Naturalist 



Dept. 55, Pheasantry and Game Park YARDLEY, PA. 



You Can't Cut Out 



1 A BOG SPAVIN, PUFF or THOROUGHPIN. but 



TRADF MARK. StC.lI SPAT OFf 



will clean them off permanently, and you work 

 the horse same time. Does not blister or re- 

 move the hair. $2.00 per bottle, delivered. 

 Will tell you more if you .write. 

 Book 4 K Free 

 WTF.YOUNG.P.D.F., 152 Temple Street, Springfield, Mass. 



Hatch Winter Layers Now 



Young's strain S. C. White Leghorns, over 200 eggs yearly 

 each, 90% fertility guaranteed; eggs $1 per 15 postpaid. $4 

 per 100, special feeding formula with each order, also Barred 

 Rocks, White Wyandottes and R. I. Reds, 6 week chicks $3 a 

 dozen, 10 week chicks $5 per dozen. 



CEDAR CREST POULTRY YARDS, Masonville, N. J. 



Hammond's 



Sold by Seedsmen and Merchants 



' Hammond's Cattle Comfort" 



Trade Mark 



Keeps Cows, Horses or Mules free from Flies, Gnats 

 and other pests. It is cheap and effective. For pam- 

 phlet on " Bugs and Blights" write to 



"Cattle Comfort" HAMMOND'S SLUG SHOT WORKS, City of Beacon, N. Y. 



Have you Gardening Questions ? Experts will 

 answer them free. If a plant fails, tell us about 

 it and ask help from Readers' Service. 





A LAWN EXPERT 



will answer your lawn questions and advise how 

 to get the best lawns through Readers' Service. 



Hodgson Portable Poultry Houses 



Five-Section Poultry House — No. Colony Laying House — 



10x50 ft. 



Sanitary, durable, up-to-date — made of red cedar, clap- 

 boarded outside, interior sheathed. Made in 10-ft sections, 

 each fitted with roosts, nests and fountain. Open fronts, 

 with canvas-covered frames. You can add sections at any 

 time. Easily erected. 



f__ |0 U on o Fitted complete with nests, fountain 

 IOl li QCIIS an( j f eec ] trough. Sanitary — easily clean- 

 ed. One man can easily care for several hundred birds. 

 Nicely painted — set up in fifteen minutes. A comfortable 

 year-round house. In stormy weath- 

 er the run may be covered, giving a 

 protected scratching room. Size, lOx 

 4ft., 5ft. high. 



$2(T 



E. F. HODGSON CO., 



Send for catalogue. 



Visit our t BOOM 311, 110 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON, MASS. 



showrooms t CUAFTSMAN KMIC, G EAST 39TII ST., NEW YORK 



Address all 



correspondence 



to Boston 



1 here's Money in Poultry 



Our Home Study Course in Practical Poultry 

 Culture under Prof. Chas. K. Graham, late of the 

 Connecticut Agricultural College, teaches how to 

 make poultry pay. 



Persona/ instruction. Expert advice. 

 250 Page Catalogue free. Write to-day. 



THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL 

 Dept. 10, Springfield, Mass. 



Head Gardener — Position Wanted 



by a man fully competent in all the work of 

 private place, including trees, shrubs, lawns, 

 roads, greenhouses and vegetables. First class 

 reference. Address 



Box No. 3, care of The Garden Magazine 



Garden City, New York 



Pot-Grown Strawberry Plants 



We have a large stock of the best varieties for the garden, 

 which, if planted now, should produce a good crop next 

 summer. For list of varieties and prices see our Midsum- 

 mer Catalogue, copy of which will be mailed on request. 



R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO. 



8 South Market Street Boston, Massachusetts 



PEONIES and 

 HOLLAND BULBS 



Now is the time to select them. We have the 

 FINE ones. Send for catalogue. 



FRANKEN BROTHERS Deerfield, 111. 



HARDY PERENNIALS 



of SPECIAL MERIT 



SEEDS : to be sown now. My special collection, 12 popular 

 varieties 25 cts., worth 50 cts. Plants: Iris, Peonies, and many 

 other varieties transplant well during August and following 

 month. Special lists with full culture directions free. FRANK 

 KOEHLER, Landscape Gardener, Grower of Perennials for 

 20 years. Rosedale Hardy Plant Farm, Camden, New Jersey. 



25 cts. will bring you a plant of the 



New Geum, " Mrs. Bradshaw " 



and our artistic catalogue 



COOLIDGE RARE PLANT GARDENS 

 Pasadena California 



PEONIES AND EVERGREENS 



All the popular varieties. Easily grown and should be 

 planted NOW. Send for special list TO-DA Y. 



The Crest Nursery, Piqua, Ohio, Dept. A. 



LOVELY IRISES 



Eight Varieties — One Dollar 



Good plants, all labeled, including the beautiful 

 Pallida Dalmatica and Madame Chereau, postpaid. 



ORONOGO FLOWER GARDENS 



Carthage, Mo. 



The Index of Contents and Title 

 Page for Volume XIX. of 

 THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 

 has been prepared and is now 

 ready to be sent to subscribers, 

 free, upon application. 



The Readers' Service is prepared to advise parents in regard to schools 



