January. 1915 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



213 



Building? 



Get This Free Book 



It tells all about the proper method 

 of finishing floors and interior 

 woodwork, and improving: furni- 

 ture. A big- help in beautifying" the 

 home — new or old. 



Johnson's Wood Dye 



Comes in 17 harmonious and natural shades. 

 Makes cheap, soft woods as artistic as hard woods. 



If you are interested in building we will mail you 

 free a Dollar Portfolio of Wood Panels, showing 

 all popular woods finished with Johnson's Wood 

 Finishes. Remember — the Panels and the 25c book 

 Edition GM-1, are Free and Postpaid. 



Take this ad to your dealer — or write. 



S. C. Johnson & Son, Racine, Wis. 

 "77ie Wood Finishing Authorities" 



Paint Without Oil 



Remarkable Discovery That Cuts 

 Down the Cost of Paint Seventy- 

 Five Per Cent. 



A Free Trial Package is Mailed to Everyone 

 Who Writes 



A. L. Rice, a'prominent manufacturer of Adams, N. Y., has 

 discovered a process of making a new kind of paint without 

 the use of oiL He calls it Powdrpaint. It comes in the 

 form of a dry powder and all that is required is cold water to 

 make a paint weather proof, fire proof and as durable as 

 oil paint. It adheres to any surface, wood, stone or 

 brick, spreads and looks like oil paint and costs about 

 one-fourth as much. 



Write to Mr. A. L. Rice, Manufacturer, 231 North St., 

 Adams, N. Y., and he will send you a free trial pack- 

 age, also color card and full information showing you how 

 you can save a good many dollars. Write to-day. 



X^ARFF S CATALOG 



Fully describes the products of our 

 1200 acre nursery, fruit and sec" 

 farm. Over 26 years'experience ii 

 r growing heaviest bearing strains of 

 'strawberries, raspberries, currants, goose- 

 | berries, blackberries, dewberries, grapes 

 and all kinds of fruit trees and shrubs. 

 ' Also seed potatoes, rhubarb, horseradish, 

 asparagus, field seeds. Send addresses of 5 fruit 

 growers and get fine currant bosh and catalog free. 



W. N. SCARFF, New Carlisle, O. 



SCHOOL OF HORTICULTURE FOR WOMEN 



(18 Miles from "Philadelphia) 



Spring Term of regular two-year 

 course begins Feb. 2nd. Practical and 

 theoretical training in the growing 01 

 fruits, vegetables and flowers. Simple 

 carpentry. Bees. Poultry. Preserving. 

 School Gardening and the Principles of 

 Landscape Gardening. Constant de- 

 mand for trained women to fill salaried 

 positions. Write for Catalogue. 

 Jessie T. Morgan, Director 

 Ambler. Pa. 



GRAPE FRUIT AND ORANGE KNIFE 



(Actual length 7 inches.) 



Just the flung for preparing grape fruit and oranges— for removing the 

 center and loosening the fruit in each cell quickly and neatly. Nickel- 

 plated steel blade handsomely mounted on ebony handle. A suitable 

 g!»t. 60 cents. Sent prepaid on receipt of price. 



The Lester Co., 76 Lenox Avenue, East Orange, N. J. 



ELECTRW 



Save I 

 draft — 



save 

 repairs 



Sherwin-Williams 



Spraying Produds 



Now put up in Dry Form for Conven- 

 ient Handling and Effective Spraying 



You can now get 3 S-W Insecticides and Fungicides in a dry 

 powdered form — easy to ship — light — no danger of freezing, 

 drying out or spoiling. Also improved in many chemical ways. 



S-W Dry Powdered Arsenate of Lead 



Dry powdered form gives maximum killing 

 power at minimum expense. 



S-W Dry Powdered Tuber Tonic 



A three-in-one potato spray that kills leaf 

 eating insects, prevents blight and acts as 

 tonic to the plant. 



S-W Dry Powdered Fungi Bordo 



An extremely effective scientific fungicide 

 of exact chemical make-up. eliminating all 

 uncertainties of home-made or commercial 

 Bordeaux Mixtures. 



Our Lime Sulphur Solution is particularly 

 effective for San Jose Scale. 



Send for our Spraying Literature 



The Sherwin-Williams Co. 



Insecticide and Fungicide Makers 

 667 Canal Road, Cleveland, O. 



Do You Have to 

 be Shown ? 



I'm told that I have the best quality of seed, give 

 the largest packages and have the most common- 

 sense Seed Book in the bunch. And I'm willing 

 to admit it. 

 Do you have to be shown ? ' 



AH right. I live close to the Mis- 

 souri line and Til ''show" you. 



I'll send you the Seed Book and a big package oj garden 

 seed.^nd you can judge for yourself. NO CHARGE FOR 

 EITHER, and you need not even send the postage unless 

 you wish. 



I also have guaranteed Clover and Alfalfa, and all kinds of 

 farm seed at Farmer's Prices. Shall I send you free samples 

 of these also ? 



HENRY FIELD. Pre: 



HENRY FIELD SEED CO. Box 101, Shenandoah, low* 



LOOK OUT 

 FOR SPARKS 



No more danger or damage from flying 

 sparks. No more poorly fitted, flimsy fire- 

 place screens. SeDd for free booklet 

 "Sparks from the Fire-side." It tells about 

 the best kind of a spark guard for your in- 

 dividual fireplace. Write to-day for free 

 booklet and make your plans early. 

 The Syracuse Wire Works 



107 UoiTersity Ayenue, • Syracuse. Jf. V, 



l /S More Water 



raised and delivered by the 



"American" Centrifugal Pump 



than by others because the 

 impeller is accurately ma- 

 chined to the casing, prevent- 

 ing any sudden change in di- 

 rection of the water. Not an 

 ounce of power is wasted. 

 Every "American'* Centrifu- 

 gal absolutely guaranteed. 

 , Write for new catalog 120. 



THE AMERICAN WELL WORKS 

 Office and Works, Aurora, 111. 

 First National Banlc Building, Chicago 



iliHr-.i^Jil^Ism 



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Underground Garbage Receiver 



Sets in the ground. Saves the battering 

 of your can and scattering of contents from 

 pounding out frozen garbage 



Sold Direct. Send for circular. 

 Thousands in use. It pays to look us up. 

 C H. Stephenson, Mfr. , 40 Farrar St.. Lynn, Mass. 





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Evergreens 



\17HEN you want some especially fine ever- 

 * " greens; the kind that have been neither 

 coddled nor forced; but possess that much 

 sought for sturdy constitution, resulting 

 from growing in the rugged climate of 

 New England: then come to us. No finer 

 trees can be found anywhere, or more rea- 

 sonably priced. Send for catalog. 



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Don't rut roads or fields. Send today for free illus- 

 trated catalog of wheels and wagons. 

 Electric Wheel Co.. 25 Elm St., Quincy, III. 



Shrubs 



NOT just the ordinary run of shrubs, but 

 the full rooted, sturdy topped kind, that 

 you can depend on. As for Rhododendrons, 

 we have an exceptional assortment of both 

 native and imported hybrids. You will say 

 they are surely priced consistently. 

 Send for catalog. 



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Stark Delicious 

 Always Shows a Profit 



The "greatest apple in the world" tops the market. There's satisfaction in growing it, be- 

 cause of its unequalled quality, and money, because of the demand for it. The man who has an orchard made up 

 largely of Stark Delicious worries less about his other crops. The practical fruit grower knows that he has a reli- 

 able money-maker in Stark Delicious. Give it a place in your orchard right away. Write quick for New 

 Wholesale Catalog showing Stark Delicious. Stark Early Elberta, and all fruits and ornamentals. Eastern 

 growers address Stark Bros., North Girard, Pa., or Dinsvillc, N. Y. Western growers address only 



STARK BROTHERS, Box 121, Louisiana, Mo. 



Home of Stark Delicious 



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