December, 1915 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



161 



Evergreens 

 and Climate 



WE HAVE a climate map of New 

 York showing why evergreens 

 hardy at New York are native 

 to regions having an annual range of 40°, 

 50°, or G0°, and a January mean of 30°, 

 or colder, as the following aud adjacent 

 regions; New England, the mountains 

 of North Carolina, Michigan, and the 

 Rocky Mountains in Colorado, the 

 mountains of northern Japan, Korea, 

 Manchuria, southern Siberia, the Cau- 

 casus Mountains, and the Balkan 

 peninsula. 



To make our tests more complete, 

 some have been given away to custom- 

 ers. Want some? Send for list suited 

 to your conditions. 



You wiU enjoy the beauty of ever- 

 greens now. Come and see some of 

 the evergreen gardens in this vicinity or 

 send for sample branches. 



It's fun to collect big evergreens 

 from the vicinity in winter. Guaran- 

 teed to grow satisfactorily. 



For Christmas try 

 a group of Pine or Fir — 

 Holly and Birch added 

 free. 



icks Jre^5 



Isaac Hicks &>Son 



Westburu . Long Island 



SCHOOL OF HORTICULTURE FOR WOMEN 

 Ambler, Pennsylvania 



Spring- Term of regular two year course 

 begins Feb. 14th. Practical and theoret- 

 ical training in the growing of fruits, 

 vegetables and flowers. Simple carpen- 

 try. Bees. Poultry. Preserving. School 

 Gardening and elementary Landscape 

 Gardening. The demand for trained 

 women to till positions, along horticul- 

 tural lines, is steadily growing. Eliza- 

 beth Loighton Lee, Director, Consult- 

 ant to the Garden Club of America. 



(/ 8 Miles from "Philadelphia) 



Apples 



PAYING ORCHARD 

 INVESTMENT 



The Albemarle Pippin — the favorite apple of the late 

 Queen Victoria and the present Royal Family of 

 England — the finest flavored apple in the world, 

 grows only in very restricted areas. We ship to 

 satisfied customers in thirty odd states and abroad 

 at $2.50 per box in Oct., $3.00 in Nov. and S4.00 

 after Dec. 1, irrespective of market price of ordinary 

 apples. Send us an order. Will sell half interest in 

 paying orchard, increasing in value: nine crops in 

 nine years; satisfactory guarantee of not less than 

 10% net to investor. Need money to care for 

 large orchards not yet bearing. Best references. 

 Might sell the whole. 



Albemarle Pippin Co., Charlottesville, Virginia 



BIRD HOMES FOR 

 XMAS GIFTS 



Add beauty to your lawn or garden. 

 Provide a home for the birds. A prac- 

 tical, appropriate Xmas gift. 



Knock Down Houses — 



Ready-Built Houses 



We will send any of our artistic bird 



houses to address you|may send us. 



We enclose your Xmas greeting. 



Free — Illustrated Book of Bird 



Homes and Lawn Accessories. 



E. E. EDMANSON & CO. 



622-8 S.Norton St., Chicago, 111 



Standard 

 of the World" 



TT IS a permanent improvement that adds 

 *- more than its cost to the value of the prop- 

 erty enclosed. Nothing goes further toward 

 giving house and grounds an atmosphere 

 of elegance, refinement and privacy — the 

 finishing touch to outside surroundings. 



Over 350 plain and ornamental designs to har- 

 monize with any house, garden or grounds. Styles 



for every purpose — town houses, suburban homes, country 

 estates, parks, cemeteries, factories, schools, churches, etc. 

 Book of designs, upon request. Write for it, giving brief 

 description of property. 



THE STEWART IRON WORKS CO. 



Dept. "D" Cincinnati, Ohio 

 "The World's Greatest Iron Fence Builders" 



Wire Fence, General 

 Iron and Wire Work 



T ~\^Z 



EVERYTHING for the 

 decoration of your garden. 

 That's what Mathews Garden 

 Craft means. Everything to make 

 your gardens more livable and com- 

 fortable. Summer Houses, Arbors, 

 Trellises, Lattices, Pergolas, and many 

 more decorations are shown in our 

 new garden book. This book will 

 be sent tree upon request. Plan your 

 garden decorations now — jit's none 

 too early. 



THE MATHEWS MANUFACTURING CO. 

 9th Floor Williamson Bldg, Cleveland, Ohio 



ggggjge 



Befriend the birds 



Wild birds are our friends and neighbors. Feed them 

 suet — one of the basic foods for 



'fllL L\HiUfft/!E i.1 H supplying their organic matter. 



Do it the best way with 



WHITE'S 

 Suet Basket 



(Patented April 17, 1914) 

 Made of strong brown Japanned 

 Metal — will not corrode or rust. 

 Fits any tree or post and lasts a 

 lifetime. Get some of these baskets 

 and keep the song birds home. By 

 Send for illustrated circular and 



"Have a Heart" 

 mail postpaid, Sr.oo, 

 price list of "Bird Devices". 



Charles E. White, Box 48, 



Kenilworth, Illinois 



MAGIC FLOWERS 



A UNIQUE novel decoration for 

 your CHRISTMAS Table. A 

 source of keenest interest to sick 

 friends, invalids and shut-ins who 

 watch with daily delight the mysteri- 

 ous blossoming. 



THE BYZANTINE 

 WONDER LILY 



This bulb needs NO water, NO 

 soil, NO care, only SUNSHINE 

 and warmth to unfold its delicate rosy 

 flowers, in 1 to 15 days, continuing 

 in bloom 3 to 4 Weeks. 



Large bulbs . 

 Monster bulbs 



Jumbo (scarce) 



Each 3 



20 50 



30 80 



40 $1.10 



$1.75 

 $2.75 



Price Includes Delivery 



MAGIC LILIES OF VALLEY 



SO pure, SO fragrant, SO entrancing. 

 Whoever knows it, loves it. Planted in our 

 specially prepared Mossfibre, this beautiful 

 flower will grow and bloom inside 18 to 20 

 days. We furnish with every order sufficient 

 Mossfibre, to grow the pips; also FULL 

 directions "How to grow successfully." 



6 pips . 



12 pips . 



20 pips . 



50 pips . 



100 pips 



40c 



65c 



$1.00 



$2.25 



$4.00 



i«i» ...... ;p 



Price Includes Delivery 



Send for our Bulbbook for House Bulbs. 

 It will interest you 



H. H. BERGER & CO., (Established 1877) 

 70 Warren Street New York 



RHODES DOUBLE CUT 



PRUNING SHEAR 



RHODES MFG. CO 



Cuts from both 

 sides of limb and 

 does not bruise the 

 bark. 



We pay express 

 charges'on all orders. 



Write for cir- 

 cular and prices. 



52V S. Division Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. 



'Orchard 

 Success" 



is a small pamphlet of big ideas that you 

 should send for at once. It tells how thorough- 

 ly, quickly and cheaply you can rid your orchard ' 

 of all scale, larvae, eggs and fungi. It describes 

 ''scalecide the one great dormant spray," which 

 mixed i to 15, is guaranteed to kill every scale it 

 reaches. One barrel equals three barrels of lime 

 sulphur and there is no spray more simple, safe 

 or effective. 



Our Free Service Deparment 



m\\v Is for your special benefit. Question us about any 

 Kx^. orchardand garden sprays and tools. Ourlife- 

 time experience is yours for the_ asking. 

 Write TODAY. 

 B. G. Pratt Co., Dept. 1 

 50 Church St. N. Y„ 



DODSON^cS?) 



HOUSES 



Win Birds to Live 

 S^ln Your Garden^ 



Dodson Wren House — 

 Solid Oak. with cy- 

 press roof. Price, $5. 

 f.o.b. Kankakee. 



sC There's nothing in the world that will give more happiness than a Dodson Bird House or 

 Feeding House; birds bring cheer and happiness every year for a lifetime. Be sure you get 

 genuine Dodson Houses; they win birds; I've given 18 years to loving, studying, working 

 for birds. If you love birds, please set out feeding stations for them 

 ?i»« s -» n P * r ? le Mar, J n »« right now; you can save the lives of many birds. 



House — 26 rooms and attic. ° ' J J 



Price. $12; all-copper roof, Dodson Sparrow Trap — now catching sparrows in every state. Wonderful success. 

 $15 f.o.b. Kankakee. j^ (-[) el - tra p ]jk e this. Automatic drop trap and double funnel trap combined. Strong 



— electrically welded wire. Price, $6 f.o.b. Chicago. 

 Nature Neighbors — the best set of books about birds. Beautiful color plates; articles by leading 

 authorities. No bird lover should be without these splendid books. 



The illustrated Dodson book telling how to win native birds to your gardens; a descriptive 

 folder about Nature Neighbors illustrated by bird in natural colors — a picture worthy of 

 Dodson Sheltered Feeding framing. Write to "The man the birds love" — Dodson Observation 



House — Complete with 8 »^«^«»» «« n/snn/Mi _ «~ o 1 wy »*• 1 1 *.. Birfl House — Watch 



foot pole, $8; aii-copper JOSEPH H. DODSON, 709 South Harrison Ave., Kankakee, 111. birds- home life. Pi 



roof. $10; f.o.b. Kankakee. jf r _ Dodson is a Director of the Illinois Audubon Society 



FREE 



, f.o.b. Kankakee. 



