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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1916 



DODSON^&S 



BIRD ^ 

 HOUSES 



Win Birds to Live 

 ^In Your Garden^ 



sC You love birds? Let me help you win them. Bluebirds, flickers, wrens, martins and 

 a dozen other kinds live in my gardens. These cheery songsters will gladden your life 

 if you will put out Dodson Bird Houses for them. 



Dodson Pnrple Martin 

 House— 26 rooms and attic. 

 Price, $12; all-copper roof, 

 $15 f.o.b. Kankakee, 111. 



Two important points — ist — get your bird houses out now so they will get a bit weather- 

 beaten; birds dislike brand new things; 2nd — get genuine Dodson bird houses. It isn't 



Dodson Wren House- 

 houses you want — it is birds; Dodson houses — results of 18 years' study — win the birds. press roo f. ' price, $5', 

 Dodson Sparrow Trap — catches sparrows automatically; works all the time; lasts a f -°- b - Kanl< 

 lifetime. No other trap like this. Price, $6, f.o.b. Kankakee, 111. 



Nature Neighbors — the greatest set of books about birds ever published. Beautiful color plates. John 



Burroughs says — "Astonishingly good." 



FRFF" ^ e >" ustrate d Dodson book telling how to win native birds; and the descriptive folder 

 * *V-*Ej about "Nature Neighbors" with a color plate of bird in natural colors, worthy of framing. 

 Dodson Sheltered Feeding Write to me on any subject connected with Native birds. Dodson Observation 



House — Complete with 8 ..^/>r-r^¥¥ ww i\rt^p/\»i p*«*a r* i »w • »#- *•• House — Watch birds 



foot pole, $8: aiicopper roof, JOSEPH H. DODSON, 709 South Harrison Ave., Kankakee, 111. home life. Price, $ 5 



$io; f.o.b. Kankakee, 111. ji/ r , Dodson is a Director of the Illinois Audubon Society f - ob - Kankakee. 111. 



Gene Stratton-Porter 



Colleges, Universities, and Schools in all parts of the world 

 have adopted her work. Her Nature Romances strike a new 

 note in American literature, and to thousands she has brought 

 a new and lasting appreciation of Nature. 



Freckles 



American Edition 



756,027 Copies Sold 



Mickey Says: 



"Get the joke of life 

 soa'ked into your 

 system good. " 



Laddi 



A True 

 Blue Story 



577,451 

 Copies Sold 



Freckles 



English Edition 



250,000 



Copies Printed Two 



Months Before 



Publication 



A Girl of the 

 Limberlost 



808,021 Copies Sold 



The Best Selling Book in America 



Michael O'Halloran 



"Be Square" 



"Fairly radiates sunshine" — Phila. Press 



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A book to prize always 

 is the beautiful new 

 leather edition of "The 

 Song of the Cardinal" 

 just out. Mrs. Porter 

 calls it "my best loved 

 book. " 



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Requests for the 

 translation rights 

 of her Nature 

 Romances into 

 French, German, 

 Swedish, Norweg- 

 ian — even into 

 Arabic, have been 

 received. 



The 



Harvester 



694,328 Copies Sold 



At the Foot of 

 the Rainbow 



176,799 Copies Sold 



FOR THE SOUTl 



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Planning Next Year's Garden 



PLAN your garden now, with your seed, plant, 

 and bulb catalogues beside you. If you kept 

 a garden calendar as advised in The Garden Maga- 

 zine, you will have that as a reference and can get 

 your color scheme correct, and avoid mistakes of the 

 preceding year. Knowing the flowers that bloom 

 at the same time you should plant in reference to 

 that and arrange to have flowers from the beginning 

 of the blooming season, when the Snowdrop pops 

 up through the ground in early February, and when 

 the Forsythia is in bloom as well as the Wallflower. 

 These are closely followed by the Crocus and the 

 brightblue starry Chionoxodora, Italian, and Roman 

 white and blue Hyacinths until late fall, when the 

 Chrysanthemum ends the season for outdoor bloom. 



Send to reliable seedsmen for catalogues. Get a 

 few new plants to test, and for naturalizing in the 

 woods or on hill sides buy by the thousand rate. 

 They can thus be gotten cheaper. 



In planting your vegetable garden study the 

 proper exposure and soil for each plant. A south- 

 ern or southeastern exposure is generally conceded 

 to be the best for a garden, and the soil should be 

 loose with plenty of sand. Much clay keeps it wet 

 and soggy. The contrary is the case for an orchard 

 — a northern exposure is preferable to prevent early 

 blossoming of the fruit trees and so avoid killing by 

 early frosts. Clay is a good soil if on a hillside 

 where it will be well drained. 



The orchard should have attention in the winter 

 months, and on clear bright days spray for San 

 Jose scale. Use the winter strength of lime sulphur 

 wash. (See The Garden Magazine, January, 1914). 

 If only a small amount is needed the lime sulphur 

 wash can be bought already mixed from either a 

 seedsman or fertilizer firm. 



In open weather much can be done outdoors in 

 January, such as the planting of deciduous trees 

 and shrubs, the trimming of trees, vines, and shrubs 

 and the laying off of paths in the garden. 



The important work for this month is spraying 

 the orchard, planting the garden, and making out 

 the seed list to avoid the spring rush. 



The little individual frames for melons should be 

 made during inclement weather, and stakes and 

 labels gotten in order. Mend glasses in the cold- 

 frames and get everything in order for the spring 

 work. 



By the end of the month have the hotbed ready 

 so as to be able to plant seed in February. 



Look after the lettuce frames; give plenty of air 

 even on the coldest days and keep carefully covered 

 at night. 



The plants in house, windows and conservatory 

 should be looked after daily, given air and watered 

 thdroughly and only when needed. Let water go 

 through the pots; don't let it stand in the saucers. 

 If a tray of galvanized iron was made to fit in the 

 window and an inch of sand spread over and the 

 pots placed on it, it would be far better than putting 

 them in saucers, for the sand soaks up the super- 

 fluous water. Some plants dry out quickly and 

 require much water and should be thoroughly 

 watered daily. Others require little water and 

 little sunlight, such as ferns, rubber plants, and 

 palms, so a thorough watering twice a week is 

 usually sufficient for them. If the plants are in pots 

 a safe test is to tap the pots with the knuckles: a 

 dull sound indicates sufficient water and a sharp 

 ring indicates dryness. 



The making of bird boxes should have every one's 

 attention, and this month it is pleasant work for 

 bad days. Remember that martins should have a 

 many-roomed house to be placed high up on a pole 

 and the little wrens are content with a tiny one- 

 roomed box, either placed in a sheltered corner of 

 the porch or in the crotch of a tree, and with a very 

 small entrance, so that the objectionable sparrow 

 cannot get in. Set traps for sparrows during the 

 winter months. 



Virginia. J. M. Patterson. 



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