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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 1905 



Plant Roses Now 



Make sure of lots of beautiful blos- 

 soms next Spring by planting our large, 

 hardy, field-grown roses in the open 

 ground this Fall. That gives roses a 

 good start and makes luxuriant early 

 bloomers. Fine, strong, vigorous 

 plants of the very choicest roses best 

 adapted for Fall planting. 



$3.00 A Dozen 



Your choice of 20 varieties. Among them are: 

 General Jacqueminot. Rich crimson. 

 Magna Charta. Bright rosy pink. 

 New Century. Exquisite pink. 

 Ulrich Brunner. Rich crimson-scarlet. 

 Hargaret Dickson. Pure white. 

 Prince Camille de Rohan. Deepest crimson. 



Write to-day fur 

 complete list and 

 description of 

 roses. We '1 1 

 send our 

 Art Booklet 

 about Roses if 

 you mention 

 The Garden 

 Magazine. 



TheConard&JonesCo. 



.rowera of tlie Best Rosea in 



Box P f West Grove, Pa. 



The Warmest Sheathing 



Wind and frost proof. Not a mere felt or paper, but 

 a thick matting that retains the heat like a bird's 

 plumage. Six times as warm as the best building 

 papers, but costs less than one cent a foot. Keeps 

 warm rooms warm, or cool rooms cool, and is decay 

 and vermin proof. Send for a sample of 



Cabot's Sheathing "Quilt" 



Samuel Cabot, Sole Manfr. 

 1 Oliver Street, - Boston. Mass. 



Also maker of Ca.bot's Shingle Sta.irvs, for 



staining and preserving exterior w 

 Conservo Wood Preservative, for preserving underground woodwork. 



oodwork. 



Hardy Bulbs, 

 Plants and Shrubs 



An immense importation of large-sized 

 healthy Tulip, Hyacinth, Narcissus, Crocus 

 and other hardy bulbs. 



SPECIAL OFFER IfuTel 



Mixed Tulips. Doz., 20 cents ; 100, $1.25; 

 500, $5.50; 1,000, $10.00. Delivered any- 

 where. 



POTTING BULB COLLECTION 



3 Hyacinths, 5 Freesias, 2 Allium, 1 Calla, 

 5 Oxalis, 4 Narcissi — 20 fine bulbs for pots — 

 only 50 cents postpaid. 



HARDY PLANT COLLECTION 

 Our own growing, one strong plant each, 

 Paeony, Phlox, Pink, Bleeding Heart, Gail- 

 lardia, Larkspur, Coreopsis and Shasta 

 Daisy. Eight in all for 75 cents. 

 We offer other fine collections ; devote eight 

 pages of our fall catalogue to bulbs, six pages 

 to house plants, five pages to hardy plants. 



Catalogue sent free on request. The fall planting of 

 all hardy things is becoming very popular. See articles 

 on this subject in this magazine. 



LIVINGSTON SEED CO., 



Box 403, COLUMBUS, OHIO 



A Use for "Windfall" Pears 



" "V\7"INDFALL" pears are not generally 

 * » of much account, but we can testify 

 that there is one good use for them : they can 

 be baked, either for immediate use or to can 

 for winter. Pears with a decided flavor 

 are better than the tasteless ones for this 

 purpose. 



Here is the rule: Fill a deep pudding 

 dish with pears, cored, pared and quartered. 

 For two quarts add one cup of sugar and one 

 cup of water. Bake, closely covered, in a 

 very moderate oven several hours, or until 

 dark red. Hard pears, or "windfalls," are 

 delicious pared and baked as in the preced- 

 ing receipt. When done, and still hot, they 

 may be sealed in glass jars, and will 

 keep indefinitely. By preparing one large 

 dishful every day during the pear season a 

 supply of wholesome sauce may be easily 

 obtained from fruit that is often left to 

 waste on the ground. 



RIPENING PEARS 



The exact time to pick and "smother" 

 pears varies with the neighborhood. In the 

 vicinity of New York Clapps is ready about 

 the middle of August and our Bartlett pears 

 the end of the month — before they soften, 

 but after they reach full size. Pick them 

 very carefully by hand, and wrap each one 

 in newspaper as it is taken from the tree. 

 Stored thus in baskets in the house they will 

 ripen in a few days. They are kept from 

 light and air as much as possible and looked 

 over and rewrapped every two days until 

 they soften, when they will need handling 

 every day, or they will rot faster than they 

 can be eaten, as they spoil very easily. Our 

 two young trees give us about five bushels, 

 and it is quite a task to keep them sorted, 

 but they are too good to lose for the lack of 

 a little care. One year we stored them in 

 the cellar, but lost nearly all of them; a 

 moist place does not suit them. Sifted coal 

 ashes is recommended as a covering during 

 ripening. Though it may be quicker to 

 handle them in ashes than to wrap them in 

 newspapers, it is not so cleanly. 



We have always picked all the pears of a 

 kind on the same day. The disadvantage of 

 this plan is that they ripen all at once with a 

 rush. This year we shall try picking each 

 tree in instalments, a few days apart. First 

 all the largest and fairest, then the me- 

 dium ones, leaving the smaller ones still 

 longer, in the hope that they will ripen 

 gradually. M. Idall. 



New York. 



