October, 1905 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



153 



Beautiful Lawns 



Are the pride of the home; why disfigure 

 with ugly clothes posts ? 



Hill's Lawn Clothes Dryers 



hold 100 to 150 feet of line, take small space, 

 quickly removed when not in use. Make 

 a neat and tasty appearance, last a life-time. 



More than 2 million people use them. 

 No traveling in wet grass. No snow to 

 shovel. The line comes to you. Also 



Balcony and Roof Clothes Dryers. 



If not found at your hardware store write 



HILL DRYER CO. 



359 Park Ave., Worcester, Mass. 

 Write for Cat. 39. 





Carnation 

 Plants 



For Greenhouse 

 Growing 



Large, bushy plants: 

 Clean, healthy stock. 

 Ready for delivery now. 

 All the standard varie- 

 ties, and new produc- 

 tions. The most satis- 

 factory stock for the 

 private greenhouse. 

 List and prices on ap- 

 plication. 



" PROSPERITY •' M ' nti MazL'ln?r rdC ' 1 



THE LEO NIESSEN COMPANY, 1217 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



JAPANESE GARDENS 



and plants. Extensive nurseries in Japan and America. 

 Send /or Catalogue. 

 HINODE FLORIST COMPANY, Whitestone, Long Island 



Carnation Support 



made of galvanized wire, to take the place of the old- 

 fashioned insect-harboring, decaying, wooden supports. 

 It means not only economy to private or market 

 growers, but superior quality, greater quantity. 



READY FOR DELIVERY: ORDER NOW. 



PRICES 



The Igoe Carnation Supports 



Two rings, per ioo . $3.50 



Two rings, per 500 . 16.00 



Three rings, per 100 . 4.00 



Three rings, per 500 . 1 8.00 



You also need some Tying Wire 

 which does not rot nor untie. No. 18, 

 galvanized, 12 lbs. for 85c. No. 19, 12 

 lbs. for $1. 



The 1QOE TOMATO AND LARGE 

 PLANT SUPPORTS mean a more 

 abundant crop of Tomatoes of superior 

 quality, and more beauty and success of 

 your heavily flowered plants, such as Pe- 

 l. onies, Dahlias, Golden Glow, Chrysan- 

 "^ themums, etc. Same style as Carnation 

 Supports, but larger. $1.75 per dozen. $12.50 per 100. 



IG0E BROTHERS, 228 North 9th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Making Beds for Mushrooms 



at Christmas 



HPHE most favorable season for starting 

 -*- mushroom beds is when the cold nights 

 of fall arrive. Begin preparing the soil in the 

 latter part of September, making up the bed 

 in the middle of October, which will insure 

 a crop in full bearing by Christmas and 

 lasting until March, and often longer. But 

 beds may be made up at any time, provided 

 a good supply of fresh manure is available 

 and there is plenty of cellar room. 



Any cellar that is dry, frost proof and 

 capable of being aired may be utilized with 

 satisfactory results, but the preparation of 

 the fermenting material must be accom- 

 plished in an airy outbuilding that any 

 fumes may pass off. 



THE BEST MATERIAL 



The best material for the bed is good fresh 

 horse droppings, free from coarse litter, which 

 should be got together as quickly as possible, 

 so that a sufficient quantity may be in the 

 proper condition to make up a bed. Get 

 manure from healthy horses that are fed grain 

 freely. The manure should be turned over 

 every second day, to allow of the proper airing 

 and to enable it to dry, so that when squeezed 

 no moisture is expressed. This may take 

 eight to ten days, if the weather be not 

 damp. 



If it is difficult to dry the manure (as often 

 happens in wet or cold weather), add dry 

 loam to the extent of about one-fourth. 

 Should the turning be neglected, or the 

 manure be heaped too high while in prepara- 

 tion, heat will be generated that will cause 

 the compost to burn, which is shown by its 

 turning white. 



TEMPERATURE 



When enough material is ready, make up 

 the bed in a cellar for early winter crops. A 

 minimum temperature of 50 is the best, and 

 a bed in such a place should give results all 

 through the winter. A nuisance of these 

 early beds will be a plentiful crop of flies. 



Given a good dry cellar bottom, a 10-inch 

 board or plank set on edge, and we are ready 

 for the manure. This must be spread in thin 

 layers and thoroughly trodden. Each layer 

 as it is laid on must be packed as hard as pos- 

 sible, to prevent the material from heating 

 too violently and so injuring the spawn. 

 When sufficient material is added to make 

 the required depth, ten inches in front, sloping 

 upward to twelve inches at the back, a ther- 

 mometer may be plunged and made firm, to 

 register accurately the temperature as it 

 rises. 



WHEN TO SPAWN 



In a general way it may be taken as safe to 

 spawn when the heat does not rise above 95 ; 

 should it go above ioo°, water must be given 

 to cool the bed, or it may even be necessary 

 to take out the bed, and after letting the 

 manure sweat for a few hours, say a day 

 and a night, make up the bed again. 



Assuming that the conditions are favorable 

 after a week's waiting, the spawn may be 

 broken up into pieces about the size of a large 



PROTECTION 

 FROM FIRE 



NEW MODEL AUTOMATIC FIRE 

 ESCAPE makes a firm, strong, steel lad- 

 der, that two persons may descend abreast at 

 one time. An entire family of 15 persons may 

 use it at once, as each section is tested up to 

 2,000 pounds weight. For country homes of 

 two, three, or four stories it is ideal. Con- 

 structed of two or three strands of steel wire in 

 the strongest, simplest manner it affords a 

 rigidity and sense of 

 security when in use that 

 has hitherto been un- 

 known to portable fire 

 escapes. It is unbreak- 

 able, unburnable and will 

 never wear out. 



Price, $15,00 



Write for Catalog 



Ladder Under Window- 

 sill When not in Use 



PARKER-BRUEN MFG. CO., Inc. 



OUR NEW YORK CITY OFFICE : 



J5J9 St. James Building 



PRUNING SHEARS 



Best Solid Steel 

 Price 60 cents 



including' postage. Special offer 



for October. 

 Headquarters for Pruning Tools 

 and Agricultural Implements. 



J. S. WOODHOUSE, 191-5 Water St., New York 

 Navajo Turquoise Stick Pin, 50 Cents 



We have had one of the best Navajo Indian silver- 

 smiths make up for us a number of these hand -hammered, 

 solid silver stick pins, in form of the Navajo Swastika 

 Cross, and each one prettily set with a piece of genuine 

 native turquois. Price to The Garden Magazine 

 readers only 50 cents each, prepaid; 2 for 90 cents. 

 Supply is limited, so order at once. If you have not 

 our catalogue, send for it. It contains 44 pages, and 

 lists the best selection of Mexican Drawnwork and 

 Indian Handicraft of any publication issued. FREE 

 -ith orders, or alone 4 cents. 

 THE P KAN MS E. LESTEK CO., Dept. 94B, fllesilta Park, New Mexico 



