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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



December, 190 5 



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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year' 



THE WOODSMAN'S GREETING 



Once again I greet you, wishing my many friends and customers and all 

 readers of The Garden Magazine a Merry Christmas and a Happy New 

 Year. Good Dame Nature has been kind this year and I have vast quantities 

 of Wild Smilax, Holly and Mistletoe with which to decorate Home and 

 Church, to greet good, old " Santa Claus" and to celebrate the birth of the 

 Saviour of mankind. 



Please let me have your orders for the decoration of your Home or Church 

 as early as possible for, at this busy season, this insures so much better service. 



SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX 

 This lovely evergreen vine is undoubtedly the most graceful and the most useful of the many 

 beautiful Southern Christmas Decoratives. The greatest point in its favor, outside of its great 

 beauty, is its remarkable decorative quality. It is wonderfully lasting; does not drop its leaves, 

 wilt, or curl, but dries retaining all its beautiful color. 



Case No. 1, containing sufficient to cover 100 square feet, weight 15 lbs., $1.00 



3, 



4, 



" 5, 



6, 



200 



20 ' 



2.00 



300 



" 25 ' 



3.00 



400 



30 ' 



4.00 



500 



" 40 ' 



5.00 



600 



50 ' 



6.00 



Caldwell the Woodsman 

 The man who gave you the Wild Smilax 



MAGNOLIA FOLIAGE 

 The Magnolia is the most beautiful of all the beautiful ever- 

 green trees in the South, and the branches are particularly desirable 

 for Christmas decorations. We also supply beautiful wreaths made 

 of these leaves, which retain their color a long time and when they 

 dry turn a very dark, glossy brown quite as pretty as when green. 

 Packed in boxes containing 100 sprays, $1.00 

 200 ' ; 2.00 



300 " 3.00 



" 400 " 4.00 



" 500 " 5.00 



600 " 6.00 



Magnolia Wreaths, 14 inches diameter, .25 

 18 " " .35 



" _ 24 " " .50 



(Larger sizes made to order), 



CHAMAEROPS AND SABAL PALM CROWNS 

 Palm crowns are palm plants with the roots removed; these are 

 found in the forests of South Alabama. The crown or heart of the 

 plant is cut out, with all the leaves, and when placed in a jardiniere 

 cannot be told from a natural plant. These crowns will last a long 

 time. Prices : 3 to 4 feet, $ .25 each 



5 " 6 " .35 " 



SABAL PALM LEAVES 

 These leaves will reach you in perfect condition and will last a 

 long time. They do not wilt or curl and can be tacked up over doors 

 or windows, or may be arranged to imitate palm plants, in jar- 

 dinieres. 



Price : Per dozen . . $ .35 

 " hundred, 2.50 



HOLLY 

 Christmas is hardly Christmas if we do not have at least a few 

 branches of Holly over doors, mirrors, and pictures in the parlor 

 and library; being gathered and shipped you fresh from the woods 

 our Holly will reach you in much better condition than that pur- 

 chased in the cities. 



5-1 bs. box $1 .00 each 



10 " 1.75 '• 



25 " 3.C0 " 



40 " 4.00 " 



50 " 5.00 " 



Hollv wreaths, 14 inches in diameter, .25 " 



IS " " .35 lL 



" " 24 " " .50 " 



MISTLETOE 



Mistletoe is quite as essential to Christmas Decorations as 

 Holly. We have an abundant Icrop of well berried Mistletoe this 

 season, and offer it in baskets containing one large cluster, as it is 

 cut from the tree, with all spaces in the basket, after the cluster is 

 put in, filled with good branches. Price, $2.00 per basket. 



LONG NEEDLE PINES 

 As beautiful as palms in decoration, with long, dark, glossy 

 green needles and beautifully marked stems. The smaller sizes are 

 particularly desirable for mantel ornaments and the larger ones, if 

 placed in jardinieres, are exceedingly beautiful in parlor and church 

 decorations. They retain their beauty and color a long time. 

 Prices: 2 to 3 feet, $ .15 each 

 3 '■ 4 '■ .20 " 

 5 "6 " .25 " 

 Assorted sizes, $2.50 per dozen 



COMPLETE DECORATIONS, PACKED IN LIGHT CASES AND READY TO PUT UP 



MANTEL DECORATION 



10 yards Southern Wild Smilax 

 1 large bunch Holly 



1 pretty Long Needle Pine 

 Price, fi.oo 



SMALL CHURCH 

 DECORATION 



12 large branches Holly 



50 small branches Magnolia 



2 Long Needle Pines 

 1 Chamaerops Palm Crown 



25 assorted Palm Leaves 

 No. 3 case Southern Smilax 

 2 pounds Gray Moss 



Price, $5.00 

 (Will decorate a small church nicely) 



PARLOR DECORATION 

 12 branches nice Hollv 

 12 vines Southern Smilax 

 12 branches Magnolia 

 1 Long Needle Pine 

 12 assorted Palm Leaves 

 x pound Gray Moss 



Price, {2.00 

 (Will decorate a very large room beau- 

 tifully) 



Galax Leaves, brilliant green and 



Bronze, by mail; one hundred 



leaves, 50c. 

 Gray Moss, 15c. per lb. 

 Fern Leaves, 25c. per 100. 

 Fern Leaves, $1.00 per 500 

 Leucothoe Sprays, $1.00 per 100 



Special Express Rates on these 

 goods, 25 per cent, less than merchan- 

 dise rates. 



Our catalogue, "The Story of the 

 Southern Evergreens," free. 



CALDWELL THE WOODSMAN, Inc. 



EVERGREEN. ALABAMA 



Pulling a Vine of Wild Smilax 



Oh, That Mistletoe Bough 



plants, cabbage plants, carrots and pump- 

 kins. I had the asparagus and rhubarb to 

 supply early vegetables. I picked my first 

 spinach on May 12th and my first peas on 

 May 28th. On June 27th I picked corn, 

 which was "Peep o' Day," and it certainly 

 was sweet. From May 15th until October 

 my garden supplied a family of nine with 

 vegetables. I dug my first potatoes on 

 June 29th, and they were beauties — no scabby 

 ones and very few little ones. I got fifteen 

 bushels. The following table shows my gain : 



Tomatoes, 20 bushels at 35 cents per bushel 

 Potatoes, 15 bushels at 60 cents per bushel 

 Onions, 4 bushels at 80 cents per bushel . 

 Peas, 6 bushels at 80 cents per bushel 

 Beets, 30 bunches at 3 cents per bunch . 

 Asparagus, 15 bunches at 12 cents per bunch 

 Rhubarb, 30 bunches at 4 cents per bunch 

 Lettuce, 50 heads at 3 cents per head 

 Celery, 200 bunches at 4 cents per bunch . 

 Beans, 24 bushels, at 40 cents per bushel . 



Spinach ' 



Squash, 20 at 3 cents each 

 Pumpkins, 14 at 5 cents each . 

 Eggplant, 6 at 5 cents each 

 Peppers, 2 packages at 20 cents each 

 Carrots, 2^ bushels at 60 cents per bushel 

 Radishes, 6 bunches at 2 cents per bunch 

 Turnips, 3 bushels at 20 cents per bushel 

 Corn, 90 dozen at 18 cents per dozen 

 Lima beans, 2 bushels at 80 cents per bushel 

 Cabbage, 60 head at 3 cents per head 



Total 



Cost of seeds 

 Cost of plowing 

 Cost of manure 

 Cost of celery plants 



Total 



Total sales 

 Total expenses 



Net gain 



$7.00 



9.00 



3.20 



4.80 



.90 



1.80 



1.20 



1.50 



8.00 



9.60 



.70 



.60 



.70 



•3° 



.40 



1.50 



.12 



.60 



16.20 



1.60 



1.80 



$71.52 



.$10.28 

 . 2.50 

 . 5.00 

 . 4.00 



.$21.78 



$81.32 

 21.78 



$59-54 



The prices represent what I sold the 

 vegetables for to my mother and neighbors. 

 I raised all my own tomato, cabbage and 

 pepper plants in a 6x8 coldframe that I 

 made. I tried to raise celery plants, but 

 when they got a fair size two ducks got in the 

 patch and pulled up nearly all. The follow- 

 ing table shows when I planted the vegetables. 



March 10th (in coldframe), tomato seed 

 (Earliest of All); cabbage (Flat Dutch). 



April 5th, two rows peas (Earliest of All) ; 

 one row spinach; one row Market Garden- 

 er's beets. April 6th, four rows onion sets 

 (Prizetaker) ; two rows onion seed; twelve 

 rows Early Rose potatoes. April 29th, one 

 row cabbage plants; one row tomato plants. 



May 1st, two rows beans; one row corn 

 (Peep o' Day) ; six rows carrots. May 2d, 

 Summer Squash; twenty-eight hills White 

 Spine cucumber. May 4th, one row pepper 

 plants; one row beans. May 5th, two rows 

 corn. May 7th, four rows tomatoes (two 

 rows Stone, two rows Earliest of All). May 

 14th, four rows corn (Country Gentleman). 



June 8th, two rows late cabbage; one row 

 lettuce. July 2d, two rows beets. July 18th, 

 six rows celery (White Plume). July 19th, 

 six rows turnips (Purple Top). 



August 4th, corn patch sown in crimson 

 clover to be plowed under for next year's 

 potatoes. William Kenneth Hunter. 



Pennsylvania. 



