December, 1917 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



171 



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Christmas Gifts "DeLuxe" 

 for Your Gardening Friends 



Gifts that prove you have given serious thought to your 

 friend's inclination, gifts fit for any home, gifts of a 

 character that will create exceptionally grateful recollec- 

 tions, such is the gift line 

 of 



Moss Aztec 

 Pottery 



Offers a wide choice of ob- 

 jects for inside the garden 

 home, from simple fern dishes 

 and bud vases to impressive 

 jardinieres and stands. The 

 quiet elegance of Moss Aztec, 

 created by unusual designs 

 and exquisite colors, make it 

 distinctly the Pottery for the 

 critical. 



Jardiniere and Pedestal 



$6.00 delivered 



Excellently modeled 9 inch 

 Jardiniere, with 17 inch 

 Pedestal to match. Order 

 this great Christmas bargain 

 as No. 216. Send for free 

 Moss Aztec Catalogue TO- 

 DAY. 



The Peters & Reed 

 Pottery Company 



**m South Zanesville 



ii* 1 Ohio 



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Dayton £3K? Sprinklers 



will cover a circle, 80 feet in diameter or a half circle, of 

 3 to 40 ft. radius, with as fine a spray as a summer rain. 

 Dayton Sprinklers are the ideal device 



for Watering Lawns 

 and Gardens 



Of simplest make and best 

 metal construction, trouble proof 

 and long lasting. Adjustable to 

 any kind of stream, operated with 

 twenty pound pressure. Type shown is 

 mounted on stand for hose connection. 

 Send for descriptive price list and 

 Special Offer TO-DAY. 



Dayton Irrigation Co., *&£? 



High Grade Seed 



For Your Vegetable and Your Flower 

 Gardens — Your Lawn — Your Farm 



Our 1918 Spring Catalogue Issued Jan. 1st 

 Sent on request 



30 & 32 Barclay Street 



New York 



Saves 



Backaches 



Ideal Bulb Planter 



igiiiiiiiiniiand Transplanting Tool 



Opens holes from smallest to 4 inches in diameter. Ash handle, 

 steel point, iron foot bracket — made well enough to give lifetime 

 service. $1.?5 each, postpaid. 



Now is the time to prepare 



for next season's gardening activity, both indoors and out. Col- 

 lapsible Paper Pots will soon be needed to start vegetable plants 

 for early crops. Lawn Trimmers, Sprinklers, Cultivators and 

 Garden Work Bags make acceptable Christmas Gifts. Write for 

 booklet of garden accessories TO-DAY. 



The Cloche Co., 131 Hudson St., N. Y. 



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Appropriate 

 Christmas Gifts | 



for 



Garden Lovers 



Feed The Birds 



Invite them to be around your garden. They will 

 repay any little act of kindness and thought by helping you 

 fight injurious insects. No other single factor we know of 

 will attract them more than 



Be°a°r?n. Ornamental Shrubs 



Bearing 



Grow the following for both beauty and usefulness:— 



Barberry, Japanese, with red berries. 

 Cornus mascula— -Cornelian Cherry, with red fruit. 

 Cornus sericia — Silky Dogwood, with blue berries. 

 English Strawberry Bush, bears fruit all winter. 

 Amoor River Privet, with black fruit all winter. 

 Upright Tartarian Honeysuckle, red fruit in fall. 

 Yellow Flowering Currant, with edible fruit. 

 Rosa Carolina the wild rose with red hips. 

 American Elder, with purple fruit in clusters. 

 High Bush Cranberry, red berries all winter. 

 Price — Any of above averaging three feet high, 35 cents each 



Splendid Christmas Gifts 



To make bird lovers happy, we will send one each 

 of above ten bird-garden shrubs for $3.00. Orders 

 booked now for Spring delivery. This offer good 

 only during December, 1917. 



awaits your call. It is ready to 

 acquaint you with the resources 

 of our 800-acre nurseries, located in New Jersey and on Long 

 Island. We are prepared to render the most complete ser- 

 vice in plants in this country. If it's worth growing, we have 

 it — in a quality beyond compare. Write or order NOW. 



A Helpful Catalog 



AMERICAN NURSERY CO., INC. 



Singer Building New York City 



Fear of Color 



Fear is the greatest friend of the human soul — the ever-pres- 

 ent guarding sense making for good health, safety, happiness, 

 and prosperity. Ignorance is the only "Devil." Send Si.oo 

 for our booklet, "Fear of Color; Fear of Plants; Fear of Plants 

 as Weeds." Revolution in vegetable gardening. 



Sow seeds in wide rows, wide beds, narrow alleys. No hand weeding - , 

 no hand thinning, earlier maturity, better quality, less than half the 

 labor, 2- to 4-fold greater yield. Onions, carrots, beets, etc., 1,500 to 

 2,000 bushels per acre. Special tools enable this by triturating the soil 

 before and after planting, by which the soil yields up niuchmore nitrates 

 for the plants. The tools are $1.00, $1.25, Si. 50 each; set of two $2.25; 

 the three $3.50. Money back if not convinced. 



Berried Shrubs Attract Birds 



Seedling berried trees and shrubs, 5 to 25 cents each. Seeds — large 

 packet, 35c; 4 packets, $1.00. Send for our booklet, "Art in Landscape 

 Gardenitig" 50 cents the copy. Lists of seedlings and seeds free. 



A. H. & N. M. LAKE, Nurserymen, Marshfield, Wisconsin 



No. 61 

 WREN 



No. 62 

 BLUE BIRD 



Protection of Birds as a War Measure 



These Rustic Cedar Bird Houses $1.25 each. 

 The 3 for $3.50. Increase Bird life and your 

 garden will increase. 



A. P. GREIM 



"Birdville" Toms River, New Jersey 



| Something New 

 | and Novel | 



| as a | 



| 'Xmas Gift 1 



P lan ts for a Garden 



TN THESE days of conserv- 

 ation and economy, why 

 give useless gifts? What 

 more beautiful thought could 

 be conveyed than the sugges- 

 tion of plants or flowers that 

 will remind the recipient of 

 you, during the whole of the 

 following year? 



We have arranged the following 

 series of Suggestions any one of 

 which will be sent prepaid in the 

 spring to any address you desire: 



No. I. 12 dormant, imported, two 

 year old Rose plants; 6 varieties 



$5.00 



No. 2. 25 assorted Hardy Chrys- 

 anthemum plants . . $5.00 



No. 3. 12 one year old clumps 

 Perennial Larkspur, assorted 

 colors $5.00 



No. 4. 6 dormant, two year old 

 Rose plants; 12 assorted Chrys- 

 anthemum plants and 6 clumps 

 Perennial Larkspur . . $7.50 



Send us your order now with 

 names and addresses of friends to 

 whom you wish the plants sent and 

 we will mail them our special 

 Christmas card in time to reach 

 them by 'Xmas Eve' advising them 

 of your gift of plants. 



A ''Hive and lasting' 'Xmas present 

 everyone will appreciate 



Charles H. Totty 



Madison New Jersey 



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