December, 1917 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



173 



AMERICAN-GROWN 

 TREES 



Shrubs and 





Plants 







/^\UR ability to supply 

 \J trees, shrubs and 







plants of the highest 





quality is not curtailed 





by the stoppage of for- 





eign shipments. Buy 





nursery stock grown at 



Andorra 



Andorra. 



Nurseries 





Wm. Warner Harpt 



r. Prop. 



Box 100 



Our catalogue, 



Chestnut Hill 



"Suggestions for 

 Effective Planting" 



Phila., Penna. 



on request. 



INGEE POSFS 



Sturdy as Oaks. MWJiJLaiJ 



Dingee roses are always grown on their own roots 

 — and are absolutely the best for the amateur planter. 

 Send to-day for our 



"New Guide to Rose Culture" for 1918 



—it's free. It isn't a catalog — it's a practical work on rose 



growing. Profusely illustrated. Describes over iooo varieties 



of roses and other flowers, and tells how to grow them. Safe 



elivery guaranteed. Established 1850. 70 greenhouses. 



THE Dl \M i: & CONAHD <JO„ Box 87, West Grove, Pa. 



Verona Bird Houses 



Give your bird friends a log house. A 

 shelter in winter and a home in summer. 

 The best bird house made. Price $1.50. 

 Three for #4.20 f. o. b. Verona. Send for 

 illustrated list. 

 W. H. BAYLES, Verona, New Jersey 



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SAVE THE TREKS— Kill San lose Scale, Aphis, 

 White Fly. etc., by spraying your trees with 



GOOD'SSSFISH oil 



SOAP N?3 



Sure death to tree pests. Contains nothing injurious to 

 trees — fertilizes the soil. Used and endorsed by U. S. 

 Dept. of Agriculture. 



FRFF 0ur valuable book on Tr ee and Plant 



I lYLfLi Diseases. Write for it to-dav- 

 JAMES GOOD, Original Maker, 2111-15 E. Susquehanna Ave., Phila. 



Horsford's 



Cold 



Weather 



Plants 



F. H. 



New 25th anniversary 

 catalogue will be ready 

 early in the new year. Our Hardy Wild 

 Flowers and Ferns are very useful 

 when many of the common hardy gar- 

 den plants won't grow. Our hardy 

 Lilies and other choice perennials are 

 among the best. Don't fail to see our 

 catalogue N before purchasing. 

 HORSFORD, CHARLOTTE, VT. 



The Barrlett Wav Insure the Safety of Your Trees 



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You can do so by employing only Tree 

 Experts to care for them. All our men 

 are experts. "The BartlettWay" is your 

 absolute assurance of saje and sure re- 

 sults. Representatives go everywhere. 

 Send for free book — "Tree Talk." 



THE F. A. BARTLETT CO. 



538 Main St., Stamford, Conn. 



Brooks Rupture 

 Appliance is the product 

 cf science. Invented and 

 manufactured by sanitarium 

 experts, who for 30 years have 

 been treating Rupture successfully. 

 Don't accept a substitute. Insist ] 

 on Brooks Rupture Appliance, 

 the new scientific invention that has 

 proven a godsend to rupture-tortured 

 humanity. Sent on trial to prove its 

 worth. Made to measure. Durable 

 cheap. Write to-day for free 

 Brooks ^H?4>. measure blanks and full 

 Appliance ^*%»~ particulars. 



Help You Help Mr, Hoover 



These beautiful houses will supply your table with an abundant supply of 

 fresh vegetables and fruits all winter long. 



Write for our descriptive literature. Tell us the kind of surroundings with 

 which you want your greenhouse to harmonize. Submit your ideas; then 

 our experts will furnish plans and estimates for approval. No obligations 

 on your part of course. 



KING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 



ALL THE SUNLIGHT 

 ALL DAY HOUSES 



390 King's Road, North Tonawanda, N. Y. 



Branch Offices: 



New York, 1476 Broadway 

 Scranton, 307 Irving Avenue 

 Boston, 113 State Street 

 Philadelphia, Harrison Building, 

 15th and Market Streets 





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TTHE | ORIGINAL 



Moor 



aCHEMICALf 

 oset 



I CHEMICALf 30,000 Sold 

 -FifthYear 



More Comfortable, 

 Healthful, Convenient 



Eliminates the out-house, open vault and 

 cesspool, which are breeding places for 

 germs. Have a warm, sanitary, odorless 

 toilet right in your house. No going out 

 in cold weather. A boon to invalids. 

 Endorsed by State Boards of Health. 



ABSOLUTELY ODORLESS 



Put It Anywhere in the House 



The germs are killed by a chemical process in water in the 

 container. Empty once a month. No more trouble to empty 

 than ashes. Closet absolutely guaranteed. Guarantee on file 

 in the office of this publication. Ask for catalogue and price. 

 ROWE SANITARY MFG. CO., 5312 6th Street, Detroit, Mich. 

 Ask about the Ro-San Washstand— Hot and Cold Running Water 

 Without Plumbing 



STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, 

 Etc. OF THE GARDEN MAGAZINE, published in accordance 

 with the Act of Congress of August 24, 1012: Publishers, Doubleday, 

 Page & Co., Garden City, N. Y.; Editor and Managing Editor, 

 Leonard Barron, Garden City, N. Y.; Owners, Doubleday, Page 

 & Co., Garden City, N. Y. 



Stockholders holding 1 per cent, or more of total amount of stock on 

 Oct. 1, 1917: F. N. Doubleday, Garden City, N. Y.; W. H. 

 Page, London, England; H. S. Houston, Garden City, N. Y.; S. A 

 Everitt, Garden City, N. Y.; A. W. Page, Garden City, N . Y.; 

 Russell Doubleday, Garden City, N. Y.; Nelson Doubleday 

 Garden City, N. Y.; N. de G. Doubleday, Oyster Bay, N. Y, 

 W. F. Etherington, New York City; R. M. Fair, Chicago, 111. 

 H. W. Lanier, Eliot, Me. 



Known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders holding 

 1 per cent, or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages or other 

 securities: None. 



{Signed) DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMANY 

 By S. A. Everitt, Treasurer 

 Sworn and subscribed before me this 1st day of October, 1917. 



(Signed) Albert H. Jennings, Notary Public 

 Nassau County, N. Y. 

 Commission Expires March 30, 1918 



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"BUFFALO" PORTABLE POULTRY RUNWAYS 



^ enable you to make any size yard or runway desired. Can be moved to other locations at will. Prices as follows: 



= 7 ft. Inn? x 5 ft. high $3.7.» per section 8 ft. lona x 2 ft. high $2.00 per section 



^ 2 ft. 6 In. long x 5 ft. (Gate) 1.60 » " 6 ft. Ion? x 2 ft. high 1.60 ** » 



=i Above prices are for orders consisting of six sections or more and are F.O.B. cars Buffalo, N. Y. Best article on the 



= market for young' chicks, ducks, geese, and other small fowl or animals, also for enclosing small gardens in season. 



= Place your order to-day! You will be well satisfied. Send check, money order or New York draft and we will send 



= you the greatest article on the market for poultry or dog kennel purposes. Booklet 67A describing this system will be mailed upon request, with 



j| six cents to cover postage. BUFFALO WIRE WORKS CO. (Formerly Scheeler's Sons) 467 Terrace, BUFFALO, N. Y. 



COLLAPSIBLE FORCING FRAME 



SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN 



Garden hobbyists everywhere will be interested in two new devices de- 

 signed to increase gardening results and joys 

 For Forcing Vegetables, etc. . is a The Propagator is the greatest 

 rigid frame, so braced that glass little "hothouse" ever invented, 

 cannot be blown out, and is water- Heated by lamp. Great for forcing 

 tight. Price, $1.25 each (without seeds and seedling plants. Write 

 glass}. F. O. B. Boston. for price. 



Write for descriptive circular of these novelties. Most horticultural 



supply stores sell them 

 ROBERT F. TOOPE, 27 St. Botolph Street, Boston, Mass. 



Brooder for 50 to 100 chicks 



No. 3 Poultry House for 60 hens — 2 units 



■ Loop 



HODGSON PORTABLE HOUSES 



The various models of these houses are arranged after the most scientific methods of raising poultry. Years of experience have proved 

 this. The brooder can be operated outdoors in zero weather. The poultry house is made in sections that can be quickly bolted together 

 by any one. The setting coop keeps a hen by herself while setting. All neatly painted. Send for illustrated booklet. 



EI-i t ir\T\r* C i"\lVT PAnJiniHTV Room 311. 116 Washington Stree ', Boston, Massachusetts 

 . K HULKjMJIN COMrAINY 6 East 39th Street, New York City 



