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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 191 



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The Cloche Co. 



C. H. Allender, Mgr. 



Begs to announce the removal to more 

 commodious quarters at 



37 Warren Street 



New York City 



Order Your Paper Pots Early 



No increase in price, while present 

 stocks last. 



2x2 4x2 



3x3 



4x3 



Make gardening a pleasure and a success. 

 When it is time to set your plants out 

 of doors you simply plant the pot in 

 the ground and it rots away. Set 

 your "Groquik" Forcers over them 

 and you will have the finest results — 

 4 to 5 weeks ahead of the ordinary 

 method. 



Per 



ioo 



2X2 size — for all small Plants. . . $ .75 



4x2 size — for Sweet Peas only. . 1.00 



3x3 size — for Tomatoes, Melons, 



Cucumbers, etc 1.25 



4x3 size — for Corn, Beans, etc.. 1.50 



Every Seed Means a Plant! 



"Groquik" Forcers 



Per 



1000 



$5.00 



6.00 



6.50 

 7.00 



SIZE c 

 $16.00 per 100 



SIZE B 

 $10.50 per 100 



Glass extra. Smaller quantities can be had. 

 Send for price list. 



Single Wire Forcers 



as shown alongside, are 

 assembled by simply in- 

 serting the glass in the 

 side loops. Any size of 

 glass can be used. 

 Sample on receipt of 15c 



Wires only, per dozen $ 1.50 



Wires only, per 100 11.50 



This is the N. Y. Division Selling 

 Agency of The Skinner Irrigation 

 Co. Stock of Fittings, etc., always 

 on hand. 





(Continued from page 204) 

 the whole season. It is better to order too 

 much than to under-order, but don't be 

 wasteful — good seed is scarce. Order only 

 from reliable firms. Labor is too valuable now 

 to throw time away in planting poor seed. 

 Get the very best. Plant prolific types, as 

 quantity is a factor now. Try a few new and 

 well recommended varieties, but for the main 

 crops stick to the well tested varieties. Below 

 is a list of vegetables that have proven of 

 fine quality and suitable for the home garden 

 in this section. 



Asparagus: Giant Argenteuil. 



Beans: Burpee's Stringless Green-pod Bush-bean; Early 

 Valentine (Red); Kentucky Wonder (Climbing); Fordhook 

 Bush Lima; Southern Butter-bean (Pole); Burpee's Giant 

 Podded Pole Lima. 



Beets: Bassano; Extra Early Egyptian; Eclipse. 



Chard: Lucullus. 



Brussei.'s Sprouts: Burpee's Danish Prize. 



Cabbage: Early Jersey Wakefield; Succession; Early Flat 

 Dutch; Autumn King. 



Carrots: Chantenay. 



Cauliflower: Burpee's Dry-weather. 



Celery: Golden Self-blanching; Winter Queen. 



Corn: Golden Bantam (early); Adams Extra Early; 

 Howling Mob; Country Gentleman: Stowell's White Evergreen. 



Cucumbers: Davis, Perfect; White Spine. 



Eggplant: Black Beauty. 



Endive: White Curled. 



Kale: Dwarf Scotch. 



Lettuce: Burpee's Way-ahead; Big Boston; May King; 

 Dwarf White Heart Cos. 



Musk Melon: Netted Gem. 



Watermelon: Florida Favorite. 



Okra: White Velvet. 



Onions: Silver King; Potato onion; Yellow Danvers; White 

 Queen; Prizetaker. 



Peas: Burpee's Extra Early; Alaska; Telephone; Nott's 

 Excelsior; Champion of England; Black Eyed Peas. 



Peppers: Chinese Giant; Neopolitan; Ruby King; Tabasco. 



Pumpkins: Jumbo King. 



Radishes: Scarlet Button; White Icicle. 



Rhubarb: Wyatt's Victoria. 



Salsify: Sandwich Island Mammoth. 



Spinach: Victoria. 



Squash: Early White Bush; Golden Crookneck. 



Tomato: Chalk's Early Jewel; Sparks' Earliana; Brimmer; 

 Bonny Best; Success; Stone; Matchless. 



Turnips: Purple Top; Norfolk (for salad). 



Potatoes: Early Rose; Eureka Extra Early; Irish Cobbler; 

 Green Mountain. 



Early Planting 



PLANTING does not form a conspicuous 

 part of the work for this month. But 

 during the fine weather it is a good month to 

 plant an asparagus bed; also as peas are a 

 cold weather plant the smooth varieties of 

 garden peas can be sowed the first and the 

 middle of the month. Sweet peas should also 

 be sowed now. Make a trench two feet 

 deep, put in it six inches of well-rotted 

 cow manure, and over this a four inch 

 layer of good garden soil, on this sow the 

 seed, and cover with three or four — inches 

 of soil. As the plants appear gradually fill 

 in the trench. This makes them deep rooted 

 and able to resist the intense heat, and with 

 a little mulching of leaves or grass clippings 

 the sweet peas will bloom for a much longer 

 period. Peas and beans and all plants of the 

 leguminous kind will give a bigger yield if the 

 seed is inoculated before planting. There 

 are good methods of inoculation that have 

 been advertised in the columns of this maga- 

 zine from time to time. 



T 



Begin to Spray 



HE orchard should be looked after now 

 and then and if there is any appearance 

 of San Jose scale or oyster scale the trees 

 should be sprayed with lime-sulphur wash 

 several times during the winter. If the trees 

 were not pruned in the fall they should be 

 pruned now before the sap rises in February. 

 Do. not trim any of the early blooming 

 shrubs at this time; such as Lilac, Forsythia 

 and Spiraea. 



(Continued on page 208) \ 



The Readers' Service will gladly furnish information about Gardening 



Water Your Garden 

 The Skinner System Way 



L_IOSE watering means too much in some spots, too 

 ■*■ •*■ little in others; none at all in still others. Also 

 means a lot of bother and trouble. 



Water your garden the Skinner way. 



The Skinner System waters thoroughly and uni- 

 formly. The water falls in a gentle rain that will not 

 harm tender plants or pack the soil. 



For #18.75 y° u can have one of our complete Port- 

 able Watering Lines, 50 feet long. It waters 25 feet 

 on each side of it. Equipped with quick, easy work- 

 ing couplings. Pipes galvanized. Nozzles are brass. 

 Nothing to get out of order. Our 100 feet line costs 

 #36.2$. Prices on other lengths proportionate. 



Write for catalogue. Also ask us about our new 

 Automatic Oscillator; a little device that makes :t 

 possible for you to turn on your water and forget it, 

 knowing that it will be shut off automatically when 

 your garden has been satisfactorily watered. 



The Skinner Irrigation Co, 



KINNER 



YSTEM 



OF" IRRIGATION. 



Troy 

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A Green Lawn in Dog-Days 

 Had a Good Start in Spring 



The first few weeks in spring "set 

 the style" for your lawn. Rich 

 green grass in mid-summer means 

 that you fed the roots in spring 

 with a fertilizer that the plants 

 could take up quickly and readily. 



Takoma Odorless 

 Lawn Plant Food 



makes green healthy 

 grass; is clean, abso- 

 lutely odorless, and 

 easy to handle; costs 

 less than other fer- 

 tilizers, because you use less. 



"The Maintenance of Lawns," 



gives full instructions for making 

 new lawns and renovating old ones. 



Send for a copy 



Odorless Plant Food Co. 



1317 New York Avenue 



Washington, D. C. 



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School of Horticulture for Women 



AMBLER, PA. 



Two years' practical and theoretical course 



in Horticulture. Next entering class for 



diploma students January 15, 1918. Fall 



course of ten weeks for amateurs begins 



September 11th. Write for particulars. 



Early registration advised. 



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