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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1918 



Better Seeds for Your Garden 



The per cent that will grow is marked on the package 



Harris Seeds are the kind that make the garden more productive and the 

 vegetables more delicious. Bred as carefully as prize live stock on our own 

 Seed Farms five miles from Rochester, Harris Seeds have for years been used 

 by the largest and most successful market gardeners. 



_ You can get fine results from this pedigree seed because every lot 

 is tested and the percentage that will grow is marked on the label. So 

 you know just how thick to plant. 



Send for our free catalogue and learn about our new strains of 

 Peas, Beans, Beets, Corn, Cauliflower, Tomatoes, Melons, etc. See 

 why our method of selecting the Seed from the best individual plant 

 s-. , enables you to produce belter sized and more deli- 



cious vegetables in greater quantities. 



Write for the free Catalogue to-day— It shows 

 how to have a truly successful garden and enables 

 you to buy direct from the actual grower at 

 wholesale prices. 



Introductory Offer — Free 



To every one sending for our Catalogue we will 

 send absolutely free one package of our famous 

 Jrondequoit Muskmelon Seed — the big 

 Melons in the picture. 



JOSEPH HARRIS COMPANY 



Box 51, Coldwater, N. Y. 



RHODES MFG. < 



527 S . DIVISION AVE., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



THE only pruner 

 made that cuts from 

 both sides of the limb 

 and does not bruise the 

 bark. Made in all styles 

 and sizes. All shears de- 

 livered free to your door. 



Write for circular and -prices 



Guaranteed Costs ! 



Build at """^ 



Wholesale Prices 



Send to-day for free book — 200 plans — "Gordon- 

 Van Tine Homes." Shows bungalows and houses 



$300 up. All wholesale. Ready-cut or not Ready-cut. Built 

 everywhere by our 100,000 customers. Highest quality 

 material supplied complete. Prompt delivery anywhere, =3=9 



Wrrfe for Book 



6305 Case Street 



Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Back Davenport, Iowa 



Gordon-VanTine Go. 





HMEH 



PURESEEDBOOK 



GET THIS BOOK FREE 



Tells how to cut living cost through pro- 

 ductive gardens. Why our Pure, Tested 

 Farm, Garden and Flower Seed grows the 

 biggest crops— the finest flowers. A 

 beautiful ii2 page book in colors: De- 

 "^jgay//// scribes new 1918 varieties vegetables 

 cr e t, 8 ;t ^tSjlti and flowers. Handsomely illustrated: 



beautiful home grounds, flower and 

 vegetable gardens, landscaping, shrubbery, orchards, farms 

 Veritable dictionary on gardening! Flower lover's delight! 

 Berry-growers' book! An orchardist's manual! Plan your 

 1918 garden from this valuable book, 

 Calloway Bros. & Co.. Dept. 411, Waterloo, Iowa 



"HOW TO GROW ROSES"— Library Edition; 121 pages— 16 in 

 natural colors. Not a catalogue. Price $1, refunded on $5 order 

 for plants. The Conard & Jones Co., Box 24, West Grove, Pa. 



Irises, Hardy Plants, Lilies and 

 Japanese Garden Specialties 



Send for our new 1917-18 Catalogue 

 Over 500 fine varieties of Irises 



1980 Montreal Avenue 

 St. Paul, Minn. 



Rainbow Gardens 



MR. ROBERT PYLE— the well-known Garden Lecturer and 

 Rosarian invites correspondence from garden lovers and societies. 

 Subject — ■ "The American Rose Garden" illustrated with finely 

 colored lantern slides. Address: West Grove, Pa. 



SALAD SECRETS, ioo recipes. Brief but complete. 15c by 

 mail. 100 Meatless recipes, 15c. 50 Sandwich recipes, 15c. All 

 three, 30c. B. H. Briggs, 456 Fourth Ave., Newark, N. J. 



COLLAPSIBLE FORCING FI1AME 



SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN 



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

 signed to increase gardening results and joys 

 Fop 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, Ji. 25 each (without seeds and seedling plants. "Write 

 glassj. F. O. E. 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. 



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HAYE S 



FftUIT-FOG 



ft -SPRAYERS 



, Last year thousands of dollars were 

 / added to fruit profits by Fruit-Fog! No 

 greater success for controlling all pests 

 and fungus diseases which destroy your 

 fruit, has ever been perfected! 



Fruit-Fog is the finest known form of spray. It 

 is produced by the high pressure of Hayes 

 Fruit-Fog ■ Sprayera.. Being superfine, it stamps 

 out the millions of hidden germs and eggs which 

 no coarse, heavy, low-pressure spray can reach. 



OVER 50 STYLES 



™ We make over 50 styles of sprayers for all kfndg 

 eof spraying:, and a full line ofhig-h-grade nozzles 

 /fittings, etc. Write at once for our Spraying 

 Manual, one of the most 

 complete guides ever 

 ■itten.and beautiful 

 - page catalog: of 

 n a y e s Fruit - Fog: 

 Sprayers. Both books 

 sent free and post- 

 paid upon request. 



HAYES PUMP & 

 PLANTER CO. 



Oept, S Galva, 111, 



iiiiBiiiiiroiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiBiii 



OLDS' 



Seed Book 



and packet Flower Seed FREE 



FOR 30 years I have sold reliable seeds. Thousands of 

 customers testify to this. My seeds not only grow, 

 but produce big yields. They must make good or I 

 will. 31st annual catalogue now ready. Write for copy. 



Lists All Kinds of Farm 

 Garden and Flower Seeds 



The best arranged, most comprehensive and easiest cat 



alogue to order from ever issued. A few specialties are : 



Certified Seed Potatoes 



Wisconsin Grown Seed Corn 



Pedigreed Oats and Barley 



Wheat, Speltz, Rye, Buckwheat, 



Northern Clover and Alfalfa 



Tested Garden and Flower Seeds 



Send postal to-day. Mention this paper. 



Will include packet flower seeds. 



L. L. OLDS SEED COMPANY 



Drawer D MADISON, WIS. 



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Your must contain a complete 



Library™' 111 *-^ is> *** 



plan to afford your children 

 the heritage of the Anglo-Saxon family. 



Published by 



Doubleday, Page, & Co., Garden City, N. Y. 



Indoor Uoset 



CHEMICAL| 30,000 Sold 

 -FifthYear 



More Comfortable, 



Healthful, Convenient 



Eliminates the out -house, open vaul t 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., 5301 6th Street, Detroit, Mich. 

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

 "Without Plumbing 



7/ a problem grows in your garden write to the Readers' Service for assistance 



