THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
OcToBER, 1906 
Water For Your Country Home 
you to enjoy all the comforts and con- 
veniences of a city water supply without 
a penny for water tax. 
It is accomplished by the Kewanee System. 
With the Kewanee System you get even more 
than city service, because, in addition to every 
benefit the latter affords, you may have 
—Soft water in your bathroom and laundry. 
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The Kewanee System is easily explained; it 
consists simply of having a Kewanee Pneumatic 
Tank set in your cellar or buried in the ground. 
The water from your own well or cistern is 
pumped into the Kewanee Tank. 
From the tank the water is delivered under 
pressure to the laundry tubs, kitchen sink, bath- 
rooms, outside hydrants or wherever wanted. 
When the tank is half full of water the air which 
originally filled the entire space will be compressed 
into the upper half of it. 
It is this pressure exerted on the water which 
delivers it to the plumbing fixtures and hydrants. 
An average pressure of 40 pounds may be main- 
tained under o:dinary conditions. This will carry 
water toa height of 80 feet, thus affording splen- 
did fire protection 
You see that the method, while perfectly simple, 
is based ona thoroughly sczentific plan. 
The Kewanee Water Supply Company was the 
first to apply this principle successfully in supply- 
ing water to country houses, and after tem vears of 
experience the system has proved to be entirely 
practical and it is rapidly growing in favor. 
Over 5.000 Kewanee Outfits now in use, 
The old style elevated tanks are passing. 
—Because they stand no show in competition 
\e YOU live in the country there is a way for 
with the modern, no-trouble system—the Kewanee 
System. 
The old fashioned gravity system meant pump- 
ing water wp in order to get it down again. 
Now, to give the necessary pressure for fire pro- 
tection and service, the elevated tank must be 
located on top of a tall tower. This is expensive, 
unsightly and unsafe. 
The water freezes in winter, becomes warm and stagnant in 
summer, and repairs are a big item of expense. 
The attic tank doesn’t give sufficient pressure for fire pro- 
tection. 
Its weight is apt to crack the plastering. and when it leaks 
(as it is pretty sze to do) your house is flooded. Just one 
such expensive accident may cost you many times the price of a 
Kewanee Outfit 
— Which cannot flood the house, because the tank is resting 
on solid ground where it can do no damage. 
‘Lhe installation of a Kewanee Pneumatic Water System 
in your country home means 
—Plenty of pure, fresh water, 
—Cool water in the summer, 
—No freezing water in winter, 
— Absolute protection from fire, 
—De>.ease in insurance rates, 
—A plant that will last a lifetime, 
—No expensive repairs. 
It solves the country water problem completely. 
The Kewanee System will take care of a// your needs— 
for home, garden, lawn, stables, poultry houses, etc. 
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Our Kewanee Outfits are complete. 
Not an engine only, which in itself cannot give you a water 
supply—nor a tank only, which is useless unless you have 
some form of pumping power— 
But, we furnish the whole thing —a@ complete system of 
water supply. 
Our engineering department is prepared to solve your water 
problem —no matter how difficult that problem may now 
appear. 
Kewanee Outfits are made in sizes suited to the smallest 
cottage—or largest building—or group of buildings. 
We guarantee every Kewanee Outfit to give perfect service. 
Send for catalog No. 16 which gives names of users in your 
State—free if you mention this magazine. 
Kewanee Water Supply Company, Drawer S, Kewanee, Ill. | 
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GROW HAWTHORNS FROM SEED 
A. E. C., New Jersey—The hawthorns (Crataegus) are 
grown from seed. Collect the seed as soon as ripe, put in 
a tub with a little water and allow them to ferment. As 
soon as the pulp has become soft rub it off and stratify 
the seeds in damp sand. Sow out of doors next April. 
PLANT ASPARAGUS IN APRIL 
B. D. F. B., New York.—The best time to plant asparagus 
is as early in the spring as the ground can be worked. It 
may be delayed until June but great care must be exercised 
to prevent the plant from suffering from want of water. 
Watch the spring numbers of the Garpen Macazine for 
an article on this subject. 
A SUCKERING ELM 
A. M. R., Cal—The elm (Ulmus racemosus) seldom 
suckers except where the trunk is suddenly killed leaving 
a healthy root system in the ground. These roots will 
immediately send up suckers. The only way that the 
ground can be cleared is to dig out the roots and when 
suckers show above the ground dig them out by the roots 
also. 
RUST JOINTS 
L. E. B., Mass.—To make a good rust joint, first put 
into it a strand of tarred rope which should be rammed 
back to the shoulder. Then pack the joint full of freshly 
made cast iron filings which have been dampened with 
water. The joint will set in three or four days. It is 
not necessary to use sal-ammoniac but it is sometimes used 
to hasten the rusting. 
NATURALIZING DAFFODILS 
E. F. D., Tenn.—The only thing that is necessary to 
naturalize daffodils in the grass is to plant them there. To 
get the best effect throw the bulbs out by the handfuls and 
plant them just where they fall. This will give a drift 
from a central colony and have the appearance of natural 
spreading. ‘The effect is greatly improved if the natural 
spread is taken in the direction of the prevailing wind. 
LIME WATER FOR WORMS 
C. F. C., Neb.—To rid the soil in your flower pots of 
worms, use limewater. To make limewater, put into ten 
or twelve quarts of water 14 or 2 lbs. of fresh lump lime. 
Let it stand a couple of days or until the lime has slacked 
and settled, then pour off the clear water for use. Water 
the infected soil with this water two or three times at inter- 
vals of two or three days. It will drive the worms out. 
GROWING PRIVET FROM HEDGES 
W. F. P., Md.—Take cuttings six inches long of the 
privet this month. ‘Tie in bundles of about fifty and store 
in damp sand in a cool cellar over winter. In April plant 
the cutting six inches apart in nursery rows in V-shaped 
trenches. These cuttings will make plants 24 feet high 
by fall. At each transplanting set the plant six inches 
deeper than they were before. This will make a hedge 
with a good bottom. 
GRADING AROUND TREES 
J. B. W., Ill.—Young trees are liable to be injured by 
a 2-foot fill of earth because the roots will be unable to get 
sufficient air. Put around the base of each tree, before 
filling in, several wheelbarrowfuls of stones. Large trees 
ought not to be injured by the fill but if you have any doubts 
build a brick wall around each tree as high as the fill will 
be deep, before the grading is done. This has been done 
in many places with success. 
GROWING THE BOX FROM CUTTINGS 
P. F. W., Md.—The box (Buxus sempervirens) may be 
hardy with you. If it is, it is the best hedge plant you can 
get for the garden. Make cuttings six inches long in Sep- 
tember when the wood hasripened. In your locality they 
will probably root if planted out of doors in a shady place. 
The dwarf variety is usually propagated by dividing the 
plants. The box can be grown from seed but it takes a 
long while to get good plants. 
THE CULTURE OF ASCENSION LILY 
H. M. P., New York—The ascension lily (Lilium can- 
didum) is one of the very best lilies for forcing. Use a 
good rich soil. Plant as soon as can be obtained, putting 
a single bulb in a 6-inch pot or three in an 8-inch pot. 
Leave out of doors until November. Then put in a cold- 
frame or cool greenhouse where there is no frost and but 
little or ne heat until January when they may be brought 
into a night temperature of 50°. Feed them once or twice a 
week with liquid manure after the stalks are one foot high. 
Keep them free from plant lice. Under this treatment they 
will bloom in April. 
