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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
DecremMBeErR, 1906 
No need to build a potting shed for the heating plant — 
this boiler is placed in a nearby building. 
You might do the same. 
A Pleasure 
|Made of Winter| 
AV E you ever 
longed to have 
a cheery, happy sort 
Ofimaaplace aw nene 
right through the winter 
months you could dig in 
the earth, plant seeds and 
watch them grow just as 
you do with such pleasure 
and benefit in the summer? 
ihe: teel of the warm sun 
on your back, soothing and 
driving dull care away while 
you make things grow in 
Mother Earth. What you 
want is a garden of glass so 
summer can be yours the 
whole year ’round. Not 
only a summer temperature, 
but an attractive, bubble-like 
enclosure with hardly any- 
thing but glass between 
you and outdoors. That’s 
the kind of greenhouse the 
U-Bar construction makes, 
and we are the only U-Bar 
builders. Send for our cat- 
alog. Build at once and 
have a chapter from Florida 
through January, February, 
and March. 
PIERSON U-BAR COMPANY 
Designers and Builders of 
U-BAR GREENHOUSES 
Metropolitan Building, 4th Ave. and 23d St. 
New York 
faa we ae, 7 
The 
HE cork-bark elm (Ulmus racemosus) is 
used to a considerable extent as a shade 
tree in cities on the coast of California. It 
is a very rapid grower, has a dense, clean 
foliage, but produces many suckers. It 
sends long underground roots twenty feet 
or more into nearby lawns and if the tree is 
cut down the suckers will fill the lawn with 
bushes. These roots seek moisture at long 
distances from the tree. I have seen beauti- 
ful gardens ruined by these suckers. Here in 
Berkeley no more will ever be planted. 
California. Ei C. Ponp. 
Suckering Elm in California 
When to Plant Eremurus 
eee impression given in the September 
GaRDEN Macazine that if ere- 
murus is planted after the first of September 
it is not likely to succeed is hardly in accord 
with my experience here in Northern Ver- 
mont. I have grown eremurus for twenty 
years, planting it nearly every fall, and I have 
never set any as early as the first of Sep- 
tember. Often the roots have not reached 
me until October and once they arrived 
from Europe so late that it was necessary to 
winter them in a cellar putting them out in 
the early spring (April). This would not 
have been successful had not the cellar been 
very cool. Most of the plants bloomed and 
all lived. I have seen little difference be- 
tween October rst and September rst for 
setting eremurus. I think that any time 
between August rsth and October roth 
would do. 
Charlotte, Vt. F. H. Horsrorp. 
ANOTHER GROWER’S EXPERIENCE 
My experience with eremurus has been 
that early planted roots have never failed 
to grow, although they will not always 
flower the first year. While it is possible 
that they might live if transplanted as late 
as October, they are not likely to give as 
good results as those set out earlier. 
The largest grower I know advises planting 
in August. He prefers to reset all unsold 
roots not later than September 15th and 
refuses all orders received after that date. 
The purchaser of comparatively expensive. 
plants like eremurus surely deserves to re- 
Woolen Don’ts 
We _ use scrupulous care in 
choosing glasses to aid our eye- 
sight. 
Why not use scrupulous 
care in selecting lamp-chimneys ? 
Macsetu is the only maker 
of lamp-chimneys who is proud 
to put his name on them. 
Let me send you my Index to 
chimneys—it’s free. Address, 
MAC BbagEe Pittsburgh. 
Fresh Rhubarb 
Grows in your cellar, for your winter table. 
Tender, red rhubarb is delicious for sauce or pies—tastes un- 
commonly good in mid-winter. You can grow the choicest plants 
in your cellar—the darker the better—without bother or care. 
I supply the roots and tell you how. You have rhubarb to eat 
in 4 to 6 weeks. 
Pick fresh, crisp stalks for the table, in coldest weather all 
winter. Beats canned fruits or preserves. 
Clumps ready for growing, 25c, each; 6 clumps 
(cnough for an average family all winter), $1 25. 
STOKES’ SEED STORE 7! pnaitspin 
Aquariums, Globes, Castles, Water 
GOLD FISH Plants, Etc. The most beautiful, 
least troublesome and longest lived 
A book full of good information for the asking. 
Pets. 
THE PIONEER AQUARIUM MFG, CO., RACINE, WIS. 
Write to-day for our art booklet ** How 
to Grow Roses”? and our New Flo- 
Roses ral Guide—FREE. 
CONARD & JONES CO., Box P, West Grove, Pa. 
Growers of ‘‘the Best Roses in America.’” 
TREES For 81 Years 
have maintained their record— 
HIGHEST QUALITY, LOW PRICE. Free 
catalog superb fruits—King David, BI’k Ben, 
Delicious apples, etc.-STARK BRo’s, LOUISIANA, Mo. 
