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"THOUSANDS of people buy shingles for their 
roofs rather than face the prospect of paint- 
ing a ready roofing every year or two. 
Shingles are expensive, but they are actually 
cheaper during ten years than a ready roofing 
which needs frequent painting to keep it free 
from leaks. 
Amatite roofing costs less than half as much 
as shingles and does not need painting either. 
It is easier to lay and will give years of long 
hard service without any care. 
Amatite has a real mineral surface. That’s 
why it needs no painting. Once laid on your 
roof your building has real protection. 
Amatite is easier to lay than ever this year. 
The liquid cement for the laps does not require 
heating before use. A three-inch smooth mar- 
Ifyou are planning to build, the Readers’ 
Service can give you helpjul suggestions 
\ reason to use | 
with ho» \= 
Better Than Shingles 
There is no 
SEs hingles 
gin is left at the edge of the sheet so that the 
‘laps will be tight fitting and easily cemented. 
The large headed nails which we furnish save 
fussing with caps, which rust easily. 
Amatite is up to date. 
FREE SAMPLE 
We should like to send you a Free Sample 
of Amatite and illustrated Booklet telling all 
about it. Write to-day to our nearest office and 
you will learn something to your advantage. 
Barrett Manufacturing Company 
New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Cleveland, 
Allegheny, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Minneapolis, New 
Orleans, Boston, London, Eng. 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
HAS MADE SPRAYING EASY. Pi ¥ineeFo=" 
The N. Y. Herald, November 17, ’07, says: ‘‘The chances are about a hundred to one that you have the 
San Jose Scale on your place and do pot know it”? and advises the use of ‘““SCALECIDE.” This is 
good advice. ‘“‘SCALECIDE”’ has been tested and tried and found thoroughly effective. The same yes- 
terday, to-day and all the time. One gallon makes 15 or 20 ready to use by simply adding water. 
Prices: 1 gal , $1.00; 5 gal., $3.25: 50 gal., $6.00; 50 gal. bbl., $25.00, F. O. B. our factory. Order to-day. 
Write for booklet 1, and free sample. 
B. G. PRATT COMPANY, Mfg. Chemists, 11 Broadway, N. Y. City. 
APRIL, 1908 
THE CLEMATIS DISEASE 
G. G. S., Penna.— The wilting above ground of your 
Clematis ‘fackmani is probably due to a rupture of the bark 
when the stem was quite young and tender. Try this 
experiment: Cut down below the surface of the ground 
and divide the root into two sections, allowing the two 
shoots, which will then appear from the roots, to grow. 
Try hilling up around the base of the stem with pure sand. 
This method of control was discussed in THe GARDEN | 
Macazine for December, 1906. 
PERENNIALS FROM SEED 
L. J. E., Wis.—Hollyhocks, larkspur, and Sweet William 
will bloom the first year from seed. The columbine, also, 
sometimes flowers the first year if the seeds are sown in 
a coldframe in March. If you have no coldframe, the 
best time to sow the seed of perennials would be in July. | 
These will come up in a few weeks and will need to | 
be transplanted, either to the permanent place where they 
are to flower, or else to nursery rows. To protect them 
during the winter, give a light mulch of leaves from hard- | 
wooded trees like the maple. If the sparrows bother you, | 
cover your seed bed with chicken wire, putting it a few 
inches above the soil. 
ANNUALS FREE FROM INSECTS 
W. A., Penna.— For freedom from insects and freedom | 
of flower when planted in the open ground, any of the 
following will give satisfaction: Ageratum, alyssum, antir- 
rhinum, balsam (lady slippers), Browallia, calliopsis, cen- 
taurea, cockscomb, datura, Eschscholtzia, Euphorbia, | 
geranium, gypsophila, Hunnemannia, linaria, marigold, 
four o’clock, mignonette, pansy, petunia, poppy, salvia, 
verbena, and ten weeks’ stock. Nearly all of these are 
subject to green fly or aphis when grown as pot plants in 
the house, but are free from insects when grown in the open | 
air and full sunshine. Marigolds and poppies are prob- | 
ably the most nearly immune from all insects.—E. D. D. | 
MILDEW DISEASE OF PHLOX 
D. W. D., Toronto.— The mildew disease on the phlox | 
is due to a fungus which grows on the surface of the leaves | 
and can becontrolled, where there is free circulation of 
air and not an undue amount of atmospheric moisture, | 
by flowers of sulphur dusted on the foliage. The phlox 
likes a rich, moist soil, but it can hardly be said that the 
soil has an influence on the appearance of the mildew. 
Certain varieties are certainly more susceptible than 
others. Kerosene emulsion applied early wi!l control the 
mildew, and a spray of sulphide of potassium, using one 
ounce to three gallons of water, is also a good remedy. 
There are other diseases of the phlox which may affect the 
leaves at the same time as the mildew, and which can only 
be controlled by means of Bordeaux mixture. 
VINES FOR THE PORCH 
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Aquilegia Rose Queen 
The most beautiful Columbine known. Blooms first season from . h Baan 
seed. Velvety rose with white center and golden yellow anthers. | ©? 0c 8rowWn On potches are woo ine (Ampelopsis quin- 
A marvel of colors. This is only one of the SIX Flower Novelties we quefolia), trumpet vine (Tecoma radicans), Dutchman’s | 
offer in the March number, Page 170, of the Garden Magazine. Our pipe (Aristolochia Sipho) and kudzu vine (Pueraria Thun- 
offer holds good for April. bergiana). The trumpet vine is liable to get into the 
O joints of your house and force it apart, so you can do as 
A Special Offer you wish about planting it. It has very pretty red trumpet- 
To anyone sending $1.00 for our ‘‘Hardy Lily collection,’’ page 189, 
F. W., Ill.— Some of the stronger growing vines which | 
shaped flowers. Other vines are Actinidia arguta, with | 
this issue, and adding 50c., we will send our SIX Seed Novelties of | white flowers; bitter sweet (Celastrus scandens), which has | 
1908 for the Flower Garden. beautiful clusters of orange colored fruit; Clematis pant- | 
Result: A mass of beautiful Flowers all through season till late frosts. | culata and C. Virginiana are two very beautiful vines which 
Our Catalogue of Vegetable, flower seeds, produce a profusion of white flowers; Clematis Fackmani, | 
bulbs, and plants free. Send for it. velvety purple with a central tuft of pale green stamens; | 
Akebia quinata, which has chocolate-colored flowers; and | 
H. H. BERGER & CO. 
Wisteria Sinensis, having large, pendant cone-shaped | 
70 Warren Street clusters of purple, pea-shaped flowers. 
NEW YORK. 
