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The Readers’ Service will give you 
information about motor boats 
Water Where You 
Want It 
Is there a running stream or spring on 
your ground. If so, why not pump the 
water where you want it. Have the con- 
veniences of running water in the house 
and at the barn, and for use in sprinkling 
the lawn and garden. Beautify your 
lawn with a fountain by the overflow from 
the tank or reservoir. The expense is 
not great, smaller than you imagine. A 
NIAGARA 
Hydraulic Ram 
will pump water just where you want it. 
Works automatically and continuously, 
and without cost for repairs. Write for 
illustrated booklet AC showing just 
what this ram will do, how cheap it is to 
install, and how much beiter it is than a 
windmill or gasoline engine. — 
NIAGARA HYDRAULIC ENGINE CO. 
140 Nassau St., New York. Factory, Chester, Pa. 
Place a sundial in your garden or 
hundred fold in quiet enjoyment. 
Write us for free booklet of 
Sundial Information 
Chas. G. Blake & Co., 
787 Womans Temple, Chicago, Ill. 
on your lawn and it will return an® 
We manufacture the 
“AMERICAN” MACHINERY 
for the following described work : 
rotary and coring 
work, Deep well pumping machinery, Air Com- 
pressors for all duties, Centrifugal Pumps for irriga- 
tion and reclamation purposes. 
We should be glad to mail printed matter to in- 
terested applicants. Ask for Circular RH. 
THE AMERICAN WELL WORKS 
Aurora, Ill. or ist Natl. Bank Bldg., Chicago 
Well drilling and prospecting, 
The Oldest Flowers in Cultivation 
1. The Hen-and-Chickens Daisy 
HE hen-and-chickens daisy is one of 
the oldest and most interesting freaks 
in the vegetable kingdom, and the “Cyclo - 
pedia of American Horticulture” is quite 
mistaken in declaring it is not a_per- 
manent form but a result of over feeding. 
On the contrary, the plant has been offered 
by nurserymen for several centuries and can 
be procured to-day. Moreover, the “‘Cyclo- 
pedia of American Horticulture” gives a 
wrong impression by stating that the small 
flower heads spring out of the main flower 
head. The accompanying picture faith- 
fully shows the manner in which they spring 
from the base of the flower head. In other 
words, these secondary. flower heads make a 
sort of flat rosette, which is not at all like 
i Balls muinar pba mubtighearubys, 
The hen-and-chickens daisy (Bellis perennis, var. 
prolifera) as pictured in 1613 in Besler’s “‘Hortus 
Eystettensis’’ 
the proliferous rose, in which the axis of 
growth continues through the main flower. 
The hen-and-chickens daisy will not 
invariably come true to type, but a con- 
siderable proportion will produce the second- 
ary flowers even without extra feeding. 
This plant is an interesting curiosity, and 
a mass effect is decidedly pretty before the 
secondary flowers become prominent. 
New Jersey. THomas McApam. 
[The next article will show a wonderful 
improvement in the wall flower made as 
early as 1613.] 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
ApRit, 1908 
IRONING 
Made Easy 
You can easily iron your plain clothes 
and flat work with the Simplex Ironer 
much better, quicker and at less 
SEEEASE than by any other 
: m method. The 
’ goods leave 
7 ironer beauti- 
fully fin- 
ished, per- 
fectly dry 
=| and ready 
to put away. The 
Srpux IRONER 
"THE BEST IRONER: 
is made in styles for the smallest home to the largest 
also for clubs, hotels, etc., and is sold on 30 days’ 
Free Trial. It soon pays for itself by saving labor, 
fuel, time and expense. It’s simple, very easily 
operated and will last a lifetime. Cost only Ic an 
hour to heat by gas or gasoline. 
Write for dealer who sells the Simplex in your 
city. If no dealer we ship on 30 Days’ Free Trial. 
Send for free descriptive booklet. 
AMERICAN IRONING MACHINE Co., 
H—32 E. Lake Street, Chicago, Ill 
THE HOOVER POTATO 
The most successful digger made. DIGGER 
Saves time, labor and 
potatoes. Satisfac- 
tion guaranteed. 
Catalogue of 
Diggers. Pickers 
and Sorters. 
HOOVER MFG. CO., Rox 36, Avery, Ohio. 
SPRAY PoTArOrs 
—Automatic—including Agitator and Strainer Cleaner— 
Sprays 40 acres daily—State experiments show gain of more than 
5 per acre by using the WATSON. Booklet FREE. 
Figie FORCE PUMP CO. 48 11th &t., Elmira, N. Y. 
THE “PILOT” GASLIGHT MAKER 
For Country Homes, Hotels, Stores. Makes brilliant WAzte, Eye- 
saving Gaslight, which costs a thzrd /ess than Kerosene Light. Tell 
us how many rooms or size of your Store to Light and we will 
quote you interesting price. Address 
“The Pilot Generator,’’ 157 Michigan Ave., Chicago 
The Farmers’ Easy Record 
A new, complete, simple and practical record of all transactions on 
the farm. Designed by an expert. Thousands in use. Easy to keep. 
Will last 8 years. Every progressive farmer should DENG it. Fa SO) 
Wanted. Send for free specimen pages and Special Offer. 
CENTURY SUPPLY CO., Dept. 579, SPRINGFIELD , OHIO 
9 20th 
Steel Ball Coupling Pivot Axle 
Cultivator pith Double 
Planter and Fertilizer Attach= 
: ment Complete in One Machine 
Awarded 
GOLD MEDAL 
at World’s Fair, St. Louis. 
Awonderful improvement 
in cultivators, combining every 
possible movement of gangs 
and wheels required. Easily 
changed to different styles 
Y ‘Iihousands in use. M’fr’s of 
all kinds of Ag’r'l Implements. Agents wanted. Write for 
circular. The Hench & Dromgold Co., Mirs. ,York, Pa. 
