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188 information about motor boats 
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TOMATO 
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Just How Good 
your crop will be depends on how 
well you care for the growing vines 
as they become top heavy by the 
weight of their fruit and foliage. 
A properly supported vine is ¢ap- 
able of bearing more and better to- 
matoes; the vine thus relieved throws 
all of its growing strength into the 
tomatoes themselves. 
We manufacture supports for all 
kinds of growing plants. 
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Write for illustratedZpamphlet, 
“Wor the Greenhouse and Garden.” 
PARKER-BRUEN MFG, CO. 
St. James Building 2 |9NEW YORK 
A Mess at all seasons 
of Mushrooms Growing in your Cellar 
40 cts in postage stamps together with the name of your 
* dealer will bring you, postpaid, direct from the 
manufacturer, a fresh sample brick of 
as. ?’ |ambert’s Pure Culture MUSHROOM SPAWN 
ae 
the best high-grade spawn in the market, together with large illustrated book 
on Mushroom Culture, containing simple and practical methods of raising, 
preserving and cooking mushrooms. Not more than one sample brick will 
be sent to the same party. Further orders must come through your dealer. 
Address: American Spawn Co., St. Paul, Minn. 
We furnish patent 
$2.50 galvanized ftache 
‘\ B ment with which 
Op you can make a 
; slide andswing gate 
that does not bind, 
sag or have to be car- 
2 ried. Can be oper- 
ro —— ated as easily as a 
ling ad door. Nostrain on 
post. Does away entirely with extra walk gate. Endorsed by 
hundreds of farmers on railroads. 
30 DAYS’ FREE TRIAL 
Special prices and freight paid on large lots. 
We also make a full line of complete gates in GALVANIZED steel 
or wood, and a superior woven wire fence of very moderate cost, 
Write today for catalogue and full information. 
WESTON GATE COMPANY 
47 Hall Avenue North Dover, Ohio 
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Miscellaneous Cut Flowers 
Grown for Profit 
NY kind of flower that has a stiff stem, 
a pleasing color, and preferably a 
sweet perfume can be disposed of profitably. 
It very seldom pays, however, to grow a 
general assortment; specialize with a few 
things and have them different from and bet - 
ter than what is usually grown. A flower hay- 
ing merit and particularly well grown will 
always have a ready sale. 
In the fall and early winter chrysanthe- 
mums are undoubtedly in the greatest 
demand. ‘They cannot be grown in a house 
with roses or carnations, but may be success- 
fully handled in a house that is devoted 
during the winter to sweet peas, vegetables 
or bedding plants. The varieties to grow 
are almost endless, but I recommend the 
following: For early, Polly Rose (white), 
Glory of the Pacific (pink), Monrovia (yel- 
low) and Mons. Bergman Geroud (crimson); 
midseason, Beatrice May and Mrs. Robert- 
son (white), A J. Balfour, Dr. Enguehardt 
and Wm. Duckham (pink), Cheltoni and 
Col. D. Appleton (yellow): late varieties, 
Timothy Eaton and Jeannie Nonin (white), 
Yellow Eaton, Golden Wedding and Yellow 
Chadwick (yellow), Mrs. Chadwick and 
Mrs. Jerome B. Jones (light pink). 
Geraniums are comparatively little used 
as cut flowers, but the plants can be profitably 
sold in early summer for bedding plants and 
for window boxes. ‘The most popular varie- 
ties are: Scarlet, S. A. Nutt; red, General 
Grant and E. H. Trego; white, La Favorite; 
salmon, Beauté Poitevine; pink, Jean 
Viaud. 
Gladioli sell fairly well as cut flowers, 
but their season of bloom is short, and it 
takes a good deal of money to buy bulbs 
with which to start. 
Dahlias when well grown find a ready 
sale. ‘The small pompon, the decorative and 
the cactus types, are best for this purpose, 
but the single varieties are also becoming very 
popular. 
Choose clear, distinct colors and varieties 
that have long, stiff stems. Try a number 
of kinds, keep the ones with which you are 
most successful and grow them extensively 
next year. 
Tuberoses are too stiff for general use, 
and the perfume is stronger than the public 
desires. Asters are in good demand. The 
Queen of the Market, Peony Perfection, 
Truffaut’s, Victoria, and Semple’s Branching 
types are best. Again, grow only the clear 
colors; the mauves and magentas are not 
popular. Stock is good, as are also pansies, 
but there will undoubtedly be more profit 
in raising pansy plants for spring sale, the 
stems of the blossoms being too short for 
cut flowers. 
Many people derive a good income from 
growing nothing but sweet peas. If you 
can get sufficiently long stems, the flowers 
will sell. 
Mignonette can be grown profitably, as 
can the annual larkspurs; violets are always 
in demand, and candytuft will have a good 
sale. 
New York. 
James T. Scorr. 
| RS 2 RE ee ok So a ONO diene I 
The Nursery Exchange 
155 Milk Street, BOSTON, MASS. 
We are expert and reliable Nursery- 
men and Landscape Gardeners with 
20 years Experience. 
E will fill any orders West, South, East or 
North, for TREES, SHRUBS, EVER- 
GREENS, HERBACEOUS PLANTS, or any 
other Nursery Stock, including any Novelties 
of whatever description, at a saving of from 20 
to 35 per cent. from ordinary rates. We act as 
experts in the selection of Stock, for our clients, 
filling all orders at lowest prices known, giving 
careful attention and guaranteeing satisfactory 
and prompt delivery. 
On all questions of Landscape planting, we 
send expert men to advise at low cost. Plans 
and estimates for construction, etc., made with 
saving to clients. 
OUR CATALOGS AND SPECIAL COR- 
RESPONDENCE WILL INTEREST YOU 
MONTREAL M. MELON 
The largest and best flavored Musk 
Melonin existence. Grows to weigh as 
much as 20 pounds, and fetches $3.00 
to 5.00 each. GENUINE SEED 
per package postpaid soc. if 
Do not confuse this variety with the 
American variety. 
DUPUY & FERGUSON 
MONTREAL CANADA 
a good shipper. 
licious. Limited stock. 
Vey 
Cattle Manure 
= Shredded or 
im Bags Pulverized 
Best for all indoor and outdoor work. No 
bad odor. Easily applied. Delivered East of 
Missouri River. $2.00 Per Bag (100 Ibs.). Write 
J for circulars. THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO. 
2 19 Union Stock Yards, Chicago. 
The Hardiest and Bests RHODODENDRON known is 
CATAWBIENSE 
The True- Carolina Mt. Species, grown only at HigHLANDS 
Nursery (3,800 feet elevation) in Mitchell County, N. C. 
Small Lots or Car Lots. 
The most unique and beautiful plant catalog published ( ex- 
clusively Native Plants) to those interested. 
HARLAN P. KELSEY, Owner. 
KILL PLANT BUGS and DOG FLEAS 
with Lemon Oil Insecticide, adding 30 parts water. No odor, no 
poison—advantages over Fish oil or Tobacco products. Used 
everywhere. If not sold by your seedsmen, write WEATHERBY 
BROS., Baltimore, Md., for full information. 
Salem, Mass. 
: The largest 
{ thrifty plants in N 
sland. All the new and stand- 
I have been selling plants 
oH true to name for forty years. § 
“ My catalogue is unique, not 
~ ike others. Send for it. 
