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192 Weed ES EE Aaa ae H 0; G A JR D E N M A G A Z I N E APRIL poe i) 08 
Sweet Cory Corn by July ist 
E \ / E R ( : R E E N S AST year, as an experiment, I tried 
planting Early Cory corn on April r5th 
d ting th ly sista ok 
Good Quality— Large Quantity— Low Prices Bee ee TE 1 
seed was thoroughly soaked in water and 
We believe we have the largest quantity of evergreens that 
planted in five strawberry baskets which 
has been grown by any nursery in the eastern states. were then put into a coldframe. The soil 
There are ready for you 200,000 white spruce, 2 yr.; in these baskets got a thorough drenching 
20,000 white pine, 2 yr.; and 25,000 of the 2, 3 and 4 ft. 
with water, and to keep it from drying out 
sizes that are economical to plant and ship. 
during the middle of the day the baskets 
You can grow a 1% ft. 15 cent pine to 4 ft. $1.00 size in 
were covered with shingles. Later, when 
15 months with no care. Why wait or go without? They the tiny shoots of corn appeared, the top of 
are grown from seed that fits this climate. 
FOR IMMEDIATE RESULTS 
We have large quantities of evergreens 12 to 25 ft. high that 
can be successfully shipped by rail. Send for descriptive cata- 
logue. It gives new information on what evergreens will do 
for you to make cheerful winter home surroundings, screen 
adjacent buildings, or cover sterile hills with profitable forests, 
and tells how to select evergreens to fit your climate and soil. 
Catalogue Free on Application. Now is the Time to Plant. 
ISAAC HICKS & SON, 
WESTBURY STATION Tere ly. IN Ge 
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Send for This Book CSN Co arenes coat the coldframe was kept shaded; and as the 
When you build—that is the time to™ ' BR ae ; plants grew and the weather became warmer, 
put in running water. It makes the property \ i ' I lifted the frames off during the day, 
worth more—means comfort for everybody—do wt? replacing them at night. 
EA aac Spe PIS AE SO Ne oe MEE ER ag The little corn plants were transplanted 
: early in May, the baskets being broken away 
so as not to disturb the roots. The experi- 
ment was an entire success and I am quite 
sure that had the weather been warmer, 
THERE’S MONEY I the crop would have matured even earlier. 
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on the drill is a good way as the seed goes 
direct into fresh ground. Sowing on the hard 
Pn, CR packed wheat field has resulted in many 
GA RDEN he le failures to get a stand. Sowing early is 
be bs g advisable even while the ground is too wet 
to work, or sow the first spell that a harrow 
Early Cory Corn started in heat on April 15th was 
ready to eat by July lst 
Italian Aes : Terra-cotta Garden ai may be run over the wheat. Some use a 
Z x Vases, Statuary, ‘e disc harrow for this, setting the discs to 
POUIEES, cut lightly, and report a good stand without 
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sun piaL WILLIAM GALLOWAY, WALSSTST- 3224 Walnut Street, Philadelphia SUN DIAL othy or orchard grass. 
Kentucky. EK. W..J. 
