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Burlington Venetian Blind 
makes your porches perfectly secluded, gratefully 
shady and delightfully cool—home summer resorts 
to entertain friends in the open air, yet screened 
from public gaze, to take your ease, have luncheon 
or tea, do sewing—or play-places for the children. 
. Make Your Rooms Cool and Beautiful 
by the free ventilation and artistic half-light of 
Burlington Venetian Blinds. Very easy to attach. 
Made to Order Only. Venetian and Sliding, 
any size, wood and finish, at most advantageous 
prices. Window Screens and Screen Doors of 
improved design and szperzor material. 
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Burlington Venetian Blind Co., 327 Lake St., Burlington, Vt. 
Boyce, Va., March 18, 1908. 
“I wish to thank you for fhe best lot of roses I have ever 
had, and to say that if perfect honesty and fair dealing win 
success, you will have it in abundance.” 
F. KEY MEADE. 
“QA Little Book 
About Roses” 
Mailed on request; ~ 
tells you the whole story — want it? 
GEORGE H. PETERSON 
ROSE AND PEONY SPECIALIST 
BOX 55 FAIR LAWN, N. J. 
Do You Want to Buy a Country Home? |] 
The service of our Country Real Estate Department, in finding your ideal place, is gratis, 
MANAGER, COUNTRY REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT 
COUNTRY LIFE IN AMERICA: ISS) Bascalioth: sts Nee 
STRONG, HEALTHY GERANIUMS 
ERANIUMS! What’s better for artistic window and porch 
decoration—and for bedding ? 
We have the two finest varieties in_existence—the S. A. Nutt, 
a beautiful shade of crimson and La Favorite—pure white. 
Strong, healthy plants yielding large, round and full blooms 
2% inches in diameter, perfect beauties—every one. 
**“At Wholesale Prices” 
In order to increase our long list of satisfied customers, we are 
offering this Spring, these choice plants at wholesale prices. 
Plantsfrom 4 inch pots—$1.00 per doz., 16 doz. $.60 
Plants from 4}4 inch pots—$1.25 per doz., 44 doz. .7o 
Positively the best Geraniums you can buy—a trial will testify. 
arly buyers have the better picks, 
WM. F. BORMAN, Fairview Heights, Marietta, Ohio 
May, 1908 
GARDEN AND FARM NEws 
| Rees as everyone knows, is the main 
source of supply of Easter lilies to the 
United States, but probably no one realizes 
that more than 3,000,000 bulbs are imported 
each year. In Bermuda the lilies are cul- 
tivated in open fields, and it is estimated 
that about 20,000 of a marketable size can 
be grown on one acre from bulbs planted 
the preceding year. The second year’s bulb 
crop should bring from $1,000 to $2,000 
an acre. 
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An orchid society was formed on March 
14th in New York at a meeting of amateurs 
and others interested in growing this fasci- 
nating group of plants. Preliminary organ- 
ization was then accomplished. There was 
plenty of evidence of strong support from | 
amateurs. 
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Willis G. Johnson, recently editor of the 
American A gricuiturist and formerly the State 
Entomologist of Maryland, died in New York 
on March 11th. Professor Johnson made 
a permanent name for himself in his whirl- 
wind campaign against the San Jose scale, 
and perhaps did more than any other indi- 
vidual to arouse the public to the serious 
nature of this scale. 
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The first golden-banded lilies imported 
from Japan to America reached the United 
States in 1877 and cost $2.50 a bulb. Fair- 
sized bulbs now cost only ten or fifteen cents 
each. Lilium auratum is the largest of 
the lilies, being usually six and sometimes 
eight inches across. The bulbs only last 
a few years, but the coloring and odor of 
the flowers are very rich. 
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One of the great losses to people engaged 
in the commercial production of nuts is from 
the weevils, the grubs of which make the 
kernels unfit for use. Very often there is no 
evidence from the outside of the nuts that 
these are present, and this is particularly 
true of the chestnut. A bulletin on nut 
weevils by F. H. Chittenden has recently 
been issued by the United States Department 
of Agriculture, and this treats not only of the 
chestnut but also of the pecan and hazelnut 
weevils. A full description is given of each 
one of these, together with direct remedies 
for their destruction and also preventives - 
for orchard use. 
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Many nurserymen catalogue the broad- 
leaved evergreens separately, because they 
are a Cultural unit and because of the great 
popular interest in these sumptuous decora- 
tive plants. Yet no one seems to think of 
the evergreen bamboo in this connection, 
and one generally finds it listed among 
herbaceous perennials. Yet it has the 
broadest and largest leaf of all the bamboos, 
attains an ultimate height of six feet, and 
is the only evergreen bamboo that is hardy 
as far north as Philadelphia. Its correct 
name is Avrundinaria Japonica, but the 
nurserymen call it Bambusa Metake. A 
good plant costs about one dollar. 
