The Readers’ Service is prepared to 
advise parents in regard to schools 
| Dreer’s 
| Water Lilies | 
} Hardy and Tender ) 
For a continuous display of flowers no hardy or 
tender plant excels WATER LILIES and Aquatics. 
With few exceptions all varieties can be grown in 
(@) open air without artificial heat. U 
: At the St. Louis Exposition we were awarded the 7 
i Grand Prize for our display of Water Lilies and 7 
1 Aquatics, which was acknowledged by the Judges who i : 
made the award, as well as by all visitors;to be the 7 
finest feature in the Horticulture Department. 
The services of our expert in devising plans for 
ponds and proper selection of varieties, etc., are 
offered free of charge to all our patrons. 
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Send for free leaflet on the “CARE AND CULTURE 
OF WATER LILiEs AND Aquatics.’ Iystructions also 
tor growing them from seed. 
/ Our Mid-Summer Catalogue contains an up-to-date 
| list of the best strawberry, celery, and other plants 
for setting. out this summer. Also a most complete 
list of seeds of hardy plants which should be sown in 
summer, including Canterbury Bells, Hollyhocks, 
Larkspurs, Columbines, Foxgloves, etc. 
To all customers this list is mailed without ap- 
plication. Sent free to those who apply for it. 
HENRY A. DREER, friscdetpnia, ba: 
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A Mess 
of Mushrooms Gawiane roe Cellar 
40 cts, in postage stamps together with the naine of your 
¢ dealer will bring you, postpaid, direct from the 
manufacturer, a fresh sample brick of 
eee” Lambert’s Pure Culture MUSHROOM SPAWN 
the best high-grade spawn in the market, together with large illustrated book 
on Mushroom Oulture, 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. 
A Hammock That's Right 
The only hammock made that combines Quality, Dura- 
bility and Beauty with comfort. Can be used indoors or 
out. For further particulars write 
QUEEN HAMMOCK CO. 
188 Lake St., MUSKEGON, MICH. 
Formerly Kalamazoo, Mich. 
to one-half an inch in diameter, on the 
leaves indicate anthracnose. Long, nar- 
row, dark-colored shrunken areas will also 
be noticed on the stems. Watermelon 
fruits are sometimes covered with spots 
caused by this disease. Although common, 
it is not nearly so harmful as are the downy 
mildew and leaf blight. 
If your cucumber, melon, or squash vines 
suddenly wilt and die without any apparent 
cause, and with few or no spots on the 
leaves, they are infected with the “wilt” 
which is caused by bacteria that get into the 
plant and clog the sap-carrying passages 
of the stems. The wilt is spread by leaf- 
eating insects and also, perhaps, by soil in- 
fection. “Spray with Bordeaux mixture to 
which paris-green, at the rate of one pound 
Anthracnose looks much more serious than it is 
to fifty gallons, has been added. ‘The 
Bordeaux helps to check the disease, and 
if the plants have been well sprayed, the 
insects will not be likely to attack them. If 
they do, the poison will kill them. There 
is also a fungus which produces wilt, but 
very little is known about this at present 
and no cure for it has been found. Rotating 
the crops is the only thing that can be 
advised. 
Spores of all these diseases, with the ex- 
ception of the downy mildew, are known 
to persist over winter in the dead vines and 
possibly in the soil. It is, therefore, im- 
portant that the vines should be pulled 
up and burned as soon as they are found 
to be diseased. Rotation of crops will also 
help. Spraying, either as a preventive or 
as a check to the advance of the disease, is 
good. ‘The best formula for Bordeaux mix- 
ture to use on young melon or cucumber 
plants is copper sulphate (bluestone), 
three pounds; fresh stone lime, six pounds; 
water to make fifty gallons. 
When the plants become older and well- 
established, the strength of the Bordeaux 
mixture may be increased, using four pounds 
each of copper sulphate and lime to fifty 
gallons of water. Commence spraying as 
soon as the vines begin to run and subsequent 
sprayings should be made every ten days 
or two weeks. Keep the new growths 
covered with the Bordeaux. 
New York. HAROLD CLARK. 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
JUNE, 1908 
‘¢The Month 
of Roses ’”’ ; 
calls for special complexion 
_ safeguards, to insure a summer of 
perfect skin condition and comfort. 
Mennen’s erated Toilet Powder 
used after bathing, keeps theskinsmoothand healthy, 
preyents Prickly Heat, Chafing and Sunburn, insur- 
ing the much coveted “browning”’ without burning. 
After shaving it is delightful, 
For your protection the genuine is put up in non-refillable boxes 
—the “ Box that Lox,” with Mennen’s face on top. Guaranteed 
under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906. Serial No. 1542. 
Sold everywhere, or by mail, 25 cents. Sample free. 
Gerhard Mennen Co., Newark, N. J. 
Try Mennen’s Violet (Borated) Talcum Toilet Powdez—it has the 
scent of fresh-cut Parma Violets. Sample free. 
Mennen’s Sen Yang Toilet Powder, Oriental odor 
Mennen’s Borated Skin Soap (blue wrapper) 
Specially prepared for the nursery 
No samples 
Sold by the growers direct to the planter 
We are the only dealers in the United 
States owning and working nurseries in the 
Sassenheim district of Holland. . 
Orders taken during June will be filled 
direct from our nurseries, and healthy, first- 
class, true-to-name bulbs guaranteed. 
SEND FOR OUR CATALOG 
FRANKEN BROS. 
DEERFIELD ILLINOIS 
PRUNING AND PRUNING ADVICE 
James Wesson Phelps, arcurecr 
ARCHITECT 
El Yi 9 E Ti In All 
Biaaches of Lanuecae work, DOLLON COMI 
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THE “PILOT” GASLIGHT MAKER 
For Country Homes, Hotels, Stores, Makes brilliant WAzte, Hye- 
saving Gaslight, which costs a ¢hzrd /ess than Kerosene Light. Tell 
us how #zamy rooms or size of your Store to Light and we will 
quote you interesting price. Address __ 
“The Pilot Generator,’’ 157 Michigan Ave., Chicago. 
PAGE FENCE LASTS LONGEST 
Page Fence is woven from heavy galvanized high-carbon spring 
wire; it’s made for rough weather and rough treatment. Lasts 
a lifetime. Write for catalog. 
Pace Woven Wire Fence Co., Box 8521, 
ILMS DEVELOP] 
10 CENTS PER ROLL 
ALL SIZES 
Adrian, Mich. 
VELOX PRINTS, BROWNIES, 3c; 
3%x3%, 34x44 4c; 4x5, 3a 5c. 
Send us two negatives and we will print them wzthout 
charge as 2 sample of our work; we are film specialists 
and give you better results than you have ever had. 
