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Money in Mushrooms 
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Ifyou are planning to build, the Readers’ 
Service can give you helpjul suggestions 
cut the stalks right down to the ground after 
they have bloomed, then cultivate and manure 
heavily. The common way is to keep 
cutting the spikes as soon as they begin to 
fade. Larkspurs seed too freely, and if 
you prevent seeding, feed heavily, and water 
faithfully they will bloom more or less 
continuously from July to frost. 
All the perennial larkspurs will bloom 
the first year from seed and will give a good 
show of color in August and September 
if started indoors .in March. They are 
at their best the second year. Better. grow 
them in nursery rows the first year. People 
generally sow in spring, .\but August is the 
best time because the fresh home-saved 
seed will germinate in three weeks and 
the seedlings can stay outdoors all 
winter. Thus August sowing saves time 
and care. 
Large seedling plants cost about twenty- 
five cents each or $2.50 a dozen; named 
hybrids about $5 a dozen; novelties 
$5 to $10 each. The leading English 
hybridizer offers 218 named varieties; 
American nurserymen rarely offer more 
than two or three. 
The red, yellow, and orange-flowered 
larkspurs are not perennial in cultivation. 
They will bloom the first season from 
seed sown indoors in March, but perhaps 
the best way is to get fresh seed in August; 
sow them and winter the plants in a frame. 
They are glorious when well grown. 
Species for the rock garden only are 
the May blooming D. tricorne and the 
musk-scented D. Brunonianum. 
Protecting the Strawberries 
[XS THE June, 1907, number of ‘THE 
GARDEN MAGAZINE there was an 
article on how to protect the strawberry 
patch from ravages by birds, the scheme 
being to frighten the birds away by the 
presence in the patch of a cat in a large 
cage. For several years I have satisfac- 
torily protected my berries in what seems 
to me to be an easier manner, and that is 
by having cat scarecrows in the field. I 
take long, worn-out black stockings, cut off 
the feet, stitch the cut end across, pinch up 
and sew the corners so as to make ears, and 
sew on pearl buttons for eyes. Stuff them 
with straw, hay or excelsior, and tie a black 
cord tightly in placeto make theneck. Drive 
a suitable stick into the ground and set 
the scarecrow upon it. A number of these 
will effectually guard the berries from the 
birds. They are no trouble to make and 
accomplish the same results as a real live 
cat. 
Massachusetts. 19, Cs 18, 
How to Judge a Melon 
The psychological moment for picking a 
melon is indicated in some varieties by a 
small drop of red juice at the stem-end of 
the fruit—a ‘sort of sympathetic watering at 
the mouth. But an infallible rule for judging 
ripeness is to pick a melon when the stem 
pulls easily away from the fruit, or shows 
by a crack at that point its willingness to be 
appreciated. 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
JUNE, 1908 
LUTHER BURBANK 
The Wizard of Horticulture 
Highly endorses “BONORA,”? The Great 
Wonderful Discovery. There is not anything 
that will take the place of “BONORA.” 
“ BONORA” will force your vegetables to early ma- 
turity, making them sweet and tender, 
and largely increasing the production. 
Two or three applications will do it. 
“BONORA”’ will make your lawns look like velvet, 
“BONORA” will make your rose bushes bloom in 
profusion. ; 
“ BONORA” will make your geraniums and all soft ~ 
; plants bloom throughout the season. — 
The greatest horticulturists in the world 
are using it, as well as thousands of 
others. The following speaks for itself: 
The Greatest Authority in America 
Bonora Chemical Co. 
Dear Sirs: 
The Bonora which you sent me last fall was received, I 
found it impossible to test it then owing to a great pressure of 
other matters, but have lately made use of it under several 
conditions and have found it a powerful and very convenient 
fertilizer, especially for plants, greenhouse work, etc. 
As to its economy compared with other fertilizers, I have 
no means of judging, but from its lack of odor, its immediate 
effects and convenience, it is no doubt a valuable form of plant 
food. lKespectfully yours, 
LUTHER BURBANK. 
Santa Rosa, California. 
Order from your seed dealer or direct. 
“BONORA” is put up in dry form all size pack- 
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1 lb. making 98 gallons postpaid 
By Ils aie) by express 
10 lbs. 280 See 
25 lbs. ‘700 
50 lbs. 1400 
100 Ibs. 2800 
200 lbs. 5600 
Bonora Chemical Co. 
488-492 Broadway, cor. Broome St., New York 
Killweed 
Used to Kill Weeds on Paths, Gravel Walks and 
Gutters. Mix one part of Killweed with twenty 
parts of water. : 
Price, $1.00 per Gallon. 
Francis Lynch, Agt., 78 Clinton St., Newburgh, N. Y. 
Three Sizes 
8 inch blades, $2.00 
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Those Teeth 
Preventslipping by 
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branches and elimi- 
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The feature 
J of these shears 
is the serrated 
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English model. 
The Neverslip Garden ‘Tools 
have the same non-slipping and self-sharpening features as the Neverslip 
Hedge Shears and are of the same high standard of workmanship, See page 
193, April, 1908, issue of Garden Magazine for illustrations. 
Neverslip Pruners No. 100, California Patent = .75 
Never-lip Pruners No. 108, Loop Handle = = 1.25 
Neverslip Branch Shears, Made in Sheffield = = 4.00 
Plain Grass Shears, 5 1-2 inches’ - - -40 
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