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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



F EBRTJARY, 1 907 



I RIVERSIDE DRIVE VIADUCT 2 GRANTS TOMB . 3 COLUMBIA COLLEGE 



4 CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE 5 SOLDIERS AND SAILORS' MONUMENT 



gewater (opposite VOth 5t., 1N.Y.) Capacity Increased 1 Times. Made 

 NECESSARY (and possible— thank you) to supply the steadily increasing 

 demand of THE INTELLIGENT WOMEN who realize that a POUND of 

 PEARLINE does MORE work— BETTER work- EASIER work-SAFER 

 work— than four pounds of Soap. 



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THEY REPRESENT PENNSYLVANIA^ 

 BEST, SPECIAL FINE STOCK FOR SPRING. 



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 by the tens of thousands. A full and complete line of 

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 logue and price list. 



THE RIVERSIDE NURSERY COMPANY 



CONFLUENCE, I'ENNA. 



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r They are hardy, vigorous, prolific, and ^ 

 mature quick, because they are grown in our 

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 crops while the lazy southern seed is get- 

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 tells all about them and our Big Cash Club 

 Offer. Mailed free, if ordered quick. 



DARLING & BEAHAN 

 406 Michigan St. Petoskey, Mich. 



PRUNING SHEARS 



Will Snip a Broom Handle 



That gives you an idea of the strength and quality of the pruner. Wiss Pruning Shears 

 will outlast a dozen ordinary ones. They will cut tissue paper. That shows how 

 nicely they are adjusted. 



Nurserymen and growers of fine trees use them in preference to all other shears — they 

 will cut clean the thickest twigs or the most delicate tendrils without tearing. 



Wiss dealers will replace free of charge any shears returned defective or unsatisfactory. All parts are inter- 

 changeable. If any part (say the blade) becomes worn, it can be replaced, thus making the shears as good as 

 new at a slight cost. 



Made in three sizes— 9=inch, $2.25; 10-inch, $2.50 No. 3B (7%-inch) for light pruning, $1.75 



Extra blades, 50 cents each. For sale by all dealers. 



J. WISS 6> SONS CO.. 15-53 Littleton Avenue. Newark. N.J. 



An Office Man's Vegetable 

 Garden 



OUR available space measured up to a 

 total of 540 square feet, and a few 

 trenches for sweet peas. 



We had wax beans from June 26th to 

 July 31st, nine and one-half pecks, valued 

 at $2.27; pole beans from July 1st to Sep- 

 tember 26th, eighteen and one-half pecks, 

 worth $3.94; sweet corn from July 3rd to 

 September 2nd, 204 ears, worth $3.98. The 

 tomatoes yielded from July 18th to October 

 4th eight and one-half bushels, worth $4.70. 

 Of the early lettuce, radishes, onions and 

 beets we kept no accurate account, but we 

 would have had to pay at least $1.50 at the 

 grocer's. 



The time devoted to working in my gar- 

 den was that remaining out of office hours, 

 8 A. m. to 5 p. m. The three obstacles of 

 little time, little space and little knowledge 



Tomatoes - Seven Plants 



Bush t wax > Beans 



Bush (Waxi Beans 

 Grass Plot 



Sweet Peas 



Lazv Wife Bean: 

 Beers 



ONIONS 



Driiteway 



Golden Bantam 



Sweet Com 



(Early) 



Stomas El/ERGREEN 



Sweet Corn 



(tlRSt PLANTING 1 



StoIvells Evergreen /Ish 



Sweet Corn Bins 



(Second Pl/intingi Etc. 



The plan of a garden which cost less than one 

 dollar and produced $14.52, over 1400 per cent. 



were overcome, and the table for a family of 

 four was kept supplied with crisp, fresh 

 vegetables. 



As soon as the ground was in condition 

 to work, it was spaded up, and the soil — a 

 tough, yellow clay — worked as thoroughly 

 as possible with hoe and rake. A quantity 

 equal to two wagon loads of old, black, stable 

 manure, hauled by the wheelbarrow load, 

 was carefully worked into the ground. We 

 had decided to begin with only the staple 

 summer vegetables — tomatoes, beans, corn, 

 beets, with lettuce, radish and onion for early 

 spring greens. The garden was laid off as 

 shown in the accompanying diagram. 



The strip on the south side of the division 

 fence, four feet six inches wide by eighteen 

 feet long, was devoted to tomatoes, seven 

 plants. Bordering the walk strips eighteen 

 inches wide by ten feet long were devoted to 

 early bush wax beans. A strip eighten inches 



