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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1907 



Compare the one- 

 man-one-hammer way 

 of laying REX Flint- 

 kote ROOFING with 

 the crew of skilled la- 

 borers and apparatus 

 necessary to lay any 

 other kind of roof. 



EX 



KOTE 

 FING 



costs less both for 

 material and labor of 

 laying than any other 

 good roof, yet lasts 

 longer and gives 

 better protection 

 from fire, rain, snow 

 and wind. 



WRITE FOR 

 BOOK AND 

 SAMPLES 



The book will tell you all 

 about REX Flintkote Root- 

 ing and give photographs of 

 buildings on which it is used, 

 with letters of recommenda- 

 tion from users. The samples 

 will show you what REX 

 Flintkote Roofing really is 

 and enable you to test its 

 properties. Write 

 J. A. &. W. BIRD & CO. 



-9 India Street, Boston, Mass. 



AGENTS EVERYWHERE 



This trade mark appears on 

 every roll of genuine Hex. 





AN abundance of fruit of highest 

 quality, finely colored and flav- 

 ored, is the direct result of 

 supplying a complete fertilizer con- 

 taining from 7 to 12 per cent, of 

 Potash co the tree, vine or bush. 



"Plant Food" is a book well worth 

 a place in the library of any fruit 

 grower. We will gladly mail it to all 

 applicants. 



GERHAN KALI WORKS 

 93 Nassau Street, New York 



Hardy Red-flowered Plants 



There is a host of red flowers from which 

 a selection may be made to follow out the 

 scheme of an entirely red garden suggested 

 by Mrs. Albee's article on page 16. The 

 plants in the following list have been tested 

 and may be relied upon to give results in 

 the months named. 



FLOWERING IN APRIL 

 COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME 



False water cress 



HEIGHT 

 IN FEET 



Columbine 

 Japanese quince 

 Maltese cross 



Red valerian 

 Sweet William 



Red Chinese pink 



Foxglove 



Fall dandelion 

 Scarlet flax 



Woodbine 



Victoria stock 



Agida peony 

 Oriental poppy 

 Shirley poppy 



Hybrid potentilla 

 Rugosa rose 



Aubretia deltoidea, var. 

 Leichtlini (A. 

 Leicktlinf) 



FLOWERING IN MAY 



Aquilegia Canadensis 

 Cydonia Japonica 

 Lychnis Chalcedonica 



FLOWERING IN JUNE 



Centranthus ruber 

 Dianthus barbatus, var. 



sanguineus 

 Dianthus Chinensis, 



var. Heddezuiggi 



(D. Heddewiggi, 



var. atropurpureus) 

 Digitalis purpurea, var. 



gloxinioides 

 Leontodon autumnale 

 Linum grandiforum, 



var. rubrutn 

 Lomcera Periclymenum, 



var. Belgica (L. 



Belgica) 

 Matthiola incana, var. 



annua 

 Paonia officinalis 

 Papaver orientale 

 Papaver Rhceas, var. 



Shirley 

 Potentilla Mars 

 Rosa rugosa, var. rubra 



FLOWERING IN JULY 



Adorns (vstivalis 

 Alonsoa incisifolia, var. 



Warscewiczii {A . 



grandifora) 

 Amarantus hypochon- 



driacus (A. cruen- 



tas) 

 Calhrhoe involucrata, 



var. lineariloba 

 Callistephus hortensis 



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Pheasant's eye 

 Pheasant's eye 



Prince's feather 



Poppy mallow 



China aster 



President Cleveland canna Canna Indica 



Clematis 



Early hybrid cosmos 

 Red larkspur 

 Tassel flower 



Avens 

 Collomia 



Coral bells 

 Royal balsam 



Clematis Villa de Lyon 

 Cosmos bipinnata, var. 

 Delphinium nudicale 

 Emilia fammea (Ca- 



calia coccinea) 

 Geum Chiloensis 

 Gilia coccinea (Col- 

 lomia coccinea) 

 Heuchera sanguinea 

 Impattens Balsamina 



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J4ITRATE 0F £0DA 



: .LjWN:J na Garden 



NO FORM OF NITROGEN 



is so quickly available, or so positive in its 

 results for the vegetable garden, on the lawn, 

 for shrubbery or trees as a top dressing of 



NITRATE OF SODA 



(THE STANDARD FERTILIZER) 



Send your name and address on Post-Card and we will send 

 you, as long as the edition lasts* 



"Food for Plants" 



a most valuable book of 2.37 pages, dealing with the use of 

 Nitrate of Soda as a fertilizer, giving detailed information 

 covering a list of trials at Agricultural Experiment Stations 

 throughout the United States and on all sorts of crops. 

 Mention magazine in which this advertisement is seen, and 

 address 



WILLIAM S. MYERS, Director 



John Street and 71 Nassau St., New York, N. Y. 



Please apply "by Post Card 



SPRA^ WATSON 



%Jw Four Row Potato . 



Sprayer 



Covers 30 to 40 acres per day. Strad- 

 dles 2 rows, sprays 4 at a time. 

 Wheels adjust for different 

 widths. Sprays to any fineness and 

 gearing of pump to wheel of cart gives any 

 pressure desired. Automatic agitator and suction 

 strainer cleaner. It never spoils foliage or clogs. Free 

 instruction and formula book shows the famous Garfield, 

 Empire King, Orchard Monarch and other sprayers. 

 Write for it. 

 FIELD FORCE PUMP CO.. 4S 11th Street. Elmira. N. V. 



The "Apollo" Sweeper 



is the ideal machine for sweeping Lawns, Porches, 



Sidewalks, Pavements, Barn Floors, Factories, Ware- 

 houses, etc. Write for illustrated Booklet. 



THE GREEN MFG. CO. 

 54 SYCAMORE ST. SPRINGFIELD, OHIO 



Phyllis Unwin sweet pea Lathyrus odoratus 



Advice on What to Plant 

 and Where to Plant It 



FRANK HAMILTON 



Landscape Gardener 

 Bryant Building, 55 Liberty Street, New York 



Tel. 1286 Cortlandt 



SUN-DIALS 



with or without PEDESTALS 



Send for Illustrated Price List H 



Hartmann Bros. Mfg. Co. 



New York Office, 1 J23 Broadway Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 



Horsford's Hardy Ferns 



■for o\jt door cviltvire 1 



Have you tried to grow hardy ferns? There is nothing more 

 decorative than they in the right places and you can grow them 

 where few other plants would live. My new catalogue offers 

 the best of the hardy kinds which can be relied on in cold 

 winters. If also offers a long list of plants, shrubs, trees, etc., 

 which should interest those who erow such. Ask for it. 

 FKEI>'K H. HORSF4>R]>, Charlotte, Vt. 



