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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1907 



Capt. John Ericsson 



"One ofthefeiv, the immortal names, 

 That Were not born to die." 



T7RICSSON was precocious in child- 

 "^^ hood ; born in 1803, at a small town 

 in the mining region of Sweden, at the age 

 of ten years he designed a pump to drain 

 the mines, and, before his majority, a 

 machine for engraving and a flame-engine. 

 His younger manhood comprises a whole 

 series of inventions. Among them are 

 surface condensation, as applied to steam, 

 and compressed air for conveying power: 

 until in the forties he caused a revolution in 

 naval warfare by the application of the 

 screw propeller to vessels of war. His 

 naval inventions culminated in the con- 

 struction of the Monitor of national re- 

 nown, familiarly known as the "Little 

 Cheese-Box on a Raft," which went out 

 to meet the Merrimac and to victory on 

 that memorable March day of 1862. This 

 invention compelled the reconstruction of 

 every great navy of the world, along the 

 lines laid down by Ericsson, and was of 

 such wide-reaching effect, as to cast 

 around his name an international fame, 

 so great as to eclipse all other useful 

 products of his wonderful genius. Com- 



paratively few people are, therefore, aware 

 that Ericsson invented the caloric engine, 

 through which hot air successfully takes 

 the place of steam, and at a great saving 

 in expense for all operations requiring 

 moderately low power ; as, of course, much 

 less fuel is required to heat air to some ex- 

 pansive power, than is needed for the 

 turning of water into steam. Herein lies 

 the chief economy of the Hot-Air Pump, which 

 was really Ericsson's pet invention, and in 

 improving which he spent many years of 

 an exceedingly active life. There are 

 various imposing monuments the world 

 over to the memory of the great inventor 

 and patriot ; yet those who knew Ericsson 

 best will testify that the kind of memorial 

 which would please him most, were the 

 choice his own, would be every one of his 

 Hot-Air Pumps, which he knew of, as de- 

 livering its Domestic Water Supply into 

 the homes of the civilized world. Is it 

 asking too much then of every buyer of a 

 Hot-Air Pump to give a thought to the 

 memory of its great inventor and what his 

 life meant to mankind ? 



Over 30,000 Hot-Air Pumps are now in use. 

 Write to nearest office for Catalogue U. 



Rider=Ericsson 

 Engine Co. 



35 Warren Street, New York 



239 Franklin Street, Boston 



46 Dearborn Street, Chicago 



40 North 7th Street, Philadelphia 



234 Craig Street West, Montreal. P. Q. 



22 Pitt Street, Sydney, N. S. W. 



Amargura 96, Havana, Cuba. 



The Ericsson Caloric Engine 

 or Hot- Air Pump. 



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Earn 

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with flowers in yard and garden. 



Rf\\\Tpkfc Will you let me explain to you 



how? Some money can be earned 

 almost anywhere, but if you live 

 in a city or large town, or even 

 within twenty miles of a city, I can tell you of an especially 

 good chance to earn money with flowers. I don't want to 

 sell you any flowers, but I would certainly like to show you 

 what nice money you might earn with them. Four two-cent 

 stamps sent today brings you my plan of helping you, and 

 also a present worth twenty-five cents, 



Box 624, MRS. A. FACKLER, Linglestown, Pa. 



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Comte&se Bijou ^outire 



PARISIAN DRY SHAMPOO 

 Invaluable for travelers. May be applied to the 

 hair with a puff and when shaken out removes all 

 dust and oil. 



Used before curling the hair it insures the stay- 

 ing qualities of the wave. It is recommended for 

 use at the seashore and aboard ship where it will 

 positively prevent damp, stringy locks, as its chief 

 purpose is to make the hair light and fluffy. 

 Daintily perfumed with wood violet. 



Price 50 cents the box, postpaid 

 HAIR FLUFF CO., 223 West 106th St., New YorU City 



nasturtium is a better cut flower than the 

 dwarf one, as it has a longer stem. 



Sweet Peas. — For flowers about the first 

 of June, sow the seeds in 4-inch pots — six 

 or seven seeds to the pot. Place in a cold- 

 frame and transplant outdoors about May 1st. 

 Set in a furrow to protect from high winds. 

 One hundred plants will plant a row thirty 

 feet long. Put brush to them as soon as 

 planted; it will protect them from a chance 

 heavy frost that sometimes comes at that 

 season. Harden off before planting. To 

 keep green aphis in check, syringe frequently 

 with kerosene emulsion. As soon as the 

 ground is in fit condition for cultivating, sow 

 the seeds for the main crop four inches deep 

 and one inch apart in single row — no closer. 

 When several rows are together, leave a 5-foot 

 space between them. Separate colors always 

 are best. Navy Blue, Emily Henderson, 

 Salopian and Blanche Ferry are excellent 

 varieties for growing. 



Cosmos is the best cut flower yet intro- 

 duced for September and October. The 

 summer varieties advertised are not yet a 

 success, but no doubt will be in a few years. 

 Give cosmos the same treatment as suggested 

 for asters. The plants require staking and 

 tying to keep the wind from breaking off the 

 shoots, but if you will lay them nearly pros- 

 trate when planting they will root and break 

 along the stem, thus growing bushy and 

 dwarf. If planted in partial shade, in 

 shrubbery or woods, they will be protected 

 from the one frost that generally nips 

 them early in October when grown in the 

 open. 



Tuxedo, N. Y. Thomas Murray. 



A Salad Grown in Three Weeks 

 in a Windowsill 



The accompanying picture shows a pot of 

 cress three weeks from seed. The young 

 leaves are now ready to eat. This plant is 

 not the water cress but the common garden 

 cress (Lipedium sativum), sometimes called 

 "pepper cress." In the garden, it is prov- 

 erbial for its quick growth, maturing its crop 



A salad plant raised in three weeKs in a home 

 window — garden cress 



outdoors in about six weeks, though eatable 

 long before that. In hot weather it quickly 

 runs to seed and becomes too bitter. 



Why not send five cents in an envelope 

 to-day to your seedsman for a packet of seed 

 and have a potful of salad ready to eat 

 before your garden is pianted? 



New Jersey. T. M. 



