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Going to install a water supply in your 

 home? The Readers' Service can aid you 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



June, 1907 



Safety the Suburbs 



for life and property is a question of ade- 

 quate water supply. If you occupy a 

 country place, remote from a public fire de- 

 partment, you are never safe from the care- 

 lessness of servants or children, or even 

 from a fire upon your neighbor's property, 

 if situated closely adjacent to your own, 

 unless you are provided with a 



Hot- Air PvuTvp 



which places at your disposal an ample water supply at a 

 moment's notice. The feeling of security which a Hot-Air Pump 



insures to its owner will alone repay him many times its cost, 



lj while the other advantages of owning one are as varied as the 



I many uses to which water is daily put, from the morning bath 



to sprinkling the lawn and garden. It does away entirely with 



the slowness and expense of carrying water by hand. 



Catalogue U sent free on application. Beware of imitations. 

 All genuine pumps bear the name-plate of this company. 



Raider-Ericsson Engine Co. 



35 Warren Street, New York 40 North 7th Street, Philadelphia 



23q Franklin Street, Boston 234 Craig Street West, Montreal, P. Q. 



40 Dearborn Street, Chicago 22 Pitt Street, Sydney, N. S. W. 



Amargura 96, Havana, Cuba. 



Gillett's Ferns & Plants, For your dark shady places. 



There is no corner so shady, no soil so light and sandy, but that some of our hardy 

 ferns and flowers 'will thrive there. 



Our long experience in growing this class of plants gives us confidence of being able 

 to assist you in your selections. 



Try also the LADY'S SLIPPERS for beautifying the dark corner by the porch. 



We also grow in quantity the hardy garden perennials for beds and borders, Shrubs, 

 Aquatics, &c. 



Write for illustrated 

 descriptive catalogue. 



Edw. Gillett, 



Southwick, Mass. 



SP* 



NURSERIES sell DIRECT, pay 

 freight, give FULL value. 

 Founded 1825. Large NEW fruit 

 book free. STARK BROS., Louisiana, Mo. 



HORTICULTURAL ESTATE 



established in Sourabaya ( Java) desires to undertake the represen- 

 tation of firstclass firms in that line. Excellent references can be 

 given. Please apply to 



Mr. A. Ch. Versteegh, Gang Kaliesarie Sourabaya, Java. 



NATIONAL ^ 

 BERRYBOX 



A Sanitary Fruit Preserving Package 



The Only Approved Practical 

 Paper Berry Box in Existence. 



Folded up sample sent on receipt of 

 10 cents. 



The IDEAL 



IN 



REALITY 



■SHIPPING CONDITION 

 KNOCKED DOWN FtAT 



(Patented Nov. 17, 1903) 



National Paper Box Co., Kansas city, Mo. 



Patentee will sell his rights or organize a special company. Demands are too large for present 

 arrangements. Interested parties will please address above company. 



Protecting Strawberries from 

 Birds 



SINCE our laws have been narrowed down 

 so, in connection with the killing of birds, 

 it has gotten to be quite an important matter 

 to protect strawberries from birds, especially 

 on private estates where the birds gather 

 them in great numbers, on account of being 

 unmolested. 



It means a little work and expense to 

 protect the berries, but it pays, as the birds 



The unsatisfactory way of protecting strawberries 

 from birds. Mosquito netting does not allow enough 

 light and air lo enter. You can get the size but not 

 the flavor 



ruin a great many berries and usually the 

 best ones. 



Scarecrows and little hand-made wind- 

 mills that click as they turn are no good. 

 The birds soon learn not to fear them. 



Fish nets are also used, and they are very 

 satisfactory but they are rather expensive, 

 as you should have a trellis of some kind for 

 the net to rest on. This should be high 

 enough so you can go under the net to pick 

 the fruit. If you lay the net on top of the 

 plants it will be necessary to remove the net 

 each time you pick the berries. 



Mosquito netting is not as expensive as 

 fish nets, but it is not so satisfactory, as there 

 is not enough air in circulation through the 

 netting to allow the fruit to mature properly. 



LooKs liKe a ridiculous "stunt," but is really the 

 cheapest and best way. MaKe a cage, put a cat in 

 it and the robins will not dare to touch the berries 



