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How can the flower garden be made more attractive? 

 The Readers' Service will aid you with suggestions 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



June, 1907 



GUARANTEED RUST PROOF 

 TREE GUARDS, F,ower ^"J"^ 



Trellis, Arches, Baskets, or HENCE 

 THE WHEELOCK RUST PROOF 



is the standard of excellence. 

 All dealers Wheelock Fence Dept. 



catalogue Wright Wire Co., Worcester, Mass. 



Rhode Island Reds 



White, Huff, Barred and Black 

 L(ocks; White, Golden, Silver 

 and Buff Wyandottes; Brown, 

 Buff and White Leghorns; 

 Light Brahmas, Black Minorcas 

 and Black Javas. 



Hardy, prolific, farm bred, pure stock. For 

 BIRDS (moderate prices) or " EGGS to 

 HATCH" at ten cents each, write for circular. 



WALTER SHERMAN, 



Meadowslope, NEWPORT, R, I. 



RUSSIAN WOLFHOUNDS 



Valley Farm Breeding Kennels 



SIMSBURY, CONN. 



Hunt Kennels, Giliette, Wyo. 



The largest and most successful Breed- 

 ers and Exhibiiurs of Russian Wolf- 

 hounds in the world. Stallion hounds 

 at both kennels. Illustrated catalogue 

 containing exclusive information, 10c. 



Sick Chickens 



^H Wk Keep your chickens in dry, 



^H ^^^^^^^R ^ r >nif"rul>le quarters and 



^H ^^p ^™ they'll be comparatively safe 



^^| ^Br against disease. If they do 



^^^^^L^^ get sick, the right remedies quickly 



— ^^ |_ ^ *^«>» bring them about. 



^^^"^ Madoc Gape Cure is quick and sure ; 



for severe cases use a Gape Worm Extractor. Different roup 

 en res— all good. Lice Killers— easy to apply and do the work 

 thoroughly. My Illustrated I'oultr.v Supply ISook tells about 

 the various remedies, colony houses, the best foods and other helpful 

 supplies. Write for it — free. Ask me to help you solve your problems. 

 STOKES* SEED STORE, 219 Harket St., Philadelphia 

 Walter P. Stokes, of the late firm of Johnson & Stokes 



Scottish Terriers 



Offered as companions. Not 

 given to fighting or roaming — 

 Best for children's pets. 



NEWCASTLE KENNELS 



Brookline, Mass. 



D.&C. 



ROSES 



are best. Always 

 ,on t heir own 

 ' roots. Flower 



an (1 Vegetable 



(seeds a specialty. AskforiV™ (Juideto 

 Rose Culture/or IX)?. 114 pages. It's free. 

 Est. 1850. 7C Greenhouses. THEMNGKK&CONAKD(;o.,\VestUrovc, Pa. 



expediting the operation and concentrating 

 the labor item. 



For a 5-foot box, ten inches wide at bottom, 

 twelve inches wide at top and eight inches 

 high, the cost was: 



2 ft. wire poultry netting 6 ft. wide at 



$3.00 per 100 ft $0.06 



1-12 bbl. cement at $2.60 0.22 



1-12 yard sand at $1.60 0.14 



1-4 day's time at $1.50 0.38 



$0.80 



The only tools used were wire cutters, 

 hammer and trowel. 



Alabama. T. H. & L. B. Aldrich. 



A Good Houseplant 



THE Clivia is an evergreen, bulbous plant 

 which is admirably adapted to house 

 culture. It does not, as a rule, need repot- 

 ting more often than once in two or three 

 years. It may be done just after the plants 



Clfbia minlaia, but known to the trade as Imantophyt- 

 tum miniatum. It delights in a cool situation, but will 

 not stand frost 



have flowered (March to June), and before 

 growth commences. Years when repotting 

 is not done remove an inch or two of the 

 top soil, replacing it with fresh soil. As the 

 plants are so seldom repotted it is a decided 

 advantage to add to each bushel of soil 

 about one-half pint of bone meal and two 

 quarts of finely-broken charcoal. 



The Common Foxglove 



npHE foxglove {Digitalis purpurea) which 

 ■*- is shown on this month's cover is most 

 effective when grown in masses, backed by 

 shrubbery. It is one of the most easily 

 grown biennials. Seeds sown in July will 

 bloom the following May or June. The 

 plants produce many seeds which self-sow 

 as soon as ripe and the young plants will 

 bloom the following summer without further 

 care. A 4-inch mulch of leaves from a 

 hardwood tree will help to keep the plants 

 in good condition during winter. 



Magnificent Flower Show Within New York 

 City Limits 



One Hundred Thousand 

 Peonies 



Forty-Four Thousand 

 Rhododendrons 



mDT r^r^A/l At Cottage Gardens, 

 rSLUL^lVl Queens, Long Island 



June is the month to see Peonies and Rhododen- 

 drons in all their glory. We will have in bloom 

 100,000 Peonies in over 400 varieties, also 20,000 

 native and 24,000 hybrid Rhododendrons. 



The public is cordially invited. Queens is reached by all 

 Long Island electric and steam trains from Brooklyn, also 

 Garden City and Hempstead trains from Long Island City. 

 Call long distance 'Phone 530 Jamaica, or write and carriage 

 will meet any train. 



If you cannot come, the next best is to get a copy of The 

 Nursery Book — Beautifully illustrated — beginningwith things 

 that will interest all lovers of Trees, Shrubs and Herbaceous 

 Plants — just out. A post card to the following address will 

 bring one to you FREE. Send for it if you want to know the 

 truth about trees and shrubs. 



Cottage Gardens Co. 



Room 2, Queens, Long Island 



Landscape Department Offices : Rooms 9094-95 Metropolitan 

 Building, Madison Ave. and 23d St., New York, N. Y. 



Grow 



i— Mushrooms 



Give yourself the pleasure of gardening during win- 

 ter without a greenhouse or even a cold frame. Supply 

 your o c wn table with a tasty delicious delicacy. 

 Pure Culture Spawn makes "breeding to variety" 

 possible. 

 A Mushroom Bed is a^ Money Marker 



Big demand, good prices. Here is a good thing — a 

 profitable branch of horticulture — don't wait till every- 

 body else sees it. Write to-day for Illustrated Booklet 

 A — free for the asking. 



PURE CULTURE SPAWN CO., Cincinnati, Ohio. 



DID YOU SEE IT? 



In the April issue of this Magazine there appeared a very 

 beautiful picture of a new rose in natural colors, being an exact 

 reproduction of the cover of our 1907 Catalog. On the back 

 were some very attractive offers of plants, seeds and bulbs. 

 Look it up — while you are thinking of it — and send us at least 

 a trial order. The Catalog is Free for the asking. 



the McGregor bros. co., springfield, ohio 



I— Sharpen Your Lawn Mower— | 

 20 times for 25c. 



EUREKA Sharpener 



A new device to attach to the cutting j» £WQ&(% ' i5# f i#fW W l W ! % 

 ^^>. blade of any mower, sharp- ^ss=s==^sS==^S±s 

 ens all blades to a keen, even, accurate edge in 

 a few minutes. Anyone can attach it to cutting 

 blade. (See illustration.) No filing, no work. 

 Simply push the mower on sidewalk with Eureka 

 Sharpener attached and blades sharpen automatic- 

 ally. Soldbyall dealers, 25c. , orsentprepaidon receipt 

 of 30c, stamps or coin. Specify width of mower blade. 

 EUREKA SHARPENER CO.. 1303 16th Street, Detroit, Mich. 





Write to-day for our art booklet " How 

 to Grow Koses" and our New Flo- 

 ral Guide— FREE. 

 OONAKD & JONKS CO., Box P, West Grove, Pa. 



Growers of "the Best Roses in America." 



Roses 



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