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The Readers' Service will furnish you 'with the 

 names of reliable firms in a?*y department of trade 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



July, 1907 



iNiTAKf(§DfAGE Disposal 



@UNTRY HOMES^ 



The Hygienic System disposes of the Sewage from Country Homes in a sani- 

 tary manner without attention or expense. 



It entirely eliminates the use of dangerous Cesspools which are breeders of 

 disease and a continual expense and annoyance. 



You cannot afford to ta\e your chances With cesspools. 

 Write for our Catalogue Ti, which explains the System. 



HYGIENIC SUBURBAN SEWAGE CO. 



St. James Building, 1 133 Broadway, N. Y. City. 



'Phone 3022 Madison Square. 



The Illinois Self-Watering Flower Boxes 



Require attention only twice a month. Made of 

 heavy Galvanized Iron. Last for years — are Inex- 

 pensive. Made for Porches, Windows, Hanging 

 Baskets, etc. Send for Full Details and Price List. 



ILLINOIS HEATER COMPANY 

 3949 WENTWORTH AVE. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 



The Anglais Table Deco- 

 ration for Arranging 

 Cut Flowers 



Naturally the ANGLAIS TABLE DECORATION will 

 be at once appreciated by lovers of flowers. The ANGLAIS 

 TABLE DECORATION is made up of two low Colonial 

 glass vases, one crescent and one rectangular in form, each, 

 containing a JAPANA CUT FLOWER HOLDER ready 

 for use. (See Note.) 



It takes 6 Cres. to make a circle. 6 Cres. and 2, 4, 6 or 8 

 RECT. to make an oblong according to the size desired. 

 The Effects Possible are Limited Only by the Possessor 



NOTE— The JAPANA is a solid piece of glass full of 

 holes allowing a perfect circulation for the water and holding 

 the flowers in their natural position (the Japanese idea of 

 beauty). Being of glass the JAPANA does not show when 

 in water and flowers last much longer. 



Just the thing for a Wedding Gift. 



6 Cres. 2 Rect. with Japana $6.00. AN OVAL ARRANGEMENT 



Centre Piece in Use. 



Low Vase with "Japana" com- 

 plete $1.00 



"Anglais" units with Japana com- 

 plete, each - 75c. 



Sent upon receipt of price. Circular on 

 application. 



M. V. GARNSEY 



129 Waiola Ave., LaGrange, III. 



More Prizes for July Efforts 



T^IVE dollars or more is offered for the 

 *■ best article suggested by each and every 

 paragraph under the above caption. Same 

 conditions as those mentioned in the 

 "Gardener's Reminder," page 329: 



A good way to pay for the photographic outfit you 

 want is to take pictures for The Garden Magazine — 

 not miscellaneous pictures, but illustrations of ideas men- 

 tioned on this page. 



The cheapest way to raise perennials is from seed. 

 Every garden ought to have a small outdoor seedbed. By 

 the middle of July the annuals will be out of it and then 

 you can sow perennials. Better results will be had if 

 they are started in a coldframe because a more uniform 

 moisture can be maintained in the soil. 



Everyone ought to have one favorite perennial which 

 he raises in quantity for massing or cutting. 



What is backward in your garden ? Dig in wood ashes 

 or sheep manure around any annuals or other plants that 

 look weak. Nitrate of soda will "tone up" the laggards 

 in five to seven days. 



You cannot get a full crop of strawberries next spring 

 by planting field runners in July, but you can if you plant 

 pot-grown strawberries in July or August. Five dollars 

 for an amateur's story of success with full record of yield, 

 size of berries, photograph, etc. 



Five dollars for the best personal experience by an 

 amateur with celery plants bought and set in July. 



Order now, your mushroom spawn for the autumn 

 crop. Five dollars for the best record with Alaska, Bohemia, 

 Columbia or any new American variety. 



The very best Shirley poppies of the year are those 

 secured in September from seed sown July 15th. Mr. W. 

 N. Craig astonishes the New England gardeners with the 

 quality of his September poppies. Five dollars for photo- 

 graph, measurements and reasons. 



The very best sweet peas of the year are secured in 

 October from July-sown seed. Mr. James Wood of Mt. 

 Kisco, N. Y., vouches for this statement. 



Five dollars for a photograph and narrative of success 

 with July-sown pansies costing fifty cents a packet or more. 



The same for cyclamen, mignonette and hollyhock. 

 The costlier the seed, the more to the point. 



Five dollars for the best facts and figures on summer 

 painting of greenhouses. 



Five dollars for the best photograph of roses obtained 

 next Christmas from dormant plants started in July. 



Ten dollars for the best illustrated article telling just 

 how an amateur who has a greenhouse costing less than 

 $3,000 should sterilize and sub-irrigate his soil. Must 

 give close estimate cf cost. 



Five dollars for the best account of success with retarded 

 lilies-of-the-valley, spireas, azaleas, lilacs or lilies ordered 

 in July. 



Important Things to Do in Late 

 June and July 



YOU will not get a good second crop of roses from 

 your hybrid perpetuals unless you cut them back 

 July 5th or as soon as they go out of bloom. Cut back 

 the weak ones severely; the strong ones only a few joints. 



Have you ever succeeded in maintaining fertility in 

 your vegetable garden, without commercial fertilizers, 

 simply by using crimson clover ? If you have twice as 

 much room as you really need you can easily accomplish 

 this by keeping one-half in clover this year and the other 

 the next. Mr. George T. Powell uses crimson clover in 

 a rather small home garden. As fast as his crops mature 

 he sows crimson clover on every foot of ground that is not 

 needed for a second crop. It adds humus and nitrogen 

 and prevents washing away of soil. Get a pound of seed 

 and try it. It will cost only fifteen cents. 



Lettuce seed does not germinate well in hot weather. 

 Sprout it indoors and water the rows before sowing. Select 

 a moist, shaded spot. 



Lima beans waste a lot of time and strength unless you 

 help them get started up the poles. 



Melons. Apply tobacco dust freely around the plants, 

 cultivate well and dig in a little bonemeal. 



Radishes. Toward the end of July sow seeds of the 

 winter type. 



Squashes. Use tobacco dust freely for bugs and beetles. 

 Cover the joints of the plants with fresh soil. 



To have currants in August, cover a few bushes with 

 muslin or burlap in July before the fruit begins to color. 



After the "June drop" thin out apples, pears, plums and 

 peaches by one-half or two-thirds in order to get larger and 

 better flavored fruits. 



