December, 1918 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



151 



Garden Sash 

 That Hold 



Hot-beds T1-|q ¥-T**saf- 

 and Cold-frames * **C J. 1COI 



When the Sun's Heat Rays in Winter fall upon the SUN- 

 LIGHT Sash, they pass through and are saved to warm up 

 the bed beneath. It becomes a Summer Spot in Winter 

 Time, not only by day but overnight, for the double-glazing 

 holds the stored heat and the plants in the bed grow 

 unchecked. 



That's the story in brief of the 

 Sunlight double-glazed sash. 

 Get some and set them in 

 your garden. They are also 

 used on the top and sides of 

 the Sunlight ready-made 

 small greenhouses. 



Ask for a Catalogue and 

 Price Chart 



Sunlight Double Glass Sash Co. 



937 East Broadway Louisville, Ky. 



IRIS 



"Fair Lily of France" 



"Blue Flags, Yellow Flags, Flags all freckled. 



Which will you take, Yellow, blue, speckled? 



Take which you will — speckled, blue, yellow — 



Each in its way has not a fellow." 

 All the above and then some. 15 cts.each,i2forthe 

 price of 10. Unnamed $1.00 per 12, $5.00 per 100. 



(Not the Parcel Post Kind — Too Large) Price list free 



GEO. N. SMITH Wellesley Hills, Mass. 



DWARF APPLE TREES 



DWARF PEAR TREES 



DWARF PLUM TREES 



DWARF CHERRY TREES 



DWARF PEACH TREES 



Catalogue Free 



THE VAN DUSEN NURSERIES 



C. C. McKAY, Mgr. Box G, Geneva, N. Y. 



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Traxler's Collection of Fragrant Peonies 



This collection consists of all of the fragrant varieties of 

 Mr. Brand's "America's Best," all of the world's best, and 

 nothing but the best. Nothing but fragrant varieties and 

 only the best of these. Why not try a shipment of our 

 thrifty, vigorous, northern grown stock? Send for price list. 



JOHN A. TRAXLER 

 . 22S West 24th St:, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Sturdy as Oaks ICwD£tD 



Dingee roses are always grown on their own roots 

 — and are absolutely the best for the amateur planter. 

 Send to-day for our 



"New Guide to Rose Culture" tor 1919 



— it's free. It isn't a catalogue — it's a practical work on rose 

 growing. Profusely illustrated. Offers over 500 varieties of 

 Roses and other plants, bulbs and seeds, and tells how to grow 

 them. Safe delivery guaranteed. Established 1850. 70 green- 

 houses. THE DINGEE &CONAKD CO., Box 37, West GroT6,l'a. 



GARDEN LABELS 



Know when, where and what you planted. Label your garden. 

 IOO wood labels in assortment from the big 12-inch for marking 

 garden rows to little copper-wired label for marking trees and 

 shrubs. Attractively packed with marking pencil 70 cts., 

 post paid. 



C. H. GORDINIER Troy, N. Y. 



Moss Aztec Pottery 



Offers a wide choice of objects, from simple fern dishes and 

 bud vases to impressive jardinieres and plant stands. Its 

 predominating characteristic is refined elegance in designs and 

 colors. A post card request will bring you the "Moss Aztec" 

 catalogue and name of nearest dealer. 



DISTINCTIVE FERN PAN $1.50 



square with 

 separate liners 

 measuring 7x7 

 inches by 4 inches 

 deep. Order as 

 No. 495. 



PETERS & REED 



POTTERY 



COMPANY 



So. Zanesville, 0. 



oped everywhere as it is in Brooklyn." It must, 

 by the way, be peculiarly exasperating to the ease- 

 loving fraternity of county officials, when one 

 of their number does something of real service 

 to the community and demonstrates thereby 

 what his fellows could do if they cared to exert 

 themselves. Register Webster was able to hunt 

 for owners of unused land in Kings County only, 

 as the records of his office cover only that county, 

 but the work he is doing has attracted attention 

 outside; he receives many inquiries about war 

 gardens in other counties — which inquiries he 

 refers to the proper authorities. Non-obtaining 

 of the owner's consent has usually been due to 

 inability to locate the owner because of lack of 

 address and the Register is making plans to take 

 control next year of this "slacker" land. In 

 some of the Western states, local authorities 

 have been given permission to take charge of this 

 land and assign it to whoever will farm it, wher- 

 ever the owner cannot be found or refuses his 

 permission. Register Webster, who believes in 

 taking time by the forelock has been sending 

 out cards to all who received war garden permits 

 or booklets offering his help for next year. No 

 one case has yet been heard from in which the 

 gaidener intends to abandon his efforts and many 

 have already filed their application for larger 

 tracts of land for next season. The Register is 

 acting on these applications immediately in order 

 that the land may be fertilized this fall. Which 

 action we commend to other vacant lot superin- 

 tendents. 



TN MAKING plans for next year's food pro- 

 ■*■ duction, the use of the automobile should 

 figure largely. "Three million men in the 

 Army," says Mr. Charles Lathrop Pack, "have 

 seen what the automobile can do in getting food 

 to them no matter where they are — in camp, on 

 the firing line, anywhere; and they have learned 

 the lesson — the motor truck is a valuable agent 

 in delivering food F. O. B. the kitchen door. 

 And the friends of the boys at the front, who also 

 have noted the usefulness and agility of the 

 motor truck as a means of bringing supplies to the 

 place where they are wanted, are the Patient 

 Consumers, who next year, it is hoped, will re- 

 member this demonstration of the motor's use- 

 fulness and no longer be content to watch fruit 

 and vegetables spoil while freight is "tied up," 

 instead they will establish flexible motor truck 

 lines which will bring the surplus from outlying 

 gardens to dozens of small markets in the cities 

 and towns. 



"In many parts of the country," says Mr. 

 Pack, "they are following the plan put in opera- 

 tion by Mrs. Andrew Wright Crawford of Bryn 

 Mawr, where automobile owners lend their 

 cars to volunteer food savers who go into the 

 country and help pick fruit and harvest the 

 garden crops." 



"^J'EXT year will also see "land army units" 

 ■^^ equipped as "flying squadrons," with 

 motors, tools, and some farm machinery, so 

 that the Unit can go where needed and take 

 what is necessary for work with it. From all 

 over the country have come in golden reports 

 of the work of the Women's Land Army who 

 have undertaken all sorts of work, and at present 

 writing, in New England are proposing to "get 

 out" wood, which seems rather strenuous, even 

 for a woman's Land Army. It looks as if we in 

 America might be developing a new type of 

 American girl, somewhat akin to those "mighty 

 daughters of the plough" of which Tennyson 

 sung in his "Princess" and yet supplied his im- 

 aginary women's college with only three or four 

 — not nearly enough to look after the farm work; 

 as even a poet of to-day would know. 



Frances Duncan. 



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4 Gladiolus Enthusiasts 



You Simply Must Have 



PRINCE of WALES 



The gladiolus beautiful, color a clear, glorious, shimmer- 

 ing apricot salmon melting to a centre of the sweetest 

 yellow. The Ophelia Rose of the gladiolus world. 



It is invariably selected by visitors as the most striking 

 and magnificent color combination in my gardens. 



Prince of Wales \s*extremely early with large flowers on a 

 tall, strong spike and is a rapid multiplier; this with its in- 

 comparable color gives a flower of singular charm. There 

 are many white, pink, yellow and red gladioli but this is 

 the one and bnly salmon. Awarded a First Class Certificate 

 at Haarlem, Holland. 



I believe that I have the largest true stock of this variety 

 in America and although within the last two years this has 

 sold as high as #1.50 per bulb, I can offer it- at the very- 

 reasonable price of 25 cents apiece for strong flowering size 

 bulbs, $2.50 per dozen, postpaid. 



Xmas Special 



a Send $1.00 and your personal card and I will mail a 

 neat box of five bulbs of Prince of Wales together with 

 descriptive and cultural leaflet, so as to arrive on Christmas, 

 at any friend's address, that you may forward to me. 



Prize Collection 



For a limited time only I offer a Prize Collection of FIFTY 

 flowering size bulbs in ten of the best varieties now grown in all 

 colors such as Pendleton, Schwaben, War, Peace, etc., together with 

 full cultural directions, postaid to any address for $1.00. This 

 collection will contain only the finest varieties and cannot be 

 equalled at the price anywhere. 



The above collection and six bulbs of Prince of "Wales, while 

 they last, postpaid for $2.00. 



RAYMOND M. CHAMPE 



Walled Lake, Oakland County, Michigan 



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Heatherhome Bulbs 



For Fall Planting 



There's such a thing as superior quality in 

 Bulbs, insuring greater success in growing and 

 better flowers. 



Heatherhome Bulbs are of the same exceptional 

 quality as Heatherhome Seeds and Plants. 



Write for our Fall List to-day 



Heatherhome Seed and Nursery Co. 



(Formerly the Knight and Struck Co.) 



258 Fifth Avenue New York City 



TOWNSEND'S TRIPLEX 



The Greatest Grass Cutter on Earth 

 —Cuts a Swath 86 Inches Wide 



Drawn by one horse and operated by one man, the 

 TRIPLEX MOWER will mow more lawn in a day than 

 the best motor mower ever made, cut it better and at 

 a fraction of the cost. 



Drawn by one horse and operated by one man, it will 

 mow more lawn than any three ordinary horse-drawn 

 mowers with three horses and three men. 



Send for catalogue illustrating all types of 

 TOWN SEND MOWERS 



S. P. TOWNSEND & CO. 



23 Central Ave. Orange, N. J. 



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