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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1919 



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GROW better FruitS 

 than you Buy at the Market 



can 



Fruits are food, and right in your own garden you 

 can raise most of the fruit you need for the table 

 ~nd for preserving; and it will be better and cheaper 

 than what you buy at the market. 



Dwarf Apple and Pear Trees 



can be planted in the smallest garden with the certainty 

 of success. We offer a dozen varieties of apples (including 

 Baldwin, Banana, Duchesse, Grimes, Yellow Transparent 

 and other good sorts); a score of pears (Bartlett, Clapp, 

 Duchesse, L. Bonne, Seckel, are samples); all sturdy 

 stock, usually bearing two years after planting. Com- 

 plete list is given in 



Storrs & Harrison Co. 



BooJ^ of Fruits and Seeds (65th Annual Edition) 



for home gardens and commercial orchards, for vegetable and flower growers. 

 192 pages freely illustrated. Sent on request to any one. Free. 



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The STORRS & HARRISON CO., Box 714, Paincsvillc, Ohio 



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The New Edition of 



" Choice andRare Hardy Plants' 



will be ready for mailing on February 1st. In addition to the 

 many extraordinary kinds offered in the last issue, it will de- 

 scribe quite a number of unusual hardy plants not obtainable 

 elsewhere in this country. Every plant we sell is guaranteed 

 true-to-name. Learn all about the best hardy plants which 

 ideal soil and climate, plus human skill can produce by re- 

 questing your copy of "Choice and Rare Hardy Plants." 



Mailed Free on Request 



Write for it To-day = 



WOLCOTT NURSERIES, Jackson, Mich. 



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We will pay you well for all you have — every spare hour can mean 

 money — by securing ne.v subscribers to the World's Work, Country 

 Life, and The Garden Magazine. Write to Circulation Dept. 

 Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, New York 



LECTURES ON GARDENING 



Can offer 15 distinct lectures on flower and vegetable gardening. 

 All are unique — absolutely practical for the amateur. Can give 

 hundreds of references. Satisfaction guaranteed. Special rates 

 to Garden Clubs. 



Apply for particulars 

 MAURICE FULD 7 West 45th Street, New York 



Your Garden Can Be As Lovely as This 

 From Early Spring Till Frost - 



Wagner Free Blooming Plants, put into your ground early this 

 spring, -.vill make your garden an ever-gfowing jewel of color. 

 To enjoy the first spring flowers, plan now and plant early. 

 Wagner Plans and Wagner Plants will give you a full summer 

 of continuous blossoms. 



Write to-day for Warner's Catalogue No. 115 of flowers, bulbs, 

 shrubs, evergreens, rose%, perennials, etc., for early spring planting. 



WAGNER PARK NURSERIES 



Nurserymen Florists Landscape Gardeners 

 Box 15 SIDNEY, OHIO 



Make Your Garden Gay 

 With Hardy Phloxes 



Of all our hardy plants none are more 

 effective than the Phloxes for midsummer 

 blooms. 



We icill send you a collection 



of splendid plants, that should furnish many gor- 

 geous blooms — -red, pink, white, purple — in mid- 

 summer if t he plants are set early t his Spring. Think 

 of it! The biggest bargain of the season! 



Ten plants, assorted varieties, $1 . 



Sent postpaid anywhere in the V. S.A. 



Our new Catalogue of Perennials, Roses, flowering 

 Shrubs, Evergreens, Shade and Fruit Trees, con- 

 tain many special offers of value to planters. Send 

 for it to-day. 



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Althea Park Troy, Ohio 



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We do not acknowledge receipt of subscriptions 

 unless specially requested to do so. If the sub- 

 scription is new, the receipt of the first copy is evi- 

 dence that your subscription has been properly 

 entered — if a renewal, the date on the wrapper will 

 indicate the new expiration. This is one means of 

 conserving and helps the already congested mails. 



Gladioli 



I have been growing these most delightful and 

 satisfactory "People's Orchids" for the public 

 over a dozen years and thousands of people from 

 Maine to New Zealand are "glad" I have. That 

 is what they tell me. I have harvested, in good 

 condition, the best lot of bulbs I ever had and if 

 you will be patient until about Jan. 1st I will send 

 you, for the asking, my descriptive catalogue. 

 I have some fine new things. Something about 

 Potato Seed, too. Don't forget to mention the 

 Garden Magazine. Notice the address. 



GEO. S. WOODRUFF, Box G. Independence, Iowa 



HjlJJien it 

 comes to 



Greenhouses 

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I Hiiciiinds & Co, 



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DEPENDABLE STOCK 



ROCK BOTTOM PRICES 



Gladiolus Peace, white, per 100 - - $2.50 



Empress of India, black red - - - 2.00 



Princepine, rich crimson, - - - - 2.50 



Pink Perfection, finest Pink - - - 2.75 



Schwaben, strong yellow - - - - 2.50 



Our carefully selected seeds, bulbs and perennial plants are 

 among the best known in the seed trade. Hundreds of florists 

 throughout the country have used our productions for years. 

 We offer you the same strains and they should please you. 

 Some of our offerings are sure to fit in your garden scheme. We 

 will be glad to consult with you. Ask your florist, he knows us. 



Write for catalogue to 



Ralph E. Huntington Painesville, Ohio 



School of Horticulture for Women 



AMBLER, PA. 



Register now for entrance in January, 1919 — Prac- 

 tical and theoretical instruction given. Diploma 

 awarded for successful completion of two years 

 course. Short Spring courses. Increasing de- 

 mand for women trained in Horticultural work. 

 Fruit, flower and vegetable culture, poultry, 

 bees, preserving, etc. Catalogues sent on 

 application to 



Elizabeth Leig-hton T.ee, Director. 



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DAHLIAS 



Of Distinction 



You surely will want one of my 

 new $10.00 dahlias for 1919. The 

 "U. S. A." = Also the new group, 

 "The Ten Sea Lions." The price of 

 the Millionaire has been reduced to 

 $2.50 for 1919 and the Billionaire to 

 $5.00. Some corking new novelties 

 in my 1 91 9 free catalogue. 



Geo. L. Stillman 



Dahlia Specialist 



Westerly, Rhode Island, Box C-9. 



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