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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



45 





Fourth 



Annual 



Y^ Price Rose Sale 



This special offer enables you to provide for a lovely 

 display of "Monthly" Hybrid Tea Roses at almost no 

 cost. My regular price is 5 for $1, but I now again make 

 a special half-price offer of 10 Roses, each one a dif- 

 ferent variety, sent prepaid, and all for only $1, if you 

 order NOW. (60 for $5.) If you appreciate choice 

 Roses, don't miss this liberal offer. Provide NOW for 

 a permanent and handsome display at small cost. 



Other Big $1 Specials 



50 lovely Gladioli, $i; 12 fine Dahlias, $i; 12 assorted Hardy Iris, 

 $l; 12 gorgeous Carinas, $i; 5 grand Peonies, $1. 



WHITE, RED, BLACK, 

 PURPLE 



GRAPES 



Wouldn't you enjoy rich, sweet, 

 luscious Grapes of your own growing 

 each year? For only $1 I will sup- 

 ply four 2-year old vines, I each of 

 Niagara — white; Brighton — red; 

 Concord — purple, and Worden — 

 black. Send gl for this collection today 

 and enjoy a lifetime treat. 



CLARENCE B. FARGO 



Desk K Frenchtown, N. J. 



12 St. Regis Everbearing Red Raspberries, $1. (All de- 

 liveries made at proper time.) 





Irises, Peonies, Gladioli 



Importers and growers of choice varieties. 

 Send for our free illustrated catalogue. 



Rainbow Gardens j^ffigoST. 



You Can Grow a Better 

 Garden 



Three 

 Tools 

 In One 



BARKER 



Weeder, Mulcher and Cultivator 



Kills the weeds and forms a moisture-retaining 

 mulch, in one operation. Better work than a hoe, 

 easier, and ten times as fast. "Best Weed Killer 

 Ever Used." Gets close to plants. Cuts runners. 

 Guards protect leaves. Has easily attached shovels 

 for deeper cultivation. 



The BARKER has brought many a garden through 

 dry periods. 'Let us tell you about it. Send for our 



FREE Illustrated Book 

 and Factory-to-User Offer 



BARKER MFG. CO. 



Dept. 11 David City, Neb. 



Treat a Garden like a Chili 

 Train it up as it should go 



Seeds That Boast 

 Of Good Pedigree 





TF you seek worth and harmony in a Garden the first step is to 

 sow the right Seeds — selected, tested, and guaranteed Seeds 

 — and this means Carter's Pedigreed Seeds. 



CHARTERS SEEDS are the aristocrats of the Seed world, be- 

 ^ cause the House of Carter has made a business of selecting 

 and. watching Seeds from generation to generation of Seed 

 life and the result is — Surety in Seed-buying for the Purchaser. 



Carter's 1919 Catalogue — "Garden and Lawn" 

 Sent on request 



CARTERS TESTED SEEDS, Inc. 



102-106 Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Boston, Mass. 



Branch of James Carter & Co., London, England 



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GARDEN NOVELTIES 



CHILDS' GIANT KOCHIA, our 



iqiS novelty, has taken its place every- 

 where as the greatest floral favorite. 

 It rivals the best Ferns or Palms in 

 decorative effects and is equally valuable 

 for garden or pots, a pyramid of dense 

 leathery green foliage all summer, in fall, 

 a dark claret red till Christmas. Easiest 

 of all plants to grow anywhere. Pkt. 20c. 

 MATCHLESS LETTUCE. Novel, 

 distinct and absolutely the tenderest and 

 sweetest lettuce grown. Pkt. 15c. 



TWO-POUND TOMATO. Largest, heaviest, richest, and most 



solid tomato. A perfect marvel. Pkt. 10c. 



CHINESE WOOLFLOWERS. The showiest new garden annual 



for bedding. Nothing like it. Pkt. 20c. 



HOW TO COOK VEGETABLES, 



a booklet giving 666 receipts for cooking, 

 canning and preserving vegetables of all 

 kinds. Will make one's garden crops 

 doubly valuable. 10c. 



SPECIAL OFFER 

 For 20c. we will send everything, 

 Kochia, Lettuce, Tomato, Wool- 

 flower, vegetable book and cat- 

 alogue. Order now. Supply limited. 

 BIG CATALOGUE free. All flower 

 and vegetable seeds, bulbs, plants and 

 berries ._ We grow the finest Gladioli, Dahlias, Cannas, Irises, Peonies, 

 Perennials, Shrubs, Vines, Ferns, Roses, Sweet Peas, Asters, Pansies, 

 Beets, Beans, Cabbage, Onions, Tomatoes, Seed Corn, Potatoes, 

 etc. Prize strains and sterling novelties. 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Inc., Floral Park, N. Y. 



WILL MORE MONEY HELP ? 



As a member of our agency organization, securing subscribers 

 for the World's Work, Country Life and the Garden Magazine, 

 you can increase your earnings — many are doing it. Send your 

 name to the Circulation Dept. 



Doubleday, Page & Company 

 Garden City New York 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GARDENING LECTURES. M. 

 G. Kains, Horticultural Consultant, and author of "Home Fruit 

 Grower," "Principles and Practice of Pruning," "Plant Propaga- 

 tion," "Culinary Herbs," etc., offers his lecture service to clubs and 

 societies. Address Port Washington, L. I. His semi-weekly 30 and 

 8 lecture courses begin February 5 and March 4, respectively. 

 For circulars write Secretary, Columbia University, New York. 



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only Ruffled Gladiolus 



Offered in the World 



f^LADIOLUS are fast becoming the most popular 

 V-* flower, and if you are interested in them you 

 cannot afford to be without our well-illustrated 

 52-page catalogue for 1919, which is free for the 

 asking. 



It contains nearly 300 varieties selected from 

 thousands of our best seedlings. All of our produc- 

 tion and almost all of them obtainable only from 

 us. The catalogue contains the most complete cul- 

 tural and storage directions on this flower ever 

 published and is worth having for that reason if for 

 no other. It tells you how to grow "Giant Gladi- 

 olus," etc. May we send you a copy ? 



Address the originator of the Ruffled Gladiolus 



A. E. KUNDERD 



GOSHEN, IND., U. S. A. 





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