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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 191! 



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"You Must Spray 

 To Make Crops Pay" 



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With all the world on rations, you can't 

 afford to risk the success of your garden. 

 Plant good seed in well-fertilized soil. Hoe, cul 

 spray. Bugs and blights will have little chance to spoil 

 your crops if you study your Spraying Calendar and use 



iltivate 



Jutt guide the nozzle— 



the Auto-Spray doc* the rut 



It will also protect your fruit trees and rose bushes, 

 disinfect the hen house, put on whitewash or cold-water 

 paints and wash the auto. The auto-pop shut-off prevents waste of 

 solution. The patented non-clog nozzles (fine spray and solid 

 etream) handle any kind of solution, 



Our/ree Spraying Calendar is a guide to the novice, a 

 reminder to the expert. Send for it to-day. Ask also for 1919 

 'y%ft&~'fy catalogue which describes 40 styles of Auto-Spray. 



The E. C. BROWN CO., 850 Maple Street, Rochester, N.Y. 



Cultivate Your Garden 

 the "PERFECTION" Way 



Any of 

 three sizes 

 $3.50 each 



No. 1. i 



with 6 

 knives. 

 to II 



*ill 



The "Perfection" Cultivator kills weeds, 



aerates the soil, conserves moisture. Can 



be adjusted many ways and anybody 



can work it. Write for full details 



to-day. 



Satisfaction guaranteed or 

 money refunded 



-^^ LEONARD SEED CO. 



226-230 West KinzieSt. 

 Chicago, Illinois 



inches wide. 

 No. 2. w ith four discs for use with 

 7 l A- %% and *>% inc » knives, will 

 work ii to 14 inch wide rows. 

 No. 3. with four discs, and 10 or n in< 

 knives, works rows 13 to 16 inches wide 

 Descriptive circular and catalogue 

 of seeds for present ptanti7ig F REE 



Hill's Evergreens Grow 



Beautify your home. Plant iiiu s Jiver^reens. 

 We are evergreen specialists, not only in grow- 

 ing but in planning artistic effects. Prices low- 

 est—quality considered. Don't risk failure — 

 Get Hill's Free Evergreen Book. Write to-day 



Expert advice free! 



D. Hill Nursery Co., Evergreen Specially 



K..-, km; 1 Dundee, 111- 



TOMATOES 



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Earlier than you ever had before 



The World's Demand 



For Food 



will be greater than ever this year. Hun- 

 dreds of Market Gardeners are more 

 than doubling their profits by using 

 my "wonderful Plant Forcing devices. 

 Don't be satisfied with a garden like 

 the other fellow — beat him to it. 



No matter how backward the 

 spring, it's easy with 



The Ball Seed & Plant Forcer 



cheap enough to use them by the thousands. Send for my Beautiful Free BOOK. 

 HOW to GUOW BItiGEIt, BETTER and EARLIER CROPS than you ever had 

 before. It gives you gardening information found in no other publication. It 

 tells you how you can have a garden with flowers in full bloom and vegetables 

 for your table a month earlier than you ever had before. Just drop me a post- 

 card and I'll send you your copv bv return mail. 



THE BALL MANUFACTURING COMPANY 

 Department **E" Glenside, Pa. 



Plenty of Nitrate 



in 



Chile 



The amount of Nitrate in the 

 Chilean Deposits is 



720,000,000 Tons 



At present rate of world's con- 

 sumption, deposits will last for 



300 Years 



Shipping conditions are improving. 

 American farmers should learn the 

 FACTS. Write for information. 



W. LAMBERT MYERS 

 Chilean Nitrate Committee 

 P. O. Box 248 Berkeley, Cal. 



4 GRAND GLADIOLI, 35c 



Peace — Best white dozen, $ .60 



War— Brilliant red " 1.50 



Pendleton — Beautiful pink " .80 



Schwaben — Best yellow " 1.00 

 One bulb of each, 35c 3 of each, $1.00 



Post Prepaid, Catalogue Free 



Brookland Gardens, Woburn, Mass. 



Your 

 Garden 



lot Hol-beds g~* \ \ 



and Cold-frames ^cllISI 



The Sunlight Sash, whether set on hot-beds, cold-frames 

 or our small, inexpensive greenhouses, if faithfully used, 

 never fail to give highly satisfactory results. And they last 

 a lifetime. 



The earlier they are put to work the earlier and better the 

 plants. Order now and have them ready. If you wish to 

 eliminate the drudgery of 

 mats and shutters our double 

 glass sash are indispensable. 



Ask for our catalogue. It 

 gives all particulars of various 

 sizes of Sash (double or single) 

 Frames, Suntrapz and Green- 

 bouses and tells how to handle 

 tli em. 



Sunlight Double Glass Sash Co. 



937 East Broadway Louisville, Ky. 



Green's 



Grown from Bearing Trees and 

 Propagated from Whole Roots 



Write to-day for new catalogue enabling 

 you to plant the orchard, home acre or 

 city lot with an expert's advice as to best 

 varieties and how to insure successful 



planting. Forty-two years of knowing how condensed for 



your guidance. You 



SAVE BIG MONEY 



by buying direct from Green. Keep in your own pocket 

 agent's profits averaging one-half the cost and get the best 

 trees that can be produced, hardy, healthy, sturdy stock, true 

 to name. 



Largest and Oldest Nursery 

 Selling Pedigree Trees Direct to Planters 

 Everything for the orchard and home grounds, priced for 

 small or large quantities. Valuable planting information in- 

 cluded. Catalogue free. Address 



GREEN'S NURSERY CO., 7 Wall Street, 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



Wild French Poppies 



T3UY now, your seeds of the wondrous wild poppies 

 ■ L ' of France, that our soldiers tell us grow in a riot 

 of color, along the edges of and through the grain fields. 

 The seeds are difficult to secure and in great demand. 

 Only 5 packages so!d to any one person. Price 25c a 

 package, 5 packages $1, postage paid. 

 Send for our Garden Lover's Book of Taluable information. Free 



Scklmgs Seeds 



MAX SCHL1NG, Inc. 



34 West 59th Street New York 



Beautify Ibur Garden 



With 



GaiiomfPoTtery 



Catalog on Request 

 GADOWA^TERRA-iOffiA COMPANY 



3214 "Walnut St., Philadelphia 



The Glen Road Iris Gardens 



Grace Sturtevant, Prop. 



Wellesley Farms, Massachusetts 



GROWERS AND ORIGINATORS OF FINE VARI- 

 ETIES OF BEARDED IRIS 



PLANTS SEEDS ROOTS 



Complete assortment of hardy Northern grown 

 Berry Plants, Garden Seeds and Roots. Strict- 

 ly first class. True to name. Prices reason- 

 able. Catalogue sent FREE. 



A. R. WESTON & CO. Bridgman, Mich. 



Masters Plant Setter 



Pays for Itself Every / 

 Day Used 



Transplants Tobacco, Tomatoes, 

 Sweet Potatoes, Cabbage, Straw- 

 berries, Eggplant and all similar 

 plants. 



No Stooping — No Lame Back 



Each plant set, watered and covered— one oper- 

 ation. A full stand; no resetting, an earlier crop. 

 Most practical planter ever invented. Is guaran- 

 teed to set three times as fast and easier and better / 

 than 'hand work. Money back if not satisfied. 

 Write for Free Booklet. 



MASTERS PLANTER CO, 



Dept. X Chicago, III. 



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