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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Mat, 1919 



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GILSON" 



STANDS FOR 



GARDEN TOOLS 



Yes, a tool for even' purpose ! Whether you 

 cultivate a flower bed on your front lawn or a 

 patriotic acre food garden, there are several 

 tools among the many we make, that will help 

 you do the work better, in less time. Our 

 business has doubled and trebled the last few 

 years, because our labor savers have made 

 many friends. 



"You Can't Say Too Much 

 About The Gilson Weeder" 



says the Editor of The Garden 





jazine, and thousands of Home 

 gardeners agree with him. A dou- 

 ble edged, oscillating blade, a set 

 of strong teeth, and a stout six foot ash handle 

 make the Gilson Weeder the most formidable 

 foe to weeds any one may wish. And it's just 

 as safe to let the children use it as though you 

 use it yourself. Three and one-half, five, six, 

 and eight inch blades for flower beds, light soils 

 and wide rows, at moderate prices from $1.00 

 up. Gilson YVeeders shorten garden hours. 



The Same Holds Good of 



The Liberty Cul- 

 tivatorWeeder 



It stands 

 for Liberty 

 from garden 

 drudgery. 

 As shown 

 al ongside 

 with seven 

 specially 

 constructed 

 teeth, it 

 breaks up 

 soil, pulverizes and up-roots weeds from four 

 to ten inches wide. Furnished with five foot 

 ash handle or with special wheel frame, as a 

 wheelhoe. Special size for gardeners, who 

 mean business, nine teeth covering fourteen 

 inches in one operation. 



Hand Weeders and Dandelion Diggers, Too 



For the sake of your garden and results from it, investi- 

 gate the really complete Gilson line of garden tools. Most 

 good dealers handle them. If not, send to us for descrip- 

 tive pamphlets and prices. 



J. E. GILSON COMPANY 



Port Washington Wisconsin 



RE-MOVE-ABLE STEEL 



CLOTHES POSTS & FLAG POLES 



COST LESS THAN WOOD 



No holes to dig. 

 Won't disfigure 

 lawn. Set it your- 

 self in steel socket 

 driven in ground. 

 Poles and posts of 

 rust proof galvan- 

 ized steel filled 

 '.; with concrete. In- 

 "-'- stantly removable. 

 * Cannot decay, last life- 

 time. Better and 

 T:^m <x^ cheaper than wood. 

 :'./.. :<j |fe; Also makers of Tennis 

 net posts and fence 

 posts. Ask dealers or 

 write us for Folder G. 



M.»«HKsT».f l.l-OVI CO. 



Btwufc, >iw ienej 



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Flag 

 Poles 

 — suit- 

 able for 



Soldier 

 Mem- 

 orials. 



Medal Commemorative of War 

 Gardens 



A MEDAL to commemorate the war service 

 •**■ of the Home Gardens of America has been 

 presented to the heads of the governments of the 

 United States, England, France, Belgium, and 

 Italy, and to the world leaders in food control by 

 the National War Garden Commission. 



The medal was designed by a committee 

 headed by George Frederick Kunz, Ph.D., Sc.D., 

 an international authority on commemorative 

 medals and president of the American Scenic and 

 Historic Preservation Society. The committee 

 of the National War Garden Commission ap- 



pointed by its president Charles Lathrop Pack, 

 to have charge of the work and the presentation 

 is composed of Honorable Myron T. Herrick, 

 former ambassador to France; Dr. John Grier 

 Hibben, president of Princeton University; and 

 Mr. John Hays Hammond, the noted mining 

 engineer. 



The medal has been designed with the object 

 of representing, in as simple manner as possible, 

 the country's military service and the support 

 given to it by those who quietly but persistently 

 worked in their war gardens. On the obverse is 

 the figure of a young woman dressed in loose shirt 

 and trousers and kneeling on the ground in an 

 open field, working over some young garden 

 plants. In low relief and drawn small in scale 

 so as to seem distant, are soldiers marching 

 directly across the medal, and forming a decora- 

 tive band just below the centre. 



The decorative motive for the reverse is a 

 basket hamper filled with the varied product of a 

 war garden. Above the basket and around the 

 edge are the words, "National War Garden 

 Commission." Under the basket appears the 

 name of the recipient and underneath that the 

 words, "The seeds of victory insure the fruits of 

 peace," a hoe and a rifle crossed and the dates 

 1916-1919. 



The moral of this is : Never leave the rake on the ground teeth up 



You Will Hunt for Shade 

 When the Sun Gets High 



You will want this shade around your 

 home, too — not at your neighbor's. More- 

 over, you will want trees that are large enough 

 to be valuable this summer. 



HICKS BIG TREES 



will give immediate effects; you won't have 

 to wait for them to grow big, they are big 

 now. You can have them transplanted to 

 your place almost over night, and when you 

 want shade you'll have it. Send today for 



"SHADE" 



A new Hicks monograph telling about big 

 shade trees which are ready to make your 

 mid-summer days as delightful 

 as days in June. Write 

 today for a free copy. 



Hicks Nurseries 

 Box M i 



Westbury,L.I.,N.Y 



The New York Botanical Garden 



INSTRUCTION IN GARDENING 



Practical instruction is offered in vegetable, flower 

 and fruit gardening, greenhouse and nursery prac- 

 tice, together with lectures, laboratory, field and 

 shop work in garden botany, zoology, pathology, 

 landscape design, soils, plant chemistry and related 

 subjects. 



The curriculum is planned for the education of 

 any persons who would become trained gardeners or 

 fitted to be superintendents of estates or parks. 

 Students may be admitted at any time. 



Circulars and other information will be mailed on application. 



THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 



BRONX PARK, NEW YORK CITY 



GARDEN LABELS 



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

 100 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. 



Descriptive 

 joUer sent 

 071 request 



All Your Garden 

 Tools in One 



Ideal for small gardens and truck 



patches. With its several tools — 



which are quickly interchanged 



- — you can plow, open furrows, 



cover them, cultivate and hoe. 



The large wheel and "double 



curve" — which is an exclusive 



feature — elevate the draft and 



make the 



Leader Garden Plow 



easier to operate than any other 

 hand tool on the market. 

 Readily adjusted for adults 

 or children — just the thing 

 for families where everyone 

 helps in the garden. Your 

 hardware dealer carries them 

 and you will be surprised how 

 reasonable they are in price. 



Leader 



Plow 



Co. 



Staunton, 



Va. 



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