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S THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1909 



Season 1908-9 

 Order Now for Future Delivery 



If your trees are purchased from the Fancher Creek Nur- 

 series, they will be true to name, well developed, with 

 good roots. 



For 25 years we have been engaged in growing reliable 

 nursery stock. 



Last season we did the largest business in our history. 

 This year our stock of deciduous, citrus and ornamental 

 trees, grape vines and rose bushes is more complete and 

 better than ever. 



We are soie propagators and disseminators of Luther 

 Burbank's New Creations. 



Valuable Burbank booklet illustrated in colors mailed 

 for 25c. 



Paid-up Capital $200,000.00 



FANCHER CREEK 

 NURSERIES 



Inc. 



GEO. C. ROEDING, Pres. and Mgr. 



Box 39 Fresno, California U. S. A. 



UBET IKILL 



Exterminates field mice, house mice, and other rodents 

 in houses, greenhouses, hotbeds, barns and stables. Package 

 (containing enough Ubet Ikill to kill 1,000 mice) 60 cents, car- 

 riage paid. 



STUMPP & WALTER CO., Distributing Agents 

 50 Jiaroluy Street, New Tork City 



.J. D. AUG. IIARTZ 



MEN AND WOMEN 



Write to-day for our new 32-page FREE 

 BOOK LET and learn how to grow mush- 

 rooms for big profits nil the year in cellars, 

 stables, sheds, boxes, etc. Surprising 

 returns from small space with little expense. 

 Markets waiting for all you can raise. Previous 

 experience unnecessary. We make and sell best 

 spawn and teach you our methods free. 



NATIONAL SPAWN & MUSHROOM CO. 

 Dept. 9 - Boston, Mass 



TARGET BRAND 

 SCALE DESTROYER 



The Standardized Soluble Oil for San Jose Scale 



Guaranteed to kill every scale it hits when applied at 

 a strength of 1 to 20. More economical than home 

 made remedies. Send for proofs and name of 

 nearest dealer. 



TARGET BRAND 

 Box 707 Martiiisbure, W. Va. 



Late 

 Petoskey 



Will 

 Doit 



Our new seedling. A prodigious yielder of Lnrge, Round, Smooth, 

 White, Deliciou»!y flavored tubers. Vigorous grower; handsome in 

 appearance. Splendid shipper. Cooks dry and mealy. 



For 25c (stamps or coin) will mail I lb. lale Petoskey, 1909 catalog of 

 sure to grow Northern Grown Seeds and coupon good for 50c Worth 

 Free Seeds. Catalog alone mailed free. Write quick. 

 DARLING & BEAIIAN, 8S5 Mich. St., Petoskey, Mich. 



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A Conservatory Made of News- 

 papers 



IVING in a house lighted with gas, I 

 -*— ' feared it would be impossible to 

 have bulbs flower in the living-rooms with 

 any degree of success, so I built a paper 

 conservatory in the attic. It cost $2.11 and 

 was in use for six winters; and although 

 the thermometer frequently registered 10 

 degrees below zero, and on two occasions 

 even more than 20 degrees below outside, 

 and water froze in the attic, frost never 

 penetrated the paper covering. 



The architect planned for a room in the 

 attic, but this was omitted when the house 

 was built. The furnace pipe, however, was 

 carried up to that floor. A large semi- 

 circular window faced south, and around 

 this I put up a frame-work seven feet six 

 inches long, four feet one inch wide and six 

 feet two inches high, using factory strips two 

 inches wide and one inch thick, placed 

 eighteen inches apart. The size of the 

 window and the position of the attic stairs 

 prevented greater length and width. The 



This framework covered with newspapers served as 

 a conservatory for six winters 



frame of the door (which was two feet wide 

 and five feet ten inches high) was made of 

 strips one and one-quarter inches wide and 

 one inch thick. 



Four newspapers placed on top of each 

 other and folded once were tacked to the 

 floor, and these were overlapped by four 

 more papers which had also been folded 

 once. 



By this arrangement sixteen thicknesses of 

 paper covered both inside and outside of the 

 conservatory, and the door was also made 

 in the same way. The doorknob consisted 

 of a spool nailed to the door. To prevent 

 the tacks from tearing the newspapers, a 

 piece of cardboard about an inch square 

 was stuck 0% each tack, making a very large 

 head. Later I obtained some large sheets 

 of wrapping paper, which I tacked over the 

 newspapers on the outside to give a better 

 appearance. 



Six lengths of 6-inch stove pipe and a 

 6-inch elbow connected the conservatory 

 with the furnace pipe in the attic floor. To 

 prevent loss of heat and to avoid any possible 

 danger from fire, five square yards of 

 asbestos paper were used to cover the pipes, 

 and a piece of the same material, eighteen 



OUT OF DOOR WORKERS 



Men who cannot stop for a 

 rainy day - will find the 

 ^ greatest comfort and free- 

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mTewPROor 



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SENT PREPAID ON RECEIPT OF PRICE 



CATALOG * 16 FREE 



AJ.Tower Co. Boston. U.S.A. Tower Canadian Co. limited Toronto Can. 



of MUShrOOmS GrowinglnyourCellar 



40 Cts in P osta £ e stamps together with the name of your 

 * dealer will bring you, postpaid, direct from the 

 manufacturer, a fresh sample brick of 



Lambert's Pare Culture MUSHROOM SPAWN 



the best high-grade spawn in the market, together with large illustrated book 

 on Mushroom Culture, containing simple and practical methods of raising, 

 preserving and cooking mushrooms. Not more than one sample brick will 

 be sent to the same party. Further orders must come through your dealer. 

 Address: American Spawn Co., St. Paul, Minn. 



ALWAYS KEPT 

 WHITE AND SOFT 



A million pairs of these women's work gloves sold 

 every year. Used in sweep- 

 ing, clothes -hanging, tend- 

 furnace, etc. Protects 

 ' hands; Automobile /^ EZs-r 

 Cuff protects wrist. ^i»5C^ 

 Five pairs, prepaid $1.00. 

 Fremont Mitten & Glove Co., ziq Wood St., Fremont, O. 



WOMEN'S HANDS 



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TRADE-MARK. 

 REG. U. S. PATENT OFFICE 



MAKES PLANTS GROW 



Ellis-Chalmers Co. Dedham, Mass. 



ORCHIDS 



Largest importers and growers of 



Orchids in the United States 



LAGER & HURRELL 



Orchid Growers and Importers SUMMIT, N.J. 



MAKE MONEY 

 GROWING VIOLETS 



The Sweetest and Daintiest Flowers. You cart 

 make money all the year growing them ontiloors in 

 cheap cold frames and gardens, or in the house in 

 pots and boxes. Hundreds of blossoms easily 

 grown and quickly sold at handsome profit. A 

 fascinating occupation or paying business for both 

 men and women. Write to-day for our FREE 

 BOOKLET, "Money Making With Violets." It 

 will interest and surprise you. 



Dept. 8 Elite Conservatories, Boston, Mass. 





The J?j^\/irk ¥ ~ mn gives a clear steady light. 

 /V<*7*^ J_amp Made of brass throughout 

 and nickel plated. Warranted. At 

 dealers or write nearest agency. 



STANI>AR1> AIL COMPANY 

 (Incorporated) 



1840 



1909 



Old Colony Nurseries 



HARDY SHRUBS, TRERS. VINES 

 EVERGREENS AND PERENNIALS 



A large and fine stock of well-rooted plants grown in sandy loam. 

 Good plants; best sizes for planting; very cheap. Priced catalogue 

 free on application. 



T. R. WATSON : Plymouth, Mass. 



