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The Readers' Service is prepared to 

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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1909' 



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This Tells You 

 How to Gain Two 

 Months Over Your 

 Garden 



TT is the Planting-Time Table 

 1 in our "Two P's," which is 

 a decidedly interesting and 

 valuable booklet, telling about 

 the Pleasure and Profit of Cold 

 Frames. 



Send for it, and spend an even- 

 ing under the lamp, glancing 

 through it, and find out what 

 an indispensable thing these 

 frames are to you as a garden 

 enthusiast. 



They will give you six weeks 

 to two months' start — and that 

 means tomatoes in May, cosmos 

 in bloom in July, and so on. 

 First of February is none too 

 soon to get started, so send for ; 

 the Two P's booklet at once. 



Lord and Burnham Co. 



1133 BROADWAY, N. Y. 



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Adapts itself to all soils, matures just a few 

 dayslaterthan Peen O' Day, with earsalmostas 

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 Brings big money in an early market — try it. 

 Olds' Catalog is easy to oraer from, is cor- 

 rectly illustrated from photographs, and i ffers 

 the bestin Seed Potatoes, Corn, Oats, Garden 

 and Flower Seeds, etc. Send pnstalfor it today. 



J.. Li. OLDS SEED CO. 



Drawer 17 .MuuIk.hi. Wis. 



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inches square, was placed about the stove 

 pipe where it entered the conservatory. 

 The total expense was: 



1 bundle factory strips . . . . . $ 



2 packages tacks ...... 



6 lengths stove pipe ...... 



I elbow ........ 



5 yards asbestos paper 



I pair small hinges ...... .08 



1 dozen screws ....... .03 



I spool wire (to twist about asbestos paper on pipe) .01; 



I pound nails ....... .05 



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Wisconsin. 



$2. 

 William Promberoer. 



Do You Know This Plant ? 



I — Fruits That Look Like Flowers 



HPHE groundsel tree (Baccharis halimi- 

 -■■ folia) is a shrubby member of the 

 compositae, native to the Atlantic sea- 

 coast. Under favorable circumstances it 

 becomes a compact shrub usually not 

 exceeding a height of ten to twelve feet, yet 

 it sometimes grows into a small tree. The 

 leaves are dark yellow-green, abundant, 

 smooth, and persist until winter fairly 

 begins, retaining their summer freshness. 

 The flowers are minute and are collected 

 in heads which are borne in large panicles. 

 The flowers are unisexual and the male 

 and female flowers occur on different plants. 

 The tufts of white thread-like corollas give 

 the female plant a much showier appearance 

 than the male. The fruit which follows 

 might well be mistaken for white flowers and 

 is certainly quite effective. It is good as 

 late as December. 



The lateness of the flower and fruit and 

 the persistence of the foliage make this 

 plant highly desirable under certain cir- 

 cumstances. Although native to the sea- 

 coast and particularly desirable for seaside 

 planting, it takes kindly to cultivation and 

 will grow even in a moderately dry soil in 

 a sunny position. 



Massachusetts. Daniel A. Clarke. 



Do you know this bush? (Baccharis lialimifolia) 



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