February, 1909 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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Easily 

 Grown 



Sure to 

 Bloom 



Chaste 



and 



Beautiful 



Rich 

 Fragrance 



THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PURE 

 WHITE LILY 



Discovered in our new Paci6c possessions. Bulbs will bloom 

 in 8 to 10 weeks. Flowers tube-shaped, io to 12 inches long, 

 richly fragrant. 



THE PHILIPPINE LILY 



Easily grown, free from disease and equally good for window- 

 garden culture indoors or border planting outdoors. 

 Vigorous, hardy bulbs, 25 cents each: live for SI: one do/en for $2. 

 We have especially fine Dahlias, Gladioli, Paeonies, etc., etc. 

 Descriptive booklet, containing prices, sent free. Write for it 



CUSHMAN GLADIOLUS CO., Lock Box 6, Sylvaoia, Ohio. 



GLADIOLUS 



The most magnificently beautiful of all summer flow 

 ering bulbs. The most popular, easily grown andi 

 showy both while growing; and lor cut flowers. We 

 grow acres of them including hundreds of varieties 

 and stll large bulos of ourchoicest Altoona Mixture * 

 at 75 cts. per dozen; $5.00 per hundred. In orderto ( 

 get you interested we offer 



100 Bulblets for 15 cts. 



or 1000 for $1.20 postpaid with full directions forN 

 growing. Many will bloom the firstyear. All will\ 

 become large bulbs, bloom and multiply the second 

 season. It's a Real Bargain — how many do 

 you want ? 



Beautiful large catalogue of Bulbs, Plants and | 

 Seeds mailed Free if you mention this paper. 



THE IOWA SEED CO., Des Moines, Iowa 



HORSFORD'S HARDY PLANTS 



FOR COLD CLIMATES 



Grown up in cold Vermont, these plants will stand the frost, and 

 are suitable for any winter south of Alaska. They are the hardiest 

 of hardy plants. My new catalogue will soon be ready, and it will 

 be sent to anyone upon request. Former customers will receive a 

 copy as usual. It describes about a thousand perennial plants, 

 including bulbs, shrubs, trees, vines, etc. 



FRED'K H. HORSFORD Charlotte, Vermont 



FARM ANIMALS 



By E. V. WILCOX 



A most valuable manual of 



how to breed, care for, use and dnctor all the animals on the 



farm — cow, horse, sheep, swine, etc. 



Profusely illustrated $2.20 postpaid 



DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & Co. NEW YORK ClTY 



ASTERS, DAHLIAS 

 GLADIOLI 



A limited stock of seed and bulbs selected 

 and grown for years from the finest cut 

 flower stocks in America. 

 There's health in the garden. Would it 

 interest you to find health and a good living 

 on an investment so small you can hardly 

 see it? Easy to grow, easier to sell. 



RALPH E. HUNTINGTON, Painesville, 0. 



Fruit 

 rowing 



in 



Washington 



Buy an orchard or farm of your 

 own in Washington along the 

 new line to the Pacific Coast. 

 Unirrigated lands there sell at 

 $15 to $50 per acre. Irrigated 

 at $100 per acre and upwards. Markets 

 for your crops are assured. Today's op- 

 portunities are along the Pacific Coast 

 Extension of the 



Chicago 



Milwaukee & St. Paul 



Railway 



Apples, peaches, plums, apricots and all small fruits grow well there 

 and bring excellent returns. Whitman, Adams and Douglas counties 

 alone produce 20,000,000 bushels of wheat annually. Oats, rye, barley, 

 alfalfa and timothy hay are also produced in abundance. Splendid oppor- 

 tunities are offered in Washington for the dairyman and the poultry raiser. 

 Send for Folder No. 210, free on request. 



F. A. MILLER 



General Passenger Agent 

 CHICAGO 



GEO. B. HAYNES 



Immigration Agent 

 348 Marquette Bldg., CHICAGO 



EC 



<£k. I 





mm 



. Growing Tomatoes for Quality, 

 Quantity and Earliness 



is the name of the best booklet ever issued on the subject of tomato culture. It 

 contains 30 pages and illustrations fully describing' the Potter method of raising 

 tomatoes. By this method you can have bigger and better fruit and weeks earlier 

 than otherwise. It teaches the secret and science of tomato culture; forcing the 

 fruit by systematic cultivation and pruning. This book is invaluable to every 

 gardener, whether he grows one dozen or one thousand v:nes. The subjects cover- 

 ed are: History of theTomato; Its Nature and Habit; Tomato Culture in General; 

 The Potter Method; Plants and Planting; Home-Grown Pants; Preparing the 

 Ground; Setting the Plants; Cultivation; Pruning and Staking theVines; Picking 

 the Fruit; Ripe Tomatoes at Christmas: 40 Tomato Recipes: Best Tomato Seeds. 

 The information is condensed and to the point — just what every grower wants. 



The cut herewith shows one of a large number of vines in my garden this 

 season. Notice that each stalk is loaded with large, perfect fruit from top to 

 bottom. This is the result of my method. It is easy to raise this kind of truit 

 when you know how. Just send for my book — price 50c, postage or money 

 order. Your money back if not satisfactory. 



FREE SEED.— To everyone ordering my booklet within the next 30 days I 

 will send FREE with each book one package each of the best varieties of early and 

 late tomatoes. I make this offer so that you will get ready now for your spring 

 gardening. Don't wait until the last minute when the rush is on. Send for my book- 

 let to-day and I know you will be thankful that you made such a wise investment. 



dept. c. T. F. POTTER, Tomato Specialist, DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. 



