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The Readers 1 Service will give you 

 information about Automobiles 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1909 



"Reeco" Electric Pump 



Goes with Your Electric Light (or without) 



We are now installing, just as fast as our manu- 

 facturing facilities can supply the demand our 

 new electric pumps for private water-supply. 

 They range in size from a capacity sufficient 

 for the requirements of the largest apartment- 

 house, or stock-farm, to the minimum, which 

 suffices for the needs of the country cottage. 

 Ease and economy of operation place these 

 pumps in a class by themselves. The absence 

 of fire or fuel does away with personal care, 

 making their action automatic, while their con- 

 struction is such, that they are operated by 

 very little power; you simply attach a wire to 

 the source of supply for your electric light, and 

 the pressing of a button starts and stops your 

 electric pump. Your pump may work just as 



long, and not a moment longer, than may be 

 required, hence there is no waste of power. 

 These pumps may be installed wherever a 

 trolley line runs and, of course, wherever there 

 is a public or private electric lighting plant. 

 In point of simplicity, convenience, and labor- 

 saving qualities, the " Reeco " Electric Pump 

 is a marvel ; it is a wonderful demonstration 

 of one of the many and varied applications of 

 electricity to practical every-day uses. Is the 

 electric light more convenient in your home 

 than the lamp or candle ? You will find that 

 the " Reeco " Electric Pump bears the same 

 relation to the hand pump and " old oaken 

 bucket " in its convenience and the additional 

 household comfort which it supplies. 



Be sure that the name it DC EP[| " m Ll tPTRIP appears upon the pump 

 you purchase. This name IILLUU LLLU I II I U protects you against worth- 



less imitations. When so situated that you cannot personally inspect the pump before ordering, 

 write to our nearest office (see list below) for the name of a reputable dealer in your locality, who 

 will sell you only the genuine pump. 



Rider-Ericsson 

 Engine Co. 



Write for Catalogue U. 



35 Warren Street, New York 

 239 Franklin Street, Boston 



40 Dearborn Street, Chicago 



40 North 7th Street, Philadelphia 

 234 Craig Street West. Montreal, P. Q. 



22 Pitt Street, Sidney, N. S. W. 



We want you to become a permanent patron of our nurseries — 

 to buy your fruit trees and plants of us this year and in com. 

 inc years. Everything we supply is of the best qual- 

 ity, our trees and plants have vigor and are true to 

 inline, and our business methods are fair. We give 

 you as much as you can get for your money else- 

 here, and 



Divide Our Profits 

 With You! 



Take you into partnership with us, in 

 fact, on the ground floor. The only in- 

 vestment you need make is of the money 

 you would pay out anyway — for trees and 

 ants. Our business is established and suc- 

 ful, built by years of honest toil and 

 sqmii edeuli ng. The profit-sharing proposition 

 s make you is based on sound principles, and in 

 accepting it you can't lose because you risk nothing 

 Our modest little booklet tells all about our business 

 d how you can get an interest in it without invest- 

 f by buying some trees and plants. Send for free 

 copy and get all the facts . 



Pennsylvania Nursery Co., Box 20, Snerraansville, Pa. 



WantYoiI 

 as a Partner^ 

 Patron of] 

 Ours 



The "Jubilee Year" 



Paj£e Fence 



A Quarter=Century 

 of Unparalleled Success 



Page Fence is the Pioneer— the oldest 

 woven wire fence on the market. Twenty- 

 five years of test prove the supremacy of Page Woven Wire 

 Fence in tensile strength, elasticity, durability and ec nomy. 

 Over 800,000 farmers, stockmen, dairymen and poultrymen 

 use and praise it. The Government uses Page Fence as the 

 highest standard of quality. The first Page Fence sold is 

 still in service— never has needed repairs. The Page Fence 

 we are selling to-day is vastly better. It isa genuine High- 

 Carbon, Basic Open-Hearth, Steel Wire Fence. Money 

 cannot buy better. Send for a free copy of the "Jubilee 

 Edition " of the Page Catalog. 

 PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Box 83a, Adrian, Mich. 



JCARFFS 



MONEY-MAKING 

 BLACKBERRIES 



$300 per acre profit on our blackberries and small fruits is "no dream." It 's areality right 



here on our 800 acre farm. In 1908 in a young cherry orchard small fruits bore $1400 worth 



on two acres. That proves how strong, hardy and prolific our plants are. You're risking 



a lot when you save a mite and buy the unproven goods from irresponsible agents 



and nurserymen. Better be sure of a big crop. Then order from us— 



Scarffs "Bearing Strains" 



and rest easy. My free catalog lists hundreds of varieties of 



blackberries, strawberries, currants, etc. If you ask for it, I 



will send one small-fruit plant free with catalog I. It will take 



millions of blackberry plants to fill orders this season. Better send 



your list in early. Book on "Transplanting" free with each order. 



W. N. SCARFF, New Carlisle, Ohio 



$300 



PER ACRE 



PROFIT 



Qilletf s Ferns and Flowers 



For Dark, Shady Places 



There is no corner so shady but that certain ferns and plants will thrive 

 there. There is no soil so light and sandy but that some of our hardy wild 

 ferns will beautify it. For 'lb years we have been growing these hardy ferns 

 and flowers and know what is suited to each condition. Wecan supply 

 fernsfor the dark corner by the porch, or ferns and flowers, includingour 

 native orchids, in quantity, to make beautiful country estates. Wet and 

 swampy spots, rocky hillsides, dry woods, each may be made beautiful by 

 plants especially adapted to them. Nothing adds greater charm to the 

 home grounds than clumps of thrifty ferns. We also grow the hardy 

 flowers which require open sunlight — primroses, campanulas, digitalis, 

 violets, etc. 



Write for my descriptive catalogue. It tells about this class of plants. 



EDWARD GILLETT, Box C , Southwick, Mass. 



it is found in the greatest luxuriance in deep 

 damp soils, it thrives in almost any situa- 

 tion. C. bignonioides, native to the South, 

 is of little value in the North. 



Catalpa will attain great size in an in- 

 credibly short length of time, often making 

 an inch of wood annually. A grower 

 in Maryland planted about sixteen 

 acres with C. speciosa, and in twelve 

 years the trees had made a growth of 

 from twenty-five to thirty feet and were 

 twelve to fifteen inches in diameter two feet 

 from the ground. 



The wood is light in color and takes a 

 beautiful polish. It is also very durable, 

 and for this reason is excellent for fence 

 posts, in some cases lasting for over fifty 

 years. It has also been successfully used 

 for railroad ties, one enterprising and far- 

 seeing railroad company having planted 

 50,000 trees. In six years the trees were of 

 sufficient size to be used for fence posts, and 

 in twelve years for railroad ties. 



When planting, use one-year-old trees and 

 set them eight feet apart in all directions. 

 In order to induce a quick, straight growth, 

 cut back the trees to the ground when they 

 are two years old. 



New York. G. S. Jones. 



Fruits That Attract the Birds 



W 



HEN planting berried shrubs, if 

 one. of the objects is to attract 

 the birds and to provide them with food, the 

 following shrubs may be recommended. 

 They are arranged here approximately 

 according to the sequence of ripening: 



Red-berried elder, shad-bush, bird-cherry, 

 spice-bush, osier dogwood, alternate-leaved 

 dogwood, choke-cherry, black and sweet 

 elder, arrow-wood, sassafras, kinnikinnik, 

 flowering dogwood, crab apple, hawthorn, 

 fire-thorn, cotoneaster, buffalo berry, moun- 

 tain ash and tupelo. 



Massachusetts. Alfred Rehder. 



A spray of flowering dogwood, showing the red 

 berries which make the tree attractive in the fall 



