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The Readers' Service will give you 

 suggestions for the cure of livestock 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1909 



A Stevens Man Can Wait 



for his shot with a satisfaction of knowing that when 

 it comes he can depend upon his gun. Stevens guns 

 are easy to shoot with because they are correctly bal- 

 anced and because they shoot accurately. Stevens 

 rifles and pistols hold the world's target records. 



Ask us about the STEVENS Demi-Bloc System of 

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Every man should read Dan Beard's " Guns and 

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 birds, camping hints on equipment, cooking, etc. Beauti- 

 fully illustrated by Belmore H. Browne. Sent prepaid on 

 receipt of price: 20c paper cover; 30c cloth cover. 



160- Page Catalogue Free 



Send 5c to pay postage. Full of valuable information on choice 

 and care of firearms, etc. If you cannot obtain genuine Stevens 

 firearms from your home dealer, we ship direct, express prepaid, on 

 receipt of catalogue prices. 



J. STEVENS ARMS & TOOL COMPANY 



420 Front Street 

 Chicopee Falls, Mass., U.S.A. 



PANSIES 



FOR OUTDOOR 

 PLANTING 



HARDY AND GROWN SO AS TO BE 

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 DISTANT POINTS. 3 SIZES. 

 25c, 50c, & $1.00 per Dozen 



The Anderson Floral Co., S3 An P de"on, n s A c. e "' 



Water Your Flowers Once in 2 Weeks 



That's all that is necessary if you use the time-saving, 

 labor saving, all metal, rust-proof and leak-proof 

 Illinois Self-Watering Flower Box 



You will have better, hardier, longer lived plants. Our box 

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ILLINOIS HEATER & MANUFACTURING CO. 

 3949 Wentworth Ave. Chicago. 111. 



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Of the famous new "HERITAGE" variety. Finest all-round strawberry grown. Berries very large, well-shaped, beautiful dark 

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ARTHUR J. COLLINS, BOX T, MOORESTOWN, NEW JERSEY 



Don't Let the Old Trees Die 



Young trees may not equal the old ones in size and beauty dur- 

 ing your life. Insecticides, fertilizers, bolting, pruning, tree sur- 

 gery, and cavity-filling are only part of the practical means of 

 restoiing sick and dying trees to health and beauty. We examine 

 estates, suggest improvements in planting new stock, and direct the 

 work of saving diseased trees and shrubs. Trained assistants 

 equipped with proper tools are furnished when desired. A 

 booklet entitled "The Care of Trees" is sent on request. 



H. L, FROST & CO., The Pioneer Tree Specialists 



Landscape Foresters and Entomologists 



Arlington, Mass. Stamford, Conn. 



White Plains, N.Y. 



Nitrate of Soda 



Nitrate Sold in Original Bags 

 NITRATE AGENCIES CO. 



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THE STEWART IRON WORKS CO. 



1722 Covington St. CINCINNATI, O. 



The largest makers of iron fence in the world, 



A Successful Attempt in Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



TN THE schools of the District of Colum- 

 -*• bia gardening has been very success- 

 fully taught for some time. The schools 

 have improved their grounds through the 

 efforts of the children, who during October, 

 1907, bought and planted 75,000 bulbs. 

 There are few school buildings in the city 

 having sufficient space around them for veg- 

 etable gardens, but nearby land that is 

 available is used. 



The boys of the sixth grade, Buchanan 

 School, procured the use of an ordinary 

 city backyard in the neighborhood, and 

 one load of manure was spread over the 

 heavy clay soil. For the first spading 

 the help of a strong colored man was neces- 

 sary but the balance was wholly boys' 

 labor. The yard was carefully measured 

 and the garden planned on the school-room 

 blackboard before outside work was begun. 



A broad, central path separated two rows 

 of plots, and in each row were nine plots, 

 measuring 4J x 10 ft. The broad path was 

 bordered by corn flowers on one side and 

 California poppies on the other. Then 

 followed a row each of radishes, lettuce, 

 onions, beets, two rows of dwarf string 

 beans and three of dwarf tomato plants. 

 Scarlet runner and moonflower vine were 

 planted to screen the whitewashed fence. 



Last year the first lesson was not given 

 until the middle of May, owing to the 

 late spring. The boys, eighteen in number, 

 reported for gardening once a week there- 

 after until the middle of June. In all four 

 lessons were given during school time, but 

 these were supplemented in the school- 

 room by experiments to prove the value 

 of soil mulching, seed vitality tests, and 

 germination. 



At the close of school fifteen of the boys 



An ordinary city backyard near Buchanan School, 

 before the boys commenced gardening 



