February, 1909 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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I HAVE FOUND HEALTH AND THE JOY OF 

 LIVING IN GROWING HARDY FLOWERS 



And I want to send you my catalogue of Hardy Plant Specialties, the realization of a desire 

 formed many years ago to be among beautiful flowers, to work among them and be surrounded by 

 them. The call has been instinctive and increasingly irresistible, and in complete surrender to it 

 I grow hardy plants, the tried and true essentials of permanent gardening. The personality and 

 sense of companionship about these will soon cause you to regard them as old friends, like members 

 of the family. As in the old home garden of the long ago, there is soon the Peony, the Poppy, 

 the Iris, etc. When you become acquainted with the plants that make it up 



YOU WILL FIND THE HARDY GARDEN 

 A WONDERLAND OF DELIGHT 



A season's production at Wyomissing Nursery runs over a quarter of a million Irises and Peo- 

 nies, in 420 varieties of Iris and over 500 different Peonies. Phlox, Delphiniums, Poppies, Pyre- 

 thrums, Japanese Anemones, etc. are grown in large numbers. 



Write to-day for my catalogue and let us become better acquainted. My stock must be about 

 right, or such 3 large proportion of those who sent me trial orders last Fall would not have followed 

 with second orders so late in the season. One man — a mighty shrewd one — sent the third order, 

 his bill amounting in all to $260.00 



BERTRAND H. FARR, , %S£8? 809-E Penn St., Reading, Pa. 



EXTRA SPECIAL — Dickson's Irish Roses, famed for vigorous growth and freedom of bloom. 

 Heavy dormant stock, two years old. Write me your Rose needs and I will make you a special 

 proposition. 



Your Beans, Peas and Sweet Peas 

 Will Break All Records This Year 



IF YOU WILL MOISTEN THE SEED 

 OR SPRAY THE SOIL WITH 



HIGH-BRED NITROGEN- 

 GATHERING BACTERIA 



FARMOGERM 



Garden size 50c. Acre size $2.00. By Mail or Express Paid 

 Larger crops and earlier maturity — Farmogerm is for use with the 

 fuller pods and finer flavor — these are crops known as the legumes, such as 



the results obtained by inoculatin 

 seeds with Farmogerm, a. pure 

 culture of nitrogen-gathering 

 bacteria. And in addition the 

 soil is left richer in nitrates for 

 ";he next planting season. 

 The strong, active bacteria in 

 Farmogerm increase rapidly 

 in the soil, by the millions. 

 They enter the roots of the 

 young plants and begin to draw 

 nitrogen from the air immedi- 

 ately. The nitrogen at once 

 becomes available to the plants, 

 furnishing in abundance the 

 most vital element necessary 

 for rapid and luxurious growth. 

 Many readers of The Garden 

 Magazine used Farmogerm last 

 season and they will use it again 

 for they got splendid results. 

 We will send you their names 

 on request. 



START A THICK, HARDY LAWN. 

 By sowing some white clover seed moist- 

 ened in Farmogerm you can establish a 

 thick, rich lawn that will resist drought. 



the all varieties of beans, peas, clovers, 

 alfalfa, etc. The bacteria not 

 only increase the crop inocu- 

 lated, but store in the soil large 

 quantities of nitrates which will 

 greatly increase the growth of 

 whatever crop you plant next. 

 Farmogerm is put up in spe- 

 cially sealed bottles, and is 



READY FOR USE 



when you get it. Every bottle 

 is guaranteed to contain enough 

 bacteria of strong vitality and 

 great nitrogen-fixing power to 

 inoculate the amount of seed or 

 soil specified on label. Our free 

 book fully explains how and why 

 it develops bumpercrops, and — 



Makes Poor Soil Good Soil. 



WRITE FOR ROOK No. 14 and learn why 

 $2.00 worth of Farmogerm enriches an acre 

 more than $25.00 worth of nitrate of soda. 

 Or. send 50c. for garden size or $2.00 for acre size, stating 

 what crop you want it for. We have a mixed culture in 

 the garden size good for Peas. Beans and Sweet Peas. 

 Order now. Farmogerm is guaranteed to keep in perfect 

 condition for 3 months. 



FOR SALE BY LEADING SEED 1I0VSES 



EARP-THOMAS FARMOGERM CO., Bloomfield, N. J. 



DE LAVAL CREAM 



SCORES HIGHEST 

 AT GREA T DAI RY SHOW 



At the great National Dairy Show held recently in Chicago, cream skimmed 

 with DE LAVAL separators won all highest honors. The cream exhibits were 

 made in two classes and the winners in each were as follows, all being users of 

 DE LAVAL hand separators: 



MARKET CREAM 



1st Prize, Gold Medal, G. C. Repp, Ohio Score 08^4 



2nd Prize, Silver Medal, W. R. Newberry, Ohio .... Score 94 



CERTIFIED CREAM 

 1st Prize, Gold Medal, Tully Farms, New York .... Score 94J4 



The contest was under the direction of the Dairy Division of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, Washington, and Mr. Repp's winning ex- 

 hibit in the Market class was pronounced practically perfect and given the 

 highest score ever awarded by the Dairy Division. 



For the past twenty years butter made from DE LAVAL cream has won 

 all highest honors in every important contest. Sixteen of the largest 1908 State 

 Fairs awarded their first prize to DE LAVAL butter and now comes this sweep- 

 ing victory for DE LAVAL cream in the big Dairy Show contest, which only 

 goes further to prove that DE LAVAL machines are head and shoulders above 

 every other skimming device in every feature of separator use. 



A DE LAVAL catalogue tells why DE LAVAL cream is always superior. 

 Ask for it today, or, better still, let us demonstrate the merits of a DE LAVAL 

 separator in your own dairy. 



THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO. 



42 E. Madison Street 



CHICAGO 

 1213 * 1215 Filbert St 



philadelphia 



rumm & Sacramento St 



san francisco 



General Offices: 

 165 BROADWAY 

 N EW YORK 



173-177 William Street 



MONTREAL 



I 4 16 Princess Street 



winnipeg 



107 First Street 



portland, oreg. 



Pretty Places Make Happy 

 People and Bring* More Money 



When the>' are for sale. It pays to make 

 your grounds attractive, therefore, and it in- 

 creases the happiness of your family. The 

 profit and the pleasure alike come in larger 

 volume if dependable trees and plants such as 

 we grow are used to give the desired adorn- 

 ment and beauty to your home surroundings. 

 Harrison's Nurseries offer a full line of 



Trees and Plants for the 

 Home Grounds 



We have all the good ornamental plants, 

 trees and shrubs, in addition to one of the 

 most complete lines of fruits to be found in 

 America. Our immense nurseries and fields 

 afford a wide variety of soil, and we grow 

 stock under the conditions that give it the 

 greatest possible vigor and hardiness. 



California Privet of 

 Superior Quality 



We've grown California Privet for many 

 years, millions of plants, and the more we grow 

 it the better we like it. The many thousand 

 particularly choice plants we now offer are 

 extra fine. All are dug with full fiber and 

 give best results in transplanting. Send us 

 your order now and let us book it for later 

 delivery while our stock is complete. 



COMPARE THESE PRICES 

 WITH OTHERS' FIGURES 



California Privet, 4 to 5 feet, per doz., $1; 

 per 100, $6.50 ; per 1000, #60. 3 to 4 feet, per 

 doz., 75 cts.; per 100, $5 ; per 1000, $45. 2 to 

 3 feet, per doz., 60 cts.; per 100, $4; per iooo, 

 #35. 18 inches to 2 feet, per doz., 50 cts.; per 

 ioo, ?3 ; per iooo, $25 ; 12 to 18 inches, per 

 doz., 46 cts.; per 100, £2.50; per iooo, £20. 



Write for the Catalog- 

 it tells the whole story. 



HARRISON'S NURSERIES,De P t. 115, Berlin, Md. 



