Mabch, 1909 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



If you are planning to build, the Readers' 

 Service can give you helpful suggestions 



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How Any One Can 

 Grow Mushrooms 



Delightful Occupation — Delicious Delicacy for the Home 

 Ta.ble and a. Good Income 



I have been growing mushrooms for over 

 twelve years. I probably know more about 

 the subject of mushroom culture than anyone 

 :lse in America. From a start with a few 

 dollars' capital I built up the largest mush- 

 room farm in America, with acres of bed 

 space in cultivation. By actual experience 

 [ have learned just how mushrooms can be 

 grown and what 's even more important, 

 low they can not be grown. 



Growing mushrooms is really no more 

 difficult than growing radishes. 



It 's just a matter of knowing how. 



Every failure in the mushroom business 

 ;an be traced to poor spawn and unreliable 

 reformation. 



if you Wish. 



I have shown thousands of men and 

 women how to grow mushrooms successfully. 

 Most all of them are now in the business 

 growing for profit and making a good income 

 without interfering with their regular occupation 

 with this wonderful, easy, pleasant pastime. I 

 hope soon that a mushroom bed will be as common 

 as vegetable gardens. 



I have written a little book which gives truthful, 

 reliable, experienced information about mushroom 

 culture, where mushrooms can be grown, how to 

 have a mushroom bed in your cellar, etc. It also 

 tells about spawn and how to secure really reliable 

 spawn. I shall gladly send you this book FREE. 



If you have never tried mushroom growing, or 

 if you have tried and failed because of the causes 

 of which I have spoken, write for my free book 

 in which I will show you beyond the shadow 

 of a doubt that you can have a fine mushroom 

 bed. Address 



A. V. JACKSON 



Jackson Mushroom Farm 



3481 Northwestern Ave. 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



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1909 



GARDEN! FLORAL GUIDE 



Vick's Quality Vegetables 



Vick's Golden Nugget Corn, an extra choice new 

 variety. Packet, 15c; % pint, 25c. 



Laxtonian Pea, extra large and very productive. 

 Packet, 15c; ¥2 pint, 40c. 



Vick's New Swastika Pea; vines dwarf, pods five 

 inches long, containing from seven to ten large peas. 

 Packet; roc ; l / 2 pint, 20c. 



Vick's Earliana Tomato. Earliest and best, large, 

 smooth, perfect form, bright red color and delicious flavor. 

 Packet, ioc ; % ounce, 35c. 



Vick's Mikado Pink Aster. Color, an exquisite 

 shade of pink; petals long, narrow and gracefully reflexed; 

 blooms from six to "seven inches in diameter, with stems 

 two feet or more in length. Packet, 25c. 



Vick's Garden and Floral Guide 



The finest seed catalogue of the year. Tells how to 

 grow Vick Quality Vegetables and Flowers. Sent gratis 

 upon request. 



JAMES VICK'S SONS, 362 Main St., Rochester, N.Y. 



The Modern Peony- 

 Queen of Hardy Flowers 



Is justly entitled to its increasing popularity. Easy to grow, hardy everywhere without protection, free from 

 disease and insects, permanent when once established, the Peony is equally at home as a single clump beside the 

 doorway of the humblest cottage or in broad vistas of gorgeous color effects on the grounds of a large estate. This 

 magnificent ilower has no equal for garden display, and for decorative purposes. Fall is the best rime to plant 

 Peonies, but, if you didn't get yours out last autumn, it will be letter to plant this spring than to wait until autumn. 

 The start secured by roots put out this spring will show in earlier and better blooms next year. Bui plant early 

 — as soon as the frost is out of the ground. Order the roots now. 



It is Safe to Buy only from a Specialist 



The high price of many choice kinds has led to unscrupulous substitutions, and Peonies untrue to name and 

 inferior in quality are likely to be had if bought from general dealers. My collection of 600 varieties is unequaled 

 in many respects; eight years' careful attention was given it before any stock was offered for sale. Duplicates 

 have been eliminated, synonymous names noted and less desirable kinds discarded. I know every Peony I offer, 

 grow and sell all my stock, and guarantee everything true to name. Hence such commendations as these: 



"The Peonies were very, very beautiful and so much admired." — Mrs. A. Frame, Reading, Pa. "The 

 Peonies arrived O. K. Thank you forthe selection and pains taken in shipping them." — H. W. Clark Providence, 

 R. I. "The Peonies arrived promptly, all good, healthy roots and I am much pleased with them." Two weeks 

 later: "The second lot of Peonies arrived Thursday, the time specified. The roots weie strong and robust and 

 gave great satisfaction." — Lyman Hoysradt, New York. 



My Catalogue Free— Write today for a copy and let us become acquainted 



B. H. FARR, Wyomissing Nurseries, 809D Penn Street, Reading, Pa. 



IRISES— My collection of these beautiful plants has been pronounced the finest in this country 

 ROSES — Very heavy, dormant plants, two years old, from Dickson's famous Irish stock 



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Select Southern-Grown Roses 



— 



FAIRFAX 



THE most satisfactory 

 Roses are from 

 plants grown in the 

 South — many Northern 

 florists get their stock from 

 this section. The long 

 growing season and abun- 

 dance of sunshine help to 

 give the plants large size 

 and great vigor in the 

 shortest possible time. 

 Fairfax Roses are grown 

 far enough South to de- 

 velop under these exceed- 

 ingly favorable conditions. 

 On the other hand, my 

 nurseries are far enough 

 North to ripen properly 

 my two-year-old plants 

 and afford them a long 

 season of rest. My large 

 Roses arewintered in cold- 

 frames, and are in the best 

 possible condition for 

 spring planting. 



Every facility that 

 means well - matured, 

 thrifty plants is at my 

 command. I am offering 

 every Rose, new and old, 

 that has proved to be of value for garden planting, especially in the 

 hybrid tea class. My superior growing advantages, because of ideal 

 location, enable me to quote extremely reasonable prices. 



W. R. GRAY, Box 6, OAKTON, VA. 





