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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1 9 9< 



For Large Yields Spray 

 AUTO-SPRAY 



Most Efficient, Rapid 

 and Convenient 



Using Auto-Spray No 



With 

 Brown's 



No careful, experienced gardener omits a good sprayer from his 

 equipment. The garden and field crops, fruits and vines must be pro- 

 tected from the ravages of insects and plant diseases. 



Why not follow the example of practically all the Government and 

 State Experiment Stations and 300,000 Gardeners, 

 Farmers and Fruit Growers, and use one of 

 Brown's sprayers. 



Auto-Spray No. 1, Hand Power, capacity 4 gallons, is just the 

 thing for all round work for small orchards or field crops up to 5 

 acres. Fitted with the Auto-Pop Nozzle, this sprayer does more 

 work and does it better than three men can do with ordinary 

 sprayers. It is made in two styles, brass and galvanized iron, is 

 non-corrodible, and suited for spraying all kinds of solutions without 

 clogging. It is the best machine obtainable for whitewashing and 

 disinfecting poultry houses and stables. 



We Make 40 Styles and Sizes of the Auto-Spray 

 and Sell Direct at Factory Prices 



Our Traction Power Rigs for large orchard work are superior to 

 all other power sprayers built because most simple, dependable and 

 capable of developing and sustaining greatest pressure. No expert 

 or experienced helpisneeded to operate them. Powei costs nothing. 

 Fear of breakage and costly delay eliminated. 



Write for Free Spraying Guide and Catalogue. Let 



us send you this spraying guide compiled by Prof. Slingerland of 

 Cornell University College of Agriculture. Let us prove to you that 

 we are Headquarters for the sprayer that will produce for you the 

 most gratifying and profitable results. 



Every Auto-Spray is Guaranteed to Satisfy 



THE E. C. BROWN CO., 34 Jay St., ROCHESTER, N.Y. 



Hand Power Auto-Spray 

 No. i 



Grow Your Flowers in Illinois Self- 

 Watering Flower Boxes and Water 

 Them Only Once in Two Weeks 



YOU will then 

 have better, 

 hardier, longer- 

 lived plants with 

 lless time and 

 trouble. It's the 

 natural way of 

 growing flowers. 

 The roots absorb 

 just the necessary 

 amount of water 

 from reservoir at 

 bottom of metal 

 box, which is filled about once in two weeks. Boxes neatly 

 made of metal; rust and leak-proof. Inexpensive — Sold on 30 

 days' FREE trial. Illustrated descriptive book with prices 

 FREE. Write to-day. 



Special. — 96-page book "Miniature and Window Garden- 

 ing." Instructive and interesting. Tells all about growing 

 flowers. Regular price 75 cents; our Special Price for limited 

 edition, 50 cents, prepaid. 



'LLINOIS HEATER & MFG. CO., 87 Lake St., Chicago, 111. 



MissWhiteV 



FLOWER'SEfl)! 



1A 151 FT F,VE packets- 



!#%. Ill r I YOUR SELECTION 



WITH my handsome 1909 catalog (if 

 no one in your family has received 

 a copy and you so state) I will send 

 you a coupon good for five full packets to 

 be sent postpaid, your choice from 40 popu- 

 lar kinds I list in my catalog at 3 cts. each 

 — provided you send me the addresses of 

 two other flower growers. 



Write now — a postal — why not ? 

 MISS EMMA V. WHITE, Seedswoman 

 8014 Aldrich Avenue So., Minneapolis, Minn. 



Trees, SKlrubs 



and Roses at 

 Wholesale Prices 



You cannot afford to place your order this year for 

 trees, shrubs, roses, vines, small fruits, perennlaia, etc., in 

 fact, anything .for grounds, orchard or fruit garden until 

 you have the New Grover Book for 1909. 



We supply the choicest select stock, Northern jg-oj-u, 

 hardy and healthy, graded to the highest standard! at ;i 

 saving of one-third to one-half prices others ask, selling to 

 you direct from the nursery at bed rock wholesale prices. 

 \ You save all commissions and dealers' profits] 

 buying as low as any dealer. Write today for our new 

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 Wo prepare, without cost to customers. plans and sketches 

 lor properly, j^ntlng your grounds, garden or park. If 

 you are goto? to'- plant anything this spring.send for this 

 free book now and save half. Address 



Grover Nursery Co. 

 84 Trust Building, Rochester, N. Y. 



THIS is the splendid large blue sort, originated 

 on the Vinecroft Farm, which was so well 

 described in Prof. Fletcher's illustrated ar- 

 ticle in the Garden Magazine of Febr., 1908 



I now have some of these KING vines for sale. 

 Write for description and prices to the originator, 



WM. K. MUNSON 



Vinecroft Farm 



GRAND RAPIDS 



MICHIGAN 



CARFFS 



Money 



Making* 



Better be sure of a big crop when you buy. You may save a mite by trading with some 

 traveling agent or irresponsible dealer. But you risk a lot. Fruiting time might bring great 

 disappointment. Rest easy. Order "Scarff's Bearing Strains" of blackberries and other small fruits. 



Our bargain collection of blackberries ought to strike you just right. It 's on the^backorour 

 new Catalog. All money-makers ; 5 varieties : early, medium, late ; fruiting 

 begins July 1st. ends September 1st. Book on "Transplanting" sent with each 

 order. Write for new catalog. If you ask we will send free with catalog 1 fine 

 small-fruit plant. 



W. N. SCARFF, New Carlisle, Ohio. 



$300 



Per Acre 



Profit 



& 



than a barrel and holds nearly the same 

 amount of fluid. It tips down in front 

 about four inches so that all the fluid can 

 be pumped out. The pump is at the end 

 nearest the handles, and at the other, near 

 the bottom, is a faucet for emptying the 

 contents. The tank is so low that the 

 pump can be worked easily. 



The spraying mixtures are poured through 

 an opening in the top and whenever the 

 mixture needs straining a piece of burlap 

 is tacked loosely over this opening. The 

 pump is a brass-lined force pump, which,, 

 when first bought, was fitted with an agitator, 

 also with a Vermorel nozzle on four feet 

 of j-inch hose. The agitator was useless, 

 however, as the mixture was kept welt 

 stirred by the tank being drawn over the 

 ground. 



The Vermorel nozzle became too easily 

 clogged, so I purchased a Bordeaux nozzle. 

 This I found to be of more use for Bordeaux 

 and other mixtures containing lime. Four 

 feet of hose was much too short for our 

 requirements, so fifteen feet of the same 

 size was added to our equipment. The 

 nozzle was fastened to an elbow on the end 

 of a £-inch iron tube ten feet long (a strong, 

 slender strip of lumber might also be used 

 for the purpose), which will lift both nozzle 

 and hose high enough to thoroughly spray 

 the top branches of peach, plum, cherry and 

 young apple trees. I find this outfit is all 

 I need for fifty fruit trees, twenty-five currant 

 bushes and a large patch of raspberry 

 bushes. 



The cost of this spraying outfit was: 



Pump . ... . . . . . $6.oo 



15 ft. hose ... . . . . 1.50 



Bordeaux nozzle ... . . . .60 



White lead . ... . . . .10 



Nails and screws . ... . . .05 



Legs . . .25 



$8.50 



My garden cart is also home-made. The 

 wheels and axletrees were from an old 

 carriage. A box six inches deep, three 

 feet wide and three and three-fourths feet 

 long was made from old fence boards. Two 

 strips of wood about 2 x 2 in. were nailed 

 along each side at the bottom and extend 

 two feet beyond the box. Another strip 

 nailed across the ends of . the long strips 

 forms a handle for the cart. The box is 

 mounted on the axletree at the centre, which, 

 with the wheels, formed part of an old 

 carriage. The cart may be pushed, but is 

 more easily pulled. 



I have never had any legs on it, as it 

 tips back when it is pulled along, and by 

 tipping it forward while it is being loaded, 

 part of the load does not roll off when the 

 cart is being drawn. I use this cart to draw 

 in the produce from two acres of land which 

 yield well; also to draw brush, rakings, 

 corn stalks, manure, chicken coops, or 

 whatever needs to be carted around. It 

 is much better to use in the garden than a 

 wheelbarrow or a small 4-wheeled cart, as 

 it does not tip over easily, rides over bumps 

 and hollows without balking, will carry a 

 large quantity and is easily unloaded. 



Michigan. Floy Warner. 



