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The Readers' Service will give you 

 suggestions for the care of livestock 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1909 



Something Entirely New in Cold Frames and 



Hot Beds. 



Gardening More Fun Than Ever. 



IN these days when pretty much everyone 

 is getting the keenest kind of enjoyment 

 out of their gardening, in one form or an- 

 other, cold frames or hot beds are be- 

 coming indispensable. 



Everyone of you is striving each year to 

 get earlier and better flowers and vegetables, 

 and it is out of the question to wait for the 

 certainty of spring smiles to warm the earth 

 enough, so things may safely be planted. 

 You simply must have the help of hot beds 

 or cold frames to get an early start. One 

 gives you a lead of two months, the other 

 four or five weeks. 



Ofttimes our standard frames, 6 feet wide, 

 are too large for a limited space one may 

 have. Besides, if they cannot be located so 

 as to be worked from both sides, it means a 

 stretch of 6 feet, which is a pretty uncom- 

 fortable position for most of us. So for 

 just these reasons we have made the new 

 Junior Frames, with Sash that are only 

 34x38^ inches and weigh but 17! lbs. 

 Plenty light enough, you see, for even the 

 women who so keenly enjoy doing some of 

 their own gardening. 



We make these frames for one, two or 

 three sash, just as you like. 



They are priced so no real garden en- 

 thusiast can afford to be without them. 



While we are about it, just a word also 

 concerning our new Melon Frames. Origin- 

 ally, they were intended for starting hills 

 of melons directly in the garden, but they 

 proved to be "such handy little chaps" 

 that now they are being used for no end of 

 things. Saw two a day or so ago that were 

 set over clumps of peonies to bring them into 

 bloom a month earlier. Another was over 

 some pansies, and still another a patch of 

 garden violets. It is plain enough there 

 are no end of stunts that can be done with 

 them. 



The thing for you to do is, send for our 

 "Two P's" booklet which will tell you how 

 to get started with frames — a really very in- 

 teresting booklet, brim full of suggestions 

 and helps. In the back of it we tuck in a 

 couple of extra leaves fully describing and 

 pricing the new Junior and Melon Frames. 

 If you already have the booklet, drop us a 

 postal and we will send these extra leaves. 

 But don't lose half your fun and profit by 

 not getting an early start. Remember that 

 every day from now on counts. 



Lord and Burnham Co. 



1 1 33 Broadway, New York, and Boston and Philadelphia 



OUR STAR ROSE COLLECTION 



14 ONE YEAR 

 OLD ROSES 



$1.00 



This collection of one year old ivell rooted roses have been selected from our large 

 list comprised of over 150 varieties. We guara?nee satisfaction or money refunded. 

 Pink Maman Cochet — This is known as queen among roses, shell pink in color and perfectly hardy. 

 White Maman Cochet — A charming pure white everblooming variety. 

 Helen Gould — The most valuable hardy everblooming crimson rose for garden planting. 

 Etoile de Lyon — This is undoubtedly the best hardy yellow rose for outdoor planting. 

 Bessie Brown — A lovely Hybrid Tea rose, color creamy white, suffused with pink. 

 Snowflake — The most beautiful white Tea rose we have yet grown. 



La Detroit — A splendid vigorous growing Tea rose. Color, shell pink shading to soft- rose. 

 Mlle. Cecile Berthod — (Hybrid Tea) Most beautiful, both in bud and flower, which is deep 



golden yellow. 

 Meteor — A splendid everbloomer of the deepest glowing crimson. 



Red Baby Rambler — A dwarf rose with flowers born in clusters resembling the Crimson Rambler. 

 Lady Gay — A most desirablenew climbing variety, color delicatecerise-pink, passing tosoft tinted white. 

 Crimson Rambler — Undoubtedly the best known, most popular and widely planted rose in existence. 

 Climbing Kaiserin Augusta Victoria — Flowers extra large and sweet. Color rich creamy white 



delicately tinted with lemon. 

 Climbing Meteor — One of the finest bright crimson hardy everblooming climbing roses grown. 



Sent securely packed, prepaid on receipt of $1.00. Satisfaction guaranteed. 

 BINGHAMTON SEED COMPANY, 100 Court St., 15inghainton,N. Y. 



CLEARING UP THE ASPARAGUS BED 



R. M. M., Mass. — After the cropping season, asparagus 

 plants must be allowed to attain full maturity before cut- 

 ting, which is usually done late in the fall or early in the 

 spring. Cut the stalks off at the ground, dig up the beds 

 to a depth of three inches, whiten the ground with salt 

 and put over the entire surface from four to six inches of 

 fresh, loose stable refuse filled with straw. 



KILLING THE STRAWBERRY WORM 



A. A. P., 111. — The little green worm which has been 

 destroying the strawberry plants is the strawberry worm- 

 The only way to get rid of it is to mow over the bed with 

 a scythe, allowing the mowings to dry for a day or two,, 

 and then set fire to them. In other words, burn over the 

 entire bed. This will not injure the remaining crowns,, 

 but it will surely destroy any insects that are present. 



GROWING WATERCRESS 



H. J. B., N. Y. — Watercress can be successfully culti- 

 vated in a meadow through which a brook runs — in fact 

 it does better when part of the plant is actually under 

 water. In Europe, where it is cultivated to a greater extent 

 than in this country, it is grown in trenches sixteen to twenty 

 feet wide through which water can be turned at will. All 

 that is necessary is to plant the seeds in the water or put in 

 a few pieces of root and the plants will soon spread. It is 

 a hardy perennial, and self sows, as well as increasing by 

 creeping stems. 



CAMPHOR TREES 



D. S., Cal. — Camphor trees thrive in the San Joaquin 

 Valley in California where the summers are hot and dry. 

 So far as is definitely known, the most northern localities 

 where they have been successfully cultivated out of doors are 

 Charlestown and Summerville in South Carolina, Augusta,. 

 Ga., and Oakland, Cal. While this tree will grow on almost 

 any soil that is not too wet, it does best on a well-drained 

 sandy or loamy soil. Under favorable conditions, it some- 

 times grows very rapidly, attaining very often within ten 

 years from seed an average of thirty feet in height, with 

 a trunk from six to eight inches in diameter at the base.. 

 Its growth is comparatively slow on sterile soils. 



INJURY TO TREES FROM GAS 



G. N. W., N. H. — A tree injured by illuminating gas 

 has a peculiar and characteristic appearance which is very 

 evident to the eye. The leaves on the affected branch turn 

 a peculiar livid color; they do not attain full size and as likely 

 as not the injury will be noticed as affecting only one or 

 two branches of the tree. The very fact that such a phe- 

 nomenally resistant tree as the Carolina poplar is suffering, 

 is sufficient evidence that something of a very serious nature 

 is at fault. As a remedial measure, completely excavate 

 the soil around the tree affected and fill in with new material 

 from another place. The effect of the illuminating gas 

 passing through the soil is cumulative; it seems to leave 

 an infiltration of deleterious matter which can be detected 

 as a rule by its odor. To ascertain positively that the 

 Carolina poplar and elm are being injured by escaping 

 gas, dig into the soil, taking a sample from some two 

 or three feet below the surface and test it by applying 

 heat. The odor of illuminating gas will almost surely 

 be given off from a gas-saturated soil. L. B. 



FERTILIZING A 25 x 100 FT. GARDEN 



C. W. S., Ohio — The following methods are suggested 

 for fertilizing a 25 x 100 ft. garden. Without plenty of 

 organic matter in the soil, which is so well furnished by 

 stable manure, results from chemical fertilizers are very 

 likely to prove disappointing. One big two-horse load of 

 good stable manure would do the most good. If this is 

 out of the question, a barrel of dry pulverized sheep manure 

 is about the best substitute If wood ashes are obtainable 

 use 200 pounds broadcasted as soon as ground is broken 

 and well worked in. Apply the sheep manure in like 

 manner a week or so later. At planting time use for 

 general garden vegetables from 100 to 200 pounds of a high 

 grade complete fertilizer analyzing about 4% nitrogen, 

 %\% phosphoric acid and 6% potash, raked with the 

 bottom of the rows at planting time. You could easily 

 make 100 pounds of such a fertilizer by mixing 25 pounds 

 of nitrate of soda, 63 pounds acid phosphate, 12 pounds 

 sulphate of potash. To improve the soil more permanently 

 without stable manure, sow it to rye this fall after the 

 vegetables are gathered and turn the crop under in the 

 spring for a green manure; or better for such a small plot, 

 save all the leaves, cut grass, and such vegetation, and 

 make a little compost heap. 



