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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1909 



MICHELL 



IS HEADQUARTERS FOR 



GRASS SEED 



for lawns, pleasure grounds, parks, etc. 



SOW IT NOW 



and have a perfect lawn in five weeks. 



MICHELL'S EVERGREEN, 20 lbs. per 

 bushel. Quart, 25c; peck, $1.00; bushel, 

 $4.00; 5 bushels, $18.75; 5° bushels, $162.50 



MICHELL'S GREEN VELVET, Very Ex 

 tra, 20 lbs. per bushel. Quart, 30c; peck 

 $1.25; bushel, $5.00; 5 bushels, $23.75 



MICHELL'S SHADED LAWN MIXTURE 



always gives the desired results. Peck 

 $1.25; bushel, $5.00; 5 bushels, $22.50 



140-page Catalogue of Seeds, Plants, Imple- 

 ments, etc., is very interesting; we mail it free. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



1016 Market Street, Phila., Pa. 



MICH 



GREEN YEHf 



LAWN GRASS 



PHILA. 



Fertilizer Table for the Home 

 Garden 



WHEN the man whose gardening is confined 

 to the back yard reads that i,6oo pounds 

 per acre is the correct proportion in which to use 

 a certain fertilizer, he gets but a vague idea of the 

 quantity to apply to his 5-ft. square bed of lettuce. 

 Yet it is even more important for him than for the 

 large grower to exercise care in the application 

 of fertilizers, for in using them on such a small 

 scale the chances for error are very great. Four 

 ounces too much (about three tablespoonfuls of 

 the average commercial fertilizer) applied to a 

 bed three feet square, a mistake easily made, 

 would, on an acre plot in the same proportion, be 

 an excess of more than half a ton. Too much 

 fertilizer is as bad as, or even worse than, none 

 at all. 



By the use of the accompanying table any 

 given quantity from one hundred pounds to one ton 

 per acre may be at once reduced to the correspond- 

 ing amount per square foot or yard. It is then 

 but the work of a moment to determine the correct 

 amount for any sized bed or garden. Also have 

 handy a saucepan or dipper marked to indicate a 

 quarter-pound, half-pound, etc., in order that the 

 desired quantity may be at once measured out, 

 instead of having to weigh it. 



In case the table should not be at hand it may 

 be convenient to know the following rule: Multiply 

 the length in yards of the plot to be fertilized by 

 the width in yards. Multiply this by the number of 

 pounds to be used per acre, point off four places 

 and multiply by 2. The result will be the number 

 of pounds of fertilizer required for the plot in 

 question. 



Example: Garden bed 2 yards by 5 yards to 

 be fertilized at the rate of 1,500 pounds per acre. 

 The result of 2 multiplied by 5 is 10, which, multi- 

 plied by the number of pounds to be used per acre, 

 gives 15,000. Point off four places — 1.5 — and 

 multiply by 2, giving as a final result 3, or the num- 

 ber of pounds required. 



This is not quite as accurate as the table, but it 

 is a great deal more so than guessing. 



Amount 



Approximate 



Approximate 



Exact 



for 1 



equivalent ior 



equivalent for 



equivalent for 



acre 



isq. yard 



10 sq. It. 



1 sq. ft. 



LBS. 



OZ. 



OZ. 



OZ. 



IOO 



1 

 3 



1 

 3 



-037— 



200 



3 



1 

 4 



-°73 + 



300 



I 



IlV 



.110+ 



400 



ii 



I* 



.147— 



500 



if 



If 



.183+ 



600 



2 



2 \ 



.220+ 



700 



2i 



H 



-257 + 



800 



A 



3 



.294— 



900 



3 



3S 



-330+ 



IOOO 



,1 

 33 



3ff 



-367 + 



I IOO 



3 J 



4 



.404-1- 



1200 



4 



4f 



-441— 



1300 



43 



4j 



-478— 



1400 



4§ 



5f 



-514+ 



1500 



5 



5* 



-551— 



1600 



53 



Stjt 



.588- 



1700 



St 



61 



.625— 



1800 



6 



°! 



.661 + 



1900 



63 



7 



.698— 



2000 



6! 



74 



-735— 



2100 



7 



7t% 



.771 + 



2200 



73 



8 



.808 + 



2300 



/.s 



8J 



.84^ + 



2400 



8 



8f 



.882— 



Pennsylvania. 



C. E. Hartmanx. 



Radishes in the Cucumber Patch 



SOW radish seeds in cucumber and squash beds, 

 and vou will not be troubled with the vines 

 being eaten by the striped bugs. As the radishes 

 grow, they may be pulled for the table, for by 

 that time the danger to the cucumbers and squashes 

 from the bugs will be past. The radish seems 

 to possess a pungency which is effectual in driving 

 away the bugs. 



Vermont. L. W. Rice. 



FEW people have any knowledge of the mag- 

 nitude of the Seed Industry in California 

 where thousands of acres are tilled annually 

 to supply the markets of the world. 



NATIVE FLOWER SEEDS 



1 5 varieties, each of which would be a treasure to 

 any grounds. Some are rare and difficult to obtain. 

 They include the wonderful Matilija Poppy, by 

 many considered the Queen of all Flowers. Also 

 the superb California Poppy, whose Spanish name 

 is Copa de Oro — Cup of Gold. Send 50c for 

 15 packets, containing 15 varieties of California 

 flower seeds, and we will send them to you post- 

 paid. The regular retail price of these is $1.35. 

 General Seed and Plant Catalogue sent 

 free on request. Established 1871. 



GERMAIN 



Seed and Plant Co. 



Dept. G. Los Angeles, California 



y\ RTISTIC, permanent. Hundreds of designs to choose from, elab- 

 x x orate ones and many of smzll cost as well. State work desired 

 — how much fence you want, number of gates, style of house, etc. 

 We submitdesignsandestimates, take measurements and erect 

 If necessary, satisfaction guaranteed. Write for booklet.which in- 

 cludesiron reservoirvases , settees, fountains, tree guards, stable fit- 

 tings, ornamental iron, etc. Agentswanud 



The Stewart Iron Works Co. 

 1722 Covington St., CINCINNATI, O. 

 Largest Makers of Iron Fence In the world 



Place a sundial in your garden or 

 on your lawn and it will return an 

 hundred fold in quiet enjoyment. 

 Write us for free booklet of 



Sundial Information 



Chas. G. Blake & Co. 



787 Womans Temple, Chicago, 111. 



The Best Fertilizer for the Garden and Lawn 



Blatchford's Plant Grower 

 and Land Renovator 



Composed only of the best qualities of Rose 

 Growers Bone Meal, Pure Nitrate of Soda, 

 The Best Peruvian Guano, Pure Sulphate of 

 Ammonia, Pure Sulphate of Potash and the 

 Best Gypsum. Chemically combined in the 

 proper proportions for the best results. Solu- 

 ble, and feeds all parts of the Plant. Reno- 

 vates worn out and poor soils. 



The result of 25 years of experimenting on 

 Gardens and Lawns. Send for folder that 

 tells why and how. Free. 



BLATCHFORD'S AGRICULTURAL WORKS, 



Madison and Sand Sts., Waukegan, III. 



Established at Leicester, England, in 1B00. 



