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information about motor boats THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



May, 1909 



Hardy 



Evergreens 



as grown in Hill's Famous Dundee 

 Nurseries, are the product of over 

 half a century's practical experience, 

 and a conscientious and thorough 

 study of the best methods of growing, 

 digging, packing and shipping. 



Our 1909 Catalog 



and Planting Guide 



describes the following varieties and 

 many more, also other valuable trees 

 and shrubs. 



Hemlocks 

 White Pine 

 Grafted Blue Spruce 

 Oriental Spruce 

 Engleman Spruce 

 Alcock's Spruce 

 Excelsa Pine 

 Swiss Stone Pine 

 Concolor Fir 

 Nordman's Fir 

 Balsam Fir 

 Arbor Vitaes 

 Junipers 

 Yews 



Send for Catalog NOW, and let us 

 urge upon you the necessity of getting 

 your order in early, because later on 

 we are sold short on many sizes and 

 varieties. Address' 



D.HILL, 



Evergreen Specialist 



Founded 1855. Box 106, DUNDEE, ILL. 



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Planting the Hardy Perennials 



HARDY perennials are of special value to the 

 amateur because they require but little 

 care after they are once set out and increase in 

 value year after year. A selection can be made 

 so that something will be in bloom from very early 

 in spring until winter. They are useful also for 

 cutting from for house' decoration. 



Perennials, as a whole, should be planted 

 wider apart than such summer bedding 

 plants as geraniums and coleus, to allow for 

 the natural increase in size which takes place 

 in a year. Although most of them grow 

 surprisingly well in rather poor soil it will pay, 

 and pay well, to make the soil as rich and 

 deep for them as for any other plants. All 

 through the summer keep the soil cultivated 

 by loosening at frequent intervals with a hoe. 

 This hoeing should be done lightly so that the 

 roots are not disturbed, all that is required 

 being to keep the surface loose. 



As growth proceeds many of the plants grow so 

 tall that they need some kind of support to pre- 

 vent the winds from breaking them. This can 

 be given by placing stakes firmly in the ground and 

 using soft twine or raffia to tie the plants to 

 them. 



This class of plants looks more effective and more 

 natural when set out without much regard to 

 regularity of arrangement either as regards color 

 or stature; yet it will be as well to plant tall growing 

 kinds (such as larkspur, rudbeckias, boltonias, 

 sneezeweed) generally at the back, and dwarf 

 kinds (such as alyssum, rock cress, candytuft) in 

 the front for very obvious reasons. 



These plants range in price from five cents to 

 twenty cents each with just a few that are more 

 expensive — peonies, for instance. They can be 

 planted in spring, although the ideal time is 

 September or October, but they cannot be ex- 

 pected to flower in perfection this year. 



Connecticut. L. O. M. 



The Home Garden. By Eben E. Rexford. J. B. 

 Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1909; pp. 198; 

 8 illustrations; price $1.25 net. 



Particularly adapted to the needs of the ama- 

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 tables and small fruits can be most easily grown 

 on a small place. It deals with the preparation 

 of the soil, the management of hotbeds and cold- 

 frames, and devotes chapters to the use of garden 

 tools, insects and insecticides and has a monthly 

 calendar of suggestions. 



Poultry, Kennel and Infor 

 Live Stock Directory ^tZ 



the selection or care of dogs, poultry and 

 live stock will be gladly given. Address 

 INFORMATION DEPARTMENT, The 

 Garden Magazine, 133 East 16th Street, 

 New York. 



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SUCCESSFUL CHICK GROWING 



Keep the young chicks warm and drv. Feed them Chick 

 Manna for the first few weeks — then Vigor Chick Food. 

 You'll be surprised how quickly and strongly they'll develop. 



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