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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



June, 1909 



To Happy Mothers 



Let your little ones have gardens of their own. Let them 

 watch the tiny sprouts appearing, unfolding to fragrant 

 blossom. This happy interest will influence their future for 

 the best. We have selected a lot of Hardy Seeds which if 

 sown in open ground before June 15th will grow with ease 

 and little care. All sprout in 12 to 15 days in ordinary garden 

 soil and bloom through July and August until late fall. 



Alyssum, sweet, white flower 

 Balsam, brightest colors 

 Coreopsis, tiger shades 

 Escholtzia, golden yellow 

 Mignonette, fragrant 

 Nasturtium, the beautiful 



Petunia, blue, purple and white 

 Poppies, all sorts and colors 

 Portulaca, carpet of brilliant shades 

 Sweet Peas, fairy butterflies 

 Zinnias, pride of the gardens 

 Asters, all shades and colors 



12 packets by mail, 25 cents; 6 for 15 cents 



Our Favorite Lily Collection Offer 



Eight Bulbs $1.00, express paid, holds good to June 1st 



Japan Bamboo Stakes 



For tying and staking Lilies, Gladiolas, hardy plants, etc. 

 6 feet long, per 100, $1.00; per 250, $2.00; per 500, $4.00 



Extra strong for Dahlias, Hollyhocks, young trees, shrubs, etc. 



12 100 



1?4 — 2 inch diameter, 5 to 6 ft., . $1.00 $6.00 

 VA— 2 inch diameter, 7 ft. up, . . $1.25 $7.00 



H. H. BERGER & CO. 



70 Warren Street 



New York 



WHEELOCK 



TiUST "PROOF 

 Fence, Trellis, Flower Bed 

 Guard, Tree Guards, Etc. 



At Your Dealers 



WHEELOCK. FENCE DEPT. 



WRIGHT WIRE CO. 



Send for sample and new catalogue. Worcester, Mass. 



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PEONIES 



area LEADING FALL SPECIALTY at the 



Rosedale Nurseries 



We Offer Only About 



100 Select Varieties 



Why grow off-colors, trash and duplicates, when first-class 

 sorts take no more space or care ? 



A Cordial Invitation 



is extended to all to visit our nurseries at Hawthorne, on the 

 Harlem Branch of the N. Y. C. R. R., June 5th to 15th and 

 see the billowy blooms. 



CATALOGUE FREE 



S. G. HARRIS 



Tel. 26 1R 



OFFICE, TARRYTOWN, N. Y. 



HOME STUDY COURSES 



EVERYONE interested in 

 farming or gardening, 

 everyone who owns or 

 who expects to own a suburban or 

 country home, should know about 

 the Home Study Courses in Agri- 

 culture, Horticulture, Landscape 

 Gardening and Floriculture, 

 which we offer under Prof. Wm. 

 P. Brooks of the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College and Prof. 

 John Craig, of Cornell University. 



JOHN CRAIG 



Professor of Horticulture in Cornell 



University 



If There is money, and pleasure 

 too, in farming and gardening, in 

 the growing of fruit and of flowers, 

 for those who understand the ways how and the reasons why of 



modern agriculture. A knowledge of landscape gardening and 

 floriculture is indispensable to those who would ever have the 

 pleasantest homes. 



•I Every reader of The Garden Magazine who is interested 

 in these matters is invited to send for a free copy of our eighty- 

 page catalogue and full information in regard to our home 

 study courses. 



THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL 



Dept. 8, SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 



