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The Readers' Service will give you 

 suggestions for the care oj live-stock 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



August, 1910 



^YaurTreesShould uve 



liirhousandYears 



In most cases they will, if you give them the 



chance. A tree seldom dies a natural death. 



^ Almost always the passing of a tree means that 



some abnormal condition has shortened its 



life. Disease attacks trees because they do not 



have proper protection against it. Decay sets 



in because they have been injured in some 



way. They are destroyed by the storms because 



not protected when they were weak. 



Davey Tree Experts 

 Are Tree- Savers 



Trained in the Davey Institute of Tree Surg- 

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 the profession, they have learned exactly 

 v/hat to do and when to do it in order to save 

 trees. Unless too far advancedin disease and 

 decay, trees receiving their attention will 

 be preserved in usefulness and beauty. They 

 are the only tree surgeons who fully under- 

 stand and practice Davey methods — the 

 only methods of demonstrated efficiency. 

 Four Valuable Booklets for 

 Owners of Trees— One Free 

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 Wounded I'riends, the Trees," a com- 

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 tree life; "A Brother to the Trees," by 

 Elbert Hubbard; "New Life in Old 

 Trees," by J. Horace McFarland. One 

 ^f these booksXree to every tree owner 

 whoforwardsnameandaddress. State 

 number and kind of trees you have; 

 we will mail booklet you need most. 



NTHE 



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Water Your Flowers Once in 2 Weeks 



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You will have better, hardier, lons^er-Uved plants. Our box is for in- 

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lVl3.UlC S JjCCClS always grown! 

 Send postal for 1910 catalogue. William Henry 

 Maule, 1 721 Filbert Street, Philadelphia. 



Marshall Strawberry Plants 



Best fancy strawberry known. We have developed a fine 

 strain of this variety. Potted plants or layer plants with 

 a ball of earth for summer or fall planting. Will bear 

 next year. Extra large and vigorous. 50 cents per dozen, 

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POWER SPECIALTY CO., 2135 Trinity Bldg., New York 



side. The mountain globe floyyer, Trollius Euro- 

 pcBus, is a lemon yellow and the blossoms are still 

 more globular. This is the only European species, 

 but seedlings have given it much variation in the 

 garden. Although all of these are good, there are 

 improved varieties that are even better. Salaman- 

 der, Gottefunke, Lichtball and Leuchtkugel are 

 fine orange ones, vyith large flowers, and Helios 

 and Gold quelle equally desirable yellow ones. 

 Any collection of globe flowers intended to be 

 approximately complete, hybrids and all, should 

 include the one American species as well. This 

 is Trollius laxtis, which grows about a foot high and 

 has a small greenish-yellow flower. 



Globe flowers are in season in May and June, 

 but a second crop of blossoms — smaller ones — 

 is quite as likely as not to come along in the autumn; 

 I have seen buds struggling to open as late as 

 November. They seed freely. It is slow work 

 growing them from seed, however, as they have a 

 trick of seldom being obliging enough to show their 

 heads above ground for a year and then it takes 

 a few more years to get them to grow to large flower- 

 ing clumps. The better plan is to buy the plants 

 which, in the course of time, can be used for propa- 

 gation by autumn division. Globe flowers cost 

 more by the plant than most perennials, but they 

 are worth more. 



New York. H. S. Adams. 



A Good Shrubbery Plant 



THE English privet or prim {Ligustrum vidgare) 

 is one of those old-fashioned shrubs whose 

 usefulness is largely overlooked. It is a compact, 

 upright plant that attains a height of from ten to 

 fifteen feet. The leaves are narrower than those 

 of the California privet, and lack their conspicuous 

 lustre. Its white flowers appear the last of June or 

 the first week in July, and are borne in rather 



The old-time English privet {Ligustrum vulgare) 

 is worth planting if only for the profusion of its 

 black fruits enduring till spring 



dense pyramidal clusters which are about two inches 

 in length. Following comes the good black fruit 

 which frequently remains upon the branches 

 until the new leaves appear in the spring. 



This shrub is perfectly hardy, and is not fastidious 

 as to soil or situation. It stands drought well, 

 grows in partial shade and contends successfully 

 against unfavorable city environments. At one 

 time it was largely used as a hedge plant and in 

 many situations it is much better adapted to that 

 purpose than the California privet. It harmonizes 

 well with our native vegetation, and is good to use 

 among the strong-growing plants of shrubberies. 



Massachusetts. Daniel A. Clarke. 



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Protect Your Orchard 



Save your trees and plants from San Jose Scale, Aphis, White Fly, 

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Place a sundial in your garden or 

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 Write us for free booklet of 



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-FAIRFAX ROSES 



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 W. R. GRAY, Box 6. OAKTON, FAIRFAX CO.. VA. 



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Choice Evergreens 



SPECIMEN TREES 



For 

 Ornamental Planting 



Also DECIDUOUS TREES and SHRUBS 



Write for large illustrated catalog. 



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 Box 106, DUNDEE, ILLINOIS 



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