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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



August, 1910 



Try This "Richmowd" 



Suds - Maker Free 



You simply turn the faucet and The 'Richmond- Suds-Maker dehvers 

 thick, hot suds. It does not in any way interfere with the hot water 

 faucet and can be easily attached to it. It gives you instead, two faucets — 

 one for clean, hot water — the other for thick, hot suds. 



Think of the dozens of ways 

 this ingenious device will 

 cut down the work in the 

 kitchen ! Learn what it 

 means to save hundreds of 

 steps every day— to always 

 have thick creamy soap suds 

 on tap. The"Richmond"Suds- 

 Makergivesyouanyquantity 

 of soapand water thoroughly 

 mixed in scientific ' propor- 

 tion—it is always ready to 

 meet your instant needs. It 

 puts an end to the drudgery 

 of dishwashing— simply place 

 dishes, silver, glassware 

 under its creamy suds for an 

 instant, then just rinse and 

 wipe. Itputsaninstantauto- 

 matic end to waste, to un- 

 sightly soap dishes, to the 

 nuisance of using up the 



Just send your name and address together with any\1nd of soap. ^°'^^' ^^ 



the name and address of your local plumber and 

 we will forward by express prepaid one 'Richmondt Suds-Maker. Use it ten days — then if you 

 think you can spare it, return it at our expense. This is your chance to learn about the 

 greatest convenience, money and time saver you can install in your kitchen. Write today. 



The M*?CRUMrHowELL Co. 



274 Terminal Building 



New York, N. Y. 



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Save Lumber and Labor 



You can almost double the life of every piece of lumber on your place — every post, 

 plank, sill or silo — saving dollars in material for every cent of cost, by using 



Conserve Wood Preservative 



It penetrates the wood and prevents wet or dry rot, or injury by insects. Used inside 

 of stables, sheds, tie-ups or coops, it will preserve the wood, kill foul smells, drive out insects 

 and make the premises sound and wholesome. Send for circular giving full information and 

 testimony of users. 



SAMUEL CABOT, Inc.. Mfg. Chemists. 1 Oliver Street. Boston. Mass. 



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Poultry, Kennel and Live Stock Directory information about 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. 



LARGE BERKSHIRES 



at HIGHWOOD 



Mature animals weigh 6oo lbs. to 950 

 lbs. Several litters this spring of 12, 13 

 and 14, one of 15 and one of 17 so far. 

 Litters last year averaged 11. 



Spring offering of pigs 8 vvfeeks old in pair 

 or trios no akin. Every animal registered at 

 our expense and if not satisfactory tetum it 

 and get your money back. Write for booklet. 



H. C. & H. B. HARPENDING 



DUNDEE, N. Y. 



There's M 



oney in 



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Prof. Graham 



Our Home Study Course in Practical Poultry 

 Culture under Prof. Chas. K. Graham, late of the 

 Connecticut Agricultural College, teaches how t» 

 itiiiko piMillry piiy. 



Personal instruction. Expert Advice. 



250 I'ii^c Citlulogue free. Write to-djiy. 



THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL 



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A $40 HOUSE 



■rvOlVT^nr T*TT¥¥ F\ that new hen-house or fix up the old one but get our large loo pp. catalog- 

 Ill I \ I 111 I I ill iiKcl circulars (over 120 illustrations) showing POTTER PORTABLE 



■*-'^'-^ 1 .M. *.» »j .M.m^m-r SANITARY POULTRY HOUSES, Roosting and Nesting Outfits, Per- 

 fection Teed Hoppers, Trip Nests, Feeds, and supplies of all kinds. Potter Ft.ttures have been on the 

 market nearly 10 years. They are made in 3 styles and 12 sizes, and are complete, convenient and sanitary. 

 Our Portable (K. D. made in sections) Hen-houses, Brood Coops, Pigeon Lofts, are made in 20 styles and 

 sizes, from a coop 2 ft. square to a complete house 8 x 80 feet, or longer, at lowest prices. House shown is 

 8 X 10 feet, complete with 8 ft. Potter C)utfit for 30 hens, for I40. A fine house at a low price. If you need 

 a house or coop of any kind do not fail to find out about the Potter line before buying or building. 

 ¥^1^1^1511 17 I ¥ f or sell your laying hens, use the POTTER SYSTEM and pick out the layers 

 ll|J|\ I y\\ I J I J from the loafers and diseased hens. Keep only healthy laying hens. The 

 '■'■'■'-"-' POTTER SYSTEM is a secret and the greatest discovery of the century 

 in the poultry world on the subject of Egg Producing Hens. Used by over 30,000 satisfied poultry keepers 

 who are saving dollars every year. Our New 100 pp. Potter System book, "Don't Kill the Laying Hen," 

 contains the secret and knowledge about laying and non-laying hens. It's a revelation to poultry keepers 

 and you will learn how you can use the Potter System on your flock; keep less hens, get more eiigs and make 

 jnore money usine it. 'Write today sending 2 RED STAMPS to cover postage on our large cataloK and 

 circular^ telling all about Potter Poultry Products made for Particular Poultry People. If you are particular and want to make more money on your flock 

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but if the benches are not available 'when the plants 

 have reached that size, keep them grcwing and shift 

 as needed to larger pots until there is bench room. 



Stocks need but little training. Allo'w each plant 

 to make only eight to ten branches, rubbing out all 

 others that start except perhaps four or five near 

 the top of the central stem. Gro'w them in a 'well- 

 drained, rich, loamy compost, and keep the tempera- 

 ture in the greenhouse or coldframe as lo'w as pos- 

 sible during the 'warm 'weather. Upon the approach 

 of cold 'weather keep a night temperature of from 

 48 to 50 degrees, 'with an increase of ten degrees 

 during the day. 



A top dressing of fresh cow manure may be given 

 from time to time, if the flo'wer buds have become 

 large enough to be easily seen, or this food may 

 be given in liquid form by 'watering the soil 'with 

 manure ■water once or twice a week. 



Pennsvlvania. E. O. MASON. 



Garden Gossip 



HAVE you ever seen a lawn on a roof? One 

 of our readers who went to Norway last 

 summer sent us a colored postal card showing one 

 of the famous grassed roofs of the Norwegian 

 cottages. We saw imitations of these in England 

 on cabins evidently built for the purpose. But 

 isn't this going too far? Every climate imitates a 

 warmer one. The colder climates have fewer 

 species of plants. Shall we rob them, too, of their 

 unique attractions? The log houses of Norway 

 are sometimes covered with a bluish mist made by 

 the charming little wild heart-ease (Viola tricolor), 

 the chief parent of the modern pansy. 



One of the fine sights of August is the bronzing 

 of the foliage of Rodgersia podophylla. The 

 picture of this fine hardy Japanese perennial in 

 full bloom published last year excited so much 

 enthusiasm that a good many plants were imported 

 from England. We hope that any readers who 

 havg succeeded in blooming Rodgersia will tell us 

 all about it, preferably with a photograph. 



Mr. T. G. Phillips of Detroit showed us an 

 ingenious rose arch which looked good to us. The 

 arch is composed of two sets of iron pipe with a 

 foot-wide strip of netting between. He plants a 

 Dorothy Perkins rose between two plants of Hall's 

 honeysuckle. The honeysuckle is allowed to 

 grow until it obscures all the pipe. Then it is cut 

 back to three leaders. Thus the rose has a good 

 foil for its blossoms and after blooming its shabbi- 

 ness is hidden. The honeysuckle conceals the 

 framework from May to November and gives 

 scattering bloom all summer. Another combina- 

 tion used by Mr. Phillips is a climbing rose between 

 two plants of Clematis paniculata. This clematis, 

 like Hall's honeysuckle, will spread over the entire 

 netting during August and September, hiding the 

 deficiencies of the rose, without strangling or rob- 

 bing it. Have you a scheme you like better? 



It is getting to be quite a fad to collect postal 

 cards of garden scenes. The other day we saw a 

 collection of about two hundred garden scenes 

 picked up in England by an American. Some of the 

 postal card publishers have no conscience. Sky-blue 

 tulips in a Dutch nursery — the idea! And before 

 us is a picture taken at Palm Beach which is sup- 

 posed to show oleanders in bloom, but the flowers 

 are all at the sides and bottom of the bush, whereas 

 in real life they grow at the top! 



The largest of all poppies is Romneya Coulteri, 

 a Californian plant with white flowers, sometimes . 

 eight inches across, beautifully fluted and of satiny 

 texture. There is a hundred times more enthu- 

 siasm about it in England than in America. Skilled 

 amateurs are always discussing methods of growing 

 it. Some say the plant should be cut to the ground 

 after flowering and allowed to spring up again. 

 This method is said to produce fewer but larger 

 flowers. 



Tons of Christmas roses! Well, that is "going 

 some!" Sir Herbert Maxwell tells of a gardener 

 at Balcaskie, Scotland, who grows them at this rate 

 in a kitchen garden. He grows them in a deeply 

 prepared, rather stiff soil mixed with an abundance 

 of well-decomposed leaf mold. He propagates 

 them in March, cutting off all long ends, which, if 

 left untrimmed, cause the crowns to rot, and dibbles 

 the slices into lines. August is a good month to 

 buy the plants. 



New York. W. M. 



