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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



September, 1910 



Use Brenlin in ecru with rich tan walls and ceiling, and the effect 

 will be immediately noticeable. Brenlin doesn't bag or wrinkle, 

 it hangs straight and smooth. 



Your Windows 



How to shade them and why 



Choosing shades can be either a great nuisance 

 or a great satisfaction. Window shades of 

 Brenlin increase the beauty of your windows, 

 really shade and wear wonderfully. 

 Brenlin is made entirely without "filling." 

 This difference in material makes the diflfer- 

 ence in wear, makes Brenlin actually the 

 cheapest shade material you can put up. 



It doesn't develop wrinkles, doesn't bag or fade. When other 

 opaque shades are cracked and unsightly. Brenlin looks like new. 



Shad-^s matching the exterior of the house are now considered very 

 good. You can g -t this effect with Brenlin Duplex, one color one 

 side, another on the other. For example, white to match the white 

 exterior, and inside use different colors to blend with the different 

 rooms. Used in tnis way, Brenlin Duplex makes two sets of shades 

 unnecessary, does entirely away with their annoyance and expense. 



The three grades of window shades 



Brenlin — made entirely without "filling", six foot shade com- 

 plete with brackets, pull and mounted on best roller, goc. 

 Camargo — the best sta7tdard tnade high grade opaque shade on 



the market. 

 Myama — most serviceable medium priced shade made. 



All are made in the Brenlin factories, each is marked with its name 

 perforated in the side edge. You can't see it unless you look for it, 

 but be sure it \•^ there and you will know you are getting the most 

 serviceable shade you can get for the price you wish to pay. 

 Write for our book of samples 

 With it, we send the names of our dealers in your city. If we 

 have none, we shall supply you direct. Write today. 



Chas. W. Breneman & Co., 

 2073-2083 Reading Road Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Look for the marking BRENLIN 



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A New Lawn Pest 



SMALL, brilliant green and black bees some 

 three-eighths of an inch long, were found bur- 

 rowing in a lawn. They are solitary digger bees 

 known as Agapostemum viridula. Recent studies 

 by Dr. John B. Smith, of New Jersey, of an allied 

 form known as Augochlora humeralis show that 

 this latter bee may live as long as eleven months, 

 spending only about ten days of that time above 

 ground, and devoting itself mostly to excavating 

 and provisioning a rather elaborate series of gal- 

 leries running some eighteen to twenty-eight inches 

 below the surface. 



It is probable that the Agapostemum has similar 

 habits, but aside from the slight injury and annoy- 

 ance caused by its abundance in a lawn, it is not 

 an injurious species. It can probably be destroyed 

 readily without injury to the lawn, by making a 

 series of holes throughout the infested area, some 

 seven to ten inches deep and fifteen inches apart, 

 with a crowbar or similar implement, and putting 

 in each a tablespoonful of carbon bisulphide. The 

 cheap fuma carbon bisulphide would answer every 

 purpose. 



This work should be done preferably in the early 

 evening at the time when most of the insects are 

 likely to be in the burrows, and the holes should 

 be immediately stopped after the carbon bisulphide 

 is put in, with soil, a light plug of grass, or some- 

 thing which will not drop to the bottom. The 

 treatment can be made more effective by covering 

 the infested area with one or more wet blankets 

 for several hours, or, if possible, allow them to 

 remain over night. The fumes of the carbon bisul- 

 phide should permeate the soil and destroy practically 

 all of the insects, though a second treatment might 

 be advisable a few to ten days later in case the 

 bees, in spite of this treatment, continue to be some- 

 what abundant. 



New York. E. P. Felt. 



Seeding the Lawn 



IN THE greater part of the country where lawns 

 are maintained (that is, throughout the entire 

 temperate zone) there are two periods of the year 

 when new lawns may be successfully seeded — 

 in the spring, of course, and in early fall, 

 during September and the early part of October. 



There really can be given no definite best date 

 for sowing. In the Northern states Septembe and 

 November are generally preferred, because the risk 

 of sudden drying out by excessively hot weather, 

 after the seeds germinate, is avoided. In the 

 Southern States November sees the greatest amount 

 of seeding. 



The point in spring seeding, which is done 

 between February and May, is to get it done as 

 soon as possible after the ground is in workable 

 condition. Lawns have been successfully sown 

 during June and even in July, but in the majority 

 of cases failure would surely result and on the 

 whole I prefer fall. 



If it is inconvenient to sow the lawn in the fall, 

 have the ground thoroughly prepared then and seed 

 at any time during the winter. If the seed is scat- 

 tered over the surface of the snow, it will be washed 

 into the earth, and by subsequent thawings will be 

 brought into such intimate contact with the soil 

 that its early germination and perfect stand is 

 assured. On very wet soils seeding in the summer 

 time is advisable. 



For summer seeding, add to the regular lawn 

 mixture one quart of oats to every three hundred 

 of seed. This grass germinates very quickly and 



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