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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Septembkr, 1910 



Dwyer's Pot-Grown 

 Strawberry Plants 



Strong, healthy plants from selected 

 stock of choicest fruiting varieties, sure to 

 give satisfaction and 



Produce a Full Crop in 1911 



Some of the finest berry 

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 success to our vigorous 

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 have been our specialty 

 for many years. If you 

 want fruit next season, order NOW. We 

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 planting, all grown on our home grounds 

 and guaranteed healthy and true to name. 

 We also do landscape gardening in all 

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It will make your flowering 

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 doubling the production. An 

 application now will keep all 

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 the balance of the season, and 

 bring about marvelous results 

 for the coming season. 



Put up in dry form in all size packages 



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 5 lbs., " 140 '* by express, 2.50 



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A Court of Inquiry, 



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 Round the Corner in Gay Street, 



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 On Christmas Day in the Morning, 



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 The Indifference of Juliet, $1.50 

 With Juliet in England, $1.50 

 The Second Violin, $1.50 



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My Scheme for Watering 

 Shrubbery 



LAST year I found that my shrubs did not 

 respond to watering quite as well as I thought 

 they should. A bed that was beyond the reach of 

 a hose did almost as well, even during dry spells, 

 as beds that were most carefully watered. All 

 the beds were occasionally cultivated, whenever 

 weeds made it necessary, after which they were 

 left with about an inch of finely crumbled soil 

 mulch. 



After some study of the matter I learned that 

 there never really was enough water put on the 

 beds; that, although it appeared as if the beds were 

 soaked, never more than a few inches of the soil 

 were actually moistened, and this, moreover, baked 

 and cracked so in the heat of the sun as to cause 

 the ground to dry out more than if I had left the 



T%-^ 



When watering with a hose, break the force of the 

 •water by putting a board under the nozzle 



beds entirely alone. I found that to get water to 

 penetrate to the deeper roots I would have to turn 

 the water on for hours at a time. So, instead of 

 sprinkling as I had formerly done, I took the nozzle 

 off the hose and let the water pour out full force. 

 To obviate the washing away of the soil froin the 

 roots of the shrubs, I took a short piece of board 

 and arranged the hose in such a manner that the 

 water struck the board first and spread fan-shaped 

 over the ground. In this way there is no washing 

 and the water, flowing gently, has ample time to 

 sink deep into the ground. It is only necessary to 

 change the position of the hose, as the ground 

 becomes so saturated that it will absorb no more. 



Just as soon as the ground becomes dry enough 

 to work after such a watering I either hoe or rake 

 the surface of the beds to produce about an inch 

 of finely crumbled soil mulch. Even in a rainless 

 month watering a bed twice in this way is all- 

 sufhcient to keep the shrubs in a most thrifty con- 

 dition. The philosophy of the thing is simple. 

 Get your ground saturated; then work the surface 

 soil into a dust mulch which will check evaporation 

 and hold the water in the soil for the roots to use. 



North Dakota. C. L. Meller. 



PAEONIES 



The Elmsford set of six grand double 

 varieties for $2.50 per set, viz. : 



Festiva, white. 



Jeanne d' Arc, early soft pink. 

 Delachei, dark crimson. 

 Noblissima, dark rose pink. 

 Gandavensis, fine double white. 

 Princess Mathilde, lively wine red. 

 also a number of other varieties 

 at 50c each. 



These are not divided pieces, but solid 

 clumps which produced tw^o and three 

 flowers each this last spring, and will 

 produce twice that number next spring, 



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Garden and Porch Furniture for Comfort and Beauty 



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NORTH SHORE FERNERIES CO., Beverly, Mass. 



Pot-Grown 



strawberry Plants 



as shown iii the cut are much 

 the best. The roots are all 

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 If set out in August and Sep- 

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 of berries next June. I have the 

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 Ambler, Pa. 



Model Elxtension 



Carnation Support 



Endorsed by all the leading growers of the country 

 as the bsst support for carnations made. 



Repays the cost many times over 

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Made strong and light of heavy 

 Galvanized Wire. 



Over 3,000,000 in Use 

 Price 50c per doz., $3.50 per 100 



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 of other garden specialties 



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