October, 1910 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



The Readers' Service is prepared to 

 advise parents in regard to schools 



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Grow 

 Chestnuts 

 Like This 

 For Profit 



Covers :i 50c. piece 



Whether you have one acre, or a hun 

 dred, y ou can get bigger profits per acre 

 from Sober Paragon Chestnuts than from any 

 other crop you could plant. 



Hardy, rapid, symmetrical growth : luxuri- 

 ant foliage ; spreading boughs ; clean trunk ; 

 Stateliness : immunity from parasitic blight 



These qualities have been combined and devel- 

 oped by science to a degree that closely borders 

 perfection, in the new 



SOBER PARAGON 



Mammoth, Sweet Chestnut 



A single crop. Fall of 1909. brought S.33,000 

 (5,500 bushels @ $6.00 a bushel). Aud that or- 

 chard was only 8 years old. 

 The only large sweet chestnut in the world. 

 Bears the second year — a S-year old tree grew 

 500 burrs in 1 year. The nuts average 1 to 2 

 inches in diameter — and 3 to 5 nuts in a burr. 

 ^_ United States Pomologist, G. B. Brackett, says 

 "The Sober Paragon comes the nearest in quality 

 to the native chestnut of any of the cultivated 

 varieties that I have examined. It is of large 

 size, fine appearance and excellent flavor." 



Testimony from growers, commission mer- 

 chants, Forrestry Experts, etc., given in our free 

 booklet, together with prices and particulars. 

 We own exclusive control 

 of the Sober Para- 

 g-on. This c o p y- 

 ritrbted metal seal 

 ' is attached to every genu* 

 ine tree when shipped. 



Write today for tlie booklet. 



OTHER NUT TREES, 



Fruit and Ornamental Trees, 



Roses, Shrubs, etc., 



fully described with prices in our new, 

 handsomely illustrated General Cat- 

 alogue. No matter- what you may re- 

 quire for Fall or Spring planting (nut, 

 fruit, ornamental trees or decorative 

 plants) , write for this free catalogue. 



GLEN BROS. Glenwood Nursery, 



44th year. " Desk b " Rochester, n. y. 



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\—4 Cattle Manure 



^•^^l in Bags^KrfolS^fS 



Best for all indoor and outdoor work. No 

 bad odor. Easily applied. Delivered East of 

 Missouri River. $2.00 Per Bag(lOO lbs.). Write 

 for circulars. THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO. 



19 Union Stock Yards, Chicago 



grIatest Money Saver 



Cheapest to install, least attention, fewest repairs, 

 highest efficiency and economical and dependable 

 under every condition of service is the 



"American" Centrifugal Pump 



There is not a valve or other get-out-of-order feature about 

 it — just the easiest possible curved flow-lines witliout s sudden 

 chang-e of direction in passage through the pump, enabling 

 water to be raised with less power than wi h 

 any other pump in existence. It's the modem 

 way in pumping. There's 41 years' of manu- 

 facturing experience behind it. All gold 

 medals given to centrifugals at the Alaska- 

 Yukon-Pacific Exposition at Seattle in igoq 

 were awarded to this pump. 



Made in both horizontal and vertical types, in any 

 size, in any number of stages 

 and equipped with any power. 

 l.et us tell you of other sav- 

 ing features of this pump. 



THE AMERICAN 

 WELL WORKS 



Gen. Office and Works, 

 AURORA, ILl^. 



Chicago Office. First National 



Bank Building 

 420 First Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. 



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Is Your Milk ReaUy Clean 

 or Merely Clean Looking ? 



Strained milk all looks alike, it may be crowded 

 with germs, or positively sanitary. Straining takes 

 out the coarse dirt, but if the dirt and milk once become 

 mixed, the milk is tainted and cannot possibly be cleaned 

 by straining. 



The Stcrilac Pail assures really clean milk, 

 because it keeps the milk and the dirt from ever 

 coming into contact. It is the only effective, low- 

 cost device for producing pure milk. Further- 

 more, it is better made and will last longer than any 



owned. Try it at our risk. 



Note the strainer cloth on 

 which the milk strikes. 



Note the dirt-shelf which 

 catches the dirt falling from 

 the udder. The projecting top 

 shields the strainer cloth from 

 falling dirt. 



It is easy to use, because the 

 opening is of ample width. 



It does not spatter. 



pail that you ever 



Here is our offer : We will send a pail, prepaid delivery. You try it for 10 days. If you are not 

 satisfied, send it back at our expense. If you like it, send us $2.50. Write us that you accept our offer, 

 and we vrill ship the pail. Specify a seamless pail if you prefer it, at an increase in price of 50 cents. 



STERILAC COMPANY 



2 Merchants Row, Boston, Mass. 



Modern sanitary Milk Apparatus of all kinds. 



MONEY IN MUSHROOMS 



Men and women read ho\y we have 

 successfully grown mushrooms for 

 25 years for big profits, and learn 

 all about our Imperial Spawn, 

 which we place 

 direct and fresh in 

 the hands of the 

 grower, not dried 

 and infertile, but 

 moist and full of 

 life. Mushrooms 

 are easily grown at home in 

 cellars, sheds, stables, boxes, 

 etc., all the year. Previ- 

 ous experience or capital 

 not needed. We were 

 first; teach you the busi- 

 ness and our methods 

 FREE and TELL 

 YOU WHERE TO SELL 

 WHAT YOU RAISE. 



National Spawn & Mnshroom Co., Dept. 55, Hyde Park, Mass. 



KIIPPPPC SEEDS GROW 



HI IJ 1\. 1 M-^M.^ l3 ^^ y"*! want a copy of the 

 •■^ ■^•— ■».» «-»m-» -^.^ "Leading American Seed 

 Catalog," for 1910, address BURPEE, Philadelphia. 



You want a flovyer large and showy without being coarse, 

 hardy as the oak, easy to grow, and with the delightful 

 fragrance of the rose ? Then 



PLANT PEONIES THIS FALL 



They thrive better, grow larger and bloom earlier. We 

 specialize 'in Peonies. Send for catalog. It describes 

 them carefully, giving cultural directions, also 



IRIS, GERMAN AND JAPANESE 



Their requirements are extremely simple and they are a 

 yearly source of delight. 



Wild Bros. Nursery Co. Box 514 Sarcoxie, Mo 



Write for Our Fall Catalogue==Free 



Choicest Hardy Plants .agitlaTTfe ^ If you want your surroundings charming and attrac- 



Bulbs, Shrubs, Trees, 

 etc., grown by enthu- 

 siasts who care more 



tive next year, do your planting tliis fall. Let our 

 landscape department help you — no matter how 

 small or large your grounds. It is at our patrons' 

 service. Free. 



WAGNER PARK CONSERVATORIES 



«ox 48 T, SIDKEV, OHIO 

 Florists — Nurserymen — Landscape Gardeners 





