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The Readers' Service will give you 

 suggestions jor the care oj live-stock 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1911 



Telephone Etiquette 



Co-operation is the keynote 

 of telephone success. 



For good service there must 

 be perfect co-operation be- 

 tween the party calling, the 

 party called, and the trained 

 operator who connects these 

 two. 



Suggestions for the use of 

 the telephone may be found in 

 the directory and are worthy 

 of study, but the principles of 

 telephone etiquette are found 

 in everyday life. 



One who is courteous face 

 to face should also be courteous 



when he bridges distance by 

 means of the telephone wire. 



He will not knock at the 

 telephone door and run away, 

 but will hold himself in readi- 

 ness to speak as soon as the 

 door is opened. 



The 100,000 employees of 

 the Bell system and the 

 25,000,000 telephone users 

 constitute the great telephone 

 democracy. 



The success of the telephone 

 democracy depends upon the 

 ability and willingness of each 

 individual to do his part. 



American Telephone and Telegraph Company 

 and Associated Companies 



One Policy One System Universal Service 



It is easy to growfine hedges when 

 you plant Allen's strong, healthy, 

 well-rooted plants. Our stock is 

 right and our prices are right. 



California Privet < I.igustriim Ovnllfollum) 2yr.,well 

 branched, strong 2 to 8 leet. $8.00 per 100; $35.00 

 per 1,000; 18 to 24 in. .$2.00 per 100. $18.00 per 

 1 000; 15 to 1 8 In.. $1.5« per 1 00,$1 8.50 per 1 ,000; 

 10 to 15 In. $1.25 per 100. $10.00 per 1,000. 

 Amur River Privet (TJgustrum Amurense) 2 vr., 

 strong 2 to 8 feet. $8.50 per 1 00. $80.00 per 1.000; 

 18 to 24 in., $8.50 per K'O. $20.00 per 1,000; 15 

 to 18 In-, $8.00 per 100, $16.00 per 1.000. 

 Spirea Van Houtti, 2 yr. strong, 2 to 8 feet. $15.00 

 per 1 00. $40.00 per 1,000; 1 8 to 24 In., $8.50 per 

 100, $80.00 per 1,000; 12 to 18 In., $2.50 per 100, 

 $20.00 per 1,000. ' 



Also a long list of other shrubbery and small fruit 

 plants. Get my catalog. It Is free. 



W. F. Allen. Salisbury, Md. 



a plant and the leaves are turning brown or copper- 

 red in spots, it is probable that the very injurious 

 red spider is at work. This insect is so minute as 

 to almost escape detection with the naked eye. 

 Use the fir-tree oil soap solution as for thrips; 

 but unless the spraying is very thorough, it is 

 better to sponge the under sides of the leaves. 

 [Red spider is easily routed by plain water. The 

 pest cannot endure moisture, and its appearance is 

 an indication of too dry air. — Ed.] 



The blue aphis, which works at the roots of 

 roses and other plants, and the mealy bug, a small 

 downy creature gray-white in color, thrive in a 

 high temperature and rarely trouble plants in an 

 ordinary living-room. For the former pour liquid 

 tobacco, strong and black, about the roots. Use 

 fir-tree oil soap for the mealy bugs. It will also 

 destroy the brown or white scale which sometimes 



Use a syringe for spraying so as to be sure all 

 infected parts receive treatment 



affects oleanders, palms, ivies, etc. Where the 

 scale infection is slight, simply rub them off. 



Gray-white patches of mildew on the leaves 

 of plants will yield if dusted with powdered sulphur. 

 Flowers of sulphur sells for ten cents a pound at 

 garden supply houses. [Mildew will sometimes give 

 way before the standard kerosene emulsion. — Ed.] 



Worms in the soil of potted plants often retard 

 their growth by disturbing the roots. The pres- 

 ence of angle worms is proved by tiny roughened 

 elevations of the surface of the soil. Lime water 

 will destroy them. Use about four tablespoonfuls 

 of air-slacked lime in one gallon of water. 



New Jersey. M. Roberts Conovee. 



A Plant for a West Window 



ALTHOUGH Impatiens Sultani is a stand-by 

 among house plants, I find that its fitness 

 for a west window is not generally known. 



When, through a misunderstanding, my flower 

 window was given a western, instead of a south- 

 ern, exposure, I was thoroughly discouraged. For 

 three years I have grown only ferns, begonias, 

 Asparagus Sprengeri and Wandering Jew in it. My 

 dream of rose-colored blooms to match the room 

 seemed doomed never to materialize. 



Impatiens Sultani, however, not only flowers 

 freely from early fall until late May, but the 

 blossoms are as deep a rose as if grown in full 

 sunlight. One plant, in the centre of the dining- 

 room table, away from all direct light, did quite 

 as well as those in the window. Being of compact 

 growth, with long, drooping branches, the plant 

 is particularly well-adapted to table decoration. 



Slips may be made at any time, and they take 

 root as easily as geraniums. With me, cuttings 

 which have been started only a month have already 

 burst into flower. 



Colorado. Roosevelt Johnson. 



