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// you wish to systematize your business the 

 Readers' Service may be able to offer suggestions 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1911 



FrtBooko" Home Refrigeration 



It tells you how to select the Home Refrigerator— how to know the good from 

 the poor— how to keep a Refrigerator sweet and sanitary— how your food can be 

 properly protected and preserved— how to keep down ice bills— lots of things you 

 should know before selecting any Refrigerator. , 



Don't be deceived by claims being made for other so-called 

 "porcelain" refrigerators. The "Monroe" has the only real por- 

 celain food compartments made in a pottery and in one piece of 

 solid, unbreakable White Porcelain Ware over an inch thick, 

 with every corner rounded, no cracks or crevices anywhere. 



is the only refrigera- 

 tor that can be made 

 "hospital clean" in a 

 jiffy by simply wip- 

 ing out with a hot 

 cloth. There are no 

 The leading 

 found today 

 built to last 



GKMonroe" 



A Lifetime Refrigerator 



hiding places for germs — no odors, no dampness. 



hospitals use the " Monroe " exclusively and it is 



in a large majority of the very best homes. It is diuil lu iasL -™ ■ Always sold DIRECT ' 



a lifetime and will save you its cost many times over in ice bills, ^rajF™" 1 " 1 and at Factory prices. 



food waste and repair bills. Other refrigerators must be made "■ Cash or Monthly Payments. 



with sections to come apart— bolts, screws, braces and strips to work loose— and with cracks, crevices and 



corners in which food collects and decays— germs breed and odors arise to taint the food placed therein. 



The " Monroe " is never sold in stores, but direct from the factory to you freight prepaid to your railroad 



station, under our liberal trial offer and an ironclad guarantee of "full satisfaction or money refunded." 



Eacv Pavmpnts ^ e depart this year from our rule of all cash with order and will send the "Monroe" 

 «*Sy raynicIHS f re ;ght prepaid on our liberal credit terms to all desiring to buy that way. 



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freight prepaid 



Just say, "Send Monroe Book," on a postal card and it will go to you by next mail. 



MONROE REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, Station 13, Lockland, Ohio 



ASPARAGUS 



My stock of choice roots for ign is very 

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 thrifty one and two year-old roots. Special 

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 directions with each shipment. 



CALIFORNIA PRIVET 



Best of the Hedge Plants — an ideal hedge for lawn purposes. A 

 quick grower. No thorns. Easily trained. California Privet is 

 generally known and universally popular. Particularly suitable 

 for private grounds. Perfectly hardy and almost evergreen. Large 

 stock. Prompt shipments. .Order early. 



Write today for Free Catalog of Trees, Strawberry Plants, 



Vines, Garden Tools, etc., Spray Pumps and Spraying Calendar. 



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Paeony-flowered, Pompton and Single Dahlias. The 



wonders of creation in flowers ! I was awarded 20 



First Prizes in 1910. Catalogues free. 



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Do You Know This Plant? 

 V. The Leather Leaf 



THE leather leaf (Chamcedaphne calyculata) is 

 a graceful little shrub native to our peat 

 bogs where it is often found in the company of the 

 wild cranberry. The branches are slender, nu- 

 merous and spreading or horizontal, and seldom 

 rise to a height of more than three feet. The leaves 

 are small, narrow, nearly evergreen, dark green 

 above and of a rusty color beneath. The flowers 



Plant trie leather leaf in a bog or else in the garden, 

 in peaty, moist soil 



are small, white, urn-shaped and borne in one- 

 sided, leafy racemes. They are very similar to 

 those of Andromeda floribunda and are in most 

 perfect bloom at about the same time, which is 

 usually the last of April or the very first of May. 



The leather leaf is desirable for planting on the 

 edges of small ponds or in the garden if the soil 

 is peaty, sandy and moist. 



Massachusetts. Daniel A. Clarke. 



The Holly. By Sarah Webb Maury. John Lane 

 Company, New York. Illustrated; 12 pages. Price 24. 

 cents, net. 



Suitable for a gift book to all nature lovers. 

 Written with a charming little touch of one per- 

 sonally and intimately acquainted with a beloved 

 tree. "The Ginkgo Tree" and "The Beech" are 

 companion volumes. 



The Garden Muse. By William Aspinwall 



Bradley. Sturgis & Walton Company, New York, 

 1910. Illustrated; 169 pages. Price $1.25 net. 



A collection of quaint and charming poems, 

 taken from not only the well-known, but from the 

 less frequently quoted poets. Another volume 

 which should be in the library of those who love 

 Nature in all her varying moods. 



