March, 1911 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



What is a jair rental jor a given 

 property? Ask the Readers' Service 



105 



Beautifully illustrated catalogue, 144 large 

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ESCHSCHOLTZIA THORBURNI 



(California Poppy) 



Hardy Annual — Sow Outdoors in Spring 



The grandest of all 

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The unopened buds 

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 are of the deepest crim- 

 son, toning down in the 

 inner side to bright flame 

 color and molten gold. 



We will mail a packet of 

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 the best seed annual published in America — for only 1 0c. 

 Stamps or coin. (Regular price of seed, 15c packet.) 

 Write to-day. 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



33 BARCLAY STREET, and 38 PARK PLACE, NEW YORK 

 (Dept. G) 













Garden Books 



by the 



Foremost Amateur Gardener 



of the 

 United States 



Eben E. Rexf ord 





The Home Garden 



A brief, practical handlook for the use of 

 those who have a little piece of land for the 

 growing of vegetables and small fruit, and 

 who from lack of experience, do not know 

 how to go to work in the right way. 



" ft tells all about vegetable and small fruit 

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Eight full-pace Illustrations. 1 'J mo. 



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Indoor Gardening 



This new book covers a variety of sub- 

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Four Seasons 

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Other Books Helpful to the Homemaker 





The Small Country Place 



By SAMUEL T. MAYNARD 



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Rural Hygiene 



By ISAAC W. BREWER, M. D. 



"A thoughtful and conservative presenta- 

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Many Illustrations and diagrams for the 



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Pedigree Seeds at the Bloomsdale 

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D. LANDRETH SEED COMPANY, Bristol, Pennsylvania 



"VELVETLAWN" 



Grass Seeders and Fertilizer Sowers 



These Two Machines Make 



Beautiful Velvety Lawns 



The "Velvetlawn" Grass Seeder puts the 

 seed in the ground — NOT ON TOP. It 

 saves seed. The wind or rain cannot carry 

 the seed away, because it is all put in the 

 ground where germination and growth takes 

 place quickly, the cutting action of the discs 

 opens narrow furrows in the sod, and the force feeds carry an equal amount 

 of seed into every furrow. The discs do not tear the sod, but relieve 

 it of its root-bound condition and let the AIR IN. 



SAVE THE COST OF SOD 



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Box 555. Springfield, Ohio 



