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What is a fair rental for a given 

 property? Ask the Readers' Service 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1911 



that 



It's Easy to Have Running 

 Water in YourHome Today 



You'll not want another winter 



"^'to pass without the comfort and con- 



, venience of running water in every 



' ' part of your home. Even if you do 



live miles from city water mains, you 



may enjoy the same advantages that 



city folks have in bathroom, laundry, 



sprinkling, watering stock, and fire 



protection. 



And these comforts may"be yours without the worry of a gravity tank 



is bound to decay, freeze and leak, and is but a temporary makeshift. 



For the modern water supply is furnished by the 



The manufacturer who 

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is a symbol of the skill and 

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 with a perfect water system. 

 Your protection is assured 

 only when this mark ap- 

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The plant that you select will operate by compressed air, forcing 

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 Every drop of water is delivered cool and refresh- -S . ' -'■>,. 

 ing, both summer and winter. No danger from ,.. 

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 does not at any time touch the water. Nor i?s^MM 

 can your plant be put out of business by 

 freezing, if properly installed — and it will „ .'Jg&gffii 

 last a lifetime without replacing. ,&Z''$®e$Sl 'Wfflm'. ; '\'< 



Make it unnecessary to carry pail after pail of 

 water from the pump or go out of the house 

 on stormy days — such primitive methods are t$i? 



altogether needless in this day of comfort. The same plant delivers water & 



to the barn as well — your stock need not leave their stalls to quench 



their thirst — and the water is never freezing cold. 



Have you hesitated to investigate, waiting for a perfect system ? 



Then write us now, and talk to your dealer and architect. For the ..(■ 



Leader Water System has already brought water supply com fort ; ;'' 



and happiness to fourteen thousand homes — your problem can be ?A 



just as easily and simply solved. And you will be able to jslsf 



afford the cost — a plant of a size to suit you and operated by //■'&'. ... 



hand or any style of power, is at your service, no matter f.Mf ( ui 



where you live. ^^"/^k^'hkitWi 



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(We are glad to answer specific 

 questions for the readers of The 

 Garden Magazine, and we are also 

 glad to ex-press an opinion on any 

 suggested planting plan if it is 

 submitted in full detail. It should 

 be understood, however, that we 

 cannot undertake the actual prepa- 

 ration of a plan or elaboration of 

 a planting scheme. — Editors.) 



PROTECTION AGAINST ROT 



What is the best method to prevent the rotting 

 of that part of wooden (chestnut) posts which is 

 to be put under ground? 



Maryland. T. N. S. 



— Charring the parts of posts or timbers which come 

 in contact with the ground is a good preventive 

 of decay, provided a thick layer of charcoal is 

 formed and the work is so carefully done as not 

 to cause the timber to crack; deep cracking would 

 cause the interior to decay. If the work is not 

 carefully done the timber may be seriously weak- 

 ened. The ends of posts are often successfully 

 treated with a coating of creosote or they may be 

 dipped into hot coal tar. 



DATURAS IN A BORDER 



What is the correct name for the plant commonly 

 known as "wedding bells?" 



Massachusetts. E. F. T. 



— The name "wedding bells" is applied more 01 

 less loosely to any one of the species of Datura, 

 but perhaps more appropriately to Datura comi- 

 gera. The daturas are easy to grow, some being 

 treated as tender annuals. In the North the 

 woody species can be grown outdoors in the 

 summer and stored in cellars during the winter. 

 Daturas are sometimes kept in cool conservatories 

 the year round, but they rarely flower well in 

 pots, their roots being large and spreading and 

 requiring a constant supply of moisture. Plant 

 them in the border and have great quantities of 

 bloom in the spring. After flowering cut the plants 

 to the main limbs, or a straggling and unsightly 

 growth will result. 



IMPROVING THE SOIL 



Three years ago the soil in my garden was 

 poisoned or soured by the use of horse manure 

 containing wood shavings instead of straw. All 

 vegetable plants have since been stunted and 

 fertilizers fail to make the soil produce as it should. 

 The surface after a rain shows a greenish scum. 

 What remedy can be applied? 



Pennsylvania. F. M. 



— The soil has not been poisoned, but soured. It 

 is probably due to poor drainage and not to the 

 manure; this opinion is strengthened by the 

 statement that after a rain the surface shows a 

 greenish scum, an unfailing sign of imperfect 

 drainage. Wood shavings have been successfully 

 used as a fertilizer on a large scale in certain sec- 

 tions of the country. They have the effect of 

 lightening the soil and therefore are more useful 

 on clays than on lighter loams. It may be possible 

 that your land is over-manured; if so, it will 

 quickly recover after receiving a dressing of lime. 



