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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1911 





Does YOUR PLACE have THAT NEW LOOK ? 



The planting of a simple hedge, the addition of one or two large trees, or the screening 

 of an unsightly view or building is perhaps all it needs to make it attractive and homelike. 

 A Very little expense for so much comfort and satisfaction. 



Remember, when you deal with us, you not only make your choice from the finest 

 collection of trees, shrubbery and garden plants in Ameiica, but you also 

 . - have the advice of our expert landscape gardeners in planning immediate and 

 permanent effects. 



More Than 600 Acres of Choicest Nursery Produce 



Ornamental, Deciduous, Shade and Weeping Trees, Flowering Shrubs, Barberry, Piivet, Evergreens, 

 Conifers, Hardy Trailing Vines, Climbers. Everything for the Home Garden, including Fruit Trees, 

 Berry Bushes, etc. 

 .-> We make a planting plan of your place, selecting trees, 



shrubs, etc., suitable to soil and situation, and give 

 you the exact cost of planting the same. 



Write for Catalog A and Instruction Book- 



The Stephen Hoyt's Sons Company 



Est. 1848 New Caanan, Conn. Inc. 1903 



HARDY "BLIZZARD BELT" 

 GIANT Strawberry Plants 



Everybody likes fine strawberries, and to prove that our new GIANT variety 

 is the largest and strongest grower, as well as the heaviest fruiter, we offer 

 to send you TWO PLANTS (worth 30 cents) absolutely FREE. We have 

 picked 12 quarts of fine berries from a test bed grown from but two GIANT 

 plants set the year before. You can do as well, and at the same time raise 

 young plants for a new bed. If you care to send 10 cents for mailing expense, 

 we will add 6 BABY EVERGREENS 2 years old, and send all to you at proper 

 planting time in the spring. It will pay you to get acquainted with our 

 "HARDY BLIZZARD BELT" Trees and Plants. 



Write to-day and we will reserve the plants for you and send you our 

 catalogue by next mail. Address 



THE GARDNER NURSERY COMPANY, Box 351, Osage, Iowa 



Hardy Flowers for City 

 and Town Gardens 



We make a business of grow- 

 ing "iron clad" plants for town 

 gardens and poor soils. 



We shall be pleased to send 

 you our catalogue. 



Hillside Hardy Flower Gardens 

 Turtle Creek, Pa. 



I»!2 WITTEN_ 



Automatic Dump Cart 



JUST WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN 

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Asters — Dahlias — Gladioli 



The best flowers for garden decoration 

 and cut-flowers, — none excepted . . . 



ASTERS. — The world's grandest mixture of over 100 sorts, 

 including the earliest, mid-season and extra-late, 15c per 

 doz., $i.oo per ioo, $6.50 per 1,000. Spring delivery. 



DAHLIAS. — Extra-fine named sorts in all colors, of Cactus, 

 Decorative, Show, Fancy, etc. $1.00 per doz., $1.50 per 

 25, $2.50 per 50, $4.00 per 100. 



GLADIOLI.— Groff's & Childsii large-flowered hybrids, 

 Florists' mixture, mailing size — every one guaranteed to 

 bloom. 25c per doz., $1.00 per 100, $8.00 per 1.000. 



After you have grown the stock, if you are not satisfied, return 

 them, and we will refund your money. 



NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE SHOW GARDENS 

 Box 1001. Spencer, Ind. 



Call for Catalogue of Garden and Flowering Plants 



A Live Fence Protects But Does Not Hide 



A low-growing California privet hedge-fence will add to the appearance of the home-ground, keep 

 out cats, dogs, goats and bad boys without cutting off the beauty of the place from the passerby 

 or interfering with the views from porches and windows. 



A Privet Fence Is Least Exf>e7i<ive. 

 Its first cost, including planting, is less 

 tlian J1.50 per rod. The first cost of 

 wire, will run from $i 50 to $2.00 per 

 rod, including posts and labor of erect- 

 ing. There will be less labor and ex- 

 1 iense in keeping up the Privet than the 

 wire. In 15 years the wire fence will 

 have to be replaced entirely but the 

 Privet v ill be better than ever. 



GET HARRISON'S 

 NEW CATALOGUE 



Full descriptions, prices, etc., of 

 Privet, fruit trees, shade trees, 

 plants, shrubs, etc., in our hand- 

 someitjn catalogue. Tell us how 

 lame your grounds are, and how 

 much hedge you have, if anv, 

 and we will send you a cony free. 



HARRISON'S NURSERIES, Berlin, Md. 



Some Other Uses For California 

 Privet, — It enn be trimmed to any 

 height, width and shape. A tall-grow- 

 ing hedje makes an ideal screen to 

 hide unsightly objects. Easy to plant 

 and will thrive almost anywhere. In- 

 dividual plants, properly trimmed, add 

 greatly to the appearance of home 

 ground — and will grow in moist, shad- 

 ed places where few plants will. 



Address O. H. 

 Private Desk 26 



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Dahlias 



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^^ ^^ Every farmer and truck growerneeds a copy of 



Herrmann's 1911 Almanac 



Besides being full of valuable and interesting data for farmers and fruit 

 growers, it shows the proper way to apply the purest and most efficient 

 Paris Green made — Herrmann's Hi-Grade Pure Paris Green. You'll 

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 MORRIS HEKKMAKN & CO., 802 Fifth Ave., New York. 



WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 



nn will bring you California Privets ■* £\f\ 



— — 2-3 feet high, will make you I I II I 



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 Catalogue free 



CHAS. W. SCHNEIDER, Little Silver, N. J. 



$3 



Trees For Forest Planting 



Plant your waste land. 

 Trees cost $3.50 to $6.00 per acre. 



The Mt. Car me 1 Forestry & Nursery Co. 



Hartford and Mt. Carmel, Conn. 



Instruction Book 



And Wood pDpp 

 Finishing Samples A l\JUiJ-J 



Here's the best book ever published on 

 artistic wood finishing, the work of 

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 For a limited time only we will mail 

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Johnson's Wood Dye 



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and Under-Lac (better 

 than shellac and varnish) 

 to all the leading dealers 

 v/hoh^ndlepaintjoryouruse. 

 If your dealer hasn't samples 

 send us his name and we will 

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 Racine, Wis. 



"The Wood Finishing 

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