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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1911 



A MEDIAEVAL CONDITION 



Telephone Service- 

 Universal or Limited? 



TELEPHONE users make more 

 local than long distance calls 

 yet to each user comes the vital 

 demand for distant communication. 



No individual can escape this 

 necessity. It comes to all and can- 

 not be foreseen. 



No community can afford to 

 surround itself with a sound-proof 

 Chinese Wall and risk telephone 

 isolation. 



No American State would be 

 willing to make its boundary line 



an impenetrable barrier, to prevent 

 telephone communication with the 

 world outside. 



Each telephone subscriber, each 

 community, each State demands to 

 be the center of a talking circle 

 which shall be large enough to 

 include all possible needs of 

 inter-communication. 



In response to this universal 

 demand the Bell Telephone System 

 is clearing the way for universal 

 service. 



Every 'Bell Telephone is the Center of the System 



AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TEIIEGRAPH COMPANY 

 And Associated Companies 



5 Grapevines $1.00 



Strong, Hardy, Three-year-old Vines 



Any five of the following well-known varieties : 



(Red)— Brighton, Delaware, Lindley 



(White) — Niagara, Diamond, Pocklington 



(Black) — Concord, Worden, Moore's Early, Wilder 

 These vines will grow anywhere and will bear the year after planting. We guar- 

 antee them to be as represented or money refunded. We also offer 10 strong, hardy, 

 two-year-old vines for $1.00. This is a remarkable collection of grapevines at an 

 exceedingly low price. Order now, vines will be shipped proper time_ to plant. 



With every order we send our valuable book how to plant, cultivate, and prune. 

 Grapes are easily grown and should be in every garden. 



T. S. HUBBARD COMPANY, 364 Central Ave., FREDONIA, N. Y. 



GRAPEVINE SPECIALISTS Established 42 Years 



Garden Reminder 



PLANT out carinas now. Get good-sized 

 roots and you will have flowers from early 

 summer until frost. All varieties are pretty and 

 easy to grow, but if you want exceptionally large 

 flowers get strong roots of Pennsylvania and plant 

 them in a rich soil. The stalk grows very tall and 

 the flowers are from five to six and a half inches in 

 diameter, of a rich bright scarlet. 



Very few plants produce a more beautiful 

 tropical effect on a lawn than the banana plant. 

 As far north as Middle Georgia it will bear fruit 

 in the open. If you have such a plant, set out the 

 suckers now in a moist, sunny spot where the soil 

 is rich. 



Don't forget to keep the old flowers picked off 

 the sweet peas, nasturtiums and pansies, so that 

 they will continue flowering. 



Plant lima beans now. Bush varieties are more 

 productive than either the large or small limas, 

 Fordhook being the best for the South. 



If you have not already sown seed of tomatoes 



,The yard-long bean which grows from two to four 

 feet in length 



for a main crop, do it at once. Ponderosa is the 

 largest of all and Dwarf Giant is the largest 

 'and best of the dwarf varieties. 



Plant peanuts and chufas, or earth almonds. 



Sow seed of sunflowers. Black Giant and Mam- 

 moth Russian are probably the best varieties to 

 grow for furnishing seed and shade for poultry. 



Plant a few yard-long beans simply as a curiosity. 



