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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1911 



When insects infest your plants learn first what 

 species they belong to — then buy an insecticide 

 which is intended for their destruction. Aphine is 

 effective against all plant sucking insects. You can 

 depend on it for positive results without fear of 

 failure or dissatisfaction. 



An amateur relying on home prepared remedies 

 will in nearly every case injure his plants but not 

 kill the insects. Aphine will kill the insects and 

 invigorates plant life. 



Aphine is a concentrated liquid spraying material 

 easily diluted with water. It can be applied to 

 flower, fruit or vegetable. 



" We know of no insecticide which has more quickly demon- 

 strated its efficacy than the recently introduced Aphine, which, 

 in the course of a comparatively short time, has become a talis- 

 man among horticulturists of unimpeachable veracity and 

 unquestioned skill." — "Horticulture", Boston, Mass., Nov. 

 6th, 1909. 



"Our outdoor roses were badly infested with aphis. With 

 the first application of Aphine the pest was entirely destroyed." 

 — John McLaren, Superintendent Golden Gate Park, San 

 Francisco. 



"I have given Aphine a very thorough trial on plants in- 

 fested with aphids and find it works very successfully; in fact, 

 have found nothing that compares with it." — E. B. Southwick, 

 Entomologist, Dept. of Parks, New York City. 



" I have used Aphine on orchard trees and ornamental plants 

 infested with scale, green and white fly, thrip, mealy bug, etc., 

 and found, in every case, that it completely destroyed the 

 pests in question, with not the slightest harm to the subjects 

 treated. It is without doubt the finest insecticide I have ever 

 used." — William Munro, Supt. to C. T. Crocker, San Mateo, 

 Cal. 



SOLD BY SEEDSMEN. 

 Gallon $2.50 — Quart $1.00 — Pint 65c — Half Pint 40c 



If you cannot obtain Aphine in your community 

 we will send you, express prepaid, on receipt of re- 

 mittance a half pint for 50c, pint 75c, quart $1.25. 

 Try your dealer first, but do not accept anything 

 "just as good." 



APHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 



MADISON, N. J. 



HORSFORD'S 



HARDY PLANTS 

 For Cold Weather 



and 



FLOWER SEEDS that Grow 



Try a few plants and seeds from Vermont, 

 if you want something hardy. Do your 

 shrubs and trees kill back in cold win- 

 ters? Send up for a few of ours and see 

 how they will stand the cold. We can 

 save you money every time, not only in 

 the price but in the quality of stock, and 

 we know how to pack them so they reach 

 you alive and fresh. Our plants for the 

 most part are field grown, and stand 

 the change of soil and climate better 

 than potted stock. Send for catalogue. 

 FREDERICK H. HORSFORD, Charlotte. Vermont 



May 15th or so until August. The growing 

 gypsy larva?, after feeding all night, descend the 

 trees in search of shelter for the day. Many 

 retire under the strips of burlap and may be caught 

 and quickly despatched — with a knife, brick or 

 other missile. Later, many of the mature cater- 

 pillars choose this place for pupating, and at this 

 time you can often discover individuals of the 

 brown-tailed species. However, the burlap bands 

 are worse than useless unless carefully tended, for 

 they offer splendid haunts for other injurious species 

 as well. Visit every tree at least once in three 

 days, and do away with every caterpillar you see. 



Occasionally you find under the burlap a beetle, 

 large and with a metallic lustre, or else small, 

 flat, and brilliantly colored with red, blue, and 

 yellow. In either case salute him with respect 

 and thanksgiving, and wish him well. For these 

 two are parasites on the gypsy-moth larva? and with 

 a little fostering will become important allies in 

 your elimination work. 



I have spoken particularly to New Englanders, 

 but I am not sure that New Yorkers and even 

 others cannot also look to their trees and gird 

 up their loins against the invaders. The accom- 

 panying diagrams are developed from a Massa- 

 chusetts bulletin of 1909, and two Federal bulletins 



NEV ENGUM 



ou/mp 'areas infest 



*<■ * BROW/V-Tff/L 

 MOTH 



Massachusetts - Crotn reeerfat 



Other Stains from rgoofT of 



'9-7 - 



Where the brown-tail moth has overrun 



of 1907, and I am afraid the onward march of both 

 pests since those years has been continuous if 

 not rapid. Only by the cooperation of the tree 

 lovers on the outskirts of the infected area as well 

 as those in the most severely affected sections, 

 can the spread of the moths be checked. In this 

 work not even the owner of half a dozen trees, no, 

 nor of one single specimen, can be spared from the 

 ranks. If you doubt it, listen: 



One gypsy-moth egg-mass contains on an 

 average two hundred and fifty eggs, and a brown- 

 tail winter nest about the same number of hiber- 

 nating worms. I have found fifty such egg-masses 

 on six feet of the trunk of a single white birch 

 sapling! I have seen neglected apple trees on 

 which the number of brown-tail nests was checked 

 only when every twig had been covered! 



Is it possible that you fail to see the gravity 

 of this situation, and the value of the destruction 

 of every nest? And can you in any way justify 

 a neglect of this comparatively simple task, whereby 

 you can assist in a great and an essential work? 



New York. E. D. L. Seymour. 



[Editors' Note. — Since the above was written 

 it has been reported that both the gypsy and the 

 brown-tail moths have been located in several 

 parts of New York State in the past year; but 

 that in each instance prompt measures on the part 

 of the authorities have checked the outbreak and 

 exterminated the pests in that locality. It is 

 by means of just such vigorous action as this, and 

 of public-spirited cooperation between citizens 

 and authorities, that we can control isolated 

 appearances of these pests, and, let us hope, 

 effect their eventual extermination.] 



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Eureka Ensilage corn grows 

 tallest, has more leaves and 

 the largest number of ea r s. 

 $50.00 gold prize for the 

 heaviest yield of this corn from 

 one acre in 1911. 



Sheffield World's 

 Prize Flint Corn 



Do not be deceived. This 

 corn won the only first prize 

 for the 1 eaviest yield of crib 

 dry flint corn per acre, awarded 

 at the recent New England 

 Corn Show. The nearest 

 competitor was 20 bushels less. 

 We have the entire crop, 

 $10.00 gold prize for the 

 best 10 ears of ihis corn grown 

 this seascn. 



The supply is limited. 

 Catalogue giving price of these and 

 other prize winning varieties mailed 

 free. 



Ross Bros. Co. 



39 Front St., Worcester, Mass. 



Catalog on Request 



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 TERRA COTTA 



COMPANY 



Garden Pottery Dept. 

 1 170 BROADWAY, N.Y. 



%^ Will bloom until hosts. Send for prices and 

 photo pictures. 

 PARK ROSE GARDENS, Altoona, Pa. 



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