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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1911 



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YOU can have Earlier 

 and Better Garden or Sweet Peas 

 than any of your neighbors 



Use Farmogerm 



High Bred Nitrogen Gathering Bacteria 



If you want to grow peas earlier 

 than your neighbors and have them 

 all summer long— if you want sweet 

 peas that will grow 6 feet tall and be 

 such a mass of blossoms as you never 

 had before, you need to inoculate the 

 seed with Parmogerm, The poorer the 

 soil, the better the result can be seen. 

 You can grow peas in coal ashes by using 

 Farmogerm. If you expect to plant your 

 lawn, don't fail to use some clover seed in- 

 oculated with Farmogerm. You will see the 

 wonderful results both in the clover and the 

 grass. 



If you want to see one result of the scientific 

 study of soil fertilization, carry on an experi- 

 ment with Farmogerm. This method will build 

 up the fertility of your farm land and cut your 

 fertilizer bill in half. 



It is a pure culture of nitrogen gathering bac- 

 teria now made practical for the farmer and the 

 gardener. Anybody can use it and if you follow 

 directions, good results must follow. 



We dare not advertise some of the results at- 

 tained by the use of Farmogerm. But many far- 

 mers get from 100 to 200 per cent increase, de- 

 pending upon soil conditions. 



READ THESE LETTERS 



E. A. PEARCE, Webb, 

 Ala., says: 

 "The peas that were 

 treated with your Farm- 

 ogerm bore for three 

 weeks after the un- 

 treated plot were dead. 

 The peas tested were 

 the dwarf or early vari- 

 ety. I used Farmogerm 

 on all the tall or late 

 varieties and never be- 

 fore saw such luxurious 

 vine, and for the first 

 time in my life had 

 garden peas until I got 

 tired of them." 



THOMAS ALLEN, 

 Roekaway, N. J., 

 says: 

 "This spring I re- 

 ceived from you Farmo- 

 germ for peas and 

 beans, and I must say 

 that I was surprised at 

 the difference between 

 those that I put Farmo- 

 germ on and the seed 

 that there were none 

 on. I have never had 

 peas and beans pro- 

 duce as well as I have 

 this year." 



J. C. HERZ, Union 

 Course, L. I., N. Y., 

 says: 

 "My results from the 

 use of Farmogerm on 

 spring plantings of peas 

 and beans have been 

 entirely satisfactory. The 

 inoculated seed came up 

 very quickly and the 

 rows of plants were 

 thick and regular. The 

 uninoculated seed was 

 slow to germinate and 

 the rows were sparse 

 and irregular and the 



plarts did not grow as 

 large and strong as in 

 the inoculated rows. The 

 inoculated peas were 

 picked for the first time 

 on the 23d of June and 

 the inoculated beans on 

 the 2Sth of June. The 

 uninoculated peas and 

 beans that were planted 

 two days later were ten 

 days later in maturing. 

 The yield from my in- 

 oculated peas and beans 

 was much heavier and 

 more prolonged than 

 from the uninoculated." 



Acre size, $2.00. Garden size, 50 cents. Send for our booklet S giving full 

 details about FARMOGERM and its uses for farm and garden and letters from 

 experiment stations and farmers. Mention this magazine. 



EARP-THOMAS FARMOGERM CO., Bloomfield, N.J., U.S.A. 



A Genuine Panama for $ 1 .OO 



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 Looks like a woman's expensive Pana- 

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Strong, Healthy, Choice 

 Nursery Stock 



We offer for spring of 191 1 the largest and finest 

 assortment of Nursery Stock we have ever offered. 

 A full line of small fruits, tree fruits, ornamental 

 trees, plants and vines, all grown on our home 

 grounds, guaranteed healthy and true to name. 

 Our goods will surely give satisfaction. Get our 

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condition at once. ' When weeds have not yet 

 grown and the crust of dry earth is very thin use 

 a garden rake, working between the rows before 

 the seeds have germinated. 

 New Jersey. M. R. C. 



The Blue-Eyed African Daisy 



I MAKE it a practice to grow something new in 

 my flower garden each season, not because 

 I tire of my old, tried and true flower friends, but 

 to discover new and wonderful treasures. 



Last summer I was more than pleased with my 

 plants of Arctotis gravdis, a splendid annual from 

 Africa, sometimes called the blue-eyed African 

 daisy. Seeds were sown in the house in March, 

 and germinated in a few days. By the last of 

 May the sturdy little seedlings were transplanted 

 into the garden, where they had full sunshine. 

 They were given no special care except that the 

 soil around them was kept well cultivated. They 

 grew rapidly and soon formed well-branched 

 bushes from two to three feet high and about as 

 wide. The foliage was a handsome light green, 



Arctotis grandis continues to bloom after most 

 frost-resisting annuals have succumbed to the cold 



but the crowning glory was the large, showy 

 daisy-like flowers over two inches in diameter. 

 The petals are narrow, rather sharply pointed 

 and of a peculiarly glistening white, the under- 

 sides being pale blue. The eye, or centre, is bright 

 blue surrounded by a narrow ring of yellow. Each 

 plant bears a profusion of flowers. As a cut flower 

 it is particularly charming, keeps perfectly in 

 water for a week or more, and the buds open as 

 freely as on the plant. 



Another valuable characteristic about the Arctotis 

 is that it continues to bloom after most of the frost- 

 resisting annuals have succumbed to the cold. 

 Referring to my last year's garden note-book, I 

 find that the last blossoms were gathered on 

 November 4th. 



New York. E. E. Trumbull. 



