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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



May, 1911 



Busy asphalt-diggers in Trinidad La 



Natural asphalt is the life of 



Genasco 



the Trinidad-Lake-Asphalt Roofing 



And natural oils are the life 

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Mineral or smooth surface. 

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The Kant-leak Kleet waterproofs the seams of roof- 

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Ask your dealer for Genasco with Kant-leak Kleets 

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The Barber Asphalt 

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Largest producers of asphalt, and largest 

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Philadelphia 



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Cross-section Genasco Stone-surface Roofing 



Gravel 



Trinidad Lake Asphalt 

 Asphalt-saturated Wool Felt 

 Trinidad Lake Asphalt 

 Asphalt-saturated Wool Felt 



A Genuine Panama for $ 1 .OO 



An Introductory Bargain 



| This is just as good a Panama Hat as one 

 j costing $io, except It is coarser weave. 

 I Warranted genuine, hand-woven, direct 



importation from South America. Weigh 



2 oz,\ durable, flexible, easily shaped. 



Worn by everyone, man or woman. 



Looks like a woman's expensive Pana- 

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 introduce only $1.00. 2 "for $1.88. 

 I We prepay all charges. 



$1.00 Mexican 

 1 Palm Hat/' 



For Man, Woman or Child 



Over 75.00c sold to pleased customers. 

 Warranted genuine hand-woven in Mexi- 

 co from strong palm fibre: colored design 

 woven in brim. Light, cool, comfort- 

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 onr Introductory Price only 50c. Three 

 for $1.25. Both hats here offered sent 

 prepaid for $1.30. Money back if not 

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distance of about half a mile. We thoroughly- 

 soaked the roots by running a ij^-inch hose from 

 a water cart on the trees the day before the 

 digging commenced. 



A trench was first made in front of each tree, at 

 a suitable distance from it, continuing downward 

 until clearly below the lowest of the roots. The 

 outside bank was then cut down to a slope, making 

 a rise of about one foot in three from the bottom 

 of the trench to the surface. We then cut a tunnel 

 about three and a half feet wide and eight or nine 

 inches deep underneath the tree below the roots. 

 Progress was rather slow because only two men 

 could work at one time, but the tunnel eventually 

 reached under the tree to its centre. 



A stone drag or float, made of oak planks, was 

 driven as far under the tree as it would go, two 

 stout planks were placed side by side underneath 

 it, some short pieces of 1 34-inch iron pipe being 

 put between the drag and the planks for rollers. 

 A large circular trench to surround the tree was 

 then immediately begun, as many of the men 

 working at it as could do so conveniently, in order 

 not to lose any more time than was absolutely 

 necessary before getting the tree to its new lo- 

 cation. The loose soil on the inside of the trench 

 next the tree was carefully removed with forks, 

 so as not to damage the fibrous roots, until the 

 tree was left in the centre of an immense hole, 

 the roots in a compact solid ball resting halfway 

 on the drag. 



Wet burlap was then wound around the ball 

 several times and bound to it securely with strong 

 ropes. Another rope was passed loosely around, 

 and between it and the ball of earth we inserted 

 a quantity if birch brush cut to about eighteen 

 inches in length. This second rope was also tied 

 tight enough to hold the brush in place. 



A long lug chain was passed around the whole, 

 the hook being put at the side. Then a pair of 

 horses was hitched to the end of the chain, which, 

 being passed over the hook at the side, slowly 

 whirled the tree forward until it stood in the centre 

 of the drag. Next the chain was slipped off and 

 the horses hitched to the drag. The horses pulled 

 very slowly and steadily, while the men kept the 

 rollers between the drag and the planks under- 

 neath it, and the tree, though weighing possibly 

 3,000 pounds, was brought out of the hole with 

 comparatively little effort. 



The drag with the tree was then loaded in the 

 same way, by rolling on planks, on to a specially 

 constructed low-wheeled truck, not more than a 

 foot high and having very wide-banded wheels 

 to prevent its cutting into the ground. The hole 

 which was to receive the tree had been prepared 

 with two sloping sides, opposite each other, so that 

 the drag might be drawn right through the bot- 

 tom and rest on the up-slope, thus giving it a 

 strong tilt. The horses were then unhitched from 

 the drag which, of course, had been rolled from 

 the truck before being drawn into the hole, and 

 the log chain passed around the ball as before, 

 the hook being at the side. Adjusting the chain 

 in this way gives the tree a whirling motion, and 

 not only makes the draft much easier but also 

 causes the chain to exert an even pressure all around 

 the ball instead of at the rear only, as would be 

 the case if a straight pull was attempted. 



After the tree was in place the ropes were taken 

 off and the burlap unwound. The roots were 

 carefully separated and the soil worked in between 

 them, the hole being filled in gradually and the 

 soil made thoroughly firm. When the roots were 

 all covered and the hole filled to within three or 

 four inches of the top, the soil was given a final 

 thorough treading and tamping, and the hole 

 was filled to the top with water. A heavy mulch- 

 ing of half-decayed leaves was put on just before 

 winter and left on until late in the spring. 



I have moved trees year after year in this 

 way, and have generally been successful. 

 Connecticut. Richard Barton. 



The Best Low Conifers 



WHY does every nursery have the European 

 juniper and savin, which are tender, while 

 their American equivalents are hardy? If you want 

 the best low conifers for a ground cover insist on 

 having Juniperus communis, var. Canadensis and 

 J. Sabina, var. prostrata. W. M. 



The Burlington Venetian Blind 



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Enclose your porch and see what a change it will 

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