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What is a fair rental for a given 

 property? Ask the Readers' Service 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Mat, 1911 



We offer an unusually fine assortment of 

 these lovely Japan Miniature Trees, espe- 

 cially adapted for dining room decorations, 

 windows, verandahs. 



10. Dwarf Conifer Chabo Hiba $1.00 



12. Dwarf Azalea, full of buds 1.50 



6 and 11. Dwarf Pines 1.00 



2. Large plants Chabo Hiba 3.00 to 5.00 



1 and 5. Conifer growing on rock- 

 Beautiful 3.00 to 5.00 



Curiously Twisted Pines 50 years old 2.00 to 3.00 



Lovely Dwarf Maples 2.00 to 5.00 



Every plant is delivered in a finely decorated 

 Chinese porcelain pot with printed directions "How 

 to Care For the Little Japs." Prices include 

 delivery. 



Berger's Success Collection of Vines 



1. Ampelopsis Veitchi — Boston Ivy 20c. 



2. Aristolochia Sipho 



— Dutchman's Pipe, 

 65c. 



3. Clematis Panicu- 

 lata — Starry Eye, 25c. 



4. Clematis Jack- 

 manni — Velvety Pur- 

 ple Flowers 50c. 



5. Clematis Coccinea 

 — Lovely Coral Bell, 



15c. 



6. Akebia Quinata — 

 Very fast growing vine 

 — deliciously fragrant 

 flowers 25c 



7. Apios Tuberosa — 

 Wistaria Flowered, 



15c. 



8. Ipomoea Pandur- 

 ata — Moonflower 25c. 



9. Japan Honey- 

 suckle — Sweet Fra- 

 grance 20c. 



10. KudzuVine— Jack 

 and the Bean Stalk. 

 Fastest growing vine 

 in existence 25c. 



These ten strong 

 hardy vines for $2.50, 

 delivery paid. 



Japan Climbing Hydrangea 



The greatest novelty in vines. Hardy native of 

 Northern Japan. Rapid climber. Clings to any 

 surface without support. Beautiful 

 bright green foliage, amongst which the 

 creamy white clusters of Hydrangea 

 flowers appear. A magnificent vine 

 and one we can well recommend. 

 Extra strong pot-grown plants $1.00 delivered. 

 With the collection of ten vines we send the hy- 

 drangea; eleven vines for $3.00, delivery paid. 



Our offer of Success Lily Collection in April 

 Garden Magazine holds good for May. Our cata- 

 logue is free. Send for it. Address 



H. H. BERGER & CO. 



70 Warren Street, New York City 



Planting Fruit to Advantage 



AN ALMOST increditable amount of fruit 

 can be grown on a small city block. Sup- 

 pose your plot is 40 x 100 ft.; dwarf cherry, plum, 

 or pears, as well as a few peach trees, might be set 

 along the side fence or boundary, and in the shade of 

 these, currants and gooseberries. Strawberries do 

 well when grown between grape rows, as do currants 

 and raspberries, for the vines will make little 

 shade early in the season. There may be walks 

 which it is desirable to shade, and it would be as 

 well to plan to have a canopy of grapes there. A 

 dwarf tree will grow and produce a quantity of 

 fruit if planted against a wall where it can expand 

 in only one way. Plum and cherry trees do even 

 better on hard ground than on cultivated land. 



In planting a place of this size to the best ad- 

 vantage, select four apple trees of the standard 

 size to range from early to fall or winter vari- 

 eties, or have six or eight of the dwarf apples, 

 planted ten feet apart. From two to four each of 

 cherry, peach, and plum trees would complete the 

 selection of trees unless it was in a latitude where 

 apricots or quinces were better adapted than 

 grapes and berries. For the middle or southern 

 latitudes, blackberries, dewberries and raspberries 

 should occupy considerable space. Have the 

 fruit trees in two full rows the length of the lot, 

 all except the apples, standing 15 to 20 feet apart. 

 Plant currants and gooseberries between the 

 rows. For several years, while the trees are 

 getting their growth, strawberries may be grown 

 in the tree rows, and after that between the rows 

 of grapes. Two rows of grapes half way the length 

 of the lot and dewberries to finish out will take 

 the space on the other side. Any of the brambles, 

 as blackberries, will grow in the shade though not 

 so well as currants and gooseberries. 



A backyard of this size will be ample for 1 1 trees, 

 50 vines each of blackberry, gooseberry, currant, 

 dewberry and raspberry, 12 grapevines and 200 

 strawberry plants, if arranged as shown: 



CURRANTS BETWEEN ROWS OF TREES 



GOOSEBERRIES ON NORTH SIDE OF TREES 

 RASPBERRIES BLACKBERRIES 



STRAWBERRIES BETWEEN GRAPES 



DEWBERRIES 



Missouri. 



H. F. Geinstead. 



Pruning Blackberries 



ALWAYS bear in mind that pruning black- 

 berries is one of the most hazardous of gar- 

 den occupations. When bent away from the 

 pruner and carelessly released, the heavy canes 

 are liable to give him a cut across the face or 

 hand and bury one or more thorns in his 

 flesh. The greatest danger is to the eyes. Even 

 if the pupil providentially is missed, a thorn 

 driven through the skin just above the cheek 

 bone will bring about a good case of black eye. 

 And, somehow, as I know from experience, it is 

 only a waste of words trying to explain in town 

 that the disfigurement came from a blackberry 

 bush in the country, T. B. E. 



Erected for Mrs. F. H. Lovell, Madiscn, N. J. 



$250 Buys This Greenhouse 



Price includes everything — 



benches, boiler, radiating 



pipes, ventilating rods and 



all. No extras. 



No foundations needed as it is bolted to 



iron posts set in the ground. When you 



move, take the greenhouse with you. 



As easy to take down as to put up. 



Goes together like a sectional bookcase. 



No fitting to be done — shipped all 



glazed, ready for immediate erection. 



It will save your flowers from frost in 

 the spring and fall ; give you vegetables 

 and blooming plants all winter." Buy 

 now and be ready. 



Send for booklet fully describing it. 

 Has growing hints too. 



Hitchings & Company 



1170 Broadway New York 



Victo 



$100 



CONSULTING FORESTER 



Forest Management. Forest Planting. Timber Estimates. 

 Tree Planting for beautifying country estates. Advice given 

 on profitable handling of wood lots and timber tracts. Work- 

 ing plans prepared. Improvements supervised. All matters 

 personally attended to. Correspondence invited. 



F. R. MEIER, F. E. 



1 BROADWAY Telephone 4727 Rector NEW YORK 



A Garden Genius 



_^^_ should employ business methods in garden- 

 Jr ^^ ing. He will derive greatest pleasure from ^^^^•Sfc 

 his garden when it yields greatest profit. To save time, labor ^ 

 ^ and expense, and produce bigger, better crops, he must adopt (i 

 Jl modern methods. With Iron Age tools he does a day's ^ 

 r work in 60 minutes. A business man finds that Iron Age tools ^ 

 3 are to his suburban garden what typewriters, are to his office. C 



IRON AGE Wheel Hoes 



are used everywhere; will plow, hoe, cultivate, hill and weed 

 the garden; any boy can operate them. Our quality tools 

 give many years' dependable service. Prices, $2.50 to $12. 

 Write for FREE Anniversary Catalog describing all Iron 

 Age Garden and Farm Implements, including potato 

 machinery, orchard tools, etc. 



Bateman M'f'g Co., 

 Box 535 A 



Grenloch, 



