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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Mat, 1911 



Melon Frame, ig}4 x 2oJ^ inches 



Plant Frame, I i}ixi3 inches 



Garden Frames at a Bargain 



5 Melon Frames for . $3.50 



or 10 for . . . $6.75 



10 Plant Frames for . $5.00 



5 Single Row Frames for $5.00 



or 10 for . . . $9.50 



YOU couldn't 

 buy the mate- 

 rial alone for that 

 price, to say noth- 

 ing of the labor of 

 putting them to- 

 gether, and glaz- 

 ing and painting 

 them. 



Every one is made of cypress, bolted 

 together by strong cast iron corner 

 braces. Bolted mind you, not nailed. 



The Melon and Single Row 

 Frames have movable sash; the 

 Plant Frames sliding glass. 



The Melon Frames arebigenough 

 to start two hills of melons, a clump 

 of rhubarb, some asparagus, or use 

 them as regular little cold frames. 



Single Row Frame. 3 feet long, 11}^ inches wide 



plot. It is the sim- 

 plest, easiest way 

 yet to get things 

 early without hav- 

 ing a greenhouse. 

 Beans a month 

 sooner are just one 

 of the things they 

 make possible. 

 How can we afford to make these 

 frames at such ridiculously low 

 prices? Answer: They are made 

 from short lengths of cypress such 

 as we have always burned, until this 

 happy thought came into our heads. 

 All we now ask you to pay is the 

 bare cost of the labor of making 

 them, to which is added the price 

 of the cast iron corner braces, and 



,h ^y ffi^^SanM a ™ a S re nve per cent profit 

 rs, We are making the plant t 



size for starting melons, cucumbers 

 cauliflower, lima beans and such, or 

 for coaxing along early single plants of any kind. 

 They will help you in a dozen different ways. 

 10 for $5.00. Think of it. 



The Single Ro<w Frames are just the finest 

 things for setting over the rows of vegetables or 

 flowers planted right out in your regular garden 



plant trames 

 at the rate of 500 a day, and selling 

 them in "bunches." 



If you want prompt deliveries, you can readily 

 seethe necessity of ordering at once. State whether 

 we shall ship them by freight or express. 



P. S. No less than 10 of the Plant Frames sold 

 in one order — it wouldn't pay us to pack any less. 



Lord & Burnham Company 



New York 

 St. James Bldg. 



Boston 

 Tremont Bldg. 



Philadelphia 

 Heed Bldg. 



Chicago 

 The Rookery 





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., FRED0NIA, N. Y. 



GRAPEVINE SPECIALISTS Established 42 Years 



hangs on the nail. The outline may then be 

 filled in with paint and will quite clearly show 

 just where each one belongs. This method is 

 the one which shows missing articles the plainest 

 and which works best when the men employed are 

 ignorant and careless — and that is the kind of 

 men on most places. Any one can see where a 

 tool goes when a life-sized silhouette of it in its 

 place is painted on the wall. 



But some persons do not like the appearance 

 of the painted ghosts on their tool house walls. 

 They regard them as ugly and decidedly unes- 

 thetic. For them there are other but more diffi- 

 cult methods. These consist in different systems 

 of numbering the tools. They all call for a cata- 

 logue or list of the tools giving the name and 

 number of each, so that, if any are lost, they can 

 be looked up and new ones supplied from the 

 description on the list. That is rather simple; 

 the difficulty arises in trying to put numbers on 

 the many different tools. 



HOW TO NUMBER TOOLS 



The numbers may be of paper and pasted on. 

 If you decide on this, don't laboriously cut numbers 

 out of old calendars but spend ten to twenty-five 

 cents and buy at any large stationer's a complete 

 set of paper cut-out numerals. They come either 

 in black or white and in several sizes, all with 

 gummed backs so that they can be easily pasted 

 on. The trouble with paper numbers is that 

 they usually rub off the first time the tool is used. 

 This may be prevented to some degree by being 

 careful that the number is pasted where the least 

 handling is given and also by shellacking or varnish- 

 ing over the numbers. 



A second method is to stamp a number into the 

 tool. Steel stamps can be bought for twenty 

 cents a numeral, and they can be used on either 

 wood or metal by the simple method of hitting 

 them with a hammer. A full set of ten costs two 

 dollars, and with them any combination of num- 

 bers can be made. The difficulty with this kind 

 of marking is that the numbers are small and not 

 readily seen, so that mistakes' in hanging them 

 up are very frequent. 



Probably the best way of labeling tools is to 

 put the number on with paint by means of a 

 stencil. A circular stencil giving all numbers 

 and letters can be bought for a dollar. The 

 circular stencil makes easy work of getting the 

 numbers straight; the painted numerals are easily 

 seen and the paint stays on much longer than paper. 

 If you are careful to put the numbers where there 

 is the least wear, they will last a year or so before 

 they will need to be freshened up with another 

 coat. 



All your tools should be identified by your 

 own mark on them. One way to do this is to have 

 a burning brand with which all wooden-handled 

 tools can be marked. This is an iron, one end of 

 which is made to form your initials or your name. 

 It is heated red hot and pressed into the wood, 

 making a permanent brand. A brand of five 

 letters or less can be made for one dollar and a half; 

 extra letters cost twenty-five cents each. 



Perhaps a better way and certainly a cheaper 

 way is to decide on a color or kind of mark for your 

 own. With this color all articles should be painted. 

 For instance, if your color is red, put a red circle 

 around the handles of all tools. This can be seen 

 from any point, is easily put on, and is a good 

 identification. We know of a community in 

 Massachusetts where all the farmers do this, each 

 farm having its own mark for tools and implements 

 of all kinds. It even extends to harnesses and 

 wagon parts. It is easier for a man to hold on 

 to the things that belong to him if they are all 

 well marked in this way. 



Where a large number of men are working, it 

 is sometimes worth while to number the men and 

 supply each man with several brass checks bearing 

 his own number. Whenever a man takes a tool 

 from the tool house he hangs a check on the nail 

 where the tool came from, so that if it isn't returned 

 there is a check in its place showing who is respon- 

 sible. This method has been very successful 

 where work is being done on a large scale, but will 

 hardly be found worth while when only a few men 

 are employed. 



Maryland. B. H. Crocheron. 



