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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Mat, 1911 



Cl« 



acuum Cleaner 



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You Cannot Compare 



IT is useless to compare the Stur- 

 tevant with any other vacuum 

 cleaner. It is made in its own 

 way. It has none of those parts that 

 make a vacuum cleaner wear out. No 

 leather bellows, no rubber diaphragms, 

 no pumps, pistons or gears. Nothing 

 but a high-pressure fan, a motor and a 

 dust receptacle. There is a lifetime 

 of perfect service in the Sturtevant. 



The Sturtevant does its work in its own 

 "way — quietly, swiftly, searchingly. Yet 

 it is the machine that found the way to avoid 

 the slightest injury to the most delicate fabric. 



A house cleaned by the Sturtevant is unmis- 

 takable. There is a freshness and brightness, 

 because the hidden, interior dirt is removed. 

 The air itself is purified, because there is no 

 dust. 



In using the Sturtevant the machine is al- 

 most forgotten — one is conscious only of the 

 results. There are no adjustments, no "getting 

 started." This almost automatic ease of opera- 

 tion is not the least point for the woman user 

 to consider. 



SEND FOR OUE BOOKLET 92 



B. E. STDRTEVANT COMPANY, Hyde Park, Mass. 



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 Washington, D. C. ; 34 Oliver Street, Boston; 1140 Metropolitan 

 Building, Minneapolis ; 423 Schofield Building, Cleveland ; 1108 

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 Louis ; 456 Norwood Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. ; 36 Pearl Street, Hartford. 

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FORSTER MANSFIELD MFG. CO. 



Garden Decorators 



Pergolas, Summer Houses, Mission Plant 

 Tubs, Columns, Window Boxes, Garden 

 Furniture, Grill and Lattice Work, etc. 



Plans and estimates submitted 



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145 West 28th St., NEW YORK CITY 



Dandelion Greens for Spring 



MANY cultivated plants become weeds when 

 they are "out of place," and some common 

 weeds assume the importance of culinary plants 

 when cultivated. No garden green that I grow 

 or buy is more acceptable in the spring than the 

 young leaves of the dandelion. 



In 1909 I bought a packet of seed from a Toronto 

 seedsman and sowed them on May 29th. Earlier 

 planting would have been better, but circumstances 

 did not permit. The seeds were sown in two 

 continuous rows ten inches apart on one side of the 

 garden, and in eight weeks the leaves were ready 

 for use. The photograph was taken on July 31st; 

 it shows that part of one row has been harvested; 

 the remaining leaves have passed the best stage for 

 cutting. 



To have quick growth and leaves as tender as 

 possible, sow the seed in deep rich soil, and, after 

 the plants appear, hoe frequently. The leaves 

 may be blanched by tying them together or by 

 banking them with boards. Locate the patch 



Cultivated dandelion plants photographed on July 

 31st. These leaves have passed the cutting stage 



where the plants will not be disturbed if it is de- 

 sired to grow them for more than one season. 

 For commercial purposes seed should be sown 

 every year, but in the home garden there is no 

 reason why the same dandelion plants cannot 

 be made to give satisfactory results for a number 

 of seasons, provided the plants are not allowed to go 

 to seed and thereby scatter and become a nuisance. 



Late in the season the plants were attacked by a 

 mildew (Erysiphe dehor eacear am). I cut off all 

 the leaves close to the ground but above the crowns. 

 Little or no growth was made during the rest of 

 the season, but the plants wintered well and 

 commenced growth the following spring as soon 

 as the frost was out of the ground. The first 

 cutting of leaves was made on April 25th. Later 

 harvestings were taken during four weeks, as often 

 as required — two crops being taken off the same 

 plants last season. When the mid-ribs of the 

 leaves became "woody" the plants were allowed 

 to grow at will. All blossoms were removed as, 

 soon as formed to prevent spreading. Although 

 usually it is best to treat this crop as an annual, 

 my plants will again be carried over winter in order 

 to see what they will do through their third season. 



Canada. A. B. Cutting. 



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 fr.oo — 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. 



Lasts a 

 Lifetime 



Removable Steel 

 Clothes Posts 



fit into sockets driven level with the 

 ground, leaving it free for lawn mower. 

 Posts are held rigidly but can be re- 

 moved in a moment. 



No Holes to Dig and No Skill 



Required to Drive the Sockets. 



Why spoil your lawn with ugly wooden 



im- __ posts that will rot in a few years ? 



Our posts are cheaper, last a 

 lifetime, cannot be destroyed, do 

 not obstruct the lawn ( being re- 

 movable). The Adjustable Hook 

 makes clothes hanging easy. 



Write for folder A. 



Milwaukee Steel Post Co. 



Ask your dealer. 



MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



