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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



June, 1911 



Protect and Beautify 

 Your Grounds 



Only one moderate-priced fence has ade- 

 quate strength for protective purposes 

 and a beauty of outline that harmo- 

 nizes perfectly with its surroundings — 



Barcalo 



Sensible 



Steel Fence 



Barcalo Sensible Steel Fence is almost as much 

 superior to iron fence as iron is to wood fence 

 —a truly modern fence. 



It meets every requirement for estates, schools, 

 parks, cemeteries, railroad and factory yards. 



Strength of Steel— Price of Wood 



Barcalo Steel Fence is ex- 

 i tremely light, but possesses 

 marvelous resisting powers. 



_. The Barcalo V- Joint is the 

 greatest improvement 

 made in this type of fence 

 in years. It gives the entire 

 fence a present and perma- 

 nent unity. The price is 

 practically what a wood 

 fence would cost. Very easy 

 to erect. 



Let us tell you about the undupli- 

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 Barcalo Fence. Information and 

 prices mailed free on request. 



We need aggressive representa- 

 tives. If 'you appreciate an at- 

 tractive offer on an easily sold 

 fence, send for our agents' prop- 

 osition. 



Ba.rcalo Mfg. Co, 



Dept. F-41. Buffalo. N. Y. 



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I I I I I I 



How to Make 

 a Dibble 



A MOST serviceable 

 dibble, and one 

 which will not bend or 

 break no matter how 

 much hard usage is 

 given it, is one made of 

 a piece of an old buggy 

 spring, the older the 

 better. 



Take the top spring 

 and get a blacksmith to 

 cut it off about eigh- 

 teen inches in length. 

 In nine cases out of ten 

 a hole will be found 

 about four or five inches 

 from the big end 'of the 

 spring, at exactly the 

 proper place for a screw. 

 Use a piece of old sound 

 broom handle about 

 seven or eight inches 

 long for the handle, 

 make a nick in one end 

 with your pocket knife, 

 slip the piece of spring 

 into it until it fits 

 nicely, and then insert 

 a screw. Screw it up 

 tightly. A small strand 

 of wire wrapped tightly 

 as shown in the illus- 

 tration will suffice to 

 hold the parts securely 

 for all time. 



The buggy spring tapers to a sharp end, which 

 gives the proper shape to the dibble. 



Tennessee. J. W. Biggers. 



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A dibble made from part 

 of an old carriage spring 

 and a broom handle 



Nature-Made Rock Gardens 



D OCK plants have a peculiar interest for many 

 -"-^- people living along the great rivers of North- 

 ern Illinois. The Illinois, Rock and Fox rivers 

 run between ledges of rock for a great portion of 

 their way, the ledges varying in height from ten 

 to almost two hundred feet. These ledges furnish 

 some of the finest lessons in rock gardening that 

 can be desired. They are even more illuminating 

 than a study of the mountain plants, for they have 



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