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July, 1911 



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"HAMILTON-MADE" 

 GARDEN HOSE 



What our mark on hose means. 



"Hamilton-Made" means superior quality in general, and one 

 thing in particular. The "one thing in particular" is this: 



On every length of Hamilton-Made Hose you will notice a mark 

 not found on any other hose — "Guaranteed 750 lbs. pressure", or 

 700 or 500, etc., according to the grade. On our "Hamilton" 

 brand, every length has been tested under pressure of 750 lbs. to the 

 square inch. Any piece showing defect is rejected. 750 lbs. is five 

 times the usual pressure in steam boilers. Think of it! Do you 

 wonder that this hose is strong; that it is stiff and will not kink? 



"Hamilton" Brand, our highest grade hose, selling at 25 cents 

 a foot, will last six to eight years: it will stand four or five times as 

 much wear as ordinary hose. As often happens, the high grade is 

 the cheapest. 



There's a HAMILTON-MADE Hose for every different use, 



each grade made BETTER THAN IS NECESSARY to meet the requirements 

 for that use, and GUARANTEED to stand a SPECIFIED PRESSURE. 

 Whatever kind of hose you need, ask the dealer for Hamilton-Made, 

 and you will be certain of getting the BEST HOSE OF that GRADE 

 that is made. 



Here are some of the 



leading grades of 



Hamilton-Made Garden 



Hose. Note that every 



label bears the words 



HAMILTON-MADE 



How to get the best hose 

 that is made 



COME dealers do not sell the highest-grade garden hose. 

 ^ They argue that everybody wants low-priced hose. 

 We know better, for we know that our stiff, strong, tough 

 "Hamilton" brand hose is really the CHEAPEST OF 

 ALL, and that many wise buyers will be glad to get it. We 

 therefore make this offer to all who cannot buy it of a dealer: 



If your dealer does not keep it, we will deliver to you any- 

 where in the United States, PREPAID, 50-foot lengths of 

 HAMILTON brand, our highest grade garden hose, com- 

 plete with standard brass couplings, for the regular price, 

 $12.50 EACH LENGTH. 



This splendid hose stands a pressure of 750 POUNDS to 

 the square inch, and while it is our highest-priced 

 garden hose, it lasts so long that it is really the cheapest 

 hose made. 



If hose of such extremely high resistance is not required, 

 we will send KENMORE (guaranteed 650 pounds) at $10.50, 

 or CYGNET (500 pounds) at $8.00, for 50-foot lengths. 

 Shipped same day order is received. 



Hamilton Rubber Manufacturing Co. 



Trenton, New Jersey 



Points for Water Gardening 



NOTHING gives such a finish to a garden as 

 some water feature. For a very small 

 garden the pool should be about two and a half 

 feet, but in larger suburban gardens it may be from 

 four to eight feet across. Have the pool correspond 

 to the style of gardening — if formal, then have 

 the pool round, oblong or square, with a stone or 

 cement rim, in preference to letting the grass grow 

 right down to the edge. Never let the planting 

 round the margin be too thick or too high; in 

 small gardens the marginal planting should be 

 very low and there should be very little of it. 

 Never put a pool on top of a hill or terrace, but 

 have the ground slope toward it as much as pos- 

 sible. A circle of grass outside the cement or stone 

 circle will add greatly to and soften the general ap- 

 pearance if the pool is surrounded by gravel paths. 



My own pool, though very small, was made by 

 the coachman in less than a week's time and cost 

 only the price of the cement. After the hole was 

 made it was filled with broken stone, which we 

 took off the hill-side. The sides of the hole were 

 smoothed off, coarse gravel was thrown in and the 

 cement laid on. To shape the pool we put a round 

 wooden tub in the centre of the hole on top of the 

 cement bottom. This left a space of two inches 

 between the tub and sides of the hole, which was 

 also filled with cement. For the outside rim a 

 wooden shape was made and filled with the cement. 

 This was easily knocked away when the cement 

 was hard, but the tub stuck fast and had to be 

 broken apart. 



As to keeping the water fresh in small pools, 

 evaporation will be enough with a good sized 

 bucketful of fresh water put in every other day or 



so as necessary. Always flush the pool when 

 filling it. Gold fish are a necessity, as they eat 

 mosquitoes and keep the water sweet. Never 

 overcrowd the pool. 



My first attempt at a pool was two years ago 

 in a barrel. I knew nothing about lilies or how 

 they should be planted, so I simply stuck the bulb 

 — the pygmy lily — in the bed of the barrel, 

 covered it with about six inches of water and left 

 it alone. In a few weeks tiny leaves appeared 

 and as they grew the water was increased to the 

 top of the tub. The plant bloomed from about 

 the middle of May until I took the tub into the 

 house the first of November, during which time 

 it had over thirty-four blooms. This water lily is 

 the smallest species in cultivation; the flowers are 

 white with deep yellow stamens and greenish- 

 brown, heart-shaped leaves. There is also a yellow 

 variety. Of course, this species would only look 

 well in a small pool, for which it is ideal. 



Mary Evans. 



Water Weeds 



ONE of the serious things to contend with in 

 shallow ponds is the growth of water 

 weeds. Water must be six feet or over to prevent 

 a growth that will appear on the surface, and even 

 in that depth some water lilies will occasionally 

 push their leaves to the air. Particular care should 

 be taken in shallow ponds not to introduce weedy 

 plants. The Nelumbium speciosum, for example, 

 not infrequently takes full possession and the 

 same is true of the western Nymphea tuberosa. 

 Do not permit any plant to continue if it shows a 

 tendency to be too rampant in its growth. 

 Massachusetts. W. H. M. 



