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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



The Readers' Service gives ittjur- 

 maliun aboM real estate 



TJLY, 1911 



Hiis Jar 

 Solves 



forever 



Madam, Your 



Fruit Canning 



Trials are over 



at Last 



When you sweat over 

 a hot stove — carefully, 

 carefully stirring that 

 fruit or vegetable you 

 want your folks to 

 enjoy next winter — 

 you really ought to put 

 it into jars that you can 

 absolutely depend on. 



Here is the jar you 

 CAN depend on. 



Atlas E-Z Seal 



Air CAN'T get into this jar 

 for the top clamps down like 

 a vise at a slight finger touch. 



^ It opens just as easily. 



Takes fruit and vegetables 

 tuhole thru its large, smooth 

 mouth. Never cut fruit 

 again. That robs it of much 

 flavor. Store it whole in the 

 E-Z Seal Jar. 



This jar is made of better 

 glass than most jars. Glass 

 that is hard to crack. Think 

 of this before you spend 

 another cent on buying jars. 



All the good qualities of all 

 fruit jars are in this jar. It 

 hasn't got a single fault. 

 Insist upon getting it. 



Remember the name "Atlas 

 E-Z Seal." 



HAZEL ATLAS GLASS CO. 



Wheeling. W. Va. 



Concerning Yellow Larkspur 



T CONFESS that I 

 A have not found Za- 

 lil's larkspur, the so- 

 called yellow one, "any 

 great shakes." Its 

 yellow is distressingly 

 apologetic and however 

 much its propensity to 

 lie down flat may an- 

 swer in its native Per- 

 sia, the habit is both 

 unbecoming and incon- 

 venient in the plain 

 ordinary home garden. 

 One thing about it 

 should be understood, 

 though, if it is to be 

 cultivated at all. This 

 Delphinium Zalil, or 

 D. sulphureum, or D. 

 hybridum, var. sulphu- 

 reum, as you will, has 

 a way of "playing pos- 

 sum." Mine came, a 

 "greenery yallery" 

 plant that looked as if 

 it had spent the winter 

 in a cellar instead of 

 the garden. It threw 

 up a little foliage, then 

 turned brown and ap- 

 peared to be a goner. 

 But last spring it 

 "bobbed up serenely" 

 and in due time gave 

 generously enough of 

 its washed-out, yellow- 

 ish bloom, the flower- 

 stalks too weak to stand alone. After blooming, 

 it turned brown again, and I thought it was 

 dead for sure that time, but I now find that this 

 is only its way; so I am leaving it henceforth to 

 its own devices. It's a sort of "What's the use" 

 plant, but if it chooses to thrive, well and good. 

 New York. B. F. O. 



The yellow larkspur has 

 poor color and a tendency 

 to "lie down" 



Leaf Key to the Trees of the Northern States 



and Canada, and a Botanical Glossary by Romeyn 

 B. Hough, author of " American Woods and Hand- 

 book of Trees." Published by the author, Lowville, 

 N. Y., 1910; 63 pages; price $.75. 



Every book by Mr. Hough marks a decided 

 advance in knowledge and convenience. This 

 key is far better than a book of pictures, as it will 

 enable anyone to find out the name of any tree 

 growing wild as far south as North Carolina and 

 as far west as Denver, simply by a study of the 

 leaf. The book can be carried in the pocket and 

 is not heavy. In clearness and simplicy, this key 

 is far ahead of the old star and dagger system 

 used by Gray. The only suggestion for improve- 

 ment of future editions that we can offer is a 

 page or two on "How to use a key." Keys 

 usually repel beginners until they understand 

 the marvellous efficiency of them. A key does 

 four great things: (1) It furnishes the surest way 

 of finding the name of a plant; (2) it is quicker 

 than reading pages of descriptions; (3) and it 

 gives a greater mastery of any subject than pic- 

 tures or reading matter, because it shows at a glance 

 how each species differs from any and every other 

 and also what any two species have in common. 



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Price includes everything, house and one 

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 When you move, take the greenhouse with 

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 Goes together like a sectional bookcase. 

 No fitting to be done — shipped all glazed, 

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It will save your flowers from frost, give 

 you vegetables and blooming plants all win- 

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Send for booklet of complete information. Also 

 gives growing information. 



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