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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



IITHP'D Dahlias can be raised from seed and will 

 bUllii-l\ bloom the first year. The seed we 



BURBANK'S foselyall Fall. The seeds, gepninate 



as easily and certainly as Zinnias, and 

 T\ AIJT T A from the very start are strong, stocky little 

 iirUlLlA plants. Transplant them carefully, as their 

 otT'tv growth demands, and keep the soil moderately 



ScHfl moist. When all danger from frost is over, plant 

 ** them in the border in the garden, and from then out 



they will grow as well as if from roots. 



The seed we offer is of Luther Burbank's own saving, and he 

 writes: " This seed will produce a greater proportion of large, 

 clear, bright-colored, perfect double flowers than any ever before 

 offered; qo per cent, of good flowers can be expected." The 

 colors are salmon, light and dark crimson, deepest purple to 

 maroon and almost black, light straw, deepest yellow and a few 

 white, mostly; of the Cactus-type. Pkt. (50 seeds), 30c; 3 for 

 75c. , with Vaughan's 1005 Catalogue. 



VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE 

 84 & 86 Randolph Stmt, CHICAGO U Barclay Street, NEW YORK 



PEEP O'DAY 



Northrup, King & Co.'s 



SENSATIONALLY EARLY, NE^Y 



Sweet Corn 



is ten days to two weeks earlier than any 

 other variety. The tenderest, juiciest, 

 sweetest and most productive sweet corn 

 ever grown. Suited to all soils and cli- 

 mates. Every private and market garden 

 should have it. 



For 1 fie in stamps we will mail you 300 seeds of Peep 

 O'Day Sweet Corn — enough for sixty hills; also our 1905 

 Pictured Catalogue of Northern Grown Farm, Vegetable 

 and Flower Seeds; also " Seed Truth." an attractive book — 

 tells how to buy seeds to best advantage. 



Or we will mail FREBour 1905 Pictured Catalogue and 

 "Seed Truth," as described above. 



■ Pep ODa 



old onl, 



aled pack- 

 and seal. 



Northrup, 



31 Northrup. King Eldg. 



King & Co. 



Minneapolis, Minn. 



Strawberry Plants 



and SEED POTATOES 



You cm make more money if you plant int-'- 

 ligently. Write and tell "us about vour soil 

 We'll send von our Free Descriptive Book. 

 Over too varieties. 



The FLANSBURG & PEIRSON CO. 



LESLIE, MICH. 



The Very Earliest Flowers 



IV/TARCH is the great month for starting 

 -t»A flower seeds indoors, but there are 

 certain days in February that stir one's blood 

 with a desire for gardening, and then is the 

 time to saw up an old soap-box or two and 

 start some seeds of kinds that are slow to 

 germinate or require an extra long season 

 of growth. For the special purposes men- 

 tioned in "The Gardener's Reminder" (page 

 9), the following are highly desirable: 



GOOD THINGS TO START NOW 



Tuberous begonias 

 Dusty millers 

 Cigar plant (Cuphea) 

 Ten weeks' stock 

 Scarlet sage or salvia 

 Tufted pansies 



Variegated periwinkle 

 Single dahlias 

 Verbenas 

 Ageratum 

 Canterbury bells 

 Cobo>a scandens 



Cosmos 



These may all be raised from seed started 

 in a sunny window in February. Have you 

 a south or southeast window in any of your 

 living-rooms or in a light cellar? 



If so, you may raise enough plants to 

 beautify a large garden. A greenhouse is 

 not essential for this purpose. 



The first things to procure for the starting 

 of these seeds are some "flats" or shallow 

 boxes. These should be about three inches 

 deep and of a length and breadth to be con- 

 venient to handle. They must have cracks 

 or holes to provide drainage, which should 

 be further insured by pebbles or similar 

 material in the bottom of the box. 



Next get the soil. This should be good, 

 rich garden loam. Fresh manure need not 

 be added, as it may cause too quick a growth. 

 The object is to have the plants strong and 

 stocky. Sift the soil, so it will be porous, 

 not hard and lumpy. Now you are ready to 

 sow your seed. The ordinary-sized ones 

 should be planted to a depth equal to four 

 times their own diameter. The very small 

 seeds should be hardly more than pressed 

 into the soil, and the "powdery" ones should 

 have a pane of glass placed over the box to 

 prevent their drying out altogether. Make 

 the soil moist and press with a board after 

 the seeds are planted, or they may dry out. 



During growth keep the soil moist by means 

 of a rubber bulb spraver; any other kind of 

 watering is likely to wash the seeds out. Try 

 to strike a happy medium in the amount of 

 moisture, for too much will give a chance to 

 fungi, which cause the seedlings to damp off, 

 and too little will interfere with their sprout- 

 ing at all. 



Next month there will be given in this 

 department full directions concerning tem- 

 peratures, transplanting, and later treatment. 



A. R. M. 









C. Plants 

 sometimes 

 need to be 







washedaswell 



f 





as fed. The 



£|£ 





roots may be 



^ 





moist, and the 



|<^_I~~7T> -fcj 





leaves dust- 







covered. 







How easy to 







bathe them 



E»o3 





if you have a 







CALDWELL 



TANK AND TOWER 



Our catalogue gives full information 



W. E. CALDWELL CO., LOUISVILLE. KY. 

 1 



Running Water 



IN YOUR 



Country Home 



can be had by installing the 



RIFE HYDRAULIC ENGINE 

 Operated Automatically 



by the power furnished by any brook or strea 

 however small, and produces a constant flow 

 in your house at any distance or any hei; 

 Absolutely no cost of maintena 

 Requires no attention. We make 

 a specialty of equipping - country 

 places with a complete water- 

 works system, extending to 

 stable, garden, greenhouses, etc. 

 4,500 in successful operation. Cat- 

 alogue and estimates on request. 



POWER SPECIALTY COMPANY 



Liberty and Greenwich Sts. New York City 



GARDEN 

 SPRAYERS 



Healthy trees, shrubs, vegetables, and fruit 

 are possible only when freed from insects 

 by using the 



Auto-Spray 



the simplest, most economical and improved 

 compressed air sprayer. Requires no con- 

 tinuous pumping as do the knapsack spray- 

 -■rs and bucket pump. A few strokes of the 

 I lunger compresses enough air to cover a 

 ■ matter acre of closely planted flowers, fruits 

 r vegetables. Capacity fur gallons. We 

 manufacture the largest line oi 



HAND AND POWER 

 SPRAYERS 



.n America. Outfits specialty adapted far 

 destroying the San Jose Scale, Send for 

 catalogue describijig all kinds. 



THE E. C. BROWN COMPANY 



292 State Street, Rochester, N.Y. 



Rhodes Double Cut 



Pruning 



Shear 



RHODES MFG. CO. 



481 West Bridge St., Grand Rftnirfi, Hleb. 



Cuts from 

 both sides of 

 limb and does 

 not b ru ise 

 the bark. 



We pay Ex- 

 press charges 

 on ? II orders. 



Write foi 

 circular and 

 prices. 



