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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



The Garden Beautiful 



Many men, and women too, take delight in the cul- 

 tivation of vegetables, fruits and flowers. They not 

 only make of gardening a recreation and a pleasure, 

 but they also make it a profitable occupation. The 

 back-breaking and time-killing methods of the olden 

 time have been done away with. Cultivation is more 

 than ever a science, and the labor connected with it 

 is now a mere pastime. 



IRON AGE 



Garden Implements 



have made the market gardener's life a simple one. With these implements all kinds of gar- 

 den work can be easily done by hand. For cultivating the amateur gardener will find the No. 1 

 lr<»n Age Double and Single IV heel Hoe just the tool needed. It has a full equipment of hoes, 

 plows, rakes, etc., and with these various interchangeable parts the "work of cultivation can bo done 

 quickly and with greater ease than ever before. Although this is a tool designed to accomplish so 

 much, it is very simple and strongly built. It's an imple- 

 ment that has given universal satisfaction wherever used, 

 and it's a decided favorite with all gardeners. The illustra- 

 tion above gives an excellent idea of the application of this 

 tool, and shows the ease of operating. The usefulness of 

 this implement can be further increased by adding at any 

 time either a seed drill attachment or a fertilizer attach- 

 ment. And these different attachments can be bought just 

 as needed and at small outlay. Only a few minutes are re- 

 quired to make the chango from one tool to another. 



If you are interested in gardening, and von want to lessen your work 

 and make more money, send for the IROX AGE isook lV»r 1905. 



BATEMAN MFC. CO. I Box C Crenloch, N. J 



The picture abo^ 

 shows this tool 

 lu operation. 



lion Age 



Doultle 



and Single 



Wheel Ho*. 



AT FIRST HANDS 



GARDEN CHEMICALS 



Copper Sulphate (Blue Vitriol) for the 

 Bordeaux Solution, Sulphur, Brim- 

 stone, Nitrate of Soda, Sulphate of 

 Ammonia, Phosphoric Acid, etc., etc. 



Buyers will find a very considerable 

 saving in our prices as compared with 

 those quoted by jobbers. 



THE CHARLES E. SHOLES COMPANY 



164 Front Street, New York 



Also proprietor 1 ; of the Industrial Laboratories 



(Dr. ). E. Teeple, Director) 



Hardy Roses 



First QualiU' stock, including all the best in the Hybrid Per- 

 petual Class. The' Hardv Yellow Roses, Harrisonii, Persian 

 Yellow, and the New Everblooming Yellow, " Soleil d'Or." 



HYBRID TEA ROSES 



The true everblooming Class of Roses including Killarney 

 (new), Gruss an Teplitz, Mildred Grant, etc. 



MY NEW SEEDLING RAMBLERS 



In white, pink, and crimson, and the new dwarf Baby Rambler. 

 Choice double Hollyhocks, Herbaceous Paeonies, and Phlox. 



My catalogue mailed on application 



M. H. WALSH, Rose Specialist, WOODS HOLE, MASS. 



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Easy to have the 



Earliest and Best Garden 



in your neighborhood if you use 



Johnson & Stokes' Seeds 



A packet of Sparks' Earliana Tomato and a pint 

 of Peep o' Day Sweet Corn will give you the lead. 



V\ e'll mail them on receipt of 25c, and also send you our 

 Garden and Farm Manual, which tells about other 

 seeds of 



Up-to-date vegetables of choicest sorts 

 New and rare flowers of easiest culture 



If you don't want to order now, send for the Manual 

 (free) and study it so that you will know what 

 you want later on. 



JOHNSON & STOKES 



Dept. A8, 217-219 Market St. 

 Philadelphia 



W®ml$m£ 







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A Successful Home Fruit-Garden 



TN spite of the profusion of fruits that can 

 -*• be bought in the markets in California, 

 there is every inducement for each family to 

 grow its own. Home-grown fruit right from 

 the trees is eaten before it loses that perfect 

 delicacy of flavor which it is impossible to 

 get in commercial fruit. There is no thought, 

 either, that what one is eating has been fin- 

 gered by a dozen dirty hards, or has teen 

 thrown into dirty boxes and hauled miles 

 over dust-clouded roads, to lie hours in an 

 open store on a busy street before it ccrr.es to 

 the table. Or, if it is winter, there is no 

 shuddering apprehension that the dried 

 peaches have been "tromped" by the feet 

 of the packing-house crew. Even in Cali- 

 fornia, ideal fruit country though it is, there 

 are unavoidable drawbacks to the ccmplete 

 enjoyment of fruit unless one raises it himself. 



I know of one family of five at Fresno that 

 supplies much of its own fruit, even on so 

 small a town place as three lots, 75 x 150 feet 

 in all, with no cost but the water to irrigate 

 the trees, and the slight trouble cf picking 

 the fruit. From six carefully tended trees 

 they gather a succession of fruits frcm June 

 to December. First, the apricot bears more 

 than enough to supply the table daily with 

 fresh fruit and delicious ices. What is left 

 over from these uses is canned or made into 

 marmalade, several quarts of each being 

 stored away for the winter. All this frcm 

 one tree not yet fully grown! 



Then the fig-tree yields the first of its three 

 crops for the summer. Fresh figs wdth sugar 

 and cream are served each morning for 

 breakfast. Much of the fruit cannot be 

 eaten this way, and falls to the ground before 

 it can be picked. These are dried and packed 

 away, or candied, or made into preserves. 

 With short intervals between, two mere crops 

 ripen before the summer is gone. 



A pear-tree and an almond-tree are just 

 coming into bearing. 



Late in December two trees are full of 

 golden oranges, which are picked just about 

 Christmas time. The crop of two large 

 boxes lasts well into February. 



The only care required by the trees is 

 irrigation with a garden-hose during the dry 

 summer weather, and pruning once a year. 

 The heavy fall of fig-leaves in the autumn 

 gives a quantity of rich leaf meld which is 

 used as fertilizer. 



The owner does all the necessary work on 

 his trees and vines outside the hours of <i 

 busy professional life, and considers the qual- 

 ity of the fruit and the pleasure of growing it 

 an ample return for his trouble. 



French Strothe*. 



