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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 





Burpee's "Fordhook Finest" Lawn Grass 



AT ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR 



The Gold Medal for Lawn Grass 



at ST. LOUIS was awarded 

 WORLD'S FAIR to us for the 

 lawns produced from Burpee's " Fordhook Finest " Lawn Grass. This is the highest 

 award possible. The seed from which these lawns were produced was exactly the same 

 "prescription " and quality as supplied regularly to our trade. If you would have the 

 best lawn it is possible to produce you should order this ////equaled " Gold Medal " 

 Mixture. 35 cents per lb. box, postpaid. By express or freight, 25 cents per lb.; 

 25 lbs or more, at 20 cents per lb. It is the cleanest and heaviest seed on the market ; 

 weighs 2J to 2J lt>s. per measured bushel. 



A GRAND PRIZE for Vegetables at ST. LOUIS was 

 won by the products of Burpee's "Seeds that Grow" 



If you garden you want THE BEST, and we shall be pleased to mail you Burpee's 



Farm Annual for 1905 — an elegant //ew book of ij8 pages, which tells the plain truth, 

 with hundreds of illustrations, beautiful colored plates and describes Superb Novelties of 

 unusual merit. Write to-day I A postal card will do, while it is sufficient to address simply 



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W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO. 

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On their own roots. 



Oroses 



25" 



Sent to any address post-paid ; guaranteed to reach you 

 in good growing condition. 

 GEM BOSE COLLECTION 

 Bessie Brown, white flushed pink. 

 Helen. Gould, bright red. 

 Frances E. Willard. pure white. 

 Bouquet of Gold, golden yellow. 

 "Winnie Davis, apricot pink. 

 Admiral Schley, deep red. 



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6 Carnations, the ''Divine 

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S Prize-Winning Chry- 

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 a charming bed 



5 Sweet-Scented Tuberoses 



6 Fuchsias, all differen 

 10 Lovely Gladiolus . . 

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Any Five Collections for One Dollar, Post-paid 

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114 Chambers Street, 

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I^are Palms, Ferns, 



AND 



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for the home; trees, shrubs, vines, etc.. 

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 ESTABLISHED 1883 



REASONER BROTHERS, ONECO, FLORIDA 



colored, fragrant, pea-like flowers. Rather 

 loose soil suits it best, but it is likely to be- 

 come a pest in rockeries and gardens. It is 

 best for wild places, especially as a ground 

 cover under trees. 



Of the wood) r species the Japanese honey- 

 suckle (Lonicera Japonica) is a deliriously 

 fragrant and prolific species with white or 

 cream-colored flowers. It grows twelve or 

 more feet tall, and is not particular as to soil 

 or exposure. Lonicera sempervirens, a tall, 

 climbing, scarlet- or orange-flowered species, 

 and /.. jiava, a smaller kind with yellow or 

 orange blossoms, are other favorite honey- 

 suckles. Many species and varieties of 

 Clematis are widely popular, especially 

 C. Viorna var. coccinea with scarlet flowers, 

 C. paniculata and C. Yirginiana, both with 

 white blossoms, the former fragrant. These 

 are also attractive for the fluffy "seeds" 

 which succeed the flowers. 



The trumpet creeper (Tecoma radicans) is 

 a bold, rugged climber which readily ascends 

 trees and veranda posts and is striking 

 because of its large tubular orange flowers 

 and abundant pinnate leaves. 



New York. M. G. Katns, 



FERTILIZERS 



How to Buy Potash for the Home 



Garden 

 TT MUST not be taken for granted that 

 *■ because the fertilizer elements, nitrogen, 

 potash and phosphorus are separately dis- 

 cussed, they are to be used separately. As 

 a mattei of fact nitrogen, as explained in a 

 former article, is the only one used alone, 

 potash and phosphorus are used together 

 and almost invariably in conjunction with 

 nitrogen. 



The sources of potash for fertilizer are 

 stable manures, wood ashes and the various 

 commercial potash salts, kainit, chloride 

 and sulphate of potash. 



Stable manures well cared for are rich in 

 nitrogen, but strange as it may seem to many 

 they are deficient in potash and phosphorus, 

 and their use in quantity sufficient to supply 

 all the potash needed involves a waste of 

 nitrogen which of course is a waste of man- 

 ure. 



Wood ashes are valuable for their potash, 

 which is in the very best form for ready plant 

 food. Their composition varies so greatly, 

 however, that they should never be bought 

 except upon chemical analysis and the actual 

 amount of plant food paid for. This means 

 that for the inexperienced gardener they can 

 profitably be left alone. It is well, however, 

 to see that all wood ashes made about the 

 home are sent to the manure heap and not to 

 the ash pile, or better still kept under cover 



