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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



'tP The Great Annual ROSE SALE^ 



L For nearly fifty years wc have made Rose growing a specialty. With 

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 ^ claim to be the Leading Rose Growers of America. Once ayear we " 

 M make this special offer of OUR GREAT TRIAL COLLECTION of 



16D.& C. ROSES for $1.00 



sent by mail, postpaid, anywhere in the United States. Satisfaction and safe 

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 new Hardy Ever-blooming Rose, and Keystone, our sensational, new Hardy, 

 Ever-blooming, Yellow Climbing Rose. 



Tf yon mention this inaua/.ine when ordering we will send you a return check for 25 cents 

 whii'h we will ini'cpt us rush on :i future order. 



FUEEtonll who ask for it, whether ordering theabove collect ion or not, the Stthnnnnnl 



edition of Our New Uulilc to Kosv Culture fur 1 HO. - .— thf L> •fium AW Vntun.Q„s ,.f 



•wff America. 114 panes. Tells how to crow and describes our famoun Koscs and all other 



JJ flowers -worth frrowlne. Offers at lowest prices a complete list of FLOWER and 



^ -_ Vl.GKTAHl.E Si:i:i)S. the DINGEE & CONARD CO., West Grove. Pa. 



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Fruit Trees, Small Fruits, Ornamental Trees, 



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Ciold Medal— Paris— Pan-American — St. Louis 



102 prizes New York State Fair, 19U4. 



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 Drawer 1044 AC 



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Buy FIRST PREMIUM VIOLETS 



Ready to set in garden at any time. All healthy plants. 

 Our violets took the First Premium at the World's 

 Fair Plover Show, St. Louis, Joliet, 111., and at 

 Chicago World's Fair. Price per dozen, shipped at 

 your cost, 50c. Special prices in large quantities. 



ELI CROSS, Florist, 115 Ashland Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. 



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20 KINDS (my selection) $1.00 



Purchaser's selection $1.00 dozen and up. 500 



kinds, latest and best. Catalogue and circulars free. 



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ST. LOUIS GRAND PRIZE 



until used, since the rain dissolves the valu- 

 able part. 



The main supply of commercial potash 

 comes from the mines of Germany, where it 

 exists in practically unlimited quantity. It 

 is marketed in the crude form under the name 

 of kainit, and in the more concentrated forms, 

 the muriate and the sulphate. 



Kainit, containing 10 per cent, actual 

 potash, is rather slow in its action. Where 

 stable manure is made and it is possible to 

 obtain kainit, a quantity (about one pound 

 for each animal kept) may with profit be 

 daily sprinkled about the stalls and swept 

 with the manure into the pit. It serves to 

 fix the nitrogen and prevent its loss as am- 

 monia. It also serves to prevent rapid 

 decomposition and overheating of the manure 

 and goes to make up the deficiency of such 

 manures in potash. Its use is valuable also 

 in ridding the soil of many of the pests of the 

 garden, plant lice, cut worms and the like, 

 the magnesia it contains either killing or 

 driving them away. 



Muriate of potash is the cheapest form. It 

 contains 50 per cent, actual potash and is the 

 one most generally used in commercial fertili- 

 zers because the cheapest, but on account of 

 the chlorine contained is unsuited for some 

 crops, especially potatoes and sugar beets. 



The sulphate of potash, though higher in 

 price and containing about the same percent- 

 age of actual potash, is preferable because of 

 its freedom from chlorine. It is the safest 

 potash salt to use under all conditions. 



If you grow anything you must use potash, 

 but never as a top dressing. Sow it before 

 planting and dig it in. In the form of sul- 

 phate there is no danger to the plants from 

 over-use. The crops will use what they can 

 and leave the rest for the next crop. But 

 dig it in! Nitrate of soda for nitrogen in 

 small doses may go on as a top dressing — 

 sown as you would grass seed — any time after 

 things have started to grow, but potash fer- 

 tilizers should be dug in, and before planting. 



Fertilizer dealers will sell you the potash, 

 salts if you insist on having them. When 

 you learn how to make your own fertilizers 

 the trouble you will be put to in buying the 

 material and mixing them yourself will mean 

 money saved and better fertilizers. 



New York. Blanton C. Welsh. 



How to Fertilize Asparagus and 

 Rhubarb in April 



ASPARAGUS and rhubarb beds should 

 be fed in April with some quick- 

 acting fertilizer to make the new growth 

 tender and juicy. Nitrate of soda is the 

 standard fertilizer for supplying nitrogen 

 in a quickly available form. The first rain 

 dissolves it and carries it down. In June 

 or July the other ingredients of a complete 

 fertilizer (phosphoric acid and potash) 

 should be given to build up the plant. 



Apply nitrate of soda during April in two 

 doses three weeks apart at the rate of 300 

 pounds per acre, which is one ounce to the 

 square yard. Scatter it over the ground 

 and rake the surface, or use one ounce of 

 nitrate to three gallons of water and apply 

 in liquid form. 



