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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



New Grand Pink Rose 



LA DETROIT 



We offer this grand Rose to the 

 Public for the first time. It is a 

 good acquisition for the garden. 

 It is perfectly hardy and produces a 

 beautiful shell pink Rose. Its odor 

 is delicious. It has all the neces- 

 sary qualities to make it com- 

 mendable. No garden should be 

 without La Detroit. 



D . \ Two year old plants, 50c. each ; $5.00 per doz. 



I One year old plants, 35c. each ; $3.00 per doz. 



ORDERS FILLED IN ROTATION 



JOHN BREITMEYER'S SONS, DETROIT, MICH. 



ASK US FOR 

 OUR CATALOGUE 



NOW READY 



You can well afford to con- 

 sider our stock, business facil- 

 ities and prices before placing 

 your spring order for 



^ Ornamental or Fruit ( 

 Trees, Evergreens, 

 Shrubs, Vines, Roses, 

 Herbaceous Plants, etc. 



We cordially invite all who are 

 interested to visit our Nursery. 



THE ELM CITY NURSERY CO. 



New Haven, Conn. 



Natural effects by the use of Broad- 

 leaved Evergreens and Hardy 



Native Ornamental Plants 



We execute 

 high grade 

 landscape de- 

 signs. Our 

 hardy Ameri- 

 can Rhodo- 

 dendrons are 



B^hk. *f^^r ''"■' hl ""' 1 a,u ' 



^|KT ,\ *^^k' hardiest 



^■P* '_ \*> wr tne wor 'd arK ' 



-; f'fl cost much less 



than small 

 imported half- 

 hardy stuff. 

 Highlands 

 Nursery, 

 3,800 feet elevation in the Carolina Mountains, is 

 the home of the true Rhododendron Catatvbiense, 

 and the rarest Southern Alleghanian plants. 

 Half-tone Catalogs 



HARLAN P. KELSEY, Proprietor 



Beacon Building, Boston, Mass. 



Designed and Erect 



[In this department we invite suggestions from amateurs con- 

 cerning anything connected with the home garden. If you have 

 worked out the ideas, so much the better. We offer a five-dollar 

 bill for the best suggestion that comes to us each month. Address 

 Suggestions Department, The Garden Magazine, 13 j East 16th 

 Street, New York, N. Y.J 



A Box for Fumigating Plants 



and Storing Bulbs 



/^\NE of the home made "contraptions" 

 ^S that we like best is a box which we use 

 for the following purposes: 



To keep potted bulbs cool and dark in the 

 fall while they are making root -growth, and 

 until they are ready to bring upstairs to the 

 window garden. 



To smoke house plants for green aphis or 

 plant lice. 



To store summer bulbs as cannas, dahlias 

 and gladioli until time for spring planting. 



To store house-grown bulbs of tulips, 

 hyacinths, etc., after the foliage dies till time 

 for fall planting. 



We made the box about two and a half by 

 three feet and nearly a foot high. In each 

 end we bored about a half-dozen holes for 

 ventilation. Against the holes inside the 

 box we tacked window screen netting to keep 

 out the mice. We put the hinges for the 

 cover half way, instead of at the back, for 

 lightness in handling. A hook and screw 

 eye provide means for shutting it securely. 



AS A FTJMIGATOR 



This box is kept busy about all the year 

 round. In the fall, when house plants are 



269. A home-made box that is useful all the year 

 for fumigating house plants and for storing bulbs. 

 The holes let the smoKe escape or ventilate the 

 bulbs so that they will not shrivel or decay. It is 

 also mice proof 



brought in before frost, the box is useful in 

 giving them a dose of tobacco smoke to get 

 ahead of the green aphis. We place the box 

 on end, in the cellar, so that the cover assumes 

 the position of a door. The plants are set in 

 as close as possible and in their midst is 

 placed a tin containing two or three live coals 

 covered with a handful of dampened tobacco 



