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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Beautiful Lawns 



Are the pride of the home; why disfigure with 

 ugly clothes posts. 



Hill's Lawn Clothes Dryers 



hold 1 00 to 1 50 feet of line, take small space, and 

 are quickly removed when not in use. Make a 

 neat and tasty appearance, last a life-time. 



More than two million people usz them. 

 No traveling in wet grass. No snow to shovel. 

 The line comes to you. Also 



Balcony and Roof Clothes Dryers. 



If not found at your hardware store, write 



HILL DRYER CO. 



359 Park Ave., Worcester, Mass. 



Write for Cat. 39. 



GARDEN 

 SPRAYERS 



Healthy trees, shrubs, vegetables, and fruit 

 are possible only when freed from insects 

 1 iy using the 



Auto-Spray 



the simplest, most economical and improved 

 . ompressed-air sprayer. Requires no con- 

 tinuous pumping as do the knapsack spray- 

 ers and bucket pump. A few strokes of the 

 plunger compresses enough air to cover a 

 quarter acre of closely planted flowers, fruits 

 or vegetables. Capacity four gallons. We 

 manufacture the largest line of 



HAND AND POWER 

 SPRAYERS 



in America. Oittjils specially adapted for 

 destroying the San yose Scale. Send /or 

 catalogite describing all *inds. 



THE E. C. BROWN COMPANY 

 292 State Street, Rochester, N. Y. 



DISTRIBUTE 

 INSECTICIDES 

 IN DUST FORM 



Leggett's Dusters 



saving Fruit and Vegetable Crops when other methods fail. 

 NO BARREL OF WATER TO HAUL 

 Two acres of Potatoes dusted per hour 

 LECCETTS 

 CHAMPION 

 . DUSTEF 



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Several Styles for GARDEN, FIELD or ORCHARD 



Our Sprav Calendar gives concise information regarding 

 Dusters and materials. Mailed on request. 



Leggett & Bro., 301 Pearl St., New York 



Brass Sprayers Last Longest 





And Are 



The 



Cheapest 



To Buy 



Price, 1*3.50 and upward. Make your labor and investment 

 earn a good profit by destroying the insect pests and plant diseases 

 which cause so much loss. These sprayers may also be used for 

 applying whitewash and cold water paints, spreading disinfectants, 

 clea ing wagons, curing surface diseases on cattle, chickens, and 

 manv other purposes. Sprnvers mav be returned at our 

 expense If they are found defective. Send for catalogue. 





DAYTON" 



StPP 



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on. Ohio. 



Important Work in May 



HPHE blooming of the apples and pears 

 *- warns us to get ready to spray with an 

 arsenical poison for the codling moth or 

 apple worm, shortly after the blossoms drop. 

 It must be done before the green sepals 

 beneath the white petals have closed up and 

 the young fruit bent over, because the poison 

 must fall into the calyx cup in order to be 

 effective. The slimy disgusting pear slugs 

 begin work shortly after the leaves ap- 

 pear. They can be easily controlled either 

 by an arsenical spray or by dusting with 

 ashes or land-plaster. Pear psyllas and 

 plant lice, which at times are exceedingly 

 destructive, appear with the unfolding of the 

 leaves, and when excessively abundant must 

 be held in check by thorough spraying with 

 a whale-oil soap solution, one pound dis- 

 solved in five to seven gallons of water, or a 

 kerosene emulsion, standard formula, diluted 

 to about nine parts of water. 



Steely flea beetles injure grapevines by 

 eating the unfolding buds, and later the 

 white hairy plume moth larvae web together 

 the unfolding leaves. Protect from the flea 

 beetle by painting the buds with a strong 

 arsenical mixture; the plume moth yields to 

 hand picking or an arsenical spray. Currant 

 worms are controlled with either hellebore 

 or poison. 



Small, black flea beetles appear during 

 May and can be destroyed by thoroughly 

 spraying with the poisoned Bordeaux mix- 

 ture, prepared as told in the Garden 

 Magazine for April. Dusting with land- 

 plaster or ashes will also give some protec- 

 tion. Cut worms are liable to cause havoc 

 with recently set cabbage and other plants 

 unless a band of paper about three inches 

 wide is rolled around the stem and the plant 

 set so that the lower edge of the paper is 

 below the surface of the soil. 



The best method of checking white grubs 

 and cut worms which eat the roots of recently 

 set plants, is to dig out and kill the former 

 and attract the others to poisoned baits such 

 as fresh clover or lettuce dipped in strong 

 Paris green water. 



One of the best poisons for general use 

 is the arsenate of lead. This should always 

 be used in the paste form and can be pur- 

 chased in pound cans. Its particular value 

 consists of its harmlessness to vegetation and 

 superior adhesive properties. It can be 

 applied in almost any quantity without in- 

 jury to tender foliage. The standard kero- 

 sene emulsion may be prepared by dissolv- 

 ing half a pound of soap in one gallon of 



Dame Nature's tantrums bring no fears 

 to the owner of a 



CALDWELL 



TANK and 

 TOWER 



Because he knows 

 that her fiercest blus- 

 ter will not prevail 

 against the tower, 

 nor her frostiest 

 glance penetrate to 

 the contents of the 

 tank. 



Let us tell you why. 



W. E. CALDWELL CO. 



LOUISVILLE, KY. 



Native Perennials 



For ihe Wild Garden 



CHOICE IRISES 

 HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS 



for the Garden Border. Write for Catalogue 

 Shatemuc Nurseries, Barrytown, Dutchess Co., N. Y. 



KFRUITBOOK 



'shows in NATURAL COLORS and 

 accurately describes 21G varieties of 

 ' fruit. Send for our liberal terms of distri- 

 bution to planters. — Stark Bro's- Louisiana, Mo. 



Rare Palms, Ferns, 



AND 



Decorative Plants 



7 f'f/ for the home; trees, shrubs, vines, etc. 

 for the lawn; fruit and economic trees 

 and plants for the Tropics and for 

 the South. Also Bamboos, Conifers, Aquatics, etc., etc. Im- 

 mense collection. Illustrated catalogue sent free on request. 

 ESTABLISHED J 8 83 



REASONER BROTHERS, ONECO, FLORIDA 



Largest c^pTe " Stock of 

 Hardy Plants in America 



Catalogues on Application 

 ELLIOTT NURSERY CO., Pittsburg, Pa. 



