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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Shall I Heat by Steam or Hot Heater 1 . 



? 



For twenty years the writer of this advertise- 

 ment has continuously used in heating his residence 

 a Furman Boiler. 



These boilers are made in many styles — Round, 

 Sectional, Brick-Set, Asbestos Covered, etc. — and 

 contain every real improvement that long manu- 

 facturing experience and skill have been able to 

 produce. 



The wonderful Economy of fuel and Ease of 

 management of Furman Boilers are due to four 

 principles of construction : 



1st — All fire strikes directly against the large 

 water Heating Surfaces at Right Angles. 



Write to-day for booklet " Warmth 



THE HERENDEEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY 



6 Plant Street, GENEVA, N. Y. 



39 Cortlandt Sttect, NEW YORK 39 Oliver Street, BOSTON 



2d — The ivater in the Furman Boiler is divided 

 into small Units, thereby absorbing heat quickly. 



3d — The vertical movement of water through 

 Boiler insures Rapid and Powerful circulation. 



4th — The Furman has large Fuel capacity, 

 thereby requiring minimum of attention. 



t^^As an Investment Furman Boilers pay 

 large Dividends in better Health, more Comfort, 

 and Fuel saved. 

 ' It contains valuable information 



Selling Agents: 

 EDVV. S. DEAN. Bloomington, 111.— E. K. BARR, La Crosse, Wis. 

 JAS. SPEAR S. & H. CO., 1014 Market St.. PHILADELPHIA 



Native Perennials 



For the Wild Garden 



CHOICE IRISES 

 HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS 



for the Garden Border. Write for Catalogue 

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



Have You 

 Seen the 



Wonderful 



400 Day 

 ClocK 



that runs over a year 

 without winding (400 

 days) and keeps perfect 

 time. A 400-day clock 

 is the ideal anniversary 

 gift. 



Made of highly pol- 

 ished brass with porce- 

 lain dial inlaid with 

 black enameled Arabic 

 figures and dust-proof 

 glass dome. 12 inches 

 high, 8 inches wide — 

 absolutely noiseless movement— every movement of the 

 pendulum equals 20 of the ordinary clock ticks. 



PriTA ^i1£ fkfi express prepaid anywhere 

 rilCC «pi^.UVF in the United States. 



Anderton & Son, Dept. C, Dayton, Ohio. 



Hammond's Slug Shot for Potato Bugs, 



Currant Worms, Cabbage Worms, Etc. 



To the Editor of American Gardening- .■ 



In your issue of June 18, on page 399, I notice a good article 

 on the Colorado Beetle or Potato Bug. For the benefit of your 

 numerous readers I would advise them to try Hammond's Slug 

 Shot. I have used it here this season with excellent results on 

 Potatoes, Egg Plants, Cucumbers and Squash, for potato bugs, 

 and also for striped beetles, and it is the best remedy I know of, 

 simple and effective. I purchased two of the dusters, and they 

 are very useful articles. The best time to dust the plants is early 

 morning, as the substance adheres much better when the dew is 

 on. A light dusting is sufficient, and woe betide the bugs or the 

 larvae. Once they get a taste of it they seem to shrivel up right away. 

 George Standen, Gardener to Col. D. S. Lamont 

 Millbrook, N. Y., 1904 



Sold by Seed Dealers and Merchants all over America 



large or small lots 



another year were kept. Our expenses were 

 as follows: 



Plowing $1.00 



Cultivating 50 



Delivering 25 



Seeds 45 



Bone dust 25 



Garden hats 50 



Vinegar 80 



3-quart crock 24 



Two i-quart crocks 16 



Mustard 15 



Brown sugar 50 



Salt 05 



Cinnamon 05 



Olive oil 05 



Soap 10 



Total $5.05 



We paid nothing for cucumber and tomato 

 seeds and the few cloves needed in pickling 

 came from the family pantry. These and 



'SOLUTION OF COPPER" "BORDEAUX MIXTURE" 



Send for pamphlet to B. Hammond, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



CATTLE COMFORT" 



339. Weeding is reduced to simplicity when the hand 

 cultivator is brought into worK 



additional favors, chief among them being 

 the use of the kitchen and the gasolene 

 stove in pickling, we nominally repaid by 

 agreeing to furnish cucumbers for the table 

 and for the winter's supply of pickles. Also, 

 we had the use of the family crocks and jars. 



PUTTING UP PICKLES 



One who has not tried it cannot justly 

 conceive the annoyance of taking care of 

 cucumbers, a hundred or so a day, for two 

 months. They must be picked, washed, 

 spined, and salted; within the next three 

 days they must be taken from the brine 

 and put into hot vinegar, properly tempered 

 with sugar, spices and a pinch of alum. 

 And while the first lot is thus receiving 

 final treatment, a second and third lot are 

 coming along in initial stages. 



We found hoeing, properly conducted, 

 almost as pleasurable exercise as tennis. 

 We discovered there was a right and a wrong 

 way to hoe — and eventually we became ex- 

 pert in bending at the correct point and dis- 

 tributing the strain so as not to overtire back 

 or biceps. I have hoed three hours on a 

 stretch and longed for more. There is also 

 a right and a wrong way of stooping to pick 

 cucumbers. It is a little more trouble to 



