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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Ask Your Neighbor 



If any one in the following list 

 happens to be your neighbor, 

 ask him how he likes his 



Hot- Air Pump 



These men are among over 

 30,000 now using one: 



J. Pierpont Morg-an, New York 



Khedive of Egypt 



Whitelaw Reid, New York 



"W. K. Vanderbilt, New York 



George Vanderbilt, New York 



Frederick W. Vanderbilt, New York 



Chauncey M. Depew, New York 



Charles Lanier, New York 



H. H. Westinghouse, Pittsburg 



King Edward VII. 



Ex -Mayor Seth Low, New York 



Andrew Carnegie, New York 



H. O. Havemeyer, New York 



Montague Allan, Montreal 



H. M Flagler, New York 



Colgate Hoyt, New York 



Bruce Price, New York 



Sultan of Turkey 



Ex-Senator D. B. Hill, Albany 



Secretary John Hay, Washington 



L.CTif fany, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. 



Valentine Blatz, Milwaukee, Wis. 



George B. Post, Bernardsville, N. J. 



R. L. Agassiz, Hamilton, Mass. 



W. W. Allis, Milwaukee 



John H. Converse, Philadelphia 



But the fact that the rich are buyers does not 

 mean that the Hot=Air Pump is an expensive 

 luxury. On the contrary, it is within the purchas- 

 ing power of the modest dweller in any country 

 cottage, and will prove to be the cheapest house- 

 hold investment he ever made, supplying all the 

 comforts and luxuries %vhich go with an abundant 

 and constant water supply. 



The Hot-Air Pump, a permanent investment 

 which will outlast a generation of users, can 

 now be bought fur $108. Ask for Descriptive 

 Catalogue " U " sent free on application. 



Rider-Ericsson Engine Co. 



35 Warren St.. New York -39 Franklin St.. Boston 



40 Dearborn St.. Chicago 234 Craig St. West. Montreal. P.Q. 



40 N. 7th St., Philadelphia 22 Pitt St., Sydney. N. S. W. 



Teniente-Rey 71, Havana. Cuba 



JAPANESE GARDENS 



and plants. Extensive nurseries in Japan and America. 

 Send for Catalogue. 

 HINODE FLORIST COMPANY, Whitestone, Long Island 



BEAUTIFY HOME GROUNDS 



with our Select List of 



HARDY PERENNIALS AND 

 TENDER BEDDING PLANTS 



Descriptive Catalogue Free 

 Nathan Smith & Son, 72 W. Maumee St., Adrian, Mich. 



branch of gardening can learn something 

 worth while from the cheapest English books 

 written for beginners. The English cul- 

 tivate a far greater variety of plants; they 

 know more ways of cooking and using horti- 

 cultural products, and when it comes to 

 exhibitions we are as babes unborn. 



These books of Wright's rub in the "Pic- 

 torial Practical" idea a great deal harder 

 than is necessary for the average American 

 intelligence, and the pictures are mostly crude 

 line engravings — too crude for an American 

 success — but they hit the bull's eye every 

 time. In spirit they are full of originality. 



The man who says English books on gar- 

 dening are "no good" is a Philistine! 



ANIMAL FORMS IN LIVING TREES 



Another series of low-priced English gar- 

 dening books is published by John Lane in 

 London and New York. These "Hand- 

 books of Practical Gardening" contain about 

 eighty pages (4I x 7J inches), plus about 

 thirty full-page photographic illustrations, 

 and sell in America for a dollar. No. 18 is 

 "The Book of Topiary," and shows ever- 

 greens curiously clipped into the form of 

 birds, animals, chessmen, etc. It is the 

 fashion for us to sneer at this sort of thing, 

 and it is safe to oredict that it will never 

 become popular m America because we 

 have neither the entailed estates, the heredi- 

 tary labor, nor such plastic material as box 

 and yew. But there must be something 

 in it or the English cottagers would not take 

 to it, as some of these pictures show, and it is 

 said that even the most ardent haters of 

 formalism concede that it fits to perfection in 

 such ancestral homes as the famous one of 

 Levens. The best American examples of it 

 that we know of are in the Hunnewell Estate 

 at Wellesley and in the maze at Del Monte, 

 Cal., pictured in May Garden Magazine, 

 page 178. 



Strawberries After Fruiting 



OUR strawberry bed is mulched with 

 leaves. They are put on in the winter 

 as a cover. When the bearing season is 

 over the leaves are raked away from the 

 bushes, to afford a footing for the runners, 

 and the bed receives no further attention, 

 save an occasional weeding, until December. 



When preparing the bed for the winter 

 put stable manure, to the depth of three 

 inches, between the rows, then cover the entire 

 bed with leaves. 



In the spring, as soon as the ground can be 

 worked, rake the leaves into the spaces be- 

 tween the rows, which are then spaded up, 

 turning under the leaves and the manure. 

 The ground between the plants is loosened 

 by pushing a flat-tined fork down to its full 

 length and gently working it back and forth, 

 thus stirring the ground without disturbing 

 the roots. The ground is then raked fine 

 and a quantity of hard wood ashes sown 

 thickly over the bed. 



Once a week, until the blossoms set, the 

 bed receives a vigorous raking and wood 

 ashes are applied immediately around each 

 plant, after which the bed is mulched. The 

 leaves for the mulch are gathered during 

 the previous fall. Q. L. W. 



The Beauty of a Country- 

 Home "i 



may easily be blem- 

 ished by an ugly 



Tank 



and 



Tower 



Those made by 



Caldwell 



always fit the 



picture wherever 



placed. 



te photographs of i 

 ater plants. 



W. E. CALDWELL CO. 



LOUISVILLE, KY. 



GEORGE T. POWELL 



Consulting Horticulturist 



Equitable Building, 120 Broadway, New York 



Examinations made of land and locations for country 

 homes. Information and instruction in Gardening 

 Ornamental and Fruit tree planting, Lawn making 

 and Poultry raising. 



Wiant Department 



A special low rate is made in this department for 

 the convenience of readers to advertise for a 

 gardener, or for gardeners to offer their services. 



'WATVITFri POSITION AS FOREMAN on country es- 

 W/\1^1LL* , atc by experienced gardener. Can furnish 

 satisfactory New York references as to ability in the outdoor and 

 indoor culture of plants; disengaged July 1st. Address 



B.. The Garden Magazine. 



WANTED 



A man with a thorough knowledge of all hardy 

 trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants, to accom- 

 pany a student in landscape architecture on 

 summer trips, to aid in the identification of 

 different species. State salary expected and 

 give references. Address: 

 " E. C," care of The Garden Magazine 

 133 East 1 6th Street, New York City. 



Competent Gardeners 



The comforts and products of a country home are increased by 

 employing a competent gardener; if you want to engage one, 

 write to us. Please give particulars regarding place and say 

 whether married or single man is wanted. We have been supplying 

 them for years to the best people everywhere. No fee asked. 

 PETER HENDERSON & CO., Seedsmen and Florists, 35 and 37 

 Cortlandt Street, New York City. 



Gardeners' Register 



High-class men, with good records, can be 

 obtained at VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, 

 14 Barclay Street, New York City. No fee. 



