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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February , 19 10 



"AURORA GROWN" Means WELL GROWN 



Trees, Shrubs, Vines and Roses. Not the cheap kind usually palmed off on the 

 public. Our trees have good roots, good tops and are carefully packed. We 

 have an immense stock of fruit trees that bear — Trees for shade — Shrubs, Vines 

 and Roses for flowers, grace and beauty. The best of everything for Land- 

 scape Gardening. 



Our catalogue contains a complete list at prices which will surprise you. Let 

 us know your needs at once. We have no agents but deal direct. 



AURORA NURSERIES, AURORA, ILL. 



Bargain Collections — Send to-day for this sheet 



Sweet Corn 



IN making out your list of garden 

 seeds for the coming season do not 

 fail to include Ordway's Golden 

 Sweet Corn. 



C It is a wonderful variety : early, tender, 

 juicy and sweet — four qualities which con- 

 stitute the ideal. 



d. Waste no time in planting other than 

 Ordway's Golden if you want the best. 

 Carefully selected seed sent by return mail 

 on receipt of price. 



Trial packet, enough to plant thirty-five hills, 

 ioc. ; half-pint. i8c. ; pint, 30c; quart, 55c; 

 medium-sized ears, 15c. each. Address 



O. P. Ordway Saxonville, Mass. 



For Beauty and Adornment 



Old English Garden Seats, 



Pergolas, Garden Houses', 



Rustic Furniture 



SEND FOR CATALOGUE 



NORTH SHORE FERNERIES CO. 



BEVERLY, MASS. 



[PRIZE-WINNING DAHLIAS 



Order Dahlia roots from me and 

 you will be sure of obtaining the best 

 quality, for my Dahlias are prize- 

 winners : they produce flowers that 

 attract attention everywhere. 



I took the Silver Medal at Seattle 

 last summer with them — besides any 

 number of first prizes and high awards 

 at other places where I have exhibited. 



My Dahlias will make your grounds 

 constantly attractive through the 

 blooming season. My new cata- 

 logue tells how to plant and care 

 for them. It's free— write ! 



Mrs. Bessie M. Rupert 



172 Grant Street, 



Portland, Maine 



w Ruby Nugget 



Tomato 



Tl.'^-J" , *iIjaS)^SSro II A grand novelty which originated on 

 'mI5N^ ^§?«l8B4l our P' ace ail< * ls now offered for the 

 first time. While not large, still it is 

 a handsome fruit, of delicious flavor 

 and wonderfully productive — over 700 

 fruits have been grown on one plant. 

 A cash prize of $10.00 will be paid to 

 the person growing the largest number 

 of Ruby Nugget Tomatoes on a single 

 plant this year. Price is 35 cents per packet of 100 seeds, but to 

 inauce you to give our Choice Iowa Seeds a trial this year, we 

 will send you a trial packet of about 25 seeds without charge, to- 

 gether with a copy of our large illustrated seed and plant cata- 

 log. If you have had our catalog this year, please say so. 

 Mention this paper. 

 IOWA SEED CO., Dept.26, DES MOINES, IOWA 





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Money in 

 Early Tomatoes 





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One of my customers sold J102 35 

 vorth of big, red tomatoes from 100 

 ints in his back yard. 

 >ther from 14 plants in her flower garden 



K>ld 312 lhs. during July and August for 816.70. 



fl all in the knowing how and in using the right 



They used my new tomato— 



FIELD'S EARLY JTTVE 



Knrller than Earliana, as handsome as Stone, as solid as 

 Ponflurnsa, and a greater fielder than any of them. The 

 irreiitest new tomato In 25 years. Small pkt. 20c; 3 for 



50e: % oz. $1. (This forapecially selected seed, eared early.) 

 My Garden Manual and Seed Catalog will give you lot3 of 

 pointers ami good advice about gardening. It's FREE— 

 and people who claim to know say It's well worth reading. 

 Get it and see. 



Henrj Field. Prffl. Ilenry Field Seed Co. 

 fio.v 101, Shenandoah, Iowa 



PLANTING IN THE GRAPE VINE 

 BEDS 



Is it practical to plant lily-of-the-valley in grape 

 vine beds? I put tulips in one bed. What can I 

 put in every year after these are out? 



Pennsylvania. H. A. S. 



— Lily-of-the-valley will grow in the grape-vine beds 

 provided the ground is rich. But remember that 

 you cannot cultivate or manure the ground for the 

 grape vines on account of the lilies. Plant portulaca 

 after the tulips have ceased flowering, as it can be 

 sown right over the tulip bulbs and will make a 

 very pretty showing. 



THE ROSE BUG AGAIN 



Is there any way to exterminate the rose bug? 



New York. L. M. D. 



— We wish we could recommend something that is 

 absolutely certain to not only destroy the rose bug 

 but also act as a preventive against the return of the 

 pest. In many large gardens it is found most 

 practicable to keep a boy busy during the bug season 

 doing nothing but hand-picking the bugs, throwing 

 them into a pail of kerosene. Also try a spray 

 made of one pound of arsenate of lead to ten gallons 

 of water, applied with a force pump, and read the 

 spraying calendar in the May Garden Magazine. 



GROWING BRUSSELS SPROUTS 



When growing Brussels sprouts how are the best 

 results obtained? 



New York. C. W. S. 



— Sow seed in the open ground in drills during 

 April or May, and transplant the small plants in 

 July to about two feet apart. Cultivate in the same 

 manner as cabbage. Sprouts will grow in any good 

 garden soil, but do not plant on land where cabbage, 

 cauliflower, or turnips have been grown the previous 

 year. Best results are obtained from starting in 

 heat dwarf or half-dwarf varieties in localities 

 having short growing seasons. Dig the roots and 

 store the same as cabbage. 



KILLING ANTS IN A LAWN 



Last spring I made a lawn and afterwards found 

 it infested by ants. How could I have destroyed 

 them? 



Novia Scotia. T. P. C. 



— The appearance of ants in any large quantity 

 in a lawn, before the grass has really taken root, is 

 usually fatal. The effect of their presence is to 

 loosen up the soil to such an extent that the grass 

 roots fail to obtain either moisture or nourishment. 

 The presence of ants usually indicates a too light 

 soil to begin with, and the entire plot may have to 

 be remade, introducing a quantity of heavy soil or 

 even well-rotted stable manure. The only method 

 of attacking ants is by the bisulphide of carbon 

 treatment. Buy it as a liquid and pour in about a 

 tablespoonful to each opening of the ants. The 

 liquid rapidly vaporizes, but the vapor, being 

 heavier than air, penetrates the interstices of the soil. 

 It is extremely inflammable. Follow this with a 

 terrifically heavy watering, and as soon as it is 

 possible use a lawn tamper and heavily beat the sur- 

 face so as to pack the soil about the roots. L. B. 



SAVING TREES IN TUBS 



I have two bay trees and two box trees; one of 

 the former is putting out new leaves, but the other 

 is almost dead. The box trees are brown half way 

 up from the roots, but the tops are green. Is there 

 any way in which these trees can be saved ? 



New York. S. L. 



— If the injury of your trees is an external one, 

 due to a sudden chill, the possibility is that it is 

 merely one of the accidental conditions from which 

 the plant will quickly recover as the warm weather 

 arrives. Of course, the damaged leaves will be 

 sacrificed. If the result is due, however, to exces- 

 sive drying out of the roots, the chances of recovery 

 are not so great. Plunge the pots in the open 

 ground, water copiously, and do everything possible 

 to stimulate new growth. Do not place the trees 

 in a position where they will be subjected to the full 

 force of the midday sun. If possible, put them 

 under a temporary shade of cheesecloth. To ascer- 

 tain whether the wood behind the leaves is dead or 

 alive cut back one of the apparently dead twigs. If 

 there is any greenish color in the wood it is alive and, 

 by following out the treatment advised, the speci- 

 mens will recover without much delav. L. B. 



