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T HE GARDEN M A G A Z I N E 



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THE 



'VELVETLAWN" 

 SEEDER 



Deposits the Seed 



In the Ground 

 Not on Top 



Sow grass seed when conditions 

 are right — wind or no wind. The 

 rain cannot wash the seed away, 

 the wind cannot blow it to some 

 other place. Birds do not get it, 

 because it is in the ground. 

 All old sod is root-bound, and the cutting action of the discs relieves this condition, 

 cultivates the grass roots and puts new seed in the soil and properly covers it. You 

 can sow as much or little seed as desired. This machine has positive force feeds, 

 and each feed puts in every seed trench an absolutely equal amount of seed. No 

 seed is wasted. 



Smooth, Velvety Lawns, Golf Greens 



and Grass Plots are produced with "Velvetlawn" Seeders at a trifling cost 



If you want a pure, smooth, velvety lawn, sow pure-bred lawn seed in the 

 ground with a "Velvetlawn" Seeder. If you want a miscellaneous collection 

 of weeds, sod your lawn. 



"Velvetlawn" Seeders sow ground sheep manure, bone meal, ground lime and 

 screened wood ashes. Only machine in the world that will put them in the ground 

 on a lawn. 



It is also an ideal machine for sowing garden seeds, such as onion, radish, carrots, 

 lettuce, etc. Can be regulated to drill 2,4.6, 8, and so on, up to 1 6 inches between rows. 

 It assures an even distribution of seed, uniformity of depth and regularity between rows. 



Write to-day for our new catalog. It is FREE 



VELVETLAWN SEEDER CO. 



Box SSS SPRINGFIELD, OHIO U. S. A. 



Farrs New Catalogue of 

 Hardy Plant Specialties 



describing a wonderful collection of 

 Irises, Peonies and Phloxes — every- 

 where acknowledged to be the most 

 complete in this country — a quarter 

 million Irises and Peonies, in upwards 

 of a thousand varieties, besides Del- 

 phiniums, Poppies and all the 

 essentials of the Hardy Garden. 



A Retrospect — A Boy's Garden on a prairie 



farm out in Iowa which developed a passionate 



love of " growing things." Then the great city, with 



"a nameless longing," till one day my doctor said: 



"Go back to the country and dig, n A final surrender 



and an utrer abandonment to an absorbing passion — a man's g-ardc7t that 



long since overflowed out into the open fields, a glorious riot of color, an 



intoxication of delight. Peonies, Irises, Phloxes — I must have them all, 



and for ten years I have gathered them from all over the world. 



A Revelation ; An Inspiration— My first catalogue, issued about a year 

 ago, became almost a necessity, but in offering my plants to the public for 

 the first time, I had many misgivings lest the pleasure from growing flowers 

 just for themselves would be marred by growing them to sell. I little antici- 

 pated the generous response my first book brought forth. From all over 

 the country have come the most delightful letters — a wonderful inspiration 

 to me. I want to thank my many new-found friends, wlTose appreciation, 

 so kindly expressed, has given me a new and unexpected pleasure. 



A Resolution — But you have made me realize the grave responsibility I 

 must as'sumeif 1 continue to "make good" in the face of a business that has 

 expanded so rapidly, maintaining the high standard I have set and returning 

 the confidence with which I have been favored. New friends I hope to 

 make, but I care more to keep the old ones, and I am resolved if possible to 

 make Farr's Hardy Plant Specialties mean more than a mere name for 

 selling plants. My new book I have tried to make more beautiful, more 

 complete, and better in every way. If, as many wrote, the old one was 

 helpful, I have tried to make the new one more so. 



The new catalogue is free to all who lore hardy plants. Send 

 for it today if you have a garden and are interested. 



BERTRAND H. FARR, 

 809 D Penn Street 



Wyomissing Nurseries, 

 READING, PENNA. 



A Tree Fell Down 

 And Was Forever Lost 



The owner loved and prized it, and would grive hundreds 

 of dollars to replace it. Now he must wait years and years 

 for another tree, and in the meantime the comfort and 

 beauty of his place have lessened because the tree is gone. 



John Davey, the FaU 

 of Tree Buraery. 



It Was Not the Tree's Fault- 

 Wounded, it Called for Help! 



But the owner could not hear its silent appeal ! The tree butcher, years 

 before, cut off a limb the wrong way, decay set in and disease followed. 

 Slowly dying, the tree fought for its life, but to no avail. 



The Davey 

 Tree Surgeons 



could have saved tliat tree, as they can save 

 any tree, if called early enough ; as they have 

 saved thousands of trees. They understand 

 tree language, and tree diseases, can read the 

 trees' warnings and appeals, prescribe for their 

 ills and heal their wounds. 



"Our Wounded 

 Friends, the Trees " 



is a handsome book, full of tree lore, tree love 

 and practical tree facts. It tells how John 

 Davey, father of the new profession of tree 

 surgery, has trained a host of tree-loving- ex- 

 perts to save the lives of trees. This book will 

 be sent free to any person who owns trees. 



THE DAVEY 

 TREE EXPERT COMPANY 



152 Oak St., Kent, Ohio 



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"Full of Life" kJI il AM^JvJ 



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