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What is n fair rental jor a given 

 properly? Ask the Readers' Service 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1910 



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WONDERFUL 



Results are obtained 



from the use of 



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BONORA 



"BONORA" used in your cold frames 

 will give your vegeta- 

 bles an early start, mak- 

 ing them twice the size, 

 and maturing them two 

 to three weeks earlier. 



"BONORA" will make your flowers 

 bloom in profusion. 



"BONORA" will make your shrub- 

 bery and rose bushes 

 have new life. 



"BONORA" will make your lawns 

 look like velvet. 



"BONORA" will give your trees new 

 shoots and greatly im- 

 prove the fruit. 



"BONORA" is highly endorsed by 

 Luther Burbank, Din- 

 gee & Conard, Conard 

 & Jones, John Lewis 

 Childs, etc., etc. 



"BONORA" is the cheapest fertilizer 

 for all plant life, being 

 most powerful. 



Descriptive circular on application. 

 Order from your seedsman or direct. 



Put up in dry form in all size packages as follows: 

 lb. 28 gallons, post paid .65 



5 lbs. 



"140 " 



$ 2.50 



10 lbs. 



" 280 " 



4.75 



50 lbs. 



" 1120 " 



22.50 



100 lbs. 



" 2800 " 



40.00 



200 lbs. 



" 5600 " 



70.00 



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Annval Flowers 



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Petunias of Many Colors 



NOTHING is easier to grow than the common 

 petunia (P. hybrida). It is a hybrid between 

 P. nyctaginiflora and P. violacea, the former hav- 

 ing white flowers, and the latter rose-red or violet. 

 In the last twenty-five years plant breeders have 

 so improved them that their small red and white 

 blooms have given place to an almost inexhaust- 

 ible variety of wonderfully beautiful flowers — 

 single, double, and fringed, in pure white, pinks, 

 mauves or vivid crimsons, in solid colors, sym- 

 metrical designs of contrasting colors (as seen in 

 the "star" type), and grotesque daubs and splotches. 

 The largest single sorts, beautifully veined and 

 frilled, have flowers from four to five inches across 

 — over a foot in circumference! 



As the petunia has rather weak stems it needs 

 some support, such as a pot-trellis, over which it 

 may be trained. It makes a very effective plant 

 when grown in hanging pot or basket. When 

 grown on a trellis, it will be necessary to keep the 

 plants trimmed into shape. This will increase the 



Petunias will furnish, an almost inexhaustible 

 supply of beautifully colored flowers all summer. 

 Nothing is easier to grow 



number of flowers, because it will cause the plant 

 to make new wood. The flowers are borne only 

 on the new growth. 



If seed is sown in January and the plants grown 

 in a night temperature of 45 or 50 degrees, 

 strong plants will be had for use during the summer 

 as porch or window-box material. Upon the 

 approach of fall the plants can be cut back, trans- 

 planted into pots, and carried indoors, where they 

 will bloom all winter. For winter bloom in the 

 house, sow seeds in August or early September. 



When seeds for double flowers have been sown 

 a very important thing to remember, when prick- 

 ing out the young seedlings, is that the weaker 

 ones are much more likely to produce double flow- 

 ers. The single flowers are usually of larger size 

 and better coloring. 



New York. B. W. R. 



PRIZE REVIEWS OF MEREDITH NICHOLSON'S 



"The Lords 

 of High Decision" 



We have to report a large number of reviews 

 submitted for our prize offers for the best review, 

 and again we are confronted with the most diffi- 

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 many very excellent reviews. However, we have 

 decided on the following : 

 1st prize : Clio Harper, Little Rock, Ark. 

 2nd prize : Jessie Anderson Chase, 58 High St., 



Newburyport, Conn. 

 3rd prize: Mrs. Lilian Wright Smith, 1816 Ingle- 

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 4th prize : Elizabeth L. Quinn, 539 North Main St., 



Waterbury, Conn. 

 5th prize : Mrs. Anna Sanborn Pyle, 651 Portland 



Ave., St. Paul, Minn. 

 6th prize: Henrietta S. Jaquette, 115 N. 34th St., 



Philadelphia, Pa. 

 7th prize: H. M. Stack, 1447 Second St., Baker 



City, Ore. 



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 furnished free on application. 



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