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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1910 













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The Best Spray Pump 



Sprays the tallest fruit trees from the ground. 

 Not too heavy for low bushes. Sprays quickest 

 and best. Does the work in half the time and 

 does it thoroughly. Always ready. Used with 

 bucket, barrel or tank. Lasts a lifetime. No 

 leathers to dry up, wear out, or make trouble. 



Standard Spray Pump 



Warranted for 5 Years. Price $4.00. 



It will not cost you a cent to try it. Our special 

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 and we will also send our illustrated circular 

 showing how this pump pays for itself many 

 times over the first season. 



The Standard Stamping Co. 

 274 Main Street Marysville, O. 



Seeds, Plants, Roses, 



Bulbs, Vines, Shrubs, etc. 



Hundreds of car lots of FRUIT 

 and ORNAMENTAL TREES. 

 1200 acres, 50 in hardy Roses, 

 none better grown. 44 green- 

 houses of Palms, Ferns, Ficus, 

 Geraniums and other tilings too 

 numerous to mention. Seeds, 

 Plants, Bulbs, Roses. Small 

 "®*^ Trees, etc., by mail postpaid. 



Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. Immense 

 stock of SUPERB CANNAS, the queen of bedding 

 plants. 50 choice collections cheap in Seeds, Plants, 

 Roses, etc. Elegant 168-page Catalogue FREE. Send 

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We Want You 

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By far the most complete and 



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r Eighty large pagts, describing and 



illustrating our lull line of seeds, 



implements, etc. All pictures of grains, 



grasses, vegetables and flowers are from 



true-to-nature photographs. The outside 



covers are in natural colors — see miniature 



of first page below. The contents are practical. 



Everything Good for Farm, 

 Garden and Lawn 



Has been the guiding principle in our seed business for more than 

 twenty years. We have consistently aimed to give our customers their 

 money's worth or a little more, and we have succeeded — patrons have 

 bought of us every year since we started. Trade cannot be held year 

 after year for a fifth of a century, except upon satisfaction. 



The Best New Things and the 

 Tested Old Ones 



Are to be found in this 1910 catalogue 

 of ours. There's Eureka Ensilage Corn, 

 which we control — producing more good 

 material for the silo than any other. Also 

 Brewer's Yellow Dent, the grower of 

 which wasawarded first prize for !>estacre 

 of corn in the United States. Clovers, 

 grasses, and forage crops, vegetables 

 and riower seels — all carefully selected. 

 In everything quality is our aim. Tools, 

 fertilizers, incubators, etc. — a full line. 

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W. I». Ross, Prest. and Treas. 

 Box it 9 Worcester, Mass. 



formation of a protective callus. Care must 

 be exercised, however, that one does not cut off too 

 many or too large branches and thereby impair the 

 balance between the root capacity and the evaporat- 

 ing surface of the leaves. The tree in its endeavor 

 to make a balance will continue growing late into 

 the season, and is forced to meet the approaching 

 winter with a lot of soft and succulent wood. 



Where a large and long-neglected tree needs 

 attention it is well to do the lighter pruning in 

 early spring and then finish up in summer, though 

 it is nearly always advisable to extend such work 

 over two years. 



In removing limbs the cut should always be made 

 close to the trunk or branch from which the limb 

 grows as smooth as possible and at such an angle 

 that water will not stand upon it. A thick coat 

 of white lead paint will afford all the protection that 

 can or need be given the wound. The accompany- 

 ing illustrations show very clearly the effect that 

 good and bad pruning has upon the boxelder. The 

 trees are of about the same age, the one with the 

 bad crotch being typical of the boxelder under 

 average care, the other example of good pruning 

 is to be found upon the grounds of the North Dakota 

 Agricultural College under the care of Professor 

 C. B. Waldron. 



North Dakota. C. L. Meller. 



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Do You Know This Plant ? 



IV. — Red Leaves and Red Berries 



T)HOTINIA VILLOSA is an upright shrub of 

 JL neat habit, usually six to eight feet high, but 

 capable of growing to a height of fifteen feet. The 

 leaves are broadly obovate, somewhat coriaceous, 

 with prominent veins, and dark green in color. 

 The foliage covers the branches well and has a 

 certain degree of refinement. In the autumn it 

 assumes brilliant scarlets — a display which it 

 maintains well into November. The blossoms 

 are white, hawthorn-like, and are borne in corymbs 

 which are, perhaps, two inches broad. The flowers 

 appear about the second week in June, and cer- 

 tainly give the plant a showy appearance. 



The fruit which follows is very handsome. 

 When it matures, which is about the middle of 

 October, it is at least one-third of an inch long and 

 of a shining scarlet color. It remains in a bright 

 and attractive condition until the middle of winter, 

 provided it is not eaten by the birds. Its various 

 good qualities make it a very desirable plant, yet I 

 feel that Boston is, perhaps, a little too far north 

 for its extensive use, for it not infrequently dis- 

 appoints us in some respect or other. 



Massachusetts. Daniel A. Clarke. 



Improving the Garbage Can 



MY home in the country really has no back- 

 yard, as the house faces Narragansett 

 Bay. In looking for ways to prevent defacement 

 of the grounds, I made a receptacle for the garbage 

 can by burying an 1 8-inch vitrified sewer-pipe, bell 

 end up, level with the ground. In this a galvanized 

 can is kept. A double wooden cover, painted 

 green, fits loosely into the bell. The cover has a 

 U-shaped iron lifting handle about a foot high, is 

 made from |-inch pine, and has an air space to 

 prevent radiation of heat; consequently, the con- 

 tents are cool in summer, and do not freeze in win- 

 ter. The cost was about $3.50. 



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^ f -mm, m^ « the finest flowers and 

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 seeds. Ferry's seeds are best because 

 they never fail in yield or quality. 

 The best gardeners and farmers 

 everywhere know Ferry's seeds to 

 be the highest standard of quality 

 yet attained. For sale everywhere. 

 FERRY'S 1910 Seed Annual 



Free on request 

 D.M. FERRY & CO.. 

 Detroit, Mich. 



I Send postal and see how larger and 



Better Fruit, 



Larger and 



Better Vegetables and 

 Freedom from Insects 



are secured by using 



Bowker's 



"Pyrox" 



It kills all leaf-eating in- 

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 vents unsightly blemishes; 

 also improves color of apples, 

 pears, peaches, etc. It in- 

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 vegetables. Enough to make 

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 Introduced 1898. 



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