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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1910 



jl&g slwp because theg have 

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'HESE blades are hardened and tempered in oil. They 



are self-sharpening — always in the best cutting c6n- 



dition from the time the mower leaves the factory till the 



lower blade is ground flat. The "Pennsylvania" is the only 



mower in which all blades are of crucible tool steel. 



It has a train of gears giving a wide wheel base which 

 means increased power and speed. Highest grade material 

 and workmanship throughout. Every mower tested, in- 

 spected and adjusted before it leaves the factory. 



With a "Pennsylvania" the first cost is the only cost. 



Thousands of Pennsylvania Lawn Mowers in use a quarter 



of a century and more without repairs, prove their wording and lasting qualities. 



Our book: "The Lawn — Its Making and Care" was written by a well 



known authority. Sent free upon request. 



SUPPLEE HARDWARE COMPANY, Box 1575, Philadelphia 



Grow Dwarf Apple Trees 



Novel, but practical, and intensely interesting. Require less room. 

 Easily cultivated, pruned and sprayed. Bear fruit earlier than the 

 standards. Make little shade, permitting other crops to be grown 

 between the rows. May be trimmed and trained on wire to grow 

 in almost any shape. Suburbanites, farmers and amateur horticultur- 

 alists alike find pleasure and profit growing dwarf apple trees. No 

 garden or orchard is now complete without several of these wonder- 

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VARIETIES : — Duchess of Oldenburg, yellow, striped red; Winter Maiden's 

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I also carry a complete line of Nursery. Stock, Asparagus Roots, California 

 Privet, Strawberry Plants, etc. 



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ARTHUR J. COLLINS, Box T, Moorestown, N. J. 



Bind Your Trees 

 Early This 



IT will keep down the cater- 

 pillars and tussock moths. 

 Don't wait until the leaves 

 have come out, and the 

 crawlers are in the trees eating 

 up the tender leaves. The 

 way to control the pests and 

 save your trees, is to stop them 

 before they start. 



All banding substances like 

 cotton, burlap, fly paper or 

 tar do not do the work. 

 Unsightly cotton is carried off 

 by the birds. Fly paper does 

 not fill in between rough 

 spaces of bark, allowing cater- 

 pillars to crawl under it, and 

 the stickiness dries up, allow- 

 ing them to crawl over it ; 

 burlap they also crawl over 

 and under. Tar preparations 



George Stratford 



162 Cornelison Avenue 



With Strokum 

 Spring 



dry up, besides disfiguring 

 the trees for all the year. 



One banding of Slroktum lasts 

 for entire season and being the 

 color of the bark is scarcely 

 noticeable. Caterpillars or 

 tussock moths cannot crawl 

 under, over or through it. We 

 guarantee it perfectly harmless 

 to the trees. Anybody can 

 apply it. 



Send $3.00 for 15 pounds, 

 which is enough to band fif- 

 teen trees averaging one foot 

 in diameter. Delivered free 

 anywhere east of the Missis- 

 sippi. West of the Missis- 

 sippi 50c extra. 



Let us mail you our illus- 

 trated booklet. 



Oakum Co. 



Jersey City, N, J. 



Multiplying Your Own Shrubs 



SO many chances are thrown away each year 

 in the average garden that a thrifty-minded 

 gardener is hoarse from protesting. People are 

 constantly saying they "wish they could afford 

 flowers and beautiful grounds"; or "it takes too 

 much money to start a garden." When one 

 explains that it does not necessarily take much 

 money, but only a little money and thoughtful work 

 at the right time, some of these talkers may begin 

 by buying a few shrubs and flowers and starting 

 a garden. There it often ends in neglect, for they 

 do not give the thoughtful work at the right time. 

 A man said as he trimmed his one hydrangea bush 

 that he "wished he could afford to buy fifty more"; 

 but he ruthlessly burned up the branches he had 

 cut off, not thinking that with a little care he could 

 raise the fifty bushes for himself. 



Either cuttings or layering can be adapted almost 

 endlessly to the needs of the economizing gar- 

 dener to the endless beautifying of his estate and the 



: 



Deutzias fifteen months after being started from 

 cuttings 



profit of his cash account, only do things now and 

 always. A bush that you start now will be a year 

 old the next time this season comes to your garden. 



ECONOMY OF CUTTAGE 



Cuttage is the gardener's name for propagating 

 plants by cuttings. A cutting to be grown out-of- 

 doors should be made about six inches long from 

 ripe wood that is hard enough so that it will break, 

 not bend. The top should be cut close to a bud. 



A hydrangea bush is trimmed in February or 

 March. The branches taken off should be made 

 into cuttings and tied in bundles with all the tops 

 together to facilitate planting. These should be 

 stored in a cool cellar until the garden soil is right 

 for setting them. Then dig a trench in soft, well- 

 worked soil. Have it deep enough so that each 

 cutting will show above the ground about an inch. 





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