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What is a /air rental jor a given 

 property? Ask the Readers' Service 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1910 



"Reeco" Electric Pump 



Goes with Your Electric Light 

 (or without) 



We are now installing, just as fast as our manufac- 

 turing facilities can supply the demand, our new 

 electric pumps for private water-supply. They 

 range in size from a capacity sufficient for the re- 

 quirements of the largest apartment-house, or stock- 

 farm, to the minimum, which suffices for the needs 

 of the country cottage. Ease and economv of oper- 

 ation place these pumps in a class by themselves. 

 The absence of fire or fuel does away with personal 

 care, making their action automatic, while their con- 

 struction is such that they are operated by very little 

 power; you simply attach a wire to the source of sup- 

 ply for your electric light, and the pressing of a button 

 starts and stops your electric pump. Your pump 



may work just as long, and not a moment longer 

 than may be required, hence there is no waste of 

 power. These pumps may be installed wherever a 

 trolley line runs and, of course, wherever there is a 

 public or private electric lighting plant. In point 

 of simplicity, convenience, and labor-saving quali- 

 ties, the "Reeco" Electric Pump is a marvel; it is 

 a wonderful demonstration of one of the many and 

 varied applications of electricity to practical every- 

 day uses. Is the electric light more convenient in 

 your home than the lamp or candle ? You will 

 find that the "Reeco" Electric Pump bears the 

 same relation to the hand pump and "old oaken 

 bucket," in its convenience and the additional 

 household comfort which it supplies. 



Be sure that the name "RFFPfl"-FI FPTRIfi appears upon the pump 

 you purchase. This IILLUU LLLU I IHU name protects you against 



worthless imitations. When so situated that you cannot personally inspect the 

 pump before ordering, write to our nearest office (see list below) for the name of 

 a reputable dealer in your locality, who will sell you only the genuine pump. 

 IVrite /or Catalogue U 



RTT* 35 Warren Street, New York 



IDER-lLRICSSON 2 f9 Franklin Street Boston 



40 Dearborn Street, Chicago 



Ei~> 40 North 7th Street, Philadelphia 



NGINE KjO. 234 West Craig Street, Montreal P. Q. 



22 Pitt Street, Sydney, N. S. W. 

 Builders of the Rider and Ericsson Hot-Air Pumping Engines 



5 Grapevines $1.00 



Strong, Hardy, Three-year-old Vines 



Any five of the following well-known varieties : 



(Red) — Brighton, Delaware, Lindley 



(White) — Niagara, Diamond, Pocklington 



(Black) — Concord, Worden, Moore's Early, Wilder 

 These vines will grow anywhere and will bear the year after planting. We guar- 

 antee them to be as represented or money refunded. We also offer 10 strong, hardy, 

 two-year-old vines for $1.00. This is a remarkable collection of grapevines at an 

 exceedingly low price. Order now, vines will be shipped proper time to plant. 



With every order we send our valuable book how to plant, cultivate and prune. 

 Grapes are easily grown and should be in every garden. 



T. S. HUBBARD COMPANY, 364 Central Ave., FRED0NIA, N. Y. 



GRAPEVINE SPECIALISTS Established 42 Years 



Use Paint made with Oxide of Zinc 



Oxide of Zinc Paint 



The Microscope 

 Tells Why 



Properly made, prepared 

 paint lasls long, while ordi- 

 nary hand mixed paint quick- 

 ly crumbles and chalks off. 



It is OXIDE OF ZINC 

 that makes the prepared 





Hand Mixed Paint 



paint better and more economical. 



Does your paint contain Oxide of Zinc ? 



Oxide of Zinc is unalterable 

 even under the blowpipe 



T. he New Jersey Zinc V->o. 



55 Wa.ll Street. New York. N. Y. 



We do not grind Zinc in oil. A list of manufacturers of Oxide of Zinc Paints mailed free on request. 



Astonishing Improvement in 

 Easter Lily Culture 



FOR many years the culture of the Easter lily 

 has been in a most unsatisfactory condition, 

 owing to the diseased condition of the Bermuda- 

 grown bulbs. A few years ago Dr. Albert F. 

 Woods discovered that bulbs grown from seed, 

 instead of scales, were practically free from disease, 

 and about the same time Mr. E. M. Byrnes found 

 that by crossing different varieties of Lilium longi- 

 florum he could get plants more vigorous than 

 either parent. 



Mr. George W. Oliver then showed that it was 

 possible to raise salable bulbs from seed in only 

 two years, whereas it was formerly thought that 

 six years were necessary. He distributed seeds 

 to cultivators in all the warmer parts of the United 

 States, with the result that California seems to 

 be the best place for the new industry. Incredible 



Two years from seed! Thirty-five buds and flow- 

 ers on this hybrid Easter lily 



as it may seem, the Californians can raise first-class 

 bulbs much more quickly from seed that they can 

 grow from scales or small bulbs. A few plants of 

 the first generation show the disease, but in plants 

 of the second and third generation it is hard to find 

 a diseased plant. 



At first the farmers and florists would not believe 

 that it was possible in twelve month's time to raise 

 a flowering plant from a seedling not more than two 

 inches high. Yet it is entirely practical to raise 

 bulbs four inches in diameter in two years from the 

 sowing of the seed. One florist cleared $250 for 

 cut flowers from seedlings grown on a space 25 X45 

 feet, and this was only for the flowers 'he did not 

 want for seed. Such temptations for immediate 

 profit, however, must be resisted by bulb growers, 

 because the removal of flowers and stems results 

 in bulbs of an inferior grade. 



The best results have been obtained by crossing 

 the varieties giganteum and Harrisii, and the gain 

 in the number of flowers on a stem is wonderful. 

 At Santa Ana, California, hundreds of plants had 

 twenty or more lilies on a stem, and the accom- 

 panying picture shows a stalk bearing thirty-five 

 flowers! 



Professor Galloway and his associates in the 



