204 



// you wish information about dogs 

 apply to the Readers' Service 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1910 



Burpee's Six New 



"Spencer ic. 



In Six Separate Packets 



All for 25 Cents! 



These six are the Choicest Re-selected 

 Strains — all true to type, and of such quality 

 as has not been possible to obtain before at 

 any price! 



PYl*. OC r*+c we will mail one regular 

 J. UI £*%J ^l&. packet each of Burpee's 

 King Edward Spencer, the largest and best 

 of all crimson-scarlet Sweet Peas; Othello 

 Spencer, the first gigantic rich maroon; Asta 

 Ohn, the large lovely waved true lavender 

 Spencer; Burpee's White Spencer, largest 

 and most beautiful of all whites; Helen 

 Lewis, a glowing crimson-orange, and our 

 re-selected pink, Countess Spencer, the 

 parent of all this new race of " Truly Gigan- 

 tic," ruffled, Orchid-flowered Sweet Peas. 



These six superb Spencers, together with 

 our new Leaflet on culture, mailed for only 

 25 cts. ; five collections for $1.00, and 



mailed to separate addresses if so ordered. 



ClF'Even at our reduced prices for 1910, if 

 purchased separately, these six packets of 

 New " Spencers " would cost sixty cents. 



The Leading American 

 Seed Catalog for 1910! 



An Elegant Book of 178 Pages — it is 

 " The Silent Salesman " of the World's 

 Largest Mail-Order Seed Trade. It tells the 

 plain truth about the best seeds that can be 

 grown — as proved at our famous Fordhook 

 Farms — the largest, most complete Trial 

 •Grounds in America. Handsomely bound 

 with covers lithographed in nine colors, it 

 shows, with the six colored plates, Nine 

 Novelties and Specialties in Unequaled Vege- 

 tables, and five finest Beautiful New Flowers, 

 including two superb "Gold Medal" Spencer 

 Sweet Peas. Shall we mail you a copy ? If 

 so — write To-day ! 



W. ATLEE BURPEE & GO. 



Burpee Building, Philadelphia 



Cooperative Gardening in a City 

 Lot 



IN THE summer of 1907 a note to the Editor of 

 The Garden Magazine telling him of a 

 cooperative gardening venture in which two of 

 my friends and myself were interested was answered 

 with the remark that if we finished the summer 

 good friends we must be very different from the 

 ordinary run of human beings. 



We not only finished one summer, but three 

 summers, — and are still the best of friends! 



In the spring of 1907 we secured, rent free, two 

 lots measuring altogether 70x125, located close 

 to our respective homes. After clearing the ground 

 of an accumulation of ashes, tin cans and other 

 rubbish, the ground was plowed, harrowed and 

 fenced on three sides. The fence was made of 

 2 x 4s and 4-foot chicken wire. On the fourth side 

 was a neighbor's fence. 



My two associates knew absolutely nothing about 

 gardening, so that the directing and planning fell 

 upon my shoulders. By the aid of The Garden 

 Magazine a complete plan of the whole garden 

 was drawn to scale and the times of the various 

 plantings marked. The lot faced the east, so the 

 rows were run north and south, the tall growing 

 vegetables being kept at the back, the shorter ones 

 next, then a narrow flower bed and a grass plot 

 seeded in front the same depth as the neighbors' 

 lawns. The wire fence came only as far as the 

 grass and was on a line with the front of the houses 

 on the street. A clump of Golden Glow roots was 

 planted by each post all around the garden. These 

 came from an overgrown bed of Golden Glow in 

 my own back yard. 



The grass plot in front, the narrow strip of 

 annuals, the clumps of Golden Glow around the 

 whole garden, the successive rows of varied colored 



A cooperative vegetable garden which repaid four- 

 fold its original cost 



vegetables, each a little taller than the ones in front 

 with giant StowelPs Evergreen corn for a background, 

 made a beautiful picture from the street. Although 

 the garden was purely a vegetable one, the general 

 appearance and the narrow border of flowers won 

 for it favorable mention in a flower garden contest 

 covering the whole city. 



Up to the time when the seeding was finished it 

 was one garden, each man helping to the best of his 

 time and ability under proper direction. At this 

 time the garden was divided into three equal parts 

 by two rows of stakes from front to back and each 

 gardener was responsible for his own plot, and 

 to do his own cultivating, watering, and gathering. 



The cost the first year was: 



Plowing and harrowing S4.00 



Fence posts and wire • 8.00 



Fertilizer 5 . 00 



Seeds 8.00 



Total $25.00 



From this vegetable plot of 70 x 100 ft., exclu- 

 sive of the portion planted to flowers and grass, we 

 estimated that at current prices for wilted store 

 vegetables, we took about one hundred dollars' 

 worth of the most delicious vegetables one could 

 desire. 



In 1908, not having a fence to pay for, a combi- 

 nation wheel hoe and seeder was purchased, which 



For Beauty and Adornment 



Old English Garden Seats, 



Pergolas, Garden Houses, 



Rustic Furniture 



SEND FOR CATALOGUE 



NORTH SHORE FERNERIES CO. 



BEVERLY, MASS. 



$3 



C. W. SCHNEIDER 



Will bring you 



Flowering Geraniums 



for your garden 



Double, Crimson, Scarlet 



and Pink. 



Grown in paper pots. 



50 



Little Silver, N. J. 



ENTERPRISE FOUNDRY & FENCE CO.. 



INDIANAPOLIS 285 «. SENATE A»E.. INDIAN* 



100 DESIGNS IRON PICKET AND CATALOG 



OF GATES ^S^ WOVEN WIRE ^^_ FREE 



A Mess 11J|...,1,., A ,»,— - at all seasons 



of fresh IVlUSniOOlTiS Growing In your Cellar 



40 rf S * n P os * a £ e stamps together with the name of your 

 dealer will bring you, postpaid, direct from the 

 manufacturer, a fresh sample brick of 

 Lambert's Pure Culture MUSHROOM SPAWN 



the best high-grade spawn in the market, together with large illustrated book 

 on Mushroom Culture* containing simple and practical methods of raisingi 

 preserving and cooking mushrooms. Not more than one sample brick "will 

 be sent to the same party* Further orders must come through your dealer. 

 Address: American Spawn Co., Dept. 2, St. Paul, Minn* 



DON'T WATER PLANTS 



In the House Daily 



*J0Y-0* Jardiniere Flower Pots 



Save time, trouble and temper if you 

 fill reservoirs once a week. No stained 

 pots, slopping water or dirt. 5 clay 

 4-inch * JOY-O * Pots, $1. 

 Dept. G M of 

 FISKE SEED CO., BOSTON, MASS. 



Grow your Own 

 FencePosts 



Strong, healthy Seedlings of true Hardy 

 1 Catalpa — Catalpa Speciosa — IOO for $1.00 

 Postpaid, or 300 for $2.50 by Prepaid Ex- 

 press. Safe arrival guaranteed. Seed 

 25c per oz. or $2.00 per lb. postpaid. Special 

 Prices on large lots of seed or seedlings. 

 HENRY FIELD SEED CO., D pt. 101. Shenandoah, Iowa. 



l'rof. Brooks 



Make the Farm Pay 



Complete Home Study Courses in Agriculture, 

 Horticulture, Floriculture, Landscape Gardening, For- 

 estry, Poultry Culture, and Veterinary Science under 

 Prof. Brooks of the Mass. Agricultural College, Prof. 

 Craig of Cornell University and other eminent 

 teachers. Over one hundred Home Study 

 Courses under able professors in leading colleges. 

 250 page catalog free. Write to-day. 



THE HOME CORRFSPONDENCE SCHOOL 



l>ept. G. A., Spring Meld, Muss. 



