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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1910 



UNITED STATES 



Cream Separators 



Hold 



.the World's Record swmmSS 



HERE IT IS :~ 



Fifty Consecutive Runs 



with the milk of ten different breeds of cows, viz.: 



Average Tests of 

 the Fifty Runs 



.0138 of 1% 



SHORTHORN 



HOLSTEIN 



AYRSHIRE 



JERSEY 



GUERNSEY 



BROWN SWISS 

 RED POLLS 

 POLLED JERSEY 

 DUTCH BELTED 

 FRENCH CANADIAN 



A few of the important 1909 awards were 



Grand Prize, Seattle Exposition, 1909 



Gold Medal, Intermountain Four State Fair, Ogden, Utah. 



Gold Medal, California State Fair. 



Gold Medal and First Prize, on U. S. Market Cream, 



National Dairy Show, Milwaukee. 



Sweepstakes and First Prizes on U. S. Butter at many of the 



State Fairs last Fall and at the State Dairy Convention this Winter. 



Send for New Catalogue No. 71, just out, showing other awards and giving 

 every necessary detail. 



VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., BELLOWS FALLS, VT. 



Genuine Red Cedar Bed Room Chest 

 15 days' trial free!' 



This Marie Antoinette chest, made of 

 nuine Southern Mountain Red Cedar, 

 GUARANTEKO MOTH, DUST AND DAMP PROOF, will be 

 sent to any address in the United States on 15 days"' approval. If not 

 entirely satisfied, we pay return charges. Freight prepaid to points east 

 ofthe Mississippi. Hand-ruubed mahogany finish, and made to match 

 your furniture. Beautifully designed, inexpensive and indispensable. 

 Intended especially for bedroom, but is ornamental and serviceable where- 

 ever placed in the home. 



IVrite today for handsome illustrated catalog shelving 

 many other designs, at prices that -will interest you. 



PrEDJIONT ItED CEDAR CHEST CO., Bept. 58, STATESVII.LE, N. C. 



For Spring Planting 



Herbaceous Perennials 



Flowering Shrubs and Roses 



Send for our attractive Catalogue. 

 SHATEMUC NURSERIES 



BARRYTOWN, Dutchess County, N. Y. 



$5 



WILL BRING YOU 



California Privets 

 2-3 feet 



Will make an everlasting- fence 



for your lot. Leaflet how to grow 



it. free with order. 



100 



C. W. SCHNEIDER & CO., Nurserymen, Little SUver, N.J. 



Well Help You Sim a 

 Successful Rose Garden 



* It's easy to prow Roses successfully. We have helped a great 

 many people to do it and we'll gladly help you. For the price of a 

 few buds at the florist's, you can buy enough of 



BANCROFT'S ROSES 



to plant a good-sized garden — one that will yield beautiful 



flowers the whole summer long. We want you to know our! 

 I Roses ; they are strong and hardy, with vigorous roots— do 

 I not suffer from transplanting. 



Ten Strong Rose Plants for 50 Cents 



i For 50 cents we will send you 10 strong Rose plants out of three-inch'' 

 , pots, especially for outdoor blooming— all different. These sell reg- ,- . 

 ' ularly for $1.00. Sent Charges Collect— add 25 cents if to be prepaid. /pg»2 



Thirteen of the Choicest for $1.00 §~ 



. F° r Jj-oo we will send the above and 3 strong, two-vear, dormant, 



'■hardy Roses— a collection that we sell regularly f'rr $1.75. If to 



J>e prepaid, add 35 cents. Money refunded on either collection 



if not as represented. Our Catalogue makes an attractive 



display of "Iowa-Grown Plants, Bulbs and Flowers." It's v 



J ree— ask for it today. 



Joseph Bancroft &. Son 



Box 16, Cedar Falls, Iowa 



WHEN WISTARIA BLOOMS 



What is the blooming age for Wistaria sinensis? 



Man-land. R. H. 



— It takes from five to seven years for wistaria to 

 bloom if the plants have been raised from seed. 

 In pruning the wistaria wait until after the flowering 

 season; then cut away any superfluous growth. 

 Under this treatment the vines will blossom freely 

 the following year. 



MAKING MAGNOLIAS BLOOM 



How should I treat two six-year-old Magnolia 

 grandiflora plants which have never bloomed? 



North Carolina. B. C. 



— There is a great difference in regard to the bloom- 

 ing of magnolia trees. Some of them never bloom 

 well. The best thing to do is to let the trees remain 

 where they are; fertilize them well with well-rotted 

 manure and give the ground around them good 

 cultivation. 



GROWING AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII 



When and how should the seeds of Ampelopsis 

 Veitchii be planted ? 



South Carolina. T. G. R. 



— The best way to grow Boston Ivy from seed 

 is to plant the seed in boxes in ordinary light 

 soil and when the plants are large enough transplant 

 them. Many prefer to plant two-year-old, pot- 

 grown plants, setting them six to eight feet apart. 

 Growth is very rapid; any ordinary wall should be 

 covered by the vine in two or three years. 



CARE OF A YOUNG ORCHARD 



What can be done to a young orchard, seeded 

 down to clover and timothy, to bring the trees 

 quickly to bearing ? 



Iowa. G.T. W. 



— Orchard land should be given clean cultivation. 

 It is not considered good practice to grow corn in 

 orchards as the corn takes up too much of the 

 fertility of the soil. A mixture of crimson clover 

 and timothy can be grown on this land and turned 

 under in the fall for the purpose of giving a green 

 manure crop. Rye is sometimes grown in the 

 orchard when the trees are growing too fast. 



PRUNING GRAPE VINES 



I have some old grape-vines, about wrist-thick, 

 which have never borne a satisfactory crop, the 

 fruit falling off before ripening. Can they be made 

 into bearing vines, or be cut down and new vines 

 started ? 



New York. E. L. C. 



— In pruning old grape-vines the first thing to do 

 is to cut away all the old wood, leaving only the 

 number of new canes required for the system of 

 training desired. Any vigorous vine will form 

 enough new canes to fill up the trellis or side of a 

 building and will often produce as much and of a 

 better quality after pruning as if it were not pruned 

 at all. In case the vine is not vigorous and has but 

 few or no new canes the whole top may be cut off 

 and only a small number of new canes be allowed 

 to grow during the following summer. But after 

 that a large crop of fruit may be expected. In 

 both cases keep all laterals pinched off. A very 

 good way to locate the canes on an old vine is to 

 start near the ground and mark them with blue or 

 red chalk at frequent intervals and then cut out 

 all that are marked. Read Mr. Burroughs' article 

 in the March Garden Magazine. 



