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iZtfr^^Z'JtZZs THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



June, 191© 



Modern Sleeping Porch fitted with 

 Wilson's Blinds. 



Wilson's Venetians 



Blind and Awning Combined 

 for outside and inside of town and country houses: 

 very durable, convenient and artistic. 



Special Outside Venetians for 



porches and windows, exclude 

 the sun ; admit the breeze. 



Mention Garden Magazine for des- 

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Orders should be placed now for early summer 



JAS. G. WILSON MFG. CO. 



3 and 5 West 29th St., New York 



Inside Venetians, Porch Venetians, liollin" 

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BARTON'S 

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TAKES THE PLACE OF SICKLE AND 

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SAVES 90% OF TEDIOUS LABOR 



Cuts where lawn mower 

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stone-walls, fences, shrubbery, 



tomb-stones, etc. 



It is simple in construction 



and made to endure. Makes 



a cut 7 inches wide. 



Price only $3.75 each. Send 

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E. BARTON, Ivyland, Pa. 



Anchor Post 

 Fences Are 

 Easy to Build 



because the post and its anchors are driven into the 

 solid ground. No digging is required. 



This means a great saving of time and labor, but, 



above all, it means a fence that'stays in true line, does 



not get out of order, and that will always looks well. 



This anchorage is the unique feature of all our 



fences. 



Then, too, the posts are galvanized. They will 

 not rust off, either above ground or below. 



Our fences are made in all heights and in a great 

 variety of styles for — 



Lawns, Gardens, Poultry Runs, Tennis 

 Courts, Back Stops, Etc. 

 We also manufacture and erect Railings, 

 (plain and ornamentaDand EntranceGates. 

 Write for Catalog. 



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11 Cortlandt Street (11th Floor) New York City 



Good News for Bulb Fanciers 



THE changed duty on bulbs, according to the 

 new tariff law, is of great interest to the 

 amateur. Instead of the old 25 per cent, ad 

 valorem, we now have specific duties on various 

 classes of bulbs. Lily-of-the-valley pips, tulip, 

 narcissus, begonia and gloxinia bulbs will now pay 

 one dollar per thousand, and this means that it 

 will cost the same one-tenth of a cent each for the 

 newest and best bulbs as for the cheap things that 

 have been grown for years. The former arrange- 

 ment penalized the progressive amateur; to-day 

 he has the satisfaction of spending all his money for 

 the bulb itself. Clumps of lily-of-the-valley, hya- 

 cinth, astilbe and dielytra (as the law, with com- 

 mendable accuracy, calls the old bleeding-heart) 

 will pay a quarter of a cent each. The fancy hya- 

 cinths, for instance, will cost only their price plus 

 that quarter cent, instead of a quarter of their price 

 additional. Lily and calla bulbs will pay a half a 

 cent each, as well as peony, Iris Kampferi and Ger- 

 manica, calla, dahlia, and amaryllis bulbs. Why 

 the rather plain and not very popular /. Germanica 

 should have been picked out for special mention 

 while all the rest of the iris are included in the 

 "all other bulbs, bulbous roots or corms, which are 

 cultivated for their flowers or foliage," which come 

 in at five cents per hundred, is one of the mysteries 

 of the new law. It is possible that they will try 

 to class Iris ammna, neglecta, etc., as I. Germanica, 

 but as the exact botanical status is being insisted 

 on in the case of the little Muscari, which are indeed 

 hyacinths, there is a good chance that these iris 

 will be imported for what they are. 



That last clause, "fifty cents per thousand for 

 all other bulbs," is the finest thing yet for the dis- 

 criminating bulb lover. Now we will have a 

 chance to find out what some of the rare South 

 African and South American bulbs look like in 

 bloom and we may plan "Cape pits," as they call 

 them in England, although the chances are that 

 with a little care these will bloom as well for us 

 in the open as does the gladiolus. This, too, is 

 one of the "all others" and we will now find out 

 promptly what the newest French sorts amount to 

 at practically their price abroad. 



No great drop in the catalogue prices of bulbs 

 can be expected, however. Partly on account of 

 the former high duty and partly on account of the 

 lack of general interest in them, very few dealers 

 list many of the fancy sorts. In the case of the 

 cheaper kinds the specific duties are the same or 

 even slightly more than the ad valorem duties cal- 

 culated on the wholesale price. We cannot 

 expect dealers to invest money in expensive stock 

 on the possible chance of someone wanting it. 



The way to take advantage of the lower prices is 

 to think ahead. Do not wait to figure on your bulb 

 order until the little blue crocuses rise through 

 the grass of your lawn to warn you of the coming 

 snow, but get at your lists now. Go to your 

 dealer and get from him some of the foreign lists, 

 unless you have already written abroad for them. 

 All the dealers will gladly accept a definite order for 

 bulbs to be imported and, since they are not asked 

 to run the risk of loss, the prices will be corre- 

 spondingly low. 



Another practical way to get a few bulbs of 

 special sorts is to order direct from the foreign 

 dealer and have the package sent by parcels post. 

 Allowance must be made for the cost of postage, 

 and payment can easily be made by international 

 money-order; but here again you cannot wait till 

 the last moment — you must take the matter up 

 two months before you want the bulbs, in order to 

 get the price list, find the weight of the parcel, allow 

 for the slower steamers on which they are likely 

 to come, and then pay at the post-office whatever 

 duty is charged according to the invoice which will 

 come on the package. So it is now time to plan for 

 the bulbs to plant next fall; many of them, rarely 

 seen here, are perfect jewels of color and form 

 and are well worth the trouble of getting and car- 

 ing for. And then there are the summer bulbs 

 too; some of which are wonderfully pretty. 



The changes in the duties on nursery stock will 

 not greatly affect amateurs. For the most part 

 the rate remains at 25 per cent, ad valorem, while 

 garden, farm and flower seeds are free, as they have 

 been for years. 



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Don't accept anything else. Write us for 

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The most practical, durable and efficient device of the kind ever made. 



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