September, 1913 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



33 



FARQUHAR'S GERMAN IRISES 



Silver Medal Collection 



Awarded the Silver Medal of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, June, 1913. 



Our collection comprises only the finest sorts in an 

 endless variety of beautiful colors. If planted in 

 September they will bloom next season. 



Write for our complete illustrated Bulb Catalogue 

 which contains full descriptions. 



R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., 



BOSTON, MASS. 



How Anyone Can Grow 

 Mushrooms 



A Healthful Occupation — A Delicacy For Your 

 Table and a Good Income If You Wish 



I have spent twenty years in this business. I started with practically nothing and 

 built up the largest Mushroom Plant in America. By actual experience I have 

 learned just how mushrooms can be grown. It's just as easy as growing radishes 

 when you know how, and I tell you how as well as just how and where to market 

 your crop. I have started thousands of men as well as women in this business. Many 

 of whom are now well established growers making a steady income. 



Mushrooms can be grown at home in your basement, barn, shed, chicken house, etc. 

 Your whole family can be interested and participate in growing them. They require 

 so little care, that it does not interfere in any way with your regular occupation. 



I have written a little book — fully illustrated — which gives truthful, reliable, exper- 

 ienced information about mushroom culture and I will gladly send you this book Free. 

 It's just as easy to have a mushroom bed at home as it is to have a kitchen garden. 

 If you have never tried to grow mushrooms before, by all means, try it now. Write 

 to-day for full information. Address 



A. V. Jackson, Treas. and Gen. Mgr. 



Falmouth Mushroom Cellars, Inc. 27 Gifford St., Falmouth, Mass. 



Haxton's Japanese Barberry 



Makes Hedges Like This One 



Thick, bushy, vigorous, without a break anywhere ! My Barberry 

 bushes grow so well because they get unusual care. I cultivate them 

 every week, transplant every one four times, and cut them back twice 

 a year. The transplanting produces strong, fibrous roots; trimming 

 makes them stocky and bushy. These plants receive no shock when they 

 are transplanted; they go right ahead as if they never had been moved. 



Plant Your Hedge Next Month 

 I Will Send It "On Approval" 



October is the ideal planting time — better than spring. Test fall 

 planting with a hedge or a group of Barberry. 



The plants are five years old, i$ to 2 feet high, bushy and strong. 

 Set 18 inches apart. The price is '$20 a hundred, $10 for 50, $3 for 10. 

 Reserve them now and I'll ship them "on approval." If you like them, 

 send a check after planting. 



My Book, "Haxton's Hardy Shrubs," Free 



It describes all the truly desirable hardy shrubs — ri3 kinds. Illinois 

 Normal Schools use it as a text book, 52 pages, illustrated. Write for 

 your copy NOW in time to plan fall planting. 



FRED HAXTON 4717 SwAtf 6 " 116 Chicago 



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