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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



September, 19 1 3 ; 



K EWAN EF 



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 Plants That Equal 

 the Best City Service 



You can get good service from almost any sys- 

 tem — for a few months after it's put in. But getting 

 that service steadily, surely and regularly — not for 

 months but for years — is another thing. And it 

 depends entirely on the kind of machinery you get. 



The whole line of Kewanee Pumping Machinery has been 

 designed under peculiar conditions. Our original specialty 

 was the pneumatic tank, as opposed to the elevated tank, and 

 we had no intention of manufacturing pumping machinery. 

 We experimented with practically every line of pumps on the 

 market and adopted and sold the best we could find. 



Being responsible for the satisfactory working of every 

 Kewanee System, we received all complaints in regard to 

 defects in pumping machinery and difficulties encountered in 

 installing and operating it. As far as possible, we had manu- 

 facturers change designs and material to correct the faults in 

 their pumps and we began making our own pumping machin- 

 ery only when we found that old designs, old shop machinery. 



Kewanee Water Supply Company 



and old methods prevented us from getting as good pumping 

 machinery for our customers as we knew they were entitled to. 



We candidly believe that when we started to make our 

 own line of pumping machinery, we had a better knowledge 

 of the strong and weak points of what the market afforded in 

 this line and also of the difficulties in installing and operating 

 which were encountered by all kinds of men in all kinds of 

 places, than anyone else ever had. 



We were not tied down by any old ideas, old designs or 

 old shop equipment. We were not forced to hurry for we had 

 an established business with customers who would take what- 

 ever machinery we could furnish with our complete Kewanee 

 Systems. The market was already made for whatever we 

 would manufacture and brand with the Kewanee name, but 

 we laid down this rule and have followed it consistently 

 through the development of the whole line of Kewanee Pump- 

 ing Machinery and the special devices which go with it. "We 

 will not manufacture anything unless we are sure that it is a dis- 

 tinct improvement on anything now on the market. 



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various times, in each case when the leaves were- 

 from i\ inches to i\ inches high. 



A Cynosure and a Princeps were the first to- 

 blossom, February 2d. On the 10th Stella and 

 another Princeps came out; nth, Cynosure ap- 

 peared; 14th, the third Princeps; 19th, the last 

 Cynosure; and on the 21st, another Stella, though 

 not a perfect flower. One Stella did not blossom 

 at all. The Princeps, all yellow with long trumpet, 

 were the prettiest. 



The Hoop Petticoats were a disappointment 

 as they did not look at all like the illustration in 

 the catalogue. They were very dainty little 

 blossoms and came about the same time as the 

 others. In all cases the flowers lasted five or six 

 days. 



The Peacock iris was brought up December 

 8th. The leaves were long and grass-like. I' 

 should like to emphasize the "long" for one grew 

 to be 16 inches. Leaves, however, were all it 

 produced; evidently its environments were not 

 suited to its fastidious taste. 



Beginning about February 1st, I gave the plants 

 weak manure water about once a week. All the 

 plants were gradually inured to the light before 

 placing in the sunny window, and when the blos- 

 soms opened they were set in a cool, north window, 

 thus preserving them for a longer time. 



Ohio. Lou E. Hurst. 



A Lily Eight Feet High 



CAN you imagine a plant of the lily family with 

 a stalk eight feet high and bearing several 

 hundred flowers? If not, look at the accompanying 

 picture and remember that this plant is taller than 

 a man. It really belongs to the lily family (though 

 not the genus Lilium) and has white, bell-shaped 

 flowers that clearly resemble a lily. The individual 

 flowers may be an inch or two across and you can 



The giant lily (Eremurus robustus) with a stalk 

 eight feet high bearing several hundred flowers 



see that about four feet of the stalk is crowded with 

 these flowers. The species here figured is Eremurus 

 robustus, sometimes called the giant lily. 



There are two peculiarities about these giant 

 lilies. They must be planted in August or early 

 September and you should cover them in winter 

 with a mound of ashes, topped by leaves, or else 

 with a box that will shed the rain. The buds come 

 through the ground with a tumultuous rush, heaving 

 the earth in all directions like a gigantic asparagus 

 plant. Keep it back if you can. It wants to 

 grow too early. Cover it with a box during Febru- 

 ary and March for the bud is easily spoiled by a 

 frost. W. M. 



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