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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 1913 



Use Oxide of Zinc Paints 



1VTONEY cannot be saved by economizing on paint. 

 Such "saving" always results in multiplied expense 



for repairs. 



Keep your property sound and sightly by the 

 liberal use of good paint at proper intervals. 



Good paint inevitably means Oxide of 

 Zinc Paint. 



THE NEW JERSEY ZINC COMPANY 



We do not make paint; 

 but will mail to any address 

 a list of manufacturers of 

 Oxide of Zinc paints. 



55 Wall Street, New York 



Made to order— to exactly match 

 the color scheme of any room 



"You select the color — we'll make 

 the rug." Any width — seamless up 

 to 16 feet. Any length. Any color 

 tone — soft and subdued, or bright 

 and striking. Original, individual 

 artistic, dignified. Pure wool or 

 camel's hair, expertly woven at 

 short notice. Write for color card. 

 Order through your furnisher. 



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Private Water Supply 

 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. 



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 eke 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." 



Ask your plumber 

 about the Kewanee Sys- 

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 install it. Our engineer- 

 ing department is at 

 your service for free 

 consultation, specifica- 

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Easter Lily as a House Plant 



AT THIS time of the year I begin to plan for 

 winter flowering bulbs. I find that I can 

 get better results with less effort from bulbs than 

 from any other winter flowering plant that can 

 be grown in the house. 



I have been told by several experienced gar- 

 deners that it is a waste of time and energy to try 

 to grow Easter lilies in the house because of the 

 uneven temperature; but I like to work out new 

 things for myself. Last October I purchased one 

 Bermuda Easter lily bulb. I placed it in the 

 centre of a 6-inch pot, covering with about one 

 inch of soil. I used ordinary garden soil with 

 twenty per cent, leafmold, putting a few pebbles 

 in the bottom of the jar for drainage. After 

 watering thoroughly I placed the pot in a dark cor- 

 ner of the cellar where it remained for ten weeks 

 with a temperature varying from 55 to 70 degrees. 

 During the next four weeks I gave plenty of light 

 but no sunshine. 



At the end of fourteen weeks I put the pot in a 

 westerly window where the temperature varied 

 from 50 to 75 degrees. During the entire period 

 of growth I watered freely every four or five days. 

 In just six months and one day from the time of 

 planting, a 7-inch bud opened up into as fine a 

 bloom as I have ever seen in any greenhouse. 



I treated hyacinth bulbs in the same way with 

 excellent results, only shortening the time in dark- 

 ness to six weeks instead of ten; and at the end of 

 twelve weeks I was rewarded with as large and 

 full a bloom as any of those I saw on exhibition 

 last April at the International Flower Show at 

 Grand Central Palace, New York City. 



Massachusetts. Lydia L. Kelsey. 



The Value of Rye Grass 



RYE grass, commonly called Australian rye, 

 Italian rye, or darnel is a real aid to the lawn 

 maker. If your soil is new and has not been worked 

 into good tilth, and if you want something that 

 will stay green all winter in mild climates and come 

 on early in the spring in others, try rye grass. 



There are two species of rye grass, Loliutn perenne 

 and L. Italicum. Both are annuals, or short- 

 lived perennials, and both are practically the same. 

 Another closely related species is supposed to be 

 the "tares" of the Scriptures. 



Rye grass, if sown in the fall, makes a quick 

 growth, covers the land with green in the winter 

 time if the weather is not too severe, and starts 

 to growing rapidly in the spring. If watered well 

 and cut once a month it will stay green until late 

 in the spring. In some places it will live two or 

 three years. 



Before starting a permanent lawn, rye grass makes 

 a pretty effect on new ground and helps to prepare 

 the soil for other grasses. Where Bermuda grass 

 is grown the combination with rye grass is almost 

 ideal. When the Bermuda turns brown in the fall 

 after the first frost, rye grass, sown broadcast on 

 the Bermuda sod at the rate of one ounce to every 

 one hundred square feet, will keep the lawn green 

 all winter where it is not too cold. It will grow 

 rapidly and be at its best during the early spring 

 months. As the weather turns hotter when the 

 Bermuda grass begins to grow, the rye grass grad- 

 ually dies out. It is a little trouble to plant the 

 rye grass every fall, but the effect is worth the effort. 

 Fertilize liberally with rotted manure or nitrate 

 fertilizers. Sow the seed in September or October 

 and water well. 



Rye grass looks much like blue grass. The leaves 

 are somewhat coarser but the appearance is tine 

 same, and if kept nicely trimmed it makes a pretty 

 lawn. It has a wide use in winter resorts in the 

 Southwest, where a quick effect is needed in the 

 winter, but where a lawn is not required during 

 the summer and is difficult to keep up. 



Planted each fall, rye grass will make a prettier 

 lawn more quickly than any other grass, in regions 

 to which it is adapted and it will stay pretty until 

 hot weather. It will doubtless have more value 

 in the Southern States, but even farther north 

 its quick growth in the spring makes it highly des- 

 irable. 



Arizona. . Donald F. Jones. 



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