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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



December, 1913 



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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, 



Kewanee Water Supply 



New York City Kewanee, Illinois 



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 unlesswe are surethatit isa dis- 

 tinct improvement on anything now on the market.* 



Ask your plumber 

 about the Kewanee Sys- 

 tem. He will furnish and 

 install it. Our engineer- 

 ing department is at '- 

 your service for free 

 consultation, specifica- 

 tions and estimates ; ( ask 

 for 64-page catalog * B 



Company 



Chic 



One of the Complete Kewanee Systems 



(RHODES DOUBLE CUT 

 PRUNING SHEAR 



RHODES MFG. CO., 



527 S. DIVISION AVE., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



THE only pruner 

 made that cuts 

 from both sides of the limb and 

 does not bruise the bark. Made 

 in all styles and sizes. We pay 

 Express charges on all 

 orders. Write for circu- 

 lar and prices. 









COLLINS 



p8 ^ SAVES YOU MONEY 





^^*k A Mess ||fl..„U_~.^»»«„ at all Seasons 

 fe^TX of fresh IVIUSnrOOmS Growing in your Cellar 



*^»;^H^-J J A r i- in postage stamps together with the name of your 

 £ffl£jtf^ ifv Cl>. dealer will bring you, postpaid, direct from the 



3fcjR^£S'^li manufacturer, a fresh sample brick of 



^SBBW* Lamberts Pure Culture MUSHROOM SPAWN 



the best high-grade spawn in the market, together with large illustrated book 

 on Mushroom Culture, containing simple and practical methods of raising, 

 preserving and cooking mushrooms. Not more than one sample brick will 

 be sent to the same party. Further orders must come through your dealer. 



Address: American Spawn Co., Dept. 2, St. Paul, Minn. 



{•337(1 Guid 



decorative p!a 

 of proven val 

 fore you buy- 

 Write to-day. 



s on fruit trees, berry plants, small 

 fruits, shrubs, asparagus roots, 

 nts, etc. Only practical varieties, 

 ue, included. Before you plan, be- 

 -get this valuable guide. It is free. 



Arthur J. Collins, Box 23, Moorestown, N. J. 













"MY GARDEN OF DREAMS"— Just Published. 

 By Abram Linwood Urban. A book that makes deep appeal to 

 every flower lover. An attractive gift. Price $1.30, prepaid. 

 THOMAS MEEHAN & SONS, Box 17, Germantown, Pa 



n*1i XI Publishes helpful books 

 rSllrnnfiTP l\llfSM*V describing trees, flower- 



uiuuiui c nuiocij ing shrubs hardy gar . 



den flowers, Irises and Roses. Tell us about your intended plant- 

 ings, so that we may send you the proper literature. Write todav. 

 BILTMORE NURSERY, Box 1622, Biltmore, N. C. 



SET A DODSON SPARROW TRAP 



Help us in the good work — Getting rid of that Pest, the English Sparrow. The Dodson Trap is now catching 



thousands all over this country 



Save Birds From Starving 



Do you love our native birds? Will you help bring back Blue- 

 birds, Wrens, Purple Martens, Tree Swallows, and dozens of others 

 to live in your garden ? Get rid of Sparrows, set up Dodson Bird 

 Houses, and you will have birds ! 



This trap catches as many as 75 to 100 soarrows a day. Works au- 

 tomatically all the time. Remove sparrow s once a day — 







*"T]tfBRSSS* ~~ ~^ SWPW 



Price S5.00 complete with receiving box — f. o. b., Chicago. Made ox 

 tinned wire electrically welded, strong, durable. Size, 16 x 18 x 12 in. 



Christmas Note — Give a Dodson Bird House, a Dodson Bird 

 Sheltered Food House or a Dodson Sparrow Trap. The birds will 

 bring memories of your thoughtfulness to your friend every year for 

 a lifetime. 



Dodson Rird Houses have won thousands of native birds. Rntlt on the ■■ 



Abont Birds — FREE. If you want to know iinylhin<r about attracting 



JOSEPH H. DODSON 



Set out a Dodson Bird Sheltered 

 Food-House or a Dodson Sheltered 

 Feeding -Table. Many dear Native 

 birds stay with us all winter. Give 

 them shelter and food. 



This Sheltered Food House is 

 of clear white pine with frosted 

 glass enclosure. Size, 24 x 24 x 18 

 inches. Price $8.00 complete with 

 8 foot pole, f. o. b., Chicago. With 

 all copper roof, $10.00. 



The Dodson Sheltered Feeding- 

 Table (different design) costs $6.00 

 (with 8 foot pole) or $8.00 if all 

 copper roof is desired, f. o. b., 

 Chicago. 

 A Dodson Feeding-Shelf for $1.50, 

 with all copper roof $2.00 each, six for $11.00 f. o. b.. Chicago. 

 A Dodson-I-eeding Car $5.00, with all copper roof $6.00, f. o. b., Chicago. 

 xperienre nf 18 years' loving service to birds. Write for the Dodson Book 

 and keeping native birds, write to the Man the Birds Love — Address — 



• 1209 Association Bids., Chicago, 111. 



• i Mr. Dodson is a Director of the Illinois Audubon Society) 



Resting Time for Boston Ivy 



THE Boston ivy, well known throughout the 

 eastern part of the United States, instead of 

 dropping its leaves at once in a semi-tropical coun- 

 try, simply drops its old leaves which have done 

 their work, and retains its new fresh ones. In 

 other words, it "adjusts" itself to the new condition. 

 In the picture the part of the vine which has leaves 

 is this year's growth. The part of the vine whose 



The •' rest cure " for Boston ivy. In California when 

 the season is over the old part of the vine rests 



branches are bare are last year's growth and it is 

 now resting. This photograph was taken in 

 December. Seven months later what was, at 

 that time, the extremity of the vine was bare and 

 resting. 



Boston ivy is one of the few plants in Southern 

 California to show autumn colors. The plant 

 then becomes very beautiful and the leaves keep 

 their bright colors for months. 



California. Edith C. M. Brandets. 



Fence Problems 



IF ONE is to enjoy all of the comforts and many 

 of the luxuries which should abound on every 

 farm, then one must keep stock of more than one 

 kind, even if the list goes no further than hens and 

 a cow. And where stock is kept, the problem of 

 fences confronts the owner or tenant, and fre- 

 quently the call for fencing on the small farm is 

 more imperative than on the large one. Small 

 places are often near large centres where it is 

 difficult to procure posts. To make concrete 

 posts is possible, but slow work. Having some 

 old iron pipes and being in straits for posts, I 

 attempted to utilize them for this purpose, driving 

 them into holes made by a crowbar in the soil. 



To my intense gratification they have answered 

 admirably, and after three years' service have not 

 heaved with the frost nor caused any trouble, while 

 the net fence hung on them by heavy, home-made 

 hooks dropped into their tops and held in position 

 by wire bands near the ground, has remained un- 

 changed so far as I can determine. 



Pipe with a diameter of one half inch (inside 

 measurement), has proved too slight for practical 

 use except for fencing poultry and rabbits, but 

 that which is three fourths, one inch and larger 

 serves as well as wood posts and promises to out- 

 last wood. If galvanized pipe can be secured, of 

 course its life will be longer than in the case of 

 plain or "black iron," even if painted. 



As with everything else, care in selecting the 

 materials and in putting up the fence pays. 



Maine. S. A. Geer. 



Ij you wish to systematize . 



: t tsiness the Reaners' Service may be able to ojjer suzz r 



