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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 19 14 



FRAIL 

 WOMEN 



Vinol 



THE DELICIOUS COD LIVER AND 

 IRON TONIC WITHOUT OIL 



This is the way our 



DWARF APPLE TREES BEAR 



Catalogue Free 

 Box G, The Van Dusen Nurseries 



Geneva, N. Y. W. L. McKAY, Proprietor 



FRAIL WOMEN 



How many women do you know who 

 are perfectly well, strong and healthy as 

 a woman should be? They may not be 

 sick enough to be in bed — but they are 

 run-down, thin, nervous, tired and de- 

 vitalized. 



VINOL is the most efficient strength 

 creator for such persons. The medicinal 

 elements of the cod's liver, aided by the 

 blood-making and strengthening prop- 

 erties of tonic iron make it so far superior 

 to all other tonics to build up health and 

 strength for weak, tired, ailing people, 

 old or young. 



For sale by one druggist in a place. 



Look for the Vinol store where you live 



Trial sample sent free on receipt of 



2-centstamp. 

 Chester Kent & Co., Boston, Mass. 



Bird Steel-Frame 



Greenhouse Co. Inc. 



Designers and Builders of 



MODERN 



GREENHOUSES AND 



SOLARIUMS 



General Sales Office 



15-17 W. 38th St., New York City 



Write us for our improved methods of 

 construction 



Biltmore Nursery 



Publishes helpful books 

 describing trees, flower- 

 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 today. 

 3ILTMORE NURSERY, Box 1712, Biltmore. N. C. 



Strawberry Plants 



Guaranteed as good as grows at $1.00 per 

 1000 and up. Catalogue FREE. 

 ALLEN BROTHERS, R 2. Paw Paw, Michigan 



| RHODES DOUBLE CUT 

 PRUNING SHEAR 



RHODES MFG. CO., 



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



THE only primer 

 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. 



"Hammonds Grape Dust" 



used effectively to kill Mildews 

 on Roses and other plants. 



Sold by the Seedsmen. For pamphlets on Bugs and Blights 



address 



Hammonds Paint & Slug Shot Works, Beacon, N. Y. ^SK 



Unappreciated Ground Covers 



ALMOST every one who sees my garden says: 

 "What's that?" The plant that calls forth 

 the exclamation is only one of those common plants 

 that have become uncommon in the garden — the 

 cypress spurge (Euphorbia Cyparissias). Nowa- 

 days it is more apt to be found by the wayside or in 

 an old burying-ground. I guess it deserved its 

 banishment from the garden, all right. Its cypress- 

 like foliage, topped early in the season by yellowish 

 blossoms, possesses genuine beauty; but it spreads 

 unmercifully and, on the whole, is best suited for a 



The large leaves of trie common coltsfoot ( Tussilagt 

 Jarfara) follow the blossoms. Admirable for poor, o/ 

 dry soil 



cover plant. Thus used it has a value far greater 

 than is generally appreciated. The foliage keeps 

 good all summer, though the new growth coarsens 

 after the blossoms appear. My stock came from a 

 little piece that I dug up in a burying-ground, 

 where it had run wild. 



Likewise unappreciated as a ground cover of 

 distinct value is the common coltsfoot (Tussilago 

 farfara). As in the case of the milkwort just men- 

 tioned, this plant, though beautiful enough, is a 

 positive nuisance in the garden because of its pro- 

 pensity to roam all over creation. But it is admir- 

 able for covering spots that are difficult to keep 



The cypress spurge (Euphorbia Cyparissias ) one of 

 the "escapes" from old gardens 



green. For dry banks, or against a wall or the 

 stone foundation of a house, it is one of the best of 

 plants. The bare flower stalks, each with its little 

 yellow dandelion -like blossom, come with the 

 earliest spring flowers and are followed by very 

 large leaves that hide the ground completely and 

 remain in good condition until autumn. In shape 

 and manner of growth the tufts of foliage resemble 

 somewhat those of the burdock; but with their fresh 

 green and their woolly under sides, the leaves are 

 far handsomer. Both by underground suckers and 



The Readers' Service is prepared to advise parents in regard to schools 



