January, 1914 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



255 



Set A Dodson Sparrow Trap 



Now is the time to help us in getting rid of that Pest, the English 

 Sparrow. The Dodson Trap is catching thousands at over this 

 country. 



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

 lilrds, Wrens, Purple Martins, 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 sparrows a day. Works 

 automatically all the time. Remove sparrows once a day — 



This trap has adjustable needle points at mouths of the 

 two funnels — sparrows readily go in — they can't get out. 



Price $5.00 — complete with receiving box — f.o.b. Chicago. 

 Made of tinned wire, electrically welded, strong, durable — size 

 36 x 18 x 12 inches. 



SAVE NATIVE BIRDS FROM STARVING 



This Sheltered 

 Food House is of 

 clear white pine 

 with frosted glass 

 enclosure. Size 



Set out a Dodson 





TBird Sheltered M 





Food House or a K 





Dodson Shel- ■ 



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tered Feeding M 





Table. Many 'S 



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<lear Native birds 1 



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stay with us all 1 





winter. Give 





them shelter and 



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food. 



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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 — six for $8.00 — with all 

 copper roof, $2.00 each — six for $11.00 f.o.b. Chicago. A Dodson 

 Teeding Car, $5.00 — with all copper roof, $6.00 f.o.b. Chicago 



DODSON BIRD HOUSES 



These Houses Have Won Thousands of Native Birds. Built on 

 the Experience of 18 Years' Loving Service to Birds. Write for 

 Mr. Dodson's Book About Birds — Free. If You Want to Know 

 Anything About Attracting and Keeping Native Birds, Write to 

 the Man the Birds Love — Address 



JOSEPH H. DODSON 



1209 Association Bldg. Chicago, III. 



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



TSIO MDRP If you want cnea P an d 

 -I'l'-r lVlVylxti safe method for keepine 

 RARRITS RABBITS and BORERS 

 ****""» * ,J w out of your orchard, paint 

 your trees with "Sulfocide" the new con- 

 centrated sulphur compound. Easy to pre- 

 pare and apply. One application lasts one 

 year. "Sulfocide" solves the rabbit prob- 

 lem. Write today for booklet, "Sulfocide, 

 Sure protection from rabbits and borers." 

 Address B. G. Pratt Co., 50 Church St., N. Y. 



Hybrid Tea Roses 



ARE THE 



Finest Garden Flowers 



They bloom from early 

 summer until frost 



Because I import direct from Europe, on 

 your order, any quantity you wish from a 

 large list of the newest, choicest, freest 

 blooming varieties, I can save you 20% or 

 more over current prices for first grade, 

 strong healthy bushes. I would like to have 

 an opportunity to prove my statements 

 through a trial order. Order must be in 

 my hands not later than February 15. 

 Write for my lists and prices. 



A. B. VANDERBEEK 



PATERSON NEW JERSEY 



THE TRINIDAD-LAKE-ASPHALT 





When you want all the buildings on the farm water- 

 proofed to stay — cover them with this genuine asphalt 

 roofing, applied with the Kant-leak Kleet. 



Genasco gives real resistance to snow, rain, sun, wind, heat, cold, and fire; and the Kant-leak 

 Kleet waterproofs seams without cement. 



A^sk your dealer for Genasco. Mineral or smooth surface. Look for the hemisphere trademark. 



The Barber Asphalt Paving Company, Philadelphia 



Largest producers in the world 

 of asphalt and ready roofing 



New York Chicago 

 San Francisco 



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Grape Vines 



Gooseberries and Currants 



For the vineyard, for the home garden, 

 we have just what you need. Best 

 varieties and finest grade of stock— 

 1 guaranteed true. We are the largest and most 

 successful growers of grape vines and small 

 fruits in the country. 



Book on Grape Culture — Free 



No grape growercan afford to be without^ 

 this practical book. It contains valu- 

 able information; tells you things that 

 we have learned only after years of prac- 

 tical experience. Planting, cultivating, prun- 

 ing. All this store of helpful knowledge is 

 yours for the asking. 



Write today for free copy. 

 . T. S. HUBBARD CO., Box 56 

 Fredonla, H. Y. 



FRUIT TREES 



AT 

 __ HALF AGENTS' PRICES __ 



We have no agents — we sell direct to you. Our prices one- 

 half agents' prices. Why ? Because we save you the agents' 

 profits. That's dollars in your pocket, Mr. Fruit Grower. 

 All our trees are absolutely the finest stock. If any tree is 

 not true to name and healthy, we replace it. Apple, Peach, 

 Pear, Plum, Cherry, Quince, Shade and Ornamental Trees; 

 shrubs, berry bushes and plants — all at money saving prices. 



We pay freight £?. s a u or °Sver! c 



Our catalogue is brimful of practical, val- 

 uable information — how to plant and care 

 for all kinds of fruit trees. It will pay you 

 to get it — absolutely free. Write today. 



WM. P. RUPERT & SON 

 Box 95 Seneca, N. Y. 



WHOLESALE PRICES 



On Strawberry Plants; other varieties suchj as Raspberry, Blackberry, Currants, Grapes and 

 other roots at very reasonable prices, extra heavy rooted stock. NO BETTER PLANTS 

 CAN BE GROWN ANYWHERE. Twenty-one years' experience in propagating plants. 

 Everything Fully Guaranteed. Descriptive catalogue and prices free. 



A. R. WESTON & CO., R. F. D. No. 13, Bridgman, Mich. 



FRUIT 



BETTER PLANTS 



1NONE 



You want KNIGHT'S hardy fresh dug guar- 

 anteed stock for your spring planting direct 

 from nursery to you. No agents' commissions. 

 $100.00 IN GOLD FREE 



The above prize is given for the best one acre strawberry patch. 

 Read particulars in our Knight's Book on Small Fruits. Send 

 for a copy before supply is exhausted. It's free. Write today 

 DAVID KNIGHT & SON, Box 400, Sawyer, Mich. 



SPRAY 

 DEVIL 



Practical 

 Sprayer 



for the finest seeds 



Most economic for spraying expensive fluids used for 

 extermininating vermin on plants, etc. 

 One filling sufficient for about 500 sprays. 



Supplied postfree upon prepayment of $2.00. 

 ALBERT TREPPENS & CO., Berlin S. W. 68. (Germany) 



GROW BIG, LUSCIOUS STRAWBERRIES 



You can raise large crops of delicious berries from a small piece of ground 

 if you start right — with hardy, prolific, carefully grown plants selected trom 

 Allen's True-To-Name Varieties. 



All standard early and late strains for every - soil and climate requirement. Write 

 for 1914 Berry Book. Allen's Berry Book, is full of valuable information on how 

 to grow berries and small fruits profitably It lists and describes Strawberries, Black- 

 berries, Raspberries, Grapes, Currants, Asparagus, etc. Copy scnl FREE upon request. 

 W. F. ALLEN 54 Market Street SALISBURY, MD. 



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