The Garden Magazine, May, 1922 



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It's Never 



too Late to Mend 



With Over 80% 



It's Never too Late to Plant 



You can plant all summer the things we say 

 you can. They are guaranteed to grow 

 satisfactorily. The price is right. 



In May you can come to the nursery and 

 pick out the crab apple, azaleas, iris, and 

 many, many others, and take them home 

 •with you. You do not need a technical 

 education or to employ a technically ed- 

 ucated gardener to have a beautiful gar- 

 den. You can have a garden that is 

 talked about. 



You don't need to go to the expense of 

 planning a big area, grading, a big gang 

 of laborers, and a big bill. For the price 

 you save on a picnic dinner you can sat- 

 isfy yourself with a garden corner. 



You and your neighbors are perfectly good 

 friends, but you rather not look into each 

 other's windows. There is room for a 

 belt of evergreens between. We don't 

 stop planting when the soft growth comes 

 out, because the roots are prepared. In 

 front of the evergreens you can put a 

 border of flowers and your neighbor a 

 bird bath or seat. 



In May, shade will be welcome. Can you 

 use a group of trees fifteen or twenty feet 

 high at $8.oo-$l5.oo? Three trees may 

 just take away the new look and make a 

 place for a swing. Do you want them 

 bigger, twenty years old? They are ready, 

 and we move them in full leaf and guar- 

 antee satisfactory growth. 



Are you willing to work and grow your 

 own food? Come to the nursery and 

 load up your car ivith apples, pears, 

 peaches, plums, blackberries, raspberries, 

 strawberries, and asparagus. Your neigh- 

 bor says it is too late. It is not, because 

 your car takes them home so quickly that 

 you can make them live, even after the 

 leaves come out. 



Bird feeding fruits and shelter from hawks 

 can be planted in May. 



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Does the Garden Club and Civic Associ- 

 ation want to beautify the town? Take 

 some photographs, sketch on what you 

 want to do and we will do it. If it is for 

 the public good, we will add some free. 



Visit the Hicks Plantateria 



Assembled near the office are thousands of 

 plants ready for you all summer. Some 

 are heeled in in the ordinary way that 

 can be taken up, pruned, and the roots 

 kept moist and put in your car. Others 

 are in pots, tubs and boxes. Pots and 

 flats of annuals are ready as asters and 

 tomatoes. Others are ready with a ball 

 of earth in burlap. Larger trees you can 

 pick out and have them dug. 



{signed) HENRY HICKS ' 



{Mention Garden Magazine) 



HICKS NURSERIES 



Westbury Box M, Long Island, N. Y. 



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Some First Hand Facts On 

 Owning Your Own Greenhouse 



We made our greenhouse catalogue with a determination to 

 get away from the usual cut-and-dried treatments, and 

 make it a real help to those who would know the genuine 

 joys and advantages of greenhouse possession. 



It tells interestingly of our every type of greenhouse and 

 shows even more than it tells. It contains plenty of plans 

 of practical layouts and is replete with vital information 

 about greenhouses and conservatories. The text is told in 

 a chatty kind of a way that makes pleasurable reading. 



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You are heartily welcome to a copy. 

 Your Own Greenhouse." 



The name is "Owning 



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Philadelphia, 133 South 12th Street 





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 Plant up to July 20th, fib. 20c; lb. 35c; 3 lbs. $1.00, prepaid. (Bag weighed in.) 

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