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THE 
GARDEN MAGAZINE 
Aveusr, 1908 
few 
A new spray for lawn and garden. Made 
in** Wilwear’”? fashion, nickeled on heavy 
brass. No loose or movable parts to get 
lost or out of order. Stamped into three 
angles to produce ‘“Niagara Spray”’ so fine 
it will not wash dirt or injure flower beds. 
Great grass saver from effects of sun. Di- 
rect for $1.00 if dealer cannot supply. Catalog of ‘‘Wil- 
wear’’ metal goods and bathroom fittings upon request. 
NOVELTY MFG. CO. 
125 Maple St. Waterbury, Conn. 
CYCLONE 
Ornamental Fences, Gates, Arches, Vines, Trellis, 
Lawn Borders arethe best. Don’t buy until you have 
seen the Cyclone Catalog. Write for it today. 
The Cyclone Woven Wire Fence Co., Cleveland, Ohio 
WHAT TO PLANT FROM JUNE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 
SEND FOR FREE COPY OF 
RAWSON’S MID-SUMMER GARDENING 
TELLS HOW TO GET RESULTS FROM FLOWERS AND VEGETABLES 
W.W. RAWSON & CO., 5 Union Street, Boston, Mass. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
GROWN IN POTS 
Planted in July, August or September, produce an abundance of 
large, luscious berries next summer. Immense stock of strong 
healthy, pot-grown plants of certain bearing, high-quality varieties. 
Descriptive Price List free. 
POMONA NURSERIES 
Palmyra, N. J. 
© Don’t Let the Old Trees Die 
Sn, Young trees may not equal the old ones in size and beauty dur- 
/ ing your life. Insecticides, fertilizers, bolting, pruning, tree sur- 
gery, and cavity-filling are only part of the practical means of 
restoring sick and dying trees to health and beauty. We examine 
estates, suggest improvements in planting new stock, and direct the 
work of saving diseased trees and shrubs. ‘Trained assistants 
equipped with proper tools are furnished when desired. A 
booklet entitled “The Care of Trees” is sent on request. 
H. L. FROST & CO., The Pioneer Tree Specialists 
Landscape Foresters and Entomologists 
White Plains, N. Y. 
Place a sundial in your garden or 
on your lawn and it will return an 
hundred fold in quiet enjoyment. 
Write us for free booklet of 
Sundial Information 
Chas. G. Blake & Co., 
787 Womans Temple, Chicago, Ill. 
AFTER TREATMENT OF 
CAVITIES 
ST PEM a ee 
BEFORE TREATMENT OF 
CAVITIES 
Arlington, Mass. 
A Practical Garden Hose 
Arrangement 
BE cost of keeping several hundred 
feet of rubber hose in good con- 
dition may become a serious item in garden 
work. Sun and water combine to rot 
the fibres of the hose no matter how good 
the quality, and the strain and drag of 
handling weakens it sooner or later. To 
save this expense and that of extra hydrants 
and their added water-rates, the following 
plan was carried out in a private flower 
and vegetable garden, fifty or one hundred 
feet of hose doing the work of 800 and one 
hydrant answering for several. For cheap- 
ness, convenience, ease of handling, and 
freedom from care, the experiment was a 
success. 
Ordinary three-quarter-inch galvanized 
gas or water-piping was placed along the 
central path which extended in a straight 
line for about eight hundred feet. This 
“main” was laid — not buried —along the 
path close to one side where it was par- 
tially concealed by the turf or border. ‘This 
“main”? was not one continuous pipe, but 
was in sections, each section beginning and 
ending where the side paths opened at right 
angles to the central path. When the pipe 
was in use, these breaks were bridged with 
rubber hose of suitable lengths coupled across 
the width of the openings. 
The path openings were about fifty feet 
apart, and the links were as long as the 
width of the paths. They lasted a long 
time because after use one end was always 
disconnected and curved back against the 
service pipe; or else the links were removed 
entirely, drained, and taken to the tool house. 
The main service pipe permitted use 
at its extreme end, if required; or in order 
to connect the regular rubber garden hose 
at any break in its length, it was only nec- 
essary to uncouple the link that bridged the 
specified path and attach the hose in its 
place. A fifty or one hundred foot length 
with nozzle, thus attached and extended 
to the right or left down the side paths 
in succession, enabled the distribution of 
water over a very wide area with little 
expenditure of time. The main pipe re- 
mained in place year after year, the only 
precaution taken being to raise one end of 
each section every autumn, with a small 
block so that all moisture would drain 
out and leave the pipe as dry as possible 
through the winter. 
Connecticut. T. W. BLAKE, 
