I} you are planning to build the Readers’ 
Service can often give helpful suggestions 
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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
Tint Your 
Bedroom 
) : : 
Al ine 
The Sanitary Wall Coating 
Do this at once for health’s sake. At 
least make every bedroom absolutely clean 
and wholly sanitary so that the relaxed 
body will not be poisoned nor infected dur- 
ing the period of sleep when it is most sus- 
ceptible to infection. : 
_ The solid colored softly tinted Alabas- 
tined wall protects the health andis also the 
most artistic, effective mode of decoration. 
Wall-paper is dangerous to health, so 
are cheap common kalsomines made from 
whiting, colored and stuck to the wall with 
animal glues. : 
The soft velvety tints produced by using 
Alabastine are most satisfactory for din- 
ing rooms, and living rooms as well as 
bedrooms. 
The Alabastined wall does not fade, can be cleaned 
easily and is always sanitary. 
Have an experienced decorator do the work—or, 
doit yourself. It’s easy; just mix with cold water 
and apply with a flat wall brush. 
Send 10c in coin or U. S. stamps for 
“Dainty Wall Decorations,” our beautiful 
book, which contains full directions and 
illustrations in color for the decoration of 
every room in the house; the most valua- 
ble book published on wall decoration. 
The Alabastine Company, 
13Grandville Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. 
Dept. 46,105 Water Street, New York City. 
NZ4AWUPY 0 >rp> 
Water Your Flowers Once in 2 Weeks 
That’s all that is necessary if you use the time-saving, 
labor saving, all metal, rust-proof and leak proof 
Illinois Self-Watering Flower Box 
You will have better, hardier, longer lived plants. Our box 
is for indoor or outdoor use. It is inexpensive and sold on 30 
days FREE Trial. Descriptive booklet FREE 
ILLINOIS HEATER & MANUFACTURING CO. 
3949 Wentworth Ave. icago, Ill. 
from the growers direct 
to the planter. Our Illus- 
trated Catalogue mailed 
free to all who send for it. 
FRANKEN BROS. 
Deerfield, Illinois 
‘150 to 200 bushels of potatoes. 
Hardy Plants for Northern 
Michigan 
(ae only plants which may be depended 
upon not to die during the severe win- 
ters of Northern Michigan, where the ther- 
mometer often reaches 40 degrees below zero, 
are those which are known to be of the first 
degree of hardiness. The following is a 
list of a number of such plants which have 
been culled from the lists of hardy trees and 
shrubs reported by the Central Experimental 
Farm of Ottawa, and includes kinds that 
are known to be hardy in that section, and 
which would undoubtedly thrive in Northern 
Michigan: 
SHRUBS 
Alder, speckled Juneberry, dwarf 
Arrowwood,tooth-leaved _— Lilac, common 
Barberry, common “Persian 
Cs Thunberg’s Meadowsweet 
Buffalo berry Mock orange 
Button bush Ninebark 
Cranberry, high bush Privet, Amoor 
Currant, flowering Rosa blanda 
Dogwood, alternate-leaved “" Jucida 
a red-branched “rugosa 
oo red osier Smoke tree 
G Siberian Smooth Sumach 
Elder, American Spirea, birch-leaved 
Hackberry “ hyperictfolia 
Hardhack a three-lobed 
Haw, black <<  Thunberg’s 
Honeysuckle, fly «Van Houtte’s 
me scarlettrumpet Thorn, cockspur 
G Tartarian «dotted 
Hydrangea, panicled «scarlet 
TREES 
Arborvitz, common Maple, red, 
Ash,dwarfAmericanmountain “ white 
“white Oak, red 
Basswood, American “white 
Beech, American Pea-tree, Siberian 
Birch, European white Pine, white 
Plum,common(P.A mericana) 
“wild Canada (P. nigra) 
Poplar, black 
«paper 
Chestnut, horse 
Elm, American 
“ English «white or silver 
Fir, balsam Spruce, black 
“ Nordmann’s “ blue 
Hickory, shagbark se Douglas 
Hornbeam or blue beech «< “Norway 
Larch, European x white 
Locust, honey Willow, osier 
Maple, Norway if shining 
Yellow-wood 
CLIMBERS 
Virginia creeper 
Virgin’s bower 
River grape 
S. W. FLETCHER. 
Bittersweet 
Fox grape 
For and Against Raising Grain 
A QUESTION of vital interest to many 
small farmers and poultrymen is 
whether they can profitably grow grain on 
their land. There are small areas in 
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and 
New England where it can be grown to good 
advantage. But the same land that will 
produce twenty-five bushels of wheat per acre 
ought to produce, with not much more labor, 
The large 
farmer who is far from markets can best 
grow wheat and other grains; but the small 
farmer, located near large markets, with 
the possibilities there open to him, cannot 
afford to grow grain on his few acres; he 
must devote his time to truck gardening. 
SEPTEMBER, 18908 
| THE MORE SHEER ~ 
| the Fabricmthe more DELI- 
CATE the Colors—themore 
©| NECESSARY the use of 
/PEARLINE} 
Soap Powder for Washing. 
| PEARLINE is absolutely 
ARMLESS and does the | 
ork without rubbing. | 
*| BEGIN this season by | 
"| Washing everything and 
| especially your FINE things 
with PEARLINE. and} 
||see how much BETTER | 
| THEY LOOK and how] 
Much leas They Last 
Poultry, Kennel and 
Live Stock Directory 
Information about the selection or care of 
dogs, poultry and live stock will be gladly 
given. Address INFORMATION DE- 
PARTMENT, THE GARDEN MaAGa~- 
ZINE, 133 East 16th Street, New York. 
Large English Berkshires 
Size, with quality and early maturity 
We have never bred a cross animal 
nor have we ever had a sow molest her ff 
pigs. Our sows are prolific andtractable. 
Breeding herd of 150 to select froin. 
Both English and American breeding 
and only the most desirable strains. 
Write us your wants. We willbe pleased [7 
to describe stock and furnish pedigree, 
whether you are ready to buy or not. 
H.C.&H.B. Harpending, Dundee,N.Y. 
Offered as companions. Not 
given to fighting or roaming— 
Best for children’s pets. 
NEWCASTLE KENNELS 
Brookline, Mass. 
After your hens start to moult, feed plentifully on nourish- 
ing “Vigor” Foods and bring them into laying condition by 
October or November. Push the pullets, too, with ~ Vigor’ 
Foods, and start them laying earlier than ordinary feeding. 
Write for free illustrated Poultry Supply Book which de= 
scribes all kinds of poultry supplies. Let me solve your 
poultry problems. STOKES’ SEED STORE 
Dept. W, 219 Market Street. Philadelphia 
Mated pair . 
billing or SQU AB BOOK © 
kissing. . | 
From eggs FREE 
to squabs Send for our handsome 1908 Free Book, 
in4 telling how to make money breeding squabs. 
weeks We were first; our birds are largest and 
outsell all others. Our methods are 
~ widely copied. piymonth Rock Squab 
Co., 151 Howard St., Melrose, Masse 
Scottish Terriers | 
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