If you are planning to build, the Readers’ 
Service can often give helpjul suggestions 
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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
DrcEmMBER, 1908 
President Roosevelt Asks 
“Flow can the life of the farm family be made freer from drudgery, more comfortable, happier, 
and more attractive ? 
“Flow can life on the farm be kept on the highest level, and where it 1s not already on 
that level be so improved, dignified, and brightened as to awaken and keep alive the pride and 
loyalty of the farmer’s boys and girls, of the farmer's wife, and of the farmer himself ? 
“Flow can the desire to live on the farm be aroused in the children who are born on 
the farm?” 
Any question put by the President of the United 
States deserves the most careful thought of eyery 
citizen, and we are not making hasty reply, when 
we say that we can answer this question in four 
words: Increase the Farmer’s Self-Respect. The 
first step towards increased self-respect is cleanli- 
ness, that means a proper domestic water supply. 
There are many people, industrious and fairly 
well to do, who from lack of proper facilities 
bathe only as occasion offers. They never have 
fully experienced the difference between their 
present condition and that of real cleanliness. 
They go year after year without that healthful 
tonic, which the cool shower bath and a change 
of linen give a man, after a hard day’s work. 
only a refreshing bath can give. But let any 
dweller in a country cottage or farmhouse, no 
matter how remote, once harness the power of 
a little Hor-Arr Pump to any handy spring or 
brook, or well in the dooryard, then will he have 
at hand all the comforts and luxuries which 
come from haying running water in the house, 
and know for himself the feeling which inspired 
the eminent divine, when he said, “Cleanliness 
is next to godliness.” 
the name CECO-RIDER o: BEECU-ERICSSON 
appears upon the pump you purchase. This name pro- 
tects you against worthless imitations. When so situated 
that you cannot personally inspect the pump before order- 
ing, .write to our nearest office (see list below) for the 
For there is a certain feeling of comfort, of self- 22m of on reputable dealer iy yeu locality, who will sell 
. O : 0 oO) le 2 
satisfaction, of bodily and mental rest, Sie HELLIS SROR ET ARE va Aker o 
which are in use throughout the world today, 16) 
Write for catalogue C 5, and ask for reduced price list. oil i 
RIDER ERICSSON 35 Warren Street, New York = i Ss 
ENGINE Co. 
239 Franklin Street, Boston 
40 Dearborn Street, Chicago 
40 North 7th Street, Philadelphia 
234 Craig Street, West, Montreal, P. Q. 
22 Pitt Street, Sydney, N.S. W. 
Amargura 96, Havana, Cuba 
Don’t Let the Old Trees Die | 
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 
Stamford, Conn. 
White Plains, N.Y. 
AFTER TREATMENT OF 
CAVITIES 
2 S oe ra . 
BEFORE TREATMENT OF Arlington, Mass. 
CAVITIES 
CANDLE 
STICK 
ey ath “JAPANA” 
(Patented) 
in silver or brass is the latest addition to the already well known 
line of ‘‘Japana”’ Specialties and fits into any of the “Japana’’ Cut 
Flower Holders or ““Anglais’’ Table Decoration by means of a 
thread and screw. The “Japana’’ Candle Stick used in ‘alternate 
units of the “Anglais’’ Table Decoration gives a unique and ex- 
tremely pleasing lighting and floral decoration. 
The “Anglais” Table Decoration is formed from two low glass 
vases—one rectangular and one crescent in form, each 
piece containing a “Japana’”’ flower holder (See Note). 
Crescents are 63 in. long. Rectangulars 54 in. long. Six 
| crescents make a circle. 
4 Sample 2tin. “Japana” sent postage paid for 25 
/ cents. 
Especial care taken of orders for Wedding and 
Christmas gifts. Address 
M. V. GARNSEY 
D129 Waiola Avenue La Grange, Ill. 
S in. size 
“Yapana’’ 
in brass or plate silver: 
“Japana” and ‘‘Japana” . 
candlestick attached 5 inch each $1.25 
1.50 
Note: The “ Japana,” sy =") » 5 
; : : 9 2.00 
which is especially de- ; 
signed to be used in open 
bowls, etc., is a solid 
piece of glass full of holes, 
allowing a perfect circula- 
tion for water and holding 
the flowers in their natural 
position (the Japanese 
$1.25 each. 
shape in silver 
Candlesticks 
Same sizes in the tulip 
shape in brass; 75c, $1.00, 
Same sizes in the tulip 
plate « 
$1.00, $1.25, $1.75 each. 
4% in. “Japana” each 50 
“ 
idea of beauty). Being of i in « 
glass, the “Japana” does ; eae “ Ape 
a Oe The ANGLAIS Table Decoration 2% in. 25 
(75 
An Oval Arrangement of Eight Sections, $6,00 Anglais’’ units 
The “Ring Around the Rosy” 
Style of Planting 
I NOTICED the other day in one of the 
suburbs in this locality that a clever 
idea introduced first in just the right place 
had, by use in an inappropriate place, become 
a blot on the landscape. 
At the base of a large white oak tree, 
whose top was partially dead, there was 
clustered a clump of common elder (Sambucus 
Canadensis), sumac (Rhus aromatica) and 
black locust (Robinia Psendacacia). A 
Do not plant flowers around trees without a good 
reason. It gives a “‘spotty’’ effect 
close inspection revealed the fact that about 
the base of the tree was quite a depression 
apparently left, years ago, when the lawn 
was graded. ‘The purpose of this massing 
of shrubbery at the base of the tree was 
therefore quite apparent, as it effectually 
hid from a casual view the depression. The 
mass of greenery combined harmoniously 
with the rugged, rough-barked tree trunk 
and the shrubs were just the kinds one 
might expect to see in such a situation. 
However, from this happy thought, there 
developed in the vicinity a style which is 
extremely bad. It consists of planting 
flowers in the “ring around the rosy” style 
about the trunks of trees of all sizes, varie- 
ties, and in all sorts of situations. A beauti- 
ful sweep of shaded turf is mottled with 
rings of Golden Glow, striving to look well 
upon their spindly stems; across the street 
the trees in the parking have petunias 
thinly encircling them; other lawns with 
leggy, young trees have clusters of salvia 
