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244 Ba cia 5 apn caine THE GARDEN MAGAZINE DercEemMBeER, 1908 
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While the Fire is Low 
A hot breakfast in a cozy warm room starts one right for the day. 
A cold dining room spoils the enjoyment of the meal. “The dining room 
or any room in the house can be heated in a few minutes with a 
PERFECTION Oil Heater 
(Equipped with Smokeless Device) 
For instance, you could light it in your bed-room to 
dress by, then carry itto the dining room, and by the time 
the coffee is ready, the room is warm. Impossible to turn it 
too high or too low—never smokes or smells—gives intense 
heat for 9 hours with one filling. If not at your dealer's 
write to nearest agency. 
is the best lamp 
The REx O Lamp for all-round 
household pur- 
poses. Gives a clear, steady 
light. Made of brass throughout and nickel plated. 
Equipped with the latest improved central draft burner. 
Handsome—simple—satisfactory. Every lamp guaranteed. 
If you cannot get heater and lamp at your dealer’s, 
write to our nearest agency. 
STANDARD OTL COMPANY 
(Incorporated) 
as 
The Lonely Baby 
Old Dr. Stork has flown away 
And left me ‘‘on the shelf.”’ 
It isn’t fun for me to stay 
All by my lonely self. 
Please telephone for me to come 
I’m feeling awful blue. 
I wish I had a happy home 
With someone nice like you. 
“ONE MILLION IN USE.” 
E LAVAI- 
SEPARATORO 
THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO 
165-167 BROADWAY, 42 E. MADISON ST. 
NEW YORK. CHICAGO- 
Copyright, 1908, by Boston Sculpture Co, 
Ask your dealer for } 
this dear little fellow. 
He is a beautiful and 
artistic ivory tinted cast 
and will make a delight- 
ful addition to your hall, 
library, den, boudoir or 
chamber. He is made 8 }} 
to 24 inches high. If 
your dealer doesn’t 
carry him we will send jf 
him 8 inches high for 
$1.00 and 25 cents for 
expressage. Money re- 
funded if you are not 
satisfied and return at 
once. Send for circulars. 
Ar tis tic reproductions 
and original casts of § 
every description, 
Boston Sculpture Co. 
Melrose Mass. 
YOU BUY THE BEST WHEN YOU GET 
BERCKMANS’ 
TREES AND SHRUBS 
Over five hundred acres in thrifty and well- 
grown nursery stock, adapted to almost every 
section of the globe. Catalogue free. 
P. J. BERCKMANS CO. 
Fruitland Nursery 
(Established 1856) 
AUGUSTA, GA. 
LANDSCAPE WORK a specialty. No proposition so 
large but that we are equipped to handle it. 
of the month in hotbeds or in boxes of 
rich soil placed in a sunny window in the 
house. Sow the seed very thinly in drills 
three inches apart and cover with one- 
quarter of an inch of soil. 
When the plants have three or four 
leaves transplant to other boxes or hot- 
beds, placing the plants four inches apart 
each way. Small pots give more satisfac- 
tory results. 
When the plants become crowded trans- 
plant again to larger boxes and allow six 
inches between them each way. As the 
weather becomes sufficiently warm trans- 
plant to the open ground, allowing a dis- 
tance of two feet each way. If the plants 
have been well cared for they will be loaded 
with fruit and flowers by this time. 
Handle the plants carefully when trans- 
planting. Use a large flat trowel so as to 
get up as much soil as possible with the 
roots, and thereby avoid stunting the plants. 
Early tomatoes require a rich, warm, loam 
soil on the south side of a slope. Eggplant 
and pepper may be planted at the same 
time and given the same treatment. 
Work in the greenhouses should be 
proceeding nicely now. If not, commence 
at once. 
If your land needs draining, it is a good 
time to do it, as there is not very much other 
work on the farm requiring immediate 
attention. 
Georgia. Tuomas J. STEED. 
Best Way to Kill Gophers 
AEE surest way to get rid of gophers 
is to poison them with strychnine 
or cyanide of potassium. 
Make openings in the main runways 
with a pointed stick, drop the bait in 
and then cover the hole. Never throw 
the bait into the mouth of an open hole 
as the gopher is very likely to push the 
poison out along with a load of dirt and 
thus endanger the lives of farm animals. 
Your druggist may have these poisons 
put up in pellets scented with anise oil 
to attract the gophers. There are liquid 
preparations also to be mixed with grain 
that is afterward dried and dropped into 
the burrows with a spoon. Or you can 
poison raisins, pieces of potato or apple. 
If you are afraid to use poison you will 
find trapping safer but not so quick a 
method. If you want further particulars 
write to the Nebraska experiment station 
at Lincoln for a bulletin on gophers. 
Illinois. M. W. 
