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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



August, 1 9 J> 



.iSp 1 . ^ ., 



mi A selected list of the newer kinds of 



strawberries that have been tested at 



our trial grounds as well as the best of 



the older sorts are fully described in 



DREER'S 



Mid-Summer Catalogue 



Also the best varieties of Celery, Cabbage 

 Plants, etc. 



A most complete list of the Best Hardy 

 Perennial Seeds for summer sowing. 



Also vegetable and farm seeds for summer 

 and fall sowing. Select list of seasonable 

 decorative and flowering plants. 



Write foy a copy a?id kindly 

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WINCHESTER. 

 HEATERS 



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Warmest houses in the coldest 



towns are heated with a 



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A child can run it. 



If you are going to erect a big 

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 Its corrugated fire box 

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Asters from the bed in which moth balls were 

 planted to kill the aphis 



attacks the roots of the plants, but the roots will 

 sometimes be eaten almost entirely away before 

 the plants turn yellow. 



If asters stop growing one might as well investi- 

 gate, for aphis will almost certainly be found. If 

 not too nearly destroyed, the plants may be saved 

 by washing the roots with strong soapsuds, putting 

 a handful of fresh wood ashes around the roots 

 when replanting. One year I saved a large bed 

 by prompt application of this remedy. 



The next year I sowed the bed very thickly with 

 moth balls, poking them into the earth to a depth 

 of almost four inches. This was fairly successful. 



However, as I knew that bisulphide of carbon 

 would drive away moles and had read that it 

 would drive away ants, I therefore concluded to 

 try it, for I reasoned if one can get rid of ants, 

 there will not be any aphis. The druggist in- 

 formed me that I would drive everybody 

 out of the neighborhood, but I told him that I 

 would risk it, as I had already tried it on the 

 moles, who had departed, while the neighbors 

 were still there. 



About two weeks before the asters were planted 

 the earth was spaded and raked, and a furrow 

 about six inches deep was dug along the entire 

 length of the bed. A small portion of the liquid 

 was poured into the furrow, the earth quickly 

 thrown back and covered with boards. About 

 ten cents' worth of bisulphide of carbon most 

 successfully exterminated ants and aphis. 



It is well to tie a thick cloth over the nose and 

 mouth while at work, as the odor of the bisulphide 

 is very disagreeable. 



Indiana. Nellie Coutant. 



The bed of asters treated with bisulphide of carbon. 

 It had no effect upon the profusion of bloom 



TIME APPROACHING 



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ROSE AND PEONY SPECIALIST 

 FAIR LAWN, N. J. 



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