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If a problem grows in your garden write to 

 the Readers' Service for assistance 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



September, 1909 



Use Paint made with Oxide of Zinc 



The Light House Board specifies that paints 

 used on the light-houses of the United States 

 shall contain 75 per cent, of 



Oxide of Zinc 



Paint on light-houses has the hardest service 

 to which paint can be put. Nothing but Oxide 

 of Zinc will stand it. 



If a paint stands this service it will stand any- 

 where — on your house, for example. 



Does your paint contain Oxide of Zinc? 



Oxide of Zinc is unalterable 

 even under the blow-pipe 



The New Jersey Zinc Co. 



National City Bank Building 



55 Wall Street, New York 



We do not grind Oxide of Zinc in oil. A list of manufacturers of Oxide of Zinc paints mailed free on request. 



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delivered by any other deep well cylinder 

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The reason is it delivers the full 

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DESTROY TREE PESTS 



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Sure death to enemies of vegetation. Fertilizes the ground. Nothing 

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50 lbs.. $2.50; 100 lbs., $4.50; larger quantities proportionately less. 

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Suggests what, where, when and how to plant to get 

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HARDY PHLOXES 



Are unquestionably the most appreciated plants in a 

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NEW VARIETIES 



American Substitute for the 

 Primrose 



THE marsh cup or marsh marigold (Caltha 

 palustris) is the first showy American wild 

 flower of spring, blooming in the North generally 

 early in April. It may be preceded by the hepati- 

 cas and the bloodroot, but these rarely, if ever, 

 make such vast sheets of color as the marsh marigold, 

 which sometimes covers many acres with richest 

 yellow. 



The yellow flower of England which grows by 

 the million is the primrose (much paler in 

 color), but we can never generally naturalize that 

 here. Instead owners of country estates ought to 

 plant trie marsh marigold by the ten thousand in 

 every bit of wet woods or marsh they own. There 

 is no cheaper or better way of getting great 

 sheets and carpets of yellow flowers. 



Moreover, I believe that the marsh cup, as it is 

 preferably called, can be developed into a first class 

 florist's flower, just as the primrose was developed 

 in Europe. It is a much larger and more brilliantly 

 showy plant, and in my opinion it is quite as lovely 

 a flower as is the primrose, and I hope that it can be 

 made as prominent a feature of American life, as the 

 primrose is in England. Contrary to popular notion 

 it will grow perfecdy in ordinary garden soil, and so 

 will man)' other marsh-loving plants. 



IMPROVING THE MABSH CUP 



Some improvement has already been made in the 

 marsh cup. A double-flowered form has been 

 advertised for some time in European catalogues. 

 I have often found semi-double forms in. the wild, 

 and occasionally full double-ones. Indeed, it is 

 very hard to find two plants with the same number, 

 size, and form of sepals; the showy parts in this 

 case are sepals, not petals. 



This brings us to the important principle the 

 amateur plant breeder should take advantage of. 

 The commonest wild flowers are usual! v the most 



A double-flowered form of the marsh marigold, 

 having large and very beautiful flowers 



