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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



September, 1909 



FOR STANCH HOSE— 



See the RED Trade-mark! 



Every section of Electric Garden Hose (made in Wilmington, 

 Delaware) is stamped with a red trade-mark. Be sure to look for it. 



Twist Electric Hose. Pull it around sharp corners. Even tie it 

 into a knot. You simply can't make it kink. In any position or 

 any shape you get full pressure at the nozzle. 



ELECTRIC GARDEN HOSE 



(made in Wilmington, Delaware) 



wears tzvice as long as ordinary hose. It is built in a series of woven 



jackets (in one piece) of high test cotton alternating with layers of fine 



grade rubber vulcanized into a solid seamless piece. (Common hose is 



wrapped with canvas — like a rag around a sore finger. It has no 



body. It won't wear.) Electric will stand a higher water pressure 



than any other hose. 400 pounds wont burst it. Any 



length up to 500 feet. Although Electric is the 



finest hose ever made it only costs a cent 



or two more than common. Get your 



seedsman or hardware dealer to 



show you the hose and the 



trade-mark. 



Electric Hose & Rubber 

 Company 



Wilmington, Delaware 



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DTTDpEE'C SEEDS GROW 



M 9 \_) l\ M lyl v ^J If you want a copy of the 



Catalog, 



"Leading American Seed 

 for 1909, address BURPEE, Philadelphia. 



Chickering Pianos 



SEND FOR CATALOGUE 

 Chickering & Sons, 827 Tremont St., Fenway Station, Boston, Mass. 



Trinidad Lake Asphalt 



— the time-tested weather-resister used on streets and roofs 

 for over a quarter of a century— is the stuff that makes 



Genasco 

 Ready Roofing 



Genasco is the stuff that makes your roof proof against 

 leaks and repairs. There is no mystery about what it is 

 made of. You know Trinidad Lake Asphalt — and you 

 know it makes roofing that lasts. 



Write for samples and the Good Roof Guide Book. Mineral and smooth surface. Ask 

 your dealer for Genasco. Insist on the roofing with the hemisphere trade-mark, and the thirty- 

 two-million-dollar guarantee. 



THE BARBER ASPHALT PAVING COMPANY 



Reg. 0. S. Pat. Off. 



New York 



Largest Producers of Asphalt and Largest 

 Manufacturers of Ready Roofing in the World 



PHILADELPHIA 

 San Francisco 



Chicago 



Plant Easter, Madonna, and Nan- 

 keen Lilies in September 



THINK of lilies blooming for three successive 

 years in the same pot! Easter lilies are 

 generally thrown away after forcing, or else put 

 in the garden where they often behave poorly. 

 Yet I saw in Mr. Robert Sydenham's private 

 greenhouse, at Birmingham, England, a pot of 

 lilies which had made this wonderful record. The 

 secret was the moss fibre in which the bulbs were 

 grown without drainage. Mr. Sydenham's idea 

 ought to be adopted in America. I think it 

 might make bulb culture popular among the 

 millions of flat dwellers in great cities who now say 

 they cannot grow any flowers. 



There is a strange tale about Queen Isabella 

 of Spain and the Lilium testaceum or excelsum. 

 It is said that she swore she would not wash cer- 

 tain garments until a great battle had been won. 

 The victory was rather slow in coming, and the 

 garments became the peculiar creamy salmon 

 for which the "nankeen lily" is noted. It was 

 formerly called Lilium Isabellinum. Several other 

 flowers having this interesting and beautiful color 

 have been named after Isabella. We cannot vouch 

 for the truth of the legend, but the lily itself is a 

 lovely one. It must be planted in September, as 

 it has to make a leaf growth in the fall. In this 

 and several other respects it resembles the Madonna 

 lily (L. candidutn). 



New Jersey. Thomas McAdam. 



A Flower Stand for the Living 

 Room 



IN the care of house plants, accessibility is of 

 much importance, for the artificial condi- 

 tions under which the plants are grown call for 

 considerable extra attentions. While simple enough 

 so much time is often taken up that many people 

 count the trouble of keeping flowers over winter 

 more bother than the reward justifies. To sweep 

 up the dead leaves, to provide against wetting the 

 carpet when sprinkling the plants, to protect them 

 on cold nights, to reach infected specimens in order 

 to apply remedies — these are some of the duties 

 which often prove discouraging. 



After struggling with one of the old-fashioned 

 flower stands for several years, I contrived a plant 

 holder which, if not perfect, is, I think, a vast 

 improvement on the old-time article. 



For sixty cents I bought two curtain poles six 

 and a half feet long, which I cut off at one end and 

 attached to ball-bearing castors. Into these uprights 

 I mortised three cross-cleats, to which I secured the 



