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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 1909 



Meehan's 

 Garden 

 Bulletin 



A bright, new, up-to-date garden paper 

 for the true lover of all that is beautiful 

 in Nature. 



Edited by practical horticulturists who 

 have had many years of experience. 



It is not dry and scientific but intended 

 for the amateur as well as the professional. 

 On application a copy of the first num- 

 ber — September — will be mailed free- 

 Still a few copies remaining. 



Thomas Median & Sons 



Incorporated 

 PUBLISHERS 



Nurserymen and Horticulturists 

 Box IT, Germantown, Phila. 



TREESa 

 PLANTS 



There's M 



oney in 



Jl oultry 



Prof. Graham 



Our Home Study Course in Practical Poultry 

 Culture under Prof. Chas. K. Graham, late of the 

 Connecticut Agricultural College, teaches how to 

 make poultry pay. 



Personal instruction. Expert Advice. 

 250 Pnse Catalogue free. Write to-day. 



THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL 

 Dept. G. P., Springfield, Mass. 



QUI OF DOOR WORKERS 



Men who cannot stop for a 

 rainy day - will find the 

 qreatest comfort and free- 

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 TOWER'S 



OII/ED 

 GARMENTS 



SUCKERS*322 

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SENT PREPAID ON RECEIPT OF PRICE 



CATALOG* 16 FREE 



AJJower Co. Boston U.5.A. TowerCanacian Co. limited Toronto Can. 



The feathered hyacinth has been transformed 

 from a species with urn-shaped flowers like those 

 in the next picture 



hardy, bulbous plant and, by the way, now is the 

 time to get the bulbs of it; 



I doubt if the curious mass of shreds here shown 

 is produced by the common species, viz., Muscari 

 botryoides. According to the Cyclopedia of 

 American Horticulture, it is derived from a rarer 

 species known as M. comosum or the "bearded 

 grape hyacinth," from the fact that the upper 

 flowers in the spike are sterile and conspicuously 

 bearded. The feathering of the plant here pic- 

 tured is simply a development of these sterile 

 or bearded flowers at the expense of the fertile 

 or urn-shaped flowers- The process is, therefore, 



Grow 

 Chestnuts 

 Like This 

 For Profit 



Covers a 50c. piece. 



Whether you have one acre, or a hun- 

 dred, you can get bigger profits per acre 

 from Sober Paragon Chestnuts than from any 

 other crop you could plant. 



Hardy, rapid, symmetrical growth ; luxuri- 

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 Stateliness ; immunity from parasitic blight — 



These qualities have been combined and de- 

 veloped by science to a degree that closely bor- 

 ders perfection, in the new 



SOBER PARAGON 



Mammoth, Sweet Chestnut 



A single crop, Fall of 1908, brought 530,000 

 (5,000 bushels ® S6.00 a bushel). And that or- 

 chard was only 7 years old, 



The only large siveef chestnut in the world. 

 United States Pomologist, G. B. Brackett, says 

 "The Sober Paragon comes the nearest in quality 

 to the native chestnut of any of the cultivated 

 varieties that I have examined. It is of large 

 size, fine appearance and excellent flavor." 



The Sober Paragon bears the second year — a 

 S-year old tree grew 500 burrs in 1 year. The 

 nuts average 1 to 2 inches in diameter — and 3 to 

 5 nuts in a burr. 

 , We offer 3 to 5-foot grafted trees for delivery 

 Fall, 1909, and Spring, 1910. Orders being 

 booked now. 



Testimony from growers, commission mer- 

 chants, Forrestry Experts, etc., given in our free 

 booklet, together with prices and particulars. 

 We own exclusive con- 

 trol of the Sober Para- 

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 metal seal is attached 

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Write today for the booklet. Address "Desk B" 



GLEN BROS, Nursery, Sole Agents, 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



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k LO-KEE, THE INDIAN GOD 



TS the original of all Gods of Good Luck; centuries old. 

 •*- Lo-Kee is hand made in Indian Pottery and hand colored 

 by our New Mexico Indians. He brings a year's good 

 fortune into your home, office or den. Stands about 6 inches 

 high ; weighs about a pounds. Regular price, $1.50 ; but to 

 introduce we will send 1 only to a customer answering this 

 advertisement, express paid, with our warranty of genuineness 

 and copy of" The Legend of Lo-Kee " for only 84 cents* 

 The genuine Lo-Kee is procurable only from us. 108-p. Art 

 Catalogue of rare Indian and Mexican Handicraft forlOc* 



Special Offer. To introduce our FREE Holiday 

 Catalog of Indian and Mexican Handicraft, we will 

 send this genuine hand-woven Indian Basket, pre- 

 paid anywhere for 25c. Strong, useful, ornamental, 

 in pretty colors : 8 in. high. Good for work basket, 

 flower pots, etc. Retails for $1.00. 5 sent to the 

 same address for J1.00 and names and addresses of 

 five interested friends. 



THE FRANCIS E. TESTER COMPA1VY 

 Dept. J 10 Mesilla Park, New Mexico 



The common grape hyacinth (M. botryoides) show- 

 ing urn-shaped flowers which are fertile 



CONTRAST a dried -out, 

 weather-worn strap from 

 a harness ignorant of oil, with 

 the soft, glove-like, springy qual- 

 ity of leather oiled with 



EUREKA 

 Harness Oil 



Think how much better the 

 leather looks ; how much easier 

 it is for the horse; and how 

 much longer it will wear. 

 Nothing like " Eureka " Oil to 

 make a harness soft and black. 

 Ask your dealer. 

 STANDARD OIL COMPANY 

 (Incorporated) 



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