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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



November, 1909 



BOYS AND GIRLS 



Here is something good for you 



DON'T MISS IT 



The Garden Magazine is organizing a 

 force of boy and girl agents and canvassers 

 to sell single copies of the magazine and 

 secure yearly subscriptions. We want every 

 boy and girl who is interested in garden 

 work to be benefited by this plan and we 

 offer you the first chance to secure the 

 agency for your town. 



Liberal Profit 

 Assured Willing Workers! 



The work is easy, pleasant and very prof- 

 itable. All you have to do is to show the 

 magazine to vour friends and acquaintances 

 and endeavor to sell them copies. Everybody 

 knows about The Garden Magazine and it 

 sells like the proverbial "hot cakes." You 

 will get four cents profit on every copy you 

 sell; six copies sold means almost a quarter 

 of a dollar for you and that's pretty "easy 

 money." We will also give away some fine 

 premiums to our boys and girls. 



No Investment Required 

 We Send Everything Free! 



We will start you " in the business" free, 

 and provide everything necessary to begin 

 work at once. When your letter reaches us 

 we will send you five copies of the magazine 

 free; sell them at fifteen cents each, and you 

 will have seventy-five cents capital with 

 which to buy additional copies at the rate 

 of eleven cents each. You can buy as many 

 copies as you wish at this rate. 



Write for the Agency To-day! 



The agency for The Garden Magazine 

 will give you a fine chance to make some 

 money in your spare time, and by a little 

 hustle you can build up a permanent sale. 

 Good territory given to early applicants. If 

 you want the agency for your town, write us 

 to-day! Don't wait until to-morrow, because 

 the boy or girl " round in the next block " 

 may be thinking of sending for the agency 

 and the only way to get in first is to send 

 your request now! Simply ask for the 

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How to Select Window Gardening 

 Tools 



THERE are very few tools which one really 

 needs for successful gardening, although 

 there are a score and more of appliances each of 

 which has its special use. The following, how- 

 ever, are those which we ought to have to do the 

 necessary work with any degree of comfort: 



Pots. Buy good ones; there are a great many 

 pots on the market which are so thin that they are 

 very easily broken. Get only such as have thick and 

 well baked sides. Buy "standard" pots which are 

 the same size and shape so that they nest well, 

 taking up less room and being less liable to be 

 broken when stored. 



For forcing hyacinths use the so-called hyacinth 

 pots, which are about five inches deep. They are 

 an inch or so deeper than the ordinary five-inch pot 

 and give more room for soil. This extra amount of 

 soil is really necessary in growing hyacinths. 



Saucers. Should be put under each pot to save 

 the drip from the plants when watering. 



Pans. When growing bulbs use pans made 

 especially for the purpose. They are not as deep 

 as pots of the same diameter. For instance, a 

 pot eight inches in diameter will be eight inches 

 deep, but a pan of that same diameter will be only 

 about half as deep — deep enough, however, for 

 bulbs, as it furnishes plenty of root room. Pans 

 are also very useful for starting seeds. 



Bulb or Hyacinth Glasses. These have rather 

 large bases and draw in toward the top, but nearly 

 at the top the sides flare out, forming a basin which 

 is large enough to comfortably hold the largest 

 sized hyacinth bulb. Sufficient water is put into 

 the glasses to just touch the bottom of the bulb. 

 Set away in a cool dark place until the roots develop. 



Pot Covers. Many times it is desirable to cover 

 a pot, particularly when using a potted plant 

 as a prominent part of the decorations about the 

 house; the best thing for the purpose is a jardiniere 

 of unglazed Japanese clay. Cheaper forms of 

 domestic manufacture can be had in glazed pottery. 

 There are also collapsible paper pot covers — eight 

 or many-sided affairs in which the pot can be set. 

 Of late the florists have been displaying baskets 

 of different colors and shapes for covering the pots. 

 The first time I saw them I exclaimed, "What 

 funny little waste baskets!" They are ornamental 

 and not expensive and are far more artistic than 

 most of the common glazed jardinieres. 



Heaters. If the room in which the plants are 

 growing is separated from the living room it is 

 often necessary to heat the window. If connections 

 cannot be made with the regular house furnace 

 use an oil heater which will generate a large amount 

 of warmth and not injure the plants. Do not use 

 a gas heater under any circumstances, for gas is 

 bound to escape through the connections. Nothing 

 is so injurious to plants as gas. For the very 

 small greenhouse there are small forms of hotwater 

 boilers which are economical of fuel and give a 

 large amount of heat. 



Wardian Case. The fern is one of the hardest 

 plants to grow in the house; where conditions 

 will not permit of its being grown in the open 

 room it can be grown in a Wardian case. A 

 Wardian case is practically a greenhouse of small 

 dimensions, say 2x3x2$ feet. It is made entirely 

 of glass with a wooden frame. Usually a pitch 

 roof is put on it, the sides of the roof being hung 

 on the ridge pole by hinges so that the inside of 

 the case is accessible. In the bottom of these 

 cases is a zinc pan for earth. The plants are set 



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