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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



November, 1909 



Lilies 



We make 



a special 



offer for 



November 



Eight Hardy, Beautiful 

 Lilies 



Ready end of October — Plant safely even 

 after light frost 



Berger's Favorite Lily Collection 



Bulbs will flower first season 



Lil Auratum (golden queen). 



Lil Roseum (white with rosy-red dots). 



Lil Album (pure glistening snow white). 



Lil Washingtonianum (exquisite blush turn- 

 ing to wine color). 



Lil Tenuifolium (coral red lily). 



Lil Superbum (grand sort of Tiger Lily — 5-6 



feet tall — 7-10 flowers on stalk). 



Lil Wallace! (upright apricot colored). 



Lil Candidum (madonna lily — white golden 



stamens). 

 Eight strong Lily Bulbs for $1 .00, including delivery. 

 Directions how to grow Lilies successfully with every order. 



Bulbs for Xmas Bloom 



Four best 

 varieties 



Chinese Narcissus 



Flower of the gods. 

 Plant in bowl with 

 pebbles and water 

 (see picture). 3 bulbs 

 for 25 cts. 



Roman Hyacinth 



White, blue, rose. 

 Fragrant bells. Plant 

 in a pan or pot now 

 to bloom for Xmas. 

 6 for 25 cts. 



Paper White Narcissus. Glorious bunches of 

 sweet-scented white flowers, planted in soil or in 

 bowl of water with pebbles. 12 for 25 cts. 



Double Roman Narcissus. Large umbels of 

 double white flowers with golden heart. Exquisitely 

 fragrant. Extra size bulbs. 6 for 25 cts. 



^ The four offers of 27 bulbs for 75 cts. 



\ Delivered Free 



> Our offers in September and October 

 H. H. ^^ Garden Magazine hold good for 

 BERGER V November. Send for our Cala- 

 is. ff\ T» logue. It will interest you. A 

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in this, watered, and the case closed. The mois- 

 ture, evaporating from the foliage of the plants 

 and the soil, condenses in the glass and drops back. 

 As a result, there is always a humid atmosphere 

 in the cases and but little watering has to be done. 



Watering Pot. A small watering pot holding a 

 couple of gallons is absolutely necessary. I prefer 

 a copper one as it can be kept in better condition 

 than an iron one and with ordinary care will last 

 a lifetime. The nozzle should be fitted with two 

 roses, one with very small holes, the other with 

 larger sizes, and to insure that the joint between 

 them is tight insist on the nozzles and spout being 

 fitted with threads so that they can be screwed on. 



Potting Tools. A trowel, a screen for sifting 

 the soil and a temporary bench for potting will also 

 be found convenient if much potting is to be done. 

 The soil for potting can usually be purchased from 

 a nearby florist very reasonably, so that the bench 

 need not be so large as would be necessary if you 

 mixed the soil at home. 



Raffia. A soft straw tying material which can 

 be purchased from the seedsmen for about twenty 

 cents a pound. Raffia tape, a broad green tape 

 made especially for the purpose, is also good. 

 There is also a dark green linen string which is 

 the best thing to put up for smilax and asparagus to 

 grow on. 



Sphagnum. Sphagnum moss should be kept on 

 hand if possible. It may be put over the broken 

 crockery in the bottom of the pot so as to keep the 

 soil from sifting down and clogging the drainage. 

 It may be finely sifted and used as a top soil in 

 seed pans for germinating small seeds like gloxinia, 

 calceolaria, tuberous-rooted begonias, etc., and it 

 is also excellent for pot-layering rubber plants. 



Spraying. For spraying the plants there is a 

 very handy little brass sprayer sold by the seedsmen 

 which will thoroughly distribute kerosene emulsion, 

 tobacco water or other insecticide. For spraying 

 the plants with water the best thing is the ordinary 

 bulb syringe, but for larger plants there is a brass 

 syringe holding a quart, which will prove effect- 

 ive when ridding the plants of mealy bug or red 

 spider because the spray can be forcibly applied. 



Window Boxes for the window sill are some- 

 times used in window gardening. They are useful, 

 especially where one wishes to plunge pots in cool, 

 damp moss. These can be had made of plain 

 wood, of metal or tiles. 



Stands, for holding plants. Some are circular, 

 others are semi-circular and straight; but all are 

 arranged in the form of steps. These are made 

 of wood or iron. Put the stand as near the window 

 as possible and slightly turn the plants each day 

 so that all sides will get an equal amount of light. 



Brackets. There are very useful brackets to be 

 had for fastening into the sides of the window 

 casings. Very pretty effects can be had by growing 

 in these some drooping plant, like the canary bird 

 vine, for instance. 



Covering for Winter 



GIVE all susceptible plants their winter pro- 

 tection now, for the first frost in this section 

 usually comes about this time of the year. 



Harvest rutabagas or swedes before frost and 

 store in a cool, dry, frost-proof place. 



Plant out strawberries early in the month in well- 

 prepared soil. Use plenty of commercial fertilizer 

 and old stable manure. Never use fresh manure, 

 as it has a tendency to cause disease among the 

 plants and to produce weeds. If the manure can- 



THERE'S 

 GOLD IN 

 ASHES 



Do you realize 

 what quantities of 

 unburned coal you 

 are constantly 

 throwing away? 

 Wasting good fuel is wasting money. 



'HILL'S HUSTLER 

 ASH SIFTER 



sifts your entire week's ashes with a few turns 

 of the crank. No dust — -no dirt. No back- 

 breaking work. Enclosed rotary sifter rolls out 

 clean, unburned coal in scuttle. Fits wood or 

 iron barrel. Lasts a life time. Soon saves 

 its cost in fuel. All dealers. 



Write to-day for Folder 83 

 describing these sifters in full. 



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408 PARK 

 AVENUE 



/ 



WORCESTER 



MASS. 



SHeep Manure 



Kiln dried and pulverized. No weeds or bad 

 odors. Helps nature hustle. For garden, 

 lawn, trees, shrubs, fruits and house plants. 



$4 



nn LARGE BARREL. Cash with Order. 



Delivered to your Freight Station 

 Apply now. 



The Pulverized Manure Co., 19Unlon Stock Yards. Chicago 



1840 



1909 



Old Colony Nurseries 



HARDY SHRUBS, TREES, VINES 



EVERGREENS AND PERENNIALS 



A large and fine stock of well-rooted plants grown in sandy loam. 



Good plants; best sizes for planting very cheap. Priced catalogue 



free on application. 



T. R. WATSON Plymouth, Mass. 



Surplus White Pine 



(Pinus strobus) 



Will quote F. O. B. my Highlands Nur- 

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 in car lots. Recently transplanted. 



300 White Pine 



500 



1100 " 

 1000 



2-3 ft. 

 3-4 " 

 4-6 " 

 6-8 " 



Largest Collection of Hardy American Plants 

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 Salem Massachusetts 



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