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January, 1910 



Some Greenhouse Sense 



Of course, it is a good bit more interesting to read of 

 the wondrous flowers and juicy fruits that can be 

 grown in a greenhouse, instead of being bored by 

 curved eaves, wide glass spacing and all such struc- 

 tural talk. 



But there is just one thing about it, you can't put up 

 a greenhouse in a cheap, ' for-the-time-being " way, 

 and raise anything but disappointments. The very 

 idea that you have had in mind has been tried out 

 time and time again with either of two results : the 



amount of work required is out of all proportion to the 

 flowers and vegetables obtained, or repair costs are so 

 high that the greenhouse is finally abandoned. 



You would not think of going to your local black- 

 smith to have him build an automobile, and for exactly 

 the same reason, it pays to put a little additional money 

 into a greenhouse and have it right — one that is an 

 attraction to your place, and that lasts as long as you live. 



Send for the U-Bar catalog and spend an evening 

 getting acquainted with the ins and outs of this question. 



UBAR GREENHOUSES 



PIERSON 



DESIGNERS and BUILDERS 



U-BAR CO. 



1 MADISON AVE..NEW YORK 



Plant Your Garden 



Seeds in It Now 



$250 Buys It 



It will pay you to buy this greenhouse 

 right now and start your flower and 

 ■vegetable plants going. Your garden 

 will then be 6 weeks ahead this year. 

 Next fall you can bring plants in 

 before frost and have a flower garden 

 all winter. No hobby is more delight- 

 ful — none so inexpensive. House 

 shipped ready for immediate erection. 

 Price includes everything — even the 

 boiler — no extras. Send at once for 

 complete booklet. 



Hitchings & Company 



1170 Broadway, New York 



For durable painting of all kinds use National 

 Lead Company's Pure White Lead (Dutch Boy 

 Painter trade maTk). Information on request. 



jtsh for Outfit 56. 



NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY, 1 1 1 Broadway, N. Y. 



©RANDMOTHERS 



FAVORITE FLOWERS. We will mail 

 you FREE one packet of the following 

 Flower Seeds : 



DELPHINIUM (Larkspur), Bee-shaped flowers, 

 purple, pink, blue and white. 



AM'IUKIIIMJDI (Snapdragon). Striped and var- 

 iegated. Ornamental for walls. 



HI (.11 VI, IS (Foxglove). White, rose and yellow 

 flowers. Makes beautiful border plant. 



HOLLYHOCKS. Double flowering. Very inter- 

 esting and of easy culture. 



AQl'IMCGIA (Columbine). Canary yeljow flowers 

 of easy cultivation. 



All of the above five varieties mailed to 

 you tor one dime and our catalogue in- 

 cluded. Others are securing them, why 

 not you. 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 

 41 Vesey St., New York 



We grow a general line of Nursery Stock; everything 

 required in this Northern latitude. We spend our time 

 and money growing the best stock possible, and very little 

 in advertising it. We have always depended upon satis- 

 fied customers to do our advertising and have never been 

 disappointed. Send for our catalog and price list. ! _ ~ . ~ ~- ~ 



The Bay State Nurseries, North Abington, flass. 



TREES 



Winners in the Garden Contest 



GIVEN below is the list of prize winners in the 

 first Garden Magazine Contest for chil- 

 dren's garden work. In some cases no first prizes 

 were given, since no one's work stood out clearly 

 as the very best. In the group prize division, Class 

 II, C, there was a tie for the prize, so the "Garden 

 Library" was presented to each contestant instead 

 of dividing the real group prize, "The Nature 

 Library." 



CLASS I.— INDIVIDUAL PRIZES 



A. — For the best flowers in a home garden: 



1st Prize. Frank A. Woods, Groton, Mass. 

 2nd Prize. Helen Sutcliffe, New Paltz, N. Y. 

 3rd Prize. Dorothea Dunlop, Clarksburg, Mass. 



B. — For the best flowers in a school garden: 



1st Prize. Mabel Jane Musser, Cleveland, Ohio. 

 2nd Prize. Margaret Paterson, Yonkers, N. Y. 

 3rd Prize. Anna Doyle, Yonkers, N. Y. 



C. — For the best vegetables in a home garden: 

 1st Prize. No first given. 

 2nd Prize. Grace E. Chadwick, Lanesboro, Mass. 



Alex. Barclay, Ardonia, N. Y- 



Ferris Malcolm, Ardonia, N. Y. 

 3rd Prize. Rose Van Wey, Barrytown, N. Y. 



Norman Bothrick, Barrytown, N. Y. 



Everett Lins, New Brighton, S. I. 



Josephine Rust, New Paltz, N. Y. 



D. — For the best vegetables in a school garden: 



1st Prize. No first given. 



2nd Prize. James Mooney, Yonkers, N. Y. 



3rd Prize. George Ackerly, Yonkers, N. Y. 



E. — I. For the greatest variety of vegetables: 



1st Prize. Roger Newton Perry, Worcester, Mass. 

 2nd Prize. Charles Pike, New Ashford, Mass. 

 3rd Prize. Paul H. Wilson, Groton, Mass. 



II. For the greatest variety of flowers: 



1st Prize. Harvey McArthur, Melrose, Mass. 



2nd Prize. Edward Vlasak, Chicago, 111. 



3rd Prize. Ruth Kline, Great Barrington, Mass. 



class II.— Group prizes 



A. — For the best display of garden products at its 

 mid-summer or fall exhibit: 

 Fairview Garden, Yonkers, N. Y. 

 B. — For the finest looking garden, irrespective of 

 the amount of product: 

 De Witt Clinton Park Garden, New York City. 

 C. — For the greatest improvement of school grounds : 



The Tracy School, Lynn, Mass. 



The Briggsville School, Clarksburg, Mass. 



« 



The School Garden Book. By Clarence M. Weed 



and Philip Emerson. Charles Scribner's Sons, New 



York, 1909; pp. 314, illustrated. Price, $1.25 net. 



A volume of class-room helps for teachers, dealing 



with the school garden month by month. The 



summary of each month's work is in the form of a 



garden calendar, clear, concise and practical. 



