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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1910 



BERCKMANS' GOLDEN ARBORVITJE 



m (Biota Aurea Nana.) Originated in our nurseries. 

 Most popular of all Biotas. Very dwarf, compact 

 and symmetrical. Has withstood ]0 degrees below 

 zero without injury. Fine for formal gardens, 

 small yards and cemetery plots. Ideal for window 

 boxes, tubs and vases. Now selling in quantities 

 in leading cities North and East. 



Our Catalogue Free 



Describing this magnificent Biota, and giving 

 prices on various sizes 'and shapes; also full 

 and complete line of other plants and trees. 

 Our specialties are specimen Conifers for 

 immediate effect, hardy ornamental Shrubs 

 and field-grown Roses. 



P. J. BERCKMANS CO., Inc. 



Our trade is with both North and South, and 

 for handling it we are admirably located. Here it 

 is cold enough for us to grow the hardier trees, 

 shrubs and plants, adapted to northern latitudes. 

 With slight protection during winter we also 

 produce many things for tropical and sub- 

 tropical planting. 



From September to March 



We ship open-ground stock, as we are seldom 

 frozen up for more than a few days, even 

 in the coldest winter. Our trade extends 

 from the Canadian border to Cuba and Cen- 

 tral America. For northern ^planting our 

 stock has proved its hardiness. 



Box 1070 A, AUGUSTA, GA. 



YOU 



MERELY 



TURN 



THE 



CRANK 



You can si ft a 



whole week's ashes 



quickly by a few 



turns of the crank, when you use a 



HILL'S HUSTLER 

 ASH SIFTER 



It makes a big cut in your coal bills. No 

 maid objects to using it. Enclosed rotary- 

 sifter drops out clean coal in scuttle 

 without the least dust. Fits wood 

 oryron barrel. Soon saves its cost, 

 Big descriptive Folder 83 free. 

 Send for it. 



HILL DRYER COMPANY 



408 PARK 

 AVENUE 



X 



WORCESTER 

 MASS. 



A Mess 1IJI..-L v,s*.s*.me> at all seasons 



of fresh IVlUSniOOlTlS Growing In your Cellar 



40 rf S ' n P 0Sta 2 e stamps together with the name of your 

 ■" dealer will bring you, postpaid, direct from the 



manufacturer, a fresh sample brick of 



Lambert's Pure Culture MUSHROOM SPAWN 



the best high-grade spawn in the market, together with large illustrated book 

 on Mushroom Culture, containing simple and practical methods of raising, 

 preserving and cooking mushrooms. Not more than one sample brick will 

 be sent to the same party. Further orders must come through your dealer. 



Address : American Spawn Co., Dept. 2, St. Paul, Minn. 



WITH OR 

 WITHOUT 



SUN-DIALS 



PEDESTALS 



Send for illustrated 

 price list H 29 



HARTMANN-S ANDERS CO 

 Chicago, III. 



New York Office, 1123 Broadway 



While you plan 

 for 1910 befo p* 



let us know your problem and submit our 



Suggestions and 

 Planting Plan 



Practical, economical landscape service, based 

 on thirty years' experience on fine large and 

 small estates, public parks, etc. Detail planting 

 list and exact cost given with each plan. 



Our booklet, " Beautifying Home Surround- 

 ings?' will be sent free, prepaid, on request. 

 Tells most practical way to plant for immediate 

 eflect ; illustrates and describes best methods 

 of handling the very problems that will confront 

 you. 



Make the most of your landscape — get our 

 suggestions, booklet and 68 - page Tree, Ever- 

 green, and Hardy Plant Catalog at once. 



LANDSCAPE 

 SERVICE 



OVETT 



T. Lovett, Box 125, Little Silver, N. 



ROSES 



Seems rather early to offer them now] But it isn't when you consider 

 the saving" to you by ordering" now. 



Here is how you save the money. If we know to-day how many 

 Roses you want for spring" planting- we can place our orders 

 with more exactness and without overstocking-. To carrv stock over 

 to next season costs money and if we can save this we prefer to give 

 you the benefit of the saving. 



For a limited time only we make this offer 



3 Strong, Hardy, 2-year-old Low Budded, Field flj-| f\f\ 

 Grown Roses, Guaranteed true to name for tj|_L#ULI 



Your choice of the following varieties: Crimson, Pink, Yellow or 

 White Ramblers— Baby Rambler. 



Alfred Colomb Etoile >)<■ France 



H. I*. Wilder Conrad F. Meyer 



Hermosa Grass an TVplitz 



Own') Jack. Mrs. John LnXng 



Liberty C'apt. Christy 



J. It. Clark La France 



Prince C. de Rohan 

 Duke of Edinburg 

 Killartiey 

 Dliirjraret Dickson 

 CloLilde Sonpcrt 

 American Jtcunly 



These Roses will be listed at 30c. and 40c. each in the spring- 

 catalogs. Remember this ofler holds good for a limited time only. 

 Therefore place your order with us at once, noting the varieties 

 and quantities desired. No need of remitting the full amount of order, 

 just enclose 25 per cent, as a guarantee of good faith. About April 

 15th we will notifiy you that your order is ready for shipment. That 

 is time enough to remit the balance. 



Don't Delay! Order Now! 



Our Guarantee — Satisfaction or your money back. 



F. T. LANCE, Union Hill, N. J. 



Let us send you our 1910 Catalog of Seeds, Bulbs and Plants. A 

 coupon good for 10c. in Mdse. goes with it. 



IRISH ROSES 



and HARDY 



Fruit and Ornamental 

 Trees 



EVERGREENS 



PERENNIALS. Extra Sizes for Immediate Effect 



LIBERAL DISCOUNTS ON LARGE ORDERS 



Our Catalogue is a cyclopedia of information to the planter. 



Nearly 100 photo-engravings. 



LANDSCAPE DEPT. 

 63 Hamilton Place 



ROSEDALE NURSERIES 



S. G. HARRIS 

 TARRYTOWN, N. Y. 



potato hook for this work, but with no success, and 

 feared that the human hand was the only device 

 that could ever do it speedily and assuredly. 



But this short-handled invention with a crooked 

 back and six equally bent fingers, the skin of which 

 is never made tender, is a wonder. It will both 

 dig out stones and scoop them up for the wheel- 

 barrow and cart, and it will handle weeds and brush 

 far faster and easier than the hand will do. 



The principal feature of this implement is a brass 

 rod half an inch in diameter, bored full of holes to 

 hold the fingers and the handle iron. Complete, 

 it is but 14 inches long. 



New York. Hollister Sage. 



A Successful Experiment With 

 Early-planted Dahlias 



LAST winter was a very mild one in this region. 

 We had such warm weather that vegetables 

 and flowers were growing and flowering up to the 

 last of January. Deciding that we were not going 

 to have any winter, I began planting roots, bulbs, 

 etc. 



On January 18th I planted three dahila roots, 

 covered them with two or two and a half inches of 

 soil. Two of the roots were frozen on the 30th. 

 If I had covered the bed with strawy stable manure 

 this would not have happened. The remaining 

 root, a Mrs. Roosevelt, commenced growing about 

 the middle of February, and flowered the first of 

 May. Only four buds were allowed to make 

 flowers at one time, the others being pruned off. 

 When the first bud was open, I would allow four 

 more shoots to come out; by the time the last bud 

 of the first four had faded, the first of the second 

 four was beginning to open. 



The weather being favorable, the plants con- 

 tinued to bloom until the tenth of August, when the 

 weather became so hot and dry that the plants 

 could not grow. They were so strong and stocky 

 that they did not require support at any time. 

 The flowers were from four to six inches in diam- 

 eter, the last being almost as large as the first. 



Georgia. Thomas J. Steed. 



An dahlia four and a half inches in diameter re- 

 sulting from an experiment in early planting 



