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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1910 





A Piedmont in Your Hall 



or window nook would lend character to your whole home. Practicability and sentiment 

 are combined. Your gowns, furs and hats in a Piedmont Chest of genuine Red Cedar are 

 absolutely safe from moths, dust and dampness. Piedmont Chests may be handed down as 

 heirlooms — they are of such beautiful and honest craftsmanship. 



The Colonial 'Window Seat or Hall Chest, No. 68 6hown, is made of % in. Solid Red Cedar. Fitted with 

 strong lock, brasB casters and brass lid stay. Bound with wide hands of dull finished copper. Studded 

 with heavy copper rivets. Price $22.50 delivered prepaid east of the Mississippi Eiver. This low price is 

 possible because we manufacture in the heart of the red cedar section and ship direct to you. By our 

 Spec i:il 1 .> Days' Free Trial Offer you can examine this chest in your own home at no cost. If unsatis- 

 factory, we even pay the return freight charges. Send now for our catalog of chests ofallstyles andprices. 



DEPT. S, PIEDMONT RED CEDAR CHEST COMPANY, - STATESVILLE. N. 0. 



We Want To Help You 



in making an intelligent selection of your cream separator. We are authorities in this 

 line. We are recognized as the builders of the best Cream separator in the world, the 



United States Separator 



The 1909 successes and achievements have been enormous. We give here only a few. 



Grand Prize, Seattle Exposition; Gold Medal, Inter - Mountain Four State Fair, Ogden, 

 Gold Medal, National Dairy Show, Milwaukee ; First Prize, Birmingham and 

 Montgomery Ala., Fairs, and many others. 

 Don't buy a separator without first seeing our large Free Catalogue No. 71. 



Utah; 



medal /VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., Bellows Falls,Vt. 



ASTERS 



Single Chinese Asters 

 are now the fad. Try 



Adams' Seed, white, rose and lavender; 3 pkts. 



and my Little Green Seed Book, 10c. 



HENRY SAXTON ADAMS, Garden Expert, Wellesley, Mass. 



WM. LEAVENS & CO. 



32 Canal Street, Boston, Mass. 



<L Reproductions of Old New England Furniture in 

 the natuial wood or finished to suit the individual taste. 





GARDEN GUIDE AND RECORD 



is the title of our new hand book of condensed cultural instructions, 

 and which we consider to be one of our most valuable publications. One 

 of our customers who has had an advance copy, says: "// is the most com- 

 plete, concise and comprehensive book °f #s kind. " To give our annual 

 catalogue, "Everything for the Garden," described below, the largest 

 possible distribution, we make the following liberal offer: 



EVERY EMPTY ENVELOPE 

 COUNTS AS CASH 



To every one who will state where this advertisement was seen and who encloses Ten Cents 

 (in stamps) we will mail our annual catalogue "Everything for the Garden" described 

 below, the ** Garden Guide and Record," and also send free of charge, our famous 

 50c " HENDERSON " COLLECTION OF SEEDS, containing one packet each of Giant 

 Mixed Sweet Peas; Giant Fancy Pansies, Mixed; Giant Victoria Asters, Mixed; Henderson's Big 

 Boston Lettuce; Freedom Tomato and Henderson's Blood Turnip Beet in a coupon envelope 

 which when emptied and returned, will be accepted as a 25-cent cash payment on any order 

 amounting to $1.00 and upward. 



EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN, our 1910 catalogue is a book of 200 pages with 

 700 photo engravings direct from nature. 8 superb colored and duotone plates of vegetables 

 and flowers. Complete and thorough in every respect, it embodies the results of sixty years 

 of practical experience. We believe it is the best we have issued and the premier horti- 

 cultural publication of the year. 



35 & 37 



Cortland St. 

 New York City 



1 Peter Henderson & Co. 



MOVING CEDAR AND HOLLY 



Is January too late to transplant cedar and holly 

 bushes? 



Virginia. C. M. T. 



— We would not advise the moving of any ever- 

 greens during winter. August and May are the 

 preferred months. The work can be safely done 

 a little earlier in the spring and later in the fall in 

 your part of the country than farther north. 



KEEPING AN AZALEA MOLLIS 



What can be done with a budded plant of Azalea 

 mollis, kept in the house for. two months, which 

 does not grow? 



New York. J. O'D. 



— Keep the Azalea mollis in a perfectly even tem- 

 perature just above the freezing point, and set it 

 outdoors in the spring. It would have been better 

 if you had plunged the potted plant in the soil out- 

 of-doors two months ago. The plant is hardy, and 

 will endure the winter. 



POULTRY YARD MANURE 



Of what value as a fertilizer is hen manure ? 



Pennsylvania. H. T. R. 



— Hen manure is of value as garden fertilizer on 

 account of its quickly available nitrogen content, 

 and it also has a fair proportion of mineral matters. 

 The best way to handle it is to compost it with earth 

 and scatter on the surface. In the fresh state it 

 contains from 50 to 60 per cent, water, from 1 to 

 1.5 per cent, nitrogen, and about .50 to .75 of 

 phosphoric acid and potash. When brought to the 

 air-dry state — that is, if allowed to thoroughly 

 dry in the air — it contains from 10 to 20 per cent, 

 of water, and the content of the fertilizing constit- 

 uents is about doubled. Thus, even in the best 

 condition, the products compare favorably with 

 commercial fertilizers only in the content of nitrogen. 



MENDING OLD TREES 



When old trees show signs of decay, in some 

 instances the trunks having decayed to the extent 

 of a foot or two in height, what is the proper method 

 of treatment? 



New York. E. O. M. 



— An antiseptic treatment might be of use after the 

 tree has been thoroughly cleaned out and scraped. 

 Perhaps the best solution to use is sulphate of 

 copper. It is distinctly undesirable to use paint 

 in a cavity of this sort. Better fill it with cement; 

 do not have it too dry but liquid enough to pour. 

 Generally speaking, the cement can be placed in the 

 cavity without washing out the interior with an 

 antiseptic, if great care has been taken to remove 

 all decaying matter before the cavity is filled with 

 cement. It is also a good plan to drive a few large 

 nails into the sides of the cavity if it is very spa- 

 cious, which will help to hold the cement to the sides 

 of the wood. 



GROWING SUNFLOWER SEEDS FOR 

 POULTRY FOOD 



When growing sunflowers for poultry food, what 

 is the method of procedure ? 



Illinois. H. L. C. 



— Prepare the soil for growing sunflowers the same 

 as for corn. Plant the seed from two to three 

 inches deep in drills about 3J feet apart, using 10 

 to 15 pounds of seed per acre. When the plants 

 are about 8 inches high thin to stand 12 to 18 inches 

 apart in the row. The plants are not injured by 

 slight frosts and should have been seeded before the 

 corn crop was put in. This would have given the 

 heads time to mature before the early frosts. Give 

 shallow, level cultivation. The plant withstands 

 drought, and is remarkably free from insect pests 

 and fungous diseases. When the plants are in bud, 

 go over the field and pull off the excess bloom, leav- 

 ing only three or four heads to develop on each 

 plant. Sunflower heads should be harvested before 

 the seed is quite ripe in order to avoid shattering. 

 When the heads have thoroughly dried the seed may 

 be beaten out with a flail or some such simple appar- 

 atus. Store it in small bins, barrels, etc., to avoid 

 heating. 



