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What is a fair rental for a given 

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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



T O 13 E R , 19 11 



Comparison of the Distance Traveled by Earth and Bell Telephone Messages 



The Orbit of 



Universal Service 



In one year the earth on its orbit 

 around the sun travels 584,000,000 miles; 

 in the same time telephone messages 

 travel 23,600,000,000 miles over the path- 

 ways provided by the Bell system. That 

 means that the 7,175,000,000 Bell con- 

 versations cover a distance forty times 

 that traveled by the earth. 



When it is considered that each tele- 

 phone connection includes replies as well 

 as messages, the mileage of talk becomes 

 even greater. 



These aggregate distances, which ex- 

 ceed in their total the limits of the Solar- 

 system, are actually confined within the 

 boundaries of the United States. They 

 show the progress that has been made to- 

 wards universal service and the in- 

 tensive intercommunication between 

 90,000,000 people. 



No such mileage of talk could be pos- 

 sible in such a limited area were it not 

 that each telephone is the center of one 

 universal system. 



American Telephone and Telegraph Company 



And Associated Companies 



One Volicy 



One System 



Universal Service 



Start a Fernery 



Brighten up the deep, shady nooks on your lawn, or that dark 

 porch corner— just the places for our hardy wild ferns and wild flower 

 collections. We have been growing them for 25 years and know 

 what varieties are suited to your conditions. Tell us the kind 

 ^ of soil you have — light, sandy, clay — and we will advise you. 



Gillett's Ferns and Flowers 



wil! give the charm of nature to your yard. These include not only hardy wild 

 ferns, but native orchids, and flowers for wet and swampy spots, rocky hillsides 

 and dry woods. We also grow such hardy flowers as primroses, campanulas. 

 digitalis, violets, hepaticas, trilliums, and wild flowers which require open sunlight 

 as well as shade. If you want a bit of an old-time wiHwood garden, with flowers 

 iust as Nature grows them — send for our new catalogue and let us advise you 

 what to select and how to succeed with them. 



EDWARD GILLETT, Box C, Southwick, Mass. 



October in the South 



ORDER fruit trees (especially peaches) from 

 a reliable nurseryman. Don't buy from 

 an agent unless you know him or the nursery he 

 represents. Have an assortment of varieties to 

 furnish fruit from May to October. Any nursery 

 catalogue will give the date of fruiting for each 

 variety. A similar assortment of apples, pears, 

 plums, cherries and figs should be selected. 



Harvest rutabagas and white and sweet potatoes 

 during the month. 



Dig late Jumbo Virginia running peanuts the 

 last of the month. 



Plant out narcissus, hyacinth, tulip, and iris 

 now. The earlier they are planted the earlier in 

 the season they will flower. It is a good plan to 

 plant some every month from the middle of Sept- 

 ember to the middle of December and thus have a 

 succession of flowers. 



Plant peonies now if they were not planted 

 last month. 



Also remember to select seed sweet potatoes when 

 digging; handle them as carefully as you would 



In the South plant peaches now. but Northerners 

 must wait until spring 



eggs in order to prevent bruises, for when they 

 are injured in any way they will not keep. 



Prepare the soil for sowing small grain next 

 month. Break the soil very deep so that it will 

 hold moisture and be prevented from washing. 



House plants should be taken up the last of 

 the month. Pot callas now and place in a warm 

 sunny window or greenhouse for winter flowers. 



Begin planting sweet peas, spading the soil 

 very deeply for best results. 



Hardy violets are usually planted in the spring 

 in the South but in my experience I find the best 

 time is during the fall for three reasons: First, 

 because large strong plants set out early in October 

 will produce flowers in the early spring, while 

 spring-set plants seldom produce any flowers 

 until the following year; second, plants set out in 

 the fall have the fall and winter to develop the 

 strong root system which enables them to better 





