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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



December, 1911 



"Every Red Cross Seal 

 Is A Bullet" 



To Exterminate Tuberculosis 



Only One Cent a Seal 



Do Your Part 



^ Every Red Cross Seal sold this Holiday 

 Season is one step onward in stamping 

 out consumption. 



<f Every individual should take personal interest in this greatest of 

 the humanitarian movements of the age. Tuberculosis kills one in 

 ten. A few years ago this percentage was much greater. The cam- 

 paign of 1911 promises to reduce this present rate to far less 

 murderous proportions. 



fl You are in danger. Every community is tainted by tuberculosis. 

 The sale of Red Cross Seals has been a major influence in awaken- 

 ing the widespread public anti-tuberculosis activity, now evident. 

 These seals have provided hospital privileges, free dispensaries, visit- 

 ing nurses, and sent preventative publicity broadcast. Last year 

 $300,000 was obtained through the Red Cross Seal campaign. 

 This year the goal is one million. 



^ Help to insure your own safety and that of the wife and children 

 by buying your share of these Holiday Red Cross Seals. Every 

 outgoing letter and package should bear them. 



One Million Dollars Are Needed 



You can afford a millionth. 



If you cannot buy Red Cross Seals in your 

 town, write to 



Red Cross Seal Headquarters 



715 Union Trust Bldg., 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Sandow $ 



2. 1 A HP. Stationary 

 Engine— Complete . 



Gives ample power for all farm uses. Only 

 three moving parts — no cams, no gears, no 

 valves — can't get out of order. Perfect gov- 

 ernor — ideal cooling system. Uses kerosene 

 (coal oil), gasoline, alcohol, distillate or 

 gas. Sold on 15 days* trial. YOUR 

 MONEY BACK IF YOU ARE NOT 

 SATISFIED. 



5-year ironclad guarantee. Sizes z\ to 20 H . 

 P., at proportionate prices, in stock, ready g; 

 to ship. Postal brings full particulais s 

 free. Write for proposition on first en- ^^ 

 gine in your locality. (1 16) r Jr 



I Detroit Motor Car Supply Co. ^ Detroit. Mich. 



SPRAY TREES NOW 



( While they are dormant) 



With SCALIME 



A perfect concentrated lime and sulphur spray 

 that has stood the severest tests of the experiment 

 stations. Strength guaranteed. Being' scientifically 

 prepared and always uniform, it is far more effective 

 than home-made solutions. Stronger than other 

 brands, it will stand more dilution, therefore cheaper. 



SCALIME used now will positively control San 

 Jose and other scales; destroy eggs of Aphides and 

 other pests that winter over on twigs and bark, as 

 well as spores of fungus diseases. 



Sold by good dealers everywhere. Write for leaf- 

 let on Fall and Winter Spraying. 

 Horticultural Chemical Company, Bullitt Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. 



east the tree grows slowly enough not to outgrow, 

 without continual mutilation, the limits of a small 

 lawn. There is a demand for such trees which 

 may be planted in a small space only a few yards 

 square, where there is not room for the larger ones. 

 This tree is well suited to decorate small lawns and 

 is especially adapted for planting beside residences 

 on private estates. When placed among round- 

 headed trees it emphasizes a most effective contrast; 

 It is also admirably adapted for planting in small 

 yards around houses in cities and villages on ac- 

 count of the little space required by its compact 

 crown. Its branches are slightly drooping and so 

 do not interfere with the walls, nor obstruct the 

 windows. There is just one cultural point to look 

 out for: When transplanting don't break the tap 

 root — if you do the leader will die back, which is 

 the case in most of the specimens seen in suburban 

 gardens. If this has occurred select a new shoot for 

 a leader and tie it into position with a light stick 

 for a few years. 

 Washington, D. C. Z. 



An Interesting Succulent 



THE sickle-leaved crassula (C. falcata, more 

 often spoken of among gardeners as Rochea 

 falcata), is one of the most interesting of all the 

 succulents. It is a South African plant, which 

 in its native habitat grows from six to eight feet 

 high, but as a household plant, it can be had in 

 almost any size, from a single leaf upward. The 

 leaves are sickle-shaped, thick and fleshy, and 

 covered with a heavy glaucous covering which 

 makes them almost white. They are set spirally 

 on the stem of the plant, and upon looking down 

 upon them, look very much like the propeller of a 

 ship. Like all succulents, the dry condition of 

 the house is the best environment for them. When 

 grown in a greenhouse, they must be kept in a 

 dry, airy place. 



The soil must be porous, so that all surplus water 

 can drain away quickly. A good soil for them can 

 be made from four parts of loam, two parts of 

 sand, and one part leaf mold, or very well decayed 

 manure. To this a small portion of broken brick 

 may be added to insure perfect drainage. 



The plant is easily propagated by leaf cuttings. 

 The leaves are carefully broken from the stem, the 

 same as an echeverea leaf and put in the sand of a 

 cutting bench or in a pot of sand. This plant was 

 rooted by simply laying the leaf on the sand of the 

 cutting bench; a bud developed at the base of the 

 leaf. Large plants can be cut up, the stems making 

 cuttings, but before putting them in the cutting 

 bench, the cuttings should lay for a few days in 

 the sun in a dry place, so that the cuts may have 

 a chance to seer over before coming in contact 

 with the damp sand; otherwise they will rot. 



Pennsylvania. P. T. Barnes. 





This plant (the sickle-leaved crassula) actually 

 thrives best in the dry air of the living-room 



