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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1914 



What Kind of a Garden 

 Will You Have This Year 



A good garden should be a part of every man's 

 suburban home. The vegetables that he can 

 raise with little trouble, cut down meat bills and 

 add a welcome variety to the table, besides mak- 

 ing the house work easier in busy times. But 

 it depends on whether you have an old time 

 garden or a new, beds and hand weeding or 

 long rows worked by machine, ancient tools 

 with backache in every inch of them or 



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 There's a certain pride in owning a Wheel Hoe and the 

 family like to get out and do a turn. 



The Drills start the garden right — straight rows and 

 no replanting needed. On the combined tools, you can 

 change from Drill to Single or Double Wheel Hoe or back 

 again in three minutes. 



The Wheel Hoes do all the cultivating that is ever 

 necessary, in all crops. You can hoe, cultivate, weed, 

 level and fine the soil, ridge growing crops, open or cover 

 furrows, etc. The working tools are all adjustable on the 

 frame. High wheels ride the holes and furrows without 

 difficulty. 



See these tools at your local dealer's and write for com- 

 plete booklet, "Gardening with Modern Tools" showing 

 38 combinations. Also, copy of "Iron Age Farm & Garden 

 News". 



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They bloom until frost 



Because I import direct from Europe, on 

 your order, any quantity you wish from a 

 large list of the newest, choicest, freest 

 blooming varieties, I can save you 20% or 

 more over current prices for first grade, 

 strong healthy bushes. I would like to have 

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 Write for my lists and prices. 



A. B. VANDERBEEK 

 PATERSON NEW JERSEY 



Prize Winners of 1913 



OUR garden contest for 1013 was conducted 

 somewhat differently from the contests of 

 previous years inasmuch as Classes I and II were 

 devoted to children's individual efforts, and only 

 one class, III , to the collective efforts of children 

 working together in school or community gardens 

 where the work was considered as a unity. 



In Class I for girls and in Class II for boys, the 

 first prize was a camera. The second was either 

 "Bird Neighbors" or "Nature's Garden," and the 

 third prize in both classes was a year's subscription 

 to The Garden Magazine. And for the school 

 prizes the first was the Nature Library (or a sub- 

 stitute) ; second and third, The Library of Work and 

 Play. 



It was gratifying to us to have several of the prize 

 winners of previous years carry off the honors again 

 this year, and it leads us to believe that this little 

 department for children is as inspiring and instruc- 

 tive as we try to make it. We hope that the an- 

 nouncement of our 1014 contest may be as enthu- 

 siastically received as those of the past have been. 



Honorable mention was conferred upon three 

 gardens which showed certain features worthy of 

 credit. A year's subscription to The Garden 

 Magazine was the reward. These "winners" were 

 The Erie Basin Garden in Brooklyn; Civic League 

 Garden, New Brighton, S. I,, and the Trinity Gar- 

 den in New Rochelle, N. Y. The last two were 

 first-year gardens and as such deserved great credit. 



Here are the prize winners for 1013: 



Girls' Prizes 



Class I. The best color scheme for a flower garden 

 No award 



Class II. The most complete garden diary 

 1st prize, No award 



2nd prize, Minnie McKenna, New York City 

 3rd prize, No award 



Class III: The best composition on the owner's flower or 

 vegetable garden 

 1st prize, Henrietta Worthington, Williamstown, Mass. 

 2nd prize, Charlotte Mandelbaum. New York City 

 3rd prize, Alice Ward, Jersey City, N. J. 



Class IV. The finest collection of annuals 



1st prize, Alma Compton, New Rochelle, N. Y. 

 2nd prize, Clara Metzger, New Rochelle, N. Y. 

 3rd prize, No award 



Boys' Prizes 



Class I. The greatest variety of vegetables 

 1st prize, Isaac Rauch, New York City 

 2nd prize, Kenneth Moir, Toronto, Canada 



Gordan Speirs, Toronto, Canada 

 3rd prize, No award 



Class II. The best six specimens of any one vegetable 

 1st prize, Thomas Pippo, New Rochelle, N. Y. 

 2nd prize, Robert Milward, Jersey City, N. J. 



Joseph Amorasano, New Rochelle, N. Y. 

 3rd prize, Albert Siegel, New Rochelle, N. Y. 



Class III. The garden showing the greatest profit 

 1st prize, Howard J. O'Connell, Providence, R. I. 

 2nd prize, No award 

 3rd prize, No award 



Class IV. The best plan of competitor's own garden 

 1st prize. No award 



2nd prize, Howard J. O'Connell, Providence, R. I. 

 3rd prize, No award 



School Prizes 



Class I. The best drawn plan for school or community garden 

 No awards made 



Class II. The garden showing evidence of greatest improve- 

 ment during period of its development 



1st prize, Woodlawn School, Portland, Ore. 



2nd prize, Roger Williams Park School Garden, Providence, 

 R. I. 



3rd prize, Rockefeller Garden, New York City. 



Class in. Plans for improvement of country school grounds 

 No awards 



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