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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1914 



Paper Shell Pecan and 

 English Walnut 



for Zero Climates 



It stands to reason that trees grown at the 43d Parallel of 

 latitude, close to the Canadian border, with winter 

 temperatures far below zero most possess rugged vitality. No 



others could survive. They mean success for you. 

 We are pioneers in the dissemination of hardy nut trees 

 for successful nut culture in the northern states. You 

 cannot secure such trees elsewhere. 



Mantura Pecan 



SOBER PARAGON 



MAMMOTH 

 SWEET CHESTNUT 



copyrighted 



Covers a 5 



One crop brought $30,000. Plant for profit, for pleasure or for decoration — plant a thousand 

 trees or a single one. A safe tree to plant in zero climates, or in hot climates. Succeeds in drought, in 

 frost, in poor soil and upon steep hillsides — the roughest of lands. 



Every tree we ship this spring bore chestnuts last season. We have had exclusive control 

 of this variety since 1007, when we introduced it and sold the first trees. Every year our stock has 

 improved, and we now have 100,000 bearing trees to offer. CAUTION — Be sure your trees bear our metal, 

 seal with the trade mark name "Sober Paragon." 



x. piece RANERE Everbearing Raspberry • Ihal^Aii" 



Luscious, sugary, bright crimson berries every day from June til 

 November — a bounteous supply summer and autumn, the first sea- 

 son planted. The strong plants offered you for planting this Spring 

 will supply your table this season. So profitable for market growing 

 it is called the "Mortgage Lifter." Strong grower — succeeds in any 

 soil — endures severest heat, drought and cold. 



Our 1914 Catalogue and Planting Guide, with 

 "Successful Nut Culture in the North" tells you how, 

 when and where to plant. MAILED FREE on request 



C\ FN RROS \v\f 2205 Main Street, 

 ULLll OIWJJ., IOC. ROCHESTER, N. Y, 



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Comfortable, Ar- 

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Market Gardeners' Specialties 



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 0. H. DICKINSON, 243 Worthington St., Springfield, Mass. 



Send for These Berry Plants Now 



Our Raspberry plants are strong, healthy, and as fine as any 



you ever saw anywhere. Here are two leaders for 1914: 

 Cumberland (Black) Bigger berries than any other sort. Ripen mid- 

 season; bears very freely 

 St. Regie (Red) Bears freely from June to October. Sets fruit 

 on new canes. 

 Six of each for $1, postpaid. Get our circular 

 IEEI-LE MEADE M'KSEHY, Hu\ «H Murkliam, Virgin! 



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Excellent for making new lawns and building up old ones. It 

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For the vegetable garden it cannot be equaled in promoting 

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In the flower garden it can be used freely on the most tender 

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It makes a fine liquid manure. Put up in bags ioo lbs. each. 



Write for circular " C" and prices 



NEW YORK STABLE MANURE COMPANY 

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PLANTS, VINES, ROSES, ETC. 



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 "XV MV/XVEjiS Progressive, Amer- 

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Deal with us, the growers — not with agents. You save 

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 Garden or Orchard — we have it. 



A Big Supply of Apple and Peach Trees 



Pear. Plum, Quince, Cherry, Grape Vines, Ornamental Trees, Roses, Plants, 

 Best New Fruits. All of them finest stock — true to name. 



Our 35 years' reputation for square dealing is your guarantee. We deal direct 

 by catalogue only. There's ?io Nursery like Green' s for va/ue. 



Our finely illustrated catalogue gives practical, useful information on care of fruit trees. It's J 

 •'Thirty Years with Fruits and Flowers" or C. A. Green's Book of Canning Fruits sent free also, 

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A Lily Pond Any One Can Have 



SOME TIME AGO I visited the garden of a 

 friend who had been successful in growing the 

 common pond lily {Nymphaa odorata), in an 

 ordinary washtub. Two glistening white lilies 

 were open; it was hard to believe that they could be 

 so easily grown in a backyard garden. 



After reading the available literature on the 

 subject, I decided to make a lily tank of concrete. 

 Recent building operations had left stone chips 

 scattered over the place and a part of a load of sand 

 remained, so that a few bags of cement need be the 

 only expenditure for materials. 



A rectangular tank I decided would be the easiest 

 to construct, so from some old lumber a box was 

 made 4 x 8 ft. at the top and 3 feet deep, with sides 

 tapering so that the dimensions became 3J x ?| ft. 

 at the bottom. Next, a sunny spot in the garden 

 was chosen and a hole one foot larger than the 

 dimensions of the core-box dug. The soil being of 

 heavy clay it was possible to make the earth sides 

 of this excavation serve as the outer walls of the 

 mold. The entire bottom was covered with a 

 4-inch layer of concrete composed of 1 part cement, 

 2 parts sand and 4 parts crushed stone. The core- 

 box was then lowered into position, leaving*. 6-inch 



Water lilies, iris, forget-me-nots, and water hya- 

 cinths make this little pond most attractive 



space between it and the earth to be filled with con- 

 crete. Braces were then inserted to prevent the 

 sides of the box from yielding, and concrete was 

 poured in and tamped until it came within 6 inches 

 of the ground level. The next day the core-box 

 was taken out and the inside of the tank painted 

 with a batter of cement and water. Boulders were 

 then cemented along the top of the tank so as to 

 project over the edge and especially the corners. 

 This is much more pleasing than the severe lines 

 of a concrete curbing and it also disguises the rec- 

 tangular outlines of the tank. 



The tank was filled to a depth of 18 inches with 

 clay loam heavily enriched with well-rotted cow 

 manure and an inch or two of sand was spread over 

 this. The planting consisted of one each of 

 Nymphcea Marliacea var. chromatella, yellow; Nym- 

 phcBa Wm. Doogne, a shell pink; and a plant of the so- 

 called lotus (Nelumbo). Being of a rambling nature 

 the roots of the lotus should be confined within a 

 tub or half-barrel sunk in the soil. The tank was 

 then filled with water and stocked with a half a 

 dozen gold-fish to destroy the mosquito larvae. 



Nothing was expected of the lilies that season, so a 



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