Febboabk, 1914 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



61 



Get at the root 



Our bigger roots 



of things 



when buying berry and other small 



fruit plants. Heavy top growth 



is actually a disadvantage, unless 



the plant has sufficient roots to 



sustain it. Our better, bigger 



roots — due to our unexcelled 



growing conditions — assure you 



bigger yield of bigger berries. 



It pays in dollars and cents to 



get our new catalog — lists and 



gives cultural helps on all the 



better varieties. 



Only novelties of proven merit 



are included — we discard many times as 

 many as we list. We include and recom- 

 mend competitors' varieties whenever 

 tests have shown them superior to our own 

 introductions. The result r- 

 is a complete dependable I 

 catalog, of dependable 

 varieties only. 



Write today for a copy 

 — it is free 



LESTER LOVETT 



Diamond State Nurseries 

 31 1st Ave. Milford, Del. 



Average root 

 — of same ace 

 strawberry 



Vick': 



Garden 

 and Floral 



Guide 



FOR 1914 IS READY 



Contains valuable, practical infor- 

 mation on planting, cultivating, etc. 

 — just what you need to know about 

 the garden. Several splendid new var- 

 ieties. For 65 years the leading author- 

 ity on Vegetable, Flower and Farm Seeds. 

 Plants and Bulbs. This book, the best we 

 have issued, the climax of our experience as the 

 oldest mail order seed concern in America, is 

 yours, absolutely free. 



Ask for your copy today before you forget it. 



JAMES VICK'S SONS, Rochester, N. Y 



62 Stone Street. The Flower City 



FRUIT TREES 



AT 

 m» HALF AGENTS' PRICES — ~^ 



We have no agents — we sell direct to you. Our prices one" 

 half agents' prices. Why ? Because we save you the agents 

 profits. That's dollars in your pocket, Mr. Fruit Grower. 

 All our trees are absolutely the finest stock. If any tree is 

 not true to name and healthy, we replace it. Apple, Peach, 

 Pear, Plum, Cherry, Quince, Shade and Ornamental Trees; 

 shrubs, berry bushes and plants — all at money saving prices. 



We pay freight H 5 f ^Z s o£ 



Our catalogue is brimful of practical, val- ." 

 uable information — how to plant and care 

 for all kinds of fruit trees. It will pay you 

 to get it — absolutely free. Write today. 



WM. P. RUPERT & SON 

 Box 95 Seneca, N. Y 



Do You Have to 



be Shown?___ 



I'm told that I have the best quality of seed, give 

 the largest packages and have the most common- 

 sense Seed Book in the bunch. And I'm willing 

 to admit it. 

 Do you have to be shown ? 



All right. I live close to the Mis- 

 souri line and I'll "show" you. 



I'll send you the Seed Hook and a big package of garden 

 j«rf,and you can judge for yourself. NO CHARGE FOR 

 EITHER, and you need not even send the postage unless 

 you wish. 



also have guaranteed Clover and Alfalfa, and all kinds of 

 farm seed at Fanner's Prices. Shall I send you free samples 

 of these also ? 



HENRY FIELD, Pre*. 

 HENRY FIELD SEED CO. Box 101, Shenandoah, Iowa 



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Garden This Spring 

 With Alphano Humus 



It makes gardening both easier and pleasanter. It 

 quickens growth and increases the quantity and qual- 

 ity. Alphano Humus is to the soil what pre-digested 

 breakfast food and a cup of coffee are to us. 



It both stimulates 

 and builds. It has 

 none of the flashy- 

 short lived effects of 

 chemical fertilizers. 

 Or any of the weed 

 carrying offensive and 

 unsanitary features of 

 stable manures. 



Being in a powdered 

 form it can be mixed 

 evenly throughout the 

 soil and at once be- 

 comes an avaliable 

 plant food, continuing 

 to give life to the soil 

 for a surprisingly long 

 time. 



It can be spread on 

 the garden and spaded 

 in; put over the spad- 

 ed garden and raked 

 in; sowed in the 

 drills and covered 

 along with the seed; or 

 dug in around the 

 roots as both a fer- 

 tilizer and an inter- 

 nal mulch. 



For any or all 

 these uses, the re- 

 sults put a new phase 

 on the pleasure and 

 profit of gardening. 



With all the seeming wondrous things 

 it accomplishes — there is absolutely no 

 mystery about it — no secret process — no 

 patented formula. It is nature's own 



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The celery, which is half the height of the 

 grower himself — was produced on Alphano 

 Humus treated soil that previously would 

 scarcely grow 6 inch high bean vines. We 

 have a most interesting letter from this man, which 

 we would be glad to have you ask for a copy of. 



make, which we dig 

 and prepare already 

 for your use. At Al- 

 phano, New Jersey, we 

 own large deposits 

 of it, which nature 

 has been centuries in 

 the making. 



In buying it for 

 your flowers and vege- 

 tables, why not also 

 order enough to put 

 around your shrubs 

 and to try some on 

 your lawn. 



You can spread it 

 on your lawn, rake it 

 in and leave it all there 

 to give its full value 

 to the roots. Being 

 odorless, you can use 

 it anywhere at any- 

 time. At once you 

 see how superior it 

 is to ill-smelling un- 

 sightly manure that 

 must be raked off, 

 carrying away with 

 it much of its value. 



Further than that, 



Alphano Humus is 



many times stronger 



and lasts so much 



longer. 



Send for our Humus Book. It tells the 



plain facts in a plain way. Freights are 



apt to be slow. So order early so you 



can start gardening early. 



$12 a ton. $8 by the carload. 



F. 0. B. ALPHANO, N. J. 



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