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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1914 



Are You a Rose Lover? 



If so, I want to know you — you should know me. 

 Let's get acquainted. 

 How? 



Let me send you, free, a copy of my famous 

 "A Little Book About Roses" 

 You will be charmed by its beauty, surprised at 

 its honesty, and pleased with its helpfulness. 



This little book and the business it represents, 

 have done more to promote the successful culture 

 of outdoor Roses all over this country and Canada 

 than all other agencies combined. 



If, this year, you want to buy Real Roses and let 

 "the other fellow" buy experience, let's get ac- 

 quainted — today. 



Here's my hand! 



Noank, Conn., March 3, 1013. 

 It is with great pleasure I send my second 

 order to you, as my roses last year were way 

 beyond any hope or expectation — such de- 

 velopment seemed impossible. They blossomed 

 from June until November. 



MRS. ROBERT PALMER, JR. 



Canandaigua, N. Y., Jan. 7, 1914 

 I have grown roses for several years and 

 have obtained plants from many of the fore- 

 most growers, but found no stock as satisfac- 

 tory, both as regards quality and being true to 

 name as that sent me by George H. Peterson. 

 DR. LOT D. SUTHERLAND. 



GEORGE H. PETERSON 



Rose and Peony Specialist, 



Box 50, Fair Lawn, N. J. 



FERNALDS HARDY PLANTS 



GROWN IN THE COLD STATE OF MAINE 



Are strong field grown in superb varieties that will 

 make a gorgeous display in your Hardy Flower 

 Garden. Send for catalogue of Herbaceous Peren- 

 nials, Shrubs and Iron Clad Roses. 



W. Linwood Fernald, Eliot, Maine. 





NEW GLADIOLI 



One bulb each of twelve extra fine varieties 

 of my own breeding for $1, postpaid 



DR. C. HOEG, Gladiolus Breeder 

 DECORAH, IOWA 



Sold by the Seed Dealers 



TRADE MAR*- 

 For pamphlet on Bugs and Blights 



Hammonds Slug Shot Works, City of Beacon, N. Y. 



Shirley Poppies in Bloom June 

 First 



LATE in February or early in March when 

 after the severe winter, one has grown im- 

 patient for signs of spring, it is discouraging to 

 wake some morning to find snow flying again. 

 We gardeners should, however, bid it welcome for 

 it is the "late snowfall" which our grandmothers 

 valued as offering the best conditions for the sowing 

 of annual poppy seed. 



Take, then, the package of poppy seed saved 

 from the best of last year's blooms, and scatter it 

 thinly on the snow. I mix a thimbleful of seed With 

 a cupful of silver sand to ensure a thin sowing 

 and do not cover, for the seed will be carried down 

 into the soil by the rapidly melting snow. 



Small poppy plants will appear very early in the 

 spring, thriving best then, as poppies love the cool, 

 moist days of March and April. From seed sown 

 on February 27th, I have had the first blossoms 

 open on June 1st. The plants were then two feet 

 high and even after relentless thinning, completely 

 covered the ground, leaving no room for weeds. 

 Candidum lilies, flowering at the same time, over- 

 topped the waves of pink, white and mauve 

 bloom. We had an eight weeks' succession of 

 blossoms. 



That was five years ago, and in spite of few 

 flowers being permitted to ripen seed and of regular 

 cultivation of the soil, our garden has never since 

 been without self-sown poppy plants, descendants 

 of those started on "a late spring snow." 



New Jersey . E. F. 



A "Deer" Scarecrow 



EARLY last spring deer tracks were noticed in 

 our dwarf orchard-garden and an examination 

 proved that deer had eaten the previous season's 

 growth on some of the trees. Damage of this kind 

 might not be worthy of mention where apples were 

 planted in large plantations but in this case the 

 trees were pruned in the pyramid, fan and standard 

 shape, which takes years of careful attention. 



My orchard consists of 100 trees, with currant 

 bushes planted between trees and vegetables in 

 the rows. We smoothed off the foot tracks and raked 

 a "deadline" strip around the plantation. The 

 trees blossomed and we were in hopes of a crop of 

 fruit, but one morning several of the trees were 

 minus blossoms and most of their foliage ! 



By making a daily inspection of the telltale 

 raked-over ground, I had evidence that the deer 

 visited the orchard between ten o'clock at night and 

 four in the morning. The tracks in the raked-over 

 plot showed that they made visits on two stormy 

 nights, but kept away on five moonlight nights, 

 coming again the next cloudy night. Cheesecloth 

 coverings were placed on all of the trees but this 

 was abandoned because the deer ate the branches 

 protruding from the covering and also the vegetables 

 growing between the rows of trees. The thought 

 of a lantern placed in the orchard was the next 

 experiment. 



This kept them away from the trees near the 

 light but they visited those on the outskirts of the 

 plantation. They also kept away from trees that 

 had been treated with lime sulphur but ate the vege- 

 tables in the same row. The next move was to 

 place the lantern in a box and supply revolving 

 reflectors for it. Again the trees away from the 

 apparatus were visited by the deer. The final 

 move was to place objects in different parts of 

 the orchard to catch the reflected light; this gave 

 moving shadows and was effective in frightening 

 the deer. 



The construction of this device is simple, consisting 

 of a long box with the top and bottom of the sides 

 removed; a lantern inside; a strip of wood across 

 the top of the box to hold the dangling tin reflectors; 

 the reflectors and cheesecloth covering on the box 

 to give a sheet of light. To set it in operation on a 

 dark night the lantern is lighted and the reflector 

 cord twisted so that the tin will revolve. The 

 slightest wind will keep it in motion and reflect 

 the light intermittently to the covered trees giving 

 the appearance of motion in different parts of the 

 orchard. 



Connecticut. Garrett M. Stack. 



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