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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1914 



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Wagner Landscape Service is at Your Command 



PLANTS for every purpose, trees, shrubs, evergreens, hardy peren- 

 nials and roses that climb and roses that grow in formal perfection, 

 grasses, vines and all beautiful growing things that give the touch 

 of Nature to the home-grounds — these are the materials out of which 

 the Wagner Landscape Gardeners work their wonders. 



In buying- Wagner plants the garden lover gets the benefit of the skill and 



training of the Wagner Garden Specialists. If yours is only the simple 



problem of the small suburban lot this service will cost you 



little or nothing. If you require cooperation on an elaborate scale the 



charges will be altogether moderate. 



Whatever your garden needs write now for Wagner Book 35 

 which tells of the Wagner Service in detail and contains a com- 

 plete list of Wagner plants with their prices. ItisFree. Ask for it. 



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Box 765 Sidney, Ohio 



Nurserymen — Landscape 

 Gardeners — Florists 



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LET WILSON HELP YOU 

 MAKE YOUR GARDEN 



Write today for my seed book, tell me 



about your garden and let me help 



plan it. I have sold seeds for years, 



and I know the kinds that dig up the 



dollars for gardeners everywhere. 



Every one oi my seeds was grown 



in 1913, and are varieties that will 



give crisp vegetables for market or 



table, or fragrant flowers for cutting. 



Get the seed annual anyway — you 



will like it; it contains hints that 



will help you to have a better 



garden, and describes the good 



seeds and plants. Sent free. 



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Flower Seeds That Grow 



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Before placing your orders 

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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. 



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Our finely illustrated catalogue gives practical, useful information on care of fruit trees. 

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Transplanting into Flats 



WHEN transplanting seedling plants into flats 

 amateur gardeners are often troubled by not 

 being able to properly and quickly space each in- 

 dividual. A very simple system is in vogue among 

 some professional growers that will aid materially. 

 This is by using a "transplanting board." 



For a flat 12 x 18 in. use a board 12 inches wide 

 and 18 £ to i8f inches long. With a ruler, carpen- 

 ter's square, or yardstick, mark off this board with 

 parallel lines two inches apart in both directions. 

 The board will then be marked off into 2-inch 

 squares, like a checker board. Holes may be bored 

 with a 5-inch bit at the intersections of the lines, 

 forty holes in all. Now take two pieces of wood 

 two inches wide and twelve inches long, nail one 

 across each end of the board, one edge being even 

 with the top of the board, and your transplanting 

 board is ready for use. 



Fill the flat with good compost or garden soil, 

 having it slightly packed down in the flat. Strike 

 it off; i. e., with a small piece of wood more than 



Lay the "transplanting board" over the flat 

 filled with soil and with a dibber make holes for 

 the seedlings 



twelve inches !ong, press upon the top edge of the 

 sides of the flat and push it back and forth until 

 the soil in the flat is level with the top edges, even 

 the corners. Lay the transplanting board upon 

 the flat. The end pieces will hold the board in its 

 proper place. With a dibber inserted through the 

 holes in the board, corresponding holes are made in 

 the soil in the flat. 



To make a dibber, take a piece of wood five to 

 six inches long and seven-eighths of an inch in 

 diameter. Sharpen one end to three-eighths of an 

 inch in diameter, and about two inches long, ending 



Showing how easy it is to transplant to flats after 

 the " board " has been used 



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