Mat, 1914 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



27.", 



The Gladiolus 



by its stateliness and un- 

 usual beauty has endeared 

 itself to garden lovers. 

 There is a spot for its 

 delicately formed flowers 

 in Everyman's garden. 



Now is when you should plant 

 your Gladioli to add their bril- 

 liant color to this summer's 

 garden. Surely you want them 

 — there is not a prettier flower. 

 Send for our collection of 



50 B t bs 50c 



This special offer is below the 

 figure at which they are listed 

 in our catalog — and only the 

 finest bulbs are included. 

 Write today. 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. 



Established 1802 



53B Barclay Street • - New York 



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WELL ROTTED 



HORSE MANURE 



DRIED— GROUND— ODORLESS 



To insure increased Garden Crops, larger and 

 brighter Flowers and a rich green Lawn, give your 

 soil a heavy coating of Dried, Ground Horse Man- 

 ure. No weed seeds — no refuse, it becomes part of 

 the soil. Plant food is immediately available and 

 lasting. Your planting will be successful when you 

 use Well Rotted Horse Manure. Put up in bags 

 ioo lbs. each. Write for Circular "C" and prices. 



NEW YORK STABLE MANURE COMPANY 

 273 Washington St., Jersey City, N. J. 



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Increase Your Gardening Results 

 Decrease Your Work 

 USE ALPHANO HUMUS 



SUPPOSE you could secure an odorless 

 weed-seedless, perfectly sanitary 

 plant food and soil builder in 

 powdered form, that was many 

 times stronger than barnyard ma- 

 nures, and lasted several times longer — 

 one that in proportion to the results 

 obtained was much the cheapest — wouldn't 

 you be disposed to try some of it? 



If your soil is sandy, and needs to 

 be bound together and made heavier; 

 or is heavy and needs breaking up and 

 making lighter; and we have a product 

 with which you could quickly, lastingly, 

 and inexpensively accomplish either, or 

 both; wouldn't you be disposed to in- 

 vestigate it thoroughly? 



If this same product, being in powdered 

 form, could be easily and uniformly mixed 

 with the soil, or dug around the roots, 

 and by its presence fortify the soil against 

 its drying out, and so decrease your water- 

 ing worries; wouldn't 

 you be anxious to know 

 more about it? 



If, with its use, you 

 could grow more flow- 

 ers and far better flow- 

 ers, and accomplish it 



Hi i a ton in hags, 88 a ton in bulk car- 

 loads. Prices cover loading on cars at 

 Aiphano, New Jersey. 



with less bother, less labor, and so greatly 

 increase your gardening joys; wouldn't you 

 order some of such a material at once ? 



Just such a material is Aiphano Humus. It 

 is a rich plant food and lasting soil builder 

 combined. It's neither a dried manure nor 

 a water soluble chemical mixture. It's a 

 natural deposit, richly fertile. We concen- 

 trate, treat and prepare it for your use. 

 There's no mystery about it — no secret 

 process. Anybody and everybody is invited 

 to our plant and is welcome to make un- 

 limited investigations. 



Order some. Make garden with it. If 

 your garden is already made- — use it as 

 a mulch. Have it ready to dig around 

 the roots of your flowers, shrubs and 

 trees. Put it on your lawn and rake 

 in. It will absorb fourteen times more 

 moisture than sand and because of this 

 acts as an ideal external or internal 

 mulch, keeping your grass green through 

 the hot weather. Send 

 for the Humus Book — it 

 will tell you the whys 

 and wherefores of Hu- 

 mus in general and 

 Aiphano Humus in par- 

 ticular. 



AlpKa.no rdurrLxa^ Co. 



942 Whitehall Bldg. 



New York City 



ROSES ROSES 



Hybrid-tea, everblooming, the most popular garden 

 roses, commencing to flower in June and continuing 

 until cut off by frost. Plant now strong 2-year-old 

 plants, own root, and enjoy a full crop of all the best 

 new roses and such as are produced in the greenhouse 

 in winter. I offer such kinds as Sunburst, Lady Hil- 

 lington, the several Killarneys, the new pink Mrs. 

 George Shawyer, Richmond, etc. 



WATER LILIES 



All the novelties, both Hardy and Tender. A very choice col- 

 lection. Also Nelumbiums in choice variety, Victoria Regia and 

 V. Trickeri. Selections made for small pools, fountain basins, 

 ponds, lakes, etc. Catalogues on application to 



Wm. Tricker,(G.M.) Waterlily Specialist, Arlington, N. J. 



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