June, 1914 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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P Sun Parlors - Greenhouses 

 Conservatories 



In fact we build every kind of a 

 home for flowers and sunshine. 



King Channel Bar Greenhouses 



take their name from a type of iron frame 

 construction original with us. By a clever 

 use of iron channel bars we are able to do 

 away with thick frames and supports and ' 

 build a greenhouse that looks as if its walls 

 and roof were all glass. Yet the house is 

 stronger than the old fashioned houses 

 that looked as if there were more sup- 

 ports than glass. 



Flowers, Palms, Vegetables 



and all growing things need sunshine 

 from early morning to late afternoon. The 

 various types of King Iron frame construc- 

 tion eliminate shadow casting supports 

 and make King Greenhouses both pro- 

 ductive and artistic. 



One of these forms of construction is just 

 suited to that greenhouse you have always 

 planned to have. Write today for Bulle- 

 tin No. 47. After you have looked it 

 over you can decide what type pleases 

 you — then our service department will 

 furnish plans and estimates without charge 

 or obligation. Better write today — 



King Construction Company 



271 Kings Road, North Tonawanda, N. Y. 

 "All the Sunlight All Day Houses" 



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A GARDEN 1 is never quite complete without attractive, comfortable 

 furniture. We design and make a great variety of Old English Gar- 

 den Furniture. Chairs, Seats, Tables, Trellises, Arbors, Pergolas, 

 Houses and Gates. 



Send for complete catalog, mentioning this medium. 

 NORTH SHORE FERNERIES CO., Beverly. Mass. 

 New York Showroom, Craftsman Building, East 39th Street 



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Reasons for Our Slow Deliveries 



On Early Spring Orders 



Of ALPHANO HUMUS 



A Frank Statement 



LET us tell you exactly what the uncon- 

 i trollable conditions were, under which 

 we have been laboring; and then we 

 will leave it entirely to your sense of fair- 

 ness if we havn't done all possible, under 

 the circumstances. 



For ten years our salesmen, personally, 

 have been selling large quantities of this 

 Alphano, but last season was practically 

 our first direct advertising of it. The way 

 the responses came and orders followed, it 

 was abundantly evident that we had a Plant 

 Food and Soil Builder that was welcomed 

 and wanted. 



We sold bags, tons, carloads, and barge 

 loads of it, as never before. Last Winter 

 we figured that this season, a large number 

 of these satisfied customers would come back 

 for more, and that also many of their friends 

 learning of the results secured by using Al- 

 phano on lawns, shrubs, trees, and garden- 

 ing in general, would likewise become cus- 

 tomers; so based on this we spent many 

 thousands of dollars increasing our facilities 

 so that deliveries could be made promptly. 



As sanguine as we were we 

 frankly admit having under- 

 estimated the amount of the 

 orders that developed. 



To add to our embarrass- 

 ment, the late snows and cold 

 weather made people think 

 Spring was never coming, and 

 so they put off ordering three 

 to four weekslatertkanusual. 

 Then when the first warm 

 days did come, in came the 

 rush orders. As a result we 

 but naturally became way 

 behind on shipments. 



In the face of all this we 

 received some pretty stiff let- 

 ters Nand rather dynamic 

 phone calls demanding ex- 

 planations. 



To show our absolute 

 good faith, we voluntarily 

 returned a good many dol- 

 lars to those who not know- 



B12 a ton in bags. $8 by the carload in 

 bulk. F. O. IS. Alphano, N. J. 



ing what we were struggling against, felt 

 we were negligent. 



Today (June first) our reports show that 

 we have caught up on deliveries and although 

 the plant is working full tilt, and overtime, 

 our shipments from now will be prompt. 

 Those of you who wanted the Alphano for 

 gardening, and it came too late to spade di- 

 rectly in the soil, will find it works wonders 

 when dug around the plants after they are 

 up two or three inches. 



As for shrubs, now is as good a time as any 

 to use it. When it comes to lawns, any time 

 is a good time. Put it on now and it will 

 prevent the soil from baking, and the grass 

 from burning this Summer. It will induce a 

 strong growth of fine, fibrous, dry weather- 

 resisting roots. The Alphano absorbing and 

 holding as it does such large quantities of 

 moisture, further fortifies the grass against 

 the coming hot sun and the drying winds. 

 Being in powdered form the Alphano is easy 

 to apply. Being odorless it's at all times 

 free from objection. To apply now, cut the 

 grass, spread on the Alphano, rake it in, and 

 in two weeks' time you will 

 be surprised at the results. 

 Our records show that dur- 

 ing each month of June, July. 

 August and September of last 

 year, we sold more Alphano 

 Humus for lawns than during 

 any one of the Spring months. 

 Let us know about how large 

 your lawn is and we will advise 

 how much you better order. 

 If you have your Alphano. 

 use it at once. If you 

 haven't any left for your 

 lawns, shrubs, and garden — 

 order some. 



If you have never had any. 

 and are interested, but still 

 unconvinced of its merits; 

 send for our book of COX- 

 VINCEMENT. It tells 

 what it will do for you, by 

 telling and showing what it 

 has done for others. 



AlpKa.no riurrvcLsr Co^ 



17C Battery Place 



New York City 



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direct from the old reliable growers 



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ESTABLISHED 1811 



delivered free in New York in time for 



FALL PLANTING 



For Catalogue, ready about July 1st, apply to 

 J. A. DE VEER, 100 William Street, New York, Sole Agent for U. S. 



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