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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1912 



The Roots That Make the 

 Difference Between Good 

 and Indifferent Barberry 



YOU'LL be mightily pleased with my Japa- 

 nese Barberry — it's the good kind. I trans- 

 plant every one three times. That gives 

 them masses of fibrous roots that will make 

 them fairly shoot ahead. You don't have 

 to nurse them along; they'll grow as much 

 this year as the common sort would in two 

 or three years. 



The branches are good, too. I cut them 

 back twice a year, making stocky, bushy 

 shrubs — every one a specimen. 



Let Me Send You Plants tor a 

 Barberry Hedge "on Approval" 



Pay for them if you like them; if you 

 don't, send them back, at my expense. The 

 best size to buy is 1/2- to 2-foot stock (plant 

 18 inches apart) at $20 a hundred, fifty for $10, 

 ten for $3. These are fine, showy plants. 



Escape the rush and be sure of getting 

 your hedge when you want it by booking 

 your order now — shipment when you desire. 



FREE. — My 40-page brochure on hardy shrubs, a helpful 

 handbook, beautifully illustrated, that tells how to plant and 

 prune and beautify the dooryard. Write for it TODAY. 



FRED HAXTON, Nurseryman 



4717 Winthrop Ave., Edgewater, Chicago 



This is the kind of hedge my Japanese Barberry 

 will make — " will save you three 

 years of waiting 



SPRAY TREES NOW 



( While they are dormant) 



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SCALIME used now will positively control San 

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of the row will also keep them in check or the plants 

 might be dusted with tobacco powder and I have 

 often resorted to hand picking. The pea louse, or 

 green aphis is, however, the worst foe the grower 

 has to contend with, the hot dry days of early 

 July being generally accompanied by a visit from 

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 vines being given a thorough spray every second 

 or third day, alternating with a spray of clear water. 

 Pennsvlvania. G. W. K. 



A Hotbed Any One Can Make 



TO OBTAIN 7 a full measure of enjoyment out 

 of gardening, one must have some sort of a 

 greenhouse or hotbed. Generally speaking, the 

 former will, of course, give the best results; but 

 it is not every person, at least of the amateur 

 class, who can afford the luxury of a glass-house 

 in which to raise plants. Yet such a place maj' be 

 very cheaply constructed; even then, however, 

 there may be times when a hotbed, with one or 

 more glass-covered frames, will be a necessity. I 

 found myself in this position a few years ago. I 

 did not care to utilize the hot-water heating ap- 

 paratus of the greenhouse, so determined to have 

 a small hotbed; we had had large ones and the 

 big frames and beds were still available, although 

 they had not been used for many years. 



Having made up my mind that I wanted a place 

 with bottom heat, principally to strike dahlia 

 cuttings in February and to start some seed that 

 should be sown early in the spring, I cast about 

 for the material and was fortunate enough to find 

 all of it on the premises. 



One of the first things I discovered was some old 

 boards an inch thick and one foot wide. I had 

 plenty of 6-foot sash, but it would have required 

 two of them to have covered a bed the size I wanted. 

 I found an old skylight sash 5 ft. 1 in. x 4 ft. 5 in. 

 that was just the thing; it had not been used for 

 a long time, but was in good condition. 



To give the sash on the completed hotbed- 

 greenhouse the proper pitch, I decided to take 

 one of the 12-inch boards, cut it the length of one 

 of the sides, and then cut it diagonally in two 

 pieces. This did not waste any of it, and gave 

 both beveled or triangular pieces of like dimensions 

 which, when in place, would give the right pitch 

 to the sash. I cut three pieces one inch shorter 

 than the length of the sash, and two pieces 4 ft. 

 2j in. Of the long pieces, one was for the front 

 and two for the rear; the shorter pieces were for 

 the sides, forming the lower or ground boards with 

 the triangular pieces in place on top of them, as 

 shown in the photograph. Pieces of 2 x 3 in. 

 scantling, cut a foot long, were placed inside the 

 frame at the front corners to give solidity. The 

 sash was hinged at the back; two like pieces, two 

 feet long, were nailed in the back corners, so as to 

 hold it in place when it was raised. 



Before the sash was glazed it was given a coat 

 of paint. The sash was filled with glass, nine 

 inches wide and of varying lengths. It was not 

 allowed more than a quarter of an inch overlap, 

 except the top lights, which ran over in some 

 cases nearly three quarters of an inch. When 

 all the glass was set, two more coats of paint were 

 applied to the woodwork. As I did all the work 

 myself and had material on hand that could be 

 used, the total cost of making the hotbed was 

 five cents, for the putty! 



Two cartloads of manure were dumped near 

 where I was going to install this small "propagat- 

 ing establishment." The manure was well forked 

 over and piled up a foot longer each way than was 



No Odor— No Poison 



Guaranteed by the Lemon Oil Co., under the Insecticide 

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An effective insecticide to destroy insects on leaves and 

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This will be found an excellent wash for dogs and other 

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 the coat a beautiful glossy appearance. 



A favorite in chicken houses, and for killing insects in the 

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Add this hose to your gar- 

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 you need a hose, 

 you need it. Prepare 

 for that time by buy- 

 ing now. Don't wait. 

 Write for full infor- 

 mation. 



John Simmons Co. 



104 Centre Street 

 NEW YORK CITY 



Dahlias 



Twelve only $1.00, 

 including Cactus, 

 Show and Decora- 

 tive Varieties. Catalogue for the asking. 



W. H. HARVEY, Dahlia Expert 



Station D Baltimore, Maryland 



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