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The Readers' Service is prepared to 

 advise parents in regard to schools 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1912 



"Meynell, as he hesitatingly ad- 

 vanced, become the spectator ot a 

 scene not intended for his eyes." 



And as she spoke a great shout which 

 jecame a groan ran through the crowd. 

 Men climbed up the railings at the 

 side of the road that they might see 

 better. Women stood on tiptoe. 



As the procession neared them Mary 

 saw a gray-haired woman throw up her 

 arm. and heard her cry out in a voice 

 har=h and hideous with excitement: 



"Let 'im as murdered them pay 

 for 't. What's t' good o' crowner's 

 juries?— Let's settle it oursel's!" 



"My dear fellow! ^o woman ought 

 to marry under nineteen or twenty." 



I The Case of 

 Richard Meynell 



By 

 Mrs. Humphry Ward 



•J Publishers are accustomed to advertise 

 at great length the opinions of the re- 

 viewers. This time we wish to reprint a 

 letter from a reader. It is one of many, 

 and represents the opinion stated repeat- 

 edly that "The Case of Richard Mey- 

 nell" by Mrs. Humphry Ward is the 

 best book she has ever written. 



Here is the letter: 



" ' Richard Meynell ' came very opportunely, in 

 a time of depression and literary drought. I read 

 it once, quickly and eagerly, for the story, you 

 know. Now I am giving it a second, and more 

 careful, perusal. It is a fine piece of work." 



tj Richard Meynell dares think and speak 

 his real thoughts about this world and the 

 next. If these things mean anything, the 

 story of this man's struggle and love will 

 have a real appeal for you. 



^ Critics and reviewers everywhere have 

 declared it to be a product of Mrs. Ward's 

 ripened art. 



Illustrated. Fixed price, $1.35 (postage 12c.) 



Doubleday, Page & Company 



Garden City New York 



f? DFF'C 1912 BARGAINS 

 LAKF r O IN SMALL FRUIT PLANTS 



'At it 25 years." Have grown from 1 acre to 1,100. We do not claim to know it all. We do 

 mow enouerh to start you right in fruit growing". Success depends upon good plants of the 

 We grow the right kinds and make no extra charge for them. We strive for 



the best in everything:. We actually paid 



$350 for lO ears of SEED CORN 



We have issued and send free, to anyone interested in good Corn, a booklet telling how we planted the 10 

 prize ears of Corn, its yield, and other instructive facts. It is nicely illustrated from actual photographs. 



Send for Free Catalogue 



Eve.-y reader of this paper should have a copy. It is a concise business catalogue of Plants. Fruit 

 Trees. Ornamental Shrubs, Vines, Seed Corn, Oats, Potatoes, Alfalfa, Timothy, Clover, 

 etc. Planters should get our prices and terms. 



We give our 1912 customers a start of the $350.00 Corn FREE 



W. N. SCARFF NEW CARLISLE, OHIO. 



the frame. After the manure was well trodden 

 down and left to lay and heat up well for a few days, 

 the extemporized miniature greenhouse was set 

 over the bed. Several inches of earth was thrown 

 in and leveled off. I had bottom heat only as 

 long as the manure kept up fermentation; after 

 that, I went along with the overhead heat furnished 

 by Old Sol. 



I raised over five hundred dahlias from cuttings 

 inserted in seed-pans filled with a mixture of sand 

 and loam. I did not plant anything in the earth 



In this little hotbed over 500 dahlias were raised 

 from cuttings, besides many other plants 



covering on the manure. The second year this 

 soil grew a good crop of mushrooms of fine quality; 

 I did not require a hotbed the second year of my 

 operations. Besides the dahlias, I raised cannas, 

 tomatoes, petunias, eggplants, etc., besides seed- 

 lings of berries grown for experimental purposes. 

 The results of this little home-made contrivance 

 were indeed gratifying. 



California. W. A. Pryai. 



FERTILIZERS 



Fertilizer for Cotton 



THE old method of fertilizing for cotton was 

 to apply 200 pounds of 2-2-8 mixture to 

 the acre, regardless of the kind of soil, the season, 

 or anything else. In later years, however, the 

 cotton growers have found that it pays to give the 

 question of fertilizer and the soil more attention. 

 The soils of the northern and northwestern parts 

 of Florida are very similar to that of Georgia, being 

 underlaid with clay, and are termed good farming 

 lands. These soils will require from 200 to 600 

 pounds of fertilizer to the acre. It is a good deal 

 better to put on the maximum amount of fer- 

 tilizer and get a bale of cotton to the acre than 

 to put on 200 pounds and get a bale to every 

 three acres. 



In the southern part of Florida, where the soil 

 is more sandy and porous, it will require a heavier 

 application of fertilizer. There are some flat wood 

 sections in the southern part of the state that are 

 equal in productiveness to the land in the northern 

 and northwestern part. 



The standard cotton fertilizer is one anal>zing 

 2 per cent, ammonia, 2 per cent, potash and 8 per 

 cent, phosphoric acid. There is, however, a change 

 being made, the ammonia being increased to 3 

 per cent., the potash to 4 per cent, and the phos- 

 phoric acid reduced to 6 per cent. This formula 

 seems to give better results in both growth and 

 lint than the old formula of 2-2-8. 



Florida. E. O. P. 



