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What is a fair rental for a given 

 property? Ask the Readers' Service 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1912 



Dwarf Fruit Trees 



for small yards are our special- 

 ty. This year, and nt this time, 

 we offer a most comprehensive 

 choice. It is complete now. 



Knowing" our stock to be of 

 the highest quality, we wish to 

 tell you about it more fully. 

 Altho you may be flooded with 

 nursery catalogs at this season, 

 we have one of unusual interest 

 to send to you FREE by return 

 mail. It treats exclusively of 

 dwarf fruit trees and plants suit- 

 able for small yards. Write — 



The Michigan Nursery, Inc. 



Winkworth & Sons 

 MONROE. Michigan 



We have been established over 60 years 



If 



you contemplate Early Vegetables 

 do not fail to plant some seed 



Th, 



Don Tomato 



ibles I 



If planted now, by June 25, you will have the Finest 

 Clusters of Medium Sized Solid, Perfect Tomatoes. 



Do not judge quality by the quantity. "Quality 

 and quantity never go hand in hand." 



25c. in Stamps will bring you a Packet of this 

 Tomato (enough for 100 plants) also our New 1912 

 Catalogue, which you cannot afford to be without. 



WEEBER and DON 



Seed Merchants and Growers 



1 14 Chambers Street New York 



THREAD! 



And 



thrum; 



RUGS 



are made seam- 

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" You choose 

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THREAD 



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RUGS 



and in any length, color orcombina- 



tion of colors. 65 regular shades— 



any other shading made to match, 



Send for color card and 



name of nearest dealer. 



Thread & Thrum Work Shop 



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TEAS-f 



Everbloomin§ Hydrangea 



As lovely and showy as Hydran- 

 gea Paniculata, but blooms all 

 summer, instead of for only a few 

 weeks. Great clusters of pure- 

 white flowers, often a foot across. 

 Entirely hardy; makes handsome 

 pecimen for lawn. We were original 

 introducers, and offer genuine stock. 



Ask for"AChoice Little List" 



Attractive booklet telling- about valuable 

 Shrubs, Perennials, Iris, etc., forspring. Nearly 

 75 years 'experience in horticultural work assures 

 high quality ; tell us about your garden now . 



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B0N0RA the MAGIC PLANT FOOD 



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BONORA will make your roses 

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that the surface will not dry out and see if I cannot 

 get at least fifty per cent, of them to turn into 

 genuine bulbs. 



Gladiolus are wonderfully prolific; by actual 

 count one bulb had seventy-five bulblets attached 

 to it. I noticed that those which made more new 

 bulbs did not make many bulblets, and vice versa. 



Usually I cut off the flowers as the first blossom 

 began to open, but I got careless toward the end 

 of the season, and I left many flowers on the plants. 

 They had fewer bulblets and bulbs than the ones 

 whose flowers were cut off early. For commercial 

 raising, I believe the flowers should be cut off as 

 soon as they are open enough to identify. The 

 flowers from the same bulb always stay the 

 same, I am told but one always wants to save 

 some specially beautiful strains, and then the 

 bulblets can hardly be kept separate and these 

 should be sorted out in some way. This year, I 

 tried putting written tags on them, but it was not 

 a success. My next experience will be with brightly 

 colored strips of cloth tied to the plants right above 

 the ground. 



South Africa is the native home of the gladiolus, 

 but it has been crossed and experimented on in 

 France and Holland and in the North of this 

 country. It looks as if experimenting here in an 

 irrigated country with a climate similar to its native 

 habitat should produce even finer results than in a 

 climate to which it is is not accustomed. 



Texas. Eltweed Pomeroy. 



A Flora of California. By Willis Linn Jepson, 

 Ph.D., Cunningham, Curtis & Welch, San Fran- 

 cisco. Illustrated with many original figures. 

 Part I.: Pinaceae to Taxaceje, pp. 33 to 64; price, 

 90 cents. Part II.: Salicaceae to Urticaceae, pp. 337 

 to 368; price, 80 cents. 



An important and scholarly work issued 

 in parts. The first part describes the big 

 trees and other Titanic evergreens of the Pacific 

 Coast. The second describes the willows, poplars, 

 oaks, etc. The text is enlivened by full-page, 

 half-tone pictures of the noblest trees and most 

 interesting plants. The new spirit is shown by 

 many ecological observations which are invaluable 

 to planters on the Pacific Coast, by showing the 

 best and most permanent plants for every soil 

 and climate, e. g., mountain slopes, valleys, clay, 

 sand, etc. 



Animal Competitors. By Ernest Ingersoll. Sturgis 

 & Walton Co., New York, 1911; pp. 320; 34 

 illustrations from photographs and drawings. 

 Price, $.75 net. 



As we read of and see illustrated in this book, 

 the vast amount of damage inflicted on farms all 

 over the country by the various forms of rodent 

 pests, we are led to the realization that phases of 

 the "scientific management" of which we hear 

 much, could, with great benefit, be directed toward 

 the control of the uninvited tenants of the farm. 

 Mr. Ingersoll has made this very outcome possible 

 by bringing together, in interesting, clear and 

 comprehensive form, much scattered material from 

 Government reports and other sources, dealing 

 with the economic value of such animals as the 

 beaver, gopher, squirrel, fox, deer, rat, mouse, 

 etc. And with this he has incorporated directions 

 for the most effective warfare against those agencies 

 that are distinctly injurious, and for the economic 

 protection and multiplication of those that are of 

 use, often of unappreciated value, to the agri- 

 culturist. 



Modern Gladiolus 



No other flower, at any price, 

 will give you as much satisfaction 

 as the Modern Gladiolus and any- 

 body can grow it. My collection 

 took first premium at Iowa State Fair 

 in 1911. While I still make a specialty of 

 . Groff 's Hybrids. I am constantly addingthe 

 best that can be had from other growers and use 

 no poor sorts. I again offer Thirty Flowering 

 Size Bulbs for 30c. postpaid, but the assort- 

 ment will be different every time. Catalog of 

 best named sorts and mixtures sent free. 



GEO. S. WOODRUFF 



BoxB. 



Independence, Iowa. 



Millions of Trees 



PLANTS, VINES. R-OSES. ETC. 



The oldest, largest and most complete nursery in 

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I. E. ILGENFRITZ' SONS CO. 



THE MONROE NURSERY, Monroe, Michigan 



Make the Farm Pay 



Complete Home Study Courses in Asrienlture, 

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MADAM X-NEW SPENCEH 

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HAVE sweet peas that are liner than your I 

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ou'll be glad when you see them grow- 1 r« I 

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tra large size— beautiful, soft, solid and variegated colors, 

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PACKET OF EACH. POSTPAID TO YOU. 30c 

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