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What is a /air rental for a given 

 property? Ask the Readers' Service 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1912 



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The Brenlin Before y° u select 



D I your shades, write 



rSOOK for this booklet. 



In it are actual samples of Brenlin in all 

 colors and in Brenlin Duplex, light one side, 

 dark the other; and many helpful sugges- 

 tions for the treatment of your windows. 

 Brenlin is the most attractive, durable 

 window shade material made. It is a 

 closely woven cloth— not a coarse muslin 

 with chalk or clay " filling." It is this 

 " filling" in ordinary shades which cracks 

 and falls out after a few months' use 

 leaving unsightly cracks and pinholes. 

 There is no " filling" whatever in Brenlin. 

 It will outwear several ordinary shades. 

 It always hangs smooth and even— never 

 wrinkles. The sun won't fade Brenlin, 

 water won't spot it. 



Brenlin is not expensive. There is scarce- 

 ly any difference in cost— for a few cents 

 more a shade you can get Brenlin. 



Write today for this booklet 



With it we will give you the name of the 

 dealer in your town who handles Brenlin. 

 So that you may know that you are getting 

 Brenlin the name is perforated, BRENLIN 

 along the edge of every yard. Be sure 

 that you see it when buying, and when 

 your shades are hung. Chas. W. Breneman 

 & Co., 2o73-2o83 Beading Road, Cincinnati. Ohio 



BRENLIN 



BRENLIN 



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Plant breeding and selecting has been 

 our business for years. We market the 

 results in the shape of thoroughbred 

 vegetable and flower seeds. They 

 grow good crops. 



1912 Seed Annual Free on Request 

 D. M. FERRY & CO., Detroit, Mich. 



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Growing Palms from Seed 



THE palms are among the best plants that can 

 be grown in the window garden, or for home 

 decoration generally, as they withstand the vicis- 

 situdes imposed upon them by the average living 

 room better than many plants. They are green 

 the year around; all that is necessary to keep the 

 foliage bright and green is reasonably careful 

 culture and the frequent sponging of the leaves. 



The easiest way to get palms for home decoration 

 is to step into the nearest florist shop and buy them; 

 but for those who delight in having their plants 

 from babyhood, the growing of palms from seed 

 will be found exceedingly interesting. The larger 

 seedsmen of this country are able to furnish some- 

 thing like a dozen different species of palm seed, 

 and they cost from thirty cents to two dollars a 

 hundred, or from ten to twenty-five cents a packet, 

 the packets holding from ten to twenty-four seeds 

 according to the species and the price. 



To be successful in raising seedling palms, the 

 first requisite is to have fresh seeds. Unlike the 

 ordinary vegetable and flower seeds all the new 

 crops of palm seeds are not put on the market at the 

 same time, for the seeds arrive from the various 

 parts of the world where they are collected at 

 various times throughout the y r ear. To get fresh 

 seed the best way will be to place your order with 

 your seedsman asking him to send you the seeds 

 as soon as he receives fresh supplies. 



The big growers usually sow the seeds on benches 

 in the greenhouse where they can have bottom 

 heat, but the window gardener must content 

 himself with sowing them in pots. A 6-inch pot is 

 a good size to use. There should be an inch of 

 drainage in the bottom of the pot, and the pot 

 nearly full of good seed soil — one made of equal 

 parts of a good loam and leaf mold with a little 

 sand and charcoal to insure drainage will give 

 satisfactory results. The seeds should be covered 

 about a half inch deep. 



You cannot expect palm seeds to germinate as 

 quickly as the seeds of annuals. It will take any- 

 where from one to nine months for the seedlings 

 to appear, but most of the seed will come up within 

 two or three months. To insure as rapid germina- 

 tion as possible, keep the seeds in a warm place, 

 with the moisture in the soil as even as possible. 

 If a greenhouse is at your command a temperature 

 of 6o degrees at night with a rise of io to 20 degrees 

 during the day time, and a small amount of bottom 

 heat, will insure germination of the seed within a 

 reasonable time. 



To avoid frequent waterings when starting palm 

 seeds in the window garden a layer of sphagnum 

 moss over the soil in the pots will be of consider- 

 able help. Better results will be obtained if there 

 is a shallow box to contain the pots holding the 

 seeds, over which there is a glass top, making a 

 sort of Wardian case. 



There is a great similarity in the first leaves of 

 all the palms when they appear above ground, 

 and it is difficult to tell one species from another. 



It will not be necessary to transplant the young 

 seedlings for some time after they appear. If 

 there are many plants in the pot, they should not 

 be left so long as to allow the roots to become 

 intertwined, but where there are only a few in a 

 pot they can be allowed to stand four or five weeks 

 before being transplanted. 



The best way to transplant the seedlings, if 

 there are enough plants in the pot to satisfy your 

 wants, is to carefully remove the whole mass from 

 the pot, and wash away the soil from the roots; 



Wilson's Outside Venetians 



BUND AND AWNING COMBINED 



n and country house 

 operated from inside. 



. Very durable and artistic. 

 Admit air; exclude sun rays. 



Easily 



SPECIAL OUTSIDE VENETIANS 





PlilyiPliill f 





Wilson's Porch and Piazza Blinds 



for porches and piazzas, 

 exclude the sun ; admit 

 the breeze. Virtually 

 make an outdoor room. 

 Orders should be placed 

 NOW for Spring or Sum- 

 mer delivery. 



Write for Catalogue 

 Venetian No. 4. 



Also inside Venetians. 

 Rolling Partitions, Roll- 

 ing Steel Shutters, Bur- 

 glar and Fireproof Steel 

 Curtains, Wood Block 

 Floors. 



JAS. G. WILSON 



MFG. CO. 

 !&3W.29thSt.N.Y. 



BEAUTIFUL 

 ORIENTAL RUGS 



are hard to buy at the right prices. 

 Antique weaves are so scarce that the casual buyer 

 finds it hard to get them at any price. It is my hobby 

 to pick one out of a thousand rugs through several 

 channels, and my collection is yours to select from. 

 My antiques are thick, lustrous, and far superior to 

 new rugs. I send rare antiques on approval, paying 

 expense both ways. 



Write for f ree booklet and price list. 



L. B. LAWTON, MAJOR U. S. A., Retired 

 101 CAYUGA STREET, SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK 



You'll get real comfort and pleasure 

 out of your porch this summer if you 

 equip it with Komi Green Painted 

 Porch Curtains. They'll make it a 

 delightful outdoor living room. 



Komi 



Green Painted 

 Porch Curtains 



are made of specially selected bam- 

 boo painted with green paint. They 

 won't fade, are tough enough to stand 

 all kinds of rough usage and rough 

 weather. Sizes to fit almost any 

 space always in stock. Ask your 

 dealer to show you them — or write 

 us for particulars and samples. 



R. H. COMEY CO., Camden. N.J. 



Chicago. 2440 to 2448 Washburn Ave 



