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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



A peil, 1912 



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B reniin al- 

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 ^^ , well, and it 

 I"! r '' wears for 

 \i/ \-ears. In fact, 

 a Brenlin shade 

 will outwear several 

 ord in ary shades. 



The difference in material is -what makes 

 Brenlin wear so much better. Ordinary shades 

 are a coarse muslin, stiffened with a "filling" of 

 chalk. This" filling" cracks and falls out, leav- 

 ing the shade streaked, full of pinholes and 

 unsightly. 



There is no "filling" in Brenlin. Brenlin is a 

 closely woven cloth. There is nothing about it 

 to crack. It is supple — not stiff. 



Brenlin is made in all colors and in Brenlin 

 Duplex. With Brenlin Duplex you can have a 

 uniform color outside and ditterent colors inside 

 to harmonize with the color scheme of each room. 



Brenlin is not expensive. There is scarcely 

 any difference in cost. For a few cents more a 

 shade \~ou can get Brenlin. 



The Brenlin Book- -write for it today 



In it are actual samples of Brenlin in all 

 colors, also in Brenlin Duplex, and many help- 

 ful suggestions for the treatment of your 

 windows. 



With it we will give you the 

 name of the Brenlin dealer 

 in your city. 



So that you may know that 

 vou are getting Brenlin, the 

 name BRENLIN is per- 

 forated along the edge of 

 every yard. 



Be sure to look for it when 

 buj'ing and when your 

 shades are hung. 



Chas. W. Breneman 

 & Co. 



2073-2083 Reading 



Road, Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. 



Landscape Gardening 



A course for Home-makers and 

 Gardeners taught by Prof. Craig 

 and Prof. Beal, of Cornell Uni- 

 versity. 



Gardeners who understand up-to- 

 date methods and practice are in 

 demand for the best positions. 



A knowledge of Landscape Gar- 

 dening is indispensable to those 

 who would have the pleasantest 

 Prop. Craig homes. 



250 page catalogue free. Write today. 



THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL 



Dept. G. Springfield, Mass. 



matched there will result an exact right-angle 

 where the nine and twelve-foot strips meet. Lay 

 one side of this frame along the line of the first 

 row. and the other will point along the line of the 

 first cross-row, which is staked out as before. 

 The location of the other rows is simply a matter 

 of measuring again with the cord and rings. Each 

 little stick must be removed when digging a hole 

 for the tree. To be sure that the tree occupies the 

 exact location in the hole that was marked by the 

 stick, take a light strip of board, ten or twelve feet 

 long, and cut a V-shaped notch in one side at either 

 end, and one exactly at the middle point between the 

 other two cuts, and on the same side of the strip. 



When read} - to dig a hole, place the strip of 

 board upon the ground with the stick resting in 

 the middle notch. Place two other sticks so that 



This method of planting fruit trees ensures an 

 exact distance between all the trees 



they will rest in the two end notches of the long 

 strip. The middle stick, where the tree is to stand, 

 can now be removed and the hole dug "both deep 

 and wide, - ' throwing the surface soil in one pile and 

 the subsoil in another. To set the tree in the 

 exact position occupied by the first stake, lay down 

 the notched strip of board so that the two sticks 

 still in position will fit into the two end notches. 

 Place the tree in the hole with its trunk resting in 

 the middle notch. The tree is held firmly in place 

 in the notch with one hand while with the other 

 fine loam is carefully packed about the roots. 

 Massachusetts. W. D. 



The Fall Fruiting Strawberries 



THE question of growing fruits out of season is, 

 of course, a personal one. Do you want 

 them? If you want strawberries in August, Sept- 

 ember and October, there is no question but that 

 you can have them, as I know from my own ex- 

 perience. I personally much prefer to have fruits 

 in their proper season, but to people who are par- 

 ticularly fond of strawberries, and could eat them 

 all summer long, the fall-bearing varieties are cer- 

 tainly a boon. 



For the past two years I have seen at the Xew 

 York State Fair, in September, an excellent ex- 

 hibit of strawberries by a Xew York grower. They 

 were of good size and of fine flavor. Specimens 

 of the foliage were also shown, which indicated 

 healthy and vigorous plants. 



The history of the fall strawberries, in brief, is 

 as follows: An old variety, the Pan American, was 

 observed to have the characteristic of blossoming 

 and bearing a little fruit all summer, and so it was 

 called the "everbearing" strawberry. Growers 

 became interested in these fall-bearing straw- 

 berries from a commercial standpoint, and pro- 

 duced the following seedlings, which are more 

 or less everbearing: Autumn, Productive, Su- 

 perb, Frances and Americus. With the excep- 

 tion of the first two, all are bisexual and will 

 bear if planted alone. The most popular now are 

 Frances and Americus, the latter being the best 

 adapted to ordinary culture, quite productive and 

 of fine flavor. Frances is a little more productive, 

 but it needs very high cultivation. 



The usual plan is to set these strawberries in the 

 spring the same as any other kind, and the pick off 

 all the blossoms up to within three or four weeks 

 of the time when berries are desired. A great 

 point with these berries is that they bear the first 

 year. 



New York. W. H. Jentcixs. 



Wilson's Outside Venetians 



BUND AND AWNING COMBINED 



For town and country houses. Very durable and artistic. Easily 

 operated frorr inside. Admit air ; exclude sun rays. 



SPECIAL OUTSIDE VENETIANS 



for porches and piazzas, 

 exclude the sun ; admit 

 the breeze. Virtually 

 make an outdoor room. 

 Orders should be placed 

 NOW" for Spring or Sum- 

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Write for Catalogue 

 Venetian No. 4. 



Also inside Venetians. 

 Rolling Partitions. Roll- 

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 Curtains, Wood Block 

 Floors. 



JAS. G. WILSON 

 MFG. CO. 



h and Piazza Blinds 1 &3 W.29thSt. N. Y. 



Luther Burbank's Twentieth Century 



GLADIOLUS 



OFFERED FOR THE FIRST TIME, WITH OTHER 

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These new gladioli are a revelation in this, the most varied, most 

 popular and most easily grown of all bulbous plants, and are without 

 doubt the largest, most brilliant and most varied ones growing on this 

 earth, and of a new and distinct type. The Tarieties offered this 

 season are especially rich in scarlet, salmon and crimson shades, 

 which are now most rare and most sought for in alt collections. The 

 flowers of most of these are enormous and remarkable as well for their 

 substance as for unusual size and brilliance of colors. Illustrated 

 folder free; also list of other catalogs, etc. 

 W. A. LEE, Agent, Dept. M, COVINA, CALIFORNIA 



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