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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1912 



HARDY 

 FLOWERING 



Shrubs 



guaranteed to please yon 



10 for $3 



If you are not pleased with my stock, for any 

 reason whatsoever, send it back, at my ex- 

 pense, and I will refund every cent it has 

 cost you, including express or freight charges. 



There's my guarantee. It says a lot about 

 the quality of my shrubs. I want you to see 

 that quality yourself. I'll send you ten strong, 

 thrifty bushes for $3 — your own choice of 

 these varieties, in the generous sizes indicated. 



GOLDEN BELL (Forsythia suspensa). Covered with 

 yellow bell-shaped flowers in April; best of early bloomers. 

 3 to 4 feet high. 



PERSIAN LILAC (Syringa Persica). Favorite wher- 

 ever planted; purple flowers in May. 2 to 3 feet. 



WEIGELA ROSEA {Diervilla fiorda). Large rosy 

 flowers borne profusely in June. 2 to 3 feet. 



MOCK ORANGE (Philadelphus coronarius). Fragrant 

 white flowers in June. 3 to 4 feet. 



BUSH HONEYSUCKLE (Lonicera Tatarica). A big, 

 pink bouquet in May and June. 3 to 4 feet. 



DEUTZIA {Dtu.t7.ia scabra crenata). Showy white 

 flowers in late June; dwarf. 1 foot. 



BRIDAL WREATH (Spiraea Van Houtlei). Covered 

 with luxuriant white flowers in June. 3 to 4 feet. 



JAPANESE ROSE (Rosa rugosa). Blooms all summer; 

 hardy as an oak. 2 to 3 feet. 



HYDRANGEA (Hydrangea paniculata grandijlora). 

 Augusc to September. 2 to 3 feet. 



ALTHEA (Hibiscus Syriacus). Illustrated above. Big 

 white or pink flowers in August and September. 3 to 4 feet. 



Book your order early 

 I'll ship at the right time 



Let Me Send You Plants for 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 J- to 2-foot 

 stock (plant 18 inches apart) at ?2o a hundred, fifty for 

 $10, ten for S3. 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. 



C'-.— — My brochure on hardy shrubs, a 52-page hand- 

 » ICC book, beautifully illustrated, describing "every 

 shrub worth having." When you write for it, tell me what 

 your planting problems are and I'll help you solve them. 



FRED HAXTON 



4717 Winthrop Ave. Edgewater, Chicago 



EARLIER 



AND 



BETTER 



PEAS 



BEANS 



and 



SWEET PEAS 



IN YOUR GARDEN THIS YEAR 



Sweet, delicious peas, crisp full flavored beans, and 

 large, lasting fragrant sweet pea blossoms, better than 

 ever before, is the certain result of using, on the seeds 

 just before planting, the wonderful 

 50c Garden Size Acre Size, $2.00 



FARMOGERM INOCULATION 

 for ALFALFA and CLOVERS 



Enriches the soil Increases the yield 



FREE Book No. 12. EarpThomasFarmogerniCo.,Blooni(eld,N. J. 



them. A bos should be placed over each hill, 

 when the seeds are planted, and left in position 

 until the vines outgrow them. These boxes are 

 not absolutely necessary, but are' most useful, 

 and but little trouble to make. They help the 

 seeds to germinate, act as a slight protection on 

 cold nights and keep the greatest enemy of the 

 melon-raiser, the striped beetle, from destroying 

 the young vines. 



When the vines are about a foot long, carefull}' 

 pinch off the ends. Melon vines are very tender 

 and must not be roughly handled nor trod upon. 

 Keep the vines pinched back throughout the 

 season. 



WHEN TO SPRAY 



Another of the melon enemies is blight, and this 

 must be fought by systematic spraying. Begin 

 when the vines are a foot long and spray with 

 Bordeaux mixture, adding arsenate of lead for the 

 bugs. Spray ever} - two weeks, omitting the 

 arsenate when the fruit ripens. Cultivate the 

 melon patch, keeping it free from weeds, until the 

 vines cover it. When the blossoms come, give 

 each plant a quarter of a pailful of nitrate of soda 

 solution, made by dissolving two teaspoonfuls of 

 nitrate of soda in a pail of water. Do this two or 

 three times as the melons develop, or alternate the 

 soda solution with liquid manure. It is wise to 

 place a shingle under each young fruit to keep it 

 off the ground and circumvent the wire worms. 

 Some growers advise mulching the melon patch 

 with straw when the vines are young, in which case 

 the shingles are not necessary. 



New Jersey. M. T. R. 



The Mole, a Friend in Disguise 



TWO years ago, when we discovered numerous 

 unsightly mole burrows running here and 

 there through our flower beds, we said, with a sigh 

 "What next? Cutworms, tomato worms, black 

 flies and mildew, and now moles." So last spring, 

 when hollyhocks, foxgloves, and Canterbury bells 

 failed to appear, the supposition was that moles 

 had eaten them during the winter, and vengeance 

 was vowed accordingly. The difficulty was that 

 the more we looked into the matter, the harder it 

 seemed to wreak vengeance on the moles, who, 

 in the meantime, were making themselves at home 

 all over the garden. 



Then the happy suggestion came to us to apply 

 to the Department of Agriculture for help. The 

 answer was startling and illuminating on the sub- 

 ject of what conclusions we had jumped to through 

 mere prejudice. Moles, according to the Govern- 

 ment expert, live entirely on grubs, cutworms, and 

 similar dainties. They are, therefore, better for 

 the garden than much poison and cultivating. 

 The only real drawback is they do often choose 

 for the scene of their labors the soft soil where 

 bulbs or young plants have been set out. This is 

 trying to the gardener's soul, but let him stamp 

 the plant back into place and think of the havoc 

 a cutworm or two would have made with those 

 same young plants! 



The moles positively will not eat the roots. In 

 our garden one of the entrances that showed signs 

 of constant use was directly at the root of a thrifty 

 peony, but the plant showed no signs of distress. 

 And as for the loss of plants during the winter so 

 confidently laid to the poor moles, we now believe 

 it was due to the extreme weather, for all the 

 gardens in this section reported similar losses of 

 the less hardy perennials, and they were not all 

 infested by moles by any means. 



The Department of Agriculture explains how to 

 kill moles if they do become too zealous to be 

 endured. Capture a fat grub, cut off his head, and 

 substitute a capsule of strychnine. This bait is 

 to be placed in a burrow with due care that the mole 

 shall not suspect any danger. 



The best friend of the mole cannot claim that his 

 work is in any way pleasing to the eye, but it is 

 surprising to find how much less you mind the 

 humps of dirt or even an occasional uprooted plant 

 after you get the new point of view. And certainly 

 it is much pleasanter to be able to look with 

 certainty upon one supposed enemy as a friend in 

 disguise! 



Vermont. Jessie J. Braixerd. 









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Stained with Cabofs Shingle Stains. Rufus D. 



Wood, ArcJit, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Read what this Architect says about 



his own house which is stained with 



Cabot's Creosote Stains 



"The shingles of the roof and second story are stained 

 with your brown stain and the plaster on the outside 

 columns with your white Waterproof Cement Stain- A 

 number of the shingled houses in my neighborhood have been 

 stained with creosote (?) stains manufactured by local concerns 

 and their colors are very muddy and disagreeable and do not 

 seem to stand the weather, while mine has retained the 

 original nut-brown color which I desired. (Signed) 



RUFUS D. WOOD. 

 It pays to use a reliable, standard article with a reputation. 

 Cheap, kerosene-madestains waste both your money and labor. 

 You can get Cabot's Stains all over the country. 

 Send for free samples of stained wood. 



SAMUEL CABOT, Inc., Manfg. Chemists 



1 Oliver Street Boston, Mass. 





DUTCH BULBS and ROOTS 



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I offer the best varieties in mixtures and named sorts. 

 Augusta. Blanche, White Lady, Rochester White, Alice 

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