M a v , 1 9 1 t 



T IT E G A It 1 ) E N M A G A Z I N E 



Tht Readers' Service will give you 

 information about motor boats 



2G7 



Suggestion No. Ill 

 From the Advertising 

 Suggestion Department 



EVERY business has its own 

 story to tell. Why not take 

 advantage of The Garden Maga- 

 zine's tone and character and 

 tell your " own story " by an anni- 

 versary or biographical sketch in 

 the advertising pages? We practi- 

 cally live with our readers and will 

 be glad to enlist this intimate ac- 

 quaintance in your service. We 

 know how to present your side so 

 that it will interest our side. Send 

 the requisite information and we 

 will submit free an advertisement 

 of this order. 



Write Jay Vee 

 The Advertising Suggestion Department 

 Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City.N.Y. 



For a Most Beautiful Lawn 



Sow KALAKA, It is specially selected, specially tested grass 

 seed, and pulverized mrnuxe — the ideal combination to grow 

 quick, hardy, lasting turf. For seeding new lawns or putting 

 new life into the old lawn nothing equals 



Packed in 6 pound boxes at $1.00 per box, express paid east. 

 or 81.25 west of Omaha. Write and ask for prices on special 

 mixtures for special locations and purposes. Order today 

 and have the best seed money can buy. Get our/reelawn book. 



THE KALAKA CO., 14 Union Stock Yards, Chicago 



ORCHIDS 



Largest importers and growers of 



Orchids in the United States 



LAGER & HURRELL 



Orchid Growers and Importers SUMMIT, N.J. 



Fairfax Roses 



Unusually well - bred 

 and well - grown ; will 



succeed anywhere. Free Catalogue tells all about them. 



W. R. GRAY, Box 6, Oakton. Fairfax County, Va. 



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 

 f. CitAic homes. 

 250 page catalogue free. Write today. 



HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL 



Dept. G. Springfield, Mass. 



Pro 



THE 



THE HIGHWAY 

 TO PERENNIALS 



Leads straight to the 



Palisades Nurseries 





HTHERE you will find 

 -I all kinds and you can 

 take your pick from the 

 best that grow. Peren- 

 nials add a feeling of per- 

 a Highway of Perennials ■ manency to your home 



surroundings. They change their plumage but not their face 

 and keep reflecting the seasons all the year around. 



No grounds are really gardened without a big showing in peren- 

 nials. We are headquarters for perennials and assure the widest 

 latitude in choice as well as the most courteous promptitude in 

 correspondence and service. Our motto — Maximum Quality at 

 Minimum Cost. Write 



THE PALISADES NURSERY, Sparkill, N. Y. 



3 



SWIFT'S ARSENATE OF LEAD 



HIGHEST QUALITY 



Insect Pest Destroyer! 



Easy to mix — sure to kill. Death to all leaf-eating insects. Save your trees, fruits and vegetables. 



Put Up in paste Or dry form. (Conforms to the National Insecticide Act of 1910.) 



Be Sure and Ask for SWIFT'S 



and thus always secure GUARANTEED HIGHEST QUALITY. 

 FOR SALE BY LEADING DEALERS EVERYWHERE 



MERRIMAC CHEMICAL CO. 



30 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. 



Send for Circular. 



A lawn roller whose weight can be adjusted to the con- 

 ditions of your lawn, garden, tennis court or driveway. 



^.^ ( A light Machine for the soft, wet spring lawn. 



^)l"l.© <| A heavy Machine for the hard, dry summer lawn. 



( A heavier Machine for the driveway or tennis court. 

 Why buy one of the old style iron or cement fixed -weight rollers that is generally too heavy 

 or too light to do your lawn the most good, paying for two or three hundred pounds of useless 

 metal — and freight on it as well — when less money will buy the better, more efficient 



Any weight" Water Ballast Lawn Roller 



A difference of 50 pounds may mean success or ruin to your lawn — a half-ton machine will 

 spoil it in early spring, while a 200 lb. roller is absolutely useless later in the season. If you 

 desire a fine, soft, springy turf of deep green, instead of a coarse, dead looking patch of grass, 

 use an ' Anyweight" Water Ballast Roller — built in 3 sizes, all of 24 inch diameter and of 

 24, 27 and 32 inch widths. Drums boiler riveted or acetylene welded. Weight I 15-124 or 

 32 lbs. empty — from that "anyweight" up to half a ton when ballasted. Filled in 30 

 seconds — emptied in a jiffy. Runs easy — lasts a lifetime. 



liic hnnL- cant FfAA* We will mail you postpaid, our valuable and inter- 

 nlS DOOK beniliee. e g t j ng book on "The Care of the Lawn - 'together 

 ith folder about the"anyweight." t Write us today. Save money — save your lawn. 



Wilder Strong Implement Co., Box 6, Monroe, Mich. 



