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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



June, 1912 



Like a yard with shade 

 trees and shrubbery, cool, 

 seclusive and inviting, is 

 the porch screened from 

 the blazing sun with 



Burlington 

 Venetian Blinds 



You can easily fit your porch 

 with Burlington Venetian Blinds, 

 and you can readily adjust the 

 blinds at an angle that will allow 

 free circulation and yet keep out 

 the hot sun. 



Write for FREE, 



Illustrated Booklet 



This booklet will show you that 

 your porch can be that which 

 it ought to be — your summer 

 living room. 



Burlington Venetian Blind Co. 

 327 Lake Street, Burlington, Vt. 



STRIKE LIFT DRIVE 



No Strain WhenHigh Nailing 



j :.mf.v.'iir-rcrc 



' 'for the mechanic with an ambition to succeed' 



16 oz. or 21 oz. Head- WHICH? 



$1.50 at your dealer's 



or from us, delivery prepaid. 



Worth ten times more than the common 



hammer — costs three times more to make. 



DOUBLE CLAW HAMMER CO. 

 START B 4 r 5 o 3 ok? y r „°, a N:Y! OUT 



Pulls The 

 Nail Out 

 Straight 

 Without 

 A Block 



DUTCH BULBS and ROOTS 



el from Holland. Catalog full of vital facts FR 



See detail advertisement on page 285 Bfc£i_Il_l_Cid 



Good 



ivation 



If you would have a bigger, 



better garden, good cultiva- 



^■^ — m # tion is absolutely necessary. 



Cultivation The n h ° me *«***«. **&?. 



small truit grower, can de- 

 crease labor, increase crops and profit by using Iron Age tools. 

 Our Single and Double Wheel Hoes are strong, light, 

 compact. Easy to push — make gardening a real pleasure. 

 Special attachments for a dozen uses. Perfect weed killers, 

 cultivators, hillers, etc. We are wheel hoe specialists. 

 If you need a garden tool, you need an 



IROMAQE 



Attachments can be added as needed ; they reduce 



tool expense. Ask your dealer to show them. 



And send for free booklets of complete line of 



garden, orchard and field labor -saving 



tools. A postal will bring 



them promptly. ._.,., _jL-g 



Bateman M'f'g Co., 

 Box 5351 Grenloch, New Jersey 



Necessary Garden Tools 



THE really necessary equipment of tools for 

 the home garden is not an item of much ex- 

 pense; twelve or thirteen dollars will be ample for 

 most people. In order to take any pleasure in 

 gardening and to derive any profitable results from 

 one's labors, we must have the right tools for the 

 work. 



The thorough plowing and harrowing which 

 precedes all successful gardening requires a one- 

 horse plow and a harrow, but since these are used 

 but once during the season, they may be hired. 

 Otherwise use a spade. 



Get tools that are strongly made and of the best 

 material. A cheap article is simply a waste of 

 money, for it will not last any length of time. Have 

 the tool house convenient to the garden, and be 

 sure to put the tools away when they are not in use. 



The following, while not all tools, are necessities. 

 The prices are approximate; there may, of course, 

 be some change from year to year: 



Steel-toothed rake of 12 or is teeth $ .60 



Hoe .45 



Spade of best steel 1.50 



Shovel 1.50 



Steel manure fork 85 to 1 . 25 



Trowel, 6-inch .50 



Pruning shears for grape vines, etc 1-5° 



Tin can. with rigid handle and perforated bottom, for 



dry insecticides .40 



Wheelbarrow 3.50105.00 



Small-handled basket for gathering vegetables . . .25 



Scoop to,' applying fertilizer .10 



Twine .10 



To this may be added from time to time such con- 

 veniences as 



Broad-tined fork for digging about trees J1.00 

 Hoe with blade turning back (like a double plow share) 



for furrowing and covering seeds .75 



Double wheel hoe with various attachments . . . 7-35 



Mole trap 1.50 



Reel 2 85 



Rubber hose. J-in., 100 ft . 15.00 



Knapsack sprayer for trees and plants, with copper 



tank and brass pump attachment. . . . . 14.00 



This knapsack sprayer is carried upon the back, 

 the agitator being operated by one hand and the 

 nozzle by the other. The brass and copper portions 

 resist the corroding nature of the fungicide. 



Never expose the garden hose to the very hot 

 sun. Put it under shelter when it is not in use. 



New Jersey. M. Roberts Conover. 



My Home-made Garden Roller 



TN SOUTHERN California, when a garden 

 A roller is needed, it is wanted quickly. If it 

 is necessary to send away for it, the chances are 

 that the rainy season may be over before it comes, 

 and in the dry season it is about as useful as a 

 feather duster. 



Recently, I was in the predicament of wanting a 

 garden roller, and did not know from where I 

 could buy, beg, bag, borrow, or steal one. So I 

 decided to make one. 



I told the grocery boy to bring me the biggest 

 cylindrical can he could find, impressing upon him 

 that it must be cylindrical. The next day he 

 produced a fifty-pound lard-pail, and apologized 

 for the handles. As a matter of fact, the latter 

 served a useful purpose before they were removed. 



I cut a piece of five-eighths, round bar-iron five 

 inches longer than the height of the lard pail; 

 made a five-eighths-inch hole in the exact centre of 

 the bottom and another in the centre of the lid 



Modern Sleeping Porch Fitted with Wilson's Blinds 



Practically makes an Outdoor Room of the ordi- 

 nary porch; a room at night, a porch by day. 



WILSON'S VENETIANS 



for outside and inside of town and country 

 houses; very durable, convenient and artistic. 



Special Outside Venetians 



most practical and useful form of 

 Venetian yet devised for porches and 

 windows: excludes the sun, admits 

 the breeze. 



Write J or Venetian Catalogue No. 4. 



Orders should be placed now 



for summer delivery. 



Jas. G. Wilson Mfg. Co. 



1 & 3 West 29th St. New York 



Also Inside Venetians; Rolling 

 Partitions, Rolling Steel Shutters, 

 Burglar and Fireproof Steel Cur- 

 tains, Wood Block Floors. 



HOUSEHOLD 

 NECESSITY 



Here's the simplest, handiest 

 and most efficient household arti- 

 cle ever made. 



The "Universal" Sharpener 

 It puts a keen lasting edge in a 

 few seconds on either kitchen or 

 table knives, or on pocket knives. 

 No excuse now for a dull knife 

 in the house. 



Price, Postpaid, 50c 



Make life easier and happier by sending for this article t 'day 

 ARTHUR C. EDDY, P. 0. Box 355, Thompsonville, Conn. 



ALCA GARDEN TOOL 



TROWEL 

 Makes Garden Work Easy 



Combines Five Useful Garden Implements in One 



TROWEL- FORK- HOE-WEEDER - DIBBER 



A Labor savin: Art!' In f»r Garden or Ur enhonsr. n»eri in 

 Weeding, Pissing Planting and Trnnsiilnnttng 



Compact and rigid in any position — built to last. 

 Each tool released by a spring. 



Send 50c for the Who! 



(Combination if your dealer 



cannot supply you 



Alca Mfg. Co. 



366 W. 50th 



Street 



New York 



DIBBER 



FORK 



BON OR A for Flowers 



^ and Vegetables 



Bonora is the greatest fertilizer 

 in the world. Results are won- 

 derful. Will make your flowers 

 and vegetables grow as if in the 

 tropics. Makes all plant life ma- 

 ture three weeks earlier. Descrip- 

 tive circulars upon application. 

 Order from your seed dealer 



Put up as follows: 



1 lb. makes 2S gallons .65postpaid 



5 lbs. " 140 " $ 2.50 



10 " " 280 " 4.75 



50 



Bonora Chemical Co 



1400 " 22.50 



5t5 Broadway 

 New York 



