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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



June, 1912 



David 

 Grayson 



"Adventures in Friendship" 



"Adventures in Friendship" is an 

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 comes to a man who keeps his eyes open to the magic appeal of nature." 



— London Standard. 



" Adventures in Contentment " 



" The proper word to apply to this book is charming, for these little stories of life 

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Charming illustrations in black and white and full colors by Thomas Fogarty. 



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of the 

 wood, 

 of it, 



A garden roller made out 

 of a 50-pound lard pail! 



pail; rested the pail on a couple of blocks or 

 and put the iron bar through the bottom 

 leaving two and a half inches of the bar 

 sticking out to hold 

 the framework. Then 

 I made a mixture of 

 two parts of coarse 

 sand and one of ce- 

 ment, and added suf- 

 cient water to make 

 it fairly sloppy. Some 

 of this was put in the 

 pail, then some stones 

 that had been thor- 

 oughly washed, then 

 more cement mortar, 

 taking care thit the 

 interstices between the 

 stones were thoroughly 

 filled by ramming, and 

 so on, until the pail 

 was full. A little more 

 cement mortar was 

 then added, a few 

 holes punched in the 

 lid of the can with a 

 nail, and the lid put 

 on the can. A piece of 

 rope was then tied 

 over the lid from handle to handle, and wooden 

 wedges driven between the lid and the rope. This 

 forced the surplus water out through the nail 

 holes in the lid, and made the mixture within 

 the pail compact. The pail was allowed to remain 

 for a couple of days, when the lid was soldered in 

 place, the rope removed, and the handles taken 

 from the can by filing the rivets. 



For a frame, two-by-four studding was used. 

 The cross pieces were let half an inch into the side 

 pieces, to give rigidity. Five-inch nails were used 

 in putting the frame together. To keep the roller 

 from rubbing against the frame, three five-eighths- 

 inch washers were placed on the spindle on either 

 side of the roller. 



Though with no pretentions to ornamentality, 

 the roller has proved a great success. 

 California F. H. Mason. 



Tree and Garden Labels 



THE question of labels for trees and plants 

 has ever been a vexatious one. I feel that 

 I have solved the problem for 

 myself simply, cheaply, and oth- 

 erwise satisfactorily. 



There are to be found in most 

 towns and villages machines 

 which, by dropping a penny in the 

 slot, will print on a strip of alum- 

 inum any letters which may be de- 

 sired. These letters, being punched 

 or embossed in the metal, are al- 

 ways legible, the metal will not ox- 

 idize or tarnish to any extent, and 

 is therefore practically imperish- 

 able. For each penny dropped in 

 the slot the machine will print 

 about twenty-two letters. Two 

 or even three labels can be put on 

 one strip for one penny, providing 

 the names are short enough. The 

 metal is soft and the names can 

 be cut apart with a pair of scis- 

 sors or a knife. 



In labeling trees it is best to 

 print the name as far as possible to 

 one end of the strip and nail the 

 label to the tree at the blank end. 

 It will be many years before the 

 tree will need relabeling. As the 

 tree grows the bark will slowly 

 close over the nail head and blank 

 end of the label. In making labels 

 to be stuck in the ground it would 

 be best to tack them on to strips 

 of cypress which will last for many 

 years without rotting. Cedar will 

 be found a fair substitute, but This label 

 pine or other soft woods will not has lasted for 

 last for more than a year or two. several years 

 Charles C. YVhedon. in a straw- 

 New Jersey. berry bed 





