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T II V. CARDEN MAGAZT N E 



March, 1918 



Don't Waste 



One Seed! 



Patriotic gardeners, this year, will practice wise 

 seed economy. While the supply is ample, it 

 behooves us to conserve it. You can help along in 

 this important matter, if you 



Let These Paper Pots Help 





2x2 4x2 3x3 4x3 



Start your indoor garden with them this month. 

 Use them to sow Peppers, Tomatoes, Egg Plants, etc. 

 Make every seed produce a plant. 



per 100 per 1000 



2x2 size — for all small Plants $ .75 $5.00 



4x2 size — for Sweet Peas only 1.00 6.00 



3x3 size — for Tomatoes, Melons, 



Cucumbers, etc 1.25 6.50 



4x3 size — for Corn, Beans, etc 1.50 7.00 



No increase in prices while present stocks last. 



Stands for earlier and larger crops of belter vege- 

 tables and flowers. Patented wires and any size 

 glass do the work. Different kinds for various 

 purposes. 



Single Wire Forcers 



as shown alongside, are 

 assembled by simply in- 

 serting the glass in the 

 side loops. Any size of 

 glass can be used. 

 Sample on receipt of 1 5c 

 Wires only, per dozen $ 1.50 



Wii 



illy, per 100 11.50 



The Efficiency 

 Garden Chart 



doubles garden yields 



Enables the gardener to 

 visualize his garden months 

 ahead. It consists of a 

 grooved board into which fit 

 printed cards representing 

 different vegetables. Its use 

 makes possible a highly in- 

 tensive cultivation that 

 stands for bigger crops. 

 Price 75c Postpaid 



Special Offer of Unusual Flower Seeds | 



Chinese Woolflower — a very showy rose-crimson be-lding | 



plant that blooms all summer. Pkt. 25c. 



Delphinium — An English strain of remarkable hybrids, j 



gathered from the finest collection extant. Pkt. 25c. 



Pansies — Hunt's Superb Mixture of All Giant Flowering I 



Kinds of superb form, and in a great variety of attractive | 



colors. Pkt. 25c. 



C__-* 1 (~\ft p»- . We will mail one packet of each of 



OptLldl V711cr. above unusual floral creations for | 



50c postpaid . Catalogue of other seeds and booklet of j 

 unusual garden accessories free on request. 



THE CLOCHE CO., C. H. Allender, Mgr. j 

 37 Warren St. (Phone 5615 Barclay) New York City | 



(Concluded from page 104) 

 easily practised by the fanner or home gar- 

 dener as can the scheme of 'succession har- 

 vesting' and I am sure will reach more 

 satisfactory results." 



All of which though probably quite true does 

 not seem to me the point of issue, which is 

 simply tins: Can the present potato crop be 

 increased bygathering the tubers as they attain 

 size? Does this induce the plant to continue 

 tuber production in the development of the 

 smaller tubers? — L. B. 



A Few Flowers for the War Garden. — 

 In these days of war and war gardens, when 

 we find it impossible to provide space for all 

 the flowers we desire to grow in our gardens, 

 it is difficult to decide just which we must 

 have and which ones to eliminate. Beans 

 and potatoes look good to me in their place, 

 but with me there are a few old-fashioned 

 flowers that look better when used to border 

 a walk, or fill an otherwise blank space by 

 the garden wall. A border of perennials I 

 simply must have; my garden would be incom- 

 plete without it. Snapdragons, Larkspurs, 

 Columbines, Foxgloves, Pansies, Campanulas, 

 Violets, and Early Pinks, I put in this border. 

 I have some young Hollyhock plants for a 

 row at the back of the vegetable plot. Then, 

 I expect to have a few feet in Sweet Peas, 

 Margaret Atlee (cream pink), Wedgewood, 

 King White, Fiery Cross, and a mixed package 

 of Spencers, are the varieties I expect to 

 plant. They will occupy but a little space 

 in my garden, and will produce more fragrance 

 and color than anything I could substitute. 

 And Periwinkles I shall have, also. They are 

 such profuse bloomers and they keep up their 

 display so long I can't get along without a 

 few beds about the lawn or a straight row 

 or two in the vegetable plot. There are other 

 flowers, perhaps, that you will consider su- 

 perior to the ones mentioned, but remember a 

 garden is a personal thing. — Buford Reid, Ark. 



A Fine Bean for War Gardens. — I think 

 the Garden Neighbors will enjoy reading 

 about a little known Wax bean which last 

 season proved a remarkable success in my 



Hardy Wax, which one Western gardener has found a 

 very satisfactory bean for yield 



garden. It is called "Hardy Wax" and 

 though it has Refugee blood in it, is of compact 

 bush growth. The foliage is so leathery that 

 it is never attacked by blight or mildew. 

 Though our rich prairie soils encourage an 

 immense leaf growth, in the case of the Hardy 

 Wax bean this seems to affect the production 

 of pods rather than foliage. Accompanying 

 photograph shows a typical specimen bush. 

 The beans are always stringless and the plants 

 bear practically all season if the pods are 

 picked regularly. This should prove a fine 

 home bean in war gardens of Garden Neigh- 

 bors anywhere. — Don S. Blair, Aurora, III. 



■■■■■ii 

 "Lou Dillon" Cultivators 



Lighten Garden Labors 



The one cultivator that carries its own weight! 

 The "Tandcm-whecls" cause the cultivator to run 

 easy. Adjustable U frame (1) can be raised or 

 lowered to fractions of an inch. The depth to 

 which soil is stirred is thus under absolute con- 

 trol. The machine is so perfectly balanced, that 

 "Lou Dillon" cultivators require 30% less effort 

 than all others. 



Run Easier — Work Better 



Simple surface cultivation requires hardly any exertion If 

 done with the "Lou Dillon.' It rolls along lightly and 

 easily. Since uniform and proper depth of cultivation en- 

 courages BIGGER, BETTER and EARLIER CROPS, the 

 "Lou Dillon" Cultivator is the greatest crop booster extant. 

 It is equally useful and practical in all soils, with all crops, 

 and the 



Four Adjustable Attachments 



Guarantee thorough work 



SWEEP, PLOW, KNIVES and CUL- 

 TIVATOR teeth mounted to frame 

 make the"Lou Dillon"the most adapt- 

 able and adjustable wheel-hoe on the 

 market. With it you tan open and 

 shut furrows, hill rows, cut weeds, stir 

 the soil uniformly (any depth desired) 

 kill weeds right next to plants. With 

 a "Lou Dillon" you can do more work 

 in two hours than a man can do with 

 a handhoe in a day and you do it 



better, while working less hard. 



The price is $6.00. Satisfaction 



or money back. Send to-day. 



Circular free. 





Schaible Mfg. Co. n 



rV _ „i _. __ Rotary and 

 L/aylOn Oscillating 



Sprinklers 



will cover a circle, 80 feet in diameter or a half circle, of 

 3 to 40 ft. radius, with as fine a spray as a summer rain. 

 Dayton Sprinklers are the ideal device 



for Watering Lawns 

 and Gardens 



Of simplest make and best 

 metal construction, trouble proof 

 and long lasting. Adjustable to 

 any kind of stream, operated with 

 twenty pound pressure. Type shown is 

 mounted on stand for hose connection. 

 Send for descriptive price list and 

 Special Offer TO-DAY. 



Dayton Irrigation Co., »Zl 



OSES of NEW CASTLE 



— the most reliable and beautiful book on 

 roses ever published. Superbly printed in 

 colors. Contains expert advice to home 

 planters on how to grow roses and other 



plants. It's FREE. Tells all about our famous 



stock. Write to-day. 



HELLER BROS. COMPANY, Box 321 , New Castle, Ind. 



BIRDS 



$3.00 for the set of 

 three Bird Houses. 

 Weight 10 lbs. If 

 by Parcel Post add 

 Postage. These 

 Houses occupy a 

 unique position 

 with Postage Stamps 

 as they are the only 

 things that have not 

 raised in price. 

 A. P. GREIAT, "Birdville," Toms Elver, N. J. 



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