April, 191S 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



149 



"It's really fun to work 

 with that weeder" 



vb-assm^m Gilson 



6-Foot HandU WeeC^ 



For Flower Gardening 



Unexcelled for cultivating under shrubs, bushy plants and flowers. 

 It can be run close to plants and shrubbery without harming them, 

 because the side-arms act as fenders for the cutting blade. Every 

 stroke counts, backward and forward. There is no tiresome chop- 

 ping movement, as with the ordinary hoe. 



3%-inch Blade for Narrow Rows ----- 8oc 



5-inch Blade for General Work 90c 



6-inch for Lighter Soil - 95c 



8-inch Blade for Wide Rows Si. 10 



Labor Saving Tools You'll Need 



Yes, you'll need more tools this year than ever before, also better 

 tools. Help is scarce. There will be just as many weeds as ever. 

 You can't afford to make a smaller garden and you need not, if 

 you call to your aid 



The Liberty Cultivator Weeder 



This latest addition to the adjustable cultivator family is as all- 

 round a tool as any gardener may wish for. Its scientifically shaped 

 teeth destroy weeds, break up the soil and pulverize it. A hoe, 

 weeder and cultivator in one, easily handled, quickly adjusted. 



JY1ALLEABLE IRON 

 ' TEETH 



ADJUSTING 

 WING NUTS 



(SEM1-5TEEL 

 CASTI 



5-FOOT 



SELECTED 



HARDWOOD 



HANDLE 



REMOVABLE 

 MIDOLET00TH 



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The adjustable Liberty Cultivator- Weeder, with 5 ft. polished ash 

 handle, $1.50. Complete with Special Wheel Attachment, $3.00. 



Send for descriptive circulars— free 



J. E. GILSON CO., Port Washington, Wis. 



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A Good Lawn Needs More 

 Than a Man and a Mower 



■ — and hardy, vigorous lawns need something more effective than ordi- 

 nary fertilizers. There are so many grass plants to the square foot 

 that each one must make vigorous growth to give a thick green lawn. 



Starved lawns result in the grass dying out and weeds coming in. This is the way 

 crabgrass gets its hold, and no worse nuisance is known to lawn owners. 



Grass is a humus- forming crop; it does not need stable manure, nor humus, nor 

 sheep manure, but it demands concentrated plant food. If it receives this, the grass 

 will itself, in its growth of roots, fill the soil with humus. 



Takoma Odorless 

 Lawn Fertilizer 



meets the widespread need for a really efficacious lawn grass fertilizer as nothing has 

 heretofore done, and has the decided advantage of being absolutely odorless. Send your 

 order now, and apply this month. Can also be used to topdress roses and other plants 

 lacking vigor. 



Comparison With Other Materials Recom- 

 mended For Lawns 



To fertilize an acre satisfactorily with stable manure requires 10 to 15 tons, making 

 the average cost $40; Sheep Manure 1 to 2 tons, average cost $40; Humus, 2 to 4 tons, 

 average cost $35; Bone Meal (highest grade) 1000 pounds, costing $25; Takoma Odorless ' 

 Lawn Fertilizer only 400 pounds, costing $18, the most economical material of all and 

 the most efficacious 



Prices and Application 



This Plant Food is very concentrated, and should always be applied only one pound 

 to one hundred square feet. Our 50 lb. package, sufficient for a lawn 50' x 100', at $4; 

 bag lots, in 100 lb. bags, at $6.50 per bag, delivered by express anywhere east of Cleve- 

 land, Ohio. Acre quantities, 400 lbs. or more, at A\c per pound f.o.b., Takoma Park, 

 D. C, for shipment anywhere, by express or freight. 



A booklet on "The Maintenance of Lawns" will be sent to any one on request. 



We have no agents. Our products are shipped direct by us to the consumer. 



Odorless Plant Food Company 



1317-19 NEW YORK AVENUE, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



IJ nt .„ ., nf - n tinr/lon? Takoma Odorless Garden Fertilizer is made to make 

 naVC yOU U gUrUHn. your garden grow. We believe that the best is the 

 cheapest; that the cost of fertilizer is a small item compared with increased yield; for these 

 reasons we recommend this really high grade plant food. Prices same as Lawn Fertilizer; 

 application same or more. This product also put up in 25 lb. packages at $2 delivered east 

 of Cleveland, Ohio. 



The Nation's Duty: — Make More of Better Gardens 



mark a 

 more food, 



crucial period in world's history. The real problem before us is to feed the world. We 

 We must make more gardens. To do all this, less labor is available than ever before. 

 Fortunately, America can enlist the greatest number of practical, mechanical 

 labor savers ever invented. One of the handiest is shown here. 

 Perfection Seeder Saves Seeds, Seeds are scarce — handle them with 

 great care. With some like onion, radish, tomato and other important veg- 

 etables, the seed shortage almost amounts to a famine. By using the Perfection 

 seeder, the double saving of seeds and time is effected. 



Ideal for Frames as well as outdoor gardening. Perfection Seeder 

 sows all kinds of small garden seeds evenly, to uniform depth. A board is 

 placed on soil in frame or garden, on which the little wheel runs. This operates 

 the disc in the hopper which regularly drops all seeds. Different size discs are 

 supplied for different size seeds. The drill is equally practical for vegetable 

 and flower seeds, is of simplest construction and cannot get out of order. 

 Satisfactory service guaranteed. 



Price $2.50 Postpaid 



Jobbers and Dealers should write for special terms 



OSMUNDSON SPADE MFG. COMPANY Perry, Iowa 



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