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T II E G A It DEN MAGAZIN E 



Aphil, 19 18 





Be Master of Your Garden 



There is a work! of satisfaction in a thriving garden and 

 well-kept shrubbery. But bugs and blights in many 

 forms will invade your domain unless you stoutly resist 

 their encroachments. Arm yourself with a convenient, 

 pest destroying 



Auto Spray No. 1 



and be master of your own garden. Our No. 1, 

 shown here, can be carried anywhere and will 

 throw a fine misty spray or solid stream. The 

 special anti-clog nozzle eliminates bother. The 

 automatic shut-off prevents waste of solution. 

 Our catalogue describes this and many other 

 styles of interest to gardeners. Remember 

 "You Musi Spray to Make Crops Pay" 

 Send at once for Catalogue. Ask for free Spraying Guide 



Protect Your Roses 

 with an Auto Spray 



THE E. C. BROWN CO., 850 Maple Street, Rochester, N. 





Pergolas 



and 



Garden 

 Accessories 



for 



Beautifying 



Home 



Grounds 



When writing for catalogue enclose ioc and ask for Pergola 

 Cat. "H-30." 



HARTMANN-SANDERS CO. 



21.-iS Elston Ave., Mllcngo, III. New Yin-k Ollkc, (I E. S9lh St. 



SHRUBS TREES PLANTS 



Grown to Produce Results 



We have an exceptionally nice lot of Strawberry Plants, 

 Fruit Trees, Vines, Shrubs, etc. Our book Hardy Fruits and 

 Ornamentals tells you about them. Write for your copy to-day. 



The Coe Converse & Edwards Co. Nursery & Landscape Men 

 Fort Atkinson, Wis. (Box E) 



"HOW TO GROW ROSES"— Library Edition; 121 pages— 16 in 

 natural colors. Not a catalogue. Price $1, refunded on $5 order 

 for plants. The Conard & Jones Co., Box 24, West Grove, Pa. 



Sturdy as Oaks. ll\/0£lO 



Dinfjee roses are always grown on their own roots 

 —and are absolutely the best for the amateur planter. 

 Send to-day for our 



"New Guide to Rose Culture" for 191$ 



— it's free. It isn't a catalog — it's a practical work on rose 



growing. Profusely illustrated. Describes over iooo varieties 



of roses and other flowers, and tells how to grow them. Safe 



elivery guaranteed. Established x8go. 70 greenhouses. 



THE DINGEK & CONABD CO., Box 437, West Groye, Pa. 



ORCHIDS 



Largest importers and growers of 

 Orchids in the United States 



Send twenty-five cents for catalogue. This amount will be refunded 

 on your first order. 



LAGER & HURRELL 

 Orchid Growers and Importers SUMMIT, N. J. 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS 



GROWN ON NEW LAND 



Thrifty plants, how to get them delivered to you free of 

 Express charges. I have been in the Plant business 45 years. 

 If you receive my Catalogue it won't be thrown into the 

 waste basket. Send me the names of all the Strawberry 

 Growers you know. 

 C. S. PRATT ATHOL, MASS. 



MARKET GARDENER'S PAPER 



If you grow vegetables, send 25 cents for 3 months' 

 trial subscription and find out what you have been 

 missing. Do it to-day. Satisfaction guaranteed or 

 money back. 



MARKET GROWERS' JOURNAL 



606 Inter-Southern Bldg. Louisville, Ky. 



Have You Gardening Questions? Experts 

 will answer them free. If a plant fails, tell us about 

 it and ask help from the Readers' Service. 



COIiL-INS' Guide, Free 



-SS-^ COVERS ALL GARDEN NEEDS rfliiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiii 



Privet Hedge, sturdy plants at less than 5c a foot — will soon 

 add $1 a foot to your property value. 



100 Berry plants for $2:25 — finest fresh strawberries and 

 raspberries from May till October at 2c a quart. 



5 finest roses, guaranteed to grow, delivered to your 

 home for $1. 



Shows these special offers in colors; tells how to get 

 finest fruit, asparagus roots and vegetables at-towest cost. 

 Write to-day. 

 ARTHUR J. COLLINS & SON, Box 23, Moorestown,N. J. 



/O-^ COMING EVENTS -+- Q 



\9LUB ^SOCIETY NEW<£> 



Meetings and Lectures in April 



{Following dates are meetings unless otherwise 

 specified) 



1. Larchmont, N. Y., Garden Club. 



New Bedford, Mass., Horticultural Society 



2. Garden Club of Plcasantville, N. Y. 



3. Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 



4. Marshfield, Mass., Garden Club. 



5. Pasadena, Cal., Horticultural Society. 



6. Lake Geneva, Wis., Gardeners' & Foremen's As- 



sociation. 

 6-15 Society of American Florists' Annual Convention, 



St. Louis, Mo. 

 American Rose Society's Annual Meeting and 



Exhibition will be held at the International 



Exhibition of the Society of American Florists. 



St. Louis, Mo. 

 8. New York Florists' Club, New York City. 

 Garden Club of New Rochelle, N. Y. 

 Rochester, N. Y., Florists' Association. 

 Park Garden Club, Flushing, L. I. 

 10. Valdosta, Ga„ Floral Club. 



Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 



Nassau Co. Horticultural Society, Glen Cove, L. I. 



Lenox, Mass., Horticultural Society. 



12. Westchester, N. Y., & Fairfield, Conn., Horti- 



cultural Society. 

 Connecticut Horticultural Society, Hartford, Conn. 



13. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Horticultural Society. 



16. Gardeners' & Florists' Club of Boston, Horti- 



cultural Hall, Boston, Mass. 



17. Rhode Island Horticultural Society, Providence, 



R.I. 

 Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 

 Tarrytown, N. Y-, Horticultural Society. 



18. Salisbury, Conn., Garden Club. Subject: Wild 



Gardens. , 



Marshfield, Mass., Garden Club. 



19. Dahlia Society of California, Palace Hotel, San 



Francisco. 

 Pasadena, Cal., Horticultural Society. 



20. Lake Geneva, Wis., Gardeners' & Foremen's As- 



22. Park Garden Club, Flushing, L. I. 



24. Short Hills, N. J., Garden Club. 



26. Connecticut Horticultural Society, Hartford, Conn. 



27. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Horticultural Society. 



What the "S. A. F." Means to Us 



' I ''HE Society of American Florists aims to 

 -*- increase the knowledge of horticulture 

 and floriculture, and with this idea in view 

 has organized gardens in different cities where 

 it has held Conventions. It has also organ- 

 ized and held in the last ten years, four gigantic 

 Flower Shows in different cities, the object 

 being to show the people the best there is in 

 horticulture and floriculture, and to awaken 

 such an interest in this particular line where 

 the exhibitions were held as to enable the 

 said cities to hold their own Flower Shows in 

 succeeding years, without any further aid 

 from the parent Society. 



New York is an excellent example of this, 

 as it has held very successful Flower Shows 

 every spring since the first big Show of the 

 "S. A. F." in 1913 held in the Grand Central 

 Palace. These Flower Shows are not under- 

 taken with an idea of profit. Of course, the 

 Society wants them to cover expenses, if 

 possible, but they are held with the main 

 idea of conveying to the public the wonderful 

 progress that American horticulture has made 

 and to inculcate into the minds of the people 

 a truer appreciation of the beautiful so that 

 every garden and every home might literally 

 blossom like the Rose. 



The power for good by flowers is incal- 

 culable. The man or woman who gets to 

 love and grow flowers is a better citizen for 

 it in every way, as the love of flowers appeals 

 to what is best in the makeup of human 

 beings. If a benefactor is one who makes two 

 blades of grass grow where only one grew 

 before florists are all members of that great 

 body, since many of them are making dozens of 

 flowers grow where none grew before, and are 

 entitled to a high place in that agency which is 

 working for the good of the Commonwealth. 

 {Continued on page 166) 



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