June, 19 i 8 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



245 



Ahead of the Enemy 



You must prepare in 

 advance if you would 

 be master of your own 

 garden. Don't allow 

 destructive bugs and 

 blights to invade your 

 domain. Arm yourself 

 with a 



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 Protect Your Roses 



of solution. Remember, with an Auto-Spray 



" You Must Spray to Make Crops Pay " 



Send at once for Catalogue which describes 40 styles of Auto- 

 Spray Outfits. Ask also for free Spraying Guide. 



THE E. C. BROWN COMPANY 



850 Maple Street Rochester, N. Y. 



Our 1918 Seed Catalogue 



is called "The War-time Flower Garden." 

 It lists nothing that is not well worth 

 growing; all undesirables have been dis- 

 carded. Yet it covers everything in 



Seeds, Plants and Bulbs 



that is essential to a perfect gar- 

 den. Shall we mail you a copy? 



Co. 



Heatherhome Seed & Nursery 



(Formerly The Knight & Struck Co.) 



258 Fifth Avenue New York City 



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SAVE THE TREES— Kill San Jose Scale, Aphis, 

 White Fly, etc., by spraying your trees with 



IGOODS^SFISH OIL 



SOAP N?3 



Sure death to tree pests. Contains nothing 1 injurious to 

 trees — fertilizes the soil. Used and endorsed by U. S. 

 Dept. of Agriculture. 



fPPP Out valuable book on Tree and Plant 



1 JvLrL, Diseases. Write for it to-day. 

 JAMES GOOD, Original Maker, 2111-15 E. Susquehanna An., Pnila. 



SUNDIALS 



Real Bronze Colonial Designs 

 From $3.50 Up 



Also Bird Baths, Garden Benches, Fountain 

 Sprays and other garden requisites. 

 Manufactured by 



The M. D. JONES CO. 

 72 Portland St. Boston, Mass. 



Send for illustrated Price-List 



MR. ROBERT PYLE— the well-known Garden Lecturer and 

 Rosarian invites correspondence from garden lovers and societies. 

 Subject — "The American Rose Garden" illustrated with finely 

 colored lantern slides. Address: West Grove, Pa. 



With a removable Hill 

 Dryer, you can keep the 

 back lawn just as neat 

 and attractive as the lawn 

 in front. 



A special ground socket 

 is furnished with each 



Hill 

 5- Clothes Dryer 



making it easy to put up and take 

 down — thus eliminating all unsightly 

 posts from your lawn. Each dryer 

 folds up into a very compact space 

 though it carries from ioo to 150 feet 



of line. Each has a revolving reel — saves tugging a heavy 



basket of wet clothes, and rewashing clothes that have been 



dragged in the mud. 



Send for free fo'der showing different types and sizes. 



HILL CLOTHES DRYER CO.. SO Central St., Worcester, Mass. 



The largest and finest collection in 

 America, embracing the best Hardy 

 and tender varieties of Nymphaeas, 

 including Day- and Night-Blooming 

 kinds, also Victoria Regia, the Royal 

 Water Lily in several sizes, Nelum- 

 biums, in strong pot plants (or dor- 

 mant until June 15). 



Dreer's Special Water Lily Book 



Contains a full list of Water Lilies, Aquarium plants 

 and other Aquatics, also tells how to grow them. We 

 are also always pleased to give by letter, any advice 

 needed concerning plans for ponds and the selection 

 of varieties. 



for 1918 



256 pages, four color and duotone 



Dreer's Garden Book 



Will help you in growing both Flowers and Vegetables 

 plates, besides hundreds of photographic illustrations. 



Either or both above named books will be sent free if you mention this publication 



HENRY A. DREER, 714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



r Ggetable Lore 



What to Plant— How to Plant 



A MAGAZINE for the benefit of the 

 amateur gardener. Its aim is to 

 teach planting, growing and cooking of 

 vegetables. An all-year companion of 

 the home gardener. No advertisements 

 —no high-sounding terms. Just truthful, 

 understandable adviceforthe happy men 

 and women to whom the garden is a play- 

 ground and a patriotic necessity. Full 

 value to subscribers in excess of claims 

 or money refunded. Issued monthly- 

 sample free— $1.00 per year. 

 MAURICE FULD, 1457 Broadway, New York 



l — June is Rose Time — i 



June is the blithe month of roses; but you can also have a 

 profusion of these beautiful flowers until killing frosts come. 

 Learn the secrets of successful rose culture from 



9 9 



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How to Grow Roses 



This rose lover's manual fully explains how to 



select, plant, prune and spray roses. It gives a 



helpful ''Calendar of Operations" for year-round 



convenience. Handsome Library edition; 121 



pages — 16 in natural colors. Price $1 postpaid 



including coupon worth $r on the first $$ order 



for plants from our free catalogue. 



Learn to grow your own roses. Send to-day. 



CONARD^ll/ESTGROVE 

 & Jones Co. ▼ ▼ Boy 24-. Pa. 



Robert PYLE.Pres. A. Wintzer, Vicc-Pres. 

 Backed by SO Years* Experic7icc 



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