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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



July, 1918 



*Sure Insect Killer 



THE use of Imp Soap Spray on fruit trees, 

 garden truck, ornamental trees, shrubs, etc., 

 will positively destroy all insect pests and larva 

 deposits. Quite harmless to vegetation. Used in 

 country's biggest orchards and estates. Very 

 economical — one gal. Imp Soap Spray makes 

 from 25 to 40 gals, effective solution. Directions 

 on can. Qt., 55c. ; Gal., $1.90; 5 Gals., $8.50. 

 F.O.B. Boston. Genuine can has Ivy leaf trade 

 mark. Your money back if Imp Soap Spray 

 doesn't do as claimed. Order direct if your 

 dealer can't supply. 



F. E. ATTEAUX & CO., Props. 



Eastern Chemical Co. BOSTON, MASS. 



American-Grown Trees 

 and Evergreens 



Summer is the time to make up 

 your planting lists and lay out the 

 Fall planting — our Booklet "Sug- 

 gestions for Effective Planting" 

 will help you. 



Andorra 

 Nurseries 



Wrn. Warner Harper, Prop. 



Box 100 

 Chestnut Hill 

 Phila., Penna. 



Conserve 



GJELSIQTt 



RUST PROOF 



FENCE 



For private gardens, lawns, estates, etc., as 

 well as public grounds. Made of heavy 

 cold-drawn steel wires. Held together by 

 patented steel clamps. Galvanized AFTER 

 making, which makes it rust proof. Write for 

 catalogue B. 



Ask your hardware dealer for EXCEL- 

 SIOR rust proof tree guards, trellises, 

 bed guards, railings, gates, etc. 



WRIGHT WIRE COMPANY, Woicester, Mass. 



Irises, Peonies, Hardy Plants and 

 Japanese Garden Specialties 



Send for our illustrated 1917-18 Catalogue 

 Oder 600 fine varieties of Irises 



Rainbow Gardens , " 8 s£bS5TSiuS ,1m " 



Energy, Labor, 

 Time, Space 



u^ In these days of con- 

 '• servatioh the Hill 

 'y- Dryer more than does its 

 •£i part and its cost is offset 

 in many ways. Saves 

 dragging around a heavy clothes 

 basket or reaching to back- 

 breaking heights. 

 T Saves time, for you han? the 

 clothes simply by standing in one 

 place and pulling the Dryer toward 

 you. ^[ Is compact and when not in 

 use is easily taken down, leaving your lawn clear of all obstruction. 

 ^[ Made in three styles for lawn, roof or balcony. Also in three sizes. 

 Write for folder and prices of different sizes and types. 

 U-ll /-I 1.1 TN r> 50 CENTRAL STREET 



Hill Clothes Dryer Co., Worcester, mass. 



(Concluded from page 276) 



"LJARVEST onions now. When they turn 

 ■*■ ■*• yellow and topple over pull them up and 

 let them lie ori the ground during the day 

 but take them in before night and spread 

 out on the floor, drying them with tops 

 on. Tops should not be taken off until 

 ready to use. Pea and bean vines should 

 be dug into the soil and allowed to rot to 

 make humus. 



Asparagus should not he cut longer than 

 two months, which is no later than the mid- 

 dle of June. After this nitrate of soda 

 or water from the manure barrel should 

 be used to fertilize the plants and aid the 

 growth, to build up strength for next year's 

 cutting. 



CAVE seed of everything possible as they 

 ^ will be more and more difficult to procure 

 — and everyone must if possible have a garden. 

 Let the beans dry on the vines and gather 

 before the hulls pop open else the seed will 

 drop out and be lost. Butter beans, navy 

 beans, and blackeyed peas dried on the vines 

 are not only better for seed, but are better 

 flavored for table use than those that are 

 canned. Be careful not to let them remain too 

 long on the vines as they will mildew. After 

 shelling spread out on a tray in the sun for a 

 day. The Kentucky Wonder snap bean is 

 profitable. It is a climber and can be trained 

 on a pole or fence. It is very prolific, sweet, 

 tender, and stringless. 



LOOK after the Roses and spray for 

 chafers and mildew with bordeaux and ar- 

 senate of lead. Slug-shot will kill the worms 

 on rose leaves, and cabbages and potatoes if 

 dusted on in the early morning. 



Transplant the Asters from coldframes to 

 border, and plant with them a few pepper 

 plants. The beetles will eat the peppers in 

 preference. Hollyhock and Foxglove should 

 have the stalks cut down to the ground im- 

 mediately after blooming and they need 

 spraying occasionally with Black -Leaf 40 

 for the aphis. Cornflower and Chrysanthe- 

 mums are also troubled by aphids. 



Plant Dahlias and Gladioli for late bloom- 

 ing. Sow seed of perennials in coldframes 

 at end of this month to be transplanted in 

 open border in Spring. 



J. M. Patterson. 



I 



Time to Stop Thinning Fruit 



T IS a good plan to carry the thinning 

 practice well into harvesting. Some 

 varieties especially of apples and pears ripen 

 unevenly during several weeks. So if the trees 

 have been properly trained the specimens 

 that ripen first should be picked as soon as 

 they reach usable size, the others being left 

 till later. These will readily increase in 

 growth and improve in color and quality so 

 that in two weeks most of them will be fifty 

 per cent larger than they otherwise would 

 have been. The balance will increase sim- 

 ilarly when a second picking is made. This 

 practise is very popular among growers of 

 apples in West Virginia and adjacent Penn- 

 sylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. It has 

 its chief application to those varieties which 

 ripen during summer and the first half of 

 autumn, though in the area mentioned it is 

 employed in the harvesting of winter apples 

 — but the growing season is several weeks 

 longer than in the latitude of New York City 

 and points still farther north. 



<AEOwAY 

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GIVES ENDURING CHARM 



Send for our illustrated — -> 

 •catalogue of Flowerpots. 

 Boxes.Vases.Bendies. Sundials. 

 GazingGlobes, Bird Fonts and 

 ether Artistic Reces for Garden 

 and Interior Decoration. 



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3214 WALNUT ST. PHILADELPHIA. 



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 THE VAN DUSEN NURSERIES 

 . C. McKAY, Mgr. Box G, Geneva, N. Y. 



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THE CLIPPER 



will cut tall grass, short grass and 

 weeds and do all the trimming along 

 the fence, walks and drives. 



your dealers do not keep them let us know 

 and we will send circulars and prices. 



CLIPPER LAWN MOWER COt 

 Dixon - Illinois 



EV^«« CS— 1 ^ Small Farm; 30 Acres High, Fertile Land, 

 MT l»r OCUC ne ar Philadelphia, on New York Branch 

 Reading R. R., near station. Peaches, Plums Apples, Small 

 Fruit. Large Stone House, II Rooms; Frame Barn; desirable 

 for Country Home, or for Raising|Cut Flowers and Chickens for 

 market. Price $8000. House could not be replaced for pur- 

 chase price. No Dealers. 



Address Owner 

 D. W, Bennett, Somerton, Pa. 



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