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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



August, 1912 



Official Handbook 



Boy 



Scouts 



of 



America 



C Edited and 

 authorized by the 

 National Council 

 of the Boy Scouts 

 of America. 



DO you love the woods? Do you 

 wish to learn the trees as the 

 forester knows them? And the stars 

 not as an astronomer, but as a traveler. 



Do you wish to have all-round, well 

 developed muscles, not those of a great 

 athlete, but those of a sound body that 

 will not fail you? Would you like to be 

 an expert camper who can always make 

 himself comfortable out of doors, and a 

 swimmer that fears no water? Do you 

 desire the knowledge to help the wounded 

 quickly, and to make yourself cool and 

 self-reliant in an emergencj-? This Hand- 

 book, the work of many men, each a 

 leader in his field, is their best effort to 

 show you the way. 







CONTENTS 





Boy Scout Certificate 







Pre! 



ace 









Offi 



cers and Members 



of National 



Council 



Ch. 



I. 



Scoutcraft 







Oh. 



II. 



Woodcraft 







Ch. 



III. 



Campcraft 







Ch. 



IV. 



Tracks, Trailing, Signaling 



Ch, 



V. 



Health and Endurance 





Ch, 



VI. 



Chivalry 







Ch. 



VII. 



First Aid ai 



id Life-Saving 



Ch. 



VIII. 



Games and Athletic Sta 



idards 



Ch. 



IX. 



Citizenship 







Appendix 



: Equipment 



Books for R 



eference 



Index 



MANY ILLUSTRATIONS 



Paper: Net. 25c. Cloth: Net, 50c. Handsome 

 Leather Edition with frontispiece in colors by 

 Leyendecker: Net, $1.00 (postage 10c,) 



Doubleday, 

 Page & JTOJI 



Company \ MS , 



Publishers: 



Garden City 



New York 



PLANT THIS FALL ! BEST OF TIMES ! 



follow the successful growers 



Fall conditions are perfect for settintr'out shrubs, 

 hardy flowers, roses, peonies. Spring's less sure. 

 Nearly all of the bulbs must be planted in the 

 fall. Send today for WAGNER'S "Bulb and 

 Plant Catalogue. " A broad assortment of the 

 finest nursery stock attractively priced. 



Wagner Park Nurseries, Box 673, Sidney, Ohio 



BACK YARD 



A Portable Water Garden 



IT IS easy enough to have a water garden. The 

 pictures show a portable one that I have set 

 out every year and taken up every fall. During the 

 winter I stand it up against the house and fasten 

 it to prevent it from falling. It, the water garden, 

 consists of a wooden box fourteen feet long and six 



•wooden box" water garden which is taken up 

 every tall and stored over winter 



feet wide, made of three-quarter inch stock fastened 

 with screws. The joints are battened and smeared 

 with pitch to make them watertight. 



Each spring, when the "tank" is taken from its 

 winter quarters, it is renovated by having its joints 

 covered with pitch and its screws tightened. One 

 application of pitch seems to be sufficient for the 

 entire season. 



Each summer my floral display consists of water 

 lilies, parrot's feather, water hyacinths, water 

 poppies, Cypcrus alternifolius, and around the 

 edges a miscellaneous collection of annuals, con- 

 sisting of zinnias, asters, marigolds, cosmos, Cala- 

 dium cscitlatum, sweet alyssum, coxcomb and 

 Kochia tricophylla. 



The lilies are grown in io-inch pans which rest 



The tank is sunk in the ground, the top being almost 

 level with the soil 



For a Most Beautiful Lawn 



Bow KALAKA. It Is specially selected, speciallytested grass 

 seed, and pulverized mrjnire — the ideal combination to grow 

 quick, hardy, lusting turf. For seeding new lawns or putting 

 new life into the old lawn nothing equals 



backed in 6 pound lioxes at 81.00 per box, express paid ea.sf, 

 or 91.25 west o£ ( fmalia. Write and ask for prices on special 

 mixtures for special locations and purposes. Order today 

 and have the best seed money can buy. Get our/reelawn book. 



THE KALAKA CO., 14 Union Stock Yards, Chicago 



DITI D BUYERS: LQOK HERE 



[j II I. |j ioo Darwin Tulips, others 



ask $1.50 to $2.00; club rate 



$1.25. Again 87 5 bulbs, 1 o var. Narcissi, etc., sell 



at $1 1. 15; club rate $7.00. All prices frazzled. 



Send 2C. for lists — a surprise is waiting you. 



Address, Co-Operators* League, 950 N. 53rd Ave., Chicago 



APPLE 

 GROWING 



The healthier the tree, the better the 

 fruit. The longer trees are sprayed with 

 " SCALECIDE " the more beautiful, 

 healthful and fruitful they become. 

 " SCALECIDE " is the acknowledged 

 leader of all soluble oils — the only one containing distinct 

 fungicidal properties. "SCALECIDE" will positively kill all 

 soft-bodied sucking insects without injury to the tree. Let 

 us prove these statements. Send today for free booklet 

 " SCALECIDE — the Tree Saver." Address B. G. PRATT CO., 

 Mfg. Chemists, 50 Church St., N. Y. City. 



CORN 



HARVESTER with Binder Attachment 

 cuts and throws in piles on harvester or 

 winrow. Man and horse cuts and shocks 

 equal with a corn Binder. Sold in every 

 state. Price S20.00. W. H. BUXTON, 

 of Johnstown, Ohio, writes, "The Harvester has proven all you 

 claim for it; the Harvester saved me over #25.00 in labor last year's 

 corn cutting. I cut over 500 shocks; will make 4 bushels corn to a 

 shock." Testimonials and catalog free, showing pictures of harves- 

 ter. Address NEW PROCESS MFG. CO., Salina, Kansas. 



GINSENG 



I'll teach you free and buy 

 Yields about 5000 lbs. to the aci 

 T. H. SUTTON 1100 Sli 



RAISING has made me thou- 

 sands of dollars on very little 

 capital and my spare time only. 

 It will do the same for you, 

 11 you raise. Worth $6 a lb. now 

 re. Write tor my easy natural method, 

 wood Ave. Louisville, Ky. 



CALENDAR and DIRECTIONS FRfcE 



We make Bucket, Barrel, Knapsack, 4-Row 

 Potato Sprayers, Power Orchard Bigs — 

 Sprayers of all kinds for all purposes. Auto- 

 latic liquid agitators and strainer cleaners — the 

 up-to-date spraver line. Auk for free Fpravinj book. 

 Field Force Pomp Co., 48 11th St., Elmlra, N. Y 



Climbing American Beauty Roses 



Twenty 



ing 3 to 4 m 



trained to ti 



for particula: 



1IOOFES BKU. A THOMAS CO., 



the old American Ueauty— each 1 

 diameter. Fragrance and beauty unsurpassed. Can be 

 grown as a pillar rose. Hardy as an Oak. Send 



West Chester, Pernio. 



50 Sample Flowers of my 

 choice dahlias Sr.oo via 

 Express f . o. b. Westerly. 

 Each labeled with name 



and price of bulbs. Select your order now for next spring delivery. 



Geo. L. Stillman, Dahlia Specialist, Westerly, R.I., Box C.2- 



DAHLIAS 



Poiffav D nC ac Unusually well - bred 

 rdiridA l\.*JrsCS and well- grown; will 

 succeed anywhere. Free Catalogue tells all about them. 

 W. R. GRAY, Box 6, Oakton, Fairfax County, Va. 



GOULDS RELIABLE SPRAYERS 

 GIVE LONG SERVICE AND BEST RESULTS. 

 SEND FOR VALUABLE SPRAY GUIDE. 

 THE GOULDS MFG. CO., 82 W. FALL ST., SENECA FALLS, N. Y. 



/VUCHELL'S 



520 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA 



FLORICULTURE 



Complete Home Study Course in practical Fl< 

 ture tinder Prof. Craig and Prof. Beal, of G 

 University. 



Course includes Greenhouse Construclion 

 Management and the growing of Small Fruits i 

 Vegetables, as well as Flowers Under Glass. 



Personal Instruction. Expert Advice. 



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