September, 1912 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



// you wish to systematize your business the 

 Readers' Service may be able to ojjer suggestion: 



79 



EVERGREENS 



can be successfully transplanted in 



August and September 



1 \X/k Have them in great 

 variety; many rare 

 sorts; all transplanted or 

 root-pruned, so that they 

 will lift with a ball of 

 earth about the roots 

 which ensures their living. 

 Our Nurseries contain 

 many large specimen 

 Evergreens as well as 

 thousands of smaller size 

 suitable for transplanting. 



We also have in large 

 {White Fir) assortment 



TREES, SHRUBS, ROSES and VINES for OCTOBER delivery 

 HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS for SEPTEMBER planling 

 EVERYTHING FOR PLANTING THE HOME GROUNDS 



c&^BSKg 



sit our nurseries. We are 

 Catalogue and price list 



We cordially invite all interested to i 

 only eighteen miles South of Boston, 

 mailed on request. 



THE BAY STATE NURSERIES 

 NORTH ABINGTON MASSACHUSETTS 



THE ESSENCE OF PLANT LIFE 

 Is Walker's Excelsior Flower Food 



It will make your FLOWERS and VEGETABLES ktow like the 

 proverbial "Green Bay Tree " All plant life 

 will mature from two to three weeks earlier. 

 WILL DRIVE WORMS FROM THE SOIL. 



Endorsed by such authorities as Iibeu Rexford. Heller 

 Brothers Co., Dingee & Conard Co., and many others. 

 Ask your seed dealer or order direct. Write for booklet. 



Small size cnn. making 10 gjils. $0.30 postpaid 

 Large " " " ' 20 " .50 " 



b Hi". " " " 100 " 1.50 by express 



FLOWER CITY PLANT FOOD COMPANY, Rochester, N. Y., U. S. A. 



Everg 



reens 



Do 



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the 



knov 

 lect? Get Hill's 

 authority on evergreens. 



The D. Hill Nursery Co., Inc. , Douglas Ave. , Dundee, 111. 



Peonies 



We have one of the finest stocks anywhere 

 in the country and should be very glad to 

 figure with you on your list of. wants. 

 Send for up-to-date price list on all varieties. 

 PETERSON NURSERY, Stock Exchange ISuil ing, CHICAGO 



Mention The Garden Magazine when you write. 



PEONIES. The World's Best 



Large collection, reduced prices. All guaranteed true 



to names. Send for list. 

 Specialist, Remington, Ind. 



W. L. GUMM, Peony 



LOOK OUT 

 FOR SPARKS 



No more danger or damage from flying 

 sparks. No more poorly fitted, flimsy fire- 

 place screens. Send for free booklet 

 "Sparks from the Fire-side." Jt tells about 

 the best kind of a spark guard fur your in- 

 dividual fireplace. Write to-day for free 

 booklet and make your plans early. 



The Syracuse Wire Works 

 107 University Avenue, - Syracuse, N. Y. 



Turn in Your Tree Troubles. Write us 

 fully. We may be able to make suggestions that 

 would be of some value. Readers' Service. 



l /S More Water 



raised and delivered by the 



"American" Centrifugal Pump 



than by others because the 

 impeller is accurately ma- 

 chined to the casings prevent- 

 ing nny sudden change in di- 

 rection of the water. Not an 

 ounce of power is wasted. 

 Every "American" Centrifu- 

 gal absolutely guaranteed. 

 Write for new catalog 120. 



THE AMERICAN WELL WORKS 

 Office and Works, Aurora, 111. 



First National Bank Building, Chicago 



Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women 



A school for theoretical and practical instruction 

 in gardening and other branches of horticulture. 

 Special attention given to the practical side of 

 the work daily in the garden, orchard and srreen- 

 honse. Fall term opens September 11th. Address 

 The Principal, 



Dept. E. Ambler, Pa. 



Fernald's Hardy Plants 



Grown in the cold State of Maine. Will live 

 anywhere and are superb. Send for cata- 

 logue. September is the best time to plant. 



W. Lin wood Fernald Eliot, Maine 



Make the Farm Pay 



Complete Home Study Courses in Agriculture, 

 Il.nliniltiire. Floriculture landscape (Jiirifeiiins. rnr- 

 i-lrv. IWlr.vCiillnre. and Veterinary Si-iencc "under 

 Prnf. I'.rooks of the Mass. Agricultural College', Prof. 

 Craig of Cornell University and other 'eminent 

 teachers. Over one hundred Home Study 



Courses under able professors in leading colleges. 

 250 prize catalog free. Write to-dav. 



THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL 

 i>ept <:. a., s •■ ■in-ii. ■!.!. \\ ■!.»*. 



fresh iVlUShrOOrnS Growing in your Cellar 



ne of your 



from the 

 manufacturer, a fresh sample brick of 



Lamberts Pure Culture MUSHROOM SPAWN 



the best high-grade spawn in the market, together with large illustrated book 



on \l u sh i- Culture, containing simple and practical methods of raising, 



preserving and cooking mushrooms. Not more than one sample brick will 

 be sent to the same party. Further orders must come through your dealer. 



Address: American Spawn Co., Dept. 2, St. Paul, Minn. 



BON ARBOR 



Awarded Silver Medal at 1912 Royal 

 International Exhibition, London, England 



It is a complete plant food. Feed your plants; get results; do it 

 now. Bon Arbor is favorably known everywhere it is used and it 

 is widely used. Such gardens as those of the Capitol at Washing- 

 ton, D. C, and the Parliament Gardens, Ottawa, Canada, and the Royal Windsor Gar- 

 dens, England, on the one side, and over 2000 country estates and farms on the other, 

 represent L the field supplied. Show flower and vegetable growers find Bon Arbor in- 

 dispensable. 



Bon Arbor is put up as follows: 



f-pound package, making 1 5 gallons, by mail $0.30 



i-pound package, making 30 gallons, by mail 55 



5-pound package, making 150 gallons, exp. extra 1.S0 



Prices on quantities of 50 pounds and upwards on application. Ask your dealer or 

 write direct. 



Bon Arbor Chemical Co., Paterson, N. J., U. S. A. 



Write for descriptive catalogue, new 1912 edition. We manufacture also Radix Worm Eradica- 

 tor, Insecticides, Weed Killer and all agricultural chemicals: Special prices on large quantities 



