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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



March, 1913 



ELLWANGERSt 

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 as propaga- 

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Write for our 73rd Annual <'alaloffiie 



Indispensable for orchardists and for planning lawn, garden 

 and park decoration. Will mail you a copy Jree on request. 



ELLWANGER & BARRY 

 Ml. Hope Nurseries, Box 23-C Rochester, N.Y. 



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SEEDS 



VEGETABLE 



Regular size packages of ALL standard Flower and 

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 Bean, Beet, Cabbage, Carrot, Celery. Corn, Cucum- 

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 Pumpkin, Radish, Tomato, Turnip — ALL for 15c. 

 These and any other standard seeds lc a packet, 

 doz. 10c. one hundred 75c. Complete list FREE. 

 BUNGALOW GARDENS 65 Dell Av, Netcong, N.J- 



DWARF BABY RAMBLER ROSES 



Adapted and bred to HOUSE CULTURE; Bloom in doors 

 in winter, and out doors all summer. White or Crimson 25 

 cents. 



3 Hyacinths best varieties bloom Easter 1 5 cents. Delivered 

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Novelty Floral Company, Newburgh, N. Y. 



RARE 

 LILACS 



In specimen sizes 



Send for Catalog. 

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Learn the Hardy Plants 

 From Fair's New Book 



A hardy garden is a place of tender 

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 bloom there that make us 

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 I love the hardy plants, 

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I want to share with you the superb 

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BERTRAND H. FARR, Wyomissing Nursery 

 1 05 Garfield Avenue, Wyomissing, Pa. 



MAKING A GARDEN PAY 



INVESTIGATION made by the Idaho 

 experiment station showed that the value 

 of the products of one half acre in garden 

 in 1908 was $83.19 with a net profit of 

 $57.41. The corresponding values for 1909 

 were $98.38 with a net profit of $79.22. 



SUCCESSION CROPS IN THE 

 FRAMES 



WITHOUT doubt one of the most 

 neglected possibilities in connection 

 with the home garden is the "frames. 

 Good results are to be had with either the 

 cold-frame or the hot-bed, but by far the 

 most economical arrangement, measured by 

 the results to be had, is a combination of 

 both. 



Not only may the garden be forwarded 

 several weeks and made better in every 

 way (which is generally the only use made 

 of them), but by proper management out- 

 of-season crops can be matured in them, 

 and they will be kept in active service nine 

 months in the year instead of the usual 

 three or four. Tender lettuce, crisp rad- 

 ishes and cucumbers, prime tomatoes and 

 luscious melons may be had weeks before 

 the earliest out-of-doors crops, the first few 

 pickings of which— from the "extra early" 

 (and tough) varieties — are usually of in- 

 ferior quality. 



There is not space here to go into any 

 description of the details of construction of 

 the "frames." It is merely a shallow 

 sunken box or pit, of any desired length, 

 and of the following dimensions: Six feet 

 wide by, approximately, two feet at the 

 back, and one and one half feet in front, 

 in inside depth, for cold frames, and a foot 

 or so deeper for "hot-beds." The sides are 

 put part way into the ground, and may be 

 banked up all around on the outside, with 

 earth or ashes, to keep out the cold. The 

 cold-frame depends for its heat upon the 

 sun's rays, which are held captive by the 

 glass "sash" or covering. These sash are 

 usually made six by three feet in size, and 

 cost from two to three and one half dollars, 

 completely glazed and pained. The same 

 sashes are used for "hot-beds," but in this 

 case additional heat is supplied by decom- 

 posing, or "heating," manure, a layer of 

 which, twelve to twenty- four inches in 

 thickness, according to the severity of the 

 weather, is placed beneath at least four 

 inches of soil, in the frame, just prior to 

 the time it is desired for use. 



COVERINGS FOR FRAMES 



In order that the following directions 

 about various crops may be more definite 

 and clear for the reader, I shall describe 

 here briefly the various forms of covers 

 which are used for work with the frames. 



First comes the standard sash, mentioned 

 above. It is simply a window of suitable 

 size (three by six feet) for covering the 

 frame. Then there is the double-light sash 

 which has an air-space (forming a non-con- 

 ducting layer) between the two layers of 

 glass. This is a very valuable addition to 

 the garden outfit as it has great advantages 

 over regular type, chief of which is, of 

 course, its frost-resisting qualities. Every 

 operator of frames should have at least a 

 few of these new-type sash. "Shutters" 

 are marie of thin boards (one half or seven 

 eighths inch), and were formerly used very 

 extensively for providing an extra cover- 

 ing over the glass sash on very cold nights. 

 "Mats," however, made of burlap padded 

 with cotton and wool waste, are now largely 

 used in their place, and are much more eas- 

 ily handled. "Cloth sash" are made the 

 same size as the others, and are covered 



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Our Newest Rose Triumph 



No Lawn or Garden should be without it 



The Climbing 



American Beauty J 



The most beautiful climbing, pillar or bush rose ever 

 introduced. Hardy as an oak. Fine, dark green, 

 healthy foliage, free from black spot or mildew. A 

 perfect mass of bloom in June and flowering occa- 

 sionally throughout the entire arowing season. Roses 

 3 to 4 inches in diameter on single stems; color and ap- 

 pearance like the old American Beauty, with the 

 same exquisite fragrance. While the old American 

 Beauty is rarely satisfactory in the open ground, our 

 new Climbing American Beauty has proved perfectly 

 hardy, stands heat and drought as well as any rose in 

 our collection and produces twenty times as many 

 flowers as its pollen parent. 



Don't fail to plant 

 this beautiful rote 

 this spring. Strong 

 One Year Plants, 

 $1.00 each, $10.00 

 per dozen. Sent 

 immediately upon 

 receipt of price, or 

 at the proper time 

 for spring planting, 

 post or express 

 paid. Colored 



illustration on request. 



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Our Nurseries cover 

 about 800 acres, where 

 we grow a full line of 

 Fruit and Ornamental 

 Trees, Evergreens. 

 Shrubs, Vines, Roses, 

 etc. 60 years of ex- 

 perience enables us to 

 offer exceptional ser- 

 vice. Landscape work 

 in all its branches. 

 If you contemplate the 

 improvement of your 

 grounds or the plant- 

 ing of a commercial 

 orchard, write us for 

 information or prices. 

 HOOPES, BRO. & 

 THOMAS 

 COMPANY 

 Dept. A 

 West Chester, Pa. 

 Philadelphia, Office: 



Room 202 

 Stephen Girard Bldg. 





wait till bugs show 

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 you waged war against 'em. This 

 cut shows the "Arlington" — a 

 strong, long wearing style se- 

 lected from many other 



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Free Book vividly describes 

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