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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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Selecting 

 the Choicest 



that's what we have done 



for over sixty years. We 



have bred tomatoes for yield 



and quality until we now 



have strains with unusual 



characteristics. We evolved 



sorts for all purposes and for all 



tomato growing sections. Early 



or late, scarlet or purple, tall or 



dwarf, flat or round, we have good kinds 



of all classes. Test "near-perfection" in 



tomatoes in the sorts supplied through the following offers. 



Livingston's Globe -Shaped Tomatoes 



possess everything that is required in quality, size and shape. 

 Globe is the finest purple fruited tomato evolved to date, 

 solid, of superb mild flavor. Pkt. ioc. 

 Hummer is a medium sized, very early scarlet of perfect 

 "globe" shape. Bears fine clusters. Pkt. ioc. 

 Coreless is the most perfect shaped scarlet late sort. 

 Large, solid fruits of delicious quality. Pkt. ioc. 

 One packet each of all three sorts for 25c postpaid. 



Superb Catalog Free 



Its 130 pages contain many helpful culture 

 directions, while nearly 300 illustrations 

 from photographs make it a trust 

 worthy guide to dependable 

 varieties and seeds. Honest 

 descriptions will help you to 

 form a correct opinion of things 

 offered. Let us mail you a free 

 copy. 



The Livingston Seed Co. 



182 High Street, COLUMBUS, OHIO 



Early, round, 



I Want You to Try Holmes' 

 Tested Seeds This Spring 



THE man who buys seeds wants to know if they 

 "are good — will they grow? " A successful 

 gardener will always buy his seed of a dealer 

 on whom he can depend. I want you to try Holmes'^ 

 Tested Seeds this spring. I want you to see for 

 yourself that they are fresh and good, and that 

 they will grow if you give them half a chance. So 

 I have made a special offer of 



One Packet of Each of These 

 New Vegetables for 25 Cents 



i" Copenhagen Market Cabbage is the most popular 

 early Danish cabbage. The heads are solid and heavy, 

 with few loose leaves. Ready for use with the Wake- 

 field class. Packet 10 cents, ounce 60 cents, H pound 

 $2, pound $7, postpaid. 



™ ■ Harrisburg Market Beet. Quantities of this variety 

 are grown for our city markets. The color is deep red, 

 skin smooth, flesh fine grained and very tender. Packet 

 S cents, ounce 20 cents, % pound 75 cents, pound S2.25. 



™ Holmes' Early Wonder Tomato is a new variety that 

 is better than Earliana. It is a little larger, very much 

 smoother, and has small seed cavities. Color bright 

 red. Ripens extra early. Packet 10 cents, ounce 75 

 cents, M pound $2, pound $6. 



Holmes' Handbook of Tested Seeds 



Ought to be on every gardener's table. It is a guide 

 to vegetable and flower growing, and tells how to care 

 for a garden and make it pay. Send a postal now for 

 the Handbook — I will see that a copy is sent by first mail. 



H. L. HOLMES, President 



HOLMES SEED COMPANY 



Dept. 124, Harrisburg, Pa. 



WHEN snow and frost abound outside would you like 

 to have in your rooms the very spirit of springtime? 

 We can tell you how to secure it. This picture is 

 taken from a photo sent us by a lady who grew them 

 last winter in our prepared moss fibre. The silvery white bells 

 glisten and nod amongst the lovely 

 green foliage. The delicious fra- 

 grance is another charm — and 

 what is best — it takes but three 

 weeks to achieve this. From the 

 moment the Lily of the Valley 

 pips are planted you can see them 

 grow, in one week the foliage is 

 fully developed, in two weeks the 

 buds are full grown, in three 

 weeks the flowers fully expanded. 

 Try it, you will be more than 

 delighted. We get daily new 

 orders from pleased customers. 



We furnish "delivery paid. " 



6 Valley pips and fiber to grow them, $ .35 

 12 " " " " .60 



25 " " " " 1. 00 



With every Order we send: Full directions how to 

 succeed growing Lilies of the Valley. 



Our 1913 Garden book will be ready in 

 January. It will contain a FULL list of 

 all Novelties in Vegetable and flower 



seeds as well as all. known varieties of 

 vegetable and flower seeds, bulbs, and 

 plants. Will be profusely illustrated, 

 and well worth sending for. It is FREE. 

 Send for it at once. Address 



H. H. BERGER & CO. 



70 Warren St. New York City 



Lily of Valley in bloom. 



I 



for the home garden $a& 



The Aerospra is made for those who want 

 a good, general purpose spray pump — one 

 that will last and give trustworthy service 

 year after year. 



It is the handiest little spraying machine 

 made. You can carry it on your back; 

 there's no pumping to do while you're using 

 it, you just go ahead and spray. 



It's handy for use on rose bushes, shrubs 

 and plants. Turn over the branches and 

 leaves with one hand and direct a powerful mist of poison 

 with the other. In the vegetable garden use it to destroy 

 potato bugs, tomato and cabbage worms and all the 

 other pests that torment the gardener. 



This little "Aerospra" will kill the currant worms, and 

 keep mildew from small fruits. In the Poultry house use 

 it to apply disinfectants. 



The 'Aerospra" holds four gallons; it's big enough to do 

 a lot of work, and it's tested to 100 pounds pressure. It 

 costs a little more than the cheap sprayer — but it's worth it. 



Get Deming's Catalog and Spraying Calendar 



J 



Deming's new catalog 

 lists more than twenty 

 styles of spray pumps. 

 It contains a spraying 

 calendar and formulas 

 which every garden maker will find worth pre- 

 serving. Send for it now — it's free. 



Your hardware and implement dealer will furnish the 

 Aerospra and other Deming equipment, or we will see 

 that you are supplied. 

 THE DEMING COMPANY, 115 Depot St., Salem, Ohio 



Manufacturers of Hand and Power Pomps for All Uses 

 General IMstrfbtttiiio; Houses In All Prlnelnal Cities 



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