February, 1918 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



41 



Beautiful Lawns 

 and Gardens 



that delight and please; strong, 

 thrifty turf that is green and 

 healthy; gardens where wonder- 

 ful colors and perfurces vie with 

 the less attractive but equally 

 welcome greens and berries, all 

 depend upon the same black soil 

 to nourish, develop and bring to 

 perfection. 



The best soil will fail in all that 

 is required of it unless it is kept 

 rich and fertile with 



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&KAN& 



Sheep Manure 



Dried and Pulverized 



Nature's best fertilizer. Every 

 weed seed destroyed, concentrated, 

 convenient and economical. Un- 

 equalled for the lawn and flower 

 garden, fruit, and vegetable 

 growing, and all field crops. 



for 200 lb. barrel prepaid 

 East of Omaha. Special 

 quantity prices and 



Free Booklet V*?r% 9,? r . den „ an< J 



S *"*-' ^-"»-' r — ——-—«■ Field Fertilizing sent 

 FREE for your name on a postal. 



M.00 



4 



Wizard Brand is sold by seedsmen and 

 garden supply houses 



The Pulverized Manure Co. 



19 Union Stock Yards, Chicago 



Millions of Trees 



PLANTS, VINES, ROSES, ETC. 



The oldest, largest and most complete nursery in 



Michigan. Send for catalog. Prices reasonable 



I. E. ILGENFRITZ' SONS CO.' 



THE MONROE NURSERY Monroe, Michigan 



TRanr MARK 



Sold by 



the 



Seedsmen 



of America 



Made at 

 Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



Gardening With Modern Tools 



We know that you believe in modern gardens or 

 you wouldn't read a publication like this: 



With tools like these you can easily gratify your 

 ambition to have a fine garden — no hard work 

 and much better results. 



IRQHAGE 



Sow accurately in drills or hills, hoe, cul- 

 tivate, weed, ridge, open furrows and cover 

 them, etc. Parts changed quicldy. Hi^h 

 steel wheels, steel frame, necessary adjust- 

 ments for close work. Goes astride of the 

 row or between. 



Garden Drills 

 and Wheel Hoes 



Combined No. 6 

 Kill and Drill Seeder 

 Double and Single 

 Wheel Hoe 



Bateman Mi & Co. 



They liiste better when yon produce them 



With these tools you can make the 

 garden right and keep it in perfect 

 condition without hard work. 



38 combinations, $2.50 to $12.00. 



Ask the nearest dealer or seeds- 

 man to show them and write us for 

 new booklet, "Gardejiing With Mod- 

 ern Tools." Also one on Sprayers 

 for every purpose. 



Box 535 

 Grenloch, N. J. 



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Your copy of our new Catalog is waiting 

 to be mailed to you. Shall we send it ? 

 J. STEVENS ARMS & TOOL COMPANY 



The Factory of Precision Dept. 282, Chicopee Falls, Mass. 



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| RHODES DOUBLE CUT 

 PRUNING SHEAR 



RHODES MFG. CO. 



527 S. DIVISION AVE., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



THE only pruner 

 made that cuts 

 from both sides of the limb and 

 does not bruise the bark. Made 

 in all styles and sizes. We pay 

 Express charges on all 

 orders. Write for circu- 

 lar and prices. 



How Can We Live 

 Cheaper? 



Mr. Babson, the famous econo- 

 mist and statistical authority, who 

 has tried it, says grow your own 

 food supplies as much as possi- 

 ble. Even a back yard instead 

 of being an expense can be 

 made to supply food. Mr. 

 Babson has written a series of 

 articles for 



The 



Garden Magazine 



drawing on his own experience 

 for information on this simple 

 way of reducing the cost of living. 

 The first chapter appears. in the 

 March number. 



Without a Greenhouse You 



Don't Know What 



Real Gardening Joys Are 



IT'S indispensable to your outdoors garden in 

 growing your olants and flowers for early set- 

 ting out. No one is content nowadays to plant 

 their garden seeds when fickle Dame Spring 

 decrees. It's entirely too uncertain. One ysi'ar 

 a fairly early garden — the next year, weeks late. 

 By naving plants in flats or pots ail ready to 

 plant out, your garden will always be weeks 

 earlier than the earliest garden started outdoors. 

 Then when next fall comes, you won't have to 

 say farewell to your flowers and gardening joys. 



In your greenhouse you can carry on your 

 gardening just the same. 



Send for our catalog. 



Hitchings & Co. 



New York Office : 1 1 70 Broadway 



Factory: Elizabeth, N. J. 



// you wish to systematize your business the Readers' Servire may be able to ojfer suggestions 



