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THE G A R D E N MAGAZINE 



February, 1 9 1 3 



-fogHSUARANTEED 

 v " PLUMBING 

 FIXTURES 



To make the bathroom beautiful and sanitary 

 with Standard" ware, brings the joy of cleanly 

 living to the whole household and teaches the 

 gospel of the daily bath to young and old alike. 



Genuine 'Standard" fixtures for the Home 

 and for Schools, Office Buildings, Public 

 Institutions, etc., are identified by the 

 Green and Gold Label, with the exception 

 of one brand of baths beating the Red and 

 Black Label, which, while of the first 

 quality of manufacture, have a slightly 

 thinner enameling, and thus meet the re- 



quirements of those who demand "Standard" 

 quality at less expense. All "Standard" 

 fixtures, with care, will last a lifetime. 

 And no fixture is genuine unless it bears 

 the guarantee label. In order to avoid 

 substitution of inferior fixtures, specify 

 "Standard" goods in writing (not verbally) 

 and make sure that you get them. 



Standard cSatiitatslDfe. Co. Dept. 37 PITTSBURGH, PA. 



New York . 35 West 31st Street 

 Chicago . 900 S. Michigan Ave. 

 Philadelphia . 1128 Walnut Street 

 Toronto, Can. 59 Richmond St. E. 

 Pittsburgh . 106 Federal Street 

 St. Louis . 100 N. Fourth Street 

 Cincinnati . 633 Walnut Street 



Nashville . 315 Tenth Avenue, So. 

 New Orleans, 



Baronne and St. Joseph Streets 

 Montreal, Can. . 215 Coristine Bldg. 

 Boston . . John Hancock Bldg. 

 Louisville . 319-23 W. Main Street 

 Cleveland . 648 Huron Road, S. E. 



Hamilton, Can., 20-28 Jackson St., W, 

 London . 57-60 Holborn Viaduct, E. C. 

 Houston, Tex. . Preston and Smith Sts. 

 Washington, D. C. . Southern Bldg. 

 Toledo, Ohio . . 311-321 Erie Street 

 Fort Worth, Tex. . Front and Jones Sts. 



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House Plants Bloom Throughout the Winter 



BY USING 



BONORA 



the greatest Fertilizer in the World. A 

 ittle goes a very long ways. Your plants 

 will look fresh and healthy in the spring. 

 BONORA is recommended and en- 

 dorsed by Luther Burbank, John Lewis 

 Childs, Dingee & Conard and many 

 others. BONORA is a plant necessity. 

 Order direct or through your Seed 

 Dealers. 



Put iip in Dry Form. 

 i lb. make 28 gallons, postpaid, $ .65 

 5 lbs. " 140 " by express e.50 



10 lbs. " 280 '• " 4-75 



Bonora Chemical Co. 513 &w Yo°r a k way 



Modern Gladioli 



I grow gladioli only and will sell you the best sorts at lowest 

 prices. New sorts for 1013. I can't afford high-priced adver- 

 tisements but will give you good value. My flowers took 

 premiums at State and County Fairs in igi2. For 50c. 

 I will send 50 assorted flowering size bulbs with full instruc- 

 tions and list of named sorts. 



Box B. Geo. S. Woodruff, Independence, Iowa 



3 Mushrooms at a " Seasons 



of fresh 



Growing In your Cellar 



JA -i„ in postage stamps together with the name of your 

 t|V 1.13. dealer will bring you. postpaid, direct from the 

 manufacturer, a fresh sample brick of 



Lambert's Pure Culture MUSHROOM SPAWN 



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

 on Mushroom 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. 



A Lawn Plant for the Southwest 



IN REGIONS of the South where ordinary lawn 

 grass does not fill out the entire season with 

 thorough satisfaction, the problem of lawn making 

 is, after all, not so hopeless as it might seem. We 

 have at our hands a little plant which will give us 

 a really acceptable greensward. The fog plant 

 (Lippia repens) is a low growing, spreading plant 

 of the verbena family. Introduced into California 

 in 1900, its culture has spread from that state into 

 Arizona and New Mexico and is rapidly increasing 

 in popularity. It is not a grass but a plant 

 with small leaves that form a thick mat over the 

 ground. 



It is perfectly hardy in all places where palms 

 can be grown outdoors. It does well on poor soils 

 and can get along on a smaller supply of water 

 than can many grasses. During the hot summer 

 weather it thrives and makes a luxuriant, light 

 green covering over the ground. Thus it is superior 

 to blue grass at that time of the year. In the winter 

 it stops growing but does not entirely lose its green 

 color as does Bermuda grass. It can stand a great 



Looks like grass! In the south and southwest 

 the fog plant (lippia) is a practical substitute for 

 the grass of the north 



amount of trampling. In manner of growth it 

 resembles Bermuda grass very closely, spreading 

 by means of stems that take root at the joints. 

 The plant is very low growing and forms a pretty 

 lawn even if not cut although, of course, cutting 

 improves it. During the summer it has a small 

 white flower very much like white clover. 



Planting is done in the same manner as with 

 Bermuda grass — small pieces of stems containing 

 several joints, preferably with some that have 

 started to root, are planted about one foot apart 

 each way. Plant during the summer rainy season 

 or as soon as growth starts in the spring, although 

 planting may be done at any time. The plants 

 should be well watered. They must have time to 

 make some growth in the fall in order to live 

 through the winter. The cuttings take root and 

 grow rapidly, spreading over the vacant spaces 

 and choking out the weeds. When properly mowed 

 it makes a rich, velvety lawn. 



Lippia can not be grown where the winters are 

 at all cold but for the southern states it promises 

 to be much more valuable as a lawn material than 

 either blue grass or Bermuda. 



Arizona. Donald F. Jones. 



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