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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1913 



IS A $1000. 3-ROOM CYPRESS COTTAGE 

 ABOUT RIGHT? WELL, HERE IT IS! 



And a joy and a blessing it will be to anyone with a little plot of earth to put it on. 



FULL PLANS & SPECIFICATIONS FREE ZSv^-fiSP^cXSS 



Ample for any competent carpenter to build from. Above estimate of cost is a fair average figure the country over. 



WRITE RIGHT NOW for VOL. 32, of the CYPRESS POCKET LIBRARY 



Think now— 

 Learn now— 

 and you'll 

 do better 

 Buying 

 when 

 ready 



Also ask for Vol. 1 with U. S. Gov't 

 report on Cypress, and full list 

 of these 35 invaluable text books. 



Remember — We r ecommend Cypress L umber only where it is your one best buy. 



Let our "ALL-'ROUND HELPS DEPARTMENT" help YOU. Our entire resources are at your service 



SOUTHERN CYPRESS MANUFACTURERS' ASSN., 



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INSIST ON CYPRESS at YOUR LOCAL DEALER'S. IF HE HASN'T IT, LET US KNOW QUICK. 



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Give The Novelties a Chance 



ONE factor alone will make such a radical 

 difference in the growth of a plant that when 

 a novelty is tried at any time one should be sure 

 that it is surrounded by satisfactory conditions 

 before condemning it because of failure to grow 

 according to catalogue specifications. 



I planted, last year, a choice grade of morning 

 glory seeds in a deep porch box. The porch faces 

 east but the heavy foliage of nearby maple trees 

 cut off practically all sunshine except the earliest 

 rays in the morning so that the strongest light 

 fell from the north upon the vines, which were 

 trained up on strings. 



On the same day the remaining seeds in the 

 package were planted in the open ground in the 

 back yard with full exposure to the sun and air. 

 From the first a marked difference was noted in 



Morning glory leaves which show the influence of 

 sun (on the left) and shade (on the right) 



the two plantings. While the shaded plants 

 eventually reached the top of the porch the growth 

 was very slender and delicate, the few blossoms 

 borne late in the season were small and inferior — 

 almost as if they were a dwarf variety. On the 

 other hand the backyard vines were rampant, 

 completely concealing the six foot posts on which 

 they clambered, and making cros6way excursions 

 to fill the spaces between the posts. Apparently 

 they would have climbed upward indefinitely if the 

 supports had been higher and the large blossoms 

 were borne in countless profusion from the last 

 half of July to the end of the season. 



The soil in both places was identical — a good 

 garden loam enriched with bone meal. Practically 

 the only difference in conditions was the lack of 

 direct sunlight on the porch. 



Wisconsin. Eitie M. Howlett. 



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