March, 1913 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



123 



Do you want 



RIPE TOMATOES 



earlier than you ever had before? 



The Ball Seed and 

 Plant Forcer 



will give you a crop weeks ahead of any 

 other method outside of the greenhouse. 

 You can plant everything in the open 

 garden or field a month ahead. These 

 little greenhouses will give your seeds 

 and plants the same protection as if 

 they were under sash. When taken off 

 you will have a transformation 

 > you never dreamed of. All gar- 



deners realize the value of glass 

 covered plant frames for early re- 

 sults, The cost and weight was 

 hitherto their only objection. My 

 plant frames overcome this, cost- 

 ing but a few cents, weigh but a 

 few ounces, are collapsible, durable and produce the same results. As a 

 special inducement I will send you parcel post paid anywhere, 10 little 

 greenhouses, exactly like cut, 10 inches high or 7.12 inches high for $1.00. 

 Both collections including 6 little cold frames for melons, sugar corn, 

 etc., all for $2.00. Complete except glass which can be got from your 

 local dealer at little cost. Send for my booklet, How to Grow Bigger, 

 Better, and Earlier Crops than You Ever Had Before. IT'S FREE. 



Francis Ball M'f'g Co. 



Glenside, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 



PATENT APPLIED FOR 



1840 



1913 



Old Colony Nurseries 



HARDY SHRUBS, TREES, VINES 

 EVERGREENS AND PERENNIALS 



A large and fine stock of well -rooted plants 

 grown in sandy loam. Good plants; best sizes 

 for planting very cheap. Priced catalogue free 

 on application. Wholesale and retail. 



T. R. WATSON Plymouth, Mass. 



A WOMAN FLORIST 



Hardy Everblooming 



WB*%.****** On their own roots. 



KOSeS ALL WILL BLOOM THIS SUMMER 



25c 



Sentto any address post-paid; guaranteed to reach you in good growing condition 



GEM ROSE COLLECTION 

 Etotle de France, Deep Crimson 

 Isabella Sprant, Golden Yellow 

 Bridesmaid, Brilliant Pink 

 Bride, Pure Snow White 

 Mrs. Potter Palmer, Blush 

 Helen Good, Delicate Pink 



SPECIAL BARGAINS 



6 Carnations, the "Divine Flower," 

 all colors 25c 



6 Prize- Winning Chrysanthemums, 25c 



6 Beautiful Coleus 25c 



3 Grand Hardy Phlox 25c 



3 Choice Double Dahlias 25c 



6 Fuchsias, all different 25c 



10 Lovely Gladioli . 25c 



xo Superb Pansy Plants 25c 



15 Pkts. Flower Seeds, all different ... 25c 



Any Five Collections for One Dollar, Postpaid. 

 Guarantee satisfaction. Once a customer, always one. Catalog Free. 



MISS ELLA V. BAINES. Box 66, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO 



Your Garden a Month Earlier with 



PAPER FLOWER POTS 



Without Bottoms 



(Paper Dirt Bands) 



Grow your early vegetables in paper pots and plant them in 

 the garden without taking out of the pots. 



Now, while the ground is frozen plant your melons, sweet 

 com, cucumbers, beans, and squashes in pots indoors, or in a 

 hot bed, and when the ground is warm plant them in the garden 

 without taking out of the pots. 



And instead of waiting for the seeds to sprout, you have 

 cucumbers ready to blossom, corn a foot high, and your garden 

 that was only bare ground in the morning, by night will look 

 as if it had been growing a month. 



And Flowers! Think of the pleasure of having asters, morn- 

 ing glories and all your favorite flowers in bloom a month earlier. 



You haven't the time to read al the enthusiastic letters we 

 have, but read these two. 



Mr. B. C. Garmon, Birmingham, Ala., writes: 



" By using your pots I have been able to get my tomato crop 

 sold the last two seasons before others got theirs in, and I have 

 got a fancy price. I think the pots have made me $500.00 in 

 the last two seasons." 



Mr. H. W. Rose, Secretary Mercedes Truck Growers Asso- 

 ciation, Mercedes, Tex., writes: 



"Please ship via Wells Fargo Ex., 31,000 3-inch dirt bands. 

 I received 10,000 of your bands with R. F. Graham and am 

 so pleased that I have recommended same to the association." 



500 3-inch or 300 4-inch, Prepaid by Parcel Post East of the 

 Mississippi, $1. Pacific Coast and Canada, $1.25. 



Prices in lots of 5 000, f. o. b., Catonsville 3-inch $1.00 the 

 1000, shipping weight 9 lbs. 4-inch $1.40 the 1000, shipping 

 weight 16 lbs. 



PHILIP CROSBY & SON, Catonsville, Md. 



"Prize 'Winners" 



So say many of my patrons. 

 Send a dime and addresses of two other flower grow- 

 ers, and I will send you several things: — 

 1st. Full Aster Packet and "Cultural directions." 

 and. Lifelike "1JA8KET OF PANSIES," in natural 

 color, size 7 x 10 inches. It will adorn any room. 

 3rd. "Value-back" coupon good for 10 cts. in flower seeds (any 

 kind I list) with any later order. 

 4th. My dainty 1913 Flower Catalog. It is free; send for it anyway. 

 No better seeds crown. 

 MISS EMMA V. WHITE, Seedswoman, 

 S014 Aldrich Ave., So. Minneapolis, Minn. 



Great Bargain Collection 



of DAISIES' 



No such bargain ever before offered. 

 A full-sized packet of each of the fol- 

 lowing : Burbank's Shasta, New- 

 Double Delicata, New Snowball, 

 New Orange, New Blue. 



1 Dbl Begonia Bulb 



1 Excelsior Gloxinia Bulb 



An excellent variety. Also my new 1913 catalogue of 



Seeds, Flowers and Bulbs, i 11 f "| fk 



Mailed immediately upon All TAW* 1 11/* 



receipt of coin or stamps. 4*11 IUI A Vv. 



Miu Mary E. Martin, 240 Jericho Road, Floral Park, N. Y. 



2 Garden Boosters— $2 



Delivery Paid 



THEY are regular little hot houses. Just 

 the thing to start early plants in, and 

 boost your flowers or vegetables along weeks 

 earlier. Set them over Rhubarb or Daffodils. 

 Start Melons in them. Made of cypress, 

 bolted together with cast iron comer pieces. 

 Grooved for glass to slide in. Size, 115 x 13 

 inches. Shipped knocked down. Price $2 

 for 2, Parcel Post Paid. All bolts included, 

 but not the glass. Send money with order. 

 Send for our Two P's Booklet. It tells all about our 

 other sized frames and gives valuable garden boosting 

 helps. 



Lord & Burnham Co. 



NEW YORK BOSTON PHILADELPHIA 



St. James Bid?. Tremont Bldg. Franklin Bank ltl.lt;. 



CHICAGO ROCHESTER 



Rookery Itl.ltr. Granite Bldg. 



Dwarf Baby Rambler Roses 



Adapted and bred to HOUSE CULTURE; 

 Bloom indoors in winter, and outdoors all summer. 

 White or Crimson 25 cts. 



3 Hyacinths best varieties bloom Easter 15c. 

 Delivered by PARCEL POST prepaid. 



Novelty Floral Company, Newburgh, N. Y. 



OQDSEEDS 



' BEST IN THE WORLD 



Prices Below All Others 



I will give a lot of new sorts free with 

 every order I fill. Buy and test. Return 

 if not O. K. — money refunded. 



Big Catalog FREE 

 Over 700 illustrations of vegetables and 

 flowers. Send yours and your neighbors' 

 addresses. 

 H;"sHUMWAY, Rockford, Illinois 



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