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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 19 13 



Do you ever dust your mind? 



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A Pirate Tale of the China Sea 



The Devils Admiral 



By Frederick F. Moore 



Just 

 Out 



<lWas he Chinaman, or black, or fiend — this creature who plundered the 

 shipping of the China Sea? None knew. Some said he was an ex- 

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 Kid Sang, bound for Hong Kong, that young Trenholm found out 

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By the Author of "The Boss of Wind River" 



Precious Waters 



By A. M. Chisholm 



<JA railroad decided to grab all the waterpower facilities of Talapus Ranch. But it 

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 in things. You'll like her and her chum, the bachelor-girl, whose fearless and breezy 

 ways keep the adventures on a gallop every minute. Illustrated in colors. Net, $1.25. 



Arsene Lupin's Greatest Adventure 



The Crystal Stopper 



By Maurice Leblanc 



Author of "Arsene Lupin," "813," etc. 



<I The hangman was adjusting the noose over the head of Arsene 

 Lupin's accomplice; the square was filled with hundreds of people. 

 Lupin cornered at last ! He watched the preparations from the window 

 of a private house nearby. And then, by the cleverest stroke of his 

 career he rescued his man. How? Illustrated. Net, $1.25. 



By the author of "The Power and the Glory' 



The Joy Bringer 



By Grace MacGowan Cooke 



<I In the land of the picturesque mesas, with the tents of 

 the Hopi Indians dotting the desert, a girl and a man mar- 

 ried under extraordinary conditions, work out the real big 

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A Fine Boston Fern 



TN THE Garden Magazine for January 1012, 

 A I read with interest an article on Boston ferns 

 by Mr. Leonard Barron. 



I have had considerable success with this most 

 generally grown house fern. The one illustrated, 

 my largest, measures from top frond to the floor, 

 which it touches, eight feet three inches. From 

 the top of the tub in which it is growing to the 

 floor is a few inches more than six feet. 



Unfortunately, for lack of space, it must always 

 stand in a corner and cannot be turned so as to give 

 it growth on all sides of the tub. The photograph 

 was not taken in its accustomed corner. 



I bought this fern from a local greenhouse about 

 nine years ago. It was then probably two years 

 old and was in a five or six inch pot. It has practic- 

 ally been this size for seven years, in all of which 

 time it has never stopped growth, new fronds coming 

 on at all times. It has been repotted three times. 

 The last time I was assisted by a florist, the soil 

 being just an ordinary potting soil from the green- 



Eight feet three inches from the top frond to the 

 floor! Has any one a larger fern? 



house. The plant is now in an extra good heavy 

 candy pail, the kind in which mixed candy comes 

 to the confectioners. 



In all of this time I have used no fertilizer of any 

 kind. Fifty-two times a year, no more, no less, 

 the plant has been watered; each week it is thor- 

 oughly soaked, the water running through and out 

 of the pot. It stands close to a large north window 

 and never gets a ray of sunshine. 



I have had little success with ferns when the pots 

 are kept in jardinieres. I move them as little as 

 possible and never touch the fronds. An east 

 window is a good one in which to grow them. A 

 moist atmosphere is generally supposed to be con- 

 ducive to the growth of ferns; mine flourish in a 

 steam heated room with no attempt to regulate 

 the humidity. 



Ohio Otto Giffin. 



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