May. 1913 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



281 



Geii 



By Parcel Post 



Summer- Flowering Bulbs 

 and Hardy Perennials 



Plenty of good ones still on hand. 



Send for Price List. 



Holland Bulbs 



Prof. L. H. Bailey says, in his Manual of Garden- 

 ing, "To secure good bulbs, and of the desirable 

 varieties, the order should be placed in spring or 

 early summer." 



We take advance orders until July 25, and guar- 

 antee first size, best quality bulbs, and early delivery. 



Our Fall Catalogue is now ready. Send for it. 



Franken Brothers 



Deerfield 



Nurseries also at Sassenhein, 



Illinois 

 Holland 



The Modern 

 Gladiolus 



I offer all the best strains to be 

 had including Groff's Hybrids 

 and the best named sorts, including: 

 America, Peace, Baltimore, NIAGARA, 

 Panama, Independence, Baron Hulot 

 (blue), Rosella, 1900, Mephistopheles, 

 Glory, Alice Carey, Blanche, Chicago 

 White, Mrs. Beecher, Taconic, Wm. 

 Falconer, and lots more, including some 

 not offered elsewhere such as GOLDEN 

 KING, the best blotched yellow, Maude, 

 Scarlet Velvet, etc. I send fifty flowering size bulbs, as- 

 sorted.and instructive catalogue, all postpaid, for50cents. 

 Mention the Garden Mag. Geo. S. Woodruf f , Independence, Iowa 



40cts 



of fresh MUShrOOiTiS Growing In your°Cellar 



in postage stamps together with the name of your 

 dealer will bring you, postpaid, direct from the 

 ufacturer, a fresh sample brick of 



Lambert's Pare 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. 



Kill Your Weeds 



drives, walks, tennis courts, etc., 



Are your 



disfigured by weeds during the summer months ? Much time 

 and expense can be saved by using our guaranteed 



3 WEEDKILLER \ m 



one application of which will destroy all existing weeds and prevent 



further growth. WEEDKILLER will be sent to any address on receipt 



of following prices : 



Size 1. Sufficient for 200 sq. feet, 45c. 

 Size 2. " " 45° " " 7S C - 



Size 3. " '' 900 " " $1.00 



GUARANTEED WEEDKILLER MFG. CO., Hit. Vernon, N. Y. 



High Time You Were Out in the Garden 



under smiling vernal skies, planting in the summer flowerbeds. An early start NOW, means luxuriant beds 

 all aglow by end of JUNE. 



WE send ANYWHERE in the U. S. or CANADA, large FULL SIZE GREENHOUSE PLANTS, 

 charges prepaid by parcel post. 



THEY are BIG plants ready to set out, such as the little local florist charges you one dollar per dozen 

 for, not the miserable little runts, uncertain to live or die, you generally get by mail. WE send you with 

 free cultural directions any 100 of the following plants, your selection, for $5.00, any 50 for $2.50, any 20 

 for $1.00. 



FANCY GIANT FLOWERED CHRYSANTHEMUMS, 36 kinds, all hues. FANCY giant carna- 

 tion plants, Geraniums in all colors, Heliotropes, Marguerite Daisies, Salvias, Coleus all hues, Stocks, 

 Phlox, Ageratum, Schizanthus, Dusty Miller, Golden Feather, Double Petunias, Single fringed and ruffled 

 Petunias, Lobelias, Verbenas, Vincas, Snapdragon, Cannas, Alternantheras, German Ivies, Ice Pinks, 

 Double red and yellow Nasturtiums, Chinese and other primroses, Acalyphas, Begonias, Fuchsias, Abutil- 

 ons, and any bedding plant not here listed you can name. 



A special price of $40.00 per any 1000 plants your selection — THIS IS THE CHANCE FOR LARGE 

 PLACES to get THEIR SUMMER FLOWER BEDS AT WHOLESALE. 



Also specially grown VEGETABLE PLANTS: EARLY CABBAGE, COPENHAGEN MARKET 

 $1.00 per 100. EARLY SNOWBALL CAULIFLOWER $1.50 per 100. POTGROWN TOMATO 

 PLANTS, varieties, EARLIANA, EARLY STONE, EARLY ACME, BONNIE BEST, PONDEROSA, 

 JUNE PINK, 50 for $1.00. POTGROWN SWEET PEPPER and EGGPLANTS, 50 for $1.00. GOL- 

 DEN SELF BLANCHING CELERY PLANTS, $1.50 per 100. 



Make up your list and send at once to the 



Harlowarden Greenhouses, Box 148, Greenport, LI.,N.Y. 



LEST YOU FORGET 



A mention of this publication will entitle you to a premium of some extra choice plants in addition to order. 



YELLOW SWEET CORN 



Waste no time planting other than Ordway's Golden, if you 

 would furnish your dinner table with the most delicious corn 

 ever grown. This variety is early, tender, juicy, and sweet 

 — four qualities which constitute the ideal, and is growing in 

 favor all over the land. Carefully selected seed sent by parcel 

 post on receipt of price. Per quart, 6oc.; pint, 35c; half- 

 pint, 20c; trial packet, 10c. Address 

 O. P. ORDWAY SAXONVILLE. MASS. 



ENCLOSE THIS ADVERTISEMENT 



When sending for our Catalogue of 



Prize Medal Dahlias 



And we will send 1 Bulb Absolutely Free. 



FORBES & KEITH 



299 Chancery Street New Bedford, Mass- 



RATS 



KILLED BY SCIENCE 

 DANYSZ VIRUS is a 

 Bacteriological Preparation 



AND NOT A POISON— Harmless, to Animals other than 

 mouse-like rodents. Rodents die in the open. For a small house, 1 

 tube, 75c; ordinary dwelling, 3tubes, $1.75; larger place — for each 

 5,000 sq. ft. floor space, use 1 dozen, $6.00. Send now. 

 Danysz Virus Limited 72 Front Street, New York 



FREE ^333 £' Dahlias 



should send us, today, a post card for our Descriptive 

 Dahlia Catalogue, entitled, "New Creations in Dahlias," 

 containing accurate descriptions and the plain truth about 

 the best Dahlias that bloom. Beautifully illustrated — 

 the leading American Dahlia catalogue. 



Peacock's Quality, Dahlias that Bloom 



will give you a Summer's pleasure and satisfaction. We 

 know it I After a trial you will know it I 



Your Pleasure Is Our Pleasure 



Send us 10c. (stamps or coin) and receive postpaid by 

 return mail, catalogue and a strong field grown root of our 

 new Dahlia "Jack Rose" — the world's best crimson. 

 DOROTHY PEACOCK. Larger, clearer pink, and finer in every 

 waythan Mrs. Gladstone, a strong vigorous grower, early, free and 

 continuous bloomer. The Dahlia without a fault. Mail 

 postpaid 50c. each. Special trial offers. To demonstrate 

 the superiority of our Dahlias we will send the following strong field 

 roots each labeled absolutely true to name. 3 show 30c, 3 decor- 

 ative 30c, 3 cactus 40c, 3 Paeony Flowered 40c. 3 New Century 

 40c. The 5 se's Dorothy Peacock and Jack Rose, 1 7 superb 

 Dahlias, for $2.00, postpaid. List of these sets on application. 



Write today 



PEACOCK DAHLIA FARMS 



BERLIN 



NEW JERSEY 



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