June, 1913 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



323 



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For Better 

 Greener Lawns 



Use 

 Alphano Humus 



It Can Be 



Applied At 



Any Time 



It Is Odorless 



WHEN thickly spread on your 

 lawns and raked in (not raked 

 off as witb stable fertilizers) it 

 will promptly stimulate the 

 . grass, keeping it green all through the hot 

 months, and continue to furnish it with 

 plant food for a surprisingly long time 

 — years in fact. 



It is not a chemica' mixture that stim- 

 ulates the roots for only a short period. 

 Nor does it leach away with the first 

 rain. It is nature's own make of plant 

 food. A natural deposit of decayed animal 

 and vegetable matter that's been thousands 

 of years in the making. We dig and 

 prepare it in a dry powdered form for 

 immediate use. 



Being odorless, it will not attract flies, 

 and is in every way entirely sanitary 

 and as little objectionable to handle as 

 any garden loam. 



Order some. Use it freely, all summer 

 long. 



The price is so reasonab'e you can 

 afford to. 



5 bags, $s. By the ton, $12 

 (F. 0. B. Alphano, N. J.) 

 Special price on carloads. 



Send for Humus Book 



It explains about Humus in general and 



Alphano Humus in particular. 



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= will be secluded from the gaze of passers-by. It is = 



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a angle. The top can be opened for light and ventila- =j 



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= Make your porch a cool place for entertaining or = 



3 reading, and a pleasant place where the children can = 



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UNCLE SAM SPEAKS ANOTHER GOOD WORD FOR 



" THE 

 WOOD 



ETERNAL' 



CYPRESS 



" THE 



WOOD 



ETERNAL" 



Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Bulletin 95, Page 44, issued June 30, 1911, says of Cypress: 



"The properties which fit it for 

 such wide use are the freedom 

 of the wood from knots and 

 other defects . . and the long 

 period which the wood may be 

 expected to last. To this might 

 be added handsome appearance, 

 which frequently has much to 

 do with popularizing a wood." 



Further on CYPRESS, the same Government 

 Report says: "The wood contains little resin and 

 thus affords a good surface for paint, which it holds 

 well. . . . It is a popular wood where it is sub- 

 jected to dampness and heat. It shrinks, swells 

 or warps but little. . . For the parts of houses 

 exposed to the weather it serves equally well." 



Both, quotations above are from Bulletin 95, (page 44) U.S. Dept. of Agr. (Forest Service), June 30,1911, 



"The Money You Don't Have to Spend on Repairs is ALL PROFIT." 



When planning new improvements or repairs to old ones, just remember— **With CYPRESS you BUILD BUT ONCE.*' 



WRITE TODAY for VOLUME ONE of the CYPRESS POCKET LIBRARY, with Full Text 



of OFFICIAL GOVT. REPT. Also Full List of 36 Other Volumes. (FREE en request.) 



Let our "ALL ROUND HELPS DEPARTMENT" help YOU. Our entire resources are at your service with Reliable Counsel. 



SOUTHERN CYPRESS MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION 



1209 HIBERNIA BANK BUILDING, NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



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



Cost Much Less Than Paint 

 Wear Longer— More Artistic 



"Your stains have proved most satisfactory. I have five lakeside 

 cottages finished with them. My one painted cottage costs me 

 almost as much as all the rest to keep fresh looking. My cottages 

 are considered quite artistic." 



Joseph H. Scranton, Washington, N. J. 



Cabot's Creosote Stains 



have proved their artistic effects and wearing and wood preserving 

 qualities in every climate for thirty years. You are sure of them. 

 Don't take substitutes made of kerosene and crude colors. 



You can get Cabot's Stains everywhere. 

 Send for samples and name of nearest agent. 



SAMUEL CABOT, Inc., Mfg. Chemists, 1 Oliver St., Boston, Mass. 



Staijied -with Cabot's SkingU Stains. 

 HoUingsworth Gr Bragdon, Arch'ts, Cran/ord, N. J. 



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