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The Garden Magazine, April, 1920 



Gets All the Meat 

 That's in the Shell 



THAT is just what the nut-grower does 

 — particularly the grower who has a few 

 trees around his home grounds. But be sure 

 to set grafted or budded trees — Jones' 

 trees — which practically guarantee large 

 nuts and fine crops. 



Nut Trees Are 

 Good Shade Trees 



Besides producing food and profits the trees 

 make desirable lawn trees; they grow shapely, 

 furnish good shade, and fit well with shrubs 

 and evergreens. 



Special Catalogue of Nut Trees 



will be sent to you on request. Pictures show how the 

 trees grow; story tells how to plant and care for them. 

 You will read it from cover to cover — send for it now. 



U • F • J OHeS Specialist 



Box G Lancaster, Penna. 



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George William Browning 



Clinton, N. Y. 



THE LURE OFTHE SEEDLINGS 



BECAUSE we have become accustomed to 

 growing many of our garden plants by 

 means of vegetative parts, namely, bulbs, tubers, 

 and cuttings, we are likely to overlook the fact 

 that these plants may also be grown from seed. 

 To be sure, some species are none too liberal in 

 the matter of seed production, but when seed is 

 obtainable, the flower lover will find propagation 

 by this means a most interesting diversion. 



For a few cents a packet of Dahlia seed may 

 be purchased of a reliable dealer. If planted in- 

 doors in early spring the young plants may be 

 transplanted to the garden when danger of frost 

 is past and most of them will bloom the first 

 season. From a packet of seed of mixed varieties, 

 I have secured a marvelous array of blooms and 

 at the end of the season a stock of tubers that 

 would cost many times the amount originally 

 invested in seed. 



The Gladiolus is another plant that is easily 

 grown from seed, though the resultant bulbs do 

 not produce flowers until the second and in some 

 cases not until the third season. These seeds 

 are not readily obtainable from dealers so that 

 one has to depend upon the supply from the home 

 garden. The seed pods must be gathered im- 

 mediately upon ripening, as they are liable to 

 split and allow the seeds to drop out. After 

 separating the pods from the seeds, the latter 

 are best cared for over winter by placing in a 

 wide necked bottle of sand. 



In preparing the seed bed for their reception, 

 use sheep manure and a small quantity of bone 

 meal, mixing thoroughly with the soil to which a 

 liberal amount of sand has been added, or the 

 seeds may be planted in an eight inch bulb pot, 

 which is then sunk so that the top of the pot is 

 level with the surface of the ground. The seed 

 should be planted rather thickly at a depth of a 

 quarter inch. 



At the end of the season there will be found 

 small bulbs varying in size from that of an apple 

 seed to the proportions of a hazel nut. These 

 should be stored over winter as ordinary bulbs, 

 replanted the following spring, and many of them 

 will produce their first blooms before the end 

 of summer. Aside from the fascination of seeing 

 these "garden babies" develop, there is always 

 a possibility of finding some interesting variations 

 from the parent forms. 



The Geranium, which is usually grown from 

 cuttings, and the Heliotrope, whose delightful 

 fragrance makes it welcome in any garden, are 

 produced very easily from seed, and from a packet 

 of Coleus seed can be grown plants displaying a 

 surprising assortment of colors. The Calla-lily 

 may also be mentioned among the plants which 

 lend themselves to this method of propagation. 



If you have never tried growing seedlings, 

 you have missed one of the real pleasures of 

 gardening and those who have the patience to 

 wait for the blooms are well repaid. 



NEWGLADIOLUS REGISTERED 



THE following varieties of Gladiolus are 

 registered with the American Gladiolus Society 

 by John Lewis Childs, Flowerfield, N. Y. 



Conspicuous (Childsii). Beautiful clear car- 

 dinal-red, with a large white throat. A very 

 attractive combination of color. Originated 

 by John Lewis Childs. 



White America. Buds and partially expanding 

 flowers pale flesh, 136 (§). Flower opens snow 

 white, 2(1), with a faint streak of violet mauve, 

 195(1), or paler in the throat. Has the same 

 strong habit of growth, form of flower and sub- 

 stance as America, of which it is a seedling. 



DeLues GOLDEN GIANT 



■"BESt- SWEET CORN 



This new corn has been before 

 the public for three years and 

 thoroughly tested throughout 

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 comparison with all other varie- 

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The most particular attention has been paid to 

 the quality, for earliness and great size would 

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 It is because of the extreme tenderness, com- 

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 the Golden Giant has become the standard of 

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DeLue's Golden Giant excels all other early 

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It is the one corn for the home or market 

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The Other Fellow's Opinion. 



Mr. P. P. R. says: Boston, Mass., Apr. 27, 1917. 



"I have had a great many years in farming and never in my ex- 

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 and a corn which was as juicy, tender, and sweet." 



Mr. W. B. H. Robinson, 111., Sept., 1019. 



"I distributed the corn among several of my customers and the 

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 about two weeks earlier than anv of the rest; that it was better than 

 the Golden Bantam or anv other that was raised around here." 



Mr. W. H. H. Winnipeg. Canada. Dec. 3, 1919. 



"My friend, Dr. , and I found your Golden Giant Corn a 



howling success. The best corn b> a long wa> , in every respect, 

 that we ever had. '1 here was more growth from one seed of your 

 corn than from five seeds of the Golden Bantam which we had. The 

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 rows." 



Rural New Yorker. July 26, 1919. 



"Golden Giant sweet corn is a vast improvement on the popular 

 Golden Bantam." 



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Needham, Mass. 



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