{The purpose of this Department o/The Garden Magazine is to take notice of new accessories or sundries that are offered to 
tempt the garden lover. In thus bringing before its readers' notice what the inventors and manufacturers are placing upon the market, 
The Garden Magazine does not necessarily endorse or recommend the general application of any tool, accessory or appliance; only 
time and the test of actual use can finally answer the question of their suitability for each individual.) 
A Flower Protector 
A Garden Tractor and Engine 
The Audubon Bird Bath 
A BIRD bath, which has been especially 
designed after studying the habits of 
birds, has been introduced under the name 
of the Audubon. It is made in artificial or 
cast stone, and can be of any desired color 
to harmonize with the general design 
of the garden. The increasing interest 
in introducing bird life into the gar- 
den has led to the erection of bird 
baths in many places. A great many 
of these fail of their purpose because 
they are too big. Some people 
seemingly are forgetful of the fact that a 
bird must have a landing stage and then 
not have such a depth of water that the 
approach would be dangerous to the birds, 
for all birds do not swim. The shelving of 
the bath should be very gradual. In this 
particular model all these requirements have 
been met, and as will be seen there are four 
raised landing stages around the centre, thus 
giving a great variety of depths. Birds de- 
mand different depths of water at different 
times of the day even, and in this bath, with 
its graduated slope and the inner landing 
stages, all gradations of depth of w’ater are 
constantly provided. A bird can just wet its 
feet or it can completely submerge itself, 
according to its desires. They can have 
shallow water on one side, and deep water 
immediately adjoining. Provision is made 
for running water in the form of a fountain 
to be attached, if desired to give a sprinkle and 
also to get fresh water; and for winter use 
the same attachment which is set in the cen- 
tre can be used for a food store. 
A Combination 
Tool 
P O R My 
r Lady who 
wishes to work in the 
flower borders just to 
keep things moving and 
the ground lightly culti- 
vated, to plant and trans- 
plant, weed, etc., in a 
not too hea\y manner, 
this Five in One garden 
tool is desirable. It can 
be used variously as a 
trowel or a fork, accord- 
ing as either end of the 
working piece is ex- 
tended in line with the 
handle; or if fixed at right angles, 
it becomes a vveeder and light hoe. 
The wooden handle itself may be 
used as a dibble. For work in the 
frames or in the small greenhouse, 
as well as in the flower bed, the amateur gar- 
dener will find many uses for this handy little 
tool. 
The Garden Basket 
A HANDY garden basket, waterproof 
lined and equipped with pockets fitted 
with light garden tools, such as trowel, hand 
fork, knife, and other handy accessories for 
the flower garden, is upon the market. The 
convenience of having all the little knick- 
knacks for the garden all gathered together 
in one receptacle is perfectly obvious. 
T his is a device made up of waterproof 
cloth stretched on a wire frame which 
itself is adjustable to any desired height on a 
stake to be set alongside the growing plant. 
As is well kno\\Ti, the intense light of the sum- 
mer sun bleaches out the stronger colors of 
many of our most esteemed garden flowers. 
European gardeners have long relied upon 
flower shades, or “hats,” to protect the speci- 
men blooms from 
strong sunshine 
and so preserve 
the delicate grada- 
tions of color. This 
is particularly de- 
sirable in darl 
colored Roses, 
Dahlias, etc. Used 
for late blooming 
plants, the same 
shade will act as a 
protection against 
early frosts. As 
the interest in sum- 
mer flower shows 
increases, it be- 
comes more and 
more necessary to 
obtain summer 
flowers in their true characters, wTich this 
shade will render more easy. 
T he accompanying photograph represents 
a most recent application of the gasolene 
engine to actual garden work. The machine 
known as the Beeman Garden Tractor and 
Portable Engine is designed for a multiplicity 
of uses. It is 
adaptable to 
a great many 
every-day 
operations 
around the 
country 
home. The 
machine is a 
four horse 
power four 
cyclj engine; 
i t develops 
four horse 
power on the belt and one and a half horse 
power on the draw, and it is claimed will travel 
from one to three miles an hour. It weighs 
about 450 pounds, has a height of twenty-five 
inches and a width over all of seventeen 
inches. The machine can be used as a culti- 
vator, as is shown in the illustration; or a 
special belt adjustment can be applied on the 
wheel when the machine then becomes a 
stationary driving engine and can be used 
for pumping, grinding, sawing, churning, and 
in any other way where it may be desired. 
As a travelling machine, it can be used not 
only as 
a culti- 
V a t o r 
but as 
a lawn 
mow- 
er, the 
knives being 
attached in the 
front. All 
standard makes 
of cultivator 
teeth, knives, 
etc., can be at- 
tached, and the 
machine is so 
adjusted that it 
cultivates at a 
uniform depth 
and can be 
operated by 
anybody. The 
controls showm 
on the cross 
handle are a 
throttle on one 
side, regulating 
the speed, and 
the clutch, 
which throws 
the gears in or 
out, on the other side. 
Obviously, such an engine as this, which is 
easily portable — or rather, which travels on its 
own power from place to place — would, in 
many cases, obviate the necessity of installing 
a separate stationary engine for different pur- 
poses. This tractor could be shifted from 
point to point as necessity arose. 
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