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T II E GARDEN M A G A Z I N E 
February, 1917 
Real Dry Powdered 
LIME-SULFUR 
Not a substitute for Lime-Sulfur solution — virtually the 
same material in dry powdered form. The only real Dry 
Lime-Sulfur on the market. Just what growers have been wanting for 
years. Cheap to ship — easy to use — can’t freeze— that’s true of all 
Sherwin-Williams Dry Powdered Insecticides and Fungicides. 
Lime-Sulfur ) All in 
Arsenate of Lead o 
Tuber-tonic i ® ry Powdered 
Fungi-Bordo J r° rm 
Send for our Spraying Literature 
The Sherwin-Williams Co. 
Insecticide and Fungicide Makers 
657 Canal Road, Cleveland, O. 
“ Buffalo ” Portable Poultry Runways 
Enable you to make any size yard or runway desired. Can be moved to other 
locations at will. Prices as follows: 
Price each section 
7ft. long x 5ft. high (Six sections or more) $3.25 
2ft. 6in.“ x 5ft. (Gate) (Six sections or more) 1.50 
8ft. " x 2ft. high (Six sections or more) 1.75 
6ft. *' x 2ft. “ (Six sections or more) 1.50 
F. O. B. cars Buffalo. 
10% discount for orders consisting of 10 sections or more. Best article on 
the market for young chicks, ducks, geese and other small fowl. Place your 
order to-day; you will be well satisfied. Send /or folder No. 6 S-E. 
Buffalo Wire Works Co. ( Formerly SeheelerN Sons ), 467 Terrace. Buffalo, X. Y» 
NEW GIANT PRIZE- WINNING 
GLADIOLI 
The home of Elm Hill Gladioli now offers a most 
wonderful collection of new Giant-flowered Hybrids 
to Gladioli lovers in search of the newest and best. 
The massive spikes bear immense blooms of spark- 
ling lustre and exquisite coloring. Try these 
8 Superb 
New Kinds — 
Evelyn Kirtland, Rosy 
pink fading to shell 
pink. 
Grelchen Zang. color 
Beaute Poitevine Ger- 
anium. 
Herada, unusual glis- 
tening mauve. 
Wamba Enormous sal- 
mon. 
Cardisun. Darkest of red. 
nearly black blotch. 
Bertrex. Best white, 
extra fine. 
Rose Wells, Light rose 
color. 
Candidum, White, tips of 
petals tinted. 
This collection has | 
won twelve prizes at | 
leading Expositions. | 
Orders filled in ro- 
tation. 
One Bulb each 
$2.50; 3 of each, 24 
in all, for $7. 
Booklet describing the | 
new and standard 
sorts FREE 
AUSTIN-COLEMAN CO. Wayland, Ohio 
Evelyn Kirtland. measuring 
lent^th of spike (note yardstick) 
of Gladiolus named after her. 
WOULD 
-YOU 
HAVE A 
Real Lawn? 
Most of the component parts of a grass 
seed mixture which would produce 
such a lawn are grown only abroad. 
W E offer our well-known 
Imported Lawn Seed Mix- 
tures at practically no advance 
in prices, despite war conditions. 
Order now— tlie supply is limited. 
But the quality is pre-eminent. 
Prices reasonable. Lawn advice free. 
Barwell’s Agricultural Works 
Waukegan :: Illinois 
Beautiful Grounds 
and Gardens 
E should be planned NOW, if you intend planting g 
them this spring. By so doing you will be prepared 1J 
to get best results at planting time. Our new ( 
U illustrated catalogue tells you about the best jj 
things in fruits, ornamental trees, shrubs, vines, J 
perennials, etc., and gives you a reasonable price jM 
for strictly first-class stock. Write for it to-day. 
THE COE, CONVERSE & EDWARDS CO. 
Nursery and Landscape Men 
Box B Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin 
{Concluded from -page 62) 
In front at the base of the porch, from one 1 
end to the other, is a border flower bed with 
Tansies in the spring and later in the season 
Geraniums or Salvia. In the middle is a 
Honeysuckle vine that is not permitted to 
bloom very much until it reaches the second 
story of the house, as in this way it does not 
darken the lower porch and helps to shelter the 
upper porch, which has no roof over it. It is 
trained on a trellis and against some wooden 
arms that keep it away from the house and 
permits any painting to be done without dis- 
turbing it, and also enables one on the upper 
porch to sit under its shelter or even stand 
under it without striking one’s head. In 
about three seasons it has grown from a small 
L 
I U al 
@ Gyp 
r: 
Even if your actual garden area is only 32 x 100 ft., the real 
gardener can have a worth-while garden 
slip stuck in the ground to be a fine sturdy f 
vine whose branches reach to the top of the : 
second story window. 
My neighbors have told me that the per- i 
fume from it in June and July can be enjoyed 
half way down the block. 
All these things that tend to make country 
life so beautiful I am enjoying in a built up 
section of Flatbush living in a detached two T| 
family house on a plot 32 x 100 feet. Can you 
beat it? 
Brooklyn, N. Y. H. S. Sammond. 
«« 
[Frankly, we don't think we could “ beat it.% I 
We could change things, but that would be a 
purely personal matter. — Ed.] 
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