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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
March, 1 ! 7 
l A Pound 
Spencer 
Sweet Peas 
25^ Postpaid 
This mixture of gigantic, orchid-flowering sweet 
peas contains the finest SPENCER varieties in 
all shades from purest white to darkest crimson. 
This is our 1917 special offer. We will send the 
quarter pound of Sweet Peas postpaid to any 
place in the United States or Canada, together 
with a copy of our 
New Garden Guide 
containing full cultural directions. This guide 
also describes and illustrates the best in flowers 
and vegetables, and gives many helpful sugges- 
tions for successful planting. March sowing 
insures success with Sweet Peas. Mail your 
order to-day. 
Arthur T. Boddington Co., Inc. 
Seedsmen 
Dept. G-6 128 Chambers St. New York 
Ask now! This beautiful 96-page four-color book 
describes 1917 varieties vegetables and flowers; 
handsomely illustrated; beautiful home grounds, 
flower and vegetable gardens, landscaping, shrub- 
bery. orchards, farms. A dictionary on gardeningl 
Flower lover s delight! Berry grower’s 
book! An orchardist’s manual! Most won- 
derful gardening guide catalogue ever pub- 
lished. Better than our famous 1916 book. Don't miss it. Ask 
to-day. A postal gets it 
Galloway Bros. & Co., Dept. 2525, Waterloo, la. 
WEEBER & DON 
The House of 
ASTERS 
1 here are many reasons 
for the growing vogue 
of these favorite blooms, 
w e are specialists in re- 
liable asters, and can 
give you anything in 
this line you may want. 
As a trial, we will send 
our 
“MASTERPIECE” Asters 
in 3 packets — white, pink, and blue. Of 
Regularly sold at 20c each, value 60c, for CtOC. 
GLADIOLI — Special Offer 
50 W. & D. Matchless (Mixture) . . . $1.00 
(Deliver id west of the Mississippi , $1.25) 
WEEBER & DON 
109 Chambers St. New York 
Making and Using Paper Pots 
r'^JARDENERS who have facilities for 
starting plants in advance of the outdoor 
season — greenhouse, hotbed, cold frame or 
even a tall sunny window — can use paper pots 
to great advantage. The kind that is made by 
folding an oblong piece of paper around a 
block of wood and clinching a small tack 
through the bottom folds to bold it together is 
both cheap and effective. They can also easily 
be bought ready made, in regular pot shape. 
The one objection that I have found to the 
homemade kind is that they are hard to take 
care of if made in large numbers in advance. 
Being of the same diameters at the top and 
at the bottom, they cannot be nested, and 
thus take up a good deal of room. On the 
other hand, this shape is an advantage because 
it permitsthem to hold the maximum amount of 
soil for the surface space they occupy. This en- 
ables them to receive and retain more moisture 
and permits a greater root growth than taper- 
ing clay pots do. The difference in earth- 
holding capacity is really surprising. For in- 
stance, a paper pot folded over a block 3^ by 3§ 
by 4 inches will hold as much as a standard 
five inch clay pot, and will occupy a surface 
space 4 by 4 inches, while a five inch clay pot 
will occupy a space 5! by 5J inches. 
It is said tl*t paper pots of this kind will 
last six weeks, which, of course, is generally 
long enough to carry plants to the season of 
outdoor setting. But they will really last six 
months if properly handled, and, fortunately, 
the proper way is the most convenient way. 
This is to keep them in flats. The pots may he 
made to fit the flats, or the flats to fit the pots, 
just so the fit is comfortably close without 
binding. A flat 12 by 18 inches will take care 
nicely of a dozen pots folded over a 3^ by 3§ 
inch block; and a flat 8 by 12 inches will hold 
fifteen pots folded over a 2 by 2 inch block. 
Place the pots in the flat before you fill them 
with soil, and press the soil down gradually and 
evenly so as not to force them out of shape. 
They cannot be packed as firmly as clay pots 
can be, and for this reason they should be level 
full when the planting is finished. After two 
or three waterings the soil will settle so as to 
leave ample space for top watering if desired. 
The better way to water, however, is to set the 
flats in a trough or large pan that will permit 
the water to come nearly to the tops of the 
pots — the nearer it comes, the more quickly 
the work will be done. The water will find its 
way through the folds of the paper, and rise 
through capillary attraction even above its own 
level. When the soil is thoroughly saturated 
let the flats drain for a while before placing 
them in the frame. By this method you can 
put either seeds or plants in perfectly dry sifted 
soil and be sure that it is well and evenly 
packed and watered. The same plan is de- 
sirable for subsequent waterings as it keeps the 
plants dry and tends to lessen the danger of 
damping off. 
The paper and wooden blocks for making 
these pots may be either bought from several 
different dealers, or provided easily at home, 
(i Continued on p. 118) 
They have fresh vegetables in abundance when others 
have none, or pay high prices for stale and wilted ones. 
Callahan’s 
£ )uo ( lazed 
Hotbed find Cold Frame Sash 
gives pleasure, health and profit. No danger of losing 
the fruits of your labor, because these sash are insulated j 
against cold by double glass and an air space between — I 
Jack Frost simply has to stay out! 
Built of "everlasting” Red Cypress — the wood that 1 
defies decay. 
Sizes to suit every plan and purse — Two Sash 3' 0" x 
3' 3” with top frame and glass for two layers. $8.85, or 
top frame, two large sash 3' 0" x 6' 0" and glass $13.45. i 
Callahan Garden Frames furnish your table all the year 
round. Ask for catalogue. 
Every new and modem convenience is found in Calla- I 
han Sectional Greenhouses. Catalogue free upon re- 
quest. 
Callahan^ Duo-Glazed Sash Co., 
1350 Wyandot St. Dayton, Ohio. 
$150.00 in Gold to the Winners! 
Think of it ! Large, tempting, red strawberries 7 months every year, and a 
chance to win cash prize. EARLY, LATE, EVERBEARING. 
Grow for home and save money; grow for market- make money 
Our free book on strawberry culture tells how— so plain a child will under- 
stand. 60 years’ experience. Full information. Write today. 
J. T. Garrison <fc Sons, Woodstown, N. J. 
Grapes Will Grow 
In Any Garden 
No matter whether your garden ) 
is an acre in extent or “handker- 
chief” size, you have room to 
grow Grapes. They will grow 
wherever there is earth enough to 
set the vines in. Plant them along 
the fence or train the vine over 
the back porch. Hubbard’s vines 
grow anywhere. Send for 
Hubbard’s Small 
Fruit Catalogue 
A booklet which tells how to plant 
Grapevines and grow Grapes. We have 
been growing good vines for fifty years 
and our stock is giving satisfaction in 
home gardens and the largest vine- 
yards. Send for our catalogue to-day. 
T. S. HUBBARD COMPANY 
Box 18 Fredonia, New York 
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