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THE GARDE N MAGAZINE 
Mat, 19 17 
'ABOWAf 
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Doubles tfie Garden’s Charm 
Classic Simplicity is typical of the many 
beautiful designs in our Collection 
Galloway Pottery is everlasting Terra Cotta, made in a 
variety of forms including Bird Fonts. Sundials. Flower 
Pots and Boxes. Vases. Benches. Gazing Globes and other 
interesting pieces that recall the charm of Old World 
Gardens. 
Catalogue will be sent upon request 
Gaboway Terra CoIta Cb. 
3214 WALNUT ST. PHILADELPHIA 
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all over America. We offer you the choice of 
the greatest evergreen stock in the world — over 
50,000.000 evergreens on hand. 
We give expert advice free — furnish sugges- 
tions on tree arrangement. Write for Hand- 
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in true-to-life colors — Free! Get the book. 
Don’t risk failure with evergreens of uncertain 
quality. Get the book and get posted. 
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BOX 1066 
Ecergreen Specialists 
DUNDEE, ILL. 
Insurance by Protection 
\VTHAT with gathering the first spring 
’ ’ crops, and planting the second crops, 
spraying, weeding, and transplanting, May 
is a month full of activity for the gardener. 
Keep up spraying during May and June. 
Grapes are subject to brown rot, so, as soon as 
the blooms appear, spray with bordeaux, 
summer strength. Peaches and plums have 
brown rot and also are attacked by the cur- 
culio; the apple tree pest is the codling moth. 
For spraying these fruit trees, ij pounds of 
arsenate of lead should be added to 50 gallons 
of bordeaux to destroy the insects. 
Summer pruning is necessary for all fruit 
trees and grape vines. When the limbs over- 
lap and the branches are too close, cut out so 
as to let in more light and air. If blight ap- 
pears, trim away the affected leaves or 
branches and burn immediately. Thin out 
superfluous fruit; five inches apart is close 
enough for fruit and bunches of grapes that 
are small or imperfect should be cut out. Too 
much fruit saps the vitality of the tree and the 
weight breaks the limbs. 
Spray potato and tomato plants in their 
early stages using bordeaux with arsenate 
of lead. Sulphocide is spoken of as an ex- 
cellent spray for tomatoes. Vegetable plants 
need constant spraying throughout the grow- 
ing season — every two weeks is not too often. 
Grape vines need bi-weekly spraying until the 
grapes attain considerable size, say until the 
middle of July. 1 rim off the ends of thegrape- 
vines and let in some light. Brown rot and 
mildew come from too much shade in a damp 
season. More perfect bunches could be ob- 
tained by bagging the grapes. 
V atch out for the currant worm. Helle- 
bore has been found efficacious, also a 
sprinkling of lime or coal ashes about the 
roots. 
In setting out cabbage and tomato plants, 
put a collar of paper about the stem, 
letting it extend an inch below and an inch 
above the ground to protect them from 
cutworms. 
The early tomatoes can be set out in the 
open ground by the end of April if provision 
is made to cover them at nights in case of frost. 
Have large earthen pots, or burlap bags, or 
newspapers held in place by strong sticks, at 
the side of each plant in readiness to cover 
them every night. 
Peppers and eggplants, if transplanted to 
pots and sunk in the cold frame, need not be 
planted in the open until later. The cu- 
cumbers, squashes and canteloupes which were 
started early in the hot beds, as suggested in 
the February number of Garden Magazine, 
could now be placed in the holes prepared for 
them in the open ground, five feet apart, and 
the individual 10 x 12 frames turned over them 
to protect from frost and insects and hasten 
them to fruition. 
The latter part of May, fall cabbage, celery, 
brussels sprouts, cauliflower, whitlool chicory, 
main crop and late tomatoes may be sowed in 
the cold frames. After the first garden peas 
are used, turn under the vines and plant late 
corn, such as Country Gentleman or Stowell’s 
(1 Continued on page 252) 
Earliness Counts Most! 
The vegetables you gather before middle 
of June are worth the most! They will be of 
greater value this year than ever before because of 
current high prices. Make sure of early vegetables 
by enlisting the help of 
“Gro-Quik” Forcers 
Insure ear Her 'and larger crops of better vegetables. 
Working on the principle of miniature greenhouses 
they keep out late frosts in the spring, early frosts in 
the fall. They hasten maturity, preserve moisture 
keep vegetables clean. Quickly put together, easily 
handled and moved. Patented wires and any size 
glass do the work. “Grow-Quik" Forcers earn their 
cost many times in one season. 
Sizes, Shapes, and Prices for Every 
Purse and Purpose 
Tent-shaped forcers, as shown above, are useful in 
forcing lettuce, onions, tomatoes, etc. S6.81 will 
buy enough glass and wires of size A to cover a row 
31' feet long. Wires alone $1.25 per dozen. Sample 
wire of tent-shaped forcer mailed on receipt of 15c. 
Write for complete detailsof this wonderful invention. 
Send for Free Booklet describing Forcers and many 
other garden helps. 
THE CLOCHE CO., 131 Hudson St., N.Y. 
Trade 
A Powerful Fungicide for 
Fruits, Vegetables and Flowers 
Peach Leaf Curl, Brown Rot, Apple ’Scab. Grape Mildew, 
Potato Blight, Cucumber Wilt, Bean Blight, Rose Mildew, etc. 
Most inexpensive, i gal. makes 200 gals, spray. $1 to $2 per 
gal. according to size package. 
Booklet free . 
B. G. Pratt Co. Dept. I 50 Church St., N. Y. City 
Make Your Gardening 
Profitable and Easy 
The BARKER ^CuUivato" 
3 tools in i. cuts the weeds under ground 
and works the surface crust into a mois- 
ture-retaining mulch — intensive eulthn- 
tlon. Only garden tool that successfully, 
in one operation, destroys the weed and 
forms the necessary soil mulch. "Best 
Weed Killer Ever Used.” Has shovels 
for deeper cultivation. Self adjusting, 
easily operated, inexpensive. Write for 
free illustrated catalogue and special Factory-to-User offer. 
BARKER MFG. CO., Ilept. 11 Oavld City, Neb. 
BARTON’S 
LAWN TRIMMER 
TAKES THE PEACE OF SICKLE AND 
SHEARS— NO STOOPING DOWN- 
SAVES 90' c OF TEDIOUS LABOR 
Cuts where lawn mower 
will not, up in corners, along 
stone-walls, fences, shrubbery, 
tomb-stones, etc. 
■ It is simple in construction 
and made to endure. Makes 
a cut 7 inches wide. 
Price only $3.75 each . Send 
Money Order to 
E. BARTON, Ivyland, Pa. 
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