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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
£ E B R CJ A R Y , 1915 
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S^^vBlRb FOUNTAIN 
Ornamental Fountains 
For Country Places 
GARDEN ORNAMENTS 
ONSULT our catalogues for 
everything in ornamental iron 
and bronze, including Display and 
Drinking- Fountains, Entrance Gates, 
Lamp-Posts, Railings, Vases, Statuary, 
Weather-Vanes and Stable Fittings, 
Sundials, Bird Fountains. 
Special Designs submitted on request 
Address Ornamental Dept. 
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C&te J. L.MOTT IRON WORKS 
Fifth Avenue and t(\ Street NcwYorft Citv 
AUOWAY 
PoTfERY 
IS THE SETTING EXQUISITE THAT ENHANCES 
THE BEAUTY OF FLOWERS 
S end for our illustrated' — 
'catalogue of Flower Pots. 
Boxes ,Va s e s . Be nche s . Sundials. 
GazingGlobes, Bird Fonts and 
other Artistic Pieces for Garden 
and Interior Decoration. 
poway Terra CoTta Co. 
3214 WALNUT ST. PHILADELPHIA. PA. 
SPRAT. 
f Rigs of 
I All Sizes 
For All Uses 
Junior Leader Orchard Sprayer with 2 H. P. 
engine, 3-plunger pump. 
High pressure. Automatic 
agitation of liquid, suction 
strainer is brush cleaned. We 
aiso make Bucket, Barrel. 
Mounted Potato Spray- 
ers, etc. 
A Sprayer 
Every Need 
Free catalog. Spraying formulas 
Junior Leader Sprayer and spraying directions. Address 
Field Force Pump Co., Dept. H, Elmira, N. Y. 
Plan Garden Decorations Now 
This is the time to plan the decorations for your garden. 
Select some attractive arbors, summer houses or pergolas 
and include them in your garden plan. 
Our free portfolio of garden plates will help you. It shows 160 de- 
signs and plans for Lattices, Trellises, Decorative Fences, Garden 
Furniture, Pergolas, Summer Houses and all other Garden Decorations. 
Our designers are ready to prepare special designs and assist you in 
the planning of your garden. Their services are free of charge. Send 
for the portfolio today. 
THE MATHEWS MANUFACTURING CO. 
9th Floor Williamson Building Cleveland, Ohio 
Perpetual Carnations 
A new, beautifully illustrated, 
yet inexpensive book by an expert 
grower, giving full and practical 
instructions for cultivating Perpet- 
ual Carnations. Cloth-bound, 75 
cents net; by mail 8 / cents. 
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, Dept.311, 354-60 Fourth Ave., NewYork 
SUNDIALS 
Real Bronze Colonial Designs 
iFrom $5.00 Up 
Also full line of Bird Fountains and 
other garden requisites. 
Manufactured by 
The M D. JONES CO. 
71 Portland St. Boston, Mass. 
Send for illustrated Price-List. 
-MEAHTlfiiF-CYCLQNE ORNAMENTAL FENCE 
T HE man who takes pride in the appearance of his 
home will find lasting satisfaction in surrounding it 
with Cyclone- Waukegan Sanitary Fence. 
Substantial improvement in sanitary conditions follows wherever 
Cyclone-W aukegan Fence is put up, because it tends to turn mud 
holesinto flowerbeds and discourages accumulations of rubbish. 
It affords an unobstructed view of the premises, a clear sweep jjgH f i^jl 
for sunshine and fresh air at the fence line — no moisture, . r 
no decay. Reduces the fire risk. r c r 
We build Cyclone- Waukegan Fence in various designs to 
suit yout taste,, with gates to match. It costs little, and 
constitutesa permanent repair-proof improvement, being builtof heavy galvanized wire, firmly knotted. 
eering department will solve your fence problem. No 
consultation service and estimates. 
e us for F ree Illustrated Catalog, showing’different designs. 
IE FENCE CO., Dept. 104, Waukegan, I1L 
against which they can be hung up on nails such 
are short “D-handled” digging tools, attachments 
for the wheelhoe, weeders, scythe, pruning shears, 
and most of the small garden tools. 
Some rainy day get a few bits of 2 x i-in wood 
or “furring pieces” and nail these to the wall above 
the tool box, horizontally; putting them 12 to 18 
inches apart. Then take some large wire nails or 
4-inch spikes and make a place to hang each pair 
of wheelhoe or cultivator attachments and the 
various other things. These supports will hold 
them just about far enough from the wall so that 
they will stay hung up much more securely; under 
each attachment, mark its name with a heavy 
black pencil; or you can paste a picture of it 
cut out from an implement catalogue. If you 
do this, it will be easy to know exactly what is 
missing at any time, and just where each thing 
belongs. 
In the third group go the long handled tools, such 
as hoes, potato hooks, rakes, long handled shovels, 
and things of that kinci which cannot be hung up. 
The simplest way of keeping these is to make a 
rack for them either overhead or against the wall. 
In the former case, two stout, short pieces of board 
nailed to rafters a few feet apart, with another 
piece nailed across at the bottoms of these, and a 
second similar rack a few feet away from it, may 
quickly be put up. Any tool wanted may be 
quickly drawn out without disturbing the others, 
and they are thus kept together and are at all 
times out of the way. An iron hoop, severed with 
a cold chisel and bent to a [ — ] shape may take the 
place of the wooden rack. If the racks are made 
against the wall, the lower should be made con- 
siderably smaller than the upper one. as the handles 
take, of course, much less room than the heads of 
the tools. 
Of the tools needed on the small place for making 
ordinary repairs, and any small jobs of construc- 
tion, the most essential are a good hammer, two 
saws (a rip and a cutting-off saw, or a set of saws 
having several blades with one interchangeable 
handle), a screw driver, a steel-square, a medium 
width chisel, stock and bits, a combination plyers, 
and nippers cold chisel, monkey wrench, and an oil 
can. If you have pipes for running water a Stilson- 
wrench and a soldering outfit, in addition to these 
things, will certainly pay for themselves if you live 
out of town. If you already have most of these 
things and feel like adding to your outfit little by 
little, add a hack-saw, key-hole saw, an expansive 
bit, a wrecking-bar, and a glass cutter. The latter 
item, of course, if you have a small greenhouse or 
sashes, will be one of the very first things you will 
need. One of the most useful tools I have ever 
bought is a combination vise and drill and small 
anvil; it is used almost more than any other tool 
on the place. It cost about three dollars. 
Of the small tools used about the lawn and 
grounds the most indispensable is the trowel. 
Ten-cent trowels are to be had but they are not 
worth the money when you can buy a real one 
for fifty cents. The blade and ferrule should be 
one solid piece, extending well up the handle. A 
lawn mower is, of course, also indispensable; be 
sure to select a good make first and let the width 
be a secondary consideration. You will find before 
the season is over that it is harder work to cut with 
a poor 20-inch machine than it is to cut with a good 
14-inch one. Pruning shears and a good sickle 
must also be on hand; grass shears will also come 
in conveniently. 
For your gardening operations, hardly any of the 
foUowing can well be done without, even in the 
small garden: A spade and a shovel, a broad tined 
spading fork, and a bow rake, all to be used in the 
preparation of the soil; for cultivation, a wheelhoe, 
medium sized ordinary hoe, a light or onion hoe 
and a scuffiehoe for use late in the season. The 
Warren, or heart-shaped, hoe is very handy for 
making drills, covering, working in narrow spaces, 
digging out old stalks or roots, etc. A sprayer of 
some kind you certainly should have; I prefer 
the compressed air to the other type of small hpnd 
sprayers. For use on a very small scale, a syringe 
sprayer will answer the purpose, but it will not do 
as quick nor as good work as the more substantial 
sort. A bellows or gun for dusting will also be 
found useful. A good grindstone or tool grinder 
is necessary to keep your tools in good working 
shape; this means better and easier work. 
Connecticut. F. F. Rockwell. 
