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THE GARDEN M A GAZIN E 
March, 1915 
EVERGREENS 
Plant Now for Immediate Effect 
Our large business in evergreens is due to their splendid root 
growth, insuring successful transplanting and long life. When 
you buy from us you may be sure the trees will grow. One 
customer has purchased 51,000 in 10 years. As many of our 
trees are specially priced this season, you had better make 
an early selection. We guarantee satisfaction. 
Dickson’s Irish Roses 
The Blue Ribbon Winners of the Rose World. You can choose 
from a specialized collection of these beautiful fragrant flowers. Our 
customers win many prizes annually with blooms from this stock. All 
our 200 varieties of roses are field grown and include Everblooming, 
Choice Climbers and Tree Roses on heavy Rugosa stock. 
Japanese Iris 
Unsurpassed in wealth of bloom by few if any, of the perennials. 
Will grow in almost any soil. We give unusual care and attention 
to all the best of the old fashioned flowers, believing them to be far 
superior to the ordinary bedding plants. Our collection is very large 
and prices extremely reasonable. 
We also offer a fine lot of dwarf and standard Fruit Trees, Vines, 
Shrubs and Deciduous Trees, many in extra sizes for immediate 
effect. 
Send today for our catalog, a cyclopedia of information for the 
grower. Special quotation on large orders.; 
Our Motto: Prices as Low as Consistent with Highest Quality. 
Rosedale Nurseries 
Seventy Varieties 
S. G. Harris Box A Tarry town, N. Y. 
6 Inches to 16 Feet 
RIPE 
TOMATOES 
Earlier than you 
ever had them before 
No danger from frost, cold 
winds or late springs when 
protected with 
all S eed& Plan t forcer 
Makes any kind of seeds or plants srow in the open 
garden just the same as if under hotbed sash. Cheap 
enough to use ’em by the i.ooo. Private and market 
gardeners take the hint. It’s the early crop that brings the 
pleasure and the profit. Send for my beautifully illustrated 
free catalog. It’s a compendium of many new and wonderful 
inventions for the up-to-date gardener. You’ll be glad 
you sent for it. 
The Ball Manufacturing Co. 
Dept. E. Glenside, Pa. 
A WOMAN FLORIST 
6 
Hardy Everblooming 
On their own roots 
K HQPQ ALL WILL bloom 
THIS SUMMER 
Sent to any address post-paid; 
guaranteed to reach you in good growing condition. 
GEM ROSE COLLECTION 
Lady Quart us Ewart, Snow White 
Furbenkoiiigia, Grandest Pink 
Edward Mau ley, Dazzling Crimson 
I ndy JMrrie, Yellow and Pink 
Margaret, Delicate Blush 
Melody, Golden Yellow 
SPECIAL BARGAINS 
6 Carnations the “Divine Flower,” 
all colors, • - - . . 25c. 
6 Prize-Winning Chrysanthe- 
mums, - - 
6 Beautiful Coleus, - - 
3 Flowering Cannas. • • 
3 Choice Double Dahlias, 
3 Choice Hardy Iris, - - 
10 Lovely Gladioli, - - . 
10 Superb Pansy Plants, 
15 Pkts. Flower Seeds, all different, 25c. 
Any Fiv e Collections tor One Dollar, Post-Paid. Guarantee sat- 
isfaction. Once a customer, always one. Catalog Free. 
MISS ELLA V. RAINES, Rox 66, ."•priiigtield, Ohio 
Cactus Dahlia 
\A7E offer and fully describe in our 
’ ” Garden Book this season three 
hundred and forty-eight of the choicest 
New and Standard varieties, which 
include ail types and colors of this 
•favorite Fall flower, every one having 
been carefully tested And found desir- 
N able. If you have never grown Dahlias 
you should begin by getting our 
Six “ Incomparable ” Dahlias for 
Garden Decoration for $1.25 
Or send for a copy of our Garden Book free and 
make your own selection. 
714-716 Chestnut Street 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
r HENRY A. DREER 
Dreer’s Dahlias 
DAHLIA SPECIALISTS 
Feminine Garden Tools 
Y EARS ago, when I first began my real gar- 
dening, my husband bought me a small 
narrow hoe, with a long handle. This, for years, 
was my most cherished possession, and still occupies 
an honored place among my limited stock of garden 
tools. It is light and easily managed, does great 
execution among even closely set plants by reason 
of its diminutive size, and the handle is long enough 
to avoid possible backaches. 
Later on, I learned that an ideal set of feminine 
gardening tools are made from a child’s set (albeit 
well made), with the original handles removed and 
longer ones substituted. With these, also, one 
may work with ease and without undue fatigue, 
and accomplish a wonderful amount. 
The little rake, especially, is a priceless tool. It 
is so narrow that it will go between rows of little 
plants set with reference to its width, and also 
among perennials, and with it a surprising amount 
of cultivation may be accomplished in a short 
time. 
I suppose the shove or push hoe is an implement 
generally known; but I, through lack of enterprise 
in getting one, have only used it three or four years. 
One of its specialties is garden paths. In a very 
short time, I can go over all my paths, cutting 
down those enterprising weeds that flourish so very 
surprisingly in the hard, well trodden soil. Then I 
follow with a rake, which I plan to have the same 
width as my paths, and presto! A garden so neat 
in appearance as to strike the beholder with envy! 
In trowels, also, there is much choice. Beware 
of cheap ones, which are really the most expensive 
ones possible. This is true of all tools, but espe- 
cially trowels. Get mason’s trowels, which will 
last— unless lost — almost forever. We have a 
large one and a small, narrow, pointed one. This 
latter is of the greatest use in transplanting small 
seedlings. Set the gardening line taut, from end to 
end of the bed; measure a trowel’s length between 
each tiny plant set; stick the small trowel straight 
down into the mellow, well prepared soil; work 
it back and forth once to make an opening; hold 
the seedling in the hole so formed, with the left 
hand, and firm the earth around it with the trowel 
held in the right hand. Rows can be set in the 
shortest possible time by this method. 
Take good care of the tools. Select as conven- 
ient a place as possible for storing the tools; but 
let them be under cover, and treated with the 
respect which is their due! 
Massachusetts. W. H. E. 
Plant Evergreens 
B Y FAR the best time to plant evergreens in the 
Middle South is the month of March. Ever- 
greens from the nurseries have a ball of earth around 
the roots, but those to be transplanted from the 
woods should be shielded from the sun and wind 
by wrapping the roots in wet bagging. Be care- 
ful in transplanting not to break or bruise the little 
hair roots. Hollies should have all leaves removed. 
To be successful, transplant quickly. When the 
evergreen is placed in the hole, fill up with water. 
The top soil must be put in first, and the soil which 
comes from the bottom of the hole (and which is 
poor and clayey), should go on top. 
Never use fertilizers in planting trees or shrubs 
except a handful of bone meal thoroughly incor- 
porated with the soil. After filling in the hole pack 
with the feet, holding the evergreens erect. The 
next day after drying out, the earth should be 
firmed around the tree again. 
Plant as early in the month as possible so as to get 
the advantage of the spring rains. 
Water evergreens during the hot, dry months 
of the first season after planting until they get well 
established. A thorough soaking once a week is 
better than a sprinkling every day. 
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