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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
March, 1915 
Ornamental 
Iron Gates and Fences 
are consistent with the beauty of a 
home. They make your improve- 
ments permanent. Give you the 
protection to which all the natural 
laws of ownership entitle you. 
We are the acknowledged premier iron 
fence designers and builders. Blue Prints, 
Book of Designs, Catalog, etc., sent free, if 
you will tell us what you have in mind. 
A brief description of yourproperty will be of 
great assistance to us in making suggestions. 
The Stewart Iron Works Co. 
Iron Vases, 
Settees, Garden 
and Drinking 
Fountains 
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Cincinnati, Ohio 
Iron Statuary, 
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Lamp Standards 
and Lanterns 
‘The World’s Greatest Iron Fence Builders” 
Shade Trees and Evergreens 
Nothing adds more to the comfort and pleasure of 
the family; nothing tends to more rapidly increase 
the value of the property; nothing is really 
more important than a wise selection 
of Maples, Lindens, Spruces, Hem- 
locks, and Pines for your home 
planting. 
Our 1915 Catalogue 
is one of the best ad- 
visers for prospective 
planters, it will help 
you to select the prop- 
er varieties — write 
for a copy now. 
HARRISONS’ 
NURSERIES 
Box 533 Berlin, Md. 
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E NGLISH lawns are world- 
famous, owing to the va- 
rieties of seed used. We import the best of each 
season’s crop. Despite the limited imports, we offer 
our choice English mixtures suitable for our climate 
at usual prices. These mixtures have never been 
surpassed. Trial pound, 40 cents, prepaid; 5-pound 
bag, $1.25, f. o. b. Waukegan. 
BLATCHFORD CALF MEAL FACTORY 
Established at Leicester, England, in 1800 
Department 3 
Waukegan Illinois 
WHEN you want some especially fine ever- 
vv greens, the kind that have been neither 
coddled nor forced; but possess that much- 
sought-for sturdy constitution, resulting 
from growing in the rugged climate ot 
New England; then come to us. No finer 
trees can be found anywhere, or more rea- 
sonably priced. Send /or catalog. 
KslEv 
Ivrserres 
North Abington 
Mass. 
"VTOT just the ordinary run of shrubs, but 
the full-rooted, sturdy-topped kind, that 
you can depend on. As for Rhododendrons, 
we have an exceptional assortment of both 
native and imported hybrids. You will say 
they are surely priced consistently. 
STRAWBERRIES 
Summer and Fall Bearing mi 
We are headquarters for Strawberries and 
Berry Fruit Plants of all kinds. Raspberries, 
Blackberries, Currants, Gooseberries, Grapes, 
Fruit Trees, Roses, Shrubs, Eggs for Hatching, 
Crates, Baskets, etc. Best Varieties, Low Prices. 
, Big Money in all of them. Catalogue, free. 
| L. J. FARMER, Box 529, Pulaski, N, V. 
Millions of Trees 
PLANTS, VINES, ROSES, ETC. 
The oldest, largest and most complete nursery in 
Michigan. Send for catalog. Prices reasonable 
ILCENFRITZ' SONS CO. 
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Monroe, Michigan 
I'd Guide 
FREE book, showing best varieties of fruits, berries, vines, shrubs, and 
decorative plants. Explains the most economical buying method — 
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Filled with valuable information. Write for it today. 
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ARTHUR J. COLLINS, Box 23 
Moorestown, N. J. 
Growing Asters Under Cloth 
W HEN it was first suggested that the Con- 
necticut Valley tobacco growers could get 
better results by covering their tobacco fields with 
cloth, the suggestion was greeted with a smile, 
and it was looked upon as the idea of a dreamer. 
Some of the more venturesome tried it, however, 
with excellent results, and to-day shade grown 
tobacco is raised on hundreds of acres. 
Howard A. Pinney, the head man at the large 
greenhouses of John Coombes, a veteran florist, was 
bom in Suffield, the largest tobacco growing town 
in the tobacco belt, some fifteen miles north of 
Hartford. Mr. Pinney’s peqple were all tobacco 
growers, and on different visits to the old home- 
stead he had watched the growth of the shade grown 
tobacco, and particularly the seed plants. He 
noticed the blossoms on the seed plants under 
cloth were much finer in every way than those 
grown in the open fields. The thought came to 
him, “Why not shade garden flowers?” 
When he suggested the matter to his employer, 
Mr. Coombs ridiculed the idea. This did not dis- 
courage Mr. Pinney, however, and persistency won 
the day. Last year, for the first time, the experi- 
ment of growing asters under cloth was tried. Posts 
were set in the ground about thirty feet apart and 
heavy wire strung from post to post, the cloth being 
stretched upon this frame work, covering about one 
half acre. Both early and late asters were grown, 
as well as stocks, early chrysanthemums, and 
several other varieties of flowers. 
To the casual observer, it would seem as though 
the cloth would make no difference in the growth 
of the plants, as it is very much like heavy mosquito 
This little experiment produced large flowers, with almost 
no disease and but three aster beetles to combat! 
netting, the meshes being about one eighth of an 
inch square, and apparently cast no shade. Never- 
theless, the cloth breaks the force of the wind, as 
well as heavy rain storms, and does provide some 
little shade which protects the plants from the heat 
of the sun’s rays during the hottest summer days. 
On March ist, Mr. Pinney started the seed of the 
early aster, Queen of the Market, also the mid- 
seasons, Royal and Imperial, and planted them 
out under the cloth on May 18th. 
Seed of the late branching asters — Vick’s, Day- 
break, Violet King, White King, and Rose King — 
were sown May ist, and planted out July ist. The 
culture was the same as in the open field. Water 
was applied during the dry season. The early 
varieties began to bloom the latter part of July 
and the bloom continued with the midseason and 
late varieties until October ist. Queen of the 
Market varieties produced blooms larger than any- 
thing Mr. Pinney had ever grown by outdoor 
culture, measuring, on an average, three inches. 
The midseason and late varieties produced blooms 
averaging four inches. The disease among the 
plants was less than 5 per cent, against 75 per cent, 
in open field culture. 
