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T H E G A R D E N M A G A Z I N E 
March, 1915 
<«^ <tn&ecttcide JAat" 
Hi/Xi./ i&int SfLice. 
Endorsed by well-known writers as a most effec- 
tive remedy for the green aphis. 
APHINE has a world-wide reputation among the 
foremost professional and commercial horticul- 
turists as a garden spray for Roses, Sweet Peas, 
Asters and other flowering plants, vegetables and 
fruits, for the destruction of the aphis and all sap 
sucking insects which infest plant life. 
APHINE is also highly recommended for cleansing conser- 
vatory and house plants and destroying such insects as green, 
black and white fly, mealy bug, red spider and soft scale, 
which are found on indoor plants. 
APHINE is used by diluting with water at various strengths, 
according to directions on each can. It is easy to apply — 
economic in cost — most effective in results. 
Gills, 25c.; Pint, 65c.; Quart, $1.00; Gallon, $2.50 
Insist that your dealer supplies you with A PEINE 
and not something that he may ojfer as “Just as good." 
If you cannot obtain APHINE in your community, 
we will deliver it to you from our nearest agent, at the 
above quoted prices, in pint, quart or gallon quantity. 
APHINE MANUFACTURING CO. 
Geo. A. Burniston, President 
M. C. Ebel, Treasurer 
Manufacturers of 
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS 
Madison, New Jersey 
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promptly forgot it. It is very like the bellflower 
in leaf and I had quite forgotten the colony until 
it came into flower, on the very day that the blue 
bellflower first opened some bells. The strap- 
petals of the aster are precisely like the bellflower in 
tint; the orange centres are like the cup of a Barrii 
conspicuus narcissus, deep at the edge and yellower 
at the centre; and the flowers are carried just at 
the height of the lowest blue bells. The dash of 
orange in the foreground surprisingly improves the 
bellflower group. I fancy that this aster in front of 
all white peach-leaved bellflowers would be equally 
lovely. To the blue it certainly gives the added 
something the campanula’s lovely habit deserved. 
Did the flowers ever grow together companion- 
ably on some old-world hillside, that they developed 
such complementary traits? Can any far-ranging 
botanist answer? 
Pennsylvania. Pitt Stone. 
The Globe-Headed Elm 
W HAT is the use of growing bay trees, fussing 
with them over winter, and coddling them 
the rest of the time when you can grow a hardy tree 
that is more attractive and requires no care. The 
globe-headed elm has these advantages. The 
specimen shown in the illustration is considered the 
oldest in America, as it was imported from Germany 
more than twenty years ago, shortly after Spath 
introduced it to commerce. Its top is almost a 
perfect globe, six feet in diameter, and the trunk is 
six feet high. It never has been sheared or given 
other attention. It withstood without injury the 
winter of 1911-12, when the temperature hovered 
around 38 degrees below zero for three days. 
The globe-headed elm is a variety of the English 
elm (Ulmus campestris, var. umbraculifera) and is 
produced by grafting the globe-forming type on the 
A fifteen year old globe-headed elm which is perfectly 
hardy in Illinois. Its top is six feet in diameter 
trunk of any English elm. The globe increases in 
diameter at the approximate rate of six inches a 
year. The foliage is extremely dense. The long, 
narrow leaves appear early in the spring and re- 
main until late in autumn, holding their color per- 
fectly no matter how dry the weather. 
This tree now is coming into use in the Middle 
West for formal plantings, “matched” specimens 
budded or grafted at any desired height being ob- 
tainable. It has not become widely known because 
many attempts to propagate it, both in America 
and Germany, have met with failure. The secret 
of its propagation, it has now been learned, lies in 
the knowledge of the proper time to cut the cions. 
The tree illustrated here is in the collection of 
George Klehrn of Illinois. 
Illinois. F. H. 
GARDEN FURNITURE 
Send for catalogue showing a great 
variety of benches, chairs, tables, 
etc., in rustic and painted. 
NORTH SHORE FERNERIES CO. 
Beverly, Mass. 
New York Showroom: Craftsman Building, East 39th Street 
A First Quality Trowel 
This fine trowel is the finest crucible steel. The 
blade is 1-16 inch thick. Blade, shank and 
socket are all in one piece, handle held by steel 
rivet will wwrcome off. Dirt won't stick to it. 
In a class by itself for quality , material, workman- 
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all of top-notch quality. Ask 
see theselight, strong prun 
g shears made especially 
for women who love a 
garden and love to 
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Send for our Garden 
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If noi at >our dealer s. 
write us. 
Garden 
Trowel 
No. K04 
with Bent 
Neck 
Price$0.75 
No K05 
with 
Straight 
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Price $0.75 
SUNDIALS 
Real Bronze Colonial Designs 
From $5.00 Up 
Also full line of Bird Fountains and 
other garden requisites. 
Manufactured by 
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71 Portland St. Boston, Mass. 
Send for illustrated Price-List. 
Artistic Country Grounds 
Free expert criticism of plans. 
Suggestions on specific points. 
THE READERS’ SERVICE 
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DVjIlUI\r\ AND VEGETABLES 
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are wonderful. Will make flowers and 
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ENDORSE IT. Luther Burbank, John 
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12 oz. enough to make 21 gal. postpaid 50c 
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5 lbs. “ “ “ 140 “ " 3 °° 
10 lbs? 280 “ ** 5-50 
50 lbs. by freight 22.50 
100 lbs, by freight 40.00 
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