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T H E G ARDEN MAGAZINE 
April, 1915 
IS MOST PLEASING 
TO ANY WOMAN WHO LOVES HER HOME 
To be told that it is attractive, cozy, tasteful, home-like. 
It is the well deserved reward of all the loving thought and 
work and care spent to make it worthy of such a description. 
THE OUTSIDE 
Gives every visitor his or her first impression and many a passer-by his only impression. 
You can make that impression one that breathes softly but surely of the love and 
comfort within, by the careful, artistic arrangement of 
TREES, SHRUBS, PLANTS and FLOWERS 
Our 1915 Catalog contains many valuable hints and suggestions and by writing for it, you place our many 
years’ experience at your disposal. 
NEW ENGLAND NURSERIES 
221 Concord Road, Bedford, Mass. 
so as to have robust plants to put into the cold- 
frames in the fall for winter blooming. 
The vegetable garden should have a southern or 
southeastern exposure and, if possible, an ever- 
green windbreak on the north side. Fruit trees 
should be on the north side of the garden to prevent 
early blooming and thus save the buds from the 
severe frosts. 
The rows in the garden should run north and 
south to get the full benefit of the sun’s rays. 
Work a large garden with horse and plow and 
make rows at least two and a half feet apart. For 
a small garden, where it is necessary to economize 
with space, make the rows a foot apart as they can 
be worked with hand plows and cultivators. 
Plant the small fruits, and permanent crops like 
rhubarb, at the extreme end of the garden so that 
they will not be disturbed when working the rest 
of the garden. 
Plant the herbs near the house within easy ac- 
cess. 
Keep the long season root crops to themselves, 
such as carrots, parsnips, turnips, and salsify. 
Celery must have a bed to itself as it is planted 
in deep trenches and needs heavy manuring and 
much water. Sow seeds in coldframes in May and 
transplant in July to the open ground. 
Fall planted cabbages must have constant atten- 
tion, frequent cultivation and occasional applica- 
tions of nitrate of soda worked down either side 
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Choice Rhododendrons 
Shade Trees, Big and Little 
I F you want some really choice Rhododendrons that 
are strong rooted, and have fine developed tops 
that are full ofbloom buds; then here is the place 
to get them. No color clashes among the assortment. 
Prices are reasonable for such superior stock. 
Before you buy any shade trees, big or little, let 
us explain to you the distinct advantages of buying 
our large trees that save you years of waiting. If 
you then decide to buy smaller trees, we have them. 
One tiling certain — no finer stock can 
lie found anywheres. We guarantee our 
trees to be satisfactory. If not, we re- 
place them. You take no risk. Come 
to our nursery, or send for catalog. 
flicks |reg5 
, rich0 Isaac Hicks & Son 
i nmi .kr Westburu . Lon‘i Island 
Hardy English Walnuts 
My Hardy Pennsylvania Grown 
Trees grafted on Black Walnut 
Stocks are perfectly hardy and 
bear young and abundantly. 
ALSO HARDY PECAN TREES 
IVrite /or handsome catalogue 
J. I'. JONES The Nut Tree Specialist, Lancaster, I* a. 
EVERGREENS 
70 VARIETIES 
6 in. to 16 ft. 
Plant Now for Immediate Effect 
Our large business in evergreens is due to their splendid 
root growth, insuring successful transplanting and long 
life for the trees. Make your selection early as 
many are specially priced at wholesale rates. One 
customer has purchased 51,000 in 10 years. We guar- 
antee satisfaction. 
IRISH ROSES 
The Blue Ribbon Winners 
of the Rose World. 200 true-to-name varieties in 2, 
3 and 4 year sizes, also Tree Roses, Climbers, Ev- 
erblooming, etc. 
Splendid lot of standard and dwarf Fruit Trees, 
llardy Perennials, Vines, Shrubs and Deelduous Trees. 
Send today for illustrated catalog, a cyclopedia of 
information. Special prices on large orders. 
ROSEDALE NURSERIES 
S. (i. Harris Box A, Torrytown, N. Y. 
Evergreen Royalty 
Rosebays, Kalmias, Azaleas, Hollies, Leucothoes, Carolina 
Hemlocks and many other royal materials for garden making 
are described in our new booklet of this name. The younger 
nurseries sometimes attain full growth by giving larger values. 
Sample box of twelve 6-12 inch plants by mail for $1. Larger 
sizes by express carefully burlapped. 
ROSEBAY NURSERY, Garden City, N. C. 
The Readers’ Service gives informa- 
tion about poultry 
Hardy English Walnut Trees 
Rochester 
Grown 
will succeed wherever Peach trees are safe to plant. Plant an English Walnut orchard this Spring. 
Make a beginning and add to it each season. We believe this is the only Northern locality where com- 
mercial orchards of English Walnuts may be seen, containing hundreds of trees which have been bearing more 
than twenty years • For the lawn or driveway, English Walnut is exquisitely beautiful with its smooth gray 
bark, dark green foliage, symmetrical growth. Rochester parks and streets contain many 
beautiful bearing trees, thriving under exactly the same conditions as the Maples and Elms and 
producing delicious nuts as well as shade. 
No matter what you may be interested in get our Catalog and Planting Guide > profusely 
illustrated, includes Nut Culture, Fruits , Roses , Shrubs, Evergreens , etc., FREE. 
GLEN BROS., Inc., Clenwood Nursery, Est. 1866, 1720 Main St.. Rochester, N- Y. 
Why are the largest properties being planted with groups 
of a hundred or more of each color of 
Meehans’ Mallow Marvel 
For the same reason that this plant creation of the century is being used the 
country over on smaller properties — because no other hardy plant provides 
such a profusion of immense bloom, in brilliant reds, soft pinks and pearly 
white. Plant them now. 
Two-year roots— will bloom plentifully this year — 
Pink or White — 50c. each, $4.00 for 10; $34 per hundred 
Red — 75c. each, $6.00 for 10; $50 per hundred 
Mixed Colors — 35c. each, $3.00 for 10; $25 per hundred 
MEEHAN*’ SUMMER CATALOG 
show* what liardy plant* to u*e 
between April 1 *t and October 1st. 
Tell* how to get quick result* on 
that new property. 
Thomas Meehan & Sons 
Box 17 Germantown, Phila. 
of the rows. Fight the cabbage worm and beetles 
with dry poison forced on and under the leaves 
with a spray pump. Many effective powders are 
advertised by seedsmen. 
Plant cucumbers and squash and melons each 
to themselves and widely separated from each other. 
It is generally supposed the flavor of the canteloupe 
is impaired by the proximity of cucumbers and 
squash. Sow a few radish seed in each hill. The 
radish leaves claim the attention of the beetle 
long enough to permit the melon plant to grow to a 
fair size, then spray constantly for blight and 
beetles with a weak solution of bordeaux mixture 
with arsenate of lead. A good formula was given 
in the March number of The Garden Magazine. 
Plant Irish Cobbler potatoes now. They should 
be gotten into the ground as early in the spring as 
possible; plant according to directions that were 
given in the February number of The Garden 
Magazine. 
Be vigilant in watching for beetles and spray as 
soon as the leaves appear. 
Make a hotbed for sweet potatoes and instead 
of manure, pack wet leaves in the bottom of bed 
and cover with a foot of sand. Plant seed potatoes 
in this, give a good sprinkling and put on the glass 
sash. 
Get plot ready for tomatoes. Draw it off like a 
checkerboard four feet each way. At the inter- 
sections place a pile of well rotted manure. Plow 
between these piles both ways throwing the dirt 
so as to form little hills. The tomato plants can 
be placed in the centre of the hills, but not until 
the fifteenth of May for fear of frost. 
Melon hills are made the same way but five or 
six feet apart. 
An excellent plan for raising cucumbers is to cut 
in two parts a good stout barrel, leaving in top and 
bottom. Sink the half barrel in the ground a 
foot, bore a row of holes near the top. Pile the soil 
well up on the sides, fill barrel half way with fresh 
cow manure and remainder with water. Keep 
filled with water and occasionally stir it up from 
bottom. Plant seed of cucumbers on all four sides 
of the barrel. 
Continue planting sweet peas and wrinkled 
variety of English peas. For the tall sorts have 
ready plenty of brush and stick on either side of rows. 
Grass dippings put on as a mulch at the base of the 
vines keeps them moist and cool. 
Onions sowed in frames must be set out in open 
ground and in the very richest soil. 
The hardy vegetables, radishes, peas, beets, 
turnips, carrots, and salsify can be sown the first 
of the month, but the ground should be warm for 
the more tender ones, such as corn, beans, cucum- 
bers, and canteloupes. It is quite early enough 
when the apple trees are in blossom. 
Have a rotation of crops, never plant the same 
vegetables in the same location two successive 
years. 
Virginia J- M Patterson. 
