June, 1915 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
277 
SITUATIONS WANTED— Continued 
FARM, ESTATE, GARDEN, POULTRY, DAIRY HELP for 
Estates, Farms, Institutions, Male or Female. Help that make 
good. Save time, trouble, expense, satisfaction guaranteed. Agency 
with the record. Difficult farm problems solicited. Sidney Sullivan, 
Practical Horticultural, Agricultural, Dairy, Poultry Demonstrator, 
Estate, Electrical Contractor. 115 Nassau St., New York. Phone 
6486 Cortland. 
GARDEN, FARM AND DAIRY HELP. Furnished gentlemen’s 
estates. References investigated. Mathewson Agency, 818- 
6th Ave., New York. Tel., 378 Bryant. 
GARDENER, expert, laid out finest estates, fully successful in 
fruit, flowers, vegetables, farming, years’ experience. Best recom- 
mendation. John Braun, 212 l. 48th St., New York. 
TROPICAL PLANTS 
ALL MANNER OF TROPICAL PALMS, ferns, and flowering 
plants for Northern homes and greenhouses. Handsome catalog 
free. Reasoner Bros. Royal Palm Nurseries, Oneco, Fla. 
VEGETABLES 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS by the ten thousand. Privet hedging, ten 
dollars per thousand. Tomato, cabbage, pepper, egg plant, cauli- 
flower, lettuce, beet and celery plants. I supply dozens of seeds- 
men and nurserymen all over this country. Write me, it will pay 
you. Warren Shinn, Woodbury, N. J. 
PLANTS POSTPAID. All varieties, cabbage, celery, cauliflower, 
beets, lettuce, pepper, tomato, sweet potato, asters. Four dozen, 
25c. Hundred, 45c. Catalog. Click Plant Farms, Smoketown, 
Pa . 
CABBAGE, all best late varieties grown on new soil and free from 
the fungous diseases that destroy many cabbage crops. Strong 
plants 25c per 100, post paid. $1.50 per 1000 by express. J. J. 
Clayton & Son, West Grove, Pa. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
TWENTY-FIVE five-cent packages, assorted garden and flower 
seeds, 1 doz. Aster plants, 1 doz. Tomatoes, 6 Geraniums, 6 Pe- 
tunia, 6 Vines, 6 Pansy, and 1 doz. other assorted plants. All for 
$1.00 prepaid to any place in U. S. Money back if not satisfied. 
Franzen Seed Store, 5319 No. Clark St., Chicago. 
JERSEY COAST MAGAZINE is the best guide to summer happi- 
ness; many pictures; resort and hotel information. Send fifteen 
cents to Asbury Park office for June number; year’s subscription 
fifty cents. H. E. Denegar, 709 Second Ave., Asbury Park, N. J. 
JAPANESE TEA GARDEN made most unique and artistic in 
short time, in any part of U. S. and Canada. T. R. Otsuka, 414 
South Michigan Blvd., Chicago, 111 . 
LEARN JEWELRY ENGRAVING. Free outfit and complete 
course for a few hours’ work, send 42 cts for samples and instruc- 
tions. New England Engraving School, Taunton, Mass. 
GIANT PANSIES, Steele’s Mastodon Strain, the largest and most 
marvelously colored in existence. Flowers measure up to 3$ 
inches in diameter. Why plant common small flowering pansies 
when you can buy these beautiful Giants of new shades and varia- 
tions, postpaid in bud and bloom for 40c. doz., 3 doz., $1.00. Long 
Island Dahlia Gardens, Hicksville, L. I., N. Y. 
BOOKS FOR THE GARDEN ENTHUSIAST 
OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING is successfully done by the amateur 
who follows the practical rules given by George C. Thomas. Jr., 
in his “Practical Book of Outdoor Rose Growing for the Home 
Garden.” With 96 full page plates in color, and workable charts. 
$4.00 net. Send for circular, with beautiful plate. J. B. Lippin- 
cott Company, Philadelphia. 
“THE VOICE OF THE GARDEN,” “MY GARDEN OF 
DREAMS.” Books that are Different. You will gain new friends 
among the plants, and you will feel happier among your old favorites. 
$1.30 each, postpaid. Thomas Meehan & Sons, Publishers, Box 17, 
Germantown, Phila., Pa. 
‘‘STUDIES OF TREES,” by J. J. Levison, M. F. Tells how to 
identify trees, and describes the leaf, flower, twig, and habit charac- 
teristics. Sent postpaid on receipt of $1.60. John Wiley & Sons, 
Inc., Dept. G., 432 Fourth Avenue, New York. 
“INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD,” 
by E. Dwight Sanderson. Discusses all the important insects of 
faim, garden, and orchard, and gives a clear idea of their life histo- 
ries and habits. Sent postpaid on receipt of $3.00. John Wiley & 
Sons, Inc., Dept. G. t 432 Fourth Avenue, New York. 
‘‘HOW TO LAY OUT SUBURBAN HOME GROUNDS,” Second 
Edition, by Herbert J. Kellaway. Treats on the various details of 
suburban home grounds, and includes many plans- Sent postpaid 
on receipt of $2.00. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Dept. G., 432 
Fourth Avenue, New York. 
DO YOU KNOW THE TREES? Hough’s Handbook of Trees 
will teach you to love them. Photo-descriptive. $6.00. Sample 
pages sent. Romeyn B. Hough Co., Box 2o,Lowville,N. Y. 
THE GARDENER’S CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. Published 
Monthly. Devoted to gardening in its various phrases; to land- 
scaping, forestry, to the developments of parks and estates and to 
the general news of the doings of the national and local horticul- 
tural societies and garden clubs. Its columns contain digest of 
articles appearing in the leading American and European horticul- 
tural journals. Subscription $1.50 per year. The Chronicle 
Press, Inc., Publishers, 286 Fifth Avenue, New York. 
There’s Money For You! 
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Gentlemen: 
Send me full information and particu- 
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Name 
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HumuS 
Yeast of the Earth 
Nature’s Ideal Fertilizer and Plant Food 
— a wonderfully beneficial, health-giving food for 
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Rex Humus is black in color — rich in the ele- 
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anil pleasant to handle and contains no weed seed. 
It is not only a quick stimulant but a perma- 
nent plant food and soil builder. 1 1 supplies to 
starved vegetation just the nourishment it needs. 
Mix it with the soil in your flower boxes, flower pots, flower- 
beds, garden, and around your trees and shrubbery. Rake 
it into your lawn. Carries grass through a long period of 
drought. You will be delighted with the results. 
Special Trial Offer: For $1.00 we will send a ioo lb. 
bag, or for $5.00, six ioo lb. bags — F. O. B., Andover, 
N. J. 
Send for pamphlet and prices for larger quantities. 
Peterson, Sinclaire & Miller 
25 West 45th St., New York 
Use Hammond’s Slug Shot 
“ Sold by Seed Dealers of America" 
If you have never used Slug Shot go to your 
nearest seed store and say: "Give me a barrel, 
a keg, 25 lbs., 10 lbs. ,5 lbs., or a 1 lb. carton,” 
as the case may be, of Slug Shot. After you 
have tried Slug Shot you will find nothing else 
to be its superior because you know from expe- 
rience that Slug Shot is reliable in everything 
that goes to make a useful Insecticide for 
garden use. , 
Hammond's Slug Shot Works 
Beacon, N. Y. 
I L L E T T ’ S 
Hardy Ferns and Flowers 
For Dark, Shady Places 
We have Lilies, Trilliums, Erythroniums. Claytonias and 
many other bulbs: other Ferns and plants. 
Send for our descriptive catalogue of over 80 pages, which 
tells all about our Plants and Bulbs. It’s FREE. 
EDWARD GILLETT, 3 Main Street, Southwick, Mass. 
Horsford’s 
Cold Weather 
Plants 
ind Flower 
Seeds 
that Grow 
My list comprises 
the hardiest kinds, 
that have stood Ver- 
mont winters. You 
should see my catalog before 
buyingelsewhere. Ask for it. 
F. H. H0RSF0RD, Charlotte. Vermont 
Gardens Beautiful 
We are ready to assist you in beautifying your country home. 
Landscape work, grading, roadmaking, rose gardens and old fashioned hardy gardens, all done by 
experienced men. It will cost nothing to consult us. 
W. E. MARSHALL & CO., Landscape Gardeners 
166 W. 23rd Street New York 
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