The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
879 
Smooth, Positive, 
Safe, Comfortable 
■—easily controlled, dependable, 
always on the job, built to stand up 
under the severest riding condi¬ 
tions, husky, compact, never 
skimped to save manufacturing 
costs—these things spell the world¬ 
wide preference for the 
Corbin Duplex 
Coaster Brake 
On your 1919 bicycle, if the Corbin 
is not already standard equipment, 
make it plain that you will accept 
only the Corbin Duplex. 
Largest balls — making coasting 
smooth, driving easy, prolonging 
the life of the bearings. 
Widest brake band — producing 
certain control, gradual slowdown 
or instantaneous full stop, with no 
jolt or jar or destructive vibration. 
Guaranteed by a ten million dollar 
corporation. 1919 Catalog will be 
mailed anywhere for the asking. 
Corbin Screw Corporation 
American Hardware Corporation, Successor 
New Britain, Connecticut 
Branches: New York, Chicago, Philadelphia 
Also makers of Corbin-Brown Speedometers 
for Automobiles , Trucks and Motorcycles 
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PAINT YOUR BARN 
'WITH V.S.OOVT. 
BATTLESHIP 
GRAY 
AT FACTORY PRICES 
Protect your barns from spring rains and hot 
summer sun with Arlington Battleship Gray—the 
paint the Government uses on its fighting ships and 
warehouses. This paint covers well and is easily 
applied. 
You can buy this tested quality-grade paint and out 
special red barn paintat factory prices now. Freight prepaid. 
There is an Arlington paint for every use—silos, interior and 
exterior house paints, implement enamels and MORE-LYTE, 
the interior sanitaty white enamel for dairies. Arlington 
has stood for quality paint for 17 years. All paint sold on 
money-back guarantee. Try some and return what’s left if not 
exactly as represented. Reference any Canton bank. Write 
at once for color card, prices and directions for ordering. 
Get a quality, guaranteed paint at factory prices 
THE ARLINGTON MFG. CO. 
905 Arlington Ave. 
PAINT 
$ 1.35 
PER 
Gallon 
Notes from a Maryland Garden 
The cold wave which struck us on the 
afternoon of April 21 was tough on the 
tomatoes, beans and corn, but all sur¬ 
vived. A bed of scarlet Salvia was worse 
hurt by the wind than by the cold, but 
most of the plants will recover. The low¬ 
est temperature in the air was 3S, but 
probably slightly lower ou the ground. I 
had, as usual, plenty of tomato plants 
held in reserve in the frames, so I could 
afford to let the plants take the chances. 
Tomato plants which have been care¬ 
fully hardened in the frames, will stand a 
great deal more cold than we often im¬ 
agine. 
A nurseryman in an adjoining county, 
who had been employed by our city au¬ 
thorities to superintend the pruning of 
the street trees, dropped into my office 
one day and brought me a lot of Dahlia 
seed. He has produced a number of the 
finest varieties now listed in the North¬ 
ern catalogues, and knowing that I was 
fond of growing seedling perennials, as¬ 
sured me that the seed had been care¬ 
fully bred from the finest varieties and 
in the separate classes. Now I have hun¬ 
dreds of seedlings in pots waiting to get 
them strong. Dahlia seedlings are all 
pretty, and the single long-stemmed ones 
are very useful for cutting. My friend 
says that he sows the seed in rows in the 
open field, simply thins some and trans¬ 
plants the thinnings, and lets them tum¬ 
ble ou the ground, if not strong enough to 
stand erect, labels the ones worth carry¬ 
ing over and lets the remainder go. I 
sowed the seed in a cold frame and prefer 
to pot and transplant at fair distances 
and stake for neat garden work. The 
church is always ready to take my cut 
flowers thankfully for the Sunday vases. 
Any surplus bulbs and plants I find that 
the people who work in the mills are 
always ready to take for their yards. 
Some little boys in a village just outside 
the city limits have gotten very much iu- 
terested in Gladiolus culture, and there 
is quite a competition in getting the best 
flowers. Get a boy interested in flowers 
and he rapidly becomes a better boy. 
Flowers are a wonderful civilizing influ¬ 
ence, and I am always glad to give my 
surplus seed, plants and bulbs to keep 
them interested. 
Last Spring I paid $2 for a little piece 
of (’anna rhizome about the size of my 
little finger. This is called the Fiery 
Cross, and carries immense heads of crim¬ 
son scarlet flowers, making a wonderful 
show. Now I have seven of them started 
in poL while they are still selling for $1 
each. Last Summer in the intense heat 
aud drought it was hard to keep Cannas 
alive, and a plant of Firebird, one of the 
parents of the Fiery Cross, did not get 
over six inches high. It was so weak 
that I concluded it would not live over 
Winter as a dry root. So I potted it and 
carried it all Winter in the greenhouse, 
and now it is a strong plant in a 6-in. 
pot waiting for frost to be finally over. 
Though the general lot of Carina dry rhi¬ 
zomes have beeu planted for some time, the 
plants started in pots are tender, and it 
is better to keep them in. especially as 
these are particularly valuable kinds. 
A correspondent in Oregon sends me 
some plants claimed to be crosses of rasp¬ 
berry and blackberry, but they look very 
much like the Loganberry, which has been 
identified as a red blackberry native to 
the Pacific Coast. I have grown the 
Loganberry years ago. and it grows won¬ 
derfully, but the trouble is that it. bears 
so few fruits here. I have the Oregon 
plants growing and will be glad to find 
them better than the Loganberry it" dif¬ 
ferent. There is no difficulty in growing 
the Loganberry ou the Atlantic coast 
from here southward, but unless it can be 
got into a more prolific condition it would 
better be left to the Pacific coast folks. 
W. F. MASSEY. 
ORDER DIRECT FROM FACTORY 
We will send you as many gallons as you 
want of good quality red or brown 
BARN PAINT 
upon receipt of remittance. We m e paint special* 
ists and can supply >ou with paint for any pur¬ 
pose. Tell us your wants anu let us quote you 
low prices. We can save you money li.v shipping 
direct from our factory. Satisfaction Guaranteed. 
On orders for thirty gallons or over wo will prepay the 
freight within « radius of three hundred miles 
AMALGAMATED PAINT CO. 
Factory: 372 WAYNE ST.. JERSEY CITY. N. J. 
Swarming Bees 
When bees are swarming, which quee 
leaves the hive with the swarm, the ol 
or the young? m. xi. l. 
Fitchburg, Mass. 
This is an instance where the old folks 
leave the ancestral home to the children 
and seek a new location for themselves. 
Normally, the old laying, queen leaves 
the hive with the new swarm and the 
bees remaining, with their hatching brood, 
are mothered- by a new queen daughter of 
the original queen mother of the colony! 
M. r. r». 
Ng ^The Swiss Y>dler throws his 
voice across the valley — 
the Fiery Lit tie Columbia can throw a 
voice across a continent 
T HE Big Swiss Yodler throws his voice across the 
valley—the echo registers that fact in four sec¬ 
onds. We marvel at the power behind such a 
voice. But let us not forget— 
The Fiery Little Columbia can carry the Big Yodler’s 
ordinary conversation over a thousand miles of tele¬ 
phone line, and deliver it instantly. 
THE DRY BATTERY 
CN'SIDER, too, that besides tuning 
up telephones, Columbia Dry Bat¬ 
teries run toys, ring doorbells, and 
furnish the vital spark of life to thou¬ 
sands of autos, trucks, motorboats, 
tractors, and farm engines. 
The Fiery Little Columbia is never 
sick, for his constitution is tough: he 
is never tired, for he works only when 
you need him. Always healthy, rested, 
and vigorous, he meets every battery 
need faithfully aud long. 
THE STORAGE BATTERY 
HE Columbia Storage Battery is 
built and sold to yield definite 
power for a definite time. In a 
Columbia you buy deftuite service; you 
receive a clearly defined guarantee, a 
specific agreement that you will be 
entitled to thorough repairs or another 
battery without additional cost if the 
original battery fails within the guar¬ 
antee period. 
The Columbia Battery Terminal Seal 
protects the battery, the purchaser, and 
us. The guarantee is a record of that 
fact. 
Stop at any Columbia Service Deal¬ 
er’s or Columbia Service Station and 
learn how thousands of auto owners are 
avoiding the costly battery tinkering 
that used to be tolerated as part of tha 
day’s work. 
LIGHTNING R0DS 1 
m i per ft. 99% pure copper 
2C Direct to you, no middleman 
If goods when received are not satisfactory 
return to us, wo will pay freight both ways. 
Full instructions with each order. Writoua* 
International Lightning Rod Co. 
Dept. R SOUTH BE.NIX1ND. 
USED 
MOTORCYCLES 
ALL MAKES 
Descriptive CARL W. BUSH CO. 
Catalogue B Newark, N. J. 
- Pay Nothing 
Until 60 Days 
Now is the time you need a good, reliable sprayer for fruit trees, 
vines.shrubbery; forwhite-washing bams, chicken houses, hog sheds, 
etc. Here’s a sprayer that will do the work thoroughly and quickly 
and pav for itself in increased profits. Prove it at our risk. Just send 
coupon—no money—and we will ship sprayer promptly. Use it 30 
davs free. If you then decide to keep it. make first small payment 
in 00 days, balance iu 00-day paymeuts, giving you nearly a 
Full Year to Pay 
Majestic yi g 4 fi vf if* t* 
ABS - Purpose CSjr“S 
This hand sprayer is just what you want if you haven’t enough 
work to keep a power sprayer busy. Working parts made of brass. 
Specially constructed pump with high grade l-ply rubber tubing. 
Automatic shut-otf nozzle with non-clog spring cap. Light conveni¬ 
ent. Easily taken apart for cleaning. Contents kept continually and 
thoroughly mixed. Sprays to the last drop. 
Book of Farm Necessities 
r K r F Shows wonderful bargains in gas engines, cream sep- 
■ ■ ar&tors, drills, cultivators, saw frames, circular saws, 
feed cookers, paints, roofing, etc. Write postal for free copy. 
coupou today for this sprayer and take nearly a vear 
to pay if you like it. Just the coupon. ” 
SEND 
—THE 
HARTMAN 
No money. 
COMPANY— — 
Chicago 
4010 LaSalle St., Dept 1779 
Send sprayer No.153AM AiO. If satisfactory I will pay $2.00 in 60 days, 
balance in tiflHlay payments of 12.00 each until price of 16.96 is paid. Other¬ 
wise 1 " ill retain it in 30 days and you pay transportation both ways 
