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The Garden Magazine, June, 1923 
Irrigating the Home Garden 
RIDDING THE LAWN OF ANTS 
^PO GET rid of lawn ants entomologists of 
*■ the United States Department of Agricul¬ 
ture suggest drenching the nests with boiling 
water or pouring in a small quantity of kerosene 
oil. Similar treatment may be applied to nests 
between or beneath paving stones. Spraying the 
lawn with kerosene emulsion or with very strong 
soap wash is also recommended. For large ant 
nests disulphid of carbon injected into the nest 
by means of an oil can or a small syringe is recom¬ 
mended to kill the ants. The fumes of disulphid 
of carbon have a very disagreeable odor and are 
inllammable, but they are not injurious to higher 
animals in the open air. 
These two lines of iron pipe shown 
in this picture keep this ioo ft. 
wide garden supplied with mois¬ 
ture, the ground always soft and free 
from caking, doing away entirely 
with the disappointments of dry 
weather and the drudgery of hose 
holding. 
Each line throws a fine spray 25 feet, 
first in one direction, then in the other. 
Skinner Irrigation insures earlier, 
bigger, and better crops. 
Tell us the size of your garden, and we will send 
you full information regarding cost and operation. 
The Skinner Irrigation Co. 
219 Water Street 
Troy, Ohio 
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School of Horticulture 
FOR WOMEN 
Gardening, Fruit Growing, Bees, Poultry. 
TWO-YEAR DIPLOMA COURSE combines practice 
with theory. Good positions open to our graduates. 
SPRING AND SUMMER SHORT COURSES. 
Address: ELIZABETH LEIGHTON LEE, Director 
Box A, Ambler Pennn. 
IRIS 
We grow the very rare 
and finest varieties, 
for example: 
Ambassadeur.$4.00 
Ballerine. 4.00 
Crusader. 2.50 
Lent A. Williamson 2.50 
Lord of June. 2.00 
Magnifica. 4.00 
Opera. 2.50 
Queen Caterina. . . 4.00 
Souv. Gaudichau.. 7.00 
and of course, also the best of the bet¬ 
ter known varieties, which, while fine, 
have been in cultivation long enough 
to permit sale at popular prices: 
12 for $2.00 (your selection) 
Amas, Caprice, Celeste, Darius, Dorothea, 
Dr. Bernice, Fairy, Florentina, Gajus, Grac¬ 
chus, Gertrude, Her Majesty, Ingeborg, Jun¬ 
iata, Kharput, Kochii, Lohengrin, Loreley, 
Mme. Chereau, Monsignor, Mrs. Horace Dar¬ 
win, Perfection, Princess Victoria Louise, 
Queen of May, Rakan Violacea Grandiflora, 
Walhalla, Dalmarius, Dr. Sanford, Mrs. Kim¬ 
ball, Rev. Wurtelle and Innocenza. 
6 for $2.00 (your selection) 
Eldorado, Iris King, Isoline, Mary Garden, 
Medallion, Parc De Neuilly, Demure, Mrs. 
Alan Gray, Parisiana, Prosper Laugier, Queen 
Alexandra, Rhein Nixe, Rose Unique, and 
Swatara. 
riarenc? w. HubbarP 
A Peonies & IriseS M > 
6144 Lakewood Avenue CHICAGO, ILL. 
44 ARTMETL” 
VASES for CUT FLOWERS 
STYLE D BASKET 
Dark Green Enamel or Mahogany 
8" Container (H. overall 18") 
$1.65 postpaid 
10" Container (H. overall 22") 
$ 2.00 postpaid 
12" Container (H. overall 24") 
$2.50 postpaid 
Send for folder “F” illustrating a 
variety of new and distinct styles 
and sizes. Artmetl vases can be 
furnished in accordance with any 
color scheme or sent unfinished for 
your own decoration. 
MUENZENMAYER SHEET 
METAL WORKS 
Department G. 
Junction City Kansas 
The Garry-nee-dule Strains \ 
of IRISES 
$ famed for their sturdy growth, free-blooming qualities and vivid ^ 
$ colors. I am not a faddist or a fancier, just grow Iris as a lover ^ 
$ of flowers! You, too, will love the Iris if you get acquainted $ 
$ with these:— $ 
$ Lohengrin, soft shade of cattleya rose. $ 
$ Gertrude, early deep rich purple. $ 
^ Mrs. H. Darwin, S. white, F. violet at base. ^ 
^ Pallida dalmatica, lavender, sweet scented. ^ 
^ Rhein Nixe, S. white, F. violet blue, white edge. ^ 
$ Sherwin Wright, rich golden yellow. | 
$ Special offer to garden lovers more interested in beauty than ^ 
^ in rarity. I will mail one each of above 6 superb sorts for $1.00 ^ 
$ postpaid. f # ^ 
$ “Hardy Plants for the Home Garden” gladly mailed free on $ 
^ request. ^ 
^ W. A. TOOLE, Garry -nce-dulc Baraboo, Wis. j| 
IRIS 
Japanese, Siberian, German 
Blooming from June to 
August in almost any kind 
of soil, in a range of colors 
embracing white, blues, la¬ 
venders, pinks, yellows, vio¬ 
let and reds, these flowers of 
early spring are almost the 
peer of the orchid in their 
dainty appeal. 
Write and tell me your 
preferences in type and color¬ 
ing and I will help plan your 
next Iris plot. ‘*The Dahlia King*’ 
J. K. ALEXANDER 
27-29 Central St., E., Bridgewater, Mass. 
SUMMER CARE OF THE 
STRAWBERRY BED 
I F YOU want a good crop of strawberries next 
spring, don’t neglect your Strawberry bed 
during August and September. Frequent cul¬ 
tivation, hoeing and hand weeding done this 
season to keep the soil mellow and the bed free 
from grass and weeds will be returned many 
times over in the additional crop secured next 
spring. The bed that is allowed to grow up to 
weeds during August and September can never 
yield a fair profit. 
Careful attention is also to be given to the 
proper spacing of the new runner plants. Ex¬ 
periments have shown that, under average con¬ 
ditions, runner plants should be not less than 6 
inches apart in the “matted” row to insure 
maximum yields of first class fruit. In other 
words, a matted row made up of a limited number 
of strong plants with well developed crowns will 
be more productive than a row made up of a 
large number of small, weak plants. 
A matted row from 12 to 24 inches wide has 
been found most satisfactory by the New Jersey 
Agricultural Experiment Station. The exact 
width depends upon the vigor of growth of the 
variety used, the fertility of the soil and the dis¬ 
tance between the rows of parent plants. When 
a matted row of the desired width is established, 
cut or pull off all subsequent runners and plants 
that develop in order that the plants already 
established may have plenty of light, air and 
moisture for proper development. 
PROTECTION FROM APHIS 
E XPERIMENTS among the California Wal¬ 
nut groves have proved that nicotine sul¬ 
phate, added at the rate of two per cent, by weight 
to kaolin is the best remedy against aphis. Find¬ 
ing it so effective, the Bureau of Entomology has 
tried it out on other crops. Some forms of aphis 
require more nicotine sulphate, the melon aphis 
calling for about five per cent. The most satis¬ 
factory method of applying the powder is the 
bellows duster; with such a tool a man can dust 
two acres of Melons a day. The nicotine-kaolin 
mixture costs about 12c. a pound at five per cent, 
strength. Cabbage aphis quits at a six per cent, 
mixture. The dust has proved much superior 
to wet spray for aphis. It can also be mixed with 
dry poisons when chewing insects are present, but 
must not be mixed with Bordeaux mixture except 
the latter be in dry form. Kaolin, it may be 
added, is a form of powdered clay of exceedingly 
fine grain. It is largely used for making porce¬ 
lain and other chinaware. 
