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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, iqi 
Ornamental Fences 
A LL iron fences may look more or less 
alike, but they are decidedly unlike 
in construction, endurance and con¬ 
tinued perfection of line up. 
There are several plain, common sense 
reasons why our iron or wire fences, whether 
plain or ornamental, continue to be satis¬ 
factory. 
We would like to show why that, once 
up. they are up for a lifetime. 
Send for catalog and tell us something 
about what kind of fence you need. 
American Fence 
Construction Co. 
100 Church Street 
New York 
Here, at last Is the very machine that home 
owners, Park Superintendents, Greens Committee¬ 
men and others interested in big lawns or parks 
hare been looking for. Never again is it neces¬ 
sary to have the lawn tracked up by horses pulling 
a lawn mower—nor need the beauty of your place 
be marred because the man-power mowers can 
cut so little in a day. With the 
BRODESSER AUTO-MOWER 
the whole lawn can be mowed quicker, cheaper 
and better than you ever thought of. Cuts the 
grass and rolls the lawn in one operation. Easiest 
running, cleanest cutting power mower ever in¬ 
vented. Weighs only about 1200 lbs. and does not 
kill the grass. Simply and substantially made. 
Steers by means of front wheels. Three-point 
suspension gives flexibility. Is not expensive and 
will pay for itself by the great saving of labor. 
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giving complete description and illustration. 
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PERENNIALS, DAHLIAS, ROSES 
For now and future planting, at inter¬ 
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TAPPAN FLOWER GARDENS,Tappan, New York 
Smoky Fireplaces 
Made to Draw 
Payment Conditional on Success 
FREDERIC N.WHITLEY E Sa r ctor d 
210 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Heating—Ventilating—Air Filtration 
Hardy Varieties 
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The Elm City Nursery 
New Haven, Dept. N, Connecticut 
¥ 
3?»m« 
IfistiiH 
Grow An Old 
Kentucky Lawn 
You can have a lawn 
as beautiful and vel¬ 
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which the Blue Grass 
State is famed, if you 
use the genuine 
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Lawn Seed 
Direct from the Blue Grass State. Grown, selected 
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HENRY & S. G. L5NDEMAN, 5th Avenue at 142nd Street, New York 
The plants you set, whether you grow 
them yourself or buy them, should be 
thrifty, short and stocky. Tall, spindling 
plants are almost sure to wilt or “lop over” 
and be very much delayed in getting a start 
even if they do finally pull through. In 
addition to being the right size and shape 
they should furthermore be thoroughly 
hardened off by exposure to the air by 
night and day for several days before set¬ 
ting out. All the plants which may be 
safely set at an early time, April first to 
May fifteenth, belong in the hardy class 
and cannot be injured by a few degrees of 
frost after setting out, if they have been 
thoroughly hardened as suggested above. 
Last year the thermometer went down to 
fourteen degrees below freezing and the 
ground was frozen stiff every morning for 
several days in succession after we set out 
our early cabbages, but in spite of the 
cheerful prediction of all our neighbors 
that they would be absolutely lost, almost 
every plant came through and we had the 
satisfaction of having the earliest cabbages 
anywhere about. On the coldest mornings 
we watered them with cold water to give 
them a chance to thaw out before the di¬ 
rect rays of the sun struck them. 
The day before you expect to plant, give 
all the flats in which the plants are grow¬ 
ing a thorough soaking, so that the soil 
therein will be in a good moist condition, 
but not muddy, when you are ready to 
work. Furthermore, if the plants are 
pretty large and tall and the leaves of 
good size, it will pay well to trim them 
back about one-third, as this makes them 
much more convenient to handle and not 
so likely to wilt after setting. 
Having all in readiness, and your rows 
marked out, take the plants out of their 
flats carefully, having left as good a ball 
of earth as possible with each one. This 
will be easily accomplished if the soil is in 
the proper condition, but if it is too dry or 
too wet you will have difficulties. Dis¬ 
tribute the plants along the row or carry 
them at your side in a basket, in either 
case being careful not to take out so many 
that they will begin to get dry and warm at 
the roots before you can put them into the 
soil — a precaution that is especially needed 
if the day happens to be very bright or 
windy. Where it is possible, a cloudy day 
or late afternoon should be selected. 
With the fingers, trowel or dibble make 
a hole big enough to take the ball of roots 
and earth without crowding them, and 
deep enough so that when the plant is set 
and the soil filled around it, it will be cov¬ 
ered one-half to two-thirds the length of 
the stem. The taller the plant the deeper 
it should be set. Pack the earth firmlji 
down upon and against the roots with the 
fingers and knuckles of both hands. When 
you are through the plant should stand up 
as straight and firmly as if it had been 
growing there. When you have finished 
the row go back over it and pack each 
plant still more firmly down into the soil, 
pressing the ball of the foot close to the 
stem on either side and bearing down with 
all your weight. 
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