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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
June, 1915 
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RADIUM BRAND 
fertilizer (RAF) itvJttne| 
Plants are living things and need food U 
while they are growing. June is a splendid k. 
time to apply that ideal plant food, % 
Radium Brand Fertilizer (R.A.F.). Top 
dress your lawn with it, dig it in around 
your flowers, vegetables, shrubbery, etc. 
Feed the plants that they may have 
strength and vitality, and they will come 
through the summer strong and beautiful. 
One pound will fertilize 50 square feet, or 
a plot 10x5 feet. 
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RADIUM 
Fertilizer (Plant Food) 
contains Nitrogen, Phosphoric Acid, Potash and 
Radium Element. Radium has an influence de¬ 
scribed by scientists as very similar in its effects 
upon vegetation to the ultra-violet rays of the 
sun, and as applied to growing things is the most 
important discovery of the century. 
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How to Get Radium Brand 
Fertilizer (R. A. F.) 
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RADIUM FERTILIZER CO. 
203 Vanadium Building PITTSBURGH, PA. 
Free Booklet — Many inter¬ 
esting facts about the improve¬ 
ment of Lawns, Plants, Gar¬ 
dens—illustrated. Tells how 
Radium Makes Things Grow. 
Write.for this booklet. 
Try 5 lbs. for $1 
Send us SI and we will 
send you this 5-lb can of 
Radium Brand Fertilizer 
(R.A.F.) prepaid. This 
Radium Brand Fertilizer (R.A.F.) meets a 
need among thousands of people who grow things 
in a small way, and want a concentrated plant 
food in handy form. Your dealer probably has it; 
if not, we will send, prepaid, any of the following 
East of the Mississippi River. Beyond add 5c lb. 
12 oz. can, $ .25 2 lb. can, $ .50,, 
5 lb. can, $1.00 10 lb can, $1.75 
25 lb. can, $3.75 
Please mention dealer’s name in writing. 
Permanent territorial representatives wanted 
to handle and introduce Radium Brand 
Fertilizer (R.A.F.). Write us for particulars. 
GARDEN FURNITCRE 
and DECORATIONS in 
Reinforced Cast Stone 
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BIRD BATHS 
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Sun Dials Fountains 
Vases Settees 
Flower Boxes Benches 
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J. C. KRAUS CAST 
STONE WORKS, Inc. 
157 W. 32nd Street, New York 
varieties, such as White Strasburg, should 
be sown now. If a succession crop of 
spinach is wanted sow New Zealand, 
which is distinct from the ordinary spring 
varieties and of a low-spreading growth, 
so that it should be given plenty of .room. 
The root crops, aside from parsnips and 
salsify, which should have been planted 
when the garden was first made, should 
be put in this month, with the exception 
of turnips. For this purpose Detroit dark 
red beets, and either Chantenay or Half 
Long Danvers carrots are excellent. Sow, 
if possible, just after a good, soaking rain. 
The seeds may be put in more thinly than 
for the first spring sowings, as the fall 
germinations will now be more favorable. 
Rake the ground over carefully just be¬ 
fore planting to destroy any sprouting 
weed seeds. This will take only a few 
minutes now and may save several hours’ 
work at the time of the first weeding. 
Every Saturday afternoon, if not 
oftener, you should look over the garden 
carefully in search of the first sign of 
injury from insects or disease. Otherwise, 
even with the best seed, fertilizer and care, 
the crops may be destroyed beneath your 
very eyes. Just as the doctors are placing 
more and more emphasis upon the import¬ 
ance of sanitation, rather than upon medi¬ 
cine, the garden doctors are emphasizing 
the fact that prevention, rather than cure, 
is the surest and in the end the most 
economical method of keeping plants 
healthy. With a modern compressed-air 
sprayer or powder gun, the work of apply¬ 
ing sufficient preventative to such vege¬ 
tables liable to attack is very slight and 
can be done with a trifling expenditure 
of time. 
If you will watch the various insects at 
work you will soon see that some of them 
eat or chew the leaves, while others seem 
to thrive lustily with no visible means of 
support. The plants to which the latter 
attach themselves, however, soon show the 
effect, as thev live bv sucking the plant 
juices and frequently do more harm, 
although it is not so quickly evident as 
that done by the eating insects. For the 
former class internal insecticides, which 
are all called “stomach poisons,” are used. 
As the latter suck the juices from the 
inside of the plant, under the skin, they 
cannot be reached in the same way, but 
must be destroyed by an application of 
something proving fatal to them when 
applied externally. Arsenate of lead, Paris 
green and helebore are the three most 
commonly used chemical internal poisons. 
Formerlv Paris green was used almost 
universally, but it has been displaced, to 
a large extent, by arsenate of lead, which 
has the double advantage of staying on 
the plant much longer, being practically 
impervious to rain after it once has been 
set, and being safe to use without danger 
of injuring the foliage, as Paris green 
does do, unless it is used very carefully. 
Helebore is the weakest of the three, but 
as it washes ofif very readilv with the first 
rain and is safer to apply, it is sometimes 
In writing to advertisers, please mention House & Garpen, 
Is Your Refrigerator 
Poisoning Your Family ? 
Y OUR doctor will 
tell you that a 
refrigerator which 
cannot be kept clean 
and wholesome like a 
Monroe is always dan¬ 
gerous to the health of 
your family. 
The Monroe food com¬ 
partments are genuine 
solid porcelain ware — 
moulded in one piece — 
over an inch thick. All 
corners rounded. 
^“Monroe” 
Not cheap porcelain-enamel on a 
metal base, but one piece of beau¬ 
tiful, smooth, white, unbreakable por¬ 
celain ware which can>be kept free 
from breeding places for disease germs 
that poison food which in turn poisons 
people. Nothing to crack, chip or ab¬ 
sorb moisture — as easily cleaned as a 
china bowl — not a single crack, joint, 
comer, or any other lodging place for 
dirt and the germs of disease and decay 
1 O k ators which ex¬ 
plains all this and tells you how to select 
the home refrigerator — how to have 
better, more nourishing food — how to 
keep food longer without spoiling— 
how to cut down gas bills—how to 
guard against sickness—doctor’s bills. 
Monroe Refrigerator Co., Established 1868, Sta. 4E, Lockland, Ohio 
30 Days Trial 
Factory Price 
Easy terms if more 
convenient for you 
Direct from factory 
to you — saving you 
store profits. We pay 
freight and guarantee 
your money back and 
removal of refrigera¬ 
tor at no expense to 
you if you are not ab¬ 
solutely satisfied. 
Send for book NOW 
— Letter or Postal. 
WHAT IS THIS WORTH 
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TO YOU? — j 
A pair of bluebirds are worth 
lifer- 
their weight in gold, but a 
mmm 
neat, bark-covered hollow log 
house for them costs but 
IBKA TUSIili.S. 
$1.25, Express extra. Send 
to-day and put this house up 
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at once, bluebirds are already 
on their way north. 
Send for fully illustrated 
circular (H) of the famous 
HOWES bird attractors — 
its free. 
r THE MAPLEWOOD BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY 
Stamford, Connecticut 
Fighting the Fly 
“The fly has now become an 
international issue. So seriously 
is this pest considered as a 
menace to health that the con¬ 
sent of the British Government 
has been given to the passage to 
American ports of a consign¬ 
ment of many thousands of 
German made fly traps.” — 
N. Y. Evening Sun. 
The fly is the commonest 
carrier of disease. By keeping 
the premises clean of garbage 
and refuse the danger from this 
pest is reduced to a minimum. 
The 
N0R8IST0NE 
INDERGROUND GARBAGE RECEPTACLE 
isjnade with a SOLID CAST ALUMINUM COVER 
This gives it lightness, strength and durability; no rusting or 
corroding as is the, case with cast iron ones. The bright aluminum 
is pleasing to the eye and is easily located even in the dark. 
The twin lids are so light that a slight touch of the foot to either 
of the spurs in the rear will swing them open, disclosing an eleven- 
inch opening for^depositing the garbage. When the foot is removed 
the lids swing back to closed position. The cylinder, which holds 
the galvanized garbage pail, is made of reinforced Norristone Con¬ 
crete and is indestructible. The pail is the only thing about the 
receptacle that will wear out, and these are standard and can be 
replaced at a small cost. 
Write for booklet and full Information to 
J. Frank Norris 
Norris Street Rochester, N. Y. 
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Closes automatically. 
