HOUSE AND GARDEN 
108 
August, 
1914 
THE EXPERT CARE 
AND FARE OF TREES 
IS OUR BUSINESS 
B Y expert, we mean just that. 
Work of skilled tree men. Work 
of men who thoroughly know 
care and fare of trees. But not “tree 
doctors.” 
By care, we mean both the work of 
prevention and cure. The work that 
fortifies your trees against destruction 
because of neglected cavities; un¬ 
braced limbs; or the devastation of 
insects and diseases. 
Such systematic and scientifically 
conducted work very naturally costs 
more than that of itinerant tree doc¬ 
tors — but it is worth every cent it 
costs. Our reputation of long years 
standing, is a guarantee to you of en¬ 
tire satisfaction. 
Send for one of our inspectors to 
come and look your trees over, and 
advise you of their exact condition. 
Our booklet — “Trees, the Care They 
Should Have,” you are welcome to. 
Munson Whitaker Company 
Forest Engineers 
BOSTON PITTSBURG NEW YORK 
644 Tremont Bldg. 905 Arrott Bldg., 470 Fourth Ave. 
CHICAGO, 983 New Continental and Commercial 
Bank Bldg. 
McCRAY refrigerators; 
Active cold air circulation—Sanitary linings. 
Send for catalogue. 
McCRAY REFRIGERATOR COMPANY. 
693 Lake Street, Kendallville, Ind. 
Assure yourself at once that physical weakness:s 
and internal decay are not menacing the very exist¬ 
ence of your trees A tree weakened by decay may 
be destroyed by the next windstorm. 
Davcy Tree Surgeons 
—(the only kind good enough for the U. S. Gov¬ 
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Write for beautiful book. It tells how 
real tree surgeons work and shows the way to 
preserve the beauty and charm of your grounds. 
Address 
The Davey Tree Expert Co. 
INCORPORATED 
824 Elm Street, KENT, OHIO 
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Auburn , New York 
Add beauty, charm and distinctiveness 
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An almost unlimited variety of beautiful 
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Water Gardening at a Minimum 
(Continued from page 98) 
Japanese and German iris, the dear old 
“daffy,-’ the bulbs of which had been in 
the old orchard for fifty years and had 
merely to be plowed up and transplanted 
to be given a new lease of life and beauty. 
The marsh marigold and Ostwego Tea 
Balm were found in the copse. The for¬ 
get-me-not and watercress seed were sown 
broadcast, and I verily believe every 
blessed seed answered present at roll call 
next spring. 
The ice is scarcely gone in the spring 
when my first pond picture is thrown on 
the canvas. The little pine trees nod and 
whisper to the granite boulders nestled at 
their feet, and the whole margin of the 
pool glows with the luscious tufts of the 
marsh marigold. After these come the 
daffodils, which were planted by the thou- i 
sand on the further bank of the pond. 
After the daffodils come the iris; first, the 
native blue flag, then the varieties of 
Spanish, German and Japanese, which 
vary in height, and can be used from the 
water’s edge to the top of the bank, and 
give two months of bloom. Perhaps the 
most dramatic moment comes when the 
scarlet balm and the common white elder 
bloom together. Last of all, the manager 
of my art gallery submits the native wild 
aster, great masses of white and many 
shades of lavender, with glints of golden 
rod, and the enduring crimson of the wild 
cherry which flashes out among the pines 
and waves a cheery good-bye when the 
ground is white with snow. 
If your heart is set on the beauties of a 
formal garden pool, with stone or cement 
coping, this little article is not for you. 
But if you feel, with me, that the hard 
edge of walling and cement is only for the 
consistently formal garden, and is quite 
fatal to the beauty of wild water margin, 
and that you want an informal pond which 
can be the natural finish to a lived-in, in¬ 
formal garden where the informal chil¬ 
dren of the family can have a safe and 
glorious time from morning till night— 
meantime laying up an inexhaustible store 
of knowledge of the habits of the green¬ 
est of frogs, and the bluest of dragon flies, 
and all the dozens of interesting creatures 
that find their way to such a spot as this— 
then let me joyfully commend a pool like 
mine, which is easy to construct, costs 
nothing to maintain, and is cared for by 
the children, who might object to weeding 
a land garden, but literally cry aloud for 
the privilege of weeding in a water gar¬ 
den. 
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