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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Vick's Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 17, No. 5, March, 1894 - -Author: Various - -Editor: James Vick - -Release Date: September 13, 2020 [EBook #63196] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK VICK'S ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY, MARCH 1894 *** - - - - -Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - - - - - VICK’S - ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY - MAGAZINE. - - DEVOTED TO THE PROFITABLE CULTURE OF FLOWERS AND VEGETABLES. - - Vick Publishing Co. - Fifty Cents Per Year. - - ROCHESTER, N. Y., MARCH, 1894. - - Volume 17, No. 5. - New Series. - - * * * * * - -COUGHS AND COLDS - -are only the beginning. 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Torrey Connor._ - - - - -MABEL RAY’S LESSON. - -BY ROSE SEELYE-MILLER. - - -Times had been hard, harder than common this past year, and it seemed -to Mabel Ray as though there was little bright to look forward to, and -less to encourage her in trying to do right, trying to be the Christian -she wanted to be some years ago. She had married Harry Ray three years -previous; he was a thriving young merchant, but the past year it had -seemed to the young wife as if he had grown taciturn and almost fretful -if she wanted money for any little thing which she deemed necessary. -Only this morning he had refused her money for the fur cape that she -really needed so much, especially if they were going to her folks for -New Year’s day. She had always had what she wanted when at home, and if -Harry begrudged her the necessities of life, why, she almost believed she -had better go back to that home, for she was an only daughter and was -idolized by her parents. She sat and thought, and thought, of her wrongs -until the tears came, and then, after having a good cry, she went into -the conservatory and began picking flowers for the church decoration in -which site was to take part. There was to be a concert and recitations -and such entertainments, and the funds were to go to help the needy ones -in the parish. For there were many who needed, many men were out of work, -and their families were destitute indeed. Mabel was always ready for work -of this kind, it relieved the tedium of the days when Harry was at the -store, and then, be it known to you, although Mabel would have blushed -had she realized it herself, she liked the notices in the city personals -about the charming and philanthropic Mrs. Ray who took such a prominent -part in every good work. - -Her time was her own; there were no little ones for her to care for; her -household was managed by a competent housekeeper who looked well to the -domestic arrangements; so, altogether, Mrs. Ray rather needed something -to give her an idea of usefulness. She was selfish, I am sorry to say, -but when you think that she was an only child, reared in luxury, with -everything she desired procured for her, it is no wonder that she learned -to think that what she wanted was the first thing to be considered. - -Harry Ray really loved his wife, but he was bearing a heavy burden of -financial care, and then, besides, he did not possess the means that -Mabel’s father had. He would do anything, sacrifice anything for her, but -she seemed thoughtless about his sacrifices, and did not realize that -perhaps she too had a duty to perform. - -She came home from decorating the church that afternoon in better -spirits, but was almost vexed when Harry assured her it would be -impossible for him to attend the Charity function with her that evening. -“Wrap yourself up well, Mabel,” Harry said thoughtfully, “and let the -coachman await you.” He looked almost wistfully at her bright young -beauty and longed for a word of sympathy and help from her, but none -came. He looked worn and worried, and a thoughtful wife would have -noticed this long before, but Mabel had not been taught to notice others -in that way. - -So Harry went to his work in his office, and Mabel, dressed richly, went -to the Charity function, where she expected to sing. The evening passed -pleasantly to Mabel, for she loved a brilliant scene and the compliments -she always received. - -The next day she was one of a committee to dispense the various gifts -among the poor. She rose early for her, and with several others she -visited such haunts of misery as she had never dreamed of. Poverty had -always been a rather pleasant thing in her mind where people were always -holding some sort of meetings to relieve it, and where kind hearted women -were taking chicken broth or cups of jelly to others who lay in bed; she -never really thought that perhaps it would be pleasanter to make one’s -own chicken broth or furnish one’s own jelly, or that perhaps the one -who lay in bed might do something besides just simply lie there; she did -not realize the tragedy of many of those lives where poverty binds and -sickness holds with chains invincible beyond all human aiding. - -There was more wretchedness depicted in the squalid homes she visited -than she had ever dreamed of, there was not only poverty but there was -dirt, and there was suffering, and she began to wonder if there were -not other things needed by the poor besides chicken broth and jelly; -she thought soap would not be misplaced, and that clothes would find -lodgement, she was sure flowers would be welcomed by some, and she went -home with her heart really aroused from its selfish stupor. Harry did -not come home to tea, and it was so late before he did come that being -very wearied she retired, and soon fell asleep. But here, even, she was -not free, she seemed to be in the midst of a white-robed throng who went -about ministering to the needs of others, and when she spoke to them -they only said “Even Christ pleased not Himself,” and winged their way -on their errands of mercy, and then she seemed transported to the sunny -fields where flowers bloomed and birds sang their sweetest carols; there -were certain ones gathering the flowers and when she spoke to them they -said “Even Christ pleased not Himself.” - -And then she was transported to the city and into the haunts of misery -and she saw a wan-faced woman going into a poor hovel with a blossom in -her hand that she had picked from where it had fallen from some fair -lady’s bouquet. She placed it carefully in a pitcher with a broken spout -and turned the fairest side of the flower toward a sick one lying upon a -pallet of straw, and when she looked a halo seemed to surround the flower -and a voice said “Even Christ pleased not Himself.” And suddenly she -seemed to be in her husband’s office, and there sat Harry, his face was -haggard, and there were tense lines about his mouth, and he seemed trying -in vain to make the accounts tally in the ledger before him, and ruin and -disaster embodied seemed looking in upon him as he worked, and finally he -laid down his pen, saying “I can do no more—if it were not for Mabel.” - -Then she was in her own beautiful home and everything seemed going on -strangely; the flowers in the conservatory had withered and died because -they lived to please themselves, and so it seemed with everything in the -house; the housekeeper was keeping house to please herself, the cook was -not going to serve the dinner because it did not please her to do so, and -so it went, and she reached her room and there she found herself in ease -and luxury, taking no thought for others, and seeking only how she might -please herself; and then there seemed to be the roaring of a fire and she -saw the house and all therein consumed, but she saw the woman who had -carried the broken flower to the sick child coming to help her, and then -Harry took her in his arms, and she knew that these were safe because -they had not lived to please themselves. - -After awhile she woke and hearing a step upon the stairs she slipped on -a warm dressing gown and went out softly to meet Harry. He was surprised -and there was that anxious look upon his face that she had seen in her -dream. She drew him into the parlor and seated him in an easy chair, -and then smoothed the wrinkles from his brow and begged him to tell her -of his troubles. So the husband and wife conferred together, and both -bearing the burden it grew lighter, and after a time it passed away. -Mabel seemed different thereafter, her dream was so realistic that her -very heart seemed changed, and upon its tablets were written in indelible -letters, “Even Christ pleased not Himself.” She did not care to figure -in charity functions where she would be praised of men, but she sought -out the needy and tried faithfully to aid them. Her aid was given so -unostentatiously, and with such humility and earnest sympathy, that the -poor soon learned to love her, and her flowers bloomed not in vain, for -they bloomed for the sick and sinning, for the poor and needy, and I trow -that in sowing good seeds upon earth she will reap a heavenly harvest -that will surprise her. For she has learned the sweetness of the words -“Even Christ pleased not Himself.” - - - - -CURIOUS ARCHITECTS. - - -There is no topic in natural history so interesting as the architecture -of birds; in the building of their nests they are exceedingly ingenious. -We may well learn a lesson from the patience, diligence and perseverance -which they display. Just as men are skilled in different mechanical -employments, so we find in the bird tribe miners, masons, carpenters, -weavers, basket-makers and tailors. - -[Illustration: HUMMING BIRD’S NEST.] - -The humming bird constructs its nest of the finest silky down, and of -cotton, or if these are not available, some other similar material. -The inside is lined in the most delicate manner with soft substances; -the outside is covered with moss, usually the color of the bough or -twig to which the nest is attached, thus giving it the appearance of an -excrescence. The delicacy and ingenuity of workmanship and skill could -hardly be excelled by human art. - -The humming bird is the “fairy of the feathered race”—the smallest and -most beautiful—and they are found almost all over this continent. Most of -them, however, dwell in the far South, where flowers are ever in bloom, -and summer reigns all the year round. One species alone visits our chill -Northern States—the humming bird with the ruby throat. It comes to us in -July and is very shy; its stay is very short, for toward the first of -September it departs to a warmer climate. - -[Illustration: WOODPECKER DRILLING A HOLE FOR A NEST.] - -It is only in tropical countries that the several species of humming bird -are seen in their abundance and variety. The islands between Florida and -the main land of South America literally swarm with them. In the wild and -uncultivated parts they inhabit the magnificent forests overhung with -rare plants, whose blossoms vie in beauty with the jewel-like brilliancy -of these animate gems of the air. In the cultivated portions of the -country they abound in the gardens and seem to delight in society. - -Lovely and full of nervous energy, these winged gems are constantly -in the air, darting from one object to another, and displaying their -gorgeous colors in the sunlight. When on a long journey, as during -migration, they pass through the air in long undulations, raising -themselves to a considerable height and then falling so as to form a -curve. When feeding on a flower they keep themselves poised in one -position as steadily as if suspended on a bough—making a humming sound -with the rapid motion of their wings. - -In disposition these little creatures are bold and pugnacious. In -defending their nests they will attack birds five times their size and -drive them off. When angry, their motions are very violent and their -flight as swift as an arrow. Often the eye is incapable of following -them, and their shrill, piercing note alone announces their presence. - -Among the most dazzling of this brilliant tribe is the bar-tailed humming -bird of Brazil. The tail is forked at the base, and consists of five -feathers, graduated one above another, at almost equal distances. Their -color is of the richest flame; the upper part of the body is golden -green, and the under part emerald. - -There are more than a hundred kinds of these birds, and all are noted for -their surpassing beauty. What a beautiful conception in the author of -nature were these exquisite little creatures! It is as if the flowers had -taken wings, and life, and intelligence, to share in the sports of animal -life. - -[Illustration: NESTS OF THE BOTTLE BIRD.] - -The nest of the golden-crested wren, a most beautiful bird found in -England and other parts of Europe, is a fine example of weaving. It is -made of moss and lichen, and lined with feathers; it has a very small -entrance at the top and the interior of the nest is also small, bearing -no proportion to the size of the structure. The weaving of this nest is -a work of great labor and assiduity, and compared with the bulk of the -bird, it is of large dimensions. - -[Illustration: NESTS OF SOCIAL WEAVERS.] - -The nest is suspended from the under surface of a fir branch, thickly -clothed with foliage, by which it is almost entirely concealed and partly -protected from the rain. Thus, beneath a natural canopy, this little bird -rears her brood, whose cradle swings to and fro with every breeze. The -eggs are from seven to ten in number, and of a pale brown color. - -A naturalist who watched a nest containing eight small birds with a -powerful opera glass, observed that the parent birds came to the nest -with food every two minutes, or upon an average thirty-six times in an -hour; and this continued full sixteen hours a day, which, if equally -divided between the brood, each would receive seventy-two feeds, the -whole amounting to five hundred and seventy-six! - -[Illustration: NESTS OF THE SAND MARTIN.] - -The woodpeckers are carpenters; they not only bore holes in trees in -search of food, but they also chisel out deep holes in which to deposit -their eggs and rear their young. They generally build their nest in May, -selecting an old apple tree in the orchard; the boring is first done by -the male, who pecks out a circular hole; as the work progresses, he is -occasionally relieved by the female. They both work with great diligence, -and as the hole deepens they carry out the chips, sometimes taking -them some distance to prevent discovery or suspicion. The nest usually -requires a week to build, and when the female is quite satisfied she -deposits her eggs, generally six in number and of a pure white color. - -A bird called the grosbeak builds a nest shaped like an inverted bottle -with a long neck, through which it passes up to a snug little chamber -above. The nest is skillfully constructed of soft vegetable substances, -sewed together in a wonderful manner, and suspended from a twig of a bush. - -The social weaver is found in the south of Africa. Hundreds of these -birds, in one community, join to form a structure of interwoven grass -containing various apartments, all covered by a sloping roof impenetrable -to the heaviest rain, and increased year after year as the population of -the little community may require. - -A traveler, returned from a journey through South Africa, writes: “A -tree with an enormous nest of these birds was quite near where our party -camped for the night. I dispatched a few men with a wagon to bring it to -the camp that I might open the hive and examine the nest in its minutest -parts. When it arrived I cut it to pieces with a hatchet, and saw that -the chief portion of the structure consisted of grass, without any -mixture, but so compact and firmly woven together as to be impenetrable -to the rain. This is a canopy under which each bird builds its particular -nest; the canopy projects a little, which serves to let the water run off -when it rains. The nest contained three hundred and twenty nests, and it -was calculated that the number of birds would exceed six hundred in this -one nest alone.” - -The bottle-nested sparrow is a basket maker; it is found in India and -is a very intelligent bird. It resembles our native sparrow in some -particulars, but its color is brown and yellow. It associates in large -communities and builds its nests on palm trees. It is formed in a very -ingenious way, by long grasses woven together into the shape of a bottle, -and it is then suspended at the extremity of a branch, in order to secure -the eggs and young birds from numerous enemies, such as serpents, monkeys -and other animals which infest that part of the world. - -These nests excel in the neatness and delicacy of their workmanship. -They contain several apartments intended for different purposes; in one -the female deposits her eggs; in another is stored the food which the -male gathers for his mate during her maternal duties, and a third is the -sleeping apartment for the male bird. - -The sand martin is a most curious member of the swallow tribe. It appears -in the spring a week or two before the common swallow, and it is fond of -skimming swiftly over the surface of the water. This bird makes a hole -in a sand bank, sometimes two feet deep, at the extremity of which it -constructs a loose nest of fine grass and feathers, in which it rears its -young brood. The beak of the sand martin is like a sharp little awl, very -hard, and tapering, suddenly to a point. - -The tailor bird is not the least interesting of the bird family; it has a -curious bill which it uses like a needle, and it forms its nest by sewing -the materials together instead of weaving. - -[Illustration: NEST OF TAILOR BIRD.] - -“The tailor bird,” says Darwin, “will not build its nest to the extremity -of a tender twig, but makes one more advance to safety by fixing it to -the leaf itself. It picks up a dead leaf and sews it to the side of a -living one, its slender bill serving as a needle, and its thread some -fine fibers; the lining consists of feathers, gossamer and down; its eggs -are white; the color of the bird light yellow; its length three inches; -its weight three-sixteenths of an ounce; so that the materials of the -nest and the weight of the bird are not likely to draw down a habitation -so slightly suspended.” - -The different methods of nest building evidently result from the -peculiarities of the birds themselves combined with their surroundings. -Will these styles of architecture be changed or further developed? - - HENRY COYLE. - - - - -VICK’S FLOWERS. - - - What radiance do I see? - What color-wave outflows, - Making the wilderness rejoice - And blossom like the rose? - - From sea to sea it pours, - From east to western strands, - Softening the stern Atlantic shores, - Brightening Pacific sands. - - The South-land grows more sweet; - By broad blue Northern lakes, - Fair as auroral flushes fleet - The fragrant flower-tide breaks. - - Our fertile vales make room - For this benignant grace; - The prairie’s wealth of native bloom - Gladly to this gives place. - - O, lovely enterprise, - Refining where it goes, - Making the wilderness rejoice - And blossom as the rose! - - —VIRGINIA WESTWOOD. - - * * * * * - -“Only the Scars Remain,” - -[Illustration] - -Says HENRY HUDSON, of the James Smith Woolen Machinery Co., Philadelphia, -Pa., who certifies as follows: - -“Among the many testimonials which I see in regard to certain medicines -performing cures, cleansing the blood, etc., none impress me more than -=my own case=. Twenty years ago, at the age of 18 years, I had swellings -come on my legs, which broke and became =running sores=. Our family -physician could do me no good, and it was feared that the bones would be -affected. At last, my good old - -Mother urged me - -to try =Ayer’s= Sarsaparilla. I took three bottles, the sores healed, and -I have not been troubled since. =Only the Scars remain, and the memory -of the past, to remind me of the good Ayer’s Sarsaparilla has done me.= -I now weigh two hundred and twenty pounds, and am in the best of health. -I have been on the road for the past twelve years, have noticed =Ayer’s= -Sarsaparilla advertised in all parts of the United States, and always -take pleasure in telling what good it did for me.” - -Ayer’s Sarsaparilla - -Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. - -Cures others, will cure you. - - - - -LINES TO A SKUNK CABBAGE. - - - Oh, life grotesque! How, whence did spring - The thought that gave thee blossoming? - How comes thy strange offensive bloom - Near knolls that give sweet violets room? - Sweet violets, which fill the air - With perfumed incense of a prayer - That, floating to the world above - Calls blessings from the soul of Love. - But thou, mephitic bloom! thou hast - A thought in thee of ages past, - When songs of love were all unknown, - Ere earth had into beauty grown, - Ere rippling brook and soughing pine - Had turned her prose hills into rhyme; - When all was dark, and cold, and bare, - Thou hadst, perhaps, a mission there; - And that is why, ’neath spring-time snows - Thy curious spathe so early grows. - Hast thou no mission now, strange flower, - Happier to make spring’s early hour? - Hark! from thy close-wrapped heart doth come - The working bee’s glad, soundful hum, - Where loads of pollen he doth find - His waxen honey cells to bind. - So, thou hast place in fields of use, - And vain are now words of abuse— - Giving the best thy heart doth hold - To help the workers of the world. - And giving thus, with patient grace, - Doth baser qualities efface, - And in a better, higher sphere - Thine inner beauty doth appear, - And thy developed soul shall be - Violet-sweet eternally. - - —BETH MAX. - -These lines were suggested by a spathe of the skunk cabbage sent me by -my brother, W. S. Ripley, of Wakefield, Mass., who mentioned in his -letter to me when the specimen was sent that he stopped “to watch the -bees go in at the aperture on one side of the spathe, and listened to -their loud humming inside, as they laid on their load of pollen.” In -Thoreau’s “Early Spring in Massachusetts,” page 172, in writing of this -plant he says: “All along under that bank I heard the hum of honey bees -in the air, attracted by this flower. Especially the hum of one within a -spathe sounds deep and loud.” - - - - -THE NEW FRENCH CANNAS. - - -I do not know of any class of plants that have attracted so much -attention or have been so much admired during the past season as the new -large flowering French cannas. And for effectiveness on lawns in large -beds or masses, or as single specimens in the mixed border, nothing can -be more tropical and impressive. They are really plants for everybody as -they are entirely free from insect pests, and require but little care -and attention to grow them to perfection. They succeed well in all kinds -of weather, wet or dry, and are not injured in the least by the severe -storms of wind and rain that we so often experience during the summer -season. - -They bloom without intermission from June until they are destroyed by -frost; the spikes of large flowers somewhat resemble gladiolus but are -really more effective and showy as their brilliant colors show so grandly -against their tropical foliage. Most, if not all, of the varieties grow -on an average about three feet in height, and the flowers range in color -from deep crimson to pure yellow, including all the intermediate shades, -many being so beautifully marked that they are frequently compared to -orchid flowers. - -To grow these cannas to perfection as well as to enable them to properly -develop themselves, they should be given a very deep heavily enriched -soil, and as soon as hot, dry weather sets in mulched to the depth of -at least two inches with good stable manure, and if the opportunity -offers, water copiously during seasons of drought. With this treatment a -single tuber will make a clump three or four feet in diameter in a single -season; this will give one some idea of the immense amount of foliage and -flowers a single specimen will produce. - -The plants should not be planted outside until the weather becomes warm -and settled, which in this vicinity is about the tenth of May, and as -soon as the foliage has been destroyed by the frost it should be cut off, -and the tubers dug and stored underneath the greenhouse stage, or in some -other situation, where a temperature of 55° is maintained, until the time -arrives for planting them outside again. - -Or the plants can be lifted on the approach of cold weather, divided, -potted up, and grown on for decorative purposes in either the greenhouse -or window garden. This is a very safe way to winter over the large -flowering cannas or any other variety of which one’s stock is limited. - -When grown as pot plants for winter decoration the cannas should be given -a compost consisting of two-thirds turfy loam, one-third well decayed -manure and a good sprinkling of bone dust, mix well and use the compost -rough. The plants should be given as light and sunny a situation as -possible and a temperature of 55° to 60°. They should also be freely -watered both overhead and at the roots, and as soon as the pots become -well filled with roots a little liquid ammonia can be given occasionally -or else they must be shifted into larger pots. - -Propagation is effected by a careful division of the clumps, and where -the plants are to be kept in a state of rest the operation should be -performed when they are being planted out in May. In dividing leave two -or three eyes or shoots to each plant. - -Of the many varieties now listed in catalogues the following are the most -desirable and distinct: - -Alphonse Bouvier is the grandest deep red variety known, both truss and -flowers being very large, and the plant makes a most luxuriant growth of -deep red foliage. In color the flowers are of a rich velvety red. - -Capt. P. de Suzzini has handsome light green foliage and is the most -beautiful of all the spotted varieties. Its flowers are of a rich shade -of canary yellow beautifully spotted and dashed with red. - -Francois Crozy has bright green foliage and very large flowers which are -of a bright orange bordered with a narrow edge of gold—a very rare and -desirable color in cannas. - -Madame Crozy grows about three and a half feet in height and has broad -bright green foliage. The flowers, which are produced in massive spikes, -are of a bright crimson scarlet beautifully bordered with gold. The plant -commences to bloom when about one foot in height. - -Nellie Bowden, in all respects this is identical with Madame Crozy except -in the color of its flowers which are of a rich golden yellow. One of the -most distinct and beautiful of cannas. - -Paul Marquant has dark green foliage and very large handsome flowers of a -bright salmon scarlet. A very showy variety. - -Star of 1891 is so well and favorably known as to require no description. -It is the best of all for pot culture, as it is of dwarf growth and very -free-flowering. The flowers are of a bright orange scarlet occasionally -edged with yellow. - -_Floral Park, N. Y._ - - CHAS. E. PARNELL. - - - - -THE DIFFERENCE. - - -It makes all the difference between nice thrifty plants or scraggly -looking ones whether we read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest a floral -magazine. In walking on the street, the appearance of the windows or -front yards tells you whether the postman leaves a floral weekly or -monthly. Six weeks ago I saw a row of empty pots right in the sun, and -often an old man was poking up the soil with his penknife to see if his -bulbs had started. You see he didn’t read up about hyacinths, but potted -them and put them right in the sun. I can imagine his saying to his wife, -“It’s money thrown away to buy bulbs; they probably are too old to grow -and I’ve been cheated.” So the poor seedsman gets the blame, and not his -own ignorance. Here is a window with leggy looking geraniums in it, just -a few leaves on top of the long stems. Now a little reading in a floral -magazine would have shown her, after blooming all summer, the place for -them is the cellar. Ah! here is a window that shows intelligence. The -hyacinths and jonquils are showing their buds, moved to the window from -the dark corners where they have been for weeks forming vigorous roots. -Here are primroses in bloom, and oxalis, and a scarlet nasturtium makes -the room bright on a cloudy day, and in a corner I can see the Palm -Latania. She takes the magazines and knows what are good winter plants -for amateurs. - -In summer one can pick out the magazine lawns and gardens. Here is one -where the man has two shapely maple trees in front, and has pruned his -“Jac” rose so that it is loaded with blossoms, and in a circular bed he -has put a caladium in the center, and this shows off the gladiolus in -every shade around it. But the next front yard is enough to set one’s -teeth on edge. Actually, here is a large square bed with a tall candidum -lily in each corner and, inside, petunias, zinnias, asters and marigolds -in one blaze of color. The whole effect is like a crazy quilt thrown -over an old fashioned four-posted bedstead. One sees the roses eaten of -worms and bugs, or planted by the sunflowers and looking ashamed at their -surroundings; whereas the magazines tell us again and again that roses -need to be watched continually and sprayed to keep off the insects, and -to plant by themselves. Now for the moral. Let us all show, and lend our -florals, and urge the people to subscribe. - - ANNA LYMAN. - - * * * * * - -“WORTH A GUINEA A BOX.” - -BEECHAM’S PILLS CURE SICK HEADACHE, DISORDERED LIVER, etc. - -They Act Like Magic on the Vital Organs, Regulating the Secretions, -restoring long lost Complexion, bringing back the Keen Edge of Appetite, -and arousing with the =ROSEBUD OF HEALTH= the whole physical energy of -the human frame. These Facts are admitted by thousands, in all classes -of Society. Largest Sale in the World. - -Covered with a Tasteless & Soluble Coating. - -Of all druggists. Price =25= cents a Box. New York Depot, 365 Canal St. - - - - -A COTTAGE LOT. - - -When a tradesman can indulge in a suburban home or a summer cottage -it will often happen that he will desire to keep a family horse. If -he doesn’t want a horse he will often want a cow or chickens. In the -accompanying sketch A is a site provided for one or other of these -animals, and it is designedly given a prominent position that its -architecture may receive treatment in consonance with that of the -residence, that it may be in unison with the surroundings, and that it -may supplant the useless and ugly pavilions frequently seen. - -The approach to the house is direct and convenient for all points, unless -the architect is perverse enough to put the coal cellar on the opposite -side. - -The boundary hedge is of Norway spruce with room enough to grow and room -enough to get between it and the fence to clip it. I saw a hedge on paper -recently—between two groups of shrubbery—which was not allowed room to -stand on end. - -There is a small vegetable garden, 13, with a border around it for -blackberries, currants, raspberries, strawberries and such like, and at -the end, 14, either a few fruit trees or flowering shrubs. The porches, -both back and front, are but a single step above the roadway. The rooms -may or may not be another step above them, depending somewhat upon the -character of the subsoil, etc. I have not arranged any special drying -ground, for cedar poles may be set up in the center of any of the round -beds, 1 to 8, and clothed with Japanese ivy, Euonymus radicans, climbing -hydrangeas and so on, and have wires between them. - -Now these beds may be further filled with either bedding plants or select -herbaceous plants. I will assume that it is a summer cottage, and I would -then plant the ground as follows, which would result in a very different -how d’ye do from that usually seen in such places: 1, Begonia Evansiana; -2, Funkia grandiflora; 3, Echinacea purpurea; 4, Aconitum Napellus -variegata; 5, Lobelia cardinalis; 6, Sedum Sieboldii; 7, Veronica -longifolia subsessilis; 8, six distinct varieties of Phlox paniculata. -These beds may be varied greatly, but nothing of unreliable character -should ever be planted in them. Number 1, for instance, might have a tub -of nelumbium in place of the begonia, not that it is greatly better, but -for variety and fancy. - -Numbers 9, 9, 9, are shrubbery groups composed of the following -summer-flowering material, disposed in such manner that all sides may -be seen, and mowed around, and giving the longest possible margins -for the space occupied. There are but few trees to bloom after July, -they are chiefly Rhus semialata Osbeckii and R. glabra; Dimorphanthus -Mandschuricus; Koelreuteria paniculata and Clerodendron trichotomum. None -of them are large. Of shrubs there are a number, and it is strange that -they are so seldom used effectively. Garden shrubbery looks more devoid -of color in August here than English shrubbery in midwinter. This should -not be with a list such as the following to draw from and utilize. Just -fancy what we have—and the great artists we have—and tell me if it should -be. - -There are the altheas, lots of them; Buddleia Lindleyana; Calluna -vulgaris; Clethras in variety; Callicarpa purpurea; _x_ Clematis in -variety; Clerodendron viscosum; Desmodiums; Dabœcia polifolia; Daphne -cneorum; Erica vagans; Euonymus Sieboldianus; Hydrangea Hortensia -varieties; Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora; Hypericum in varieties; -Hibiscus roseus, etc.; Indigofera Dosua; Kerria Japonica; Lespedeza -bicolor; Leycesteria formosa; Lagerstrœmia Indica; _x_ Lonicera Halleana; -_x_ Periploca græca; Polygonum cuspidatum; Potentilla fruticosa; Rubus -odoratus; Rhodotypus Kerrioides; Rhus copallina; Rosa rugosa; R. -Wichuriana, and several hybrids; Spiræa salicifolia, S. tomentosa, S. -Douglassii, and S. Bumalda if it is pruned after flowering in spring; -Tamarix Chinensis; _x_ Tecoma radicans; _x_ Tecoma grandiflora; Vitex -agnus-castus; Vitex Negundo incisa, and a large number of sub-frutescent -plants of large size, which may be substituted for such of the shrubs as -are tender north of Philadelphia. Numbers 10 and 11 are prepared borders -which may well be planted with Hydrangeas Hortensia, Thomas Hogg, etc., -and interspersed with the pink and white varieties of Lilium speciosum. -Numbers 12, 12 are plants of Sciadopitys verticillata. - -[Illustration: PLAN OF GROUNDS.] - -Climbers are marked x. South of Philadelphia Bignonia capreolata, -Magnolia grandiflora and evergreen roses may be grown on walls. - -_Trenton, N. J._ - - JAMES MACPHERSON. - - - - -ROSE LEAVES. - - -My rose bushes are almost as much admired for their beautiful foliage as -for their lovely roses. “I never saw such handsome leaves, why they look -exactly like wax.” This is an exclamation I am growing quite accustomed -to hear from friends, and it is really true; but I think any one who -grows roses as house plants may have just as handsome foliage if the -proper care is taken of the plants. Once or twice every week (just as -is most convenient) I wash every leaf with clean, weak soapsuds, under -side as well as upper side. With the small-leaved Polyanthas it is too -tiresome to wash each leaflet individually, but the foliage can be -sprayed well, and then very carefully and gently a branch of leaves may -be wiped at once, and in this manner one can go over quite a number of -plants in half an hour. The leaves may be left without wiping, of course, -but the foliage is apt to be marred unless it is done, as the soapsuds -dries on the leaves in white, unsightly spots. Roses treated in this way -will very rarely be troubled with pests of any kind, and such rich waxen -green foliage as they will possess is more beautiful than many flowers. - -It is something quite remarkable here, where the thermometer falls to -40° and 50° below zero, to see roses blooming outside of a conservatory, -But mine have been doing beautifully in the bay window all winter, and -small as the plants are they have flowered wonderfully well. At night -the plants are moved away from the window to a place where they are -secure from frost Queen’s Scarlet seems to make a special effort to -surpass itself each time some other rose comes into bloom, and every -rose it produces is, I think, more beautiful than its predecessor. It is -in every way one of the loveliest of roses, and although lacking in the -rich fragrance of many others, it yet possesses a delicate sweetness of -its own. The first time that American Beauty bloomed for me it bore two -exquisite roses, and the little bush was barely eight inches high, one -of the shoots which produced a flower being only four inches out of the -soil, and the rich, exquisite sweetness of these large, deep pink roses -is surely unsurpassed by any other. - -Sometimes when the buds seem very slow about unfolding I take a cup -of lukewarm water and gently bending each bud give it a few minutes -immersion. This certainly hastens their development and in no way injures -them. If I could only have one rose Queen’s Scarlet would be my choice; -if I could have others American Beauty would certainly be the next one. - - MRS. S. H. SNIDER. - - * * * * * - -CARE OF SEEDS.—The smaller the seeds the less covering required. Fine -seeds may be scattered on the moist soil, or at most have a sprinkling of -sand over them. - - * * * * * - -PAYSON’S INDELIBLE INK - -[Illustration] - -Has a Record of Half a Century. - -☞ For Marking Personal and Family Linen. - -☞ For Marking Clothing of any Fabric. - -It has been in constant and regular use in - - U. S. Gov’t Hospital, Washington, D. C., 50 years. - U. S. Hotel, Boston, 40 years. - Miss. State Lunatic Hospital, Jackson, Miss., 33 years. - Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, 31 years. - -Received HIGHEST AWARD at WORLD’S FAIR, 1893. - -Sample bottle mailed on receipt of 25 cts. if you cannot obtain it at -druggists or stationers. - -A. L. WILLISTON, Northampton, Mass. - - - - -Letter Box. - -In this department we shall be pleased to answer any questions relating -to Flowers, Vegetables and Plants, or to publish the experiences of our -readers. JAMES VICK. - - -Lady Washington and Other Plants. - - I see by your September Magazine that you want the experience - of anyone that has had good success with Lady Washington - geraniums. I had good success with mine. I used as a fertilizer - ground oil cake worked into the soil. It was a year-old plant - and had five bunches of bloom with five pansy-like flowers in - each bloom. They only bloom once a year. I also used the oil - cake on an ivy-leaved geranium and its growth was beyond my - expectations, for in a year’s time it was eighteen feet long. - All plants I have used it on have done exceedingly well. - - MRS. N. G. - - _Lane, Kansas._ - - -Roses in Kansas. - - I would like to know what manure that the farm can furnish to - use for the bed of Monthly roses, also, must they be pruned or - cut back the first year, and what treatment must I give them - in the winter here in Kansas? Must I cut off all branches and - cover the roots or wrap the branches? - - MRS. M. - -Dig into the bed every spring a heavy dressing of well rotted stable -manure. Protect the plants in winter with a covering of leaves or -branches of evergreens, prune in spring and when needed at other times, -so as to get a good growth of new wood. - - -Ixia—Spider Lily. - - Will you please tell me through your Magazine how to pronounce - ixias. - - Also, how to treat the spider lily. - - A. E. M. - - _Casstown, Ohio._ - -The division of the word as here given, ix-i-a, sufficiently indicates -its pronunciation. - -The spider lilies, or Pancratiums, are plants growing naturally in -marshes or low moist grounds and require plenty of water in their growing -and blooming stage—afterwards give less water favoring a season of -comparative rest, but do not allow to go wholly dry. - - -Plants About a Fish Pond. - - I have a nice fish pond that till recently has been outside of - my yard, but finding that the cattle would spoil the banks I - am now taking it into my yard enclosure and wish to make it an - ornament, which it really is. What kinds of plants are suitable - to plant in the water and around it that would make it showy? I - have now the Egyptian lotus growing in it. - - W. C. L. - - _Pennsville, Pa._ - -One great point in making the planting should be to secure plants which -are hardy, and another to select those appropriate to the situation. -Both of these ends can be secured by using the water and bog plants -which flourish in that locality. These might be named, but that would -not assist in securing them. The practical way is to look up a number of -ponds and streams and visit them every month during spring and summer, -and see how many interesting plants may be found. Mark their positions, -and in autumn visit the places again and remove such as are wanted and -plant them in similar situations about the pond. Willows of different -kinds and black ash and poplars and alder trees can furnish shade, and -several kinds of shrubs can be used to ornament the banks. - - -Osage Orange Hedge. - - Please send instructions for raising Osage orange hedge. - - B. B. R. - - _Spangle, Wash._ - -The Osage orange is a native of Texas, and consequently needs warm -weather to make its growth. The seed should be planted at the time -of corn planting in northern localities. A month previous to sowing -place the seed in a dish of water and let it remain covered with water -until ready to sow. If kept in water the length of time stated it will -germinate in ten or fifteen days after planting. If kept dry and planted -in that condition it will start only after six or eight weeks, and very -unevenly. When planting time arrives drain off the water and mix the seed -with dry sand and sow it thinly in drills in good soil. When the plants -are up hoe them and keep them clean or work them with a cultivator, if -on a sufficiently large scale. The first season’s growth should make -them large enough to set in a hedge. They can remain standing in the -seed-bed until spring and then be lifted early to be planted. Cut back -the tops and the roots so that each shall be about five inches in length. -The ground where the hedge is to stand should be well prepared by deep -plowing, and dragging fine and smooth. If plowed up the year before and -cultivated with some cleaning crop such as potatoes or carrots it will -be all the better fitted. Having stretched a line for the course of the -hedge the plants can be dibbled in along it, at a distance of six inches -apart, or they can be set in with a spade; another way is to open a -trench about six inches deep along the line and set the plants in it, -one person placing the plants while another fills in a spadeful of soil -against each one; then the soil is firmed with the foot against each -plant and afterwards the trench filled. The after culture for the first -year is to hoe and keep the ground clean. The spring of the following -year before growth starts cut the plants down to within six inches of the -old stock. The following year do the same; an annual rise of six inches -is sufficient. At the second year’s pruning and afterwards cut the side -shoots so that those at the base shall be longest, giving the hedge a -broad base narrowing to a line at the top. - - -Vase in Cemetery. - - I have a large reservoir vase twenty-five inches in diameter - for the cemetery. Last summer I had it arranged by one of our - home florists and it did not do nicely at all and was not in - the least satisfactory. Will you please advise me what plants - to use in it this summer? I thought I would put around the edge - to droop, ivy geraniums, double petunias and nasturtiums and - anything else you may suggest. I have a pink ivy geranium and - would like a white one, and thought I would like the petunias - of some different colors, perhaps one variegated and some - other. The nasturtiums I shall raise from seed, and I suppose - I might use a little sweet alyssum and lobelia. What would you - recommend for the center plants? Of course I know it is too - early to start it yet, but I want it all settled so that I can - get it ready as early as possible. - - K. A. R. - - _Waverly, N. Y._ - -A vase of plants is not adapted to a cemetery unless there is a gardener -in charge of the grounds and who will give the necessary daily care. -A garden vase of growing plants needs daily attention in watering -and through the hottest weather should be supplied twice a day. It -is rare that a cemetery has a gardener in attendance. We, therefore, -would discourage the use of vases in cemeteries for they are anything -but ornamental unless they have constant care. It is far better to -set directly in the ground whatever flowering or ornamental plants -one chooses to have. There they will thrive with less attention than -elsewhere. Of course if they can have the needed care the vases can be -filled with such plants as are usually employed for this purpose, and, -no doubt, the vase which our inquirer complains of was well filled. It -was unsatisfactory, and probably would be so again another season. The -best place for the vase is on the lawn near the dwelling. But if it is to -be used in the cemetery then we should try to make the best of it, and -select such plants as will do fairly well with the occasional attendance -they will get, together with the rain which falls upon them from the -clouds. - -Such a selection of plants is difficult to make. For a center plant -perhaps a small sized American aloe would be as appropriate and appear -as well as any that might be tried. Possibly a small India rubber plant -might be another good one. For filling in the list is a restricted one. -The portulaca would be reliable; the ageratum and the petunia would do -fairly well, and the Thunbergia and oxalis might be expected to hold -their own. The othonna would no doubt do well set around the edge. -Perhaps the green and the variegated vinca would suffer meekly, if it -was demanded of them, and try to show how brave they are. We fear the -nasturtium and geraniums and alyssum and lobelia would scarcely hold -their own. In some seasons which we have known in this region, when -showers have been frequent all through the summer, a vase of such plants -as are ordinarily used would do well, but such seasons are rare. Usually -the plants will suffer for lack of water. - - * * * * * - -[Illustration] - -The Best Food For Children? - -is worthy every parent’s study; not only what they can eat, but what -gives the most nourishment. No children are better, and most are worse, -for eating lard-cooked food. If, however, their food is prepared with the -healthful new vegetable shortening, - -COTTOLENE - -instead of lard, they can eat freely of the best food without danger -to the digestive organs. You can easily verify this by a fair trial of -Cottolene. - -Sold in 3 and 5 lb. pails by all grocers. - -Made only by The N. K. Fairbank Company, - -Chicago, Boston, New York, St. Louis, Montreal, Philadelphia, San -Francisco. - - -Carnations in the House. - - Every year I get a number of carnation plants and I take the - best of care of them, as good as I know how. At first they look - well, but in a short time they begin to turn yellow at the top - and the yellow keeps going down until it gets to the bottom - and they are dead. Other plants do well with me. What is the - trouble? - - MRS. F. P. W. - - _Highlandlake, Colo._ - -Carnations want a cool, moist air, and cannot adapt themselves to the -high temperature and dry air of living rooms heated by coal in stoves -or furnaces. To raise the plants one should have a conservatory off the -living room, or at least an inclosed bay window. - - -Madeira Vine. - - Will you kindly inform me through your “Letter Box” how to - treat a Madeira vine so it will produce blossoms? I have a vine - four years old, has never done very well until this winter, but - the foliage is beautiful and it seems strange that it does not - blossom. I have got it in a tin wash basin hung with strings - in the window, the sun shines on it from early in the morning - until three o’clock in the afternoon. It is trained out each - side of basin with strings and measures three feet across, and - hangs about one foot from the glass. I have trained it back and - forth from the basin to the curtain and it has locked itself - through the lace of the curtain. I want to know what I shall do - with it in the spring. I shall have to take down the curtain, - and will it injure the vine to cut it? I have been told that I - ought to clip this winter’s growth in the spring. I should like - to know why it does not blossom. Please let me know and confer - a favor. - - A CONSTANT READER. - - _Baldwinsville, N. Y._ - -The Madeira vine is so easily raised it is not necessary to be -particularly careful of a plant which has already fulfilled its mission. -The atmospheric and root conditions under house culture are not favorable -to the blooming of this plant. If the tubers are placed in a rich, warm -soil early in spring the plant will make a great growth and bloom in -autumn. When the particular plant in question is to be moved, in the -spring, a portion of its top growth can be cut away and then the whole -plant slipped out of the pan into the open ground outside. - - * * * * * - -A FARM OF FOWLS. - -In the whole West there’s not to be found another such collection of -fancy poultry as that of C. C. Shoemaker, Freeport, Ill. He invites -correspondence or a visit. It is said that Mr. Shoemaker’s business has -trebled itself every year since he began business. - - * * * * * - -How He Got the Best of Hard Times. - -Mrs. Jones wanted an Organ and as Mr. Jones was one of those good -husbands he wanted to please his wife, but in this case with the hard -times staring him in the face he did not see how he could spare the -money. Anyway he thought he would see what he could do with the dealers -and agents in his neighboring town, but after looking over their stock -he found the cheapest Organ he could get would cost him $65.00, and it -didn’t amount to much at that. - -This was more than Mr. Jones could afford and he told his wife so. -Although a great disappointment to them both, they decided they would -have to give up the idea. - -A few days after this, Mr. Jones in looking over Vick’s Magazine saw the -advertisement of the “Beethoven Piano and Organ Co.,” of Washington, N. -J., stating that they sold a first-class Organ for only $27.50, with -stool and book. He sent for their catalogue which they send free to all -who write. - -Mr. Jones now has the organ in his parlor, for which he paid $27.50, and -says it is even better than the agents offered him at $65.00. - -He beat the hard times by purchasing direct from the factory, thus saving -the profits of the dealers and agents. - -The Company offers the same good bargains on Pianos. - - -Mildew on Cucumber Vines. - - Is there anything that will kill mildew on cucumber vines in a - forcing house without injuring the vines? - - A. L. B. - -Try sulphide of potash. Dissolve one ounce in four gallons of water and -syringe the affected plants with it. It will probably destroy the mildew -and not injure the plants. - - -Moles. - - Can you tell me in your “Letter Box” how to get rid of moles? - We are very much annoyed by them and find a trap perfectly - worthless. - - M. H. C. - - _Fort Riley, Kans._ - -The trap is the best known means of destroying moles, but of course it -requires vigilance and patience and perseverance in its use, without -these the trap is ineffective. Those who have tried poisoned corn say -that it will effectually rid a place of moles. Soak the kernels in -arsenic water and place them in the runways. Perhaps some of our readers -may have some experience to state on this subject. - - -Pine Apple Air Plant. - -Several inquiries have been received about the treatment of this plant. -Those who are offering it in the trade advise that the roots be wrapped -in moss and that the plant be wired upon a piece of bark or wood, that -it be placed in the window, and frequently showered or sprayed. We have -had no experience with it. The plant is a native of a hot and humid -climate and it is somewhat doubtful that it will generally succeed in -window culture. Unless the window is a bay, and enclosed with glass on -the side of the room which it is off, and, moreover, well heated, it will -probably in most cases prove a failure. Its family relationship is with -the Spanish gray moss, and the pine apple. - - -Phyllocactus latifrons. - - Your answers to correspondents in the “Letter Box” are so - helpful that I am led to ask for hints as to the treatment of - the night-blooming phyllocactus. I have one that blossomed - three or four times, but only a single flower at a time. It - seems to spend its strength in sending out long, round stems - two or three feet in length. I cut off one of these a few weeks - ago and it soon started again at the same spot and is now - three feet long. Ought these stems to be cut, and is there any - special treatment which will secure blossoms? An answer in your - interesting Magazine will much oblige - - MRS. D. F. G. - - _Norwich, Conn._ - -It is not advisable to remove the shoots as mentioned, a large and well -branched plant is desirable, and in that condition it should be capable -of producing more flowers. Give a rich soil with a mixture of sand, and -water moderately. Let it have a position where it will have the sun a -portion of the day. - - -Mammoth Freesias. - - In reply to Mrs. J. F. S., in the January Magazine, concerning - mammoth freesias, I will say I have had them two years. I do - not find the bulb any larger than the ordinary variety but they - produce more flowers—I had from three to five clusters from - each bulb; they bloom about two weeks earlier and the flowers - are a little larger than the others. I like to grow them with - the others to have a succession of bloom. I have never failed - with freesias, and think Mrs. J. F. S. has made some mistake - in their treatment. Plant an inch deep in a rich soil, place - them in the dark until they have sprouted, then place next the - glass in a south or east window. Keep the pots in deep saucers - and fill the latter with _hot_ water every morning. One great - secret is to keep their feet warm. Many people do not give them - enough water, they require a great deal. If any remains in the - saucer from the day before throw it out and give fresh. If - water is poured on the soil it should always be warmer than the - air. In this way I have an abundance of large perfect flowers, - the clusters sometimes remaining perfect for three weeks. As - a last word, have good drainage and give plenty of heat and - water. I think your Magazine is invaluable. - - MRS. C. H. J. - - _Crestline, Ohio._ - - * * * * * - -THE SWINE AND THE FLOWER. - - I shrank to meet a mud-encrusted swine, - And then he seemed to grunt in accents rude, - “Huh! Be not proud, for in this fat of mine, - Behold the source of richness for your food!” - - I fled, and saw a field that seemed, at first, - One giant mass of roses pure and white, - With dewy buds ’mid dark green foliage nursed, - And, as I lingered o’er this lovely sight, - The summer breeze, that cooled that southern scene, - Whispered, “Behold the source of Cottolene!” - - —_M. E. Wilmer._ - - -Wormy Raspberries—Violets—Storing Cauliflower. - - Can you tell us how to prevent having wormy raspberries? For - the last two years ours have been worthless from being wormy. - - I want to have a bed of violets. Must I use roots or can I get - seeds? - - How can cauliflower be put away for the winter? We cut ours - from the stump, turned the leaves over the heads and packed - them closely together, but some of them have spoiled. - - MRS. R. P. F. - - _Beaver Dam, Wis._ - -We do not know what insect it is whose larva infests raspberries. If any -of our readers can supply the information we trust they will give it. - -Purchase the roots of violets, it is not practicable to raise them from -seeds. - -Cauliflower, like the strawberry, is good enough to be eaten when it is -ready. It does not improve by keeping. The heads may be kept in a cool -cellar for a considerable time if they are pulled up with some soil -adhering to the roots, and set in rows in the cellar with the roots -covered with soil. Tie the leaves together or turn them down over the -heads. - - * * * * * - -=THE BROADWAY CENTRAL HOTEL=, New York, which has undergone a thorough -rebuilding, is now open to the public. - -This is altogether the largest hotel property in New York, and, with the -present improvements, will have a valuation of nearly two millions of -dollars and accommodate over one thousand persons. - -Mr. Haynes, the new lessee, is making it a great popular house for -families and business men, at popular rates, for which the location is -admirably adapted. The new cable-cars on Broadway reach every fashionable -store, theater and attraction of the city, and transfer with all -cross-town lines, reaching every station, dock and ferry in town. - - * * * * * - -_Every reason why it should_ - -FIT - -[Illustration] - -For Dr. Warner’s Coraline Corsets are made in 25 styles—modelled to fit -every variety of form. - -Wear the one that fits - -YOU - - - - -[Illustration: Vick’s Illustrated Monthly Magazine. - -Devoted to the profitable culture of flowers and vegetables.] - -ROCHESTER, N. Y., MARCH, 1894. - -_Entered in the Post Office at Rochester as “second-class” matter._ - - -_=Vick’s Monthly Magazine= is published at the following rates, either -for old or new subscribers. These rates include postage:_ - -_One copy one year, in advance, Fifty Cents._ - -_One copy twenty-seven months (two and one-fourth years), full payment in -advance, One Dollar._ - -_A Club of Five or more copies, sent at one time, at 40 cents each, -without premiums. 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Write -copy plain and send by the first of the month for insertion in the next -month’s Magazine. - - - - -A YELLOW-FLOWERED CALLA. - - -A visit a short time since to the famous greenhouses of our townsman, -Wm. S. Kimball, where orchids mostly abound, favored us with a view of -the rare yellow-flowered calla, Richardia Elliottii. Although we had -carefully read the description of this plant we found it really more -beautiful than the image we had formed of it. The plant in appearance -is much like that of the common calla, Richardia Africana, except that -the leaves are spotted all over with white spots. The flower spathe is -of good size and form, and of a pure canary yellow color. It will prove -to be a grand companion to the common calla and is destined to be widely -cultivated. At present the plants are very scarce and expensive and it -will be some time before they can be very freely offered. - - - - -OUR NATIVE GRAPE. - - -There has recently been issued a treatise by this title, on grapes -and grape culture by Charles Mitzky, of this city. Its main feature -is the very full list of hardy grapes cultivated in this country with -their description, origin and history as far as known, and numerous -illustrations and colored plates. Over eight hundred varieties are -described, thus bringing together nearly all that have so far been -produced or made public. The work also contains chapters on planting, -pruning, cultivating, training, fertilizers, diseases and noxious insects -and their remedies, harvesting, storing, marketing and a brief account of -wine making, in fact almost everything of interest to the grape-grower -is here treated, some of the chapters being contributed by prominent -scientists and horticulturists. - - - - -THE PLANT BED. - - -The enterprise in getting out the artistic and truly beautiful Floral -Guide, and sending it into our homes during the inclement weather of -these winter days, when we have time to sit by the fireside and study -its pages, enables us, against the time to plant seeds, to know exactly -what we would like to have among vegetables and flowers. This beautiful -compendium of vegetables and flowers came as a herald of the new year, -and as the new year seems always to bring the spring season near, so it -naturally fills the mind with the pleasurable anticipations of the task -of seed planting. - -The plant beds are little squares made of very rich soil, black and -friable, with sand intermixed, on the sunny side of the garden palings -that have a solid base board, or a wall or house, to afford protection. -The rich soil makes a good bottom heat for forcing gentle growth. My old -colored mammy, who always saved the garden seeds and gave them out as -needed and directed the gardening operations on the plantation, had the -plant beds made on each side of the garden gate, one set of little beds -for early vegetable plants, the other for flowers. The soil thoroughly -pulverized, and the seeds planted thickly, it is surprising how they -would spring into life, and the rapidity with which they would grow. -Thick planting of seeds is only to be advised when they are intended for -transplanting. I have seen the cabbage bed so full of plants that it -seemed as if two plants or more had sprung from every seed. Early and -late cabbage, the rows labeled, can be planted in the same bed; lettuce, -pepper grass, parsley and radishes in another, taking care to sow the -radish seed thinly as the plants will not transplant well, and the -radishes must be used for the table taken from the place where the seeds -are sown. Cabbages grow better when the small plants are transplanted to -the large bed where they are to stand for their season’s growth. - -After these early vegetable plants have been set out, later on tomato -and egg plant seeds can be sown in the same beds. Nothing is gained by -forcing these latter, for in my experience certain vegetable and flower -seeds do better planted late, as the heat of summer is needed for their -development. - -The plant bed can be made and planted early in the season. Here in the -South many persons plant in “old Christmas,” the first twelve days after -New Year, but February or March is better, I believe. - -The flowers that do so well in company with these vegetables are -sweet alyssum, nemophila, mignonette, snapdragon, candytuft, verbena, -sanvitalia and petunias. Japanese pinks and Marguerite carnations, Phlox -Drummondii and poppies are better planted where they are to bloom as they -do not transplant well. Sweet alyssum and nemophila begin to bloom when -about an inch high, and can be transplanted at any stage of growth, even -in bloom; they are sweet little flowers that make lovely borders, cute -little jars, beautiful hanging baskets, and when planted in the sides of -jars that contain large plants, hang over the sides in masses of bloom. -The speckled pretty little blue nemophila always makes me think of birds’ -nests full of speckled eggs in the cool green grass. Sweet alyssum I love -too well to write about; it would sound like exaggeration. - -Petunias do well in the early beds, but also flourish and bloom finely if -their planting is deferred until the torenia, portulaca, cypress, zinnia, -tageta and real midsummer flowers are planted. None of these last do -any better for early planting. They will not bloom until their season, -summer, no matter how early they are planted. The beautiful fall bloomer, -cosmos, may be classed with them. Snapdragons, carnations and verbena -do not bloom in early spring from seed, but require an early start to -bloom in summer as their growth is not rapid. Sanvitalia, vinca, and a -long list of annuals are beautiful and well worth raising. Annuals are -cheap, but they subserve a purpose and nothing quite takes their place, -and I confess to a liking for flowers which I have raised from seeds. -It is easy to exaggerate the beauty of anything that stands in striking -contrast to its surroundings, but these plant beds early in the season, -green and growing, ahead of everything else, are as pretty as a picture, -and the young, crisp, green vegetables are suggestive and appetizing. - -If twenty-five years of putting Mr. Vick’s seeds in the ground does not -entitle me to render a verdict in their favor as the best to be had, then -experience counts for nothing. A sure return for every seed put in the -ground is the answer they give to the question “What shall the harvest -be?” - -Further north, doubtless, cold frames are better for early planting -of seeds, but in the South the plants are more healthy and stand -transplanting much better for exposure to the moderate cold of the early -season in their rich, warm little plant beds. - - MRS. G. T. DRENNAN. - -_Lexington, Miss._ - - * * * * * - -MARCH WORK.—At this time, the dividing line between winter and spring, -finish all the pruning in the open grounds. Grape vines, fruit trees, -deciduous hedges, and roses and many other plants will need attention. In -this climate sow peas as soon as the ground can be put in order. Start -hotbeds, and cold frames. 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Send above coupon to Wells, Richardson & Co., -Burlington, Vt. and both books will be mailed free. - - - - -DON’T FORGET THE POTATOES. - - - “An old lady sat in her old armchair, - - For days and for weeks her only fare, - As she sat in her old armchair, - Had been potatoes. - - But now they were gone, of bad or good. - - And she thought of the deacon over the way, - The deacon so ready to worship and pray, - Whose cellar was full of potatoes. - - She said, ‘I will send for the deacon to come.’ - - And the deacon came over as fast as he could, - Thinking to do the old lady some good, - But never for once of potatoes. - - He prayed for patience, goodness and grace; - But when he prayed, ‘Lord, give her peace,’ - She audibly sighed, ‘Give potatoes.’ - - So ending his prayers, he started for home, - The door closed behind, he heard a deep groan: - ‘Oh, give to the hungry potatoes!’ - - And the groan followed him all the way home; - In the midst of the light it haunted his room; - ‘Oh, give to the hungry potatoes!’ - - He could bear it no longer; arose and dressed, - From his well-filled cellar taking in haste - A bag of his best potatoes. - - The widow’s heart leaped up for joy, - Her face was pale and haggard no more, - ‘Now,’ said the deacon, ‘shall we pray?’ - ‘Yes,’ said the widow, ‘now you may.’ - - And would you hear this simple tale, - Pray for the poor, and praying, prevail? - Then preface your prayer with alms and good deeds; - Search out the poor, their wants and needs; - Pray for their peace and grace, spiritual food, - For wisdom and guidance—all these are good— - But don’t forget the potatoes!” - - —_The Independent._ - - * * * * * - -A CINCINNATI MIRACLE. - -WHY MR. CHARLES B. NOBLE IS BEING CONGRATULATED. - -A Remarkable Case of Being Completely Cured of Paralysis After Nearly -Three Years of Suffering and Eminent Physicians Had Declared Their Best -Efforts Baffled. - -Newspaper men as a rule place little credence in patent medicine stories -and seldom bother to even read them. This is not to be wondered at -when it is taken into consideration how often they are called upon by -unscrupulous persons to fabricate and publish stories of remarkable cures -and perhaps print a picture of the mythical man or woman supposed to -have been cured. That all medicine advertisements are not mere “fakes,” -and that all newspaper men are not equally prejudiced is proven by a -story published in the _Cincinnati Times-Star_ of a well-known newspaper -man whose life was saved by reading an advertisement. So remarkable and -interesting is the story that it is here reproduced as published in the -_Times-Star_. - -Mr. Charles B. Noble, the well-known litterateur, who has been suffering -for nearly three years with paralysis, was upon the street to-day, -cheerful and active and the recipient of congratulations from his many -friends. There is a bond of unity between all newspaper men, so that Mr. -Noble’s case appeals to every member of the craft as well as to every -one afflicted as he was. Mr. Noble has spent the last three years in -traveling from city to city seeking skilled physicians, to whom he has -appealed in vain for relief. Knowing this, a reporter expressed surprise -at the remarkable cure, but Mr. Noble, after executing a jig to show that -he was as sound as he looked, let the reporter into the secret of his -cure. - -“It was a hard time I had of it,” said he, “but the last medicine we take -is always the one that cures, and I have taken the last. I was paralyzed -on March 9, 1890, while in the employ of the David Williams Publishing -Company of New York City as their traveling representative from -Cincinnati. I found the traveling a great help to me, both in a financial -and a literary way, but suddenly stricken down as I was at Somerset, O., -150 miles from Cincinnati, I was incapacitated for both writing and money -making. Luckily my literary productions had been remunerative, and I had -a snug bank account laid up, but these three years have made a drain on -it. - -“I sought a score of physicians, going to the best specialists in -Cincinnati, Chattanooga and Pittsburg. Twelve Cincinnati doctors, -pronounced my case incurable, but I would not give up, and after seeking -in vain for relief in Pittsburg and Chattanooga, consulted the best -medical talent in Chicago. Up to January 17, 1893, I had spent $2,500 -for doctors and medicine and was about to give up in despair when I got -hold of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People, through reading the -advertisements. - -“From the first week of using the remedy I made a steady improvement, and -on April 12, I put up my cane after using it thirty months. I certainly -believe this medicine is all the proprietors claim for it, and that it -will do all they say it will. I take pleasure in recommending it to all -similarly afflicted. Like many who have tried medicine in vain I was -doubtful of its value at first, and only used it when I grew desperate. -Now I can not praise it too highly. It has restored me to health and -strength and I feel grateful accordingly. Dr. Whittaker pronounced it a -hopeless case of locomotor ataxia. - -“Yes, I know there are many who will fancy anything you say about my -case is an advertisement, but if they want any corroboration, let them -address me at the Y. M. C. A. building, and I will cheerfully answer all -inquiries if stamps are enclosed.” - -Pink Pills, while advertised and handled by the drug trade as a -proprietary article, are not considered a patent medicine in the sense -that name implies. For many years previous to their general manufacture -they were used as a prescription. At first their great restorative powers -were not fully recognized and they were chiefly prescribed for impure -blood and general weakness. Their remarkable success in such cases, and -the fact that there was nothing in the formula that could do any harm, -even if they did not do any good, led to their being tried in cases where -the skill of the physician and the power of medicine had entirely faded. -Their power of restoration seemed to border on the marvelous. They proved -to be a never-failing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, -partial paralysis, St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, -nervous headache, the after effect of La Grippe, palpitation of the -heart, pale and sallow complexions, and all diseases of the blood such as -scrofula, chronic erysipelas, etc. - -They are also a specific for troubles peculiar to females, such as -suppressions, irregularities, and all forms of weakness. They build up -the blood and restore the glow of health to pale and sallow cheeks. In -case of men they effect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental -worry, overwork or excesses of whatever nature. - -Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose form, by the dozen or -hundred, and the public is cautioned against numerous imitations sold -in this shape) at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50, and may be had -of all druggists or direct by mail from Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company, -Schenectady, N. Y., or Brockville, Ont. The price at which these Pills -are sold makes a course of treatment inexpensive as compared with other -remedies or medical treatment. - - - - -GROWING ONION SETS. - - -While the practice of growing onions directly from seed is becoming more -extended all over the country, still the time will never come probably -when the old-time practice of growing the crop from sets will be done -away with, especially in the South. With the constantly increasing -acreage devoted to this splendid esculent it is quite likely more onion -sets will be raised and planted ten years hence than there is at this -time. Southern truckers and market gardeners, along with those who only -grow simply for home use, will continue to use sets for growing the first -crop which is used or marketed in a green or unmatured state. Thousands -of acres are yearly planted in the South, putting out the sets anywhere -from September to November, both inclusive. Most any “tyro” in gardening -can grow a crop of onions from the sets where only failure would result -if the seeds were used. There is hardly anything surer than making “sets” -grow, whereas it is not always sure that one gets onion seeds that are -good and of such a variety as will make a good crop in our Southern -climate. So much by way of preface. - -The Southern gardeners and truckers depend almost entirely upon the -Middle and Northern States for their onion sets, although it is quite -practicable for them to raise their own sets if they choose to do it. -The Southern trucker it seems as a rule, however, would prefer to have -others grow his sets for him. This is all very well when he can buy them -at $1.50 to $2.50 a bushel, but oftentimes he has to pay twice this sum -for his sets, occasionally three times. There is an advantage in the -trucker growing his own sets. He can grow just the variety that better -suits our climate, sets of which he cannot always get with any certainty. -The several varieties of Italian or Spanish onions are far preferable for -the South—kinds like the New Queen, Rocca, Early Nocera and some others, -these do much better than the American varieties. - -_How to raise the Sets._—There are two ways of growing—broadcast or in -drills. The latter is to be preferred. For the purpose choose medium -land, not very rich in humus or nitrogen, but as clean land as possible. -Sowings can be made any time from February 15 to April 15. Plow the soil -and harrow it and run a light roller over it. Lay off shallow drills -fifteen to twenty inches apart. These shallow drills, not deeper than a -quarter of an inch, should be _one and a half or two inches wide_. Just -prior to sowing whiten these drills with landplaster. Using the freshest -seed attainable, sow the seeds carefully along the drills at the rate of -twelve to fifteen to the square inch. Cover lightly with a rake and then -run a garden roller over the drills. If the seeds are good there will be -a pretty show of onions in the course of ten days. Cultivate very shallow -and just enough to keep down all weeds. Any weeds coming up in the drills -must be hand-pulled. - -When the small onions later on show signs of maturity go along and pull -them and let them lie until well cured. Then take up and spread rather -thinly in the coolest, dryest place possible. They can be spread out -under any outhouse if safe from poultry, etc. If put in a loft, or where -there is much light, spread a slight layer of straw over the sets. Do not -wait until the onions _die down_ before pulling, but pull just as soon as -the tops show a little yellow. 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I’ve been -experimenting a little in window gardening, but—woe is me; some varieties -have not responded well to my treatment, not from any fault of the plant -I am confident, but through my ignorance of its needs. - -Different plants require different treatment and temperature, but I find -as a rule the majority treat them all alike and wonder why they do not -have any “luck” with some kinds. For example, I gave my pet carnations -just as much water, and as often, as my geraniums. They began to look -sick and I lost three before I found out they did not require much -wetting. - -I’m thinking seriously of trying the different varieties of some one -plant, begonias, perhaps. According to catalogue description they are -admirably adapted to house culture. They do not require much sun and are -free from insects. Most varieties blossom freely, and even if they did -not the foliage is very attractive. Countess Louise Erdody is a curiosity -and has a history. 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Simply because the antiseptic principle that -preserves the juice in the bottle exerts a similar influence in the -stomach, and prevents the natural action that is part of Nature’s plan -for assimilating food. Our concentrated juice of the grape is absolutely -free from all antiseptics, and is Nature’s best food and strength -producer for weak and defective digestive organs. - -Invalids will, of course, seek the advice of their physicians as to the -proper time or quantity, but well people may partake freely, and know -that the certainty of gain far overshadows the possibilities of excess. - -THE CONSUMER’S SUPPORT. - -The grape cure has been found in many cases to rapidly reorganize and -reconstruct the blood current, and to surprise the tissues and excite -the nervous system into health. The beverage form of grape juice is an -agreeable and wholesome nutrient in a great variety of sicknesses. Its -fruit acids, its blood salts and its grape sugar make it a valuable -medicine. It affords a nourishing and easily managed food for dyspeptics -of many kinds. We seek to supplant alcoholic and fermented drinks by -something more wholesome, more satisfying and refreshing—something -embodying all the best principles of ripe grapes marred by nothing that -would falsely stimulate or excite, and in the new era that is dawning, -the life-giving principles of the grape, in their purest condition, will -enter every home as a comfort and a blessing, instead of a delusion and a -snare. - -Its sub-acid taste and easiness of assimilation give it a high value -in fevers of every sort. Its concentration, keeping qualities and -palatability give it certain advantages over the beverage form. It is -agreeably administered in aerated water or hot or cold water. - -Two varieties of our concentrated juice suitable for redilution with any -aerated, carbonated or pure cold water are bottled under our labels—i.e., -Red, Zinfandel, White, Muscatel. - -Sold only in pint bottles, the contents of which are equal to ONE-HALF -GALLON OF FRESH GRAPE JUICE. =Price, 65 cents per bottle.= For sale by -leading druggists and grocers. Send for descriptive circular. - -THE CALIFORNIA GRAPE FOOD CO. - -=145 Broadway, New York.= J. S. Twombly, Selling Agent, 27 Commercial -St., Boston. - -=Los Gatos, California.= Norman Barbour, Selling Agent, 77 Warren St., -New York. - - - - -MARGUERITE CARNATIONS. - - -“My first sowing was early in February, 1892. The plants came into bloom -the middle of June, and I had more or less flowers from them all through -the following winter and spring. In 1893 I made two sowings, one the -beginning of February, and another the end of March, to secure plants for -winter flowering. About eighty of these in six-inch pots were plunged out -of doors until the middle of November; then removed indoors and placed in -light airy position. They have been flowering profusely ever since, and -will continue doing so to the end of May.” These statements are made by -John Milne in the _Journal of Horticulture_. Another writer in the same -publication says: - -“Those who have not yet grown these carnations have missed much. I sowed -some seeds at the end of February last year in a mild heat, and the -seedlings were potted when large enough, the bulk of them eventually -finding their way into pots five and a half inches in diameter. Some few -were grown in pots an inch less, but I noted those in the larger pots -were much better every way. Small pots do not afford sufficient scope -for the roots, as these are freely made, and being very fibrous they -absorb a quantity of moisture. A moderately rich compost is essential, -the plants requiring a fair amount of stimulative food to enable them to -continue longer in flower than they do when in a starved condition. To -test these carnations I planted some in the kitchen garden, but I found -that those in pots flowered much the best. About ninety per cent. of -these carnations come double from seed, which is a great gain, as single -flowers are really of little use for decorative purposes. What I admire -about them is the large number of self-colored flowers that are produced. -The bulk of them are deliciously scented, and all fringed at the edges -of the petals. When the weather permitted the plants were assigned a -position out of doors where they could obtain all available sunlight, -were given plenty of space, and well supplied with water at the roots. -Directly the pots in which they were to flower were full of roots, weak -liquid manure was supplied to them freely. By the early part of July -they commenced to flower, and kept on unceasingly until the early part -of November out of doors. Where buttonhole bouquets are in demand these -Marguerite carnations afford excellent material for the making of this -favorite adornment, and as the carnation is a popular flower for the -purpose this new race is doubly valuable.” - - * * * * * - -SITUATIONS WANTED. - -_Advertisements of gardeners and florists desiring situations will be -inserted under this head free._ - - * * * * * - -A FIRST-CLASS GARDENER AND FLORIST, single, 27 years of age of temperate -habits, Hollander, but speaking English, with the best of reference, -wants a situation as private gardener. Apply to “Hollander,” care Vick -Seed House, Rochester, or at Vander Meulen’s Greenhouses, Dunkirk, N. Y. - - * * * * * - -[Illustration] - -World’s Fair comes to “THE PAGE”! - -At least the President does when he wants fence. Last month his Manager -called on our agent and bought 500 rods. It’s now delivered and paid for, -at the same price =you= can buy. Plenty of fences “just as good” were -offered at =cut rates=, but four years’ trial beats a =Medal= with Hon. -Thomas W. Palmer. - -=PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian, Mich.= - - - - -A PRETTY FLOWER STAND. - - -Here is something you can make for yourself before another summer comes. -This is a flower stand, and the simplest contrivance! Saw off an old -cedar tree about two feet below the first branch, then saw it off again -about two feet above the first branch. The thicker the branches on this -unsightly stump the better for your purpose. The branches must next be -chopped off irregularly, leaving some a yard and some half a yard in -length. Bury the lower end of the stump about one foot in the ground, and -on the end of each branch nail a piece of board about ten inches square -to serve as a shelf. These shelves must be firmly nailed so that boxes -or pots can be set upright on them. Now paint the whole thing green and -you have a pretty flower stand. You will not believe it until you try -it, but it is beautiful. Instead of bedding out the plants you wish for -winter flowering, try the plan of keeping them on this stand out of doors -during the summer, where they will get all the benefit of the sun and -dew. On the approach of winter they will only need to be brought indoors, -and will be in a much better condition for blooming than if they had been -taken up at the risk of breaking half their roots and potted in a hurry. - - PRUDENCE PLAIN. - - * * * * * - -=$12 TO $35 PER WEEK Can be made by working for us.= Parties preferred -who have a horse and can give their whole time to our business. Even -spare time will play splendidly. This announcement is of special interest -to farmers and farmers’ sons, and others residing in the rural districts. -A few vacancies also in towns and cities. - -=B. F. 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Send for circulars. =GOLDEN SPECIFIC CO., 185 Race St., -Cincinnati, O.= ☞ =_The Only Cure. Beware of Imitators._= - - * * * * * - -[Illustration] - -45 Yards High Class Fowls. - -=THE WORLD’S FAIR Highest Awards, MEDAL and DIPLOMA, on our INCUBATOR and -BROODER Combined.= If you are interested in Poultry, it will pay you to -send 4 cents in stamps for 72 page catalogue, giving valuable points on -Poultry Culture. Address - -=Reliable Incubator Co., Quincy, Ill.= - - * * * * * - -OPIUM - -Morphine Habit Cured in 10 to 20 days. No pay till cured. DR. J. -STEPHENS, Lebanon, Ohio. - - * * * * * - -Teeth White as Snow. - -I have a simple and harmless preparation which will make the teeth PEARLY -WHITE. Sample box 15c. or sample and recipe of Tooth Whitening 25c., -postal note or stamps. - -MATTIE M. CRON, CROMWELL, IND. - - * * * * * - -LADY - -AGENTS clear $100 monthly. =100 New Ladies’ Specialties= for Old and -Young. 64 page Illust’d Catalogue =FREE=. G. L. 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Y.= - - * * * * * - -[Illustration: James Vick’s Sons, SEEDSMEN - -Rochester, N. Y. - -Danvers Yellow Globe Onion Seed, $1.00 Per Pound, delivered, and other -Reliable Seeds in proportion.] - -_Tested and Tried, Proven Good, are all the Seeds and Plants we offer._ - -_Vick’s Seeds HAVE “GROWN” for over Forty Years, and will continue to do -so._ - -_We Pay the postage or express charges, except when noted._ - -VICK’S FLORAL GUIDE, 1894, 112 pages of Flowers and Vegetables, will be -sent for ten cents, which can be deducted from first order. - - - - -HANGING BASKETS. - - -Only certain kinds of plants are suitable for hanging baskets; such as -are of low compact growth, to cover the surface, and such as are of -drooping or trailing habit, to hang over the sides, are best for the -purpose. For the center use some graceful plant of upright growth. In -setting the plants in hanging baskets a layer of moss at least one inch -in depth should be spread over the bottom and sides, so that the water -may be held and prevented from washing through. To have the plants bloom -freely they should be hung where they will be exposed to the sun at least -two hours every day, and in dry weather they need copious watering. A -good plan is to dip the whole basket in water until it is thoroughly -soaked. It can be allowed to drip before being again hung up. Watered in -this way the soil retains the moisture much better than when the water is -only poured on the plants. - -Panicum variegatum is one of the most valuable plants I have tried for -baskets or vases. It is a species of grass from New Caledonia, of very -graceful habit of growth, with beautiful variegated foliage striped, -white, carmine and green. The ivy-leaved geraniums are excellent climbing -or trailing plants adapted to hanging baskets. They have a fine, thick, -glossy foliage, which of itself would warrant their cultivation, but they -also have the charming attraction of possessing beautiful flowers as well -as foliage. Any one who once succeeds in getting a good variety started -in a basket will never allow their window garden to be without a plant of -this kind, as they all bloom with the greatest freedom. Chas. Turner is -my favorite variety of the ivy-leaved geraniums. - -Nasturtiums are lovely in a “rustic” hanging basket, that is, one made of -rough and gnarled roots and limbs of trees. All the varieties of oxalis -are pretty grown in earthenware baskets, and wire baskets lined with -bright green moss are especially suitable for the different varieties of -tradescantia, or “wandering jew.” There is a drooping variety of cactus, -Cereus flagelliformis, admirably suited for hanging baskets. I have seen -this planted in a large ox horn suspended by chains, and it made a most -unique ornament. - - PRUDENCE PLAIN. - - * * * * * - -THE UNEMPLOYED IN ENGLAND.—The sufferings of the unemployed in England, -if not greater, are at least more vocal than ever, and remarkably various -are the remedies proposed. Besides the project already named, Mr. Keir -Hardie suggested to Parliament the establishment of an eight hours day -and the prohibition of overtime in Government factories, the reclamation -of waste lands and foreshores, the reafforesting of the country, and -the provision of suitable accommodation for the aged poor. The _Daily -Chronicle_ revives an old scheme for reclaiming the Wash, and so adding -a “new country” to England. Mr. Chamberlain’s hope is for extended -markets for national trade. A conference of vestries, presided over by -Lord Onslow, proposed to Mr. Gladstone the formation of light railways, -made and worked as in Ireland, to carry away the refuse of London. The -gravity of this problem throughout the United Kingdom can hardly be -overestimated, and its conditions are not so transient as those in the -United States. There is no such “army of unemployed” in Chicago or New -York as in London.—_From the “Progress of the World,” in the February -Review of Reviews._ - - * * * * * - -TO CATARRH SUFFERERS - -A clergyman, after years of suffering, from that loathsome disease, -Catarrh, and vainly trying every known remedy, at last found a medicine -which completely cured and saved him from death. Any sufferer from this -dreadful disease sending his name and address to Prof. Lawrence, 88 -Warren Street, New York, will receive the means of cure free and postpaid. - -=When writing to advertisers, mention Vick’s Magazine.= - - * * * * * - -[Illustration: Send $2.00 for a large FUR RUG] - -=5½ feet long by 33 inches wide.= Made from selected skins of the -Japanese Angolia. Long, soft, silky fur. - -The colors are _Silvery White_, _Light Grey_ and _Dark Grey_. ☞ We also -have a beautiful =Glossy Black Fur Rug at $3.00=. Same size. Comfortable, -luxurious, elegant. For Parlors, Reception Halls, or Bed Rooms. Sent C. -O. D. on approval if desired. - -=THE LAWRENCE, BUTLER & BENHAM CO.= 94 High Street, COLUMBUS, O. - - * * * * * - -[Illustration: AUTOMATIC SHELL EXTRACTOR - -DOUBLE-ACTION - -$4.50 - -WORTH $15.00] - -=HILL—He Pays the Express= on this American-made Revolver. Full Nickel -Plated, Rubber Stock, Center Fire, 32 or 38 Caliber, Five Shot, 8-in. -long, rifle barrel 3¼ inch Long fluted cylinder, Low curved hammer which -prevents accidental discharge. Weight 16 oz. Cut this out and we will -ship by express C. O. D. $4.50, we pay all charges. - -W. HILL & Co., 207 State Street, Chicago. - - * * * * * - -[Illustration] - -Warranted. Light Running. - -HIGHEST MEDAL awarded to MAJESTIC Only Medal for Sewing Machine -Attachments - -Why? 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Address, - -=MODERN STORIES, 87 Warren St., New York= - -=When writing to advertisers, mention Vick’s Magazine.= - - * * * * * - -VICKS’ Brilliantly Beautiful INVINCIBLE SWEET PEAS - -[Illustration] - -SUPERIOR SELECTED STRAINS. - -We have for several seasons applied our best efforts towards improving, -perfecting, as well as increasing, our stock of the mixture which we -introduced last season as “VICK’S INVINCIBLE,” and which we know will -please the most exacting. For flowers of lively yet delicate colors, -varying from the pearly white to the darkest and richest reds and -purples, this “Invincible Mixture” _leads_ because it is the result of -culling, season after season, only the choicest and the best from the -flowers of the year previous. The many and various colored and shaded -blooms cannot fail to give perfect satisfaction. - -=Price, Vicks’ Incredible Mixed Sweet Peas, per packet 15 cents; two for -25 cents; ounce 50 cents.= - -JAMES VICK’S SONS, Rochester, N. Y. - - * * * * * - -[Illustration: TREES AND PLANTS. - -Upon our 250 acres of nursery we have every class of hardy Trees and -Plants; Fruit, Ornamental, Nut and Flowering. =Mary= and =Henry Ward -Beecher= Strawberries and =Lovett’s Best= Blackberry are among the -most valuable novelties. In our catalogues named below (which are the -most complete, comprehensive and elaborate published by any nursery -establishment in the world) all are accurately described and =offered at -one-half the price of tree agents=. - -=LOVETT’S GUIDE TO FRUIT CULTURE= tells all about fruits, their merits -and defects; how to plant, prune, cultivate, etc. Richly illustrated. -Several colored plates. Price 10c. - -=LOVETT’S MANUAL OF ORNAMENTAL TREES AND PLANTS= is authoritative as well -as instructive; a model of excellence in printing and illustration. Gives -points and plans for ornamental planting. Price, with colored plates, 15 -cents. - -=Established 40 years. We successfully ship to all parts of the World.= -All who order either of the above and name this paper will receive an -ounce of Flower Seeds _free_. - -J. T. LOVETT CO. LITTLE SILVER, N. J.] - - * * * * * - -[Illustration: SPRAY YOUR FRUIT TREES & VINES] - -=Stahl’s= Double Acting Excelsior Spraying Outfits prevent Leaf Blight -& Wormy Fruit. Insures a heavy yield of all Fruit and Vegetable crops. -Thousands in use. Send 6 cts. for catalogue and full treatise on -spraying. _Circulars free._ - -=_WM. STAHL, Quincy, Ill._= - - * * * * * - -GIVE UP TRYING TO GET SATISFACTORY RETURNS FROM POOR SEEDS. - -Vicks’ Seeds Contain the Germ of Life - -THEY GROW—THEY FLOURISH—THEY PRODUCE ABUNDANTLY. - -SOW VICKS’ SEEDS AND REAP GLORIOUS REWARDS. - -You Get the Best only from JAMES VICK’S SONS, Rochester, N. Y. - - * * * * * - -$120.00 PER MONTH - -IN YOUR OWN LOCALITY - -made easily and honorably, without capital, during your spare hours. Any -man, woman, boy or girl can do the work handily, without experience. -Talking unnecessary. Nothing like it for money making ever offered -before. Our workers always prosper. No time wasted in learning the -business. We teach you in a night how to succeed from the first hour. -You can make a trial without expense to yourself. We start you, furnish -everything needed to carry on the business successfully, and guarantee -you against failure if you but follow our simple, plain instructions. -Reader, if you are in need of ready money, and want to know all about the -best paying business before the public, send us your address, and we will -mail you a document, giving you all the particulars. - -=TRUE & CO., Box 1398, Augusta, Maine.= - -=When writing to advertisers, mention Vick’s Magazine.= - - * * * * * - -DO YOU GROW “POSIES” - -If so, send for Catalogue of PLANTS & SEEDS, and compare with others -before you order. We send a packet of our celebrated “PRIZE” ASTERS Free, -with Catalogue, if you mention this paper. - -Address, The CALLA GREENHOUSES, Calla, O. - - * * * * * - -SEEDS FREE FOR TRIAL - -We have the Finest and Cheapest Seeds to be found in the world and we -want every reader of this paper to try one of the following collections -Free. They would cost you from 75c. to $1.00 purchased elsewhere. - -=1st FREE OFFER, Vegetables=, 1 pkt. each. - - =BEET, Mitchell’s Blood Turnip=, earliest and best. - =CABBAGE, Surehead=, sure to head. - =CELERY, Golden Self Blanching=, the best. - =LETTUCE, Denver Market=, fine new sort. - =WATERMELON, Dixie=, luscious, great bearer. - =ONION, Selected Globe Danvers=, standard sort. - =RADISH, Summer Varieties=, 15 choice kinds. - =SQUASH, Fordhook=, best, new sort. - =TOMATO, Picture Rock=, a grand tomato. - -=2d FREE OFFER, Rare Flowers.= - - =FORGET-ME-NOT, New Giant Flowered=, large. - =CANDYTUFT, Fancy Mixture=, best bouquet sorts. - =CALENDULA, Double White=, very showy. - =CLARKIA, Salmon Queen=, richest col’d double. - =CHRYSANTHEMUM, White Bouquet=, fine flower. - =GAILLARDIA, Perpetual Flowered=, rich, showy. - =POPPY, Riverdale Mixture=, fancy sorts only. - =SCABIOSA, Dwarf, Double Striped=, lovely, grand. - =SNAPDRAGON, Show Mixed=, penciled blossoms. - =ORNAMENTAL GRASSES=, 25 choice sorts. - -Either of the above collections, (9 packets Vegetable seeds, or 10 -packets flower seeds) =Mailed Free= on following conditions: Send us 10c. -for either of above collections, or 20c. for both, and we will mail them -to you; also “Book on Summer Gardening,” and include in each lot a check -for 10c. This check you can return to us at any time and get 10c. worth -of seeds, thus the collection really costs you nothing. (We charge this -10c. to prevent people from sending who have no use for the seeds.) We -want you to try our seeds. - -☞ Both collections, book, and packet each of the lovely early =Carnation -Marguerite= and profuse blooming =Begonia Vernon= and a 25c. check for -25c. Book free to seed buyers. - -=J. J. BELL, Flowers, Broome Co., N. Y.= - - * * * * * - -SEEDS BOX WORTH $3.50 - -35 Regular Size Packets, ONLY 50 CENTS. - -The great demand for our 50 cent Complete Garden Collections in years -past induces us to offer the same again. Many who have tried every -collection they have seen advertised, pronounce this the greatest bargain -they have ever obtained. OUR SEEDS ARE THE BEST AND CHEAPEST, AND WE -OFFER THESE GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO GET EVERYBODY TO TRY THEM. This Great -=COMPLETE GARDEN= Box contains One Packet each, - - =ASPARAGUS, Barr’s Mammoth=, giants, good qual. - =BUSH BEAN, Rust Proof Wax=, best bean grown. - =POLE BEAN, Golden Champion=, productive, good. - =CABBAGE, All Head=, large, sure header. - =CUCUMBER, New Everbearing=, early, productive. - =CORN, White Cory=, earliest, best, sweetest. - =LETTUCE, Grand Rapids=, best forcing. - =MUSKMELON, Netted Gem=, unsurpassed quality. - =WATERMELON, Dixie=, luscious; has no equal. - =ONION, Early White=, early, sure cropper. - =PEAS, Bell’s Extra Early=, best early. - =PARSNIP, Improved Guernsey=, best for table use. - =RADISH, 15 Choice Summer Sorts. Mixed.= - =SQUASH, Fordhook=, best for general use. - =TOMATO, New Stone=, solid, large, good. - =5 PACKETS Other Choice Vegetables.= - -=15 PACKETS Choice Flower Seeds=, including such sorts as Cozy’s Canna, -Sweet Nicotiana, Etc. - -All the above, (best outfit for a complete vegetable and flower garden -ever offered)—20 full packets choice vegetables, and 15 packets rare -flowers in a box with our new Book on Summer Gardening by mail postpaid -for only 50c. Send for it. Address, =J. J. BELL, Flowers, Broome Co., N. -Y.= - - * * * * * - -CHOICE ROSES AT 5 Cts. - -[Illustration: Good & Reese’s Roses are on their own roots.] - -OUR RAINBOW COLLECTION OF 20 ROSES FOR $1. PREPAID BY MAIL. - -The roses we send are on their own roots, from 10 to 15 inches high, and -will bloom freely this summer either in pots or planted in yard. They are -hardy, ever bloomers. We send instructions with each order how to plant -and care for them. Please examine the below list of 20 choice fragrant -monthly roses, and see if you can duplicate them anywhere for an amount -so small as =$1=. They are nearly all new kinds.—We guarantee them to -reach you in good condition, =and we also guarantee them to be the best -dollar’s worth of roses you have ever purchased=. =THE RAINBOW COLLECTION -OF 20 ROSES FOR ONE DOLLAR MUST BE ORDERED COMPLETE.= - -The List:—=Bridesmaid=, the best pink rose by far ever introduced. -=Princess of Wales=, amber yellow, deepening to orange. =Snowflake=, pure -white, always in bloom. =Princess de Radziwell=, lovely coral red. =Pearl -of the Gardens=, deep golden yellow. =Beauty of Stapleford=, bright -rosy crimson. =Queen of Fragrance=, in clusters of six to ten roses, -white edged pink. =Rheingold=, beautiful shades of saffron and tawn. -Sunset, golden amber, resembles an “afterglow.” =Dr. Grill=, coppery -yellow and fawny rose. =Duchess Marie Immaculata=, an intermingling of -bronze, orange, yellow, pink and crimson. =Lady Castlereagh=, soft rosy -crimson and yellow. =Papa Gontier=, lovely dark red. =Star of Gold=, the -queen of all yellow roses. =Waban=, a great rose in bloom all the time. -=Lady Stanley=, great garden rose. =Viscountesse Wautier=, one of the -best roses grown. =Cleopatra=, soft shell pink, lovely. =Sappho=, fawn -suffused with red. =Letty Coles=, very chaste and beautiful. - -THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING IS IN THE EATING. - -This applies to Floral matters as well as to matters culinary. - - Ballinger, Texas, Nov. 29. - - The GOOD & REESE CO., Springfield. O. Gentlemen: The 20 ever - blooming roses you sent me for $1. arrived yesterday in the - most splendid condition, and allow me to say that I was - absolutely surprised at the size of the stalks and the amount, - length and thriftiness of the roots. I have wondered many times - how you could afford to send out such roses for such a small - price. Every home in the land should have their yard full of - ever blooming roses at this price. - - Yours, - - (Judge) C. H. WILLINGHAM. - - Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 20, 1893. - - The GOOD & REESE CO., Springfield, O. Gentlemen: I wish to - thank you for the excellent assortment of roses contained in - your Rainbow Collection. On May 3, I planted them, 19 of them - lived. About six of them bloomed in June, since which all have - bloomed either monthly or perpetual, true to their color. On - Sept. 1, I counted 106 buds and blooms on the 19 roses. They - were much admired by my friends and neighbors, and allow me to - thank you for furnishing this source of pleasure so cheaply. - - Very respectfully, - - E. D. SMITH. - - 82 Fifth Avenue. - -=We will also send our Iron Clad Collection of 12 Hardy Roses, all -different colors, $1. Try a set. 20 Chrysanthemums, all prize winners. -$1. 16 Geraniums, double and single, flowered and scented, $1. 12 choice -Begonias, different kinds, $1. 40 packets choice Flower Seeds, all -different kinds, $1.= Our handsome, illustrated, 152-page Catalogue, -describing above Roses, Plants and all Seeds, mailed for 10c. stamps. -Don’t place your order before seeing our prices. =WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY.= -We have =large two year old Roses for immediate effect=. =Liberal -Premiums to club raisers, or how to get your seeds and plants free. We -are the LARGEST ROSE GROWERS IN THE WORLD. Our sales of Rose Plants alone -last season exceeded a million and a half.= When you order Roses, Plants -and Seeds, you want the very best. Try us. Address - -GOOD & REESE CO., Box 44 Champion City Greenhouses, Springfield, Ohio. - - * * * * * - -PEACH YELLOWS.—This disease is making considerable trouble in certain -parts of the country. It attacks trees about the time they are coming -to the age of most prolific bearing to such an extent that in certain -portions of the peach-growing regions healthy old trees are unknown. -The symptoms of the disease are: Yellowish-green color of leaves; small -leaves tinged with red; the new shoots small, wiry, and clustered, -especially when growing upon the trunk or larger branches; fruit -ripens prematurely, is highly colored, and insipid or bitter to the -taste. The sickly yellowish-green foliage may be due to injury or lack -of nourishment, but when coupled with the other characters given the -presence of the “yellows” can be considered as certain. The only sure way -is to dig out and burn every tree as soon as it is seen to be affected. -This plan has been followed in Michigan, where, between 1870 and 1880, -the disease was very bad. Now hardly a case of “yellows” can be found -in many of the peach regions. Constant attention and prompt action have -proved successful, in this case, at least. - - * * * * * - -SELECTED SEEDS 8 pkts. for 25 cents. Sweet Pea, Aster, Pansy, Phlox, -Poppy, Petunia, Zinnia, and Marguerite Carnation (or 60 Oxalis Bulbs). G. -T. GRAEFF, Box 1576, Philadelphia, Pa. - - * * * * * - -$5.00 Worth for $1.00! - -“=The Cream of New Chrysanths.=” - -Pres. Smith, Maud Dean, Kate Brown, G. W. Childs, Nivens, Mrs. F. L. -Ames, Hicks Arnold, Golden Gate. - -This set of 8 Gems $1.00; 6 sets $5.00, by mail. Mention this Magazine, -and we will give you free 2 Choice Carnations. - -=McMULLEN & PASFIELD=, 20 Bedford Avenue, =Brooklyn, N. Y.= - - * * * * * - -[Illustration] - -Straws show which way the wind blows. Watch them—and be convinced. When -you see all sorts of washing powders patterned after _Pearline_; when you -see it imitated in appearance, in name, in everything except merit; when -you find three persons using _Pearline_ where two used it a year ago; -when you hear it as a household word with the best housekeepers; when you -find its former enemies now its staunchest friends;—then you may know the -wind is taking you along toward _Pearline_. - -Why not go with it? You are losing money by trying to head the other way; -money, and labor, and time and patience. - -Go with the rest—use _Pearline_—and you stop losing, and begin to -gain. Millions realize that there is everything to gain and nothing to -lose—with _Pearline_. - -Blowing - -Peddlers and some grocers will tell you, “this is as good as” or “the -same as Pearline.” IT’S FALSE—but what a puff for Pearline. - -JAMES PYLE, New York. - - * * * * * - -The Innisfallen Greenhouses - -=Have been favorably known for more than twenty years=, and always give -satisfaction. In order to increase my business, I make the following - -_SPECIAL OFFERS_ - -=which are marvels of cheapness=. - -[Illustration] - -NEW EVER-BLOOMING DWARF CALLA, - -“THE GEM” - -This is a novelty of great merit. The only objection to the old variety -is that it sometimes grows tall and scraggly, but the “=Little Gem=” -is of strong and dwarf habit. The foliage which is of a lustrous dark -green is in great abundance. The flowers are produced in the greatest -profusion, being literally an ever-bloomer, it will bloom freely all -summer in the open ground, in September it can be lifted and potted and -will continue blooming all winter. The “Little Gem” Calla will continue -to grow and bloom for years without ceasing, and the quantity of flowers -which a large plant will produce is astonishing, the flowers are snowy -white in color, and of good size, it seldom grows higher than fifteen -inches. Price for plants that will bloom this season, =30 cents each=. -=For $1.00 I will mail 5 plants to one address.= - -=ONLY $1.00= will buy any one of the collections named below, delivered -safely by mail, postpaid, to any address. The collections are all fine, -strong plants of the best varieties and are marvels of cheapness. Every -plant is plainly labeled, and there are no two varieties alike in the -same collection. - -=FOR $1.00 I will mail FREE 20 Prize-winning Chrysanthemums; 20 fine -Single and Double Flowering Geraniums for $1.00; 20 Choice Ever-Blooming -Carnations for $1.00; 20 Flowering Begonias for $1.00; 20 Assorted -Flowering Plants for $1.00; 20 Fancy Leaved Coleus for $1.00.= - -=For $5.00 you can select any six of the above Collections.= - -To every one who sends an order from this advertisement and mentions this -magazine, we will send =FREE= a valuable plant. - -=ORDER NOW= _and ask for our CATALOGUE of BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS for 1894_. - -CHARLES A. REESER, INNISFALLEN GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD, O. - - * * * * * - -FREE - -=A MAGNIFICENT PREMIUM PACKAGE= of =FLOWER SEEDS=. Do =YOU= read this -magazine? VICK’S MAGAZINE says its readers comprise the best people in -the land. Everybody knows that’s so. We want to make you our own friend, -and are willing to make it worth your while to get acquainted. So, if -you will send us =10 cents=, for 3 months subscription to =Homes and -Hearths=, we will send you as a present, transportation prepaid, our -unequalled =Premium Package=, containing 200 choice, fresh, guaranteed -varieties of flower seeds from largest growers, including =Sweet Peas= -(Boreatton, Grand Blue, Queen of England, Isa Eckford, etc.), also -=Pansies= (Rex, Gold Margined, Snow Queen, etc.), =Asters= (Jewel, -Perfection, Victoria, etc.), and many others. The whole is a perfect -wealth of flowers, fit for a royal garden. Homes and Hearths is an -attractive 16-page monthly, with lovely original illustrations, splendid -and absorbing original stories: special departments for news about dress, -FASHIONS and for HOME DECORATION; best selected matter; FIRESIDE FUN; a -perfect Mine of pleasure and value. The cash premiums which you will find -in it are the most liberal ever made. Address =HOMES AND HEARTHS PUB. -CO., New York=. - - * * * * * - -Poppies - -=FREE.= Send us 10 cents for a sample copy of =INGALL’S MAGAZINE= -and we will send you a “=YARD OF POPPIES=,” all in their =Beautiful -Colors=—=FREE=. Address =J. F. Ingalls, Lynn, Mass. Box H2= - - * * * * * - -A FINE ROSE - -And packet of beautiful =FLOWER SEEDS=, with catalogue, for =10c.= - -=ALFRED F. CONARD=, Box 5, =10 West Grove, Pa.= - -Late President DINGEE & CONARD CO. - - * * * * * - -_850,000_ GRAPE VINES - -=100 Varieties.= Also =Small Fruits, Trees, &c.= Best rooted stock. -Genuine, cheap. =2= sample vines mailed for =10c.= Descriptive price-list -free. =LEWIS ROESCH=, Fredonia, N. Y. - - - - -INDEX. - - - A Cottage Lot 69 - Architects, Curious, 66 - Begonias, Perhaps 74 - =Book Notice=— - Our Native Grape 72 - Calla, A Yellow-Flowered, 72 - Cannas, The New French, 68 - Don’t Forget the Potatoes 73 - Flower Stand, A Pretty, 77 - Fruit Trees, Care of, 75 - Growing Onion Sets 73 - Hanging Baskets 78 - =Letter Box=— - Lady Washington and Other Plants 70 - Roses in Kansas 70 - Ixia—Spider Lily 70 - Plants About a Fish Pond 70 - Osage Orange Hedge 70 - Vase in a Cemetery 71 - Carnations in the House 71 - Madeira Vine 71 - Mildew on Cucumber Vines 71 - Moles 71 - Pine Apple Air Plant 71 - Phyllocactus latifrons 71 - Mammoth Freesias 71 - Wormy Raspberries—Violets—Storing Cauliflower 71 - Mabel Ray’s Lesson 65 - March Work 72 - Marguerite Carnations 77 - Mesembryanthemum 76 - Peach Yellows 80 - Plant Bed, The, 72 - =Poetry=— - March 65 - Vick’s Flowers 68 - Lines to a Skunk Cabbage 68 - Rose Leaves 69 - The Difference 68 - Unemployed in England, The, 78 - =Illustrations=— - Birds Nests 66, 67 - Plan of Grounds 69 - - * * * * * - -[Illustration: D. and C. ROSES] - -Will grow anywhere, with a little sunshine, water, and care. You can -learn how to grow them, and every other flower of import, from our - -=New Guide to Rose Culture= - -for 1894. If you so request, we will send free, this book and a copy of -our Floral Magazine, ‘=Success with Flowers=.’ - -The Dingee & Conard Company, West Grove, Pa. - -=When writing to advertisers, mention Vick’s Magazine.= - - * * * * * - -A BARGAIN Collection of Flower Seeds - -19 Choice Annuals (everybody’s favorites), all new fresh seeds, sure to -grow and bloom this season. =Pansy=, 40 colors and markings; =Phlox=, 10 -colors; =Verbena=, 18 colors; =Pinks=, 10 colors; =Petunia=, 10 colors; -=Asters=, 12 colors; =Balsam=, 8 colors; =Mignonette Sweet= mixed =Sweet -Peas=, 12 colors and =Sweet Alyssum=. - -=FOR 12 CENTS= and the name and address of two of your friends who -grow flowers, I will send, post-paid, the complete collection, one -pkt. each of the ten varieties (enough for any ordinary garden.) This -is a =BONAFIDE= offer, made to introduce my home grown flower seeds to -new customers and which I =guarantee= to please you or the amount paid -refunded, and the seeds given as a present. - -Address, =Miss C. H. LIPPINCOTT, 319 and 323 Sixth Street, South, -MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.= - - * * * * * - -SEEDS GIVEN AWAY - -FOR TRIAL. I have found that the best way to advertise good Seeds is -to give away a sample for trial. If you will send me a 2-cent stamp to -pay postage, I will mail =free= one package, your selection, of either -Cabbage, Carrot, Celery, Cucumber, Lettuce, Musk or Water Melon, Onion, -Parsnip, Pepper, Pumpkin, Radish, Spinach, Squash, Tomato, Turnip, or of -Flower Seeds—Aster, Balsam, Celosia, Carnation, Mignonette, Pansy, Phlox, -Poppy, Sweet Peas, Zinnia, or Verbena, and one of my 1894 Catalogues. -Under any circumstances do not buy your Seeds until you see it, for I can -save you money. Over 200,000 people say my seeds are the cheapest and -best. I have earliest vegetables on record. Discount and large prizes to -agents. 50 cents worth of Seeds free with $1.00 order. =Write to-day.= -=F. B. MILLS=, Box 30, =Rose Hill, N. Y.= - - * * * * * - -[Illustration] - -ELEGANT PALMS - -From India and the Isles of the Sea. 5 Glorious Plants, different sorts, -post paid, 60c. These will grow and flourish everywhere. - -PALM SEED. - -It is child’s-play to make them grow. Send 5c. postage for our great -catalogue, (130 pages); or catalogue and one large package of 5 different -kinds of Palm seed, free for 20c. postage. 100 packages $10. A child can -sell 100 packages in two evenings after school and make $5.00. - -JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO. LA CROSSE, WIS. - - * * * * * - -NORTH STAR CURRANT - -IS PERFECTLY HARDY; will stand any climate; STRONGEST GROWER—3 to 4 feet -in one summer. FRUIT LARGE, sweet, most DELICIOUS FLAVOR. BERRIES DO NOT -SHELL OR DROP OFF; MOST PROLIFIC. Picks 25 per cent. more fruit. Full -particulars and fine colored plates FREE. - -=THE JEWELL NURSERY CO.=, Nursery Ave. 39, =Lake City, Minnesota=. - -=When writing to advertisers, mention Vick’s Magazine.= - - * * * * * - -FREE Catalogue HOME-GROWN NORTHERN SEEDS - -[Illustration] - -=Guaranteed fresh= and reliable. Large pkts. 2 to 5 cts. _Direct from -Grower._ Novelty presents with every order. Catalogue, =Free=—or with 2 -packets Seeds, 5 cents; 35 packets, $1.00. Send to-day. - -=A. R. AMES, Madison, Wis.= - - * * * * * - -Banquet Strawberry. - -Equal to wild berry in flavor. =CROSBY PEACH, frost proof. Fruits every -year.= COLORED PLATES. Full descriptions. FREE CATALOGUE. All fruits. -Write at once. =HALE BROS., South Glastonbury, Conn.= - - * * * * * - -=CONARD’S SUNSHINE PANSIES and Red, White and Blue SWEET PEAS are the -best.= 1 pkt. each, 2 for 10c. Large pkts. 2 for 20c., with catalogue. -=Alfred F. Conard=, Box 5, =West Grove, Pa.=, _Late Prest, Dingee & -Conard Co._ - - * * * * * - -[Illustration: HOW DO YOU SPELL _SOAP_ DEAR? WHY MA, _P-E-A-R-S_ OF -COURSE!] - - * * * * * - -=SEEDS A $3.00 BOX of NEW, RARE and BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS FREE= - -=HARD TIMES OFFER=—We know that one trial will convince you that we -have the =BEST= as well as the =CHEAPEST= Seeds to be found anywhere in -America, so we will mail you =FREE= for trial the following 15 Packets of -Choice Seeds and two Grand Bulbs; - -=1 BEAUTIFUL SPOTTED GLADIOLUS BULB, sure to bloom. 1 EXCELSIOR TUBEROSE -BULB, Lovely and Fragrant, ☞ BELL’S Show Mixtures are Finest and Rarest -Sorts in the World.= - - =ASTER, Bell’s Show Mixture.= - =PINK, Bell’s Show Mixture.= - =VERBENA, Bell’s Show Mixture.= - =PETUNIA, Bell’s Show Mixture.= - =PHLOX, Bell’s Show Mixture.= - =ALYSSUM, White Wave=, Choice White. - =CALLIOPSIS, Golden Wave=, Extremely Showy. - =PANSY, Bell’s Ever-blooming Greenland=, Brilliant. - =COLUMBINE, Queen Victoria=, Choice New D’ble. - =BUSH MORNING GLORY, Double Violet=, Pretty. - =GODETIA, Double Show=, New Double, Rare. - =WONDERFUL MEXICAN PRIMROSE=, Worth 25c. - =LINUM, Perpetual Flowering=, Blooms all Summ’r - =SWEET PEAS, Beautiful Home Mixed=, Large Flower - =HARDY ANNUALS, 400 Choice Sorts=, Mixed. - -☞ =All the above 15 Packets Seeds and 2 Bulbs Mailed FREE= on the -following conditions; (This is to prevent people sending who have no use -for them). Send us 25 Cents and we will mail all the above, postpaid, -with our “=Book on Summer Gardening=,” and send you in the box a check -for the 25 cents; this check you can return to us and get 25cts. worth -of Seeds at any time. So you see the box of Seeds costs you nothing. We -have 1200 of the choicest varieties and do this to get your patronage. -Book mailed free on application to all seed buyers. Address, =J. J. BELL, -Flowers, Broome Co., N. Y.= - -=GRAND BOX FREE. SEND FOR IT. LOVELY FLOWERS EASILY GROWN.= - - * * * * * - -JOSEPH GILLOTT’S STEEL PENS. - -THE MOST PERFECT OF PENS. - -Gold Medal, Paris Exposition, 1889, - -AND THE AWARD AT THE WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, CHICAGO. - - * * * * * - -VICKS’ SEEDS ARE GUARANTEED TO CONTAIN THE GERM OF LIFE. - - * * * * * - -The Greatest Medical Discovery of the Age. - -KENNEDY’S MEDICAL DISCOVERY - -DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS., - -Has discovered in one of our common pasture weeds a remedy that cures -every kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common Pimple. - -He has tried it in over eleven hundred cases, and never failed except in -two cases (both thunder humor). He has now in his possession over two -hundred certificates of its value, all within twenty miles of Boston. - -A benefit is always experienced from the first bottle, and a perfect cure -is warranted when the right quantity is taken. - -When the lungs are affected it causes shooting pains, like needles -passing through them; the same with the Liver or Bowels. This is caused -by the ducts being stopped, and always disappears in a week after taking -it. - -If the stomach is foul or bilious it will cause squeamish feelings at -first. - -No change of diet ever necessary. Eat the best you can get, and enough of -it Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed-time. Read the Label. Send for -Book. - - * * * * * - -The “Charmer” Pea - -Pleases Everybody Because:—Very Productive; Highest Quality; Fine Flavor; -Staying Qualities; Great Merit; Deep Green Color, Large Peas, Closely -Packed; Nine in a Pod. - -[Illustration] - -This new variety of large podded, handsome Table Pea, introduced by us, -jumped at a bound into instantaneous favor all over the United States. - -The plants stand from three and a half feet to four feed high, and bear -large, long pods, mostly in pairs, which are packed remarkably close with -flattened, greenish-white, wrinkled peas, and these, when cooked, are of -the finest flavor and color. The weight of the Pea compared to the pod -is much greater than usual, producing more shelled peas than any other -variety. - -In season it follows Little Gem and comes before Champion of England. -Both for the market and family garden this Pea will be found of the -highest merit. - -Everybody is charmed with this variety, and whether for private use or -marketing, a liberal quantity should be planted. - -=Price, per packet 10 cents; per pint 30 cents; per quart 50 cents.= - -Vick’s Pea, King of the Dwarfs. - -This new seedling, introduced by us, in season follows closely McLean’s -Little Gem, coming into market in the space intervening between the early -and the late varieties. The vines are sturdy and remarkably vigorous, -growing about two inches taller than the Little Gem, and bearing a -profusion of pods and Peas in the pod, with all of the principal dwarf -varieties, including the American Wonder, we find that the King of the -Dwarfs outyields them all by 20 per cent., all planted at the same time, -on the same soil, with equal cultivation. - -It is a cross between American Wonder and McLean’s Little Gem, and is the -most promising of forty different seedlings. In flavor it is unsurpassed. - -=Price, per packet 15 cents; per pint 75 cents; per quart $1.25.= - -=JAMES VICK’S SONS, Rochester, N. Y.= - - * * * * * - -VICKS’ SEEDS DO NOT DISAPPOINT. 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