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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



landscape work and with raising and 

 caring for trees, shrubs and evergreens, 

 success has been theirs and today they 

 have a nursery stock that is clean, 

 healthy, strong, and free from all dis- 

 ease, so that it is readily transplanted 

 and grows well, as many private places 

 laid out and planted with their stock 

 will show. 



But things are better than words and 

 the camera shows our readers far bet- 

 ter than words can tell, what may be 

 seen at this interesting and well equip- 

 ped nursery. 



On my visit I found the proprietors 

 personally interested in the things that 

 they are cultivating. They love them, 

 in fact, treat them as one would treat 

 one's pets, and after all "love is the 

 greatest thing in the world," though it 

 may take the form of business applica- 

 tion in the growing of trees. Only 

 thorough lovers of plant life could pro- 

 duce the results that Dehn & Bertolf 

 have produced. Everything in the nur- 

 sery is carefully cared for and is free 

 from all blemish of fungous pest or 

 insect enemy. 



AMONG THE BABY RAMBLERS. 



The nursery is on North Street, near 

 the Fairfield County Golf Club, and can 

 easily be reached from the New York, 

 New Haven and Hartford Railroad, or 

 from the electric cars from Port Ches- 

 ter and Stamford. We urge all loveis 

 of 



growing 



plants to pay it a visit. 



A Natural Phenomenon! 



The teacher was giving the geog- 

 raphy lesson, and the class, having 

 traveled from London to Labrador, 

 and from Tressaly to Timbuctoo, was 

 thoroughly worn out. "And now,' 

 said the teacher, "we come to Ger- 

 many, that important country gov- 

 erned by the Kaiser. Tommy Jones, 

 what is a Kaiser?" "Pleas' em," 

 yawned Tommy Jones, "a stream o' 

 hot water springin' up an' disturbin' 

 the earth !" 



A SECTION OF LUXURIANT STIASTA 

 DAISIES. 



I want to express my appreciation 

 of the high character of the material 

 you are presenting in comparison to 

 some other journals along similar lines 

 that come to my table. Surely there is 

 a great field for the AA and its official 

 journal. I only wish that I could in- 

 duce ten thousand people to read it 

 regularly. — Frank C. Pellctt, Atlantic, 

 Iowa. 



