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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 15 



urpccs 



9ari T^e Leading American 

 Seed Catalog for 1909! 



TiiK "Silent Salesman-' of thP Worlil's Lareect Mail-order Seed Trade i3 a Ne%v Book of 

 174 pages. It describes Uarf Noveltie.s which canuot be had elsewhere and tells the )/lain truth 

 about the Best Heeds that can be grown— as proved at our famous Fordhook 1'aiims— the largest 

 and moat complete Trial Grounds in America. Handsomely bound in covers lithographed in nine 

 colors, it shows, with the bi-autiful colored plates (also in nine colors), Seven Choice Novelties in 

 Vegetables, Three Superb "Spencer" Sweet Peas and the most beautiful New Giant-flowered 

 Pansies— all accurately painted from Nature. With hundreds of illustrations from photographs 

 and carefully written descriptions it is A Safe Guide to success in the garden and should be con- 

 sulted by everyone who plants either for pleasure or profit. While too costly a book to send 

 unsolicited (except to our regular customers), weara pleased to mail it FREE to every one who 

 has a garden and can appreciate Quality ix Seeds. Shall we mail Tou a copy ? If so, kindly 

 name this paper and write TO-DAY ! 



W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., B^unTng Philadelphia, U.S. A. 



.OPDSEEDS 



BESTINTHEWORLD 



PRICES BELOW ALL OTHERS 



I give a lot of new sorts for 

 trial with every order I fill. 

 ^ ^^ A Grand Big Catalog CBCC 

 ^^^^^ Illustrated with over rtlCC 

 ^^'^(A 700 engravings of vegetables 

 P_ and flowers. Send yours and 

 ^--your neighbors' addresses. 

 R. H. SHUMWAY, Rockford. Illinois 



300,000 



Cherry Trees, two years old, 

 4 cents each; boxing free. 

 Catalog free to everybody. 

 Sheerin's Wholesale Nurseries, Dansvilie, New York 



BEFORE ORDERING 



BERRY-CRATES AND 

 QUART BASKETS 



write for our catalog and special prices. 

 H. H. Aultlather, box 100, Minerva, O. 



REE 



I To prove that our 

 Blizzard 

 Belt Ever- 



I gr eens will 



grow in all parts 

 'of the country we oRer to semi 

 6 Fine Spruces ^ to ^ ft. tall 

 free to property owners. Whole- 

 sale value and mailing expense over 

 30 cents. To help, send S cents or not 

 as you please. A postal will bring the 

 trees and our catalog containing many colored 

 photo plates of our choice Blizzard Belt Fruits. Write 

 today. The Gardner Nursery Co., Box 26, Osage, la 



850,000 



GRAPEVINES 



eSVarletl-s. Also Small Fruits. Trees. Ac. BestRoot- 

 ed Stock, (ienuine, cheap. 2 sample vines mailed for inc. 

 Descriptiye price-list free. LenURoeMb.Box A,Kredonia,N.T. 



1 wast to give yiu this 

 glorious collection of 



SWEET 

 PEAS 



Containing over 100 of 



the GRANDEST and 



^^^, MOST BEAUTIFUL of 



"" the Woild's Giant 



Varieties. They are 

 s imply wonderful, 

 grand and superb, 

 — and 1 want to send 

 you this WHOLE 



complete C^^_ 

 collection rTcC 

 ttsoluttly »**'•' 



All I ask you to do 

 is to cut out this ad. 

 write your name «nd address 

 on margin and wrap two dimes 

 (or ten 2c stamps) in it to pay 

 packing and pottage and 

 three months' subscription to 

 Farm G Stock, our treat montb- 

 ly farm magazine, i am going 

 to give away 10,000 of these 

 collections just to get acquaint- 

 ed with you. Send immediately 

 F. J. Wright, Editor, Farm & 

 Stock, Box 25, St.Joseph. Mo. 



EVERY HOME 



should be adorned with 

 ' Palms and other leof and 

 flowering plants. We have •14 

 " greenhouses full. Also have 

 1 hundreds of car lots of 

 FRl'lT and ORiN AMKNT- 

 ALTRKi;S. .S(M<1», Plants. 

 Itoses, Vines, Uiilbs, sninll 

 size Shrubs and Trees 

 mailed postpaid. iSiife arrival 

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 Immense stock of SUPKRB 

 CAN N AS, the queen of bed- 

 ding plants. Direct deal will save .von monev nnd 

 insure you the best. Elegant 168-page Catalog FREE. 

 55 years- 44 greenhouses. 1200 acres. 



The Storrs & Harrison Co., Box 16V Painesville, 0. 



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PACKETS CHOICE FLOWER ^ GAROEN SEEDS 4 He 



To introduce our high-grade Seeds we will mail the following 15 packets and our large illustrated 1909 

 catalog, also a cout>on good for 10 cents, all for one dime. 



VEGETABLE SEED: Beet, cabbage. Cucumber, Lettuce, Onion, Parsnip, Parsley, 

 R*<li^h. Tomato, and Turnip. Will make a good kitchen garden. 



SLOWER SEED; Bachelor's-button, Phlox, Garden Heliotrope, Petunia, Forget-me-not. All 

 tested seed and trae to name. Satisfaction guaranteed. Orderio-day, BINGHAMTON SEED CO , 412 Court St., BInghamton, NY 



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