XII 



POPULAR GARDENING. 



November, 



Postage and packing 10 cents extra when sent as 

 a premium or imrchased. 



Fine Medium Pocket Knife. (313)-Many people 

 want a Knife midway between a heavy jack knife 

 and a pen knife. We show one such at exactly 

 one half length immediately under the shears in 

 the engraving. It is a superior knife in every 

 way. Brass finished; ebony or white handle. 

 Given for one new name. Price 75 cents. Post- 

 age and packing 10 cents in all cases. 



Ladies' Fine Knife with Glove Hook.Ols -This 



is a pefect gem, possessing a hlade of the same 



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Showing style of Tools, aiul r.rnrt sire, of Premium 223 

 (One Solder with 10 toots for one new name and 30 cts. 



superior quality as the above, besides a neat 

 hook for the gloves or shoes. The handle is pearl 

 and the finishing unsurpassed throughout. It is 

 a Knife that theie is satisfaction in possessing. 

 For one new name. Price 6.5 cents post paid. 



Ladies Fine Two-Bladed Fen Knife. (314) This 

 is similar in size and (luality t(.) the last, except 

 that instead of a liook there is a second blade, 

 and the handle is tortoise shell. The shape is 

 also slightly different, both ends being more 

 nearly alike. An exq uisite Knife, and as good as 

 it is handsome. Given for one new name. Price 

 6.5 cents i>ost paid. 



Family Shears. Nickel Plated Blades. (315) 

 —Why do Shears dull so quickly. Frequently it is 

 because the metal or temper is faulty, but more 

 often because the two parts are carelessly put 

 together so that they scrape each other, taking 

 oft the edge. The Shears we otCer are made of 

 the best steel, skillfully tempered, and the blades 

 are fitted so pei'fectly that they never dull each 

 other, hence keep an edge ten times as long as 

 ordinary store shears. They are warranted for 

 their superiority. The favorite size is eight inches 

 long. Given for one new name and 10 cents extra. 

 Price 75 cents. Postage and packing 10 cents if 

 sent as a premium or purchased. By registered 

 mail 10 cents extra. 



A Fine Croquet Set. (!J1C)— Lawn games are es- 

 pecially to be recommended for summer, as they 

 take people into the open air. We speak of this 

 now so that many may make provisions for the 

 ~ 1889 season, by 



securing lawn 

 outfits this win- 

 ter. By our 

 terms no coun- 

 try home should 

 be without this 

 f ascina t i n g 



A Qreat Implement for Sowing Seed and Cultivating Crops. 

 Premium 222.) 



game. Complete set including eight balls in 

 box-, all for one new name and 25 cents. Price 

 $1.30. Sent only by express. 



Genuine Bisque Doll with Kid Body. {317)— In 

 this line again we offer only the best. A Bisque 

 Doll is superior to any other, being less easily 

 broken than wax, while it is equal in flesh-like 

 texture and tints, and it is as readily washed as the 

 much inferior and cheap China and porcelain 

 doUs. The one we have chosen has natural hair, al- 

 most human eyes, delicately tinted cheeks and 

 neck, and sweet expression of lips and face. It is 

 such a doll as every good little girl of the Poptr- 

 LAR Gardening family should have. The body is 

 kid, which greatly surpasses any other material 

 for beauty and durability, and being jointed it 

 is a most convenient size to dress. This doll is 

 19^ inches in height. Given for two new names, 

 or one new name and 40 cents. Price $1.30. Post- 

 age and packing 40 cents when sent as a premium 

 or purchased. (218)— A doll nearly as fine as the 

 above but smaller, being 13 inches in height, will 

 be given for one new name. Price 85 cents. Post- 

 age and packing 30 cents when sent as a premium 

 or purchased 



Child's Decorated China Tea Set. (319)— This 

 Set, which was imported, consists of 33 pieces as 

 follows: Six cups, six saucers, six plates, tea pot, 

 milk pitcher,sugar bowl and platter. Each piece is 

 hand painted in colors. Given for one new name 

 and 10 cents additional. Price 90 cents. Postage 

 and packing 50 cents when sent as a premium or 

 purchased. 



Berlin Bubber Pocket Stamp. (320)— The use 

 of red rubber type for printing names, addresses, 

 monograms, etc., was a most useful invention, 

 while the self-inking devices applicable to this 

 form of type have been equally important. 

 Together they enable any one to print names, etc., 

 on cards, letters, envelopes, books, and the like, 

 or on clothing and implements as clear and hand- 

 some as ordinary printing. One of the most use- 

 ful and compact stamps of this kind is the Berlin 

 Pen and Pencil Stamp, suitable for carrying in 

 the pocket. This stamp opens by a clever spring, 

 and it takes no more room when closed than an 

 ordinary lead pencil. Jt is in fact made in the 

 shape of a pen and lead pencil top, and a lead 

 pencil and pen comes with each one. Also one 

 bottle of either red, blue, purple, green, black, 

 or indelible ink, and three lines of reading, any- 

 thing you desire. This is all given for one new 

 name. Price $1.00, by mail post paid. 



Gem Self-Inking Bubber Stamp. (331)— This is 

 the most popular rubber stamp now made, but is 

 not quite as compact for the pocket as the preced- 

 ing one. It is finely finished In nickel, and it is 

 the smoothest working and most durable stamp 

 made. The pressure is evenly divided over all 

 the letters, and it is as perfectly self-inking as a 

 thousand dollar printing-press. We will warrant 

 this to print a sharp impression for years, owing 

 to the supeiior rubber used, and to give entire 

 satisfaction. Like the foregoing one it is mainly 

 designed to print on cards, letters, envelopes, 

 books, and implements. We have several of them 

 in daily use in the Popular Gardening oflBce. 

 A No. 4 Gem, with four lines of any matter. 

 Given for one new name. Price $1.00 post paid. 



The " Planet, Jr.," Combined Drill, Wheel, 

 Hoe, etc. (223)— This tool has been in constant 

 use on our Experiment Farm, at LaSalle, N. T., 

 during the past season, and has given such excel- 

 lent satisfaction that we shall include it here. 

 Its great utihty lies in the fact of its combining 

 so many features in one implement. As a Seed 

 Drill it sows all garden seeds accurately at any 

 desired depth, opening, dropping, covering, roll- 

 ing down and marking the next row all at one 

 passage. It is simple, effective, and noiseless. It 

 holds one quart. For after care of the crop, this 

 tool is supplied with a pair of Rakes, a pair of 

 long Hoes, three reversible Cultivator teeth, and 

 a large garden plow. Given for 16 new names 

 only. Price $12.00, but not for sale by us. 

 Tools and Tool Holder. (323) The old-fashioned 

 pocket Tool Handle with its 

 contents of awls and other 

 tools has long been a favorite 

 little helper with all classes of 

 people, but the great objection 

 to it was its inferior quality. 

 We knew that at last some man- 

 ufacturer of edge tools would 

 apply his skill in making a 

 superior article that would be 

 worthy of its great utility. At 

 last one has been found, and in 

 the Miller's Falls Co.'s Pocket 

 Tool Holder and Tools, we have the article in its 

 present form. It consists of a handle of rose- 

 wood finished with a patent nickel plated chuck 



(See 



at one end that will hold anything from a pin to 

 a file, and the other with a rt^sewood screw cap 

 which closes the hollow handle that holds the 

 tools when not in use. With this handle come 

 10 useful tools, made of the best steel and per- 

 fectly temperate, namely, one screw driver, two 



standard Brand of Rubber Hose. {See Peemium^H.) 



flat chisels, one round chisel or guage, one small 

 saw, three brad awls of different sizes for leather 

 and wood, one round awl, one 4-sided awl. The 

 exact sizes of some of these is shown in the en- 

 graving. Every boy needs such tools. Every 

 family should have a set. It will save its cost 

 over and over again. For one new name and 30 

 cents extra. Price $1.00. Postage and packing 20 

 cents when sent as a premium or purchased. 



Fifty Feet Rubber Garden Hose. (224)— 

 This is the Goodyear Rubber Co.'s Standard 

 Brand of Hose, and is for its grade unequalled 

 for service. In this day when so much shoddy 

 (old rubbers, ear springs, etc., ground over,) is 

 worked into Rubber goods by unscrupulous 

 parties, it is of the utmost importance to secure 

 a reliable brand of Rubber Hose, and such is the 

 one we offer. Ordinary size, fifty feet in length. 

 Given for five new names and $2.50 additional, 

 or for ten new names alone. Price $5.50. By 

 express only. 



The Buffalo Lawn Mower. (335)— It is a most 

 gratifying fact, that the demand for Lawn Mow- 

 ers outside of the large towns is rapidly on the 

 increase, for it shows that land owners every- 

 where are beginning to appreciate how easy it is 

 to greatly beautify the home, by running a hand 

 mower over the yard occasionally, thus securing 

 a velvety grass plat. The Buffalo mower here 

 offered is the result of an attempt to reduce 

 the price of a strictly first-class machine to a 

 figure, consistent with the large and growing 

 demand for these implements. It is guaranteed 

 by its makers to work perfectly, while we know 

 from one season's use of a Buffalo, that it is un- 

 equaled for general purposes. We claim for it 



Two ui^i'ful Lawn Implements. (See Premiums 

 225 and 226. 

 the following advantages: It runs lighter than 

 others; a lady can easily work it; cuts higher 

 grass; needs less repairs, and the adjustments 

 are more simple. It is a side wheel, rear cut ma- 

 chine, and has self-sharpening knives. The gear- 

 ing is heavy and fully protected. We offer the 

 popular size having a 14-inch cut weighing 28 

 pounds, and which can be run either by a man, 

 lady or boy, for only seven new subscribers and 

 $3.50 additional, or for 13 new names. Price $9.00. 

 For packing 30 cents additional whether sent as 

 a premium or purchased. 



Garden and Lawn Boilers. (236)— It is much 

 easier to have a good garden, and for that mat^ 

 ter, a good lawn with the aid of a first-class roller 

 that is easily handled than without. Indeed we 

 always advise the use of the roUer early in the 

 spring, and again later in the season on the lawn 

 as being premotive of a handsome grass plat. 

 We offer an all steel Roller that cannot be ex- 

 celled for the lawn or garden. It may be weighted 

 to any desired extent. It is two feet wide. Given 

 for six new names and $7.00, or 12 new names 

 and $4.00, or tor 18 new names. Price $15.00. 



