RECREATION. 



XXXI 



ESTABLISHED 1802 



Our 1900 Catalogue is now ready, 

 and will be mailed free on applica- 

 tion. It contains a large assortment 

 of Seeds, and more information about 

 them and their culture than any 

 other Seed Annual published. We 

 have been for the past 98 years the 

 leading Seed House of America. 



J.M.TH0RBURN&C0. 



(Late of IS John Street) 



36 CORTLANDT STREET. NEW YORK 



GRAND PANSIES 



Special Trial 

 Offer New and 



Did you ever see 7 straight or circular rows of 

 Pansies, side by side, each a different color ? If so, 

 you know that the effect is charming beyond con- 

 ception. Did you ever see Chi Ids' Giant Pansies, mar- 

 vels in beauty and true to color ? If not. you have 

 not seen the beauty and perfection now attained. 



As a trial offer, we will mail for 25 cents t 

 50 seeds Tansy Giant, Pure Snow White, 

 50 » Coal Black, 



50 ' ;/ " Cardinal Red, 



5° Bright lellow, 



50 " Azure Blue, 



SO " Bright Violet, 



2*Hfi 1 , „ Striped, Variegated. 



A little book on Pansies, telling all about culture, etc. 



A Booklet of 95 pages on House Plants ; tells just 

 h0 ^y_to care for every ki nd of win dow plant. 



iS. MAYFLOWEtt magazine 3 months; finest 

 publication on Flowers and Gar dening. And our 



Catalogue of 156 pages and 9 Colored Plates. 

 The 7 Pansies, 2 Books, Mayflower and Cat'g, 25c. 

 t?£}} v Catalogue for 190O— 25th Anniversary 

 sfiJi irRr ea $S 8t Book of Slower and Vegetable 

 m,^?' ?. ulbs . Plants and New Fruits, 156 pages, 500 

 illustrations, 9 colored plates, will be mailed free 

 to any who anticipate purchasing. Great Novelties 

 m Sweet Scented and Tuberous Rex Begonias, Gera- 

 niums, fragrant Calla, Treasure Vine, Gooseflower, 

 caiadiums, Everblooming Tritoma, Cannas, Gladi- 

 olus, Roses, Phloxes, Giant Paeony, Lilies, Palms, 

 carnations. Primroses, Asters, Pansies, Sweet Peas, 

 verbenas, Tomatoes, Strawberries, etc. 



John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. V. 



Always ready. 



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Never 

 spoils. 



The only insurance 

 against an empty 

 stomach. 



This Can Contains.*.. 



and 



Food 

 Drink 



Sufficient for One Man for 

 One Day. 



The choicest beef, vegetables, and 

 cereals with all moisture extracted are 

 scientifically compounded and pressed 

 to smallest space, and are, with a tablet 

 of choice sweetened tea, sufficient to 

 make two quarts of a delicious in- 

 fusion, hermetically sealed in tin, with 

 patent opener. We have supplied 

 the American and British armies with 

 a half a million cans for use in the 

 Philippines and South Africa. 



IT IS THE BEST FOOD EVER DE- 

 VISED FOR SPORTSflEN, TOURISTS, 

 MINERS, PROSPECTORS, YACHTSHEN 

 AND TlflBER HUNTERS. 



We invite correspondence from 

 dealer and consumer. Prices and 

 catalogs on application. 



Sole Manufacturers : 



The American 

 Compressed Food Co., 



PASSAIC, N. J. 



agents: 



Von Lengerke & Dei-mold, 318 Broadway, 

 New York City. 



William Read & Sons, Boston, Mass. 



A. J. DeLamare, 201 Front St., San Fran- 

 cisco, Cal. 



