RECREATION. 



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FLORAL BUTTERFLY PLANT 



. No plant possesses so many good points as do these 

 two glorious new Commeliiias. Of graceful trailing 

 habit, superb for carpet bedding or for hanging pots. 

 In pots they bloom every day in the year. In the garden 

 from May until frost, showing daily scores of large 

 winged butterfly-like blossoms. Color (No. 1) the most 

 beautiful blue to be found in any flower. A shade so 

 exquisitely lovely as to baffle description. Thrives in 

 sun or shade, wet or dry, rich or poor soil ; as easily 

 raised as a weed from seed or cuttings, grows rapidly, 

 flowers at once, and propagates so easily that plants 

 are very cheap. Blooms in 50 days from seed. 



No. I — Exquisite Blue, like tropical Butterflies. 



No. 2 — Rosy Pink, in other respects like No. 1. 

 Strong plants for blooming at once, by mail guaran- 

 teed to grow, 20c each ; the 2 for 30c, 5 for 60c. 



Seed of both colors mixed, 25 cts. per packet. 



FRFF °^R GREAT CATALOGUE of Flower and 

 1 ivuli Vegetable Seeds, Bulbs, Plants and Rare New 

 Fruits, Profusely Illustrated, Large Colored Plates — 136 

 pages. Do not miss our great Novelties, Emperor Asparagus 

 (crop in n months from seed), Early Lima, Perpetual khu- 

 barb, Pineapple Onion, Climbing Currant and Blackberry, 

 Everblooming Wistaria, Tree, and Double Lilacs, etc. We 

 have the finest Asters, Pansies, Peas, Stocks, Verbenas, Gera- 

 niums, Azaleas, Roses, Palms, Ferns, Begonias, Gloxinias, 

 Violets, Phloxes. Gladiolus, Cannas, Dahlias, Lilies, Cala- 

 diums, Shrubs, Vines, New Fruits, and all Vegetables. 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Floral Park, N.Y. 



One Sunday last fall a party of 10 left 

 Los Angeles at 4 a. m. with a stage and 

 4 horses. When we reached our shooting 

 ground, 3 hours later, we found 25 or 30 

 men ahead of us. They had cleaned out the 

 birds completely, and instead of broiled 

 quails for dinner we had to fall back on 

 baked beans. Later in the day we succeed- 

 ed in killing 14 quails, not an excessive 

 bag for 10 men. Returning we met 4 men 

 with 4 dogs. They claimed to have killed 

 100 birds each. We did not count the 

 game, but saw a big pile of quails in their 

 wagon. When they laughed at our poor 

 luck, we told them that, though we had no 

 objection to a fair bag, we would rather 

 kill 5 birds each than 100. F. S. Herr, 

 who was with us, had the pleasure of shoot- 

 ing a buck deer with a kodak at 25 yards. 

 He had a gun with him and is an old 

 hunter, but said he would not shoot a deer 

 that seemed as tame as that one. 



M. A. G., Pasadena, Cal. 



PpCET To anyone subscribing to Recreation 

 1 ■ ■ ■- ^» through me I will give a cloth copy of 

 one of Cooper's, Dickens', Dumas', Thackeray's or 

 Conan Doyle's books. Address, 



J. M. RUGEN, 210S West Lake St., Chicago, 111. 



SWEET SULTAN 



(Centaurea) ^ 



with large, pure white blossoms, 

 richly scented, exquisitely sweet 

 and graceful. Has long stems, 

 and will last a fortnight in water. 



For 10c, in Stamps or Silver we 



•will mail you one packet of this choice 

 seed and our annual, Free, 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



Dept. X 54 & 56 Dey St., New York 



p- CHICAGO & 



ALTON 



- RAILWAY I 



The first dir 

 car in the world, 

 the"Delmonico," 

 was run by the 

 Chicago & Alton 

 in 1868. Then 

 the "Alton" was 

 the best dining 

 car line because it 

 was the only one. 

 To-day it is the 

 best dining car 

 line because it is 



"The Only Way" 

 PEOPLE YOU MEET IN THE DINING CAR 



Pictures of an American Prince, an old maid, 

 a drunimer,a pretty girl, a farmer, and other 

 types, are contained in a booklet, which will 

 be sent for a two cent stamp. Address Geo. 

 J. Charlton, Gen. Pass. Agt., C. & A. R'y, 

 Chicago, 111-, who also has on hand a few 

 Fencing Girl calendars at 25 cents each. 



