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than you can with a rake or hoe. By turning a wing nut = ERE ae the Main’ reasons for Rhododendron — 
you can adjust the arms to cultivate rows of any width = uncertainties, along with how they can be turned = 
from 7 to spancnes. 7 BY taking outs the middle tooth — into certainties. The lovely multi-colored hy- = 
you gin saddle small panis and work tvorors at oes, | F= brid varieties which are so desirable, are mostly grown = 
get it into your hands, and you’ll never garden without it. — abroad. Our native, or so-called ‘‘Maximum” are — 
Ask your dealer to show you the Pull-Easy. If he hasn’t = limited in their colors and not so shapely as the hybrids. = 
Porth a, pemaand your dealer's EOS apa = Like most of the nurseries we used to im- Altho semi-shady places are the natural habi- == 
will receive your Pull-Easy by Parcel Post prepaid. Or — port all our hybrids and sell many of them the tat of Rhododendrons,still hardened asoursare, — 
write for detailed description. 4} same year. The customer then took the risk you can plant thern practically any place; pro- | 
THE PULL-EASY MFG. COMPANY 4) of their successfully becoming acclimated. vided you give them the simple care we will = 
ite Niaieechs cWiscondin = But we have stopped that method. All our gladly suggest. Now that prepared humus can — 
5 — plants are now thoroughly acclimated right here be purchased at so reasonable a price, the proper = 
=| in our own nursery before one is sold. preparing of the soil ceases to be a problem. |} 
= Of course every winter we lose some of them. So if you will tell us the particular places | EE 
=) This rugged New England climate of ours ruth- you want to plant Rhododendrons and about |E4 
= lessly eliminates the weaklings. Itis fortunate how much you wish to spend, we will take = 
— itisso. Every plant then that stands the test, genuine pleasure in suggesting the varieties |S 
= has the back bone to transplant and thrive . best meeting your requirements. And while — 
— satisfactorily for you. aves: you are buying Rhododendrons, why not in- = 
— The roots are not chopped off in digging. clude some of our choice old fashioned hard — 
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= All the roots belong to you, and we see to it flowers? Never were our plantsfiner. Itlooks | 
— that you get what belongs to you. as if last winter's heavy snow blanket was just — 
= Every root ball is burlapped separately when what they wanted. = 
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Grow Phlox 4275, rei 
Plant Hicks phlox NOW—to bloom all through late summer 
and early fall and every year 
hereafter. Choi. est varieties. All 
weak colors and poor growers 
discarded. 
Hicks flowering shrubs 
include exceptionally 
fine rhododendrons 
We also specialize in ro 
and 15 year old trees 
—evergreen and 
shade. Guaranteed to 
grow where trans- 
can be grown in any garden or 
conservatory as easily as other 
plants. A few half barrels or 
an artificial pool is all that is 
needed. For many years I 
have specialized in Water- 
Lilies and know the varieties 
that can be grown by anyone, 
anywhere. 
My 1916 Catalogue lists these 
special varieties, giving full de- 
The Garden Record Book 
By HARRIET POMEROY THOMPSON 
A daily record (three successive years on a page), 
to enable the garden-lover to keep a memorandum 
of the weather, seeds, plants and bulbs planted 
and transplanted, first and last buddings and 
blooms, work done and notes recorded, etc. 
A necessity for the careful gardener, and a unique 
lanted. Write for me present for AWE garden- ilo ing friend. scriptions and many pictures. It 
Bee booklet, ‘ Home and welco BP 8 also tells of the many plants suited 
Landscapes.” Printed on good ledger paper, size 11% x 9%4, $2.00 net. to a water garden, Write fora copy 
HICKS NURSERIES 
Dept. M, Westbury 
L. I. Phone €8 
WILLIAM TRICKER, Water-Lily Specialist 
Box E Arlington, New Jersey 
E. P. DUTTON & CO., 681 Fifth Ave., N. Y. 
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