August. 1917 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



27 



DREER'S 



Mid-Summer Catalogue 



offers the best varieties and gives directions 

 for planting in order to raise a full crop of 

 Strawberries next year; also offers Celery 

 and Cabbage Plants, Seasonable, Vegetable, 

 Flower and Farm Seeds for summer sowing, 

 Potted Plants of Roses, Hardy Perennials, 

 and Shrubbery which may safely be set out 

 during the summer; also a select Jfst of sea- 

 sonable Decorative Plants. 



Write for a free copy mid 

 kindly mention this publication 



Henry A. Dreer 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



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DUTCH BULBS 



are coming i 



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The Quality of "Diamond Brand" Bulbs of 1917 crop 

 promises to be superfine! We are not so sure about the 

 Quantity, but hope enough will reach us to go around. 



isil C\ffoiA* To popularize tlie giant-flower- 



IUI l///cr. ; ug D.UOVIX TULIPS we will 



blooming bulbs each of CLA1U BUTT, clear salmon 



pink, PltlDE OK HAARLEM, deep rose shaded 



scarlet and GRETCIIEX. very light salmon, (M 



30 line bulbs in all, postpaid for "P 1 



FREE: — Treasures of Bulbland 



describes the choicest Hyacinths, Tulips, Daffodils, 

 etc. Delive-y in September. Write for your 

 copy TO-DAY. 



NETHERLAND BULB CO., 32 Broadway, N. Y. 



PRINKLERS 



for Every Need 



Simple, compact and effective "rain- 

 makers" that do good work under all con- 

 ditions. Let them help youmake yourgar- 

 dens bountiful and your lawns beautiful. 



lAT SMALL COSTiiiii»iiiiiii 



There are four types, each made in several sizes. $6.85 

 will buy a perfect "Border Mist" Junior Sprinkler. A 

 "Garden Rain" Machine at $15.7$ provides as complete 

 an outfit as one may wish. We guarantee every sprink- 

 ler. Write for descriptive folder — free. 



THE SKINNER IRRIGATION COMPANY 



Phone 5220 Franklin 131 Hudson St., New York 



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MOON'S SHRUBBERY 



Softens the angular lines of house foundation 

 value of the home, besides the pride afforded 

 your property. Ask for Catalogue No. A 



THE WM. H. MOON CO,. Nu 

 MorrisviUe, Pennsylvania 



increases the intrinsic 

 beautify! 



EVERGREENS— An Investment 



Annuals are good, perennials are better, but evergreens 

 are best and we have never met a man who could dis- 

 pute this. Properly selected and carefully planted ever- 

 greens serve generations. They are highly ornamental 

 365 days in the year and each year sees them increase in 

 beauty, usefulness and value. 



Plant Them NOW! 



August transplanting is an assured success when our oft- 

 transplanted, carefully nursed and root-pruned speci- 

 mens are used. Practical suggestions which kinds to 

 choose for different purposes and thorough instructions 

 how to plant them yours to command in a Free Treatise. 



Uniform Prices for Austrian 



and Scotch Pines, as 



follows : — 



2 to 2i feet tall, each $1.00; $9.00 for 10 

 2| to 3 feet tall, each $1.25; $10.00 for 10 



3 to 4 feet tall, each $2.50; $17.50 for 10 



All symmetrical specimens, carefully dug and 

 packed with large ball of earth. Safe arrival in 

 good growing condition guaranteed. 



Austrian Pine, 

 Scotch Pine 



For exposed hillsides or slopes, few 

 evergreens equal Austrian Pine 

 (shown alongside) in usefulness. 

 Very beautiful when adorned with 

 new growth. Scotch Pines are 



even more rapid growers than Austrian Pine, equally hardy and 



ornamental. 



Besides treatise mentioned above, our free catalogue is at your dis- 

 posal. It presents the cumulative experience of over a century in 

 the nursery business. Describes as complete and perfect a stock of 

 evergreens as ever grew in 800 acre nurseries. Please ask for it. 



AMERICAN NURSERY COMPANY, Inc. 



800 Acres— at Flushing, L. I. and Springfield, N. J. 



Sales Office — Singer Building, N. Y. 



You Can Grow Vegetables, if you read 



Vegetable Lore 



By Maurice Fuld 



A NEW monthly magazine devoted exclusively 

 ■£** to the subject of "Vegetable Gardening by 

 the Amateur." 



Just the information you need to make your 

 little garden successful. 



Subscription $1.00 per year 



Sample copies mailed free 

 MAURICE FULD, 1457 Broadway, New York 



MPGRM 



^^f^-' , '^^ : ' : *':'^*>4iiii^^-"'-':^^^ 5 ' : * f'WR PLANTS give a crop of finest berries in two 



^-r to ten months from planting — the Everbearing 

 varieties in two months; the others the following June. Afull list of the best varieties, includ- 

 ing the remarkable Van Fleet Hybrids, covering the whole season from earliest to latest. 



Our booklet No. 2 of Pot-Grown Strawberries tells all about them; how to prepare the ground and 

 cultivate. IT IS FREE. If you would have bigger and better strawberries than your neighbors or you 

 have ever had before, plant LOVETT'S POT-GROWN STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 



J. T. LOVETT, Box 125, Little Silver, N. J. 



Strawberry Specialists 

 for thirty-nine years. 



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