December, 1917 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



169 



Order a li^I^g*, la sting* 

 Christiaas Tree 



Lattice Fences 

 Garden Houses 

 Gates and Arbors 



Garden Accessories which are suitable and 

 just the things required to lend cheer and 

 pleasure to the surroundings of a home. 

 When writing enclose 20c stamps and ask 

 for Pergola Album, E-30. 



HARTMANN - SANDERS COMPANY 



Factory and Main Office: 



Elston and Webster Avenue, CHICAGO 



New York Office: fi East 89th St., Sew York City 



TOWNSEND'S TRIPLEX 



The Greatest Grass Cutter on Earth 

 — Cuts a Swath 86 Inches Wide 



Drawn by one horse and operated by one man, the 

 TRIPLEX MOWER will mow more lawn in a day than 

 the best motor mower ever made, cut it better and at 

 a fraction of the cost. 



Drawn by one horse and operated by one man, it will 

 mow more lawn than any three ordinary horse-drawn 

 mowers with three horses and three men. 



Send for catalogue illustrating all types of 

 TOWNSEND MOWERS 



S. P. TOWNSEND & CO. 



23 Central Ave. Orange, N. J. 



GOOD GARDENS 

 NEVER STOP GROWING 



Why should they when glass properly managed makes 

 Summer conditions below it and repels Winter above it? 



And two layers of glass with an impassable air space 

 between them make the protection complete. Get 



or Hotbeds 

 and Cold-frames 



A Cold-frame, a Hot-bed, a small, ready-made Green- 

 house or even some little Suntrapz will make a highly 

 efficient outfit. They last a lifetime. Immediate ship- 

 ment. Complete catalogue on request. 



SUNLIGHT DOUBLE GLASS SASH CO. 



927 East Broadway Louisville, Ky. 



CELSIOR 



rust ;proo:f 



FENCE 



For private gardens, lawns, estates, etc., as 

 well as public grounds. Made of heavy, 

 cold-drawn steel wires. Held together by 

 patented steel clamps. Galvanized AFTER 

 making, which makes it rust proof. Write for 

 catalogue B. 



Ask your hardware dealer for EXCEL- 

 SIOR rust proof tree guards, trellises, 

 bed guards, railings, gales, etc. 



WRIGHT WIRE COMPANY, Worcester, Mam 



heap." 



FTER Christmas, what are you going to do with the beautiful 

 tree whose cheery color and fragrance gave so much happi- 

 ness to all? Surely it deserves" a better fate than the "ash 

 Then why not, for the same money you would pay for a 

 scrawny, dead one, purchase one of our living Christmas 

 trees like the beautiful specimen shown below? 



We will ship you by express one of these shapely ever- 

 greens, with roots and dirt packed in a wood box. Decorate 

 it with tinsel and ornaments for Christmas and afterwards 

 plant it outdoors to beautify your lawn. 



Add a tree each year and perpetuate the memory of your 

 happy holidays. Should this be baby's first Christmas, the 

 planting will become an historic event. 



Give Evergreens for 

 Christmas Gifts 



Your friends would 

 greatly appreciate a 

 ^p®* gift so useful, so 

 > beautiful, and so 



unique. We'll ship the living 

 Christmas Trees express pre- 

 paid and charge to you along 

 j with our bill for the ever- 

 greens. Prices quoted in order 

 blank below, include boxing. 



A Wall of Green — An Unusual Gift 



The following special offers should prove of particular interest. 



We look after the details of delivering and planting. 



"Live" Screens to shut off a Noisy Street, in form of a Wall of 



Green, 8 ft. tall, $3.18 per running ft., $318 per 100 ft. 

 A Wall of Green, saves 10 years, $6.60 per running foot. 

 A Group of Rare Evergreens for Foundation Planting, 32 Specimen 



Plants of various heights and shapes, $36. 

 A Little Fruit Orchard, containing our own choice of a "Home Use 



Fruit Collection " of 1 3 Treea for $ 6 . 

 Appetizing Small Fruit Collection of Berry Plants and Roots, 170 



Plants of many kinds, $7. 

 A Grove of Big Shade Trees, with particularly brilliant foliage at 



different seasons, 12 Well-shaped Specimens for $10. 



Send for catalog, "Shade" 



ORDER BLANK for Christmas Trees ^S5S3SS^S 



Send me at once the following living evergreens, packed in boxes of earth. Remittance enclosed, 

 express collect. 5 ft. Douglas Spruce, $-4; 5 ft. Japanese Fir, $8; 6 ft., $15; 8 to 10 ft., $20. 



Ship 



NOTE: Cross out items 

 which you do not want. 



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