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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
Marcu, 1908 
OLD HICKORY 
stand all sorts of weather. 
hickory with bark on. 
over all 40 inches. 
River. 
every piece. 
48-page illustrated catalogue 
123 Cherry Street = 
SPINDLE BACK CHAIR 
Guaranteed most serviceable, comfortable, attractive Chair for 
Porch and Lawn use ever sold at this remarkably low price. 
Solidly constructed of genuine white 
Seat 18 inches long, 16 inches deep; heigh 
Price, $1.75, freight prepaid east of Mississippi 
120 other styles of Chairs, Settees, Tables, etc., $1.50 up. 
“The Old Hickory Chairs reached me O. K. last Saturday and to use Mrs. Wiles’s expression : 
‘We are tickled to pieces’ over them. They are the pride of the neighborhood. I think I shall 
want another piece of your artistic furniture later. Many thanks for your favor to me.” 
“J take pleasure in advising you that the chairs shipped to me at Riverside, N. Y., have been 
received, and I am more than pleased with them. If I have occasion to buy anything more of this 
character, you may be sure that the Old Hickory Chair Company will get the order.” 
Be sure to get the “Old Hickory” Furniture, and see that our trade-mark is on 
If your dealer will not supply you, remit direct to us. 
and our Special Introductory 
THE OLD HICKORY CHAIR CO. 
“The ‘Original Old Hickory’ Furniture Manufacturers.” 
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ERNEST P. WILEs, Muncie, Ind. 
A. M. Harris, New York, N. Y. 
Ask for new 
Offer FREE. 
= Martinsville, Ind. 
Gattle Manure 
Shredded or 
y im Bags Pulverized 
Best for all indoor and outdoor work. No 
= | bad odor. Easily applied. Delivered East of 
Missouri River. $2.00 Per Bag (100 Ibs.). Write 
“== for circulars. THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO. 
19 Union Stock Yards, Chicago 
EVERGREENS 
Largest stock in America, 
including 
Colorado Blue Spruce and 
Douglas Spruce of Colorado. 
Also Ornamental Shade and 
Forest Trees, 
R. DOUGLAS’ SONS, 
Waukegan, III. 
Beautiful—and Cheap 
Soft, velvety colors, that will wear as long 
as colors can, and cost 50% less than paint 
to buy and apply, come from using 
Cabot’s Shingle Stains 
Made with 
the best pigments, the best 
fixatives, and Creosote, ‘‘the best wood 
preservative known.’ The only stains 
made of Creosote and without petroleum. 
Stained-wood samples and color chart sent free 
SAM’L CABOT, Inc. - Sole Manufacturers 
1 OLIVER STREET- - - - BOSTON, MASS. 
AGENTS AT ALL CENTRAL POINTS 
: Tf you want Strawberry Plants, the best that 
;| grow, I have millions of them grown expressly 
\»9 for plants. 108 varieties, consisting of all the best 
NW) standard and most promising new ones. Packed 
to carry anywhereat reasonable prices. Mycat= | 
alogue tells all about them and it is FREE. Write 
NY postal for it today. Address 
W. F. ALLEN, 38 Market St. Salisbury, Md. 
When Planning Your Garden 
a copy of our 1908 catalogue will be of great help 
to you. For 26 years we have been headquarters 
for high class vegetable and flower seeds. 
Why not send for the catalogue to-day, it’s free 
and better than ever? 
M. H. BRUNJES & SON 
1581 Myrtle Ave. BROOKLYN, N. Y. 
. Groff’s Hybrids, Silver 
Gladiolus Trophy and named 
sorts. Fine assortment. Lowest prices. 
Send 25c. for 25 assorted flowering size bulbs, 
and catalog. Mention this magazine. 
Geo. S. WoopRuFF, Independence, Iowa 
Green & Green, Architects, Los Angees, Cal, 
“Quilt,” the warmest sheathing paper 
Recent Garden and Outdoor 
Books 
ee book publishers’ lists show a sur- 
prising number of new books dealing 
with problems of the soil and nature, and 
it is evident that garden craft in America 
is at last beginning to find itself. ‘The 
beginnings were made a few years ago in 
the production of books not entirely of the 
practical handbook type suitable for the 
professional worker of the soil, but of a more 
or less “literary” kind, chiefly stimulated, 
pethaps, by “Elizabeth and Her German 
Garden.” Up to that time, the only readable 
gardening books for the average man were 
those by English authors which did not fit 
American conditions, for many beautiful 
flowers which flourish here refuse to grow 
across the Atlantic and vice versa. 
The Garden Month by Month. By Mabel 
Cabot Sedgwick. Frederick A. Stokes Company, New 
York, 19073; pp. 491, 20c half-tone engravings and color 
chart. Price, $4.00 net. 
This is the first comprehensive American 
attempt to familiarize us with the little inti- 
mate, practical details concerning the cultiva- 
tion of the hardy perennial garden flowers. 
The information is conveniently arranged 
in tabular form by months, and gives the 
English and common names of the plant, 
its height, color of the flower, the situation 
preferred, exposure, time of bloom, and any 
particular cultural suggestions that will 
help the amateur in growing it. This, taken 
together with the tenth edition of Robinson’s 
classical ‘‘ English Flower Garden” (imported 
by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 
1906; price $6.00 net) should enable the 
American amateur to become thoroughly 
familiar with the garden possibilities of the 
plants in this country. 
Three Acres and Liberty. By Bolton Hall. 
The Macmillan Company, New York, 1907 ; pp. 427, 16 
illustrations. Price, $1.75 net. 
The various magazines devoted to outdoor 
living have for several years past been pre- 
senting stories of achievements more or 
less remarkable. ‘These accounts appeared 
sporadically and often have aroused a feeling 
of incredulity in the reader. Mr. Bolton Hall 
has rendered a real service in collecting the 
most significant of these stories in one 
volume. Here is a guide for the man who 
having been tied to a desk wishes to cut 
loose and enjoy the freedom of making a 
living from the soil. The author is not 
extravagantly enthusiastic, but has the good 
sense to point out the dangers and pitfalls 
that the unskilled are likely to stumble 
over. 
