Marcu, 1908 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
Are you going to refurnish a room ? 
Write to the Readers? Service for hints 115 
Up in the Northwest is a firm, now 24 years in 
business, which sells good seeds. The Minneapolis Daily 
Times, Jan. 15, 1905, said editorially : 
“It?s not too much to say that through the new and im- 
proved varieties of seeds introduced by Northrup, King & Co. 
during the past twenty-one years, Millions of dollars 
have been added to the permanent value of 
Northwestern farm lands. Of such firmsas Northrup, 
King & Co. it may truly be said, ‘ They deserve well of the 
Grass, 
source. Our Sterling Brands represent the highest qual- 
ity and purest seed obtainable anywhere—atany price. Sam- 
ples on application. Large magnifying glass to determine 
quality, free to purchasers. See catalog, page ror. 
Vegetable 4 Flower Se ds 
We send free to buyers of $1.00 worth of seeds from 
cur catalogan extra dollar’s worth of the varieties we con- 
Sider to be the best of theirclass. See catalog, page 3. 
The Marvelous : 
This 1s one of the most wonderful plants earth 
holds for our delight. It opens in the evening and exhales 
a delicious and far carrying fragrance—perfuming the whole 
garden. Easily grown in any climate and on any soil. 
For 10 cents we will mail a full size packet of 
seed of the perfume plant and 
Our 1908 Catalog _ 
A Seed catalog is a picture of the firm issuing it. 
Qurs is factful, informing and straightforward. 
That’s the kind of business we conduct. Write 
today and tellus yourseed needs—we can supply 
them. Send for catalog anyway; it’s 
TRADE MARK 
Place a sundial in your garden or 
on your lawn and it will return an 
hundred fold in quiet enjoyment. 
Write us for free booklet of 
Sundial Information 
Chas. G. Blake & Co., 
787 Womans Temple, Chicago, Ill. 
HOTBED SASH 
MATERIAL AND PLANS FOR 
GREENHOUSES 
BEST GRADES REASONABLE PRICES 
A. DIETSCH CO. 
619 SHEFFIELD AVE., CHICAGO, ILL. 
THE HOOVER POTATO 
The most successful digger made. DIGGER 
Saves time, labor and 
potatoes. Satisfac- 
tion guaranteed 
Catalogue of 
Diggers, Pickers 
and Sorters. 
HOOVER MFG. CO., Box 36, Avery. Ohio. 
'KELSEY Warm Air Generator 
‘(FOR PROPER HOUSE HEATING 
Kelsey Heating Co., Syracuse, N. Y. 
Ve. 
ROOFING 
WayITNEEDSNOPAINT 
No looking after your roofs every 
Spring if you use Amatite! 
No paint to buy! No work to do! 
Just leave the roof alone, year after 
year, and you'll be free from the 
LUMBER 
SHED AT 
BRAIDWOOD, 
ILLs 
Amatite is a new and 
better kind of ready roof- 
ing. The old kind was smooth 
and coated with paint. The new kind— 
Amatite—is surfaced with real mineral 
matter (see diagram) and zeguzres no paint. 
annoyance of leaks. 
WOOL FELT 
ENLARGED SECTIONAL DIAGRAM SHOWING HOW AMATITE IS MADE 
Amatite is easy to lay, requiring no 
special tools. Cement for laps and 
nails packed in center of every roll. 
Free sample will be gladly sent on 
request to anyone interested in this 
“no paint’ roofing. 
This mineral surface will wear better 
than any paint made. Rain, snow 
and wind do not affect it a particle. 
It is firmly embedded under tremen- 
dous pressure into the underlying 
layer of pitch. 
BARRETT MANUFACTURING COMPANY 
Philadelphia Cleveland 
Alleghany Kansas City 
Minneapolis Boston 
London, Eng. 
Cincinnati 
New Orleans 
New York Chicago 
St. Louis 
‘ 
FREE WITH “THE FRUIT-GROWER” # 
We send free, prepaid, to new readers, a tree of Delicious apple and a vine of 
Banner grape, best new fruits ever introduced, hardy all over th= country. 
» Delicious highest quality known. Sold last season at $6a box, The Fruit- 
Grower is the leading fruit paper, 40 to 80 pages a month, illustrated. Tells all 
about fruit—how to prune, spray, cultivate, pack, market. $1 a year, but will 
send Three Months FREE on trial if you subscribe or notify us to stop after 
trial. Send for folder showing fruits in colors, and special offer, 
The FRUIT-GROWER, Box 211, St. Joseph, Missouri ” 
from the cold, frosty North. Defiance (early). 
THREE NEW GARDEN PEA Bountiful (medium). Petoskey (late) All a 
this season and full of Northern life and vim. 
Strong, vigorous growers. Big yielders. Large, handsome pods. Large, sweet, delicious peas. 
Send 25c. (stamps or coin,) and we will mail three full-sized packets, one of each kind; our 1908 catalog of Northern 
A Grown Seeds, and a coupon good for 50c. worth of free seeds. Don’t miss this opportunity of testing the 
MON E best garden peas eyer offered. Catalog alone, mailed free. Write to-day. 
DARLING @ BEAHAN, Box 206, Mich. 
Petoskey, 
Necessary as a Lawn Mower 
You wouldn’t think of cutting even a small plot of grass 
without a lawn mower. Why then waste time, labor 
and money trimming and edging lawns and gardens on 
your hands and knees with clipper or sickle when 
The Capitol Lawn Trimmer and Edger 
will do the work quickly, smoothly and easily? An absolute ne- 
cessity for lawns, gardens, parks, golf courses and cemeteries. 
Ask your hardware dealer or write for Catalog ‘‘C.”’ 
The Granite State Mowing Machine Co., Hinsdale, N. H. 
