March, 1909 



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THE WONDERBERRY 



Luscious Berry Ripening in Three Months from Seed 

 Luther Burbank's Greatest Creation 



"pRUIT blue-black like an enormous rich blueberry in looks and taste. 

 ■*■ Unsurpassed for eating raw, cooked, canned or preserved in any form. 

 The greatest garden fruit ever introduced and equally valuable in hot, dry, 

 cold or wet climates. Easiest plant in the world to grow, succeeding any- 

 where and yielding great masses of rich fruit all summer and fall — and all 

 winter in pots — (As a pot plant it is both ornamental and useful.) The great- 

 est boon to the family garden ever known. Everybody can and will grow 

 it. We are the sole introducers in all parts of the world and offer thousands 

 of dollars in. cash prizes for which see Catalogue. 



Send 20c. per packet, 8 packets for 50c. 

 Also our Great Catalogue of Seeds, Bulbs, Plants and New Fruits for 

 1909 FREE. Nearly 150 pages, with colored plates and many startling 

 novelties. 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Floral Park, N. Y. 



Lance's Reliable Seeds 



To Introduce Them We Make These Liberal Offers 



A Complete Vegetable Garden for 50c. (postpaid) 



Consisting of one full sized packet each of Beans, Beets, Carrots, 

 Celery, Corn, Chard, Leek, Parsley, Radish, Spinach, Tomato and 

 Turnip — enough seeds to plant a plot 25 x 100 feet. 



A Complete Flower Garden for 50c. (postpaid) 



Consisting of one packet each of Lange's Giant Pansies, Giant 

 Zinnias, Sweet Alyssum, Ageratum, i oz. packet Sweet Peas, Nastur- 

 tiums, Giant Cosmos, Carnations, Asters and Mignonette. 



THE TWO COLLECTIONS (postpaid) FOE 90c. 



Our Catalog - will be included or mailed separate on receipt of postal. 



F. T. LANGE, 645 Gardner St., Union Hill, N. J. 



THE TREE PRESERVER 



Soap No. 3 



Save your fruit trees ! Kill all San Jose Scale, wor: 

 or fungi, by spraying thoroughly with 



GJ>_ Caustic Potash 

 OOQ S Whale Oil 



It is sure death to all enemies of vegetationT Contains no salt, 

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 soil. This soap dissolves easily in water, and sprays perfectly. 



Used and endorsed by State Experiment Stations and by the 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



50 lbs., $2.50; 100 lbs., S4.60; larger quantities proportionately less. 

 Write to-day for free "Manual of Plant Life." 



JAMES GOOD, Original Maker 

 931 N. Front Street, Philadelphia 



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OUR 1909 EDITION is the most practical text book on Straw- 

 berry growing ever written. It's worth its weight in gold 

 because it teaches the Kellogg method of growing the world's 

 record crops of big red berries. Every detail of the work is illustrated 

 by photo-engravings. You read it by pictures. They show you just 

 how to do everything from beginning to end. Strawberry growers 

 who follow the Kellogg way are getting more fancy berries from one 

 acre than the other fellow gets from two. The book makes you 

 acquainted with some of these top-notch growers; shows pictures 

 of their strawberry fields and gives their yields. This book for 

 your address. We'll trade even. 



R. M. KELLOGG COMPANY, Box o9oTtaree Rivers, Mich. 



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Qillett's Ferns and Flowers 



For Dark, Shady Places 



There is no corner so shady but that certain ferns and plants will thrive 

 there. There is no soil so light and sandy butthat some of our hardy wild 

 ferns will beautify it. For 25 years we have been growing these hardy ferns 

 and ilowers and know what Is suited to each condition. We can supply 

 fernsfor thedark corner by the porch, orferns and flowers, including our 

 native orchids, in quantity, to make beautiful country estates. Wet and 

 swampy spots, rocky hillsides, dry woods, each may be made beautiful by 

 plants especially adapted to them. Nothing adds greater charm to the 

 home grounds than clumps of thrifty ferns. We also grow the hardy 

 flowers which require open sunlight — primroses, campanulas, digitalis, 

 violets, etc. 



Write for my descriptive catalogue. It tells about this class of plants. 



EDWARD GILLETT,Box C, South wick, Mass. 



