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Debris 



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which removes all objections of the old swill-tub? 



The Stephenson Underground Refuse Receiver for Ashes. 



The Steohenson Underground Earth Closets for Camps. 



The Stephenson Portable Metal House for Above. 



The Stephenson Spiral Ribbed Ash Barrel, Outwears Two. 



Send for circular on each. 



SOLD DIRECT. 



C. H. STEPHENSON, Mfr. 



20 Farrar Street Lynn, Mass. 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS 



GROWN IN POTS 



Planted in July, August or September, produce an abundance of 



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Palmyra, JV. J, 



To learn something P"U"0 Til I7Fi?Q 



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New York 



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Please 

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/^Pl FnV Best varieties. Full count of 



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 KILL PLANT BUGS and DOG FLEAS 



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D 



INGEE ROSES 



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Sent free on request. Flower and vegetable seeds a specialty. 



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RATS 



KILLED BY 

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By the use of the wonderful bacteriological preparation, dis- 

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 science has at last found the only successful method for exterminat- 

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DANYSZ VIRUS 



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EVERGREENS FOR 

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Now is the time to order from stock which is large, good and 

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I. Largest trees available. Over 1,000 trees in our nursery, 

 10 — 30 ft. high, for shipping by rail. We have in- 

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 II. Evergreens of usual sizes, 2-9 ft. in excellent quality, not 

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 results. 



III. Small evergreens, 2 in. to 2 ft. at low rates per 1,000. 



IV. Evergreens that closely fit the climate of the northeast- 



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 V. Evergreens that fit dry soil; not the kinds that are grown 

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Our catalogue ujill interest all land Dinners. 



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