Bobbink & Atkins 



WE PLAN AND PLANT GROUNDS AND 

 GARDENS EVERYWHERE WITH OUR 



World's Choicest Nursery Products 



Intending puicliasers should visit our nursery and Inspect tlie material we grow. We have 

 experienced men to advise you and the completeness of our assortment will insure you of 

 securing the proper material for every locaiion. Having 250 acres of tlie most fertile ground 

 under cultivation places us in a position to fill orders of any magnitude. 



SHADE TREES. 250,000 Trees for all places and purposes are growing in our nursery. 



WEEPING AND STANDARD TREES. We have a large collection of these at rac- 

 tive lawn trees. 



DECIDUOUS FLOWERING SHRUBS. Many acres of our nursery are planted with 

 these attractive Shrubs. 



FRUIT TREES. Dwarf, Ordinary; and Trained kinds. We carry a large quantity in 

 sucli kinds and varieties that grow in every part of the countiy. 



HARDY OLD-FASHIONED FLOWERS. We have thousands of rare new and old- 

 fashioned kinds. Special prices on quantities. 



EVERGREENS AND CONIFERS. We have many acres planted with Beautiful Ever- 

 greens of all the hardiest and choicest kinds. 



JAPANESE MAPLES, in all colors and varieties. 



HEDGE PLANTS. We grow a large quantity of California Privet, Berberis and other 

 Shrubs for Hedges. 



BAY TREES, DECORATIVE PLANTS FOR CONSERVATORIES. Interior and 

 Exteiior Decorations are grown in our 150,000 ft. of greenhouses. 



HARDY TRAIUNG AND CLIMBING VINES. Ask for special lists. 



POT-GROWN FORCING PLANTS, for Winter flowers. 



LAWN GRASS SEED. B & A Rutherford Park Mixture remains unequalled. 



TUBS. We manufacture them in all shapes and sizes. Ask for price list. 



OUR ILLUSTRATED GENERAL CATALOGUE No. 25 describes the above. It 

 will also be found comprehensive and especially interesting and helpful to intending 

 purchasers. 



THE GENERAL SUPERVISION OF PUBUC GROUNDS 

 AND PRIVATE ESTATES A SPECIALTY 



Visitors to our Nurseries are aI^vays welcome 

 We are only a few minutes from New York City 



Nurserymen, Florists and Planters, Rutherford, N. J. 



Grow Asparagus 



In Four to Five Weeks 



All During the Winter and Spring 



Big white, showy stalks can be grown in four or five weeks. 

 Most dainty and healthful vegetable at a minimum cost. No 

 trouble, no care from the time the bed is made until cut. 



Reliable, practical method. A bed six by three feet will 

 produce asparagus enough for a family of five with some to 

 sell to your neighbors. 



Forcing Asparagus Has Had a Thorough Try- 

 Out in France. 



The reliable and successful method had its'beginning 

 in France. A French merchant upon retiring from 

 business removed to the outskirts of Paris, where he 

 devoted his energies to vegetable growing, giving particular attention to Asparagus 

 culture. It is his successful method of forcing that is related in our book. Every- 

 one knows the big profits in asparagus. By this method you double the profits. J 

 It has had a three years' successful trial by the author of this book. I 



Table of Contents of Our Book. 

 New French Method of Asparagus Forcing. 



How to start a Garden 

 Seed sowing and transplanting. 

 How to force Rhubarb without glass. 

 How to start Tomatoes. 

 How to grow four vegetables in one 

 garden spot. 



This book will be sent 

 postpaid with flexible 

 cover for ^i.oo. The 

 Library edition, i^i.25. 

 Postoffice money order, 

 bank check or registered 

 letter. For further infor- 

 mation if desired, write 

 and it will be sent you 

 free. Address 



How to force Asparagus for spring and 

 winter use. 



How to grow endive in the cellar. 



How to grow and force Carrots, Cauli- 

 flower, Lettuce, Radishes, Turnips, 

 Cantaloupes, Cucumbers. 



How to force Strawberries. 



Home-grown Asparagus raised by French method of forcing 



HERMAN PUBLISHING CO., 550 Monadnock Bldg. CHICAGO 



Largest comp^iS Stock of 

 Hardy Plants in America 



Catalogue on Application 

 ELLIOTT NURSERY CO., Pittsburg, Pa. 



BUY PLANTS THAT LIVE 



NORTHERN GROWN PERENNIALS 



I sell shrubs, trees, vines, perennial plants and flower seeds 

 for ornamental hardy gardens that have withstood the rigid 

 test of cold Vermont weather. I knovo they have the consti- 

 tution to stand cold cl imates. Save yourself the annoyance 

 of having your plants killed the first hard winter. Tliat is 

 what happens to plants grown in more southern localities. 

 My new catalogue is ready with the new year. It tells 

 about just the plants you should have. Send for it now. 

 rKKWElUCK II. IIORSl OR]), Charlotte, Vermont. 



WOULD any SANE PERSON PAY 5c. a POUND 



—10c. a QUART— 40c. a GALLON for WATER for 



WASHING AND CLEANING— IF ONE KNEW? 



—just w 

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fWHY? 



LET us QUOTE AN ADVERTISE- 

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 AND PERFUMER: 



"SOAP POWDER MADE BY THE NEW, 

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 BY EVAPORATION UNLESS IT IS 

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 PROOF PACKAGES. SUCH PACK- 

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— to prove li- 

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 do the work of two or three of these 

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Buy Prom A Specialist 



Choice Evergreens ^' 



SPECIMEN TREES 



For 

 Ornamental Planting 

 Also DECIDUOUS TREES and SHRUBS 



Write for large illustrated catalog, 



D. HILL, Evergreen Specialist 

 Box 106, DUNDBB, ILLINOIS 



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Pearline is More Than Ever Best by Test 



Saving the Trees of the South 



You, whose stately homes in the sunny South 

 are set among majestic and venerated trees ; 

 you, who love the mystic beauty of the great 

 out-of-doors, the trees of which bespeak its crown- 

 ing glory; you, to whose care the trees were given 

 by generations long since 

 passed away, to keep in 

 health and beauty for 

 those which are to 

 come — learn of the 

 needs of these trees. 



The business of 

 the Davey Tree Ex- 

 pert Company and 

 the profession of 

 the Davey Tree Ex- 

 perts is the saving 

 of trees. Jo h n 

 Davey, the Father 

 of Tree Surgery, is 

 their teacher and 

 their guarantor. Tree 

 salvation is needed 

 and possible in the 

 South. Needed, because 

 your trees decay like other 

 trees, if neglected or 

 abused. Possible, because 

 the Davey Tree Experts go South every Winter. 



For four months, December to March, they will work 

 from eastern Texas to the Atlantic. Beautiful booklet with 

 illustrations awaits your call. Write at once, stating the 

 number of your trees, the kinds and their location. We may 

 be able to send a special representative without cost or obli- 

 gation to you to make a thorough examination of your trees. 

 THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT CO., Inc., 1512 Oak St., KENT, OHIO 



( operating the Davey Instiiitte of Tree Surgery) 



John Davey 



