February, 1911 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



What is a jair rental jor a given 

 properly? Ask the Readers' Service 



49 



Direct- Personal 

 Horticultural Help 



You get a remarkable personal service from 

 the House of Meehan in all matters concerning 

 hardy trees and plants. 



It is direct and individual 

 treatment. Customers become 

 friends because their interests 

 are made ours. 



Your inquiries and orders are 



personally handled by one of 



six District Managers, practical 



men, trained to an intimate 



knowledge of horticultural 



conditions in your state . 



This service is founded on 

 57 years' Meehan-experience. 

 Ask us to help you — tell 

 us what you want, give par- 

 ticulars and back will come 

 dependable advice — without 

 any cost. Write today. 



1911 Plant 

 Book Ready 



Send today for a free copy 



of our new revised plant book. 



A complete list of Meehan — 



quality plants, priced at real 



value. Invaluable to the buyers of 



plants. Send for it today. 



Send 10 cents and get Meehans' Garden 



Bulletin, edited by practical horticulturists, for 



three months. If you do you' 11 want it continually. 



THOMAS MEEHAN & SONS 



Box 17 Germantown, Phila., Pa. 



enasco 



Ready Roofing 



Put it onthe roof of all your build- 

 ings, and you'll have peace of mind, 

 comfort, satisfaction and economy; 

 you'll have absolute and lasting 

 weather-protection. 



Genasco is made of Trinidad Lake as- 

 phalt — the natural and only perfect water- 

 proofer. 



The Kant-leak Kleet keeps seams waterproof 

 without cement. Supplied with Genasco, when 

 specified. 



Ask your dealer for Genasco, and be sure to look for the 

 trademark. Mineral or smooth surface. A written guar- 

 antee, if you want it. Write for samples and the Good Roof 

 Guide Book. 



THE BARBER ASPHALT 

 PAVING COMPANY 



Largest producers of asphalt, and largest 

 manufacturers of ready-roofing in the world. 



PHILADELPHIA 



New York San Francisco Chicago 



Cross-section, Genasco Stone-surface Roofing 



Gravel 



Trinidad Lake Asphalt 

 Asphalt-saturated Wool Felt 

 Trinidad Lake Asphalt 

 Asphalt-saturated Wool Felt 



Planet Jrv 



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Guaranteed Implemen 



Backed by over 35 years' experience of a 

 practical farmer and manufacturer. You r 

 no risk when you get a Planet Jr, and yon 

 will be surprised at- how much more and better 

 work you can do with less labor. Planet Trs 

 are light and strong, and last a life-time. 



N o. 25 I Planet Jr Combined Hill and Drill Seeder 



op:ns the 





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SingfeWheelHoe 



■ — ■•*" ~»*»i jeeacr, Double- 

 Wheel Hoe, Cultivator and Plow op:ns the furrow sows «eed 

 • 1 drills or hills, covers, rolls, marks out next row in one operatic 

 Also has perfect cultivating attainments. 



rTH Planet Jr Single Wheel-Hoe, Cultivator. Rake and 



low is a most useful adjustable garden Tool. Keeps ground in 

 thorough condition all through season. The new pressed steel frai 

 :es the tool practically indestructible. 



Write today for 191 1 illustrated catalog 

 f all Planet Jr implements. 

 Free and postpaid. 



S L Allen & Co 



1 1 8 S Philadelphia Pa 



Box 



The confidence felt by farmers and garden- 

 ers in Ferry's Seeds to-day would have 

 been impossible to feel in any seeds 

 two score of years ago. We 

 have made a science 

 of seed 

 growing. 



always 

 do exactly 

 what you expect of 

 them. For sale everywhere. ' 

 FERRY'S 1911 SEED ANNUAL 

 Free on request. 



D. M. FERRY & CO., Detroit. Mich. 



Hicks 

 Big Trees 



Don't wait for small trees to grow up— buy them grown up. 

 Hicks has hundreds of them in his Nursery. You take no 

 risk, th~v are guaranteed to live. Send for new catnl:sr, it 

 is an unique one in every way. It shows how Hicks moves 

 big- tret s ar.d various results secured by planting them. 



Isaac Hicks & Son, Westb VZ 



Long Island 



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X. 



Are the most rugged, hardy Roses in America. They are 

 just the kind to plant to make your Rose Garden a 

 success. The soil here at New Castle is peculiarly adapted 

 to Rose growing — a fact that has had much to do with our 

 success in growing only strong, vigorous and healthy Rose 

 bushes. You will be successful with your Rose Garden, too, 

 if you plant the Roses of New Castle, for they carry with them 

 all the strength and vigor imparted to them by our wonderful 

 New Castle soil. 



We grow and sell all the leading varieties of Roses, and plants are sent everywhere 

 with all shipping charges prepaid and safe arrival guaranteed. This saves you the 

 uncertainty of express charges. By all means order early. Many disappointments 

 were cai sed in former years by our supply of KoSe bushes giving out too soon. Order at 

 once, and we will carefully reserve the plants until you desire them shipped. 

 Letus help yon start right this year by showing you wnat Roses to plant and how to 

 make them bloom luxuriously. You will find all the necessary information in our 

 beautiful book for 1911, illustrated in colors, entitled 



The Roses of New Castle"— Free ! 



' Fragrant. Beautiful, Valuable ' 



JEANNETTE HELLER 

 The Greatest Hardy Bush 

 'Rose in the world 



FREE 



the famous Rose-scented Rose Book — something unique in bookmaking. Each copy carries with it the 

 perfume of the beautiful Roses it describes. It is the most beautiful book of its kind ever issued, and 

 it's yours on request, absolutely free. A postal card will bring a copy to you. Plan your Rose Garden 

 now and send for this great book. It will make Rose growing easy for you. It prices and describes 

 the best Roses for you to plant and tells how to grow them. 



Send us the names and addresses of six of your Rose-loving friends and we will send you a 

 great, lusty plant of Jeannette Heller, absolutely the most magnificent, hardy, ever-blooming, 

 vigorous bush Rose known. It grows and blooms everywhere. 



HELLER BROTHERS CO., ROSE SPECIALISTS, BOX 21, NEW CASTLE. INDIANA 



