September, 1911 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



What is a fair rental lor a given 

 properly? Ask the Readers' Service 



77 



Like This 



St. Regis Everbearing 



The Raspberry for the Million and the 

 Millionaire. "There's Millions In It." 



You can now have wonderful raspberries from next 

 June to October by setting out the plants this Fall. 



Never before has a plant been grown which would 

 fruit the first season. 



Then, for four months the St. Regis produces 

 continuously — heavy crops of large, luscious, sugary 

 berries of bright crimson. 



Big profits growing St. Regis for market — the 

 fruit keeps in perfect condition longer than any 

 other red raspberry. 



Endures drought and severest cold without injury. 

 Awarded Certificate of Merit by American Insti- 

 tute of City of New York. 



For Profit 



Covers a 



You can get bigger profits per acre' 



from Sober Paragon Chestnuts than from any other 

 crop. 



Hardy, rapid, symmetrical growth ; luxuriant foliage; 

 spreading boughs ; clean trunk ; statcliness. 



These qualities combined and developed by science 

 to a degree that closely borders perfection in the 

 new 



SOBER PARAGON 



Mammoth, Sweet Chestnut 



Crop. Fall of 1910, brought $48,000. orchard only 

 8 years old. 



The only large sweet chestnut in the world. 



Bears the second year. The nuts average 1 to 2 inches 

 in diameter — and 3 to 5 nuts in a bur. 



United States Pomologist, G. B. Brackett, says : "The 

 Sober Paragon comes the nearest in quality to the native 

 chestnut of any of the cultivated varieties that I have 

 examined. It is of large size, fine appearance and ex- 

 cellent flavor." 



Testimony from growers, commission merchants. For- 

 estry Experts, etc.. given in our free booklet, together 

 with prices and particulars. 



We own exclusive control 

 of the Snber Para- 

 gon. This copy- 

 righted metal seal_ is 



attached to every genuine 



tree when shipped. 



Write today for the booklet 



Basket of 

 Mantura Pecans 



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Hardy Acclimated Pecan Trees 

 for Planting in Northern States 



Here are Pecan Trees which will thrive in Northern 



States — producing as prolifically and as profitably as any 

 Southern Pecans. 



Thus, through a remarkable scientific achievement, an 

 immensely profitable industry becomes available in the 

 North — 



For, Pecan Orchards pay far bigger profits per acre 



than wheat or corn. 



And a shade-tree of wondrous beauty, long the pride of the 

 South, may now adorn any Northern landscape. 



We have five varieties of hardy _ trees best suited 

 for Northern planting. These have wi.hstood temperature 

 far below zero — never been known to "winter-kill." Success- 

 ful in almost any soil. Begin bearing in 5 to 7 years. Bear 

 bountifully for generations and attain immense size, Valuable 

 information on Pecan Culture in our catalog, 



FREE.— Our 1911 Catalog and Planting Guide. Includes Nut Culture— Fruits, Roses, Shrubs, Evergreens 



GLEN BROTHERS, Glenwood Nursery (Est. 1866) 1800 Main St., Rochester, N. Y. 



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"As much bigger and stronger as a decade of 

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The best Dutch Bulbs you can buy — solid, spotless, 

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It is a book worth while reading — a book that tells 

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It tells how to force bulbs, gives the 

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The largest growers of Bulbs 

 and Plants in Holland 



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. ° emTulip.carminyrose, 



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