January, 191 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



The Readers* Service gives 

 information about investmentsx 



247 



TaTfTiT 



SEEDS 



Have an old-fashioned flower garden— choicest selec- 

 tions— 90 cents' worth postpaid 25c, coin or stamps. 



Aster, Fancy Mixture, . 10c. Bachelor Button, Finest, . . . 10c 



Pansy, Fancy Mixture, . 15c. Petunias, Hybrid, 15c! 



Coreopsis, Mixture, . . 5c. Candytuft , , 5 C . 



Poppy, Double Mixed, . 10c. Nasturtium, Dwarf.Fincst Mixed, 5c! 

 Mignonette, Large, . . 10c. Sweet Peas, Extra Mixed . . . 5c. 

 All are Gregory's Honest Seed— more than willing you 

 should judge us by what these do tor you. 

 , ... . . Tor Honest Seed (or Flower or Vegetable 



s | * , ™'f{\ Garden get our new 191-2 catalog. Gets 

 HONEST ^H better each yeai . Write for copy today. 

 4gg*BSr J - J - H - GREGORY & SON M i 

 ^ ^ M ^96 Elm St., Mar bit lit ad, Mass. S V 



Southeastern Farm Lands 



Fertile lands in the Southern States 

 from $10 to $50 an acre with abundant 

 rains and most favorable conditions 

 for diversified farming. Beef and 

 pork produced at 3 to 4 cents a pound. 

 Long grazing season and great diver- 

 sity of forage crops makes this possi- 

 ble. Openings for dairymen unexcelled. 

 Apple orchards pay from $100 to $500 

 an acre. It's to your advantage to in- 

 vestigate these many opportunities. 



WRITE 

 M. V. Richards, Land and Industrial Agent 

 Southern Ry, Room 43, 'Washington, D. C. 



Dwarf Fruit Trees 



for small yards are our special- 

 ty. This year, and at this time, 

 we offer a most comprehensive 

 choice. It is complete now. 



Knowing our regular prod- 

 uct — trees, shrubs, hedge 

 plants, roses, perennials and all 

 — to be of the highest quality, 

 we wish to tell you about it 

 more fully. Send for a FltEE 

 Catalogue. Although you are 

 flooded with nursery catalogues 

 at this season, we have one of 

 unusual interest to send by 

 return mail. Write — 



The Michigan Nursery, Inc. 



Winkworth & Sons 

 MONROE, Michigan 



We have been established over 60 years 



WANTED 



Experienced gardener to take charge of private 

 estate in Indiana. Must be competent to handle 

 both greenhouse and outside work. Best references 

 required. Address. 



PITKIN & WEINRICHTER 



Cutler Building ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



John Burroughs 

 says: 



"J have been reading and enjoying Mr. Dyer's 

 volume 'The Richer Life. ' Me preaches a good 

 wholesome vital doctrine. He uses both parable 

 and precept and he uses them well. ffis par- 

 ables are picturesque and entertaining and his 

 precepts have point and force; Rarely does 

 such an unpretentious volume hold so much of 

 the wisdom of life. I hope it will find its way 

 into the hands of thousands of our young people. ' ' 

 John Burroughs. 



The Richer Life 



By Walter A. Dyer 



1A 

 for 



Lay Preachment 

 Every-day Folk 



Net, $1.00 (postage 10c). Special Gift Edition in 

 Limp Leather, Net, $1.50 (postage 15c.) 



DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO. 



GARDEN CITY NEW YORK 



"Ralph E. Huntington" 



on your shipping tag stands for all that is best in 



the flower 

 garden. 

 Specialists 

 in flowering 

 seed bulbs 

 and plants. 



We offer 

 our own 

 well known 

 production 

 together 

 with the 

 world fa- 

 mous ones 

 of Kelway, 

 Roemer, Ruys, 

 Routzahn Mette, and 

 Herb. 



RALPH E. HUNTINGTON 



PAINESVILJLE, OHIO 



DIRT 



out of the 



Milk 



You cant "strain' 

 it out — keep it out 



One milk pail and only one will 

 doit. Milkgoes through the strain- 

 er cloth into the pail, untainted, 

 while the dirt shelf catches all the dirt from the udders and 

 handling in the 



Sterilac 



(Try it 10 Days Free)i 



You will never give it up if you try it. The only sanitary 

 milk pail that has the approval of all dairymen. Heavy, well 

 made, the proper height, just the right "set," easy to pour 

 milk out of, easy to clean, and above all, it keeps milk pure. 

 Best way to keep milk from souring surest way to keep out of 

 trouble with Boards of Health and Milk Commissions, ard 

 get a reputation for pure milk. Price $2. 50 prepaid. Order 

 directif dealer doesn't have it. Simply return at our ex- 

 pense if not satisfactoiy. Circular free. 

 STERILAC COMPANY, 2 Merchants Row, Boston, Mass. 



Milk Pail 



Beautify Your 

 Grounds 



Roses, flowering plants and vines for sale, 

 also 500,000 apple, pear, plum, peach, 

 cherry, quince and shade trees. Green's 

 roses, shrubs, vines and fruit trees are 

 used to beautify many magnificent es- 

 tates. Their symmetrical shapes, the de- 

 licious fruits they bear and excellent shade 

 they afford, combine to make them the 

 most desirable trees for the modest 

 home or palatial country estate. 



AGENTS PRICES CUT IN TWO. Vat/lf) C 



\_# M *£ — DIRECT TO YOU. 



WE SELL DIRECT TO THE CONSUMER 



We have no agents or solicitors. We save you all 

 middlemen's profits. You get absolutely the best 

 trees money can buy at one-half what agents ask. 



SEND FOR GREEN'S FREE 1912 CATALOG. 



It tells you how to plant 

 and care for your trees, 

 and gives other valuable 

 information. If you send 

 now, at once, you will also 

 get Green's Book, "Thirty 

 Years With Fruits and 

 Flowers." 



Est. 33 years. Ca.pit>.l$100, 000. 



GREEN'S NURSERY CO. 

 Box 7 , Rochester. N. Y. 



Opens with the Foot 





Three Things You Need 



FIRST: The only Sanitary method of caring 

 for garbage, deep in the ground in metal 

 receiver holding heavy galvanized burket 

 with bail. No freezing, no odor. Avoid the 

 battered can and scattered refuse resulting 

 from removal of frozen contents. Health 

 demands it. 



1 Underground Garbage Receiver 

 Underfloor Refuse Receiver 

 I Spiral Truss Ribbed Ash Barrel 



SECOND : This clean, convenient 

 way of disposing of ashes from fur- 

 nace or hot water heater, cellar and 

 yard refuse. Fireproof. Flush with 

 floor. Abolish the old ash barrel. 



THIRD : The Stephenson SpiralTruss 

 Ribbed Ash Barrel has 

 no unsanitary corruga- 

 tions for refuse to cling 

 to. It is so constructed 

 that it has the great- 

 est strength and durability without excessive 

 weight. Nine years in practical use. It 

 pays to look us up. 



Sold direct. Send for Circulars on each 



C. H. STEPHENSON, Mfr. 

 40 Farrar Street Lynn, Mass. 



Easy to sweep into 



Old uears all Other! 



TREES - Low Cost - Freight PAI D 



SHRUBS 



PLANTS 



Jl best quality trees, shrubs and plants at lowest prices and PAY FREIGHT, 

 hester is the tree center of the world, and plants from this locality are always 

 healthy and hardy. 



Write to-day for our wonderful new catalogue containing" a big: list of unequalled nur- 

 sery offers. A copy of this book should be in every planter's hands- Our low prices will 

 save you money- All orders guaranteed. Don't buy till you've read this catalogue, 

 WRITE TO-DAY. RICH LAND KURSERIES, Bos 115, Rochester, A. V. 



Rochester is the tree center of the -world. 





DON'T BUILD 



A $40.00 HOUSE 



You can buy better, cheaper, more complete ready (factory) made hen-houses, roosting and nesting fixtiii 

 coops, etc., from Potter & Co., because they have been making these goods for ten years and know how. 



Complete 



Convenient 



Sanitary 



Potter Portable Poultry Houses 



Style "A" 5 — S x io foot house, complete 

 with 8-foot Potter outfit, $40. Many other 

 styles and sizes. 



POTTER & COMPANY 



Potter Portable Houses and Fixtures have these good points, as 

 thousands of users testify. Potter goods are Ai in quality and low 

 in price. They are made for a purpose and save you time and labor 

 in your poultry work. 



Satisfaction Guaranteed —when you buy our goods. They 

 are made right and do please our customers. No lice and mites 

 when you use our vermin-proof roosts and nests. For your own 

 pleasure and profit and for the sake of your hens, you cannot 

 afford to be without Potter fixtures. 



Our Two Catalogues — (136 pages, 150 illustrations) on port- 

 able houses and coops, fixtures, feed hoppers, trap nests, feeds 

 and supplies of all kinds at lowest prices, will interest you. 

 Mailed for two red stamps to cover postage. Write today and 

 be convinced that Potter Poultry Products are for particular 

 poultry people. We also make portable auto houses. Catalogue 

 mailed on request. 



A $5 Hennery Outfit 



BOX 22 



DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS 



