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April, 1914? 



is to grow, train and frequently transplant the "deciduous" trees and 

 shrubs of distinctive varieties so that unequalled specimens are pro- 

 duced which give quick, satisfactory effects. 



"Transplanting" is replanting or root-pruning for the purpose of 

 preparing the trees for the purchaser who does the final planting. 

 "The Andorra Way"' does it so frequently and so skillfully that larger 

 and better developed specimens can be satisfactorily used for imme- 

 diate and mature results. (Ordinary nursery transplanting is not 

 "The Andorra Way.") 



Many desirable trees, seldom prospering under ordinary handling, 

 succeed readily by "The Andorra Way." The superb Tulip Tree, 

 the robust Lindens, the quick growing Pin Oaks, the sturdy Norway 

 Maples, are here in transplanted large sizes, to make landscapes of 

 beauty in months rather than in years. 



The best shrubs admirably supplement the best deciduous trees in 

 "The Andorra Way." To see them all at the 

 nursery, any time in the year, is worth while. 

 Write if you cannot come. Our experience 

 and unmatched stock are at your command. 

 Spring catalogue now ready. 



Andorra Nurseries 



Wm. Warner Harper, Proprietor 

 Box G, Chestnut Hill 



Philadelphia Penna, 



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A lawn results from frequently rolling a patch of grass with machines of the many 

 weights it demands in its various moods. One fixed weight roller is incompetent — a 

 dozen impossible — the "ANYWE1GHT" a positive necessity. This, with its acetylene 

 welded hollow steel shell weighs 100 lbs. wi thout ballast— just right for wet Spring lawn. 



Increase the weight by filling hollow shell with 

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One or two sections of hardened and rust proofed steel — 

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 if ordered. Fills and empties at either end of drum near 

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Write for Catalog — ii's free 



WILDER-STRONG IMPLEMENT COMPANY, Monroe, Mich. Box 6 



Valuable treatise on Care of Lawns for ioc. in stamps. 



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A Strawberry Patch That "Came 

 Back" 



MY ADVICE is, don't set strawberry plants in 

 ground that has been fertilized with fresh 

 manure shortly before the plants are put out. If 

 you do your patch may be destroyed before it gets 

 established, as mine was. Heat generated by the 

 fermenting of the manure burned the roots and 

 killed more than 200 of my plants. 



In the fall of 1909 I selected a plot, 20 x 22 ft., for 

 a strawberry bed. Wanting to make the heavy, 

 black soil very rich, I spread over it a wagonload 

 of partly decomposed cow manure; then spaded 

 under the fertilizer. The ground was left rough 

 over winter. My purpose was to make that patch 

 yield just as many big, luscious berries as I could. 

 So I scattered a light dressing of the same manure 

 over the ground the next spring, spaded it in again, 

 and stirred and raked the soil until it was mellow. 



Three weeks later I set in the bed 269 Senator 

 Dunlap and Bederwood plants, putting them fifteen 

 inches apart each way as I intended to grow them 

 by the hill system. Although the plants were 

 strong and great care was used in setting them 

 they did not thrive. Blossoms and runners were 

 pinched off as soon as they appeared, the rows were 

 cultivated each week, and spraying kept the foliage 

 free from fungous diseases and insect pests. 



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