﻿February, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  Vll 
  

  

  Meehaiis' 
  New 
  Variegated 
  Althaea 
  

  

  Entirely 
  new 
  and 
  decidedly 
  attractive 
  is 
  

   our 
  single-flowering, 
  variegated-leaved 
  Rose 
  

   of 
  Sharon. 
  Large 
  satiny-lavender 
  blossoms 
  

   borne 
  in 
  great 
  abundance, 
  and 
  far 
  more 
  

   ornamental 
  than 
  the 
  common 
  variegated 
  

   form, 
  which 
  bears 
  no 
  flowers 
  at 
  all. 
  It 
  should 
  

   be 
  in 
  every 
  plant 
  collection. 
  

   Plants. 
  IS 
  to 
  24 
  in., 
  S1.0C 
  each, 
  $S.50 
  per 
  10 
  

   : 
  to 
  2 
  X 
  2 
  ft., 
  heavy 
  $1.50 
  " 
  $12.50 
  per 
  10 
  

  

  Get 
  Hardy 
  Plants 
  

   that 
  are 
  dependable 
  

  

  Can 
  you 
  account 
  for 
  the 
  large 
  losses 
  you 
  have 
  frequently 
  

   experienced 
  in 
  replanting 
  ordinary 
  nursery 
  stock 
  ? 
  

  

  Plants 
  are 
  almost 
  human. 
  The 
  care 
  given 
  them 
  in 
  their 
  

   early 
  life 
  determines 
  their 
  value. 
  Do 
  you 
  know 
  the 
  care 
  given 
  

   those 
  you 
  buy 
  ? 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  taken 
  fifty-three 
  years 
  of 
  experimental 
  work 
  to 
  enable 
  us 
  

   to 
  grow 
  plants 
  such 
  as 
  we 
  sell. 
  They 
  reflect 
  this 
  experienced 
  care. 
  

   Brimful 
  of 
  vitality 
  — 
  good 
  lusty 
  roots 
  and 
  strong 
  vigorous 
  tops. 
  

  

  Is 
  it 
  wise 
  for 
  you 
  to 
  overlook 
  the 
  opportunities 
  afforded 
  by 
  

   using 
  stock 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  ? 
  

  

  Write 
  to 
  us 
  about 
  your 
  garden 
  perplexities. 
  We 
  can 
  — 
  and 
  

   will 
  — 
  help 
  you. 
  The 
  service 
  does 
  not 
  oblige 
  you 
  to 
  purchase. 
  

  

  The 
  condensed 
  book 
  "Meehans' 
  Manual 
  of 
  Outdoor 
  Plants" 
  

   is 
  full 
  of 
  helpful 
  suggestions. 
  It 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  average 
  

   catalogue. 
  Mailed 
  free. 
  

  

  Large.flowered 
  Trumpet 
  Vine 
  

  

  The 
  large, 
  orange-colored 
  blossoms, 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  2% 
  and 
  3 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  of 
  the 
  

   Chinese 
  Trumpet 
  Vine 
  make 
  it 
  much 
  more 
  

   desirable 
  than 
  the 
  common 
  variety. 
  Just 
  

   the 
  vine 
  where 
  something 
  unique 
  and 
  decid- 
  

   edly 
  distinct 
  is 
  wanted 
  — 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  new, 
  too. 
  

   Plants 
  2J4 
  to 
  3 
  feet 
  from 
  pots 
  at 
  $1 
  GO 
  

   each; 
  $7.50 
  per 
  ]0. 
  

  

  Hardy 
  Garden 
  No. 
  12 
  

  

  Every 
  plant 
  lover 
  craves 
  a 
  garden 
  of 
  old-fashioned 
  peren- 
  

   nials 
  that 
  will 
  produce 
  pretty 
  flowers 
  from 
  Spring 
  until 
  Fall. 
  

   The 
  continual 
  changing 
  of 
  form 
  and 
  color, 
  making 
  possible 
  

   the 
  desirable 
  bouquet, 
  is 
  an 
  additional 
  feature. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  a 
  very 
  special 
  offer 
  this 
  Spring 
  of 
  such 
  flower- 
  

   ing 
  plants. 
  

  

  We 
  will 
  furnish 
  135 
  perennials 
  that 
  will 
  give 
  bloom 
  this 
  

   season, 
  and 
  every 
  season 
  thereafter, 
  nicely 
  plant- 
  

   ing 
  three 
  hundred 
  square 
  feet, 
  for 
  

  

  *10 
  

  

  Popular 
  Flower 
  Garden 
  No. 
  14 
  

  

  Masses 
  of 
  flowers, 
  from 
  early 
  Spring 
  until 
  frost, 
  constitute 
  

   the 
  ideal, 
  old-fashioned 
  flower 
  garden. 
  The 
  pretty 
  flowers, 
  

   changing 
  each 
  week 
  in 
  form 
  and 
  color, 
  furnishing 
  almost 
  

   unlimited 
  bouquets, 
  are 
  the 
  fond 
  desire 
  of 
  every 
  plant 
  lover. 
  

  

  With 
  our 
  broad 
  experience 
  in 
  creating 
  formal 
  gardens 
  and 
  

   perennial 
  borders, 
  we 
  make 
  a 
  special 
  offer 
  on 
  a 
  garden 
  of 
  this 
  

   kind. 
  The 
  quantity 
  offered 
  is 
  sufficient 
  to 
  plant 
  about 
  750 
  

   square 
  feet. 
  

  

  325 
  good 
  hardy 
  perennials 
  and 
  summer 
  blooming 
  bulbs, 
  

   carefully 
  selected 
  to 
  s;ive 
  the 
  best 
  results, 
  — 
  vigor- 
  <fc 
  ^% 
  jj 
  

   ous 
  enough 
  to 
  give 
  returns 
  this 
  season, 
  for 
  ■' 
  *^ 
  

  

  We 
  will 
  gladly 
  furnish 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  varieties 
  if 
  you 
  wish. 
  

  

  We 
  will 
  gladly 
  furnish 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  varieties 
  in 
  above 
  offe 
  

  

  Suggestions 
  — 
  Our 
  Special 
  

   Information 
  Department 
  will 
  be 
  

   glad 
  to 
  advise 
  you 
  about 
  your 
  home 
  

   grounds. 
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  to 
  us 
  to-day. 
  

  

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