The Most 
Inexperienced 
Amateur can have the satisfac- 
tion of growing beautiful flowers 
or fine vegetables, by following the 
clear, concise directions, written by 
experts, and gathered for their bene- 
fit in the 
Dreer Garden Book 
It contains all the information needed by 
anyone, for the successful growing of 
everything in the garden. You may have 
a glorious riot of colorful bloom in your 
garden, or a delicious medley of luscious 
vegetables in your truck patch—and you 
may have this whether you are an ex- 
perienced gardener or a hopeful beginner. 
Whatever your favorite flower—no matter 
which vegetables you love the best—some- 
where in the 288 pages of this new, com- 
prehensive guide for Nature Lovers 
Easy Instructions for Secur- 
ing the Best Results “'!!b<found, 
and among 
the 4 color pages, or the 6 duotone plates 
you will surely get am inspiration for your 
garden or truck patch. All the advanced 
ideas —all the new and dependable creations 
in plant or vegetable world—all the im- 
proved strains in the flower kingdom— 
are contained in this valuable work. 
Sent free to anyone mentioning this 
publication: 
| Dreer’s Superb Asters. The finest 
| strain, either for garden decoration or 
cutting. Packetscontain enough seed + 
| to produce more than one hundred 
plants. Made up of eight beautiful 
| colors, 10 cents per packet. Garden 
| Book free with each order. 
I 
HENRY A. DREER 
714 Chestnut St. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
BOBBINK & ATKINS 
Worid’s Choicest Nursery and Greenhouse Products 
; SPRING PLANTING 
We invite everybody interested in improving their Grounds and 
Gardens to visit our Nursery to see our Products growing. This is 
the most satisfactory way to purchase. We shall gladly give our 
time, attention and any information desired. Our Nursery consists 
of 300 acres of highly cultivated land and 500,000 square feet of 
Greenhouses and Storehouses in which we are growing Nursery and 
Greenhouse Products for every place and purpose, the best that ex- 
perience, good cultivation and our excellent facilities can produce, 
placing us in a position to fill orders of any size. 
i Rose Plants.—We grow several Hedge Plants adapted for all 
i hundred thousand that will parts of the country. 
H bloom this year. Order now Evergreens, Conifers and Pines. 
from our _ Illustrated _ General —More than 75 acres of our Nur- 
Catalogue for Spring Delivery. sery are planted with handsome 
E Rhododendrons.—M any _ thou- specimens. Our plants are worth 
sands of acclimated plants in traveling any distance to see. 
f Hardy English and American Boxwood ana Bay Trees.—We 
f varieties are growing in our have thousands of these in many 
H Nursery. shapes and sizes. 
Hardy Old-Fashioned Plants.— Palms, Decorative Plants for 
1 We grow thousands of rare, new Conservatories.—Interior and ex- 
and old-fashioned kinds. Special terior decorations. Our green- 
4 prices on quantities. houses are full of them. 
| .Peciduous Trees and Flowering vines We grow them fon eters 
| Shrubs.—Many acres of our Nur- place and purpose. Ask for 
i Te are ented ee several special list : x 
H hundre ousan rnamental : en ihe | 3 “ 
f Shade Trees and Flowering oe re 8 Bete CRON ny Grane 
Shrubs. It is worth while to ie ers SEE eee Cu navad 
visit us and inspect them. Bulbs and Roots. — Spring, 
_ Trained, Dwarf and Ordinary Summer and Autumn Flowering. 
i Fruit Trees and Small Fruits.— Lawn Grass Seed.—Our Ruth- 
| We grow these for all kinds of erford Park Lawn Mixture has 
f Fruit Gardens and Orchards. given satisfaction everywhere. 
i Hedge Plants.—We grow hun- Plant Tubs, Window Boxes and 
7 dreds of thousands of California Garden Furniture.—We manufac- 
Privet, Berberis and other ture all shapes and sizes. 
¢ Our New Giant Flowering Marshmallow.—Everybody should be 
interested in this Hardy New Old-Fashioned Flower. It will grow 
y everywhere, and when in bloom is the Queen of Flowers in the 
garden. Blooms from -the earl t 4 i 
Bea reciber y part of July until the latter part of 
z Our Illustrated General Catalogue No. 75 describes our Products; 
is comprehensive, interesting, instructive and helpful to intending 
| purchaser. Will be mailed free upon request. 
i We Plant Grounds and Gardens everywhere with our World’s 
: Choicest Nursery Products grown in our World’s Greatest Nursery. 
i We have a number of Superintendents and Gardeners registered 
i Open for appointment. Names will be given upon application. 
_ Visitors take Erie Railroad to Carlton Hill, second stop on Main 
| Line, 3 minutes walk to Nursery. 
BOBBINK & ATKINS 
Nurserymen, Florists and Planters RUTHERFORD, N. J. 
vi AMERICAN HOMES "AND =GARDEDS April, 1912 
These books free 
toowners of homes 
You want the best plants, trees and shrubs—the 
best kind and the best specimens. The imate an 
soil of western North Carolina are such that on the 
various elevations may be grown almost every hardy 
ei — plant or Sate eae Nuveery those advantages 
PFLOWERIN J ae | are so utilize y skill and care as to produce a 
: RING TREES AND strain of plants of extraordinary vigor. Toaid planters 
| SHRuas in making selections, Biltmore Nursery has published ~ 
f. Sie four books—one of which will be sent free to any 
j : home-owner who expects to purchase trees or plants. : 
“Hardy Garden Flowers” 
The illustrations suggest many pleasing and 
varied forms of hardy garden planting—from the 
simple dooryard effect to the elaborate attainment. 
e descriptions are full and complete, yet free 
from technical terms. 
j ‘6 . 
Bmore Nunstey: Flowering Trees and Shrubs” 
WOMORE NORTH C4no) twa _ Many of the best of the trees and shrubs produc- 
ae ing showy blossoms are shown, from photographs, 
as grown in typical gardens, lawns and yards. The 
pictures and the text give numerous useful ideas for 
plantinghome grounds large and small, toadvantage. 
“The Iris Catalog” 
Unique in that it is, so far as we know, the only 
book of its kind devoted entirely to Irises. 16 large 
pages. handsomely illustrated hroughout; seven 
pictures in the natural colors of the lowers. Accurate 
classifications and variety descriptions, 
cp: 
Biltmore Nursery Catalog ” 
A guide to the cultivated plants of North America. 
Over two years in the making, and cost more than 
$1 acopy to complete. Contains 196 large pages 
and describes more than 300 perennials, 500 fower- 
ing shrubs, and distinct evergreens, 300 deciduous 
trees, and 200 odd vines and plants. Freely 
illustrated. 
Ask for the Book You Need 
If you have a garden of perennials, or want one, 
repuest “Hardy Garden Flowers’ or “The Iris 
Catalog. ould you prefer the more showy 
things, tell us to send “Flowering Trees and Shrubs.”” 
In case you have a larger place and can plant ex- 
tensively of many varieties, we shall be glad to send 
the ‘Biltmore Nursery Catalog.’ Edition of each 
limited—write to-day for the one you can use to best 
BILTMORE NURSERY 
Box 1244 Biltmore, N. C. 
CONCRETE POTTERY AND GARDEN FURNITURE 
By RALPH C. DAVISON 
HIS book describes in detail in a 
most practical manner the var- 
ious methods of casting concrete 
for ornamental and useful pur- 
poses and covers the entire field 
of ornamental concrete work. It tells 
how to make all kinds of concrete vases, 
ornamental flower pots, concrete pedes- 
tals, concrete benches, concrete fences, 
ete. Full practical instructions are given 
for constructing and finishing the differ- é 
ent kinds of molds, making the wire 
forms or frames, selecting and mixing 
the ingredients, covering the wire frames 
and modeling the cement mortar into 
form, and casting and finishing the 
various objects. With the information 
given in this book any handyman or 
novice can make many useful and ornamental objects of cement 
for the adornment ofthe home or garden. The author has taken for 
granted that the reader knows nothing whatever about the material, 
and has explained each progressive step in the various operations 
throughout in detail. These directions have been supplemented 
with many half-tone and line illustrations which are so clear that 
no one can possibly misunderstand them. The amateur craftsman 
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ability of concrete for pottery work inasmuch as it is a cold process 
throughout, thus doing away with the necessity of kiln firing which 
is necessary with the former material. The information on color 
work alone is worth many times the cost of the book inasmuch as 
there is little known on the subject and there is a large growing de- 
mand for this class of work. Following is a list of the chapters 
which will give a general idea of the broad character of the work. 
I. Making Wire Forms or Frames. VIII. Selection of Aggregates. 
Il. Covering the Wire Frames and Mod- IX. Wooden Molds—Ornamental Flower 
eling the Cement Mortar into Form. Pots Modeled by Hand and Inlaid with 
III. Plaster Molds for Simple Forms. Colored Tile. 
IV. Plaster Molds for Objects having . Concrete Pedestals. 
Curved Outlines. . Concrete Benches. 
V. Combination of Casting and Model- Concrete Fences. ¢ 
ing—An Egyptian Vase. Miscellaneous, including , Tools, 
VI. Glue Molds. : Water proofing and Reinforcing. 
VII. Colored Cements and Methods Used 
for Producing Designs with same. 
16 mo. 514x7¥ inches, 196 pages, 140 illustrations, price $1.50 postpaid 
This book is well gotten up, is printed on coated paper and a- 
bounds in handsome illustrations which clearly show the unlimited 
possibilities of ornamentation in concrete. 
MUNN & CO., Inc., Publishers 
361 BROADWAY NEW YORK | 
