April, 19 10 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



XVI 1 



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The spirited and perpetual charm of the hardy gar- 

 den has won fork wide and intense enthusiasm. Natural 

 and restful in general effect, it has an ever-varying and 

 ever-appealing beauty. Thoroughout the season the 

 hardy garden flowers afford something of interest — 

 something new every day. Even a few hardy plants 

 will afford most satisfactory and pleasing effects, and 

 their permanence makes them, in the end, more econom- 

 ical than the annuals of which the first cost may be less. 



The New BUtmore Nursery 

 Book,"Hardy Garden Flowers" 



Is entirely devoted to this class of plants, in re-.ognition of their 

 superior merits and increasin^^ popularity. It maintains the standard 

 of our former catalog-ues as a specimen of the highest attainment in 

 the illustrative and printing- arts. 64 pasres and covers, with readable 

 descriptions and profuse in pictures of pleasing- gardens planted 

 with hardv flouers. Even- copv of "Hardv Garden flowers" costs us 

 over ^-> cents, mailed, hut we will g-ladly send you the book Jref. 

 if you love tlouers and expect to buy hardy plants in the early future. 



BILTMORE IVURSERY, Box 744, Biltmore, N. C. 



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^ Our papers possess those distinc- 

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 they meet the growing demand for 

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q ASK YOUR DEALER to show 

 you ojr new brochure of colored 

 iiluslrations — it will give you new 

 ideas of the possibilities of colors and 

 designs in their true relation/* 



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ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD? 



The specification of Woodward-Eubanks Mantels by the Architect 

 means satisfaction to the cultured home-builder. 



Natural beauty of materials and harmonious elegance of design form a 

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Our 75-page, 10x14 inch catalog, which will be sent free to anyone 

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Silica 

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Paint Lasts 



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