GET AN EARLY START NEXT SPRING BY PLANTING NOW 



Superior Hardy Climbing Roses 



AS SHOWN ON BACK COVliK 



Dr. W. Van Fleet 



A leader in this new class of handsome, large- 

 llowered, perfectly hardy climbers. The foliage is 

 shiny and attractive always, making a beautiful set- 

 ting for the rich flesh-colored flowers. The buds are 

 excjuisite and the blooms, coming on strong stems 

 i<S to 20 inches long, are unexcelled for table decora- 

 tion. Hundreds of flowers can be cut from one well- 

 matured plant. 2-yr. size, 50 cts.; Star size, 75 

 cts., by express. 



No. 17052 June 16, 19 16. 



The Rose, Dr. W. Van Fleet, I got of you last year is the 

 admiration of the whole community. — Mr. C. S. M., West- 

 field, III. 



Excelsa (Red Dorothy Perkins) 



Winner of the Hubbard Memorial Medal for 

 the best Rose introduced in the past five years. 



The flowers are an intense, clear crimson-maroon, 

 strikingly effective and enthusiastically praised. 

 Blooms are perfectly double, often produced thirty 

 to a stem, and almost every eye on a shoot produces 

 a cluster of bright blossoms. 2-yr. size, 40 cts.; 

 Star size, 65 cts.; extra-large size, $i, by express. 



No. 29085 



It seems you are the only firm that puts out a ClimhinK 

 Rose that is any account. The Dr. Van Fleet and Excelsa that 

 I bought from you last year are fine and filled with buds. — 

 E. W., Springfield, Mo. 



■^.w /^T^T^T^n s^ oe The above two unexcelled, perfectly hardy climbers, in strong field-grown plants, 2-yr. size, 75 cts, ; 

 ^^HrTTTExC^^ OD Star-size, the two for $1.25, by express. 



Requisites for Indoor Flov^ers 



LENOX PLANT SPRAYER 



Useful for spraying under the leaves; 

 har.dy and efifective. Almost indispensable 

 for house plants. Complete, with a sample 

 cake of Sulpho-Tobacco Soap, 50 cts., ppd. 



THOMPSON'S ROSE NICOTINE 



Is chemically pure nicotine, and quick 

 death to insects on roses, plants, pets, or 1 

 wherever found. Small can, 30 cts. ; larger 

 size, 60 cts., postpaid. 



BON ARBOR 



The Great Plant-Food 

 (Recommended by Successful Gardeners) 



Results from only one or two appli- 

 cations are beyond description. It will 

 make plants bloom that have never 

 flowered before. Plants almost starved 

 will become vigorous and thrifty by 

 using Bon Arbor. Invaluable for pot- 

 plants in winter. /^Ib., makes 15 gals., 

 35c,; I lb., makes 30 gals., 60c., postpaid. 



Illinois Self- Watering Flower- Boxes 



TRY THEM THIS V^INTER FOR YOUR V^INDOWS— GUARANTEED NOT TO LEAK 



The boxes are made of heavy galvanized iron, I Sponges (cc) touch the extreme bottom of box 

 which is painted an attractive green, and are pro- I and extend upward into the soil in w^hich the flowers 

 \-ided with a self-watering device which renders I are planted, thus supplying water by siih-irrigation 



attention unnecessary, except 

 at intervals of from ten to 

 twenty days. Through the 

 tube in the corner water is 

 poured into the reservoir (e) 

 underneath the false bottom 

 (d) which supports the soil (b). 



SELF-WATERING FLOWER- 

 BOXES 



No. 

 O 



I 

 2 



4 

 5 

 6 



7 



8 



9 

 10 



Water 

 Height Width Length capacity 



inches inches 



6 



9K 

 9K 

 9K 

 9K 

 9K 

 9K 

 9>^ 

 9K 

 9K 



inches quarts 

 16 



23 

 25 

 27 

 29 

 31 



33 

 35 

 37 

 39 

 41 



2^ 

 3 



3K 

 4 ^ 



6 



7 



Price 



$1 30 



I 80 



1 90 



2 00 

 2 ID 

 2 20 

 2 30 

 2 40 

 2 50 



2 75 



3 00 



The Hanging-Baskets and Window-Boxes vou 

 sent me last year turned out splendidly. Tarn 

 sendmg you an order to fill them this year. I 

 have persuaded a Mr. M. to order some.— Col. 

 R. S . Southport, N. C. 



Patented Jan. 29, 1907; June 22, 1909 



SELF-WATERING HANGING- 

 BASKETS 



Height Width Water 



No. inches inches Length capacity Price 



8 6 8 square i qt. $l lo 



lO 7 lo square i>^ qts. I 50 



12 8 12 square 2}^ qts. I 75 



14 9 14 square 3>^ qts. 2 00 



Prices include hooks for hanging, but no chain. 

 Chain for Hanging-Baskets. Per ft., 3 cts. 



Careful trials have proved 

 that plants treated this way 

 thrive much better, blooms 

 will be larger and foliage 

 heavier than in ordinary sur- 

 face-watered boxes. Makes a 

 splendid Christmas present. 



>1>0FFER> " 36a watering' Hanging - 

 Basket and 5 choice Ferns (our selection), in- 

 cluding 1 Asparagus plumosus and 1 Asparagus 

 Sprengeri, 4 hooks, 1 ceiling hook and 8 feet 

 of chain. The entire lot for $2, by express. 



I can heartily recommend the Self-watering 

 Boxes. Our sun-parlor was beautiful with 

 plants all winter. It is the first time we ever 

 had geraniums to bloom in January. — Miss 

 McD.. Roselle, New Jersey. 



These 

 on a 



can be set 

 pedestal 



WE ARE ALWAYS PLEASED TO HEAR OF YOUR SUCCESS 



