NEW FLORAL GUIDE—SPRING, 1899. 
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+A NEw PROPOSITION 
S = frequent inquiries have come to us for a g00d home flower magazine that we have taken especial 
pains to meet the demand and accomodate our friends. 
It therefore gives us great pleasure to 
announce our entire success, which you can better appreciate by reading the following remarkable 
proposition. 
This is the collection : 
Seven 
Choice! 
Plants 
““Impossible !’’ you say. 
1 NEW CRIMSON SPIREA; 
1 DOUBLE GOLDEN RUDBECKIA,. 
ABSOLUTELY THE “STAR” Q&FFER OF THE YEAR 
We will send the great modern monthly flower magazine, ** How to Grow 
Flowers,’’ 12 monthly issues, together with the following elegant collection of 
seven choice growing plants, all nicely packed and postpaid, to any address in 
the United States, Mexico or Canada, for only 50 cts. 
1 NEW CRIMSON CANNA LILY, DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. ; s | 5 
1 HARDY EVER-BLOOMING, PURE WHITE DOUBLE ROSE, CAROLINE MARNEISSE, 
1 NEW CRIMSON EVER-BLOOMING ROSE. PRINCESS BONNIE. 
1 NEW HARDY DOUBLE PINK, SOUV. de SALE; Rose Color; 
1 BEAUTIFUL BOSTON FERN; (An Elegant Parlor Decoration). 5 sei a 4 5 5 
‘‘A. Waterer’’; Hardy Perpetual Bloomer. . 
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Very Sweet. 
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It does sound so, but if you will kindly withhold your judgment until you 
see these plants and the magazine, we entertain no doubt but that you will be more surprised and more 
delighted than ever. 
Now ABOUT THE MAGAZINE: 
is a finely illustrated monthly magazine, devoted exclusively to home floriculture. 
formation needed to enable anyone to succeed with flowers, 
HOW TO MULCH 
WHEN TO MULCH 
WINTER PROTECTION 
HOW TO PLANT 
WHEN TO PLANT 
WHAT TO ‘PLANT 
“How TO GROW FLOWERS” 
It gives just the in- 
You learn HOW from the experience of others 
HOW TO PRUNE 
WHEN TO PRUNE 
INSECT ENEMIES 
Each issue contains from 26 to 38 large pages, printed on fine book paper and illustrated with half-tone 
engravings made from photographs, 
This publication tells, 
it is necessary to do in order to grow plants, and is a complete guide to success with Flowers. 
in plain and concise language, just what 
It is pub- 
lished in Springfield, Ohio, and we shall send sample copiez on request or take subscriptions at the regular 
price, 40 cents a year, 12 issues. 
Your subscription will begin with current issue unless otherwise requested. 
As plants and magazine are sent from different departments, both may not reach you in game mail, but will 
come promptly and as quickly as possible. 
REMEMBER, for only 50 cents, to anyone asking for STAR OFFER, 
we shall send “How to Grow Flowers” for one year and the above Fine Collection of 
Plants, which in itself is worth more than the price asked for both. 
good offer, What do YOU think? 
Makes Flowers Flourish. 
Flowers are like people. Their health depends upon | 
their food. It must be nourishing, but not too rich to 
force growth and cause reaction. The one chemically 
correct food for house plants is 
Walker’s Excelsior Plant Food. 
It has no odor whatever, and can be used dry or dis- 
solved in water forsprinkling, Useitand your flowers will 
flourish and their health will last. We guarantee this food 
to do what is claimed for it and will send it postpaid any- 
where at the regular price. 
Small Size (Feeds 25 plants, 6 months, ) 
Large Size (Enough for a year), 
25 cts. 
50 cts, i 
We call this a 
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OUR NEW 
Tobacco loeoeu ne Soap. 
After several years trial in ovr own work and the emi. 
nent satisfaction given our customers, we gladly recom- 
mend this as the most effective p!ané and animal insect 
exterminator ever discovered. It is ontir_ly safe to handle, 
will not injure the most tender ple.is is convenient to use 
and easily applied. Dissolve he suot in nroportion of one 
ounce to each half-gallon of water 2.1.1 apply the solution 
to the foliage of the plants by means wf » spraying syringe 
or whisk broom as often as necessary. 
Price per box by mail postpaid, 30 ct:; 4 boxes for $1. 
hi~ soap so useful, 
IT 
Many of our customers have found i 
they keep it on hand and order regulariyv as needed. 
WORKS WONDERS WHEREVER APPLIED. 
