TALKING ABOUT GARDENS 



It was an old-fashioned garden, Just an old-fashioned garden; 

 But it carried me back, to that dear Httle shack, 



In the land of long ago. 

 I saw an old-fashioned Missus getting old-fashioned kisses, 



In that old-fashioned garden, 



From an old-fashioned beau. 

 Copyright MCMXIX by T. B. Harms & Francis Day & Hunter, N. Y. 



Thus ends the pleasant little tune that has created echoes in 

 thousands of hearts throughout the land. What pleasant thoughts 

 and memories these few simple lines bring forth. 



Every one having access to the soil should make a garden, 

 for today more people than ever before sow seeds and gather 

 harvests of joy in the form of beautiful flowers and fresh vege- 

 tables. 



The tremendous advance in the 



fine art of gardening calls more 

 and more for a highly specialized 

 service in the materials that enter 

 into garden making. Seeds, bulbs 

 and plants are a peculiar mer- 

 chandise in that they cannot be 

 judged by ordinary standards. For 

 that reason, the men behind any 

 establishment that makes it its 

 business to supply material for the 

 garden must be trusted more than 

 in other lines of human endeavor. 



The new firm of Beckert Seed 

 and Bulb Company embraces men 

 who have made a lifetime study of 

 garden requirements and have a 

 wide acquaintanceship with the 

 most trustworthy and reHable 

 growers of seeds, bulbs and plants. 

 We offer you our combined ex- 

 periences through our merchan- 

 dise and assure you it will be a 

 pleasure to serve you and to meet 

 any fair criticism for improvement 

 in our service. 



Respectfully yours, 



BECKERT SEED AND 

 BULB COMPANY. 



Albert J. Beckert, 



President. 

 John W Fornof, 

 Vice 

 President. 

 Oscar M. 

 Beckert, 

 Secretary- 

 Treasurer. 

 414 Ferry 

 Street, 

 Pittsburgh, 

 Pa. 



Opp. Wabash 



Passenger Depot 



