PETER HENDERSON A CO., NEW YORK- 



The Garden Beautiful and The Garden Bountiful 



HE love of gardening has been the hereditary inclination of civilized mankind almost since time began. To 

 own or control a few square yards of Mother Earth and direct Nature's producti\4ty — sesthetic and fruit- 

 ful — is the inborn desire of most people. To possess a larger area, amplify and embellish its charms, dwell 

 in its environment and "live on the fat of the land" is the fascinating recreation of many, thus stamping them 

 with worth and refinement. The luxury of gardens in this golden era is enjoyed by more people than ever 

 before. City toilers — tens of thousands of them, in whom the love of nature has not been wholh' stifled — are 

 now enabled through the aid of rapid transit to dwell in suburban and country towns, enjoy healthful 

 open air surroundings, and have a garden — your garden and little kingdom. Here Nature moulds herself to 

 your ideals and training, yielding your chosen flowers, fruits and vegetables. You now live happily, health- 

 fully, comfortably, not only in summer but also in winter, for many garden products may be stored up for future 

 use as squirrels store nuts and bees store honej\ the fruits and vegetables of summer being even more delec- 

 table in winter when gathered and preserved from one's own garden. What an enjoyable feeling it is to know that you 

 have a liberal reser\'e of such good things in gratifying variety between seasons and of known purity, wholesome and 

 nutritious. In cellar, pit and bam are stores of apples, beets, cabbage, carrots, celerj', onions, parsnips, potatoes, pumpkins, 

 salsify, squash, turnips, etc., all keeping in their natural state as plump and fresh 'as if just out of the garden, and in addi- 

 tion may be had with domestic co-operation for the canning, preser\-ing, pickling, etc., a great variety of the more tender and 

 delicious vegetables and fruits, as asparagus, string and wax beans, limas, sweet com, cucumbers, green peas, spinach, toma- 

 toes and a host of other good things. 



But the voice of the croaker is heard : "Just as cheap and much less trouble to buy these things in stores." Yes. if one 

 is satisfied with the adulterated mysteries sold in stores thej' are "less trouble " but home quality and home purity are sel- 

 dom found in commercial canned goods. 



Home Quality includes not only superior varieties or kinds of vegetables and fruits put up but at the right stage of 

 maturity. Home Quality canned peas will be the deliciously rich wrinkled marrow peas canned when young and tender. Home 

 ■Quality canned com will be real sweet com gathered when a pressure of the thumb nail shows the kernels full of "milk." sweet 

 tender and luscious. Home Quality canned tomatoes and catsups will be put up in glass with "just ripe" tomatoes, the 

 solid, sweet meat)' ones that need no dyed pumpkin thickening. 



And so we could continue to draw a long list of comparisons between home quality and commercial quality "canned 

 goods." We trust we have convinced you of the pleasures and benefits of the Garden Beautiful and Bountiful and supplied a 

 reason why you should raise your own flowers, fruits and vegetables for summer and "put up" a sufficient quantity of pure, whole- 

 some, delicious foods and relishes for winter requirements. And may we also remind yovi that Peter Henderson i.^- Co. supply 



EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN AND EVERYTHING OF THE BEST 



in vegetable seeds, lawn seed, flower seeds, flowering bulbs ; ornamental, fruit and vegetable plants ; gardening accessories, 

 tools, implements, fertilizers, insecticides, etc., as well as books covering all horticultural subjects, all of which are offered in 

 this catalogue. 



