THB GRUBN ING LANDSCAPE 



Our force of gardeners is thorough- 

 LANDSCAPE ly practical in every detail of their work, 



GARDENERS from preparing the ground, or renovating 



it when necessary, to the last touches of 

 pruning when the planting is done. And the work is accomplished 

 with such nicety of finish that the effect is pleasing from the start. 

 Hundreds of clients testify to the ei'ficiency of our system ; and 

 this excellent garden service sa\'es you money. 

 It saves you money. 



Our system will appeal with espe- 

 MUNICIPAL AND cial force to Park Boards, Cemetery 



CORPORATION WORK Boards and others having charge of 



large grounds' with puhlic responsibilities. 

 Public service is a thankless task at best. That is where " the 

 mistakes that men make live after them, but the good is oft in- 

 ten-ed with their bones." A man can overcome his own riiistakes, 

 but tlie public never forgets nor forgives the mistakes made in its 

 service. It therefore behooves Park and Cemetery Commissioners 

 to place their landscape business with a reliable and responsible 

 concern like ours; and please keep in mind that dur serx'ice saves 

 you money. 



It sa\'es you money. 



Our prices are based on a fixed 

 standard, depending on the amount of 

 preliminary work recjuired to make the 

 plans, and also on the expense of pre- 

 paring the ground ; so that the property can be developed in one 

 complete job, or in sections as the appropriation of funds will 

 allow. But in e\ er_\- case we will give the lowest possible prices, 

 quality of work and goods considered, and we guarantee that our 

 service saves you money. 



It saves vou monev. ^ 



Strange are tbe properties 

 of the number three! When I 

 crossed the ocean, the captain of 

 our ship informed me that in a 

 storm the waves form themselves 

 in grou]:)S of three — three heavv " 

 swells and then a choppy sea, 

 three more hea\-}- swells and tlien 

 a semi-lull, and so on. In logic 

 a syllogism has three parts. In 

 Christian theology there are three 

 divine persons and three cardinal 

 \irtues — faith, hope and charit}- 

 — and the greatest of these is 



OUR PRICES 



AN ARBORGOLA 



The reader has never heard of an arborgola before; neither have I. 

 But I coin the word as appropriately descriptive of this structure, which 

 is a sort of cross between an arbor and a pergola. It is built like a pergola, 

 but instead of being over the walk it is on one side and gives the service 

 of an arbor. The arch in the distance leads to the formal garden. 



charity ! In famih^ life we ha\'e father, mother, child. In old 

 English law we learn of the three estates, the same being inter- 

 preted in American civics as the three branches of government. In 

 mythology we find the three graces and the three furies. The 

 ofiice-boy Avants me to add that a triangle has three sides, a stool 

 has three legs, a fork has three prongs, and a crowd gives three 

 cheers ! And hy way of a clincher he says a baseball team has three 

 times three men and three strikes are out — all of which is probably 

 true. He knows. 



