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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
September, 19lt 
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DIRECTORY 
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Sept. zoth. No display type allowed other than capitals on first line. Smallest advertisement accepted, $z.oo. Address Ctassijied Aavertising Department^ The Garden Maj^a^ine, Garden City, New York J 
the same as 
in our office 
GARDEN LECTURERS 
MR. ROBERT PYLE — the well-knotNTi Garden Lecturer and 
Rosarian irndtes correspondence from garden lovers and societies. 
Subject — "The American Rose Garden” illustrated ts*ith 6nely 
colored lantern slides. Address: West Grove, Pa. 
GLASS CUTTERS 
‘RED DE\TL” glass cutter, improved type. Best for greenhouse 
glass. Saves glass, labor, expense. Sample lo cts. Booklet free. 
Smith & Hemenway Co., 77 Chambers Street, New York City. 
INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES 
HAMMOND’S SLUG-SHOT— thoroughly reliable in kiUing Cur- 
rant Worms, Potato Bugs, Cabbage Worms, etc. Sold by Seeds 
Dealers. Circular iree. Benjamin Hammond, Beacon, N. Y. 
IRISES 
EXTRA SPECIAL PRICES ON GERM.YN IRIS. I have a large 
quantity ot the two colors described below at $2.50 a hundred, by 
express, not prepaid Smaller quantities 4c each. Light yellow, 
color effect cream when \newed in rows. Beautiful; fine for cutting. 
Yellow standards with browm falls; deepercolor. Both bloom about 
Decoration Day. Paul L. Ward, Plant Specialist. Hillsdale, Mich. 
IRISES. Ten choice varieties, including Florentina, Flavescens, 
Black Prince, Gazelle. Madame Chereau and Pallida Dalmatica, 
deliverecT postpaid for one dollar. Order now. Oronogo Flower 
Gardens, Carthage, Mo. 
IRIS, J.\P.\NESE, in fine named varieties. $n.50 per dozen; $10 
per 100; Superb mixture, $7 per 100; German, from $4.00 per 100 
up. S. G. Harris. Tarr>'town, N. Y. 
GERMAN IRIS, QUEEN OF MAY — Fine plants of this beautiful 
pink Pallida Iris, $1.00 dozen prepaid. Mrs. John Love, Hyde* 
Maryland. 
GERM.\N IRIS — Six choice named varieties $1.00 postpaid. 
Order now. Stock limited. A. Groth, East Cass St.,. Joliet, 111. 
PEONIES 
PEONIES. Strong plants, Mons. Jules Elie, Rubra Superba, each 
60c.; doz., $6.00. Albert Crousse. Emilie Gaille, Model de Perfec- 
tion, Livingstone, Eugene Verdier, each, 50c. ; doz., $5.00. Felix 
Crousse, Mme. Leonie Calot, Mad. de Vemeville, 40c.: doz., $4.00. 
Meissonier, L. Van Houtte. Mad. Lebon, Festiva Maxima, Duchess 
de Nemours, each, 25c.; doz., $2.00. Four finest German irises in 
cultivation, immense flowers, finest shades. Pallida Dalmatica, uni- 
form pale blue, 20c.; doz., $2.00. Tamerlane, light blue and pur- 
f le, 20c.; doz., $2.00. Isolene, rose and brown, 20c.; doz., $2.00. 
ris King, yellow and browm, 20c.; doz., $2.00. All kinds of peren- 
nial plants and seeds of our own growing, pansy, viola, etc. Write 
for our list. Ask your florist, he knows us. Ralph E. Huntington, 
Painesville, Ohio. 
THE WORLD'S BEST PEONIES. Fifteen fine named Peonies 
for $2.50. or 25 for $5.00 all different and truly labeled, a chance to 
obtain a fine collection at half price, comprising such varieties as 
Festiva maxima, Delacbei, Achillea, Lady L. Bramwell, Couronne 
d'Or, Prolifica, Tricolor, Louis Van Houtte, and various other fine 
sorts. With any order of above for $5.00 I will include one plant 
of Baroness Schroeder, free. I have the largest stock in America of 
Lady .Alexandra Duff (absolutely true) and many other fine varie- 
ties. Send for catalogue. W. L. Gumm, Peony Specialist, Rem- 
ington, Indiana. 
PEONIES. One of the finest collections in the U. S. Fine stock 
of Brand’s new prize winning seedlings and the best French varieties, 
also large stock of all the standard varieties, and can furnish any 
size desired. We have a few bargains in collections. AU stock 
guaranteed true to name and descriptions. Catalogue now ready. 
G. B. Babcock, R.F.D. No. 80, Jamestown, N. Y. 
PEONIES. Adolphe Rousseau. $1.50; Aurore, $1.00; .Avalanche, 
$1.50; Baroness Schroeder $1.00; La Rosiere, 50c.; Marie Lemoine, 
50c; Mons. Martin Cahuzac, $3.00; Mr. Manning. 75c; Petite Re- 
nee, 7sc; Simonne Chevalier. $1.50; Odette. $1.50; Germanie Bigot, 
$1.50. These 12 rare plants for $12.00. H. F. Chase, Andover. Mass. 
PEONIES. I am offering my private collection of 48 varieties of 
fine Peonies, 950 plants in all. these were selected for me some 
years ago by one of the former Presidents of the .American Peony 
Association. The price will interest you. .All 2 and 3 year bloom- 
ing clumps. Erith N . Shoup, The Gardens, Dayton, Ohio. 
SEPTEMBER B.ARG.AINS. Two fine ponies, one white, one red, 
postpaid for 35c. Darwin and early tulips $1.50 per 100; 35c per 
dozen. Large three year rose bushes 50c each. Japanese barberry, 
1 8c each. Sumner Perkins, Danvers, Mass. 
SPECI.AL PEONY OFFER, one each, Festiva Maxima (large 
white), Officinalis Rubra (large red), and a fine late rose colored, 
all prepaid for one dollar. Crest Nurseries, Piqua, Ohio. 
A CARD will secure our catalogue describing the two hundred and 
fifty choice Peonies which won the gold medal and silver cup. F. 
A. Reeves, South Euclid P. O.t Cleveland, O. 
PEONIES (Continued) 
PEONIES — Red, white or pink — order now for Fall delivery, 35 
cents each, $3.50' dozen. State colors wanted. The (Tarmichael 
Orchards, Shannock, R. I. 
PEONIES. Ten small plants, all different, sent postpaid for one 
dollar. Larger plants, not prepaid, two dollars. Oronogo Flower 
Gardens, Carthage, Mo. 
OBERLTN’S PEONY G.ARDENS Fine and popular varieties. 
Order your roots for Fall planting. Ask for Catalogue B, Sinking 
Spring, Pa. 
PRIZE WINNING PEONIES in great variety at reasonable prices 
Catalogue. S. G. Harris, Tarrytown, N. Y. 
PEONIES; pinks; maroon; red; white. Healthy roots. Thirty- 
five and fifty cents. H. B. Hawkins, New Haven, New York. 
SEEDS AND BULBS 
TULIPS AND N.ARCrSSI. Bulbs ready soon. 100 Mixed Late 
Tulips, or 100 Mixed Narcissi, or 50 of each, or 80 Mixed Darwin 
Tulips, postpaid for one dollar. Oronogo Flower Gardens, Car- 
thage, Mo. 
PETS 
BOSTON TERRIERS. Fine markings, good breeding and excel- 
lent dispositions. I have sold fifty of these fine pets and compan- 
ions to Country Life readers during the past year and satisfied every 
one. Also Bull Terriers and English Bulldogs. Reasonable prices. 
Write. Box 330, Garden Magazine, 11 West 32nd Street, New York. 
YOU CAN MAKE A GOOD LIVING in your back yard raising 
Belgian hares. Particulars and price list of aU breeds, 10 cents. W. 
G. Thorsonj Aurora. Colo. 
HELP WANTED 
CANVASSERS WANTED — to solicit orders for trees and shrub- 
bery. Salary or commission payable weekly. Year ’round employ- 
ment. Perry Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. Established 21 years. 
Memorandum 
from the 
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Advertising Department, 
Garden City New York 
POSITIONS WANTED 
G.\RDEX, F.\RM. AND DAIRY HELP Furnished gentlemen’s 
estates. References investigated. Mathewson Agency, 8i8- 
6th Ave., New York. Tel., 378 Bryant. 
PLANTS AND NURSERY STOCK 
ALPINES, ROCK PL.ANTS, Shrubs and Flowers: natives of the 
Rocky Mountains, the kinds adapted to gardens and hardy. Cat. 
alogue with cultural and other information free. Special value 
offering to introduce: twenty (20) flowering size native plants in 
siz choice kinds, including Columbine, .\nemone, Delphinium, Sand 
Lily, Iris and Cactus, delivered prepaid for Sr .00. Besides native 
plants we grow all the best ornamentals for the Northwest; 40-page 
catalogue free; ask for both catalogues. Rockmont Nursery, 
Boulder, Colorado. 
ERICAS. Young stock for growing on. strong and well rooteO 
olants out of 2} inch pots. Fragrans Melanthera Sic per loa 
Regerminans, $10 per 100. Cupressna, $15 per 100, Gracilus .Aut- 
umnalis, $10 per 100, Persoluta Rosea, $10 per 100, Persoluta .Mba, 
$10 per too, Globularia, $10 per too. President Carnot. $15 per 
100. PrKident Faure, $15 per 100, Ventricosa Rosea. $15 per too. 
Cash with order please. .Anton Schultheis. 316 19th Street, CoUegt 
Point, N. Y. 
H.ARDY PERENNI.ALS, strong plants, $1.00 per dozen. Golden 
Glow. Coreopsis, Hollyhock, Gailardia, Columbines. Larkspun 
German Iris, Shasta Daisy, Garden Pinks, Mallows, Crysanthemum, 
Baltonia, Oriental Poppy, Fox Glove, Hardy Sunflower. Suburban 
Seed Co., La Grange, III. 
DOG TOOTH VIOLETS — Exquisite, brilliant, yellow spring 
flowers. Plant in your lawn. They will multiply and be an a nniid 
delight. 100 bulbs by mail for $1.00. Also Solomon’s Seal and other 
woodsy things. E. S. Fansler, Noroton Heights Conn. 
P-ANSIES. Extra fine Giant flowering, strong plants for winter 
blooming or planting in frames, 75c per 100, $3.50 per 1000, prepaid 
with Pansy culture booklet. Edward Wallis, Berlin. N. J. 
SURPLUS STOCK FROM PRU ATE GARDEN. Unusual variety 
of rock plants, new perennials and old fashioned plants. Prices 
moderate. Send for list. L. B. Wilder, Pomona, N. Y. 
HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Colors; pink, rose, yellow, 
bronze, Indian red, crimson, violet, white; strong plants; will bloom 
this fail; 20 for $1.50 prepaid. Edward Wallis, Berlin. N. J. 
GINSENG, most profitable plant grown, beautiful too, market 
unlimited, grows in shade, seeds $1.00 thousand, particulars free. 
Specialty Farm, Rockford, Minn. 
BOOKS FOR THE GARDEN ENTHUSIAST 
“HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN” BY ADOLPH KRUHM— 
Written especially to serve the needs 0/ the home gardener. A 
dependable guide to best varieties for different purposes. Written 
so everybody can understand it. Beautifully printed, with 24 full- 
page illustrations. .Author’s autographed copies, $i .00 postpaid. 
Send to-day. .Adolph Kruhm, Queens, L. I., N. Y. 
"HOW TO GROW ROSES” — Library Edition; 121 pages — 16 in 
natural colors. Not a catalogue. Price $1, refunded on $5 order 
for plants. The Conard & Jones Co., Box 24, West Grove, Pa. 
THE POCKET N.ATURE LIBR.ARY a series of four p<^et 
Nature books, leather bound — the birds, the flowers and trees illus- 
trated in beautiful colors. Mai! postal for circular. Doubleday, 
Page & Company, Garden City, N. Y. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
ATTENTION — Bookstores, Cigarstores, Newsdealers. Gold and 
silver coins, bank bills and war currencies of old Mexico. $1000.00 
A'illa Currency, $5.00; $100.00 Carranza, $5.c». Popular and at- 
tractive for collections and as souvenirs. Prices coins and othti 
currencies upon request. Old Me.xico E.xport Co., Mills Building, 
El Paso, Texas. 
FUR M.AKING AND REPAIRING — Do your own fur work at 
home and save money, or start in retail fur business. Big profits. 
Easy to learn. Write for free booklet H, about my complete instruc- 
tion bwk "The Practical Furrier. ”X. Lichtenstein, 417 Granby St, 
Norfolk, Virginia. 
SAL.AD SECRETS. 100 recipes. Brief but complete. 15c by 
mail. 100 Meatless recipes 15c. 50 Sandwich reci[^ 15c. .All 
three 30c. B. K. Briggs, 456 Fourth Ave., Newark, N • J. 
JAPANESE TEA GARDEN AND ROCKERY made most unique 
and artistic in short time, in any part of U. S. or Canada. T. R. 
Otsuka, 300 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111. 
FLORIST POTS, Hanging Baskets, Lawn Vases. Porch Pots and 
Moss Aztec ware. Try our line. Ask for catalogue. The Peters 
& Reed Pottery Co.. South Zanesville, Ohio. 
WATERWEEDS of all kinds are easily removed from lakes, pon^ ’ 
streams, etc., by the Submarine We^ Cutting Saw. Send for 
particulars. Aschert Bros., West Bend, Wis. 
100 Envelopes, 200 letter heads, 6x9} inches, nicely printed, mail- 
ed, for $1.00. Samples free. Herald Co., Charlotteville, N. Y 
The Readers* Service vAU gladly furnish information about Interior Decoration 
