December, 1916 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
183 
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GARDEN LECTURES 
SEEDS AND BULBS 
BOOKS FOR THE GARDEN ENTHUSIAST 
MR. ROBERT PYLE — the well-known Garden Lecturer and 
Rosarian invites correspondence from garden lovers and societies. 
Subject — “The American Rose Garden” illustrated with finely 
colored lantern slides. Address: West Grove, Pa. 
INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES 
HAMMOND’S SLUG-SHOT— thoroughly reliable in killing Cur- 
rant Worms, Potato Bugs, Cabbage Worms, etc. Sold by Seeds 
Dealers. Circular free. Benjamin Hammond, Beacon, N. Y. 
PLANTS AND NURSERY STOCK 
HARDY PERENNIALS, strong plants, $i.oo per dozen. Golden 
Glow. Coreopsis, Hollyhock, Gaillardia, Columbines, Larkspur, 
German Iris, Shasta Daisy, Garden Pinks, Mallows, Chrysanthemum, 
Boltonia, Oriental Poppy, Foxglove, Hardy Sunflower. Suburban 
Seed Co., La Grange, 111. 
SHRUBS — Single plants 15c each postpaid. Ten plants $1.25 post- 
paid. Barberry, Bridal Wreath, Snowball, Weigelia, Golden Bell, 
Privet, Syringa, Hydrangia. Small (none less than one year old) 
but perfectly healthy and vigorous. You will be surprised to see how 
fast the little beggars will grow. Suburban Seed Co., La Grange, Dl. 
HELP WANTED 
DARWIN TULIPS— Prepaid 
Per Doz. 
TOO 
1000 
. . .40c 
$2.00 
$18.00 
2.00 
18.00 
2.00 
18.00 
. . .30c 
1-50 
14.00 
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15-03 
2.00 
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Suburban Seed Co., La Grange, HI. 
THE NEW “MILLIONAIRE” DAHLIA should be in every gar- 
den. It’s a wonder. Bulbs Sio each. Awarded Gold Medal Rhode 
Island Horticultural Society, 1916. Get my new catalogue. Geo. 
L. Stillman, Originator, Box C7 Westerly, R. I. 
25% ON YOUR MONEY — Send us $i now and secure a seed cer- 
tificate for $1.25 accepted for this amount in payment of anything 
listed in our 1917 catalogue which will be issued Jan. i. Our prices 
are 20% less than others which really means a saving of 45%. All 
our seeds are fairly “Bursting with enerp^.” These certificates 
make fine Christmas presents. Suburban Seed Co., La Grange, 111. 
GLADIOLUS BULBS— ORDER NOW, 100 CHOICE BULBS, 
containing the cream of the named varieties, $1.75. Get our fall 
List. E. J. Sheap & Son, Jackson, Mich. 
“HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN” BY ADOLPH KRUHM— 
Written especially to serve the needs of the home gardener. S 
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, $1.00 postpaid. 
Send to-day. Adolph Kruhm, Queens, L. I., N. Y. 
POULTRY PAPER — 44-124 page periodical, up to date, tells all 
you want to know about care and management of poultry, for pleas- 
ure or profit; four months for 10 cents. Poultry Advocate, 
Dept. 217, Syracuse, N. Y. 
“HOW TO GROW ROSES” — Libra^ Edition; 121 pages — 16 in 
natural colors. Not a catalogue. Price $i, refunded on $5 order 
for plants. The Conard & Jones Co., Box 24, West Grove, Pa. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
SALAD SECRETS. 100 recipes. Brief but complete. 15c by 
mail. 100 Meatless recipes 15c. 50 Sandwich recipes 15c. All 
three 30c. B. H. Briggs, 456 Fourth Ave., Newark, N. J. 
T50 ENVELOPES. 150 letter-heads size 6 x inches, printed and 
mailed for $1.00. Samples free. Sun Co., East Worcester, New York. 
MODERN GLADIOLUS BULBS. Finest named sorts and mix- 
tures. Low prices for Fall shipments in large lots. Geo. S. Wood- 
ruff, Independence, Iowa. 
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. 
PARK SUPERINTENDENT WANTED — Large public park in 
New Orleans wants park superintendent of executive ability and 
experienced in handling labor. Good opportunity for right man. 
Write giving full particulars. J. A. Hayes, Sec., P. O. Drawer 840, 
New Orleans, La. 
G(X)D PAYING POSITIONS open to live salesmen of Trees and 
Plants at Planter’s price. Fully guaranteed. Fairview Nurseries. 
Rochester, N. Y. 
NURSERY AGENTS WANTED— Home territory. Highest com- 
missions payable weekly. No investment. We deliver and collect. 
Perry Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. Established 21 years. 
HOLLY'HOCKS — Strong seedlings. Will bloom next season, mixed 
colors, 50c dozen, postpaid, $2.00 per 100 by express prepaid. Sub- 
burban Seed Co., La (grange, III. 
HAVE MANY CYCLAMEN PLANTS IN BUD. mixed colors 
only. High grade stock in every way, thirty and fifty cents each. 
Fancy mixed Gladiolus bulbs $1.25 a hundred. Florist pansy seed 
40c per thousand. Ward, Plant Specialist, Hillsdale, Mich. 
THE POCKET NATURE LIBRARY a series of four pocket 
Nature books, leather bound— the birds, the flowers and trees illus- 
trated in beautiful colors. Mail postal for circular. Doubleday, 
Page & Company, Garden City, N. Y. 
JAPANESE TEA GARDEN AND ROCKERY made most unique 
an<J artistic in short time, in any part of U. S. or Canada. T. R. 
Otsuka, 300 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111. 
YOU CAN MAKE A GOOD LIVING in your back yard raising 
Belgian hares. Particulars and price list of all breeds, 10 cents. W. 
G. Thorson, Aurora, Colo. 
THE FARMER’S CYCLOPEDIA is a farmer’s most valuable 
asset in seven superb volumes — text made from the records of the 
Agricultural Department. A circular descriptive of the complete 
work mailed on reqest. Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden 
City. N. V. 
For the Garden -Lover’s Christmas 
The Library of the Open Road crayon 
Four books that will be a perpetual fountain of refreshment for those who believe it is 
well to be contented with one's lot; to be rich in friends; and to step with a light foot on 
the friendly road of life. 
Adventures in Contentment; Adventures in Friendship; The Friendly Road; 
Hempfield (David Grayson’s first novel). Each book is charmingly illustrated by 
Thomas Fogarty, whose drawings have long since become an essential part of every 
Grayson story.' Cloth, net, $1.50. Leather, net, $1.65. Four volumes in leather. 
Boxed, net, fe.60. 
My Garden 
By LOUISE BEEBE WILDER 
■The Editor of the Garden Magazine 
pronounces this book, “The most in- 
spirational and yet practical garden 
book that has appeared in years.'* 
Just a transcription of delightfully in- 
formal conversations with a true garden 
lover. The things that do well and 
why and where, the plants that give the 
needed color at awkward seasons and 
what should follow and precede them. 
A veritable treasure-store of garden lore. 
Illustrated, net, $1.50. 
Book of Garden Plans 
By STEPHEN F. HAMBLIN, o/ Mr SrAoo/ 
of Landscape Architecture, Harvard University. 
The purpose of this book is to aid those 
who are planning gardens and country 
places to visualize problems similar to 
their own and to see how a landscape 
architect would solve them. The plans 
range from boulder walls, arbors', poppy 
beds, and special borders to the different 
kinds of formal and informal gardens. 
Photographs illustrate the basic idea 
of each plan. 20 blue print plans. 32 
pages of illustrations. Net, $2.00. 
How to Make Friends With Birds 
Uniform With the ** Pocket Nature Guides." By NIEL MORROW LADD 
President oj the Greemvich Bird Protective Society; Member of the Linnean Society 
What to do to make one's home grounds attractive to bird life. From nesting boxes 
to winter feeding. The author answers the innumerable questions which arose in his 
own mind, when he commenced to play host and landlord to the birds. He pre- 
sents in condensed form such information as will assist bird lovers to conserve and 
increase the remnant of our bird life and. at the same time, to increase their enjoy- 
ment of a fascinating pastime. Over 200 illustrations. Flexible linen. Net. $1.00. 
Leather, net $1.25. 
Other Appropriate Gift Volumes 
Gene Stratton-Porter’s four nature books; “Moths of the Limberlost,” net, $3.00; 
"Music of the Wild," net, $3.(X); “The Song of the Cardinal," cloth, net, $1.35. Leather, 
net, $2.00. Walter Prichard Eaton’s romances of New England : “The Bird House Man,' 
net, $1.35. “The Idyl of Twin Fires,” cloth, net, $1,50. Leather, net, $1.65. Bird 
Guide, FlowerGuide, Butterfly Guide, TreeGuide; pocket size, each,net, $1.00. Leather, 
net, $1.25. “The Farm Mortgage Handbook," by Kingman Nott Robins, net,$1.25. 
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