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T HE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
December, 1916 
RED CROSS 
FARM 
POWDER 
4 - 
The Original and Largest Selling 
Farm Explosive 
Why use expensive high speed dynamites when 
this slower, safer farm powder will save you 
from $3 to $5 per hundred pounds and for 
most farm uses do better work ? 
BIG BOOK FREE 
As pioneers and leaders in developing farming 
with explosives our booklet gives the latest, 
most reliable and best illustrated instructions. 
Write for H.\ND BOOK OF EXPLOSIVES 
No. 523 F. 
DEALERS WANTED 
We want live dealers in towns still open. Get 
the orders resulting from our continuous heavy 
advertising. You need not carry nor handle 
stock. State jobber’s name or bank reference 
when writing. 
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 
Established 1802 
JF arid’s largest makers of farm explosives 
Wilmington, Delaware 
TOWNSEND’S TRIPLEX 
The Greatest Grass-Cutter on Earth 
Cuts a Swath 86 Inches Wide 
Drawn by one horse and operated by one man, the TRIP- 
LEX MOWER will mow more lawn in a day than the best 
motor mower ever made, cut it better and at a fraction of the 
cost. 
Drawn by one itorse and operated by one man, it will 
mow more lawn in a day than any three other horse-drawn 
mowers with three horses and three men. (We guarantee 
this.) 
Write for catalogue illustrating all types of 
Townsend Lawn Mowers, with list of users(FREE) • 
S. P. TOWNSEND & CO. 
23 Central Avenue Orange. N. J. 
CHRISTMAS TREES 
OF LIVING GREEN 
Splendid Spruce trees, four 
feet high, with big ball of 
roots and soil wrapped in bur- 
lap, so they will keep fresh. 
Delivered to your door 
for $1.50 
Put them in a tub or box, 
and keep them moist. After the 
holidays arc past, set the tree in your 
shrub border. Send order at once — 
1 will ship promptly. 
ADOLF MULLER 
DEKALB NURSERIES 
Norristown, Penna. 
English Furniture 
of the 
Eighteenth Century 
By Herbert Cescinsky 
The book par excellence for the collect- 
or, the connoisseur, and the lover of 
antique furniture, by one of the most 
eminent living authorities on all de- 
partments of the subject. Three sump- 
tuous volumes, crowded With photo- 
graphic reproductions of historic pieces 
and forming an art production of 
e.xtraordinary beauty. Full descrip- 
tions of thousands of examples, besides 
many unique features to be found no- 
where else. 
The Most Complete Furniture 
Guide Published 
This splendid work constitutes the 
most complete and exhaustive guide on English period furni- 
ture ever published. It covers all sorts and styles, including 
hardware acc^sories, and no vogue or type is missing. It will 
prove invaluable to the architect, decorator, and designer, and 
is not only an authoritative w’ork of reference but a fertile 
source of inspiration to the artist and craftsman. 
Superbly Beautiful Illustrations 
i.-^oo of these, culled from over 10,000 photographs specially taken for 
this work and possessing superior merit to anything of the kind that 
has ever before appeared, .‘t/i mtaanrtmenis care/uHy given in tvery 
de.^crif>tion. W'rue to-day for beautiful illustrated descriptive circular. 
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, Dept. 865, New York 
Indoor Closet 
More Comfortable, 
Healthful, Convenient 
Eliminates the out-door privy, 
open vault and cesspool, which are 
breeding places for germs. Have 
a warm, sanitary, odorless toilet right in 
your house. No going out in cold weather. 
A boon to invalids. Endorsed by State 
Boards of Health. 
ABSOLUTELY ODORLESS 
Put It Anywhere In The lloiiKe 
The germs are killed by a chemical process in water in the container, 
which you empty once a month. Absolutely no od<»i% No more 
trouble to empty than ashes. Closet absolutely guaranteed. Writefor 
full description anil price. 
ROWE SANITARY MFC. CO., 1094A Rowe Bldg.. Detroit. Mich. 
Ask about the Ro-San XVashstand — Hot and Cold Running Water 
Without Plumbing 
Horsford^s 
Cold Weather 
Plants 
F. H. HORSFORD 
\\^I^tan^h^everesT\vin^B 
ters unharmed. Old-fashion- 
ed Flowers, Hardy Ferns, 
Wild Flowers. Shrubs, Trees, 
Bulbs. \'ines, etc. All grown 
up in Vermont, where win- 
ters are of the most rigorous 
kind. 
Send /or Catalogue N 
Charlotte, Vermont 
ORCHIDS 
Largest importers and growers of 
Orchids in the United States 
Send twenty-five cents for catalogue. This amount will be refunded 
on your first order. 
LAGER & HURRELL 
Orchid Growers and Importers SUMMIT. N. J. 
Lily of the Valley 
50 SELECTED BERLIN PIPS FOR $1 
They can be grown in pots or pans for Winter 
Flowering or in the garden for Spring Flowers. 
Spiraea or Astilbe 
Beautiful pot plants for window decoration 
GLADSTONE QUEEN ALEXANDER 
Pure white Soft pink 
2 Clurrxps of each by Parcels Post $I 
W. E. MARSHALL & CO. 
1G6 W. 2Sd Street New York 
Send for our Catalogue of Bulbs 
HANDEL/^ 
As a woman's 
gift for his 
desk — or a 
man’s gift for 
her piano — this lamp keeps your thoughtfulness 
and taste ever in mind. Arm and shade adjusta- 
ble for either use. Price moderate, $22.00. 
Supplied in green or brown coloring 
Ask your dealer for No. 6372 or write for illustrated booklet 
THE HANDEL COMPANY 
393 East Main Street Meriden, Conn, 
>bur Country Home 
- .on a _ . 
hristmas Card 
Prepare for Christmas with in- 
tff&ttfMflfChristmasCards. Orders 
should be placed now. 
Deliveries December first or sooner. 
Price $12 per hundred up. Full 
particulars with specimen set on 
request with banking reference. 
■ 1 T 
FP KIPUNG Ft! 
Master War Correspondent 
“Few writers are better equipped to write about the war, and not 
one of them has his genius. He has made the new conditions ol 
warfare live so that the man who does not fight shall know all 
about it.” — London To-Day. 
Have you read his only two books on the war? 
Fringes of the Fleet 
France at War 
Each, net 60 cents* All Bookstores 
DOUBLEDAY. PAGE & COMPANY 
Garden City New York 
J 
AliONW 
Gives the essential touch 
to the garden and home. 
Send for catalogue of Ar- 
tistic Flower Pots and 
Jars, Vases, Bird Fonts, 
Sun-dials, Benches and 
other Beautiful Pieces. 
GAliOWAY 
TERRA COTTA CO. 
3214 Walnut St. 
PHILADELPHIA 
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