.INUARY, 1917 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
241 
Water Your Garden 
The Skinner System Way 
H ose watering means too much in some 
spots; too little in others; none at all 
in still others. Also means a lot of 
bother and trouble. 
Water your garden the Skinner way. 
The Skinner System waters thoroughly and 
uniformly. The water falls in a gentle rain that 
will not harm tender plants or pack the soil. 
For $13.75 you can have one of our com- 
plete Portable Watering Lines 50 feet long. 
It waters 25 ft. on each side of it. Equipped 
with quick, easy working couplings. Pipes 
galvanized. Nozzles are brass. Nothing to 
get out of order. Our 100 feet line costs 
$26.25. Prices on other lengths proportionate. 
Write for catalog. Also ask us about our new Automatic 
Oscillator, a little device that makes it possible for you to 
turn on your water and forget it, knowing that it will be 
shut off automatically when your garden has been satis- 
factorily watered. 
THE SKINNER IRRIGATION CO. 
OF IRRIGATION 
Glass Cloth 
A transparent waterproof fabric, guaranteed to generate 
about the same warmth and light as glazed sash, or 
money back. For all forcing purposes. Sample 3x6 feet. 
50c. prepaid. 
PLANT FORCERS. 
TURNER BROS., Bladen, Nebraska 
Diamond Brand 
Gladiolus 
are far-famed for their 
certainty to bloom. Con- 
tented in even poor soil, they 
produce magnificent spikes of 
those glorious flowers that de- 
light gladioli growers every- 
where. To further popularize 
"Diamond Brand” Gladiolus 
we will mail 
35 Bulbs in Unrivaled 
Color Mixture for only 
$1 Postpaid 
Satisfaction guaranteed or 
money back. The collection 
contains some beautiful new 
hybrids, as welias many of the 
favorites among popular kinds. 
Six collections for $5., sent to 
six different addresses, if de- 
sired. Write for booklet, 
"Treasured of Bulb Land” 
to-day. 
Netherland Bulb Co. 
32 Broadway New York 
Nurstrits at Oegslgeesl, Holland 
Put Your Planting Problems Up to Meehan 
Meehan Service — personal, individual service — superior because it is the 
result of sixty years of cumulative experience — is at your command. 
No matter whether your home-grounds are leirge or 
limited in area, write us, question us freely. Your 
letter will be assigned to, and answered by, an ex- 
pert plamtsman, who has studied your section, 
knows its climatic and soil conditions, and will give 
you practical and helpful suggestions accordingly. 
This preliminary advice is offered you without charge 
and without obligation. 
The Meehan Planting Plan for 
Average Places 
For the ordinsuy city or suburban lot or for places up 
to one acre, we have devised a "New Property Data 
Form,” on which you can easily give us the inform- 
ation necessary to an intelligent consideration of your 
needs. When you write, ask for this form, and upon 
its return, properly filled out, we will, without cost to 
you, submit a proposition that will msJce of your home 
and grounds a beautiful picture. If this is approved 
by you. we will then submit a detailed list and estimate 
of cost of the pleinting material needed to carry it out. 
The Landscape Department 
For properties of more than one acre, or those pre- 
senting unusual or intricate problems, correspondence 
should be opened directly with The Landscape De- 
partment, Thomas Meehan & Sons, Mt. Airy. Pa. 
How About a Personal Call? 
During Jamuciry, Februsu"y and early March several 
of our Department heads will visit our customers in 
the states east of the Mississippi River, starting with 
the Southern States. These visits will be resumed 
during the summer months. 
If you will write us soon, and say it will be agreeable, 
it is likely that one of these experts can arrcinge, with- 
out expense to you, to call on you while in your vicin- 
ity. inspect your property and talk the matter over 
with you in person. 
THOUSANDS OF CHARMING HOMES 
all over the country owe their beautiful setting of Trees, Shrubs and Hardy 
Flowering Plants to Meehan service and Meehan stock. It may be wise, therefore, 
for you to learn about us before deciding what yo,u are going to do to make YOUR 
home beautiful. This is planning time! Better write us at once — TO-DAY, Let us 
send you our Hand-Book for J9I7, Planting time will come before you realize it, 
THOMAS MEEHAN & SONS 
Tbe Pioneer Nurserymen of America Box 17, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Beautify Your Home by Having 
An Experienced Gardener 
Parties desiring the services of competent 
Gardeners can procure same upon applica- 
tion to us. 
We have at all times married and single 
men on our register who we can thoroughly 
recommend to give you the best results in 
flowers, fruits and vegetables. No fee for 
our services. 
W. E. Marshall & Co. 
Seeds, Plants & Bulbs 166 West 23rd St., New York 
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