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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
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MANURE AT 
$222 A TON 
would be cheap but a gallon of Nitro- 
Fertile, which costs exactly $2.00, will 
stimulate more plant growth. It 
will give a better balanced ration. 
is a liquid fertilizer. It is free from weed 
seeds. It is odorless. It may be applied 
by mixing with water and sprinkling on 
the soil with a common sprinkling can — 
AND — you get it by mail or express. 
Stimulates immediate sturdy growth in 
all garden plants, sh rubs, flowers and grass. 
One gallon of Nitro-Fertile mixed with 
water makes 120 gallons of fertilizer. 
Order now for your early plants and 
seedlings. 
Pints, Post Paid, 50c. Quarts, Post Paid, 75c. 
One Gallon, F. 0. B. Cleveland, $2.00 
DEALERS WANTED 
THE FERTILE CO. 
1007 Leader-News Building Cleveland, Ohio 
GROWN IN NEW JERSEY 
under soil and climate advantages, Steele’s 
Sturdy Stock is the satisfactory kind. 
Great assortment of Fruit, Nut, Shade 
and Evergreen Trees, Small-fruit Plants. 
Hardy Shrubs, Roses, etc. Fully des- 
cribed in my Beautiful Illustrated Des- 
criptive Catalogue — it’s free! 
T. E. STEELE 
Pomona Nurseries Palmyra. N. J. 
UP-TO-DATE DAHLIAS 
FTWFT RITA — World ’s Greatest Red , $ 1 .00 each . Special 
^ 1 1 introductory offers — 12 Beautiful Decora- 
tive, our selection, $1.50; 12 Grand Cactus, our selection, $1.50; 10 
select varieties, $1.00. One root of Ethelrita added free to each of 
the first hundred orders received from this advertisement. Mention 
The Garden Magazine. 
C. E. VARNUM & SON, Atco, N. J. 
Write To-day for this Catalogue of Dutch Bulbs 
Special Offers Which 
this Book Contains 
Fine Mixed Hya- ioo 500 
cinths $3.30 $16.00 
Fine Bedding Hya- 
cinths 4.50 20.00 
Second sized Named 
Hyacinths 5.75 25.00 
Fine Mixed Single 
Tulips x.oo 4.50 
Extra fine Mixed 
Single Tulips 1.20 5.50 
Extra fine Mixed 
Double Tulips 1.30 5.50 
Fine Mixed Darwin 
Tulips x.35 6.00 
Fine Named Darwin 
Tulips 2.25 xo.oo 
Fine Named Crocus i.xo 5.00 
Easter Lilies fCandi- 
dum) per doz $1.75 11.00 
Double Daffodils 2.15 10.00 
Narcissus Empress 
(Monsters) 3.25 14.50 
Narcissus Empress 
(Large Selected)... 2.60 xi.50 
Narcissus Emperor 
(Monsters) 3.35 X5.00 
Narcissus Emperor 
(Large Selected)... 2.60 11.50 
NarcissusGoldenSpur 
' Large Selected)... 2.60 xi.50 
Spanish Iris, Splendid 
Mixture 60 2.25 
Paper White Narcis- 
sus for Christmas 
flowering 2.25 9.50 
Prices for hundreds of varieties 
and forsmallerquantitiesareshow n 
in this catalogue. It is the most 
comprehensive bulb catalogue 
published. Free — w rite for it now. 
Special Low Prices from Now 
Until July 1st — Not Later 
Don't plan your garden, don't buy a single thing until 
you have seen this catalogue! 
Mail the coupon below or send a postal. Look over the 
catalogue — page after page of imported bulbs — the very flowers 
you want. Learn how you can have, this season, the very gar- 
den you have always desired! 
Hyacinths, Tulips. Narcissi, Crocus, give, for a small outlay 
of time and money, an abundance of flowers in the house from 
December until Easter, and in the garden, from earliest spring 
until the middle of May. Bulbs are grown almost exclusively 
in Holland, in enormous quantities, and sold at very low prices. 
Usually they cost double before reaching you. 
By ordering from us now instead of waiting until Fall, you 
make a large saving, get a superior quality of Bulbs not usually 
to be obtained at any price in this country, and have a much 
larger list of varieties to select from. 
Our orders are selected and packed in Holland, and are 
shipped to our customers immediately upon their arrival in the 
best possible condition. 
Direct from Specialists 
Our connections abroad make it possible for us to buy bulbs 
from the best specialist of that variety. Every bulb shown in 
the catalogue you get direct from growers who have made a life 
study of the flowers they grow; thus you are assured bulbs of the 
first quality. 
Order Now— Pay When Delivered 
To take advantage of the very low prices offered in this cat- 
alogue. we must have your order not later than July 1st, as 
we import bulbs to order only. They need not be paid for 
until after delivery, nor taken if not of a satisfactory quality. 
References required from new customers. 
Send for our Special Order catalogue. Make your plans / 
now. See how little it will cost to have, just the garden ✓ 
you have always wanted. + 
Fill out the coupon or send a postal for catalogue to-day^- 
Elliott Nursery Co. /' / / 
367 Fourth Ave. Pittsburg, Per. > 
Read What These 
People Say 
Finest he ever saw! "I have 
received my order of gladiolus, 
and they are the finest I ever saw. 
The tulips and peonies that I 
bought last fall have grown splen- 
didly.” — H. T. F. , Bangor , Me. 
Always perfect* "Your splen- 
did bulbs arrived. Enclosed find 
twenty-five dollars. As always, the 
stock you sent is perfect.” — A. G. 
IF., Galesburg, Ills. 
More than delighted! ’‘The 
bulbs I ordered from you are now 
in bloom in all their glory, I am 
more than delighted with them, 
and shall send another order.” 
— M. J. B., Clinton. Ills. 
Admiration of the town! “I 
want to tell you how magnificent 
my daffodils are. They are the 
admiration of the town, and have 
given us untold pleasure. Each daf- 
fodil is the size of a tea cup. Many 
bulbs have four flowers and not 
one has failed to produce two.” 
— G. D. S., Uniontowti, Ala. * 
Surpasses tulip beds 
In city parks. I have w 
a bed of tulips from f 
bulbs purchased from f 
you. It surpasses f 
anything I have + 
seen in the city ^ 
parks — J. S 
A. D.. * 
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ind pink King. Lavender Gem, Enchantress Pink, Royal Pink, 
Royal Purple. Ready for delivery June 1st to July 15th, $1.25 
per 100 . The Oldbrick Farms, Orwell, Ashtabula Co., Ohio 
A PERENNIAL GARDEN 
FOR YOUR LIFETIME 
20 Packets finest hardy northern grown Perennial 
Flower Seeds for $2.50 postpaid, together with 10 
packets best Annuals — or 30 packets in all. 
JAMES W. EUSTIS, 25 Arlington Street, Cambridge, Mass. 
* I ' H E latest word 
in efficiency and 
economy in Garden- 
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Sash of all sizes carried in stock. 
Small, inexpensive, ready-made Greenhouses 
for summer delivery. 
Suntrapz — the wonder working plant bo$es 
that come by mail. 
Get our Catalogue of Garden outfits. Free 
SUNLIGHT DOUBLE GLASS SASH CO. 
927 East Broadway Louisville, Ky. 
CANNAS 
Do you know what a wealth of garden glory 
our modern mammoth-flowering cannas will 
afford? You can revel in a blaze ot bloom 
from the first of July until the frost cuts it 
down in autumn. C. & J. Cannas have won 
highest awards at every notable exposition in- 
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Send for our free 1917 Floral Guide and get better ac- 
quainted with C. & J. Cannas. Write to-day. 
The CONARD & Jones Co. 
Box 24 West Grove, Pa. 
Rose and Canna Specialists — Backed by 50 Years' Experience 
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