1900 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
173 
Catalogues for 1900. 
Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.— 
Dreer’s Garden Calendar for 1900; 192 
pages; fine lithographed cover showing 
pansies and new single Dahlias. The 
receipt of this handsome and complete 
catalogue is always an interesting event. 
A large number of tested novelties in 
every department are offered. Dreer’s 
New Wonder Lima bean is again given 
much prominence. It is without doubt 
the earliest of the large-seeded bush 
Limas, and is extremely productive, but 
the beans did not acquire firmness and 
flavor on the Rural Grounds last season 
as promptly as some other varieties, 
thus rendering the early-bearing charac¬ 
teristic less useful than one would sup¬ 
pose. The Stringless Green-Pod bean is 
claimed to remain tender and crisp 
much longer than any other variety, and 
it is considerably earlier. 1’he Dirigo 
beet is highly finished, and grows with a 
highest excellence in that very critical 
market. The world’s Fair and B. B. 
tomatoes are said to be the best vari¬ 
eties for canneries and market gar¬ 
deners’ use. The remainder of the cata¬ 
logue is devoted to a surprisingly com¬ 
plete assortment of garden and farm im¬ 
plements. The planter who cannot find 
what he wants in this great collection 
must indeed be hard to suit. 
Osage Nurseries, Osage, Iowa.—Gen¬ 
eral catalogue of hardy trees, plants and 
vines; 32 pages, with lithograph cover. 
Gardner & Son, proprietors, find the 
long scion (eight to 10 inches) methoa 
best for their northern latitude. A root 
only two or three inches long is used, 
and the graft planted deep in the ground, 
leaving but one bua above tne surface. 
The result is that during the first sea¬ 
son’s growth a number of roots are 
thrown out of the scion, and it soon 
becomes an own-root tree, not depend- 
NEW HYBRID NYMPII.5S A WJ1. FALCONER. 
Fro. 58. 
remarkably small top. It is earlier than 
Crosby’s Egyptian. Specialties are made 
of a number of other new vegetables, 
ana fine illustrations from photographs 
are shown of them all. About all the 
novelties issued by European growers 
in ornamental plants and flower seeds, 
are listed in the succeeding pages, and 
they form a most interesting collection. 
Several pages are assigned to aquatic 
plants, this establishment being prob¬ 
ably the largest growers of water lilies 
in the world. Several splenuid novelties 
are offered for the first time this season. 
Nymphaea Wm. Falconer is one of the 
very finest new ones; flowers seven 
inches across, bright garnet red, with a 
golden center; James Gurney, dark rose, 
deepening in color each nay, and Wm. 
Doogue, bright shell pink. These splen¬ 
did American novelties cost from $5 to 
$25 each. Older varieties can be had 
from 30 cents to $3 each. All wno have 
facilities for growing aquatic plants can 
derive much pleasure irom the develop¬ 
ment of these lovely water nlies, which 
can now be had in great variety, and in 
a wide range of color. A great variety 
of hardy perennial plants is also a 
pleasing feature. The japan Anemone 
Queen Charlotte is a particularly hand¬ 
some new soil, producing flowers four 
inches across, and of a peachy pink 
color. 
The Iowa Seed Co., Des Moines, Iowa. 
—Thirtieth annual catalogue. A large 
and very complete selection of garden 
and farm seeds, farm requisites, and 
small nursery stock; two colored plates 
and colored cover. Novelties offered 
are Relish lettuce, new Hester squash 
and an improved Mammoth ground cher¬ 
ry or Physalis. Profit yellow field corn 
and Irish Victor oats are specialties 
among farm seeds. Speltz, a new grain, 
is prominently endorsed, as giving bet¬ 
ter yields than either wheat or oats. 
Botanically it is Triticum spelta, a 
wheat-like grass from Russia. 
Griffith & Turner Co., Baltimore, 
Md.—Catalogue of farm and garden sup¬ 
plies; 128 pages, lithographed cover. A 
handsome and complete catalogue; 50 
pages are devoted to seeds and plants. 
The Baltimore eggplant is offered as 
the best and most profitable variety, ex¬ 
celling others in uniformity of product. 
The Baltimore Nutmeg and Anne Arun¬ 
del muskmelons are varieties of the 
ent on the possibly tender roots of the 
seedling stock. A specialty is made of 
the Whitney crab apple, and colortype 
plates are given of Agawam grape, Wy¬ 
ant plum and Downing gooseberry; also 
tne Colorado Blue spruce. 
When witnesses are examined the Court 
insists that they shall tell only what they 
know, not what they think, or believe. Time 
and again the 
wandering 
witness is 
brought back 
to the point 
by the stern 
voice of the 
judge: “Mad¬ 
am we are not 
interested in 
what you 
think , we 
want to hear 
what you ac¬ 
tually know.” 
There’s no 
such trouble 
experienced 
with the 
worthy wom¬ 
en witnesses 
to the cures 
wrought by 
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. They 
know what they are talking about. Women 
who suffered from painful irregularities, 
from inflammation, ulceration, displaced 
organs, bearing-down pains, or any other 
form of female disorder, which undermines 
the health and shatters the nerves,—such 
women know when they are well and why 
they are well. They do not hesitate to say: 
“I know ‘Favorite Prescription’ cured 
me ” There are half a million women 
witnesses like these : 
“ I am enjoying good health, thanks to your 
kind advice and valuable remedies,” writes Mrs. 
Anua Willy, of Northville, Spink Co., S. Dak., 
(Michigan House). ” I suffered very much with 
female weakness and other ailments for more 
than two years, when I wrote to you for advice. 
After carefully following your advice and taking 
six bottles each of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescrip¬ 
tion and ‘ Golden Medical Discovery ’ I am now 
a well and happy woman.” 
“ I had been a great sufferer from female weak¬ 
ness” writes Mrs. M. B. Wallace, of Mueuster, 
Cook Co., Texas. “ I tried four doctors and none 
did me any good. I suffered six years, but at 
last I found relief. I followed your advice, and 
took four bottles of ' Golden Medical Discovery,’ 
aud eight of the ‘ Favorite Prescription.’ I now 
feel like a new -woman . I have gamed eighteen 
pounds.” 
Sick women can consult Dr. Pierce with¬ 
out charge, and thus get the benefits of his 
long experience in diseases peculiar to 
women. Write freely. Write fully. Your 
letter will be treated as a sacred confidence, 
and its answer will be written with fatherly 
friendliness, as well as medical knowledge. 
Write without fear as without fee. 
Price, $1.25. 
1 Iron Stand for Lasts. 
1 Last for Men’s Work. 
1 Last for Boys’ Work. 
1 Last for Women’s Work. 
1 Last for Children’s Work. 
1 Shoemaker’s Hammer. 
1 Shoemaker’s Knife. 
1 Peg Handle. 
1 Peg Awl. 
1 Sewing Handle. 
1 Sewing Awl. 
1 TTnrnP^s Awl Handle. 
AND 
RAINY DAY COMPANION. 
Jt ty Useful Articles—Mends Harness, M 
*+ Hoots, Shoes, Tinware, Etc., Etc.Hr*fe 
» MONEY S*VERI WH 0 LE8flLE 
PRICES ON 
EVERYTHING 
YOU EAT 
1 Harness Awl. 
1 Wrench for Teg Handle 
1 Bottle Leather Cement. 
1 Bunch Bristles. 
1 Bottle Rubber Cement. 
1 Ball Shoe Thread. 
1 Ball Shoe Wax. 
1 Package Shoe Pegs. 
1 Package Heel Nails. 
1 Package Soling Nails. 
1 Package Half-soling Nails. 
4 Pairs Star Heel Plates. 
K Dozen Needles. 
1 Saw and Harness Clamp. 
1 Box Harness A Belt Rivets. 
1 Harness and Belt Punch. 
1 Soldering Iron «fc Handle. 
1 Box of Solder. 
1 Box of Resin. 
1 Bottle of Soldering Fluid. 
1 Printed Directions forSol- 
dering. 
1 Printed Di rections for 
Half-soling. 
Order by this No 200.T 
Our Spring 
Catalogue 
of 1,000 illus¬ 
trated pages 
will be sent 
prepaid upon 
receipt of 15 cts., which 
pays part of the express 
charges, and will be re¬ 
funded on receipt of first 
order. This catnlogue 
quotes wholesale prices on 
EVERY’l H 1NG you EAT. WEAR 
and USE. Established In 1H67. 
JOHN M. SMYTH WEAR 
COMPANY ftND y 8E 
150-166 W. Madison St. 
CHICAGO. 
I0.000B 
WANTED 
.KW.NSWa^’^', 
‘"HE CANT HOOK IT OFF 
’ 
To put up our Barn Door Hangers, 
Hay Carriers, Hay Slings, etc. 
THERE IS MONEY IN IT. 
ii 
The “LOUDEN GOODS” 
HAS NO 
have no equal and are fast taking the place of 
__ everything else. Don’t waste time on something _ 
out of date, but write at once for Booklet of the latest and 
etc? Mentiontliispaper. Address’ L0lld8il MflChillBry GO., 06pt. J FdirfiGlti, |0W3. 
$ 10 . 
Buys a 14 in.stee 1 beam 
plow. Our No.38 steel 
plow, steel or wooden 
beam, guaranteed t< 
satisfactory, return it. 
we will pay all freight 
Prices low because our 
material was bought be 
fore the advance. 
Sll . 90 
tor. Onr Wolverine 
Cultivator is the met 
scour in anyaoil. Finest expensive made, yet our 
plow made. Shipped price* the lowest be- 
on trial; if notfound 
cause material was bought 
before the advance. 
Don’t pay two prices, 
but send for our catalogue. 
V Riding Cultiva¬ 
tor for $17.50 
$24.75 
to 32.50 
Calumet Cheek Row 
Corn Planter. It never 
misses; drops in hills and drills. 
We challenge the world with 
this planU‘r--inc«t perfect one 
made. Will ship iion trial in 
competition with all others. 
Don’t buy a back number. We 
have 95 styles of Planters and 
Drills for field and garden, 
for stool lever harrow; 
cuts 10 ft; 00teeth, 2sec- 
t ions ;n Iso 3 Si 4 sections 
at % retail prices. 
g FOR pap:e Spring Catalogue. Tool* of all kinds. An H ft. Wind Mill, $20.55 
Huy8 this Steel Beam 
Cultivator, plain, with & 
shovels. Spreads to 33 in. 
No. 76, 
$18.25 
18-10 
BALL BEARINC. 
All Steel Disc Marrow, with 
or without center disc.Discs 
10 and 20 In. Seizes. Ourlm- 
proved 12-16 disc, with 2, 
3 or 4 h. evener, $18.25. 
1 in. pipe. 10c. per ft. 50 ft, liny Carrier outfit complete, $9.BO. Carrier only, $6.20. 
Slings, Forks and everythin!? in hav tool outfits. 75 styles double and single Harness, Fly Nets and everything 
in the harness line. BAKU WIRE, 4c. MARVIN SMITH CO , 55-57-S9 N. Jefferson St. ,W,16 .Chicago, 111. 
For Any $oil~[ 
’or soft or rocky I } 
For soil or rocky 
ground, the harrow 
that does the best 
work and draws 
easiest is 
Ilencli an<l 
Dromgold’g 
riding or 
walking 
Spring Tooth 
Wheel Harrow 
Send for free catalogue of best harrows, culti¬ 
vators, corn planters, grain drills, etc. 
HENCH Sc DROMCOLD, York, Pa. 
How to Drain Land Profitably 
On every farm there is probably some land 
that could be made more productive by under¬ 
drainage. Properly drained land can always 
be worked earlier, and more profitably. The 
best and most 
economical way 
to drain is ex¬ 
plained in the 
book, “ Benefits of Drainage and How to Drain,” 
which is sent free by 
JOHN H. JACKSON, Third Ave., Albany, N. Y. 
BURR-STONE FEED MILLS 
We oiler you the best mill on the market 
at such a low figure that it will pay you to 
write us. Our mills have been ou the mar¬ 
ket 50 years. They are the beat 
constructed, least compli- 
ated and fastest grinding 
mills yet produced. Mills 
sent on approval. Prices 
cover freight. Send tor Illus¬ 
trated catalogue. Address, 
LEONAKD D. HARRISON, 
20Third St, New llaven.Caim 
New Feed Grinder. 
Ball Bearings. Perfect in Construction. 
Easy Running. Grinds Fast and Fine. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Special introductory price for first one in 
each neighborhood. 
SUNDRIES MFG. CO.,South Bend,lnd. 
CHARTER GASOLINE ENGINE 
Any Place 
By Any One 
For Any Purpost 
Stationaries, Portable» 
Engines and Pump* 
State your Power Needs. 
Charter Gas Engine Co. Box 26 , Sterling. // 
Cider Machinery.—Send for catalogne to Boomer A 
Bosohert Press Co., 118 West WaterSt.,Syracuse N.Y 
WCII DRILLING 
WELL Machines 
Over 70 sIxm and itylea, for drilling either deep «* 
shallow wells In any kind of toll or rock. Mount** 
on wheels or on sills. With engines or horse power, 
Strong, simple and durable. Any mechanic oak 
sperate them easily. Bend for catalog 
WILLIAMS BROS., Ithaca, F?, S, 
nr 
oteel Roofing 
£ ONLY TOOLS YOU NEED. 
______i squares BRAND 
NEW STEEL ROOFINC. Sheets either 
flat, corrugated or "V” crimped. A, | .■ —. 
Price per square of 10x10 feet \ I . I f) 
or 100 square feet. “ ■ ■ ■ ** 
No other tool than a hatchet or hammer 
Is required to lay this roofing. We furnish 
with each order sufficient paint to cover, and 
nails to lay it, without additional charge. 
Write for onr free catalogue No. 17 , 
of general merchandise bought by ns at 
Sheriff’s and Receiver’s Soles. ___ _ 
“OCR PRICES ARK ONK-HAI.F OP OTHERS." 
Chicago House Wrecking Co. 
W. 35th & Iron Sts., Chicago. 
Saw 
Your 
Wood 
with Smalley or Battle Creel* 
Wood Saw*, More money can be 
made with our sawing outfits than 
with any other implement you con 
buy. SELF FEED DRAG §AWS-5 SUES. 
Circular or cutoff, 10sizes; also Unit¬ 
ing or Picket Milts, Every machine 
sold under a positive guarantee to do 
perfect work. Also full lino of Pow¬ 
ers for operating. Catalog showing 
onr Smalley line complete mailed fro* 
if you name this paper. 
SMALLEY MFC. CO.. 
Sole Makers, Manitowoc, Is. 
THE CHALLENGE PUMP 
And WATER PURIFIER 
Is the cheapest, simplest and most dur¬ 
able made. No freezing, no tubing or 
valves, no getting out of order. Guar¬ 
anteed to make bad water good in a 
few days or money refunded. Pre¬ 
vents typhoid fever and malaria. The 
same number of turns of handle when 
old draws the same amount of wa¬ 
ter as when new. The only pump fit 
to use in water used for drinking or 
cooking purposes. Write us for prices and circulars. 
LOPEK BROS., Mfrs.. Fort Jefferson, N. Y. 
IMPROVED HYDRAULIC RAMS. 
Thousands In use in all sections 
Of the country. For circulars 
and price lists address 
AllenGawthrop, Jr., Wilmington, Del 
Galvanized 
Steel Tanks. 
Feed 
Cooker. 
Tank 
Heater. 
____ Shipped Subject to Inspection. 
It costs yon one cent for a card to write us and you get 
full particulars. Agent* wanted. 
FREELAND MANUFACTURING CO., • NILES, MICH. 
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