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Square 
Freight  Paid 
— as  Follows 
Freight  charges  prepaid  in 
full  on  all  orders  of  roofing  from  this 
advertisement  at  prices  shown  to  Illinois, 
Indiana,  Ohio,  Wisconsin,  Michigan, 
Minnesota,  Missouri,  Iowa,  New  York 
and  Pennsylvania.  If  your  state  is  not  in¬ 
cluded,  proportionate  differences  in 
freight  charges  will  be  allowed. 
Order  from  this  List! 
Galvanized  Roofing 
These  GALVANIZED  sheets  are  suitable  for  roofing:  or 
siding;,  free  from  holes,  squarely  trimmed,  recorrugated 
and  given  a  coat  of  Red  Paint  free  of  charge. 
No.  SD-11 1— Heavy  weight  overhauledGALVANIZED 
2>6-inch  Corrugated  sheets— per  square  of  100  $0  75 
square  feet .  O  ■  ■ 
Painted  Roofing  and  Siding 
No.  SD-112— Standard  weight  overhauled  painted  2K 
inch  Corrugated  sheets— suitable  for  siding—  5035 
per  square  of  100  square  feet .  — 
No.  SD-11  J— Medium  weight  overhauled  painted  2K-in. 
Corrugated  sheet— for  roofing  of  better  siding  $085 
—per  square  of  100  square  feet .  Mm 
New  Govenment  Corrugated  Sheets 
No.  SD-114— BRAND  NEW  PAINTED  2^  inch  COR¬ 
RUGATED  SHEETS  in  22  Gauge— purchased  from  the 
United  States  Government.  A  wonderful  value  $y|_25 
-per  square  of  100  square  feet .  — 
Red  and  Gray  Slate  Coated  Roll  Roofing 
No.  SD-115— NEW  Slate  Coated  Roofing  in  rolls  of  108 
square  feet  complete  with  nails  and  cement.  SOOO 
Weight  85  pounds.  Red  or  gray.  Per  roll .  Mm  — 
No.  SD-116— New  Heavy  Smooth  Surfaced  Roofing- 
Sound  and  durable — easily  taken  care  of— Adopted  to 
every  roofing  need.  Complete  with  nails  and  $  M  SS 
cement— per  roll . '. .  A 
HARRIS  BROTHERS  CO. 
35th  and  Iron  Streets,  CHICAGO 
MAIL  THIS  COUPON  NOW! 
I  HARRIS  BROTHERS  CO.,  Chicago.  III. 
■  Dopt.  SD-37 
Fill  out  coupon  below  and  we  will  send  you 
our  estimate  of  cost  for  your  building  without 
obligation  on  your  part. 
NAME. 
I  ADDRESS . . 
j  Size  of  Building  or  Roof  Dimensions 
1  Kind  of  Roofing  Preferred 
Protect  Your  Young 
Fruit  Trees 
Under  the  heavy  snows  of  last 
winter  rabbits,  mice  and  other  ro¬ 
dents  injured  or  killed  thousands 
of  young  fruit  trees.  This  year  the 
damage  can  be  overcome  by  the 
use  of  Excelsior  Wire  Mesh  Tree 
Guards  at  a  cost  of  only  a  few 
cents  a  tree.  Easily  installed. 
Made  in  various  sizes.  Sold  di¬ 
rect  to  you  by  the  manufacturer. 
Write  for  booklet  R. 
Wick  wire  Spencer  Steel  Corporation 
41  East  42nd  St.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Worcester  Buffalo  Detroit  Chicago  San  Francisco 
TOWER'S  FISH  BRAND 
'"EFLEX  SUCKER 
;  Make  every  day  count 
Dealers  everywhere 
S^/U.TOWERCO.  'tffWEJiS  - 
BOSTON 
Water  Pumps  Water 
with  a  Rife  Ram.  Plenty  of  it  for 
every  purpose— without  fuel,  labor, 
freezing  or  repairs.  A  small  stream 
operates  the  Rife  Ram.  Easy  to  install. 
First  cost  the  only  cost.  Always  on  the  job 
day  and  night,  winter  and  summer.  20.00C 
in  use.  Write  for  catalog. 
RIFE  ENGINE  CO. 
90- D  West  St.  New  York 
Rhododendrons  and  Lilies  from  Seed 
Can  yxm  tell  me  how  to  handle  and 
plant  seeds  of  Rhododendrons  and  Ma¬ 
donna  and  Regale  lilies?  h.  c.  s. 
Framingham  Center,  Mass. 
Rhododendron  seeds,  which  are  very 
small,  should  be  sown  in  Spring  in  pans 
or  boxes,  well  drained  and  filled  with 
sandy  peat.  Soil  should  be  well  watered 
previous  to  sowing.  The  seeds  should 
be  covered  very  slightly  with  fine  sand  or 
finely  cut  sphagnum  moss,  or  merely 
pressed  in  and  not  covered  at  all.  To 
prevent  drying,  a  sheet  of  glass  or  a  thin 
covering  of  moss  may  be  put  over  the 
surface,  but  this  must  be  taken  off  as 
soon  as  the  seeds  begin  to  germinate.  If 
not  sown  too  thickly  they  may  remain 
in  the  seedbox  until  the  following  Spring, 
being  protected  in  a  frame  during  Win¬ 
ter. 
•Sow  the  lily  seed  thinly  in  boxes  of 
light  sandy  soil,  in  rows  2  in.  apart,  and 
cover  about  ^  lin.  deep  with  (finely 
sifted  sphagnum  moss.  Keep  the  boxes 
in  the  house  or  greenhouse  until  the 
seedlings  appear,  when  they  may  be  set 
out  of  doors  in  a  shady  place  during  the 
Summer.  When  the  little  plants  are  2 
or  3  in.  high  they  may  be  transplanted 
into  cold  frames  or  a  well-prepared  bed 
outside,  moving  them  later  to  their  per¬ 
manent  place.  Freshly  gathered  seeds 
germinate  more  quickly  than  those  that 
have  become  hard  and  dry,  but  sometimes 
the  seed  of  some  varieties  will  lie  dor 
mant  for  a  year  before  germination. 
Fall-sown  Sweet  Peas 
C.  R.,  Ontario,  N.  Y.,  page  1144,  in¬ 
quires  as  to  the  feasibility  of  Fall  sowing 
sweet  pea  seed.  Mr.  Cox  replies,  and 
may  be  entirely  correct,  for  late  in  the 
Fall,  just  before  the  ground  freezes,  will 
produce  earlier  and  sturdier  sweet  peas 
than  Spring-sown  seed.  If  the  weather 
is  unfavorable  to  work  the  soil  properly 
in  the  'Spring,  the  Fall-sown  seed  will  be 
germinated  before  the  Spring  sowing  can 
be  accomplished.  The  white-seeded  va¬ 
rieties  should  not  he  sown  in  the  Fall, 
nor  should  they  be  covered  very  deep 
when  they  are  Spring-sown.  Commercial 
florists  in  our  neighborhood  sow  peas 
about  the  first  to  fifteenth  of  October  in 
trenches  4  ft.  apart  and  6  in.  deep.  *  Sow 
rather  thick  in  the  row.  By  the  time 
real  cold  weather  is  due  these  rows  of 
plants,  several  inches  high,  are  protected 
by  narrow  frames,  constructed  of  S-in. 
boards,  12  or  15  in.  apart,  rabbited  on 
the  inner  top  edge,  and  covered  with 
glass.  The  soil  is  then  banked  up  on  the 
outside  of  the  frame.  The  glass  must  be 
fastened  in  firmly,  or  the  wind  will  have 
a  jolly  time  tossing  it  about.  No  water 
must  enter  and  freeze  in  these  trenches 
during  the  'Winter.  The  glass  should 
be  partly  removed  in  the  Spring  when 
the  plants  start  into  active  growth. 
These  openings  should  be  closed  if  severe 
frost  threatens  after  the  plants  have 
grown  several  inches  in  the  Spring.  Re¬ 
move  the  glass  as  early  as  danger  of  frost 
is  past. 
A  few  excellent  early  varieties  are  Rose 
Queen,  Snowstorm,  Mrs.  Kerr,  Glitters, 
Improved  Fordhook  Rose,  Mrs.  Harding 
and  Enchantress. 
Later  and  stronger  growing  varieties 
that  will  stand  the  hot  weather  better  are 
Wedgewood,  Asta  Ohn,  Countess  Spen¬ 
cer,  Hercules,  Margaret  Atlee,  Mrs. 
Hugh  Dickson,  Fiery  Cross,  Constance 
Hilton.  ELMER  J.  WEAVER. 
Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. 
Tho  Narcissus 
TULIPS 
Popular  Colors 
Sound  Bulbs 
Postpaid 
SINGLES— 30  for .  81.00  100  for  83.00 
DARWINS— 25  for .  1.00  100  for  3.50 
UORROCKS  BROS.  R.  F.  D.  2  Concord.  Mass. 
The  Narcissus  is  not  to  be  recommend¬ 
ed  for  bedding  as  it  retains  its  foliage  so 
late,  so  it  is  impossible  to  use  the  beds 
for  other  plants,  and  if  disturbed  before 
the  foliage  dies  the  bulbs  fail  to  bloom 
next  Spring.  Nevertheless  they  fill  a 
place  no  other  bulb  will ;  are  the  hardiest, 
most  sure  to  increase,  and  it  is  said  moles 
never  disturb  them ;  they  certainly  never 
have  disturbed  mine. 
Daffodils,  or  Poet’s  Narcissus,  make 
beautiful  edges  for  the  shrubbery  or  per¬ 
ennial  border,  or  are  equally  as  good 
planted  in  groups  in  these  borders.  In 
planting  all  bulbs  they  are  much  better 
in  groups  of  three  to  six.  Any  bulb  cat¬ 
alog  gives  a  long  list  of  varieties,  and 
so  far  as  I  know  every  one  is  desirable. 
The  earliest  blooming  varieties  I  have 
are  the  double  and  single  daffodils,  and  a 
large  single  trumpet  variety.  Emperor,  I 
aelieve.  This  year  both  bloomed  April 
21 ;  some  years  they  keep  blooming  till 
Memorial  Day.  Poetaz  Irene  bloomed 
next,  May  8,  and  these  kept  blooming  till 
June  1.  This  is  really  my  most  beauti- 
!ul  bulb,  resembling  the  golden  sacred 
‘ily.  It  increases  quite  rapidly  and  is 
remarkably  hardy  and  free  blooming. 
Next  to  bloom  was  the  hybrid  Poet’s 
Narcissus,  May  10,  and  the  Poet’s,  May 
20 ;  then  the  latter  part  of  May  comes  a 
lovely  white  Narcissus  we  call,  for  want 
of  a  name,  the  white  daffodil.  It  is  won¬ 
derfully  beautiful,  as  if  made  of  wax, 
and  is  almost  certain  to  be  ready  for 
Memorial  Day. 
This  year  the  government  quarantine 
has  been  removed  from  many  of  the  lesser 
bulbs,  and  bulb  catalogs  are  again  offer¬ 
ing  Scillas,  Chionodoxas,  crown  imperials, 
etc.  These  are  all  worthy  of  a  place  in 
the  bulb  bed.  mother  bee. 
every  car  owner 
can  afford  one 
AT  the  present  low  prices  no  man  need  deny 
l  himself  an  Exide  Battery. 
Experienced  drivers  have  always  reckoned 
Exide  the  economical  battery  because  it  lasts  so 
long.  Yet  some  men,  while  recognizing  Exide 
as  the  standard,  have  held  off  from  buying 
because  of  the  first  cost. 
Now,  you  will  find  that  even  the  first  cost 
of  an  Exide  is  low. 
Low  first  cost— lowest  last  cost 
Long  service  and  short  repair  bills  make  the 
last  cost  of  an  Exide  so  low  it  will  astonish  you. 
Exide  Batteries  were  standard  equipment  on 
the  first  electrically  equipped  car  (1911).  They 
are  standard  equipment  today  on  more  new  cars 
leaving  the  factories  than  any  other  battery. 
Comfort  and  economy  both  point 
the  way  to  the  nearest  Exide 
Service  Station,  where  there  is  a 
battery  the  right  size  for  your  car. 
_  For  farm 
power  and  light 
A  great  majority  of 
all  farm  power  and 
Hght  plants  have 
Exide  Batteries. 
Make  sure  that  yours 
is  a  long-life  Exide. 
Before  putting  a  new  battery  in  your 
car,  get  the  price  of  the  Exide  at 
the  nearest  Exide  Service  Station. 
SERVICE  STAtfOH 
THE  ELECTRIC 
STORAGE  BATTERY  CO. 
Philadelphia 
Service  Stations  Everywhere 
Branches  in  Seventeen  Cities 
Manufactured  in  Canada  by  Exide  Batteries  of  Canada,  Ltd. 
133-157  Dufferin  Street,  Toronto 
Look  for  this  sign. 
Wherever  you  see  it 
you  can  get  a  new 
Exide  for  your  car  or 
competent  repair 
work  on  any  make  of 
battery. 
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