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November, 1911 
O ® #■ £ 5 a 11 FOR SPRING 
L 1 CI 0 I flowering 
_- BULBS 
Fall forethought prevents the re¬ 
grets of Spring after-thought. The 
season is now present for bulb plant¬ 
ing. We offer both the usual and un¬ 
usual in all leading varieties—and as¬ 
sure you delivery of healthy first size 
Bulbs. 
. PLANT NOW 
HYACINTHS, Under Color, Red, Pink, 
White, Blue 
60c per doz., $4.50 per 100 
TULIPS, Rickards Brothers’ Special 
Mixed 
25c per doz., $1.50 per 100 
NARCISSUS, Finest Trumpet Sorts, I 
Mixed 
25c per doz., $1.50 per 100 
We have just received a consign¬ 
ment of fresh Dutch Bulbs from Hol¬ 
land, and find it contains the choicest 
selection we have ever imported. 
If you have yet to complete your 
planting for an early spring garden —• 
don’t delay longer. Send for our 
Fall Catalogue and price list. We 
have what you should have. 
BRIDGEMAN’S SEED 
WARE HOUSE 
RICKARDS BROS., Props. 
37 East 19th Street N. Y. City 
A few dollars rightly spent to-day insures 
beauty and comfort for years to come 
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Old Town, 156 Fifth Avenue Bangor 
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Practical Methods of Tree Preservation 
References:—Yale University, Bowdoin College, 
Park Dept. City of Bangor, Me.. Maine State 
Forest Commission. 
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The finest selection for lawn and garden planting in America. 
More than 600 acres of choicest nursery produce. 
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and green running around the center of 
the pot. 
The second shelf starts with the old 
Washington’s Tomb Teapot (Mayer) in 
dark blue. This design rarely has the 
mark of Mayer on it, as Wood made the 
same design with the exception of the 
flowers, which are different. The figure 
which is seated is supposed to be that of 
Lafayette at the tomb of Washington and 
represents a bewigged man with knee- 
breeches, carrying a scroll. Though the 
print is usually known as “Lafayette at 
the tomb of Washington,” the face is not 
that of Lafayette, and when General La¬ 
fayette visited Washington’s tomb he wore 
trousers, knee-breeches being out of the 
fashion. It has been thought that the fig¬ 
ure at the tomb was intended for Jeffer¬ 
son. The seated, solitary figure, the tem¬ 
ple in the distance with the rays of the set¬ 
ting sun as a background, are the same as 
in the Wood pieces. In N. Hudson 
Moore’s “Old China Book” the sugar- 
bowl (Mayer) which matches the teapot 
tomb piece (Mayer) in this collection is 
shown among the Staffordshire illustra¬ 
tions. 
Next to the tomb piece comes the beau¬ 
tifully shaped black and white one with 
bunches of grapes, two strawberries and a 
bird with three ball-like feathers as a top- 
knot. Following the plan of many potters, 
this piece, like many others, is marked 
with an anchor impressed, without color 
or other markings to identify it (like the 
anchor with “R. H.,” or the three anchors, 
like the Robert Ilancock or Richard Hold- 
ship or Chelsea pieces, respectively). The 
last teapot on the second row is a Burslem 
piece (Wood) with lanbrequin-like deco¬ 
ration in two shades of royal blue, the 
cover set well down into the top of the 
pot. On the third row comes first a mul¬ 
berry teapot with “Pagoda” and cypress 
trees; second, a white one with royal blue 
band about half an inch wide running 
around the concave-octagon central part 
of the teapot, the knob being formed by a 
flower pod. The marking seems to indi¬ 
cate it as being a Colebrook-Dale pottery 
piece. Another of the mulberry family, 
with willow trees shading the pagoda and 
a picturesque piece in light blue and white, 
completes the second shelf. 
On the lower row another blue and white 
begins the line, “Basket of Flowers,” be¬ 
ing the name stamped on the bottom of the 
pot. Then comes a large pink one, which 
gives a fine bit of coloring of a warm tint 
to the middle of this shelf. The agricul¬ 
tural scene is very interesting, with the 
farmer sowing the seed in the newly 
ploughed ground, while the horses, plough 
and ploughman are distinctly seen in the 
distance. This teapot is the only one of 
the Baker’s Dozen which boasts feet, 
which, together with its fine color floral 
border and ample proportions, make it a 
beautiful antique. In the collection of do¬ 
nated old china pieces in the Metropolitan 
(Continued on page 344) 
JUST PUBLISHED 
SADDLE AND CAMP IN THE 
ROCKIES 
By DILLON WALLACE 
A graphic account of a two thousand mile 
survey of the Rocky Mountain game region 
on horseback, from Southern Arizona 
to Jackson’s Hole, the last great grazing 
ground of the American Elk. The coun¬ 
try traversed is in reality the last stand of 
the big game in this continent and Mr. 
Wallace's observations of game conditions 
constitute the first adequate and complete 
description of this field. Price $1.75 net. 
THE BOOK OF THE TARPON 
By A. W. DIMOCK 
Mr. A. W. Dimock describes with a facile 
pen a sport that rivals target practice, 
broncho busting and high diving. Were it 
not for the fact that the camera was al¬ 
ways focused on the line, this “fish story’’ 
would be unbelievable. Fishermen and 
booksellers however have pronounced Mr. 
Julian Dimock's illustrations to be one of 
the best collections of fish pictures ever 
reproduced. Price $2.00 net. 
PEOPLE OF THE WILD 
By F. ST. MARS 
Mr. St. Mars has the rare gift of telling 
animal stories convincingly without ascrib¬ 
ing human qualities to his characters. He 
presents in beautiful English the drama of 
life in the woods, and hills and along the 
shore, with the interweaving of hate, hun¬ 
ger and revenge. Price $1.25 net. 
THE TWO-GUN MAN 
By CHARLES ALDEN SELTZER 
The story tells of an attractive young 
girl from the East who comes to complicate 
life on the cattle range, a gun fighter who 
is hired to kill her brother, and a range 
boss who plays a little game of his own. 
The action is swift from the first page to 
the last. Price $1.25 net. 
Look them over at the Book Store 
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