many shaded and tipped with various 
re beauty. Cut and dry when, in bud 
Finest Everlastings, or Eternal Flowers. 
One of the handsomest and most showy of all garden 
annuals, and much the finest of all for winter boquets. 
baskets, vases, and other decorations. They are very 
hardy, of easy culture, and produce large, brilliant blos¬ 
soms in the gr 
let, white, etc. 
rich colors of rare 
and blossom. They uovw iau C , ««« - 
ty for years. These are the most beautiful of all ever¬ 
lastings. Height 2 feet. Packet 5 cts. 
jjr Rules For a Long, Happy Life. 
$ FOR MY YOUNG FRIENDS TO READ AND PROFIT BY. ^ 
Keep Good Company. 
Aim for the Highest. 
W§ork Hard and Play Hard. 
Use Refined Language, 
Despise Falsehood and Meanness. 
Never Enter a Ba r-room.- 
Never be Afraid to say “No.” 
Indulge in no Game of Chance. 
Strive to Make Others Happy. 
Dare Always to do Right. 
Be Kind to Dumb Animals. 
Fear not Unjust Ridicule. 
Shun Patent M edicines and Drugs. 
Make Friends with the Birds. 
Learn to Love the Wondrous Beauties of Nature. 
Above all do not Touch Liquors, Cigarettes or Tobocco. 
Pay Debts Promptly-Better still “Pay as \ on Go.” 
Never Indorse for M ore than You can Easily Pay. 
Maintain Your Integrity as a Sacred I lung. 
Learn to Enjoy the Present-It is a Part of Eternity. 
Cultivate a Love for Home, and Strive to Beautify it. 
a iwavs be True to Your Conscience. It is Divine. 
' y Your Friend and Well Wisher, A. T. COOK. , 
TO CLUB AGENTS AND GARDENERS. 
Great CINNAMON VINE Offer. 
YOU CAN EASILY MAKE 
$5.00 Clear Profit on a $3.00 Order. 
The Cinnamon Vine is one of my Specialties. I am 
the largest grower in the world. Never before have 1 
had so large and splendid a crop ALL TWO YEARS 
OLD. Every one will grow and make beautiful, dense 
vines this year. Remember this. You know I offer 60 
tubers with extras and a prein. watch [orany $3.oopre- 
miumj all for $3.00, and it is a wonderful big bargain 
too as many will testify. Here is something even bet¬ 
ter for those who want a big CASH PROFIT, in pref¬ 
erence to premiums 
BIG 
MONEY 
FOR 
LITTLE CEM SWEET ALYSSUM. 
The Little Gem plants are very dwa rf, and each one 
spreads so as to completely cover a circular space 12 to 
16 inches in diameter. They soon become one mass of 
white, remaining in full bloom from spring to fall. 
More than 400 clusters of flowers in full bloom have 
been counted on one plant. Little Gem is sweetest and 
best of all flowers for single specimens, borders, rib¬ 
bons, etc., and might well have been called “Snow 
White Carpet Plant.” Of the easiest culture. Do not 
forget this favorite, fragrant flower when you order 
Very Choice Seed, only 5 cts. per pkt. 6 for 26 cts 
f * Be Sure and read the following from H. A. Me 
Quiston, Pansy Specialist of Preble Co., O. 
“Mr. A. T. Cook:—I have used the best Pansy Seed of 
many leading seedsmen, and yours clearly surpass them all in 
vigor of plants, size and number of blossoms, and great di¬ 
versity of color. Everyone greets them with words of praise 
and astonishment. It is no tr’buble to sell plants from your 
seeds—they sell themselves.” 
4 From Miss Mary Nesbit, Pa. “ I had the loveliest of flower 
. beds from your seed, and lots of people walked two miles to 
4 get a bouquet. Many city boarders came and purchased 
« flowers. The Sweet Peas, Sweet Williams, aud Verbenas 
^ were especially beautiful. 1 cannot thank you enough for 
the extras. My Aunt said, ’T have seen people get extras, but 
I never saw the like of this man before. 
and everybody who 
desires to make 
r , ,,o aocwtc money—or obtain 
CLUB AGENTS plenty of vines at a 
nominal price, for their walks and ar¬ 
bors. For only $3.001 will mail you 160 
tubers of Cinnamon Vines—extra stock- 
old, also two lifelike Col- 
for you to show custom en- 
sales. Order at once. You 
sell these at my prices for 
$ 8 . 00 , and have $5.00 CLEAR CASH for your trouble, I 
expect thousands to tike up this very liberal offer, for 
selling vines is so very easy. By showing the colored 
plate you can sell 5 to 50 to most every one you meet. 
I will supply all the vines you can handle at this low 
rate, prepaid to you. This is surely the biggest bar¬ 
gain of the season. Why not canvas your town and 
cou ty? You can get a big income every day for 
months if you wish —as many others are doing. Begin 
now. Don’t let anyone get ahead of you. 
a prpqnM a L If you are unable to accept this 
remarkable offer—will you be kind 
r avuk. enough to show it to some agent, 
canVasser—club agent of any description,—or hustling 
boy or girl who desires to earn some good money. 
NEW MARCUERITE CARNATIONS. 
Perpetual Blooming—Giant Flowering. 
T he greatest flower seed novelty of the times. These 
gorgeous, fragrant Carnations flower in marvellous 
profusion 
from Aug. 
till killed by 
severe frost 
—from seeds 
sown in the 
spring. 
Plants are( 
! dwarf, com¬ 
pact, and 
grow easy 
everywhere. 
Blossoms gi¬ 
ant size, of¬ 
ten 3 inches 
across, and 
us lally are 
double as 
can be. The 
varieties and 
colors are 
wonderfu 1 — 
white, blush, 
deep pink, 
salmon, car¬ 
mine, scar¬ 
let, dark 
crimson, ma¬ 
roon, and many beautifully variegated. Some picotee 
-edged, spotted, striped, tinted, etc., etc. Many have 
lovely fringed petals, ahd all are delightfully fragrant. 
They can be potted in the fall and will continue to 
bloom profusely in th6 house all the winter. Words 
cannot describe these magnificent Carnations. Which¬ 
ever of my Beauties you omit, don’t let it be these. 
Finest strain. All colors, Pkt. 10 cts. 3 for 25 cts. 
Asters—Superb Mixed. 
The ciueen of all Autumn 
Annuals. Indispensable for 
every flower-garden, fine as a 
show plant for fairs and exhi¬ 
bitions, and charming as pot- 
plants. Marvellous bloomers; 
a bed seeming almost a solid 
mass of beautiful, dazzling 
flowers. My superb mixture 
contains the finest strains of 
all the best in cultivation—Gi¬ 
ant, Perfection, Paeony-Flow- 
ered Japanese, Boquet, Vic¬ 
toria, and 20 others of exquis¬ 
ite beauty. All my flowers 
are SUPERIOR grades, and 
packets average 3 times usual 
size Pkt late. ? for 15-ate 
