January, 1912 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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BOBBINK & ATKINS 
World’s Choicest Nursery and Greenhouse Products 
Early Spring Planting and Interior Decoration. 
The proper way to buy is to see the material growing. We invite everybody inter¬ 
ested in improving their grounds to visit our Nursery, when we shall gladly give our 
time, attention and any information desired. Our Nursery consists of upward of 300 
acres of highly cultivated land, in which we are growing Nursery Products for 
ever.v place and purpose, and the best that experience, good cultivation and our 
excellent facilities can produce, placing us in a position to complete plantings and till 
orders of any size. 
PLANT TUBS AND WINDOW BOXES. 
We manufacture every shape and size. 
.Ask for special list. 
BOXWOOD AND BAY TREES. We have 
thousands of trees in many shapes and 
sizes. 
PALMS, DECORATIVE PLANTS FOR 
CONSERVATORIES, interior and ex¬ 
terior decorations are grown in our 
2.50,000 square feet of greenhouses. 
TRAINED, DWARF AND ORDINARY 
FRUIT TREES AND SMALL FRUITS. 
We grow these for all kinds of orchard-s. 
HARDY TRAILING AND CLIMBING 
VINES. We have them for every place 
and purpose. Ask for special list. 
ENGLISH POT-GROWN GRAPE VINES. 
For greenhouse cultivation. 
BULBS AND ROOTS. We import large 
quantities of bulbs and roots from 
•Japan, Holland, and other parts of 
Europe. 
ROSES. We have several hundred thon- 
sand Roses. Order now from our Il¬ 
lustrated General Catalogue for Spring 
Delivery. 
RHODODENDRONS. Many thousands of 
acclimated plants in Hardy English and 
American varieties are growing in our 
Nursery. 
EVERGREENS, CONIFERS AND PINES, 
More than 73 acres of our Nursery are 
planted with handsome specimens. Our 
plants are worth traveling any distance 
to see. 
HARDY OLD FASHIONED PLANTS. We 
have thousands of rare, new and old- 
fashioned kinds. Special prices on 
quantities. 
DECIDUOUS TREES AND SHRUBS. 
Many acres of our Nursery are pianted 
with several hundred thousand trees and 
shrubs. It is worth while to visit us 
and inspect them. 
OUR NEW GIANT FLOWERING MARSH MALLOW. Everybody should be interested 
in this Hardy New Fashioned Flower. It will grow everywhere, and when in bloom 
is the Queen of Flowers in the garden. Blooms from the early part of July until the 
latter part of September. 
OUR ILLUSTRATED GENERAL CATALOGUE NO 40 gives prices and describes our 
“World’s Choicest Nursery Products for the decoration of Lawns, Grounds, Gardens, 
Parks and Conservatories.” 
■WE PLAN AND PLANT GROUNDS AND GARDENS EVERYWHERE. 
VISITORS take Erie Railroad to Carlton Hill, second stop on Main Line, 3 minutes’ 
walk to Nursery. 
BOBBINK & ATKINS 
Nurserymen, Florists and Planters 
Rutherford, N. J. 
Inexpensive Homes of 
Individuality 
DE LUXE EDITION 
T his little book of 64 pages contains io8 
illustrations and floor plans of the best 
houses of moderate size built today. “In¬ 
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of the best designed smaller houses of various 
architectural types the country over, ranging in 
cost from two to eight thousand dollars. It is 
printed on the best stock, with a rich binding of 
green and gold, superbly illustrated, and con¬ 
tains an introduction on the “Choice of a Style 
for the Country or Suburban Home,’’ by Frank 
Miles Day, Past President of the American 
Institute of Architects. It is a lasting source 
of inspiration and suggestion, 
postpaid. 
Price, 75 cents 
McBride, Nast & Co., Publishers 
31 EAST 17 th STREET, NEW YORK 
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It makes an old floor 
like new and makes 
a new floor stay new 
I T is a patented plastic mixture that can be laid 
on any floor by almost any one. Hardens in 
twenty-four hours. It does away with all 
cracks and crevices, making it impossible for in¬ 
sects of any kind to hide and defy your extermin¬ 
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It is both water-proof and fire-proof. Will not 
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Comes in glistening white or can be colored to 
suit your taste. For kitchens and bathrooms 
it is ideal. 
As a thoroughly practical floor for offices and 
public buildings in general there is no substitute. 
If you are building a new house be sure to give 
this floor consideration. By using it, your under¬ 
flooring of wood can be made of less expensive 
boards. You save there. 
Knowing that the best way to know it is to see 
it, we will gladly send you a sample along with 
full information and prices. 
I 
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mperiai rioor 
Mill and Furnace Streets, Rochester, N. Y. 
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