HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, 1912 
From the largest 
collection in Amer¬ 
ica you have the 
privilege of select¬ 
ing when you have 
o/u'r 1912 Garden 
Manual before you. 
The Manual has 
this season been re¬ 
written and new 
illustrations' used to 
make it stand in 
the front as a place 
to find 
Seeds, Bulbs, Plants ’"gardeVT 
The Newest in Flowers. The Newest in Vegetables. The Best 
in Spring Flowering Bulbs. Ornamental Shrubs and Fruit Trees. 
Perennial Plants and Sundries for the Lawn and Garden. 
This Garden Manual is an addition to any collection of reference books. 
Write us now and we will mail our seed annual free. 
Dahlias 
We want you to know more about our 
collection, and we make this offer to mail 
to any Post Office in the United States 
TEN DAHLIAS FOR $1.00 
Your selection as to whether they shall be Cactus, Decorative, Paeony-Flowered, 
Show or Single. Our selection as to varieties, all with correct names, mailed 
to you for $i.oo. 
If interested in Dahlia or Gladiolus ask for our special catalogue. 
Over 1,000 varieties to select from. Mailed free for the asking. 
FOTTLER, FISKE, RAWSON CO. 
Faneuil Hall Square _ » _ _ BOSTON 
You want tho plants, trees and shrubs 
for your gardens and grounds—the best Hnxu 
and the best specimens. Tlie climate and sotI 
of Western North Carolina are such that on the 
various elevations may be grown almost every 
hardy plant or tree. At Biltmore Nursery 
those advantages are so utilized by slall and 
care as to produce a strain of plants of extra¬ 
ordinary vigor. To aid planters in malang 
selections, Biltmore Nursery has published 
three books—on« sent free to any home-owner. 
“Hardy Garden Flowers” 
The illustrations suggest many pleasing and 
varied forms of hardy garden planting—from 
the simple dooryard effect to tlie elabomte 
formal attainment. The descidptions are full 
and complete, yet free from technical terms. 
“Flowering Trees and Shrubs" 
Many of the best of the trees and shrubs 
producing showy blossoms are shown, from 
photographs, as grown in typical gardens, 
lawns and yards. Tlie pictures and , the text 
give numerous useful ideas for planting home 
grounds, large and small, to advantage. 
Billmore Nursery Galalog 
A Quids to the cultivated plants of North 
America. Over two years in the making, and 
cost more than $1 a copy to complete. Con¬ 
tains 196 large pages and describes more than 
300 perennials, W flowering shrubs. 325 dis¬ 
tinct evergreens, 300 deciduous trees, and 
200 odd vines and plants. Freely illustrated. 
ASK US FOR THE BOOK YOU NEED 
If you have a garden of perennials, or 
want one, request ^‘Hardy Garden Flow^. 
Should you prefer the more showy things, 
tell us to send “Flowering Trees and Shrubs. 
In case you have a larger place .and can plant 
extensively of many varieties, we shall be 
glad to send the Biltmore Nursery Catalog. 
Biltmore Nursery ,^2°23 Biltmore, N. G, 
SUN 
DIALS 
Any Latitude 
A Beautiful Illustrated Book¬ 
let, “WHERE SUN DIALS 
ARE MADE,’* sent upon re¬ 
quest. Estimates furnished, 
E. B. MEYROWITZ, 115 East 23d St., New York 
Branches: New York, Minneapolii, St. Pan), London. ParU 
THE ENGINEyREFINEMENl 
/i'nest boats t^a€/Ybat 
Foi’ Runabouts, Cruisers and Speed Boats. 
Sterling' Engine Co., 
iwnjTJjJi. 
NEW YORK CITY 
Fifth Ave. & 30th St. 
FAMOUS MANY YEARS 
As the Center for the Most Exclusive 
of New York’s Visitors 
Comfortably and Luxuriously 
appointed to meet the demand of the 
fastidious or democratic visitor. 
Lately remodeled and refurnished at an enormous 
cost, with additional features which make the 
HOLLAND HOUSE an hostelry second to none. 
Rooms Single or En Suite 
Public Dining Room. New Grill 
Private Dining Saloon for Ladles 
After Dinner Lounge. Buffet 
STRINGED ORCHESTRA 
ALL THAT IS BEST IN HOTEL LIFE 
AT CONSISTENT RATES 
Near Underground and Elevated Railroad Stations 
BOOKLET 
INTERIOR DECORATORS 
Color Scheme* Planned and Executed 
Stencil Work and Applique Work : : 
Samples and Estimates on Request 
BOWDOIN & MANLEY 
546 Fifth Avenue New York 
Beautify Your 
Grounds 
Roses, flowering plants and vines for sale, 
also 500,000 apple, pear, plum, peach, 
cherry, quince and shade trees. Green’s 
roses, shrubs, vines and fruit trees are 
used to beautify many magnificent es¬ 
tates. Their symmetrical shapes, the de¬ 
licious fruits they bear and excellent shade 
they afford, combine to make them the 
most desirable trees for the modest 
home or palatial country estate. 
ABE/fTS PRICES CUT IN TWO^ 
(jr0i!A, 
frees, 
DIRECT TO TOO. 
WE SELL DIRECT TO THE CONSUMER 
We have no agents or solicitors. We save you all 
middlemen’s profits. You get absolutely the best 
trees money can buy at one-half what agents ask. 
SEND FOR GREEN’S FREE 1912 CATALOG. 
It tells you how to plant 
and care for your trees, 
and gives other valuable 
information. If you send 
now, at once, you will also 
get Green’s Book, "Thirty 
Years With Fruits and 
Flowers.” 
Est. 33 years.Capital$100,000. 
GREEN’S NURSERY CO. 
Box 10 , Rochester, N. Y. 
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