March, 1912 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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A COMPREHENSIVE work of 
288 pages, with photo-repro¬ 
ductions on each page; illustrated with 
4 color pages and 6 duotone plates. 
EASY INSTRUCTIONS for AMA¬ 
TEURS. Everything that can interest the 
flower enthusiast — the home gardener — the 
farmer, the trucker —is treated in this book. 
Improved strains of flowers that will 
make your garden gay from spring until 
frost — high-bred vegetables that will linger 
in your memory long after they are eaten. 
The World’s Best Roses — strong 2-year-old 
plants, that will give a full crop this season. 
Write for Dreer*s Garden Book Today. Mailed free* 
DREER^s"oRCHID-FLOWERED SWEET PEAS 
The finest of all with immense wavy flowers in sprays of 3 and 4 blossoms each. 
Just as easy to grow as the common sorts. Our mixture contains a full range of 
colors. 10 cents per package—15 cents per ounce, 40 cents per pound. 
GARDEN BOOK FREE WITH EACH ORDER. _ 
UUKIDV A nOriTD Chestnut Street, 
A. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
The Real Charm of 
a Garden 
lies not only in the colorful arrange¬ 
ment of its flowers and the fresh¬ 
ness of its tender vegetables, but in 
the ease and pleasure with which 
the}’ may be grown. 
No matter how much of a novice 
you may be, you will find it pleasura¬ 
ble and an easy task to grow either 
flowers or vegetables, guided by the 
explicit instructions in 
Dreer^s Garden Book 
EVERY MAN WITH RED BLOOD 
WANTS A GARDEN 
but he does hate the drudgery of it. Don’t 
keep on with that idea of garden work, but 
find out, at once, all you can about the tools 
shown in the engravings. 
Write for copy of Iron Age Farm & Garden 
News and read other men’s experiences with 
these tools, how they became really inter¬ 
ested in growing things with the help of the 
Creator and 
IRONAGE 
Garden Drills and Wheel Hoes 
They hoe, cultivate, weed, level, open furrows and 
cover them, plow in many soils, sow seed accurately 
in continuous rows or in hills at any distance apart. 
Mark the next row, and so on. All in an upright 
position. Women and children work them as well 
as men (if the men give them a chance). There 
are 38 or more combinations to choose from, at 
prices ranging from $2.50 to $12.00. The simplest 
forms build up into complete machines. One 
year’s use in a fair si-zed garden will pay for 
any of the tools in several ways. 
Ask your dealer to show you 
these tools and write us at once 
for special booklet covering them. 
16-inch easy running steel wheels, steel tube frames, easiest and 
quickest scouring side hoes, are some of the things to think about in 
connection with this line. 
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Complete line of i i 
Farm, Garden and Orchard Tools Box 64, Grenloch, N. J, 
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Y ou want the best plants, trees and shrubs — the best kinds 
and the best specimens. The climate and the soil 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 skill and 
care as to produce a strain of plants of extraordinary vigor. 
To aid planters in making selections, Biltmore Nursery has 
published four books— one of which will be sent free to any 
home-owner who expects to purchase trees or plants. 
“HARDY GARDEN FLOWERS.” The illustrations sug¬ 
gest many pleasing and varied forms of hardy garden plant¬ 
ing — from the simple dooryard effect to the elaboiate at¬ 
tainment. The descriptions 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. The pictures and the text numerous useful ideas 
for planting home grounds, large and small, to advantage. 
“THE IRIS CA'TALOG.” Unique in that it is, so far as 
we know, the only book of its kind devoted entirely to 
Irises. _i6 large pages, handsomely illustrated throughout; 
seven pictures in the natural colors of the flowers. Accurate 
classifications and variety descriptions. 
_ BILTMORE NURSERY CATALOG. A guide to the cul¬ 
tivated plants of North America. Over two years in the mak¬ 
ing, and cost more than $i a copy to complete. Contains 196 
large pages and describes more than 300 perennials, 500 
flowering shrubs, 325 distinct 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 Flowers.” 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 Nur¬ 
sery Catalog.” Edition of each limited —write today for the 
one you can use to best advantage. 
BILTMORE NURSERY, Box 1233, Biltmpre, N. C. 
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