HOUSE AND GARDEN 
March, 1915 
For generations 
James Carter & Co. 
have used painstak¬ 
ing English methods 
in selecting and test¬ 
ing their seeds. 
The Carter trial and 
testing grounds at 
Raynes Park have 
become celebrated 
in Great Britain. 
This explains the re¬ 
markable record of Car¬ 
ter’s Seeds in American 
Gardens. These “Seeds 
with a Pedigree” can now 
be purchased in this 
country. A complete 
stock is carried in Boston 
and prompt service is 
guaranteed. 
If you do not have 
the 1915 Carter Cat¬ 
alog, American Edi¬ 
tion, write for it to¬ 
day. 
CARTER’S 
TESTED 
SEEDS, INC. 
127 Chamberof Commerce 
Bldg., Boston, Mass. 
Branch at Seattle, Wash. 
Canadian Branch 
133 King Street. E., Toronto 
Branch of James Carter & Co. 
Raynes Bark, Eng. 
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Real Irish 
(Continued from page 167 ) 
The lithe conformation, which is so 
typical of the Irish terrier, must never, 
however, be carried to an extreme of 
shelliness and weakness. A lean, lank, 
slab-sided dog is no true daredevil. His 
coat, of course, must be like pin wire, with 
a wooly underjacket. In color it must be 
red — the redder the better. The washed- 
out tint of wheaten straw and the smutty 
red with a dark streak down the spine 
are equally objectionable. Judges set great 
store by coat and color, and rightly so, for 
these are important parts of the dog’s 
attractive individuality. When he runs, 
From nose to stern he is made of tingling nerves and 
springy muscles 
the typical Irishman has the free, open 
swing of a galloping thoroughbred. He is 
always up on his toes, and from nose to 
stern he seems to be made of tingling 
nerves and springy muscles. No dog is 
more everlastingly on the alert. 
I11 the city, in the suburbs, on the farm, 
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four-roomed apartment. He is always 
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