HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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EVERGREENS 
Plant Now for Immediate Effect 
Our large business in evergreens is due to 
their splendid root-growth, insuring suo 
cessful transplanting and long life. When 
you buy from us you may be sure the trees 
will grow. One customer has purchased 
51,000 in ten years. As many of our trees 
are specially priced this season, you had 
better make an early selection. We 
guarantee satisfaction. 
IRISH ROSES 
The Blue Ribbon Winners of the 
Rose World. You can choose from a 
specialized collection of these beautiful 
fragrant flowers. Our customers win 
many prizes annually with blooms 
from this stock. All our 200 varieties 
of roses are field-grown and include 
Everblooming, Choice Climbers and 
Tree Roses on heavy Rugosa stock. 
JAPANESE IRIS 
Unsurpassed in wealth of bloom 
by few, if any, of the perennials. 
Will grow in almost any soil. We 
give unusual care and attention to 
all the best of the old-fashioned 
flowers, believing them to be far 
superior to the ordinary bedding 
plants. Our collection is very large 
and prices extremely reasonable. 
We also offer a fine lot of dwarf 
and standard Fruit Trees, Vines, 
Shrubs and Deciduous Trees, 
many in extra sizes for immediate 
effect. Send today for our catalog, 
a cyclopedia of information for 
the grower. Special quotation on 
large orders. 
Our Motto: Prices as Low as 
Consistent with Highest Quality. 
R0SEDALE NURSERIES 
S. Q. HARRIS 
Box B Tarrytown, N. Y. 
Seventy Varieties 
6 inches to 16 feet 
INGEE POSF 
Sturdy as Oaks ItJJLjl 
Our roses are strongest and best. Always grown 
on their own roots. More than 60 years 
of “knowing how” behind each plant; > 
that fact is your guarantee of satis- f 
faction. Safe delivery guaranteed 
—our guide explains. No matter 
where you live, you can 
depend on getting D & C roses 
In perfect condition. Write for 
Our “New Guide to 
Rose Culture” lor 1915—Free 
Thisis absolutely the most educational work on rosecultureev 
published. It isn’t a catalog—it is the boiled-down lifetime expe¬ 
rience o fthe oldest rose-growing house i n the United States. The 
guideisfree. Itisprofuselyillustratedinnaturalcolors. Describes 
over 1000 varieties of roses and other flowers and tells how to 
grow them. This guide willbe treasuredlong by rose lovers— 
write today before issue is all gone. It's free. No other rose J 
house has our reputation. Established 1850. 70 greenhouses, i 
The DINGEE & C0NARD CO., Box 374 West Grove,Pa. f 
STANLEY’S HINGES 
The Standard of Quality the world 
over. Before buying the hardware 
for your new home, write for booklet 
“Properly Hung Doors." 
Department “H.” 
THE STANLEY WORKS 
New Britain Connecticut 
Write for 
V J folder 
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/ "ENGLISH lawns are world- 
J 2j famous, owing to the va¬ 
rieties of seed used. We import the best of each 
season’s crop. Despite the limited imports, we 
offer our choice English mixtures suitable for 
our climate at usual prices. These mixtures have 
never been surpassed. Trial pound, 40 cents, pre¬ 
paid; 5-pound bag, $1.25, f. o. b. Waukegan. 
BLATCHFORD CALF MEAL FACTORY 
Established at Leicester, England, in 1800 
Department 2 
Waukegan Illinois 
sitions. It is a close rival of the nelum- 
bium and nymphea. No water-lily or 
lotus is as luxuriant and quick in growth, 
nor as profuse and constant in flowering. 
It is only in southern climates where 
still waters seldom, and running waters 
never, freeze, that the water hyacinth be¬ 
comes an evil. In Florida and Louisiana 
untrammeled growth would be granting 
a complete monopoly. Impenetrable 
masses of heavy, green growth would 
render the passage of small craft impos¬ 
sible, and even the progress of strong and 
well-equipped vessels over deep waters 
would be impeded. 
Neither in Florida nor Louisiana are 
these conditions allowed to prevail. Over 
ten years ago the wild growth of the plant 
was condemned. Active measures were 
adopted for its extermination. Harvey’s 
Canal and Bayou Saint John, in New 
Orleans, and the Saint John’s River, in 
Florida, are prominent examples of its 
obstruction to navigation and the manner 
in which it crippled fisheries. 
All ordinary remedial agents failed; 
the plant continued a crying evil. The 
Government gave efficient aid. Liberal re¬ 
ward was offered for the discovery of 
some destructive agent. Nothing did more 
than temporarily check growth. The many 
chemicals, mechanical devices and modes 
proposed for the purpose would fill a book 
if enumerated. Some were applied to the 
water and some directly to the top growth 
and crown of the roots. Entomologists 
sought for insect foes, poisonous to plants. 
Destructive bacteria did, for a time, ma¬ 
terially lessen the growth ; it inspired more 
reasonable hope than any other agent. 
Not long ago, Bayou Barataria and 
Bayou des Allemands, in Louisiana, were 
so densely overgrown that important lum¬ 
ber manufacturing plants had to suspend 
operations until a clearance could be made 
in order to get the log tows through. The 
Government has supplemented private 
business interests quite recently by two 
vessels specially fitted and equipped for 
clearing these bayous of the plants. They 
use a combination of chemicals, which ap¬ 
pears to be only of temporary benefit. 
The two vessels endeavor to cover the 
entire surface of the bayous with suffi¬ 
cient regularity to keep pace with the 
rapid growth, so that traffic can proceed; 
the engineers say there is but little hope 
of extermination. There is an expressed 
determination to increase the hyacinth 
fleet for more extensive operations upon 
infected waters. One simple method of 
uprooting and destroying the hyacinth is 
employed in Bayou St. Johns, which is a 
very important body of water connecting 
New Orleans and Lake Ponchartrain. It 
consists of small boats with long-handled 
rakes, operated by boatmen, who tear up 
roots and top growth constantly at all sea¬ 
sons as fast as growth advances. From 
margin to center these boats push their 
way through the overgrown waters. Back 
800 best Dahlias 
All the finest varieties to date 
in decorative, fancy, cactus, show, 
.\U1 f peony-flowered, col- 
larette, Century and 
^^pompon dahlias are 
described and illus¬ 
trated in 
HERBERTS 
1915 Catalog 
Contains full directions on growing— 
any amateur can raise these fine flowers. 
Includes also the finest 
Cannas, Gladioli, Lilium 
and other summer-flower¬ 
ing bulbs. Send today for 
your copy—it is FREE 
DAVID HERBERT & SON 
Box 471 Atco, N. J. 
100 acres devoted to dahlia 
cidture—the largest plant 
in the world. 
$1 Dahlia Offers 
10 cactus, named; J 
10 decorative, 
named; 
10 show, named. 
Any one of these 
collections, our selec¬ 
tion of varieties, de¬ 
livered postpaid for 
SI. All 3 collections 
30 dahlias in all, 
S2.50. 
WHAT WE GROW 
for Spring plant¬ 
ing is fully de¬ 
scribed in our 
latest Fruit Book 
and Planters’ 
Guide. Copy free 
upon request. Or¬ 
ders for fruit and 
ornamental trees, 
small fruits, shrub¬ 
bery, Roses, Vines, 
_ and Bulbs, given 
personal attention and successful transplanting 
assured. Stock reserved for those desiring late 
shipment. Hundreds of acres of growing stock. 
WILLIAM STREET NURSERIES 
Geneva, N. T. 
IRISES 
EXCLUSIVELY 
'flrHft There is no flow- 
er as stately and 
artistic as this most 
popular of hardy gar¬ 
den flowers. 
Ohio We are the only Iris 
Specialists in America, 
growing, and offering Irises 
exclusively. 
Beautiful Catalog on request. 
ERITH N. SUO UP 
The Gardens DAYTON, OH IO 
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by placing on your grounds a port¬ 
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House or Rose Arbor. 
Canopy Top Seat, Settees, 
’ Chairs, Bridges, Fence 
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