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Beautiful—Sturdy 
Old Hickory 
Furniture 
Perhaps you, too, have believed that 
the comfortable, artistic, durable Old Hickory 
Furniture was too expensive because you have 
found it in the finest surroundings—on veran¬ 
das of mansions, country estates and on the 
porches and lawns of homes of rare beauty. 
On the contrary, Old Hickory Furniture is the most 
inexpensive, cozy, porch and lawn furniture you can 
buy- — it is now sold at prices which make it the most 
economical as well as the most desirable. 
Old Hickory Furniture 
Book FREE 
Send $6.75 for the two-piece Porch Set illustrated 
above, freight prepaid east of the Missouri River. 
Money-back guarantee. 
Write to-day for our fifty-six page book 
illustrating in natural colors Old Hickory 
Furniture for porch and garden, also 
quaint rustic summer houses, arbors, 
trellises, etc. All modestly priced. 
Write today — no obligation on 
your part. 
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417 South Cherry St: 
MARTINSVILLE, INDIANA 
P. SARTI, 
G. LUCCHESI 
& CO. 
Plaster Reproductions 
From Antique, Medieval and 
Modern Masterpieces of Art 
GARDEN AND HALL FURNI¬ 
TURE, JARDINIERES, WINDOW 
BOXES, VASES IN CEMENT, 
POMPEIAN STONE AND COM¬ 
POSITION, BENCHES AND 
TABLES, FIRE-PLACES AND 
MANTELS. 
Sales and Show Room 
113 East 34th Street, NEW YORK 
Illustrated. Catalog of Plaster 
Statuary $1.00, credited on order 
of $10.00 or over. 
work is clone, there is some shock to the 
plants in transplanting, particularly if 
they have to be transported. Select, 
rather, the plants that are well supplied 
with buds, or flowers that are just begin¬ 
ning to open; these will develop quickly 
under favorable conditions; and while a 
bed of such plants will not make quite such 
a show the day it is set out, within a week 
it will probably be looking a hundred per 
cent better than if you had insisted upon 
selecting plants only with flowers in full 
bloom. 
There is always a temptation to skip a 
little in the preparation of the bed where 
plants instead of seeds are to be used. A 
finely pulverized surface may not be quite 
so important, because you have not got 
to arrange to have the supply of soil mois¬ 
ture maintained so near the surface; but 
in every other respect it is just as im¬ 
portant for you to do your level best in 
the preparation of every bed in which 
plants are to be set. Skimp neither on the 
uses of manures and fertilizers nor on the 
thoroughness with which the soil itself is 
prepared. And rake the bed fine and 
smooth on top, both for looks and to get 
a good mulch. 
In spading up an old bed, the newly 
stirred soil will occupy more room than it 
did before, with the result that there may 
seem to be too much dirt which the care¬ 
less gardener will find himself heaping up 
in the center. The bed should always be 
kept level and flat on top, even if it has 
to be raised a few inches by making it 
quite steep around the edges. 
When ready to plant, set the plants in 
their pots in the different positions in 
which they are to go, and shift them 
around as necessary, until you are satis¬ 
fied that you have got the best arrange¬ 
ment. In beds of a single kind of plant, 
keep the largest towards the middle. The 
plants in the pots should be thoroughly 
watered some hours—half a day or so— 
before planting; long enough so that they 
will have dried out sufficiently, but moist 
enough so that the ball of earth will hold 
together in good shape. 
The more important of the bedding 
plants are briefly mentioned below: 
Geraniums .—These are, on the whole, 
the most satisfactory of all plants for gen¬ 
eral bedding, and many of the beautiful 
new sorts of the Bruant type are also ex¬ 
cellent for cutting, lasting a long time, with 
long, stiff stems and with individual flow¬ 
ers as beautiful as the favorite kinds of 
flowers for cutting. 
Begonias .—For a long time the bedding 
sorts of begonias have been extremely 
satisfactory where light or dark pink could 
be used, and some of the newer sorts are 
dazzling red, and literally covered with 
bloom throughout the season. They pro¬ 
pagate readily and from a single plant of 
one of the newer sorts you can easily get 
all the plants you could have need for next 
spring. 
JONES (Sl HAMMOND 
Underground Garbage Receivers 
The Receivers without a Fault. Constructed 
on Scientific Principles. For sale by leading 
hardware dealers, or write manufacturers for 
circular and prices. 
JONES S HAMMOND 
74 Newburn Ave. Medford, Mass. 
Pergolas” 
We have issued a very inter- Cf 
esting catalogue showing a 
series of new designs in 
Lattice Fences, Garden-Houses and Arbors 
Can be had free on request. 
Catalogue “P 28” for Pergolas and Garden Accessories. 
Catalogue “P 40” for Exterior 
NOT/Cv and Interior Wood Columns. 
■fy-KSS HARTMANN - SANDERS CO. 
Main Office and Factory : 
ELSTON and WEBSTER AVES. 
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 
Eastern Office : 
6 East 39th Street, New York 
The Blue Book of Bulbs 
belongs in your garden library, if you 
want a garden that is different from the 
everyday garden. It contains cultural 
information and suggestions for color 
effects you have not had, and tells of 
Tulips and Daffodils you have never 
seen, many of them being my exclusive 
offerings. 
Cream Quality Bulbs 
are just as different, too; they are 
appreciated by those who consider 
quality first. 
Come and See Them in Flower 
in my trial-gardens, if you love the beauty 
of the spring garden. My Blue Book will 
go to you as soon as I know you want it, 
and the bulbs in the fall, if your order 
reaches me before June 25 . 
CHESTER JAY HUNT 
Dept. K Montclair, New Jersey 
Build Your Home 
“The New Way" 
10 % larger bedroom 
—50% larger ward¬ 
robe capacity. Send 
50c for Plan Book 
showing 22 Designs. 
JOHN THOMAS 
BATTS, GRAND 
RAPIDS, MICH. 
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