Pink Climbing Rose 
Dorothy Perkins 
Without doubt the most valuable ol all the new 
climbing Roses ol comparatively recent introduction. The 
beauty ol the double pink 
flowers is admirably set 
oil by the rich green ol 
the foliage, which is free 
Irom the attacks ol insects. 
In addition to this 
charming kind, we 
have all the popular var¬ 
ieties in climbing and 
bush Roses. Our General 
Catalogue, which will be 
mailed on request, con¬ 
tains descriptions of all 
the best Roses—also 
Truit and Ornamental Trees, 
Shrubs and Hardy Tlants 
ELLWANGER & BARRY 
Mount Hope Nurseries Rochester, N. Y. 
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This Indestructible Window Box for $5.00 
In order to acquaint the readers of House & Garden 
with our garden furniture, The Erkins Studios will send, 
freight prepaid, this Box, which measures 8 inches wide, 8 
inches deep and 24 inches long, for Five Dollars, which is 
less than one-half the regular cost. Cash to accompany order. 
Box furnished in the Gray Limestone or Terra Cotta color. 
We will also furnish, free of cost, a catalogue showing 
some 600 designs of Garden Pieces, which includes Vases, 
Fountains, Statuary, Balustrading, Sundials, Benches, 
Tables, Well Heads and Wall Fountains. 
THE ERKINS STUDIOS 
312 Madison Avenue, New York Carrara, Italy 
B O B B IN K & ATKINS 
WORLD’S CHOICEST NURSERY PRODUCTS 
SPRING PLANTING 
Intending purchasers should first visit our Nursery and inspect the materia! we have 
to offer. The quality of our products must be seen to be appreciated. Having two 
hundred acres of the most fertile ground under cultivation places us in a position to 
fill orders of any magnitude. 
ROSES—Our collection consists of new, rare, ordinary and old-fashioned 
kinds. We have more than 100,000 in several hundred varieties in two-year- 
old strong, field-grown plants to fill orders this spring. These can be in¬ 
spected in our store-house at this time. Special prices on quantities. 
RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM, CATAWB1ENSE AND ENGLISH 
HARDY HYBRIDS—Quantities of handsome hardy specimens are grow¬ 
ing in our Nursery. 
EVERGREENS, CONIFERS AND PINES—Many acres of our Nursery 
are planted with the most attractive specimens ever produced. 
HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS—For New and Old Fashioned Gar¬ 
dens, Beds and Borders. We have the largest quantity and most complete 
collection in the country. 
ORNAMENTAL SHADE, WEEPING AND STANDARD TREES— 
Thousands of handsome straight stemmed trees in all varieties and sizes are 
growing in our Nursery. 
FLOWERING SHRUBS AND HEDGE PLANTS—In many acres of our 
Nursery are cultivated useful and attractive varieties. 
TRAINED, DWARF AND ORDINARY FRUIT TREES AND 
SMALL FRUITS—We carry at all times large quantities of the best 
varieties. 
HARDY TRAILING AND CLIMBING VINES—In all varieties, for 
every place and pergola. 
BOXWOOD AND BAY TREES—We have a large quantity of these 
attractive decorative trees in all forms and sizes. 
DECORATIVE PLANTS FOR INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR 
EFFECTS—We grow in our 100,000 feet of greenhouses. 
BULBS AND ROOTS—For Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter flowering. 
LAWN GR.ASS SEED—B. & A. Rutherford Park Evergreen Mixture. 
TUBS—We manufacture them in all shapes and sizes. Ask for price list. 
OUR ILLUSTRATED GENERAL CATALOGUE No. 45 will be a 
helpful guide to intending purchasers. It describes each article, giving 
prices. Will be sent upon request. 
The general supervision of public grounds and private estates a specialty. We plan and 
plant grounds and gardens everywhere. Visitors to our nurseries are always welcome. 
NURSERYMEN, FLORISTS AND PLANTERS 
RUTHERFORD. IN. J. 
Electric Garden Hose 
Will Not Crack, 
Try to do this' with 
any other Garden 
Hose, and see what 
will happen. 
There is not — and 
cannot be any other hose 
like “ Electric.” All im¬ 
portant processes of its 
manufacture are pro¬ 
tected by basic patents. 
Split, Burst or Kink 
Every good dealer 
sells “ Electric” Gar¬ 
den Hose. Look for 
the trademark, every 
25 feet. 
Every other method 
of hose construction is 
ancient and amateurish 
in comparison. 
A jacket of heavy cotton seine twine is woven—WOVEN, mind you. not 
wrapped— over a tube of pure rubber. Next, a second tube of rubber—same quality 
—is put on over the cotton jacket. Another mantle of seine twine is woven round the 
second tube. A third tube— same quality—is put on over the second cotton jacket. 
Each of the five alternating sections of rubber and of cotton is a complete hose 
in itself. 
The hose is then encased in metal tubes or moulds 500 feet long, and liquid 
under high pressure put inside of the hose and locked in. The whole is then put 
in a sealed oven and live steam turned on it. This steam heat* the liquid, causing 
it to expand, forcing the hose against the metal tube, and the hose in this way has 
an internal pressure applied of 500 lbs. to the square inch. 
The three rubber tubes and the two woven cotton jackets are amalgamated or 
vulcanized by the pressure ; converted into a single or unified fabric of mingled 
rubber and cotton. 
Begin to understand why “ Electric ” is different from a hose that consists of 
two, or even three, strips oi common rubber glued on a piece of canvas and then 
wrapped or “lapwelded ” into a tube that a child can tear apart with its fingers ? 
Before it leaves our factory, every foot of Electric Hose is tested by a water 
pressure of 400 lbs. to the inch. Ordinary hydrant pressure averages from TO to 50 
lbs.— and frequently bursts every make of hose excepting ” Electric.” 
Electric Hose & Rubber Co. 
Wilmington, Del. 
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