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House & Garden 
YOU can have a Garden like this IN JUNE—THIS YEAR 
If You Plant Meehan’s Evergreens 
Shrubs and Hardy Flowers this Spring 
Put Your Planting Problems 
Up to MEEHAN 
Meehan Service — personal, individual 
service—superior because it is the result 
of sixty years of cumulative experience 
—is at your command. 
Expert Advice Free 
No matter whether your home-grounds are large 
or limited in area, write us, question us freely. If 
one aere, or less, your letter will lie assigned to, 
and answered by, an expert plantsman, who has 
studied your seetion, knows its elimatic and soil 
conditions, and will give you practical and hel])fnl 
suggestions accordingly. This preliminary advice 
is offered you without charge and without obli¬ 
gation. 
The Landscape Department 
For properties of more than one acre, or those presenting 
unusual or intricate problems, correspondence should be 
ojiened direct witli the I.andscape .Department, Thomas 
[Meehan & Sons, [Mt. Airy, Pa. 
Meehan’s Japanese Maples 
We olfer this season, at greatly reduced prices, an Ameri¬ 
canized, acclimated, absolutely hardy strain of the popular 
Japanese Maple in all its charming varieties—the crowning 
success of 40 years of careful selection and effort. 
These Maples are broad, bushy, symmetrical specimens, all 
are growing on their own roots and are essentially distinct 
in other desirable jjarticulars from the ordinary imported, 
grafted kind. 
Thousands of Charming Homes 
All over the country owe their beautiful setting 
of Trees, Shrubs and Hardy Flowering Plants to 
Meehan service and Meehan stock. It may be 
wise, therefore, for you to learn about us 
before deciding what you are going to do to 
make YOUR home beautiful. Better write us 
at once — TODAY. If you say so, we will send 
you our Hand-book of Trees and Hardy Plants, 
for 1917, FREE. 
THOMAS MEEHAN & SONS 
THE PIONEER NURSERYMEN OF AMERICA 
6740 Chew St., Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 
January Linens For The House 
{Continued from page 51) 
sometimes called Mo¬ 
saic work, that is 
growing in favor. The 
design on the cloth, 
which measures 47 
inches, is a lovely one, 
while the napkins 
have a section of it in 
one corner. The cen- 
t e r p i e c e comes at 
$27.00, and the n a p - 
kins at $12.00 a dozen. 
The filet set is un¬ 
usual in design and a 
particularly good 
value. Napoleon, Al¬ 
exander, Caesar and 
various other notables 
are portrayed in the 
30-inch cloth, which is 
of modern hand-made 
filet. Twelve plate doilies, 10 inches ary, chiefly because 
The napkins above, 
of Mosaic work, ac¬ 
company the center- 
piece shown on page 
51. $12 a dozen 
consists of a- 25-inch 
centerpiece, six 10- 
inch and six 6-inch 
doilies. Complete, the 
set sells for $22.00. 
The second set is a 
very simple one, but 
both the linen and the 
workmanship are no 
less fine, and the price 
is as low as one can 
find for this combina¬ 
tion. It has a 25-inch 
centerpiece, s i x 9)4- 
inch doilies and s i x 
5k2-inch doilies and is 
priced at $5.50. 
The blankets illus¬ 
trated are one of the 
most interesting 
values of this Janu- 
the prices of 
in diameter, and twelve 6-inch doilies blankets, as anyone knows who has 
for glasses, accompany the cloth. The had occasion to purchase them recent- 
set complete sells for $90.00. ly, are soaring steadily upward. These 
Many people like the crisp quality are of a very good weight, in white 
of Madeira work for breakfast and with pink or blue borders and satin 
luncheon use, and it has much in its binding, to match, and, what is more 
favor. It launders and wears well interesting, are 84 inches long by the 
and has a certain unpretentiousness usual 70 wide. So many so-called full- 
that makes it ideal for daily use. length blankets measure only 74 to 80 
The other two sets shown are ex- inches long and do not tuck in suffi- 
cellent illustrations of the values one ciently at the bottom nor leave length 
can find in January. The first, a real- enough at the top. They are $6.50 a 
ly lovely set, is finely embroidered and pair and are excellent value. 
The blankets are of interesting values. 
These in white with pink and blue bor¬ 
ders and satin bindings are 84" long by 
70" wide —a« umisual length. $6.50 a pair 
Heavy Irish linen 
damask. Table- 
cloth. 70" by 70", 
$3: 70" by 87", 
$3.75. Napkins, 
24" by 24", $4.25 a 
doz. 
Finally, brought 
from Fla7iders. Of 
soft, firm Flemish 
linen. Sheets 72" 
by 96" for tioin 
beds. $8.50 a pair, 
or 90" by 96" for 
full-sized beds at 
$10.50 a pair. Pil¬ 
low cases. 22)4" 
by 36", $1.75 a 
pair 
