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Columbines, Poppies, etc. 
Because they represent a wonderful variety. 
Because they increase in size aiui beauty 
each succeedhiB year, and with tlie proper 
selection you can have a handsome garden 
\vith an ever changing color from May to 
December. 
New catalog just out. lists more than 200 
varieties, beautifully illustrated, tells vou 
now TO GET MOKE PLEASUKE OUT OP 
VOT'R GARDEN. 
Send for catalog and special offer. 
W. E. KING, Specialist in Hardy 
Old-Fashioned Plants 
Box 327 _ Little Silver. N. J. 
REES at HalFAsents ffices 
Baldwin Apple. 6 to 7 ft., @ $9.00 per 100. 
Bartlett Pear, 6 to 7 ft.. @ $11.00 per 100. 
Elberta Peach, 5 to 7 ft.. @ $9.00 per 100. 
ROSES, SHRUBS and ORNAMENTALS at K.west 
prices. FVee Catalog, Complete Line. THE WM. J. 
REILLY NURSERIES, 49 Ossian St.. Dansville, N.Y. 
Guaranteed bvCertified Grower- 
WIZflRb 
CONCENTRATED PULVERIZED 
MANURE 
It Supplies Food For 
Your Land and Plants 
f Wizard Brand Manure maizes thing? 
J grow. It's just what your lawn, flowers. ' 
vegetables, fruit and field crops need. 1 
Every piece of land needs replenishing I 
^ from time to time. Wizard Brand Manure j 
is more than just fertilizer—it strength- ' 
ens soil fertility and supplies plant food 1 
, at the same time. Call for Wizard Brand 1 
Manure by name today or write us for] 
descriptive booklet. 
THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO.l 
Dept. 25. Union Stock Yards, Chicago] 
Beautify and make productive your 
idle land by planting 
EVERGREENS 
1000 THREE YEAR OLD TREES FOR $6.00 
Catalogue and Booklet on request 
THE NORTH-EASTERN FORESTRY CO. 
CHESHIRE, CONN. 
Beautify Your Home Outside 
Plantbeautiful,ornamental trees 
and shrubs to add a picturesque 
touch; plant for fruiting, Green’s 
true-to-nanie fruit trees, etc., all 
of which you can buy from us at 
Half Agent’s Prices 
■We sell direct to you. There is no 
Nursery Agent to pay. Green’s 
stock isbackedby forty yearsof suc¬ 
cessful growing and direct selling. 
Send for our Catalog. Contains 
valuable information and money¬ 
saving combination offers. , 
GREEN'S Box 10 
NURSERY Rochester 
COMPANY^^^ New York 
'PU C' r Write today for our new 
^ catalogue entitled 
The World’s Best Dahlias 
STRONG, HEALTHY 
TREES and PLANTS 
Our stock for Spring 1917 is 
good, vigorous, well grown of 
extra quality. Have a full line 
of fruit trees, plants and vines, 
also ornamentals, roses and 
hedge plants. Send us your list 
of wants. We will quote you 
attractive prices for first quality 
goods. No better can be grown. 
We do Landscape Gardening and 
Tree Surgery in all branches 
Write for oar catalogue today. 
It’s free for the asking, 
T. J. DWYER & CO. 
Orange County Nurseries 
Box 17, Cornwall, New York 
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REES anc/SHRUB 
PORTER’S HIGH QUALITY STOCKI 
Illustrated Price List free. Write for copy to-day 
PORTER’S NURSERIES 
Box 502 
Evanston, Ill 
Accurately describing all the best new and standard va¬ 
rieties in Cactus, Decorative, Giant Flowering, Show, 
Fancy, Pompon, Peony, Duplex, Collarette, Anemone, 
Century and Single. Natural color reproductions of New 
Decoratives, “Dr. Tyrrell” and “Minnie Burgle” and 38 
beautiful half-tone illustrations of the distinct types. The 
leading Dahlia catalogue with the 1917 novelties. 
Book, “The Dahlia,” Sth and revised edition, 50c. 
PEACOCK DAHLIA FARMS 
Berlin, New Jersey 
A Work Saving Result 
Insuring Sprinkling 
System for your Garden 
D ON’T let all the painstaking 
work that you’re going to 
put into that garden of yours 
this spring; all the seeding, lioe- 
ing and liack-aching — go for 
naught. Protect it against the 
dry weather days that come along 
and shrivel up your flowers and 
vegetables. 
A Skinner System Sprinkling 
Line is your sure insurance 
against such a happening. 
No trouble. No bother. Just turn 
on the w'ater and it does the rest. 
ThoroUKbly and uniformly waters 
your garden with a flue, mlst-like 
spray. Does not pack the soil nor 
injure the finest foliage. Easy to 
put up, take dorvn or change location. 
A few minutes’ attention waters your 
garden. 
Fifty-foot line, fully equipped, costs 
$13.75. Waters 2.500 square feet. For 
other lines, add 25 cents a foot extra. 
For $14 we can equip lines with an 
Automatic Turning Device, which will 
move the spray from one sicie to the 
otlier. and then itself shut off the 
water. Time of watering mider full 
control. 
Send for full information about this 
Skinner Sprinkling System. 
Skinner System of Irrigation 
231 Water Street Troy, Ohio 
Flooring is an important 
consideration when remodelingr or 
building. Hardwood floors meet 
every demand. They add the beauty 
you desire and they give everlasting wear. 
Instruction Book FREE 
Our big, beamiiul book illustrates and explains 
^ how to best select and shows the 
^ proper treatment in layinjr and 
caring for hardwood floors. 
Write today for your copy. 
^ You will need its valuable 
information. Address 
\ THE INTERIOR HARDWOOD CO. 
13436eecher St. 
InaianapoliSi Indiana 
a Lifetime” 
For Porclies. Pergo¬ 
las, Interiors. 
Ask for Booklet No. 56 
Dreer’s Vegetable Seeds 
have 79 years of experience back of them, and in no other busi¬ 
ness is expert knowledge so necessary. You can materially 
reduce the high cost of living by having a garden and grow 
your own vegetables. 
Dreer’s Lawn Grass Seeds 
are blended from the highest grade seeds of strong vitality. 
Let us send you our booklet on Lawn Making—free. 
Dreer’s Garden Book for 1917 
is declared by a legion of enthusiastic gardeners to be the most complete 
and valuable reference, both on growing vegetables and flowers, ever 
issued. Colored and duotone plates—over a thousand illustrations. Lists 
everything worth growing, both novelties and standard varieties. 
A copy sent free if yon mention this publication. 
The Union Metal Mfg.Co. 
Canton, Ohio 
Dreer’s All Heart Lettuce 
is the most dependable liard-heading lettuce ever introduced. Magnificent large 
yellowish green heads with extremely solid heart. Flavor rich and buttery’. Slow 
to run to seed even in hot weather. Packet—10 cents. 
HENRYA.DREER 
Chestnut St.,Phila. 
Beautify Your Home 
