March 
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Edmanson 
House, 28 
Price. $10. 
B. Chicago. 
Rooms, $8.50. 
Shipped Direct from Factory—Lowest Prices 
Will last a lifetime. Attract the birds. Provide cozy 
little homes for them. There is no better way of get¬ 
ting tree and shrub insurance. Birds will work for you 
free of cost every day in the year. Edmanson Bird 
Houses are used by thousands of America's foremost 
lovers of birds—endorsed by the Audubon Societies. 
5000 Bird Houses in Stock--Already Seasoned-- 
Ready for Immediate Use--Birds Arrive This Month 
We have been manufacturing Bird Houses for 20 
years. Our prices are lowest. Bluebird House. $5.00. 
Houses for Purple Martins. $8.50; for Flickers, $3.00; 
f or Chickadees, $0.70; for Swallows, $2.50. Bird Bath. 
$15.00. The famous Edmanson Sparrow Trap, electric 
welded, automatic, none better. $1.75. 
Bird Books by recognized authorities. We can save you 
money on books. Handsomely illustrated catalog free. 
Write for it today. 
E. E. EDMANSON & COMPANY 
624-634 S. Norton Street Chicago, Illinois 
Edmanson Wren 
House, 4 Rooms. 
Price, n $4.50. 
F. O. | Chicago 
Edmanson Feedery. 
Price. $1. F. O. 
B. Chicago. Feeds 
grain, also suet. 
100 Real Dutch Gladioli Bulbs for $2 
The first pick of the best Holland 
growers. Every bulb full size, full of 
life, and true to Its name. I guaran¬ 
tee them. 
Here’s a chance to get a garden full of 
high-class bulbs at a very low figure. 
Compare the prices with other offers. 
100 for $2.00 
10 each of the 10 Gladioli va¬ 
rieties below for $2. Not mixed 
all together, but each variety 
packed by itself. Also sold sepa¬ 
rately by the 100 or 1 , 000 . 
100 1000 
America, finest pink, 
large flowers .$1.50 
Augusta, white slashed 
with carmine . 1.75 
Baron Hulot, beauti¬ 
ful rich blue . 2.00 
Brcnchleyensls, brilliant 
vermillion scarlet . 1.50 
Halley, bright salmon pink 2.00 
Mrs. Francis King, fla¬ 
mingo scarlet, large. 2.00 
Pink Beauty, peach blow 
pink, early . 1.50 
Plinceps, rich crimson 
scarlet, large and brilliant 2.00 
Annie Wigman, beautiful 
soft yellow . 2.00 
Faust, rich magenta red, 
large .2.75 
$12 
14 
18 
25 
These quantities 
are not unlimited. 
To secure your 
order, send with 
remittance today. 
Areola Gardens Collection 
Here is real class. Your chance to get 
the very finest productions of recent 
years. It contains just the ones I 
would especially point out to you 
Lloomlng in my gardens. » . s 
Five of each variety picked by Itself— 
60 for $5. Regular value. $6. 
Or make your selection for 10 or 
100 of any separate ones. 
Electra, large, 10 100 
brilliant rosy red .$0.90 $8 
Empress of India, velvety 
crimson maroon, large.45 
Europe, finest pure white, 
large and beautiful.90 
Golden West, large orange 
red. glorious .90 
Llebesfeucr, brilliant scar¬ 
let, very large . 2.00 
Loveliness. creamy flesh 
pink, large and beautiful.. 2.00 
Niagara, soft primrose yel¬ 
low, very large .90 
Panama, rich, glowing 
pink, large and beautiful.. .90 
Peace, white with pale lilac 
feathering .90 
Pink Perfection, rich salm¬ 
on pink, very largo.90 
Schwaben, shimmering light 
yellow, beautiful . 1.25 
Sieger, bright scarlet, very 
large . 1.25 
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174 BROADWAY, PATERSON, N. J. 
My catalog of 
other attractive 
offers in Dahlias 
and Begonias will 
be sent also. 
Two New Shrubs of Great Value 
These two introductions are so far superior to 
other varieties that it can safely be said that they 
are the best shrubs for general planting. This is 
a broad claim, but careful tests by expert plants- 
men indicate that it is well within the bounds of 
truthfulness. 
Deutzia Crenata Magnifica 
The flowers of this new hy¬ 
brid are pure white, very large, 
well expanded, and borne in 
great quantities about the end of 
May —two weeks earlier than other 
sorts. Large, two-year field-grown 
plants, $5 each. 
Our 1916 catalogue 
has been completely revised, and in¬ 
cludes the best of the new Roses, 
Shrubs, Hardy Plants and Bedding 
Plants, as well as those that have be¬ 
come favorites through years of gar¬ 
den associations. A copy will be sent 
on receipt of your name and address. 
A. N. Pierson, Inc., 
CROMWELL GARDEN 
Box 14, Cromwell, Conn. 
Philadelphus Virginal 
Far superior to other varieties 
of Mock Orange. The flowers 
are double, very large, borne in 
dense clusters. The plant makes a 
beautifully formed specimen, and with¬ 
out question is a valuable variety. 
Two-year field-grown plants, $5 each. 
All worth while paints contain some 
white lead. The better kinds are 
chiefly white lead. The best 
kind is pure white lead. 
The Famous Cactus Dahlia, Golden Gate 
The Picture Tells the Story 
This dahlia was used 
in preference to chrys¬ 
anthemums or other 
dahlias for decora¬ 
tions by the Suffra¬ 
gettes of Oyster Bay 
last fall. The best all- 
around dahlia in ex¬ 
istence; a tried and 
true novelty and the 
most attractive gar¬ 
den dahlia ever in¬ 
troduced. Winners of 
numerous 1st prizes 
and certificates of 
merit — caused a sen¬ 
sation when exhibited 
in New York and 
other parts of the 
country —• Introduced 
by us in 1914 and is 
now considered, by 
leading dahlia special¬ 
ists and amateurs, to 
be the finest, largest 
and best blooming 
dahlia ever intro¬ 
duced, 3 to 6 giant 
blooms up to 10 
inches in diameter 
will open at one time 
on each 3 to 4 ft. 
stems. Your garden is 
not complete without 
this wonderful chrys¬ 
anthemum-like dahlia. 
The beautiful dazzling golden yellow color of the flower will delight and 
attract everyone. This dahlia is drought-blight and insect-proof and will bloom 
when others fail, and is to dahlias what King Humbert is to cannas or American 
Beauty is to roses. We have hundreds of testimonials confirming above 
claims. We grow all of the best of the newer dahlias and are proud to boast 
that the Golden Gate is still the best garden dahlia. Send in your order at 
once as we have an enormous sale on this variety and may he sold out later. 
Send your order now and have Golden Gate blooming in your garden this 
year. One large field root for 50 cents—post-paid $5 per dozen. Our dahlias 
were given three 1st prizes at the American Dahlia Show. We carry all the 
good ones of new and standard sorts, all free-bloomers that have made good for 
florists’ use—No shy bloomers listed in our 1916 catalog that will he mailed 
free on application. 
LONG ISLAND DAHLIA GARDENS 
Hicksville, Long Island, N. Y. 
You can't paint your house without using white 
lead; the more the better; the better the lead , 
the better the paint. "Carter" is the last word 
in pure white lead and the one you 
should remember. 
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PLANTS OF HARDY 
BORDERS 
together with list of suitable plants for 
sun or shade; and full instructions for 
planting and future care. We will be 
glad to send you a copy free. Please 
mention this magazine. 
HENRY A. DREER Philadelphia, Pa. 
We are the largest growers of 
Hardy Perennial Plants in this coun¬ 
try. We have issued a special cata¬ 
logue of these, giving name, color, 
height and time of flowering of 
nearly a thousand species and va¬ 
rieties. Also a number of 
