HOUSE AND GARDEN 
| April, 
1914 
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Bald—Cold—Uninviting Lines of Architecture Before Any Planting Was Done The same site a few years after Moon’s stock was plant 
BEFORE USING MOON’S NURSERY STOCK AND AFTER 
W HAT a difference a little planting makes. ture; and during the winter months, colored barks and 
One season a bare, forbidding, unhappy looking place. berries add cheer to bleak, leaden skyed days. 
The next, a cozy comfortable one, effectively restrained A little well thought out planting will do wonders for th 
from the public and charmingly tied to its location. formation of your grounds and the further adding to your ha 
A little consistent planting of Moon’s stock accomplished it 0 We Q h n a n v n e pla .^?’ sh / ub * and f trees f ° r e \ ery place and 1 
Not haphazard planting; but one that was carefully thought out, Every order is freshly dug and packed with telling care . 
so that all the year there will always be the greenery of Rhodo- gladly make suggestions for your various planting problems 
dendrons and other evergreens. During other seasons, some of Our 1914 catalog is a decided departure—you’ll appre< 
the plants and shrubs will give their bloom and foliage to the pic- many innovations. Send for a copy. 
The Vm. H. Moon C 
ornpany 
Morrisville, Pa. 
21 South 12th Street 
Makefield Place 
Philadelphia^Office Room “D 1 
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