December, 1913 
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BOBBINK & ATKINS 
“World’s Choicest Nursery 
and Greenhouse Products” 
You will find our 
collection of Ever¬ 
greens, Trees, Shrubs 
and Plants the most re¬ 
liable ever offered. 
We invite you to 
come and inspect their 
quality and see how 
straight and healthy 
our trees are grown. 
OUR AUTUMN BULB 
CATALOG is an excellent 
guide, as to which bulbs you 
should plant now, and a full 
list of all our Products is 
found in our ILLUSTRATED 
GENERAL CATALOG No. 
40, mailed upon request. 
Trees and Shrubs Planted 
Now Will Be Established 
in the Spring 
We Plan and Plant Grounds and 
Gardens Everywhere 
NURSERYMEN, FLORISTS AND PLANTERS 
RUTHERFORD, N. J. 
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It tells all about the proper 
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also tells about 
Johnson’s Wood Dye 
Comes in 17 harmonious shades. 
Makes cheap, soft woods as 
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Portfolio of Wood Panels, show¬ 
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“The Wood Finishing Authorities ” 
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Sunken Path House Bench House 
Every Home Needs a Garden 
And every Garden worth while 
needs hot-beds and cold-frames 
Or, Joy! a small Greenhouse! 
To be most efficient and to cost the leas^ 
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The small, ready - made, inexpensive 
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these sashes, which are removable at will 
for use elsewhere. The house is easy to 
heat. 
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Prof. Massey's Booklet on Hot-bed and 
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stamps. 
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The Complete Fireless Cooker 
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Three air walls insulate and confine the heat so that food is 
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Equipped with Utensils having soapstones attached, all operations 
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Guaranteed to do better work than the ordinary type of fireless cooker. 
Outer casing of wood, to match any wood-work desired. 
When ordering specify what wood stain or paint finish desired. 
Price, Factory to you $8.50. 
THE UTILITIES MF’G. Stamford, Conn., R. R. 29 
nnn Q n\T^BIRD v Win Birds to Live 
UU LJ U UIN HOUSES ^.In Your Garden, 
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studying, working for birds. If yon love birds, 
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Dodson Sparrow Trap —now catching sparrows in every 
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FREE The illustrated Dodson book telling how to win native birds to your 
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Mr. Dodson is a director of the Illinois Audubon Society. 
^Planf for Immediate Effect 
4 -Not for Future. Generations' = 
CTART with the largest stock 
^ that can be secured! It takes 
over twenty years to grow many 
of the Trees and Shrubs we offer. 
We do the long waiting—thus 
enabling you to secure trees and 
shrubs that give immediate results. 
Price List Now Ready. 
Andorra Hurseries 
Wm.Warnpr Harper Projor-iator- 
Chestnut Hill. 
PKila. Pa.. 
Box H 
Everything for the decoration of your garden. That’s what 
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Trellis, Lattices, Pergolas, and many more decorations are shown 
in our new garden book. This book will be sent free upon re¬ 
quest. Plan your garden decorations now—it’s none too early. 
THE MATHEWS MANUFACTURING CO. 
909 Williamson Building Cleveland, Ohio 
Solid Porcelaia 
Refrigerators] 
Are the only 
ones made 
having the Entire 
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piece of Genuine 
Solid Porcelain 
Ware over an inch 
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some drain pipes. Each 
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Guaranteed not to 
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Five-inch thick walls 
save much ice. The 
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I T is a permanent improvement 
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Over 350 plain and ornamental 
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upon request. Write for it, giving 
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Dept. “F,” Cincinnati, Ohio 
’’The World’* Greatest Iron Fence Builders” 
