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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
March, ign 
Grow 
Chestnuts 
Like This 
For Profit 
Covers a 50c. piece. 
You can get bigger profits per acre 
from Sober Paragon Chestnuts than from any 
other crop. 
Hardy, rapid, symmetrical growth ; luxuri¬ 
ant foliage ; spreading boughs ; clean trunk ; 
stateliness. 
These qualities combined and developed bv 
science to a degree that closely borders perfec¬ 
tion. in the new 
SOBER PARAGON 
Mammoth, Sweet Chestnut 
Crop, Kail of 1910, brought 548,000, orchard 
only 8 years old. 
The only large sweet chestnut in the world. 
Bears the second year. The nuts average 1 to 
2 inches in diameter—and 3 to 5 nuts in a burr. 
United States Pomologist, G. B. Brackett, says 
‘‘The Sober Paragon coinesthe nearest in quality 
to the native chestnut of any of the cultivated 
varieties that I have examined. It is of large 
size, fine appearance and excellent flavor.” 
Testimony from growers, commission mer¬ 
chants, Forestry Experts, etc., given i n our free 
booklet, together with prices and particulars. 
We ow n exclusive control 
of the Sober Para¬ 
gon. This c o p y- 
righted metal seal 
' is attached to every genu¬ 
ine tree when shipped. 
Write today for the booklet. 
OTHER NUT TREES, 
Fruit and Ornamental Trees, 
Roses, Shrubs, etc.. 
Our 1911 illustrated Catalog and Planting 
Guide, with prices— Free. 
GLEN BROS., Glenwood Nursery 
44th Year. 1722 Matn Street, ROCHESTER. N. Y. 
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property values. Strong. Tasting, 
Handsome. Easily erected — all 
heights up to 10 feet. 
Our catalog and prices will interest 
you. We pay freight. 
THE CYCLONE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO. 
1234 East 55th Street Cleveland, Ohio 
The Galloway 
Collection 
Contains replicas 
of antique art and 
original designs 
adapted to present 
needs and in keep¬ 
ing with pre¬ 
vailing archi¬ 
tecture. 
Terra Cotta is the 
ideal material for 
out-door use, com¬ 
bining strength and 
durability with high 
artistio qualities. 
Our productions 
are suitable 
both in-door 
and out-door 
decorations. 
Send for Catalogue showing Extensive Collection 
of Flower Pots, Vases, Sundials, Fountains, Benches 
and other Garden Furniture. 
C^llowayTerr^Cott^ Co 
3 218 WaiHUT St.Philabelphl^ 
Old Glassware Decanters 
r I 'HE satisfaction that comes from the 
collection of antiques is not due 
alone to the artistic beauty, the result of 
hand work, which is invariably found in 
old things. There also is a romantic in¬ 
terest which appeals to all collectors. The 
former history which may be linked with 
the wine-glass for instance, is apt to have 
a great appeal to the imagination. Glass¬ 
ware collection is then of double interest 
A decanter with festoon engraving, one of 
the features which assist in determining its 
date 
to antique lovers, for most of the relics of 
former times are beautiful enough to de¬ 
mand instant appreciation. 
Of foreign pieces to be found in collec¬ 
tions on this side of the water, the greater 
number are of English make. There are 
extant in England three specimens of the 
Elizabethan period, but American col¬ 
lectors have little to do with glassware of 
the seventeenth or even the first part of 
the eighteenth century. During the latter 
half of the eighteenth century, however, 
Two interesting pieces from the Paget collec¬ 
tion. The pitcher is unusual for the raised 
oblong decorations 
when the seaport towns of New England 
were at the height of their maritime 
career, the sea captains brought home from 
every voyage all kinds of foreign treas¬ 
ures; and the glassware used for “best” 
almost always came from abroad. 
In those old days, Salem, Massachu¬ 
setts, was not behind her sister towns in 
enterprise; her ships were on every sea; 
so that today, the descendants of those 
hardy voyagers are the possessors of sets 
and pieces of old glass which are prob¬ 
ably unexcelled in the United States. 
(Continued on page 230.) 
Don’t wait until a split begins to 
show and then try to hold it to¬ 
gether. Prevent it! Prevention 
is the Key note of our Tree work. 
This is the way we go about it. Our In¬ 
spector looks over your trees. He is an 
expert. He sees, for instance, troubles and 
probable troubles that escape the notice of 
others. He sees that a decay cavity is 
working its way down a crotch of one of 
your finest trees. There is scarcely any¬ 
thing to indicate this cavity from the out¬ 
side but his experience tells him it is there. 
If that cavity is not opened up, cleaned out, 
properly filled, and the limbs braced; a high 
wind may any day split it down, disfiguring 
and injuring your tree beyond repair. 
The Chinese pay their doctors to keep 
them from getting sick—we Americans pay 
ours to get us well. 
We accomplish both things for your 
trees. Every man we have is a skilled 
worker — knows his business thoroughly— 
understands trees. 
Send for our booklet — Trees, the Care 
They Should Have. It will open your eyes 
on tree preservation. 
Munson Whitaker Company 
Commerical and Landscape Foresters. 
Boston 623 Tremont Bldg. New York 823 4th Ave. Bldg. 
Chicago 303 Monadnock Bldg. 
BEAUTIFUL ORNAMENTAL FENCE 
THIS IS A WONDERFUL 'BARGAIN n'. H T. l r,"l11“r, vVJ ‘InrVV2.V 
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h illustrates and describes our full lln 
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