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House & Garden 
Don’t Let Drought 
Defeat Your 1918 
Garden Hopes 
Many 1917 gardens failed for 
just one reason —lack of proper 
watering. Rain didn’t fall. Own¬ 
er didn’t have time to water his 
garden thoroughly himself. The 
hose watering he did do, failed to 
give his plants the gentle, uni¬ 
form spray they required. 
Make such a failure impossible 
in 1918. Make your garden water 
itself and do so correctly. Do so 
by installing the Skinner System 
of Irrigation. All you have to 
do is turn a valve—the System 
does the rest. Waters your plants 
with a fine, uniform spray like 
heaven’s own rains. 
Means sure crops. Better crops. 
Bigger crops. Earlier crops. 
As a starter, send # 18.75 f° r 
50-foot Sectional and Movable 
Garden Sprinkling Line. Waters 
space 50 feet square. 
Catalog Sent on request. 
The Skinner Irrigation Co. 
231 Water Street TROY. OHIO 
Dahlias G Bu?b n , , “ d 
For twenty-three years 
I have sold guaranteed 
BULBS all over the 
world. 
My thousands of cus- 
tomers are satisfied; 
they receive the best 
stock, true to name, 
and 
Guaranteed to Grow 
4A Different <*a 
III Varieties IU 
Prepaid to any part 
of the United States 
for $1.00. 
Send today for Free Illustrated Catalog and 
('ultural Guide. 
J. K. ALEXANDER 
“The Dahlia King" 
425-435 Central St.. East Bridgewater, Mass. 
Dahlias, Gladioli. Peonies, Gannas, Iris, 
and General Line Nursery Stock. 
ATTENTION Gardeners 
Whether you grow things to eat or to sell 
you must start now to get ready. 
Glass is high, but cypress is comparatively 
cheap and sashes, cold frames, hot-beds and 
small greenhouses were never so profitable in 
every sense as they will be this season. The 
Nation needs them. 
Our Catalog 
gives all de¬ 
tails. Imme¬ 
diate ship¬ 
ment. Open 
s a 8 h are 
light and 
may go by 
e x press. 
Write at 
once. 
GET 
for Hot-beds 
and Cold frames 
SUNLIGHT DOUBLE GLASS SASH CO. 
944 E. Broadway. Louisville, Ky. 
Every Home Builder 
; h on Id have hook ‘Modern Dwellings.’ Price $1.00 
or with a number of blue prints. Price $1.60. Moth show u 
number of plans and exterior views of Colonial, Eng¬ 
lish, bungalo w and other types. 
BARBER & RYNO, Architects. Knoxville. Tennessee 
THE ARCHITECTURAL RECORD, 119 West 40th Street, New York H. G. 3-18 
Send me free your October Country House Number, and the issues of January and 
February. 1018. and enter my subscription for one year starting March, 1918. for which 
hnd £3.00 herewith. (Add 60 cents for Canada, #1.00 for Foreign.) 
Name . 4 
Address ... 
12 Choice Irises.. . SI.00 
8 Moisture loving Plants $1.00 
All different, all hardy 
Postage paid 
Oronogo Flower Gardens, Carthage, Mo. 
SEED ANNUAL 
FREE 
You really need it. Hundreds of handy, 
handsome pages. Splendid illustrations 
You certainly will be glad you sent for it. 
Best Annual we've ever issued—absolutely 
FREE. 
Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co. 
Faneuil Hall Square, Boston, Mass. 
Planning to Build? 
GLADIOLUS? 
Y ES, and did you 
know that the lat¬ 
est out were the 
ruffled ones? We are the 
originators and growers 
of the only collection of 
these in the world. 
Don’t miss to send 
for a copy of our iqi8 
catalogue. It contains 
a list of nearly 300 of 
the best gladiolus on 
the market. All of them 
are of our production 
and most of them ob¬ 
tainable only from us. 
It is freely illustrated 
and contains the best 
of cultured directions 
which alone would be 
worth your while send¬ 
ing for it. Free for the 
asking. 
Address the originator of the 
ruffled gladiolus. 
A. E. Kunderd 
BOX 2 
GOSHEN, IND. 
Special Offer 
This valuable Country House Number will be sent 
free also the January and February, 1918, is¬ 
sues if you subscribe now to start March, 1918. 
^ ou will thus receive 15 attractive numbers for 
only #3.00 the regular yearly price. 
To accept this offer, please mail the coupon promptl 
THE ARCHITECTURAL RECORD 
Then Get This Valuable 
Country House Number 
FREE 
Fifty or more recent Country 
Houses — the work of leading 
architects throughout the country 
—are illustrated in the October, 
1917 , Number of The Architec¬ 
tural Record—more than 100 illus¬ 
trations and floor plans, showing 
houses of all sizes and styles. 
From this number you are sure to get ideas and suggestions 
which will help you to determine the best type of house to 
be erected; the most convenient arrangement of rooms; the 
most desirable materials, furnishings and conveniences. 
Each month The Architectural Record presents a careful selection 
of the best current work in the various types of buildings—with 
an average of 100 or more illustrations; while in the business sec¬ 
tion are described the latest and best building materials, as well as 
the furnishings and specialties which add so much of comfort, 
convenience and value. 
I 
c-wqhace, 
GARDEN TOOLS 
Answer the farmer’s big ques¬ 
tions. How can I have a good 
garden with least expense? 
How can the wife have plenty 
of fresh vegetables for the 
home table with least labor? 
IRON AGE 
Combined Hill 
and Drill Seeder 
and 
Wheel 
Hoe 
solves the garden labor problem. 
Takes the place of many tools 
-stored in small space. Sows, 
covers, cultivates. weeds, 
ridges, etc., better than 
old-time tools. A wom¬ 
an, boy 
or girl 
can push 
it and do 
hand 
a day’s 
work in 60 minutes. 
30 combinations, 
$4.50 to $30.00. Write for booklet. 
Bateman M’f’g Co., Box 64C, Grenloch, N.J. 
AMERICAN- 
GROWN TREES 
O UR stocks of trees, 
shrubs and plants are 
not curtailed by the stoppage 
of foreign shipments. We 
sell Andorra-grown. 
Catalog on request. 
ANDORRA NURSERIES 
Wm. Warner Harper, Prop. 
Box 120, Chestnut Hill, Phila., Penna. 
Protect Your Roses 
Don't allow plant lice and 
other insect pests to rob you r 
roses of their beauty. Protect 
them with a 
It has patented non-clog noz¬ 
zle—gives a fine mist or solid 
stream. Easy to use. Made 
in 40 styles; endorsed by over 
450,000 gardeners. 
Send at once for useful 
Spraying Guide and 1918 Cat¬ 
alogue—both free. 
The E. C. Brown CO., 851 Maple St„ Rochester, N.Y. 
Horsford’s 
25 th 
Anniversary 
Catalog of 
Cold 
Weather 
Plants 
Lilies, hardy per¬ 
ennials, shrubs, 
trees, vines, wild flowers, 
ferns, orchids. The kinds that 
stand cold weather. Better 
plant the kinds that stay. You 
should see this plant list be¬ 
fore placing spring orders. Ask 
for list J. 
F. H. H0RSF0RD,Charlotte, Vermonl 
VI C K’S 
an3 FLORAL GUIDE 
FOR, 
i9i8 
ITS FREE WRITE TODAY 
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full of helpful information about planting, etc. 
—an invaluable aid to a successful garden. 
Illustrates and describes leading Vegetables, 
Flowers, Farm Seeds. Plants and Fruils. With 
our Guide, the best we have issued, we will 
gladly include interesting booklet, “A Liberty 
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Send for your copies today, before you forget. 
For 25c we will include either our Superb Class 
ami Color Aster Collection of three 20c pack¬ 
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and An •iimn Glory (Pink). 
Or, Our Finest Small Garden Vegetable Collec¬ 
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Market, early, best red. Carrot Darner's Half 
Long, extra fine quality. Onion Crystal White 
Wax. early, large, mild. Lettuce Big Boston, 
sure heading, delicious. Radish Vick's Scarlet 
Globe, most popular ever grown. Tomato Royal 
Red. very productive, deep rich color. For 50c 
both collections, ami a packet of our famous 
Early Flowering Cosmos. 
JAMES VICK’S SONS 
18 Stone Street. Rochester, N. Y. 
The Flower City 
FREE INFORMATION 
Our Service will 
send you complete 
information about what to use in building or 
decorating, remodeling or refurnishing your 
home. Information Service, HOUSE & 
GARDEN, 19 West 44th St., N. Y. 
