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Houses Garden 
FOR APRIL 
WILL CONTAIN, AMONG MANY 
FULLY ILLUSTRATED ARTICLES, 
u An Architect's Garden: 
The Transformation of an Acre” 
SHOWING THE POSSIBILITIES OF FORMAL 
GARDENING IN THE SUBURBS, AND ILLUS¬ 
TRATED BY TWENTY PHOTOGRAPHS, TAKEN 
EXPRESSLY FOR THIS MAGAZINE AT DIF¬ 
FERENT STAGES OF THE GARDEN’S GROWTH 
AND AT DIFFERENT SEASONS OF THE YEAR, 
TOGETHER WITH COMPLETELY INDEXED 
PLANS DRAWN TO SCALE 
THE TEXT WILL BE WRITTEN BY THE DESIGNER AND 
OWNER OF THE GARDEN: M R. FRANK MlLES DAY 
Beautiful Home Surroundings 
Add beauty to your home surroundings—make your property attractive by planting pretty trees and shrubs. 
But be sure to get good stock. Secure the kind which gives satisfaction right from the start. 
There is a large difference in trees, there is a quality in them upon which depends the buyer’s satisfaction. 
You can depend upon receiving the best stock that can be grown from MEEHANS’ NURSERY. It will 
be dug properly and so packed that it will reach you in excellent condition. How it will thrive and flour,sh. 
Strong, healthy and well-rooted, it is sure to be a good investment for every planter. 
We have a fine catalogue for all applicants. It is accurate, complete and useful. It is full of information of 
value to tree buyers. Have a copy? 
THOMAS MEEHAN & SONS 
Nurserymen and Landscape Engineers, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 
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IVa ter Reducing; 
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Valve 
BUTCHER’S 
FLOOR WAX 
When the water pressure is too high it 
causes splashing of water at the spigots, ham¬ 
mering in the pipes, and sometimes bursting of 
the plumbing apparatus. This valve will insure 
against these annoyances. 
VARNISHES 
FOR EVERY PURPOSE 
C. SCHRACK & CO., 
MANUFACTURERS 
152-4-6 & 8 N. FOURTH ST., PHI LADA., PA. 
watson & McDaniel co. 
Philadelphia , Pa. 
send for catalogue 
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