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the 
americangahd^ 
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good luck. 
Good Luck to The American Garden 
family of readers, trooa 
ifruit, good flowers, good 
vegetables, 
good lawns, good healtl^ 
good proflts and good 
pleasure to aU who read 
and act intelligently. 
TO STEANOEKS 
AED OHANOE AOQUAIETAEOES 
or 
THE AMEBIOAE OABDEN. 
Several thousands of you will receive this 
number of The Ajiekic^vn Gakden as a 
compliment to your interest in horticulture. 
Please examine it carefully. » * * (Pause 
for examination.) * * * Now how do 
you hke it ? Is it worth $1.00 a year to you? 
Isn’t there $1.00 worth in this one number? 
“Yes ?” 
Then of course you want to subscribe for 
a year. And you will find enclosed a sub¬ 
scription bliink, which will save time and 
bother. You have only to enclose a dollar 
bill (It is quite safe in the mails now), select 
a present of seeds or plants(worth 25 cents to 
$5.00) from List 2 on page -37, write your 
name and send us the order. The seeds will 
be sent at once, the plants in spring unless 
wanted now, and The Americas Gardes 
every month in the year. 
And you will get many times you money’s 
worth, and be helping to promote the cause 
of good fruits, nice vegetables, beautiful 
flowers and rural improvement, by support¬ 
ing the only independent, popular, special 
journal of horticulture in America. 
OHOlOB SEEDS 
ram AM 
„ mS SOTSOtDim. 
1 ^/\v '^PrrF AmKKICAN (jAR 
subscriptions Of one, two, or more, of youi 
:ihbL orfriendswe wi.1 send to you in 
return for your kindness: 
Offer open for 30 days. 
liXST !• 
who advertise in the American Garden , except 
■'specialoffers” of the de.alers. Two subscriptions 
will give yoii<.e.oo worth; five subscriptions $5-°o 
worth, and so on. 
si.v strong plants of the 
AVr one wcw subscriber at Si. oo, . 
famous Marlboro ISaspberry (retail pnee 35 cts. 
each.) Ora strong plant of the famous Niagara 
AVliite Grape Or any four of the items men- 
tioned under List 3. 
For two jiezu subscribers at $i.oo each, two strong plants 
of ihe Niagara AVhite Grape (retail at ? 2 .oo 
each). 0 Or any ten of the items mentioned under 
List 3 . 
OR 
You can take your choice of any of the presents offered in 
List 3 . 
This offer is ONLY FOR OUR SUBSCRIRKRS, 
but, 
Any person not a subscriber who wishes to take advantage of 
the above liberal offers has only to acid his or her 
own name to the number required, and select a 
present for himself from List 3. 
WHY DO WE DO IT? 
Why do we make such offers for new sub¬ 
scriptions as appear on this page ? Because 
we want to put The American Garden in¬ 
to the hands of every gardener, fruit-grower, 
and amateur cultivator of flowers, fruits or 
vegetables in North America, Once ac¬ 
quainted with its merits, a large pi-oportion 
of them will become permanent subscribers. 
And because the liberal seedsmen, nursery¬ 
men and florists have agreed to furnish us 
with these seeds and plants (of first rjufiMiy 
only) at about cost price, in order to en¬ 
courage the publication of a first-class in¬ 
dependent horticultural jounial, sucli as 
The American Garden. , 
Now if you, kind readers, as friends of 
this cause, will show your interest by speak¬ 
ing a good wordfor The A.mekican Garde.n 
and telling of our offers of choice seeds and 
plants, its success will he assured. 
Every new subscriber at $r.oo has the privilege of oiir seed 
and plant offers in l,ist S. 
This offer is necessarily limited to .30 days 
from date of receiving this number of the 
magazine by our subscribers. 
Eoio to do it. Send to your seedsman for 
his catalogue. Select the seeds wanted. 
Get subscriptions enough among your 
neighbors to equal the amount of seeds 
wanted. Then send us the list of seeds and 
the subscriptions. We will order the seeds 
from the seedsman sent direct to you, and 
and pay for them ourselves, and enter the 
subscriptions on our books. 
Chi- 
! siib- 
lOD.) 
"HOW THE EAEM PATS." 
In our general SO-days reduction for clubs 
wo offer to send this new book to any one 
sending us only 3 subscriptions at $1.00 
each. The retail price of book is $2..50. ,Sec 
review in December number. 
CHINESE YAM, 
Many people would like to try this very 
old but little known, tliougli much written of 
vegetable. Dr. Ilexamer, the editor, grew 
a few of tlicm last year wliicli lie wishes l.o 
distribute among Tm.; A.meiucan Gakdi. n 
family. We therefore offer to any one wlio 
will send us a siib.seription (at$ 1 . 00 ) other 
tlian his own, .50 good bulblets of the 
nose Yam, sent postpaid; or 200 for' 
scriptions. (Cost at retail S| r ,0 piir' 
We quote from a recent deseription: 
Av«ll.grow,irooiwil||n™„r„,f I , , ,, 
nehex in nr, brrxnlnxt rlinnicter. nnrl i, ,p , . ' 
incin the gronnd „ver Wi„,„ wl.lZ 
flcHli i.<s rernarksibly wliiic 'iml vrr -i • l'<i 
Tliey inny be bo’lM „r roaZrl 3 ,T!V'’ 
AfewtnborM.lan.e..\.erir„dn:;::*^ 
lr,unctl over anti nboiit ii n...i,„ vincn 
-■"•r »>■ 
cinnamon fragrance; but ihc vlnr.. 1 Iiave 11 
the root, are two year, old. There m 
dice, perceptible to the test,. I, , '■'‘"■'•’“'y ""y rliffcr- 
when properly cooked, and the’ ,0,^1"°'’ 1" ... 
much whiter and finer grained ” y""' 
rBTJIT PACTS AT PINE PiauEEg 
Mr. Chas. A. Green, that pleasing 
on fruit culture, has produced a rem 
sprightly and valuable book on 
Propagate and Grow Fruit," as win) ^ 
by the review under “Our Book Tab] >i 
Green also edits that bright and inte‘ 
quarterly. Green’s Frtiit Grower. 
of the book is -bOcts; of the Fruit 
,50ots. We send the book, the Fruit e 
and The American Garden, all for I?®'' 
' 51.20. 
THE NIAGAEA WHITE GEAPP 
AND 
THEMAELBOEO EASPBEEET. 
We believe that no such liberal offer of th 
above two famous and valuable new variet" 
has been made as that which we make 
another column. Just think of it! ^§200 
Niagara Grape vine, No. 1 in quality, 
seal of the Niagara White Grape Co., in re- 
turn for only the few words required’to get 
one new siib.seription from a neighbor for 
The A.merican Garden! 
Or .nx .strong plants of the Marlboro 
Uaspberry direct from the originator for 
only one new subscription! 
Please read the offers, and then please 
treat yourself to these valuable plants. 
ABOUT ADVEETISEMENTS. 
The advertisements of a journal like The 
American G.vrden are of special value to 
its reacler.s, as they serve as a directory of 
tlic reliable houses with which it pays to 
trade. At this season our readers are es¬ 
pecially interested in the cards of the seeds¬ 
men, nurserymen, and implement and fei^ 
tilizer dealers. This month we present-a 
striking array of advertisements of this 
clas.s. We take pleasure in calling attention 
to their attractiveness and high character. 
If subscribers pay the cost of printing 
American Garden vie are satisfied. Eence 
advertisers are just as e.ssential to its life as 
are .subscribers, and they materially help to 
fiirnlsh fumU which enable us to put the sub¬ 
scription. price so low as it is. Therefore you 
will (jrcally help The American Garden 
by mentioning il when writing to advertisers, 
any of our advertisers. 
Further, our advertisers know the high char¬ 
nel er of The American Garden family of 
readvr.s, and are more certain to be prompt 
and liberal if they 'know you are a rcadet^ Qf 
this journal. Therefore, fdease mention 
A.merican (Jarden. 
OUR CONTRIBUTOBS. 
Wo do not boast of correspondents by tin 
bnmireil, lint wo do claim many of thola*’’ 
prael.ioal liortieiiltnrists as rcgnbvr iwdoci.i 
sioiial writers for T’ueA.meuican GaRDI-.^- 
lAillowing is a piirtial list. 
P. M. Augur, 
I, . II. Ibiilcy, )r., 
W. c. Hurry, 
I’. J. Ilcrckiiiaiis, 
W. M. Howrrm, 
W. I). Uoviiliiii, 
W. II. Hull, 
I’’. I). Ciirlis, 
“ IClm,” 
Will. l-'iilcDiier, 
A. ,s. Kullcr, 
II. (lillullo, 
Hr. IC, M. C. OuDihviii, 
. 1 . II. IHilc, 
Hr. I). H. llalalcatl, 
I’clcr I lcu(lcr.<<un, 
Josuih llooiies, 
Hr. J, H. Hoskins 
Guralil llowalt, 
J. junkiiis, 
J. T. Lovell, 
1 ’. B. Mead, 
Mauslicld MiUoii, 
Clias. E. I’arncll, 
S. Parsems. 
L. B. Pierce, 
Susan Power, 
P. X. Quinn, 
E. S. Kami, 
W. It. Kand, 
J>;, E. Kexford, 
E, P. Koc 
|. B. Kogers, 
11. |. Seymour, 
N. J. Slicpai'd, 
Glias. II. Shinn, 
lean Sisley, 
I. M. Stiilil, ^ 
IC. D. Slnrlcvant, 
M. C. Weld, 
Marshall P. Wddefi 
E, Willi.ama. 
