Selfp Ses 
WATERING. 
FLOWER « 
POT 
GIFT 
You've seen this beautiful 2-part CREAM 
COLORED STYRON POT, 4” wide at top, 3” 
deep with a 27%” bottom and also BLACK COL- 
ORED BASE with a water-well about 114” deep 
and 3” diameter, having a thick wick for con- 
tinual “SUBIRRIGATION.” Sells everywhere for 
$1.00 to $1.25. 
For AFRICAN VIOLETS and ALL HOUSE 
PLANTS. Now you can leave home and know 
your plants are OK and also being FED. 
THE 1953 HOME 
GARDEN GUIDE 
This Annual 100 page GUIDE is so new with 
each publication that no well versed gardener can 
afford (for the newsstands price of 50c) to be 
without it. It is a very wonderful help and if it 
did not enjoy big circulation you probably 
couldn’t put this information together for $10.00 
a copy and that is our honest opinion of it— 
not one cent of profit to us for saying so—Our 
same customers come back yearly and ask whether 
we will again offer it. You just couldn't have a 
better book on Gardening around your house. 
In previous F.S.B.’s we have not had space enough to reproduce in pictures 
the unusual, practical and garden related GIFTS that we alone, to our best 
knowledge, offer to our patrons. True, not a big confusing and carnival list of 
GIFTS. Just a few select and yet every day usable standard merchandise that 
our kind of patrons like. We hope you also will like and comment about them. 
We always appreciate your suggestions, if you have any. 
You really LOSE if 
GREEN THUMB GLOVES 
The head of our Gift Dep't is a hard work- 
ing Gardener and not the “rocking chair” 
variety. Therefore and when this item shown 
in these picteres was submitted for approval, 
we quickly found that such approval was 
hardly necessary. Not because GREEN 
THUMB gloves were nationally advertised 
in the leading Garden Magazines like Better 
Homes & Gardens, Sunset, American Home, 
Popular Gardening, House Beautiful, Flower 
Grower, House & Garden, etc., but because 
almost every “Lady and Gentleman of the 
Garden” knew them so well they could say 
“It’s just the finest pair of Gloves money 
can buy, not alone for “earthy” service but for 
Auto driving and general utility use inside and 
outside of the house.” 
For the women a chamois-colored fabric, 
vinyl-impregnated to shed dirt, etc. For the 
men a heavier vinyl-treated fabric of a darker 
shade resembling leather. Protects hands from 
contact with Plant Foods, Insecticides, wet and 
greasy materials, etc, and yet that instant 
“slip into and out of feeling” is unbelievably 
comfortable. Not like a pair of binding canvas 
gloves that even sell at a higher price and give 
a third as much rough usage. 
you MISS this! 
Can be washed and stored away 
for use in many subsequent years. 
Each pair comes packed in a plastic 
bag. 
GREEN THUMB gloves actually 
have a green colored thumb and a 
chamois finish and finally tailored or 
styled so that it resembles a finished 
dress glove but with “room galore” 
for easy movement in tight planting 
spots. 
At any rate when you can say 
“this or that article outsells all other 
merchandise of similar nature’ — 
What is there left to say? 
SIZES (for women) come in 
three sizes (1) SMALL (2) ME- 
DIUM and (3) LARGE. Only one 
full size for men. 
The popular size (about 65% 
demand) is MEDIUM, then about 
20% SMALL and 15% LARGE. 
State whether gloves are for women 
or men. 
DOUBLE DUTY PLANT 
FOUNTAIN SPRINKLER 
. YS 
Great for sprink- 
ling Seedlings, 
House Plants, 
Laundry, etc, 8 
oz. (\% pt.) ca- 
pacity Rubber 
Bulb 5” high 
by nearly 314” 
diameter. Has 
5/16” diameter 
extension rod 
nearly 6” long ~%/ 
with a sprinkler 
154” wide with 
25 small spray 
perforations. Not 
a toy but a fine 
tool. Can also be 
used to suck wa- 
ter out of a vase, 
etc. You'll like 
it and it sells for $1.50 postpaid. 
Protect your knees. You'll need ‘em more as 
you get older. The picture shows these 44” Thick 
Rubber Pads are form fitting with non-slip 
straps. Sell for $2.50-$3.00 per pair postpaid. 
Can be worn over or under clothing. Now you 
can throw away the cane, crutch and linament. 
28 WHAT'S MORE WE PREPAY SHIPPING CHARGES ON GIFTS —SEE PAGES 22 & 23 
