THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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FOR YOUR GREENHOUSE 



The new red rose Milady and the new pink roses Mrs. Chas. Russell, Mrs. vShaw- 

 yer, and the new single rose Irish Fire Flame. These, with the best known and most 

 widely grown favorites we offer for your greenhouse. Chrysanthemums for exhibi- 

 tion or for general use, Hardy Pompons and Single Chrysanthemums, Palms, Ferns, 

 Orchids and Gardenias. 



FOR YOUR GARDEN 



Geraniums, Cannas, Climbing Roses, Hybrid 

 Tea Roses, Bedding Plants in variety. 



Send for our catalog and become a customer 

 and team that 



Grown in Cromwell 



Means 

 QuaHty in Plants. 



Our trade exhibit at the National Flower 

 Show will appeal to all lovers of plants. 



A. N. PIERSON, Inc. 



Our New Rose, Milady CROMWELL CONN. 



Meche^ns' }?/^^?To^^ 



is full of information on 



well-grown trees, shrubs and 



hardy garden flowers. Un- 



M.c most catalogs, it in- 



. hides many of the rarer, 



more unusual plants that 



give individuality to 



your garden. Includes 



improved strains of 



the famous 



Meehans' 

 Mallow Marvels 



—the i.l.mt cic.ition of the cen- 

 tury. Introduced by us in 1907 after 

 twenty-eight vears of experimentation 

 —a plant combiniriK all the virtues of the 

 beautiful tropical Hibuscis with the hardy 

 native mallow. Grows five to eight feet 

 high, is covered with a luxuriance of bril- 

 liantly colored flowers from July till frost 

 Herbaceous — dies to ground in 

 Fall, but root lives and grows luxuriantly 

 the following season. Survives severest 

 Winters. 



MEEHANS 

 MALLOW 

 MARVELS 



Brilliant red, 

 soft pink and 

 white. Blos- 

 soms the width 

 of this page. 



2.YEAR ROOTS IN PINK OR WHITE - - - 50c each 

 2-YEAR ROOTS IN RED 75c each 



The Meehan Nurseries are pioneers in assisting prop- 

 erty owners to secure competent gardeners. Gardeners 



rnntomplnting change arc ii-vitfH to wiite us fully. 



THOMAS MEEHAN & SONS 



BOX 65 GERMANTOWN, PHILA. 



Carnation 

 **Calif ornia Giant 



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The largest ever-flowering 

 White Carnation today. California 

 Giant is a cross of Prosperity 

 and Enchantress, made in sum- 

 mer. 190S. and flowered first in 

 August, 1900. The flowers reach 

 a diameter of over five inches 

 and* come close to sis inchi^s. 

 When in best condition, the color 

 is snow white, lemon tinted in 

 the center, occasionally with red 

 markings like Prosperity. .Stems 

 are wirelike, upright, grt.wiiit? 

 three feet and over. The growth 

 of the plants is healthy and 

 quii-k. every shoot brings a flower. 

 In nnler that the flowers of Cali- 

 fornia Giant reach perfection. It 

 is necessary to split the calyx 

 three to four times, when the 

 flower Is half open, and disbud at 

 I hi' same time— not before — for 

 the pt'tals of this variety run flat 

 and from the center, the same an 

 those of Peonies or Popples, and 

 are stiff but graceful. 



It has a strong clove-like per- 

 fume. Plants for winter flower- 

 ing should always bo grown to 

 nice bushy plants tn the open 

 fleld and well pinched back, for 

 such id ants produce four to five 

 times more flowers thhn If plant- 

 ed right under glass. 



Richard Diener & Co. 



Plant and Seed Gro-svers 

 Mountain View California 



