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TEE iG CAR Dei NG See As Cayce Ales Nias 
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The United States Government 
Reported that the Blue Hills are the wind- 
iest section east of the Rocky Mountains 
mines Blooming 
Bulbs 
There are wonderful results to be secured 
both in garden effects and for household 
cut flowers with Gladioli, Cannas, Dahlias, 
Montbretias, etc., and at such a small out- 
lay of time and money! Just try an 
assortment of our imported-to-order bulbs 
this year. By planting in proper combi- 
nations and intervals you can have an abundance of 
beautiful flowers steadily from spring till frost, and with 
practically no trouble at all. 
Our Plan Saves You Half 
This is our plan. You tell us what bulbs you wish. We 
order them for you directly from the growers in Holland, 
where the best bulbs come from. Long experience and 
frequent visits to Holland and personal acquaintance with 
the growers enable us to buy each kind from the best spec- 
ialist in that variety, and as your bulbs are packed by the 
grower and then forwarded to you as soon as they reach 
this country, you get much better bulbs and at much less 
than they would cost you if passed through the usual 
middlemen. Thousands of customers buy their bulbs 
through us every year and they can tell you. You need 
not pay for your bulbs until after delivery, nor take them 
if not satisfactory. (References required from new cus- 
tomers.) But remember— 
You Must Order Now— 
Not Later Than March Ist 
Our prices and the quality of bulbs secured depend upon 
buying direct from the growers for April and May delivery. 
These are just a few of the prices our plan secures you: 
Dozen 100 
Gladioli America, 1st sized bulbs . $ .25 $1.40 
Gladioli America, 2nd sized bulbs . . .18 1.00 
Gladioli XXX Mixture, finest offered 30 = 2.00 
Choicest Named Dabhlias 1.00 6.00 
Choicest Large Flowered Cannas ain 85 5.50 
For prices on other items and on smaller quantities, 
send today for our Import Price List. It is Free, write for 
it now. 
S A We have a limited quantity of specially selected, 
eeds pedigreed seeds, representing choice varieties of 
everything grown in Mr. Elliott’s private garden, that this 
year, for the first time, are offered for sale, and at no ad- 
vance in prices. These are highest grade seeds produced. 
Write for list and prices of flower and vegetable seeds 
at once. 
Elliott Nursery Co. 
326 Fourth Avenue Pittsburgh, Pa. 
FUBRUARY, 1916 
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‘| My nursery is located on the south- 
east slope of these same Blue Hills. 
| Any plants, especially coniferous 
plants, raised and grown here, can 
certainly be depended upon to thrive 
under more favorable conditions else- 
where with proper care. 
S| All stock that I offer for sale. is raised 
right here where we enjoy living in the 
“windiest section east of the Rockies’. 
‘] We specialize in specimen evergreens 
and herbaceous plants. 
4] My catalog is different from many 
others because in listing my stock | not 
only give the height but the exact caliper 
~ and diameter as well. You should have 
one before placing any orders for nursery 
stock. 
Write for a Copy Now 
BLUE HILL NURSERIES 
JULIUS HEURLIN, Prop. 
South Braintree Massachusetts 
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The New Cactus Dahlia “ Geo. L. Stillman 6 
(Note the long stems) 
The color of this beautiful, | 
new dahlia is a very rich, velvety. | 
light, maroon. The form of the | 
flower is of a true cactus type 
and of an exceedingly large size, | 
often measuring 82 inches in di- | 
ameter. The flowers are borne — 
on long, stiff stems, some measur- | 
ing aslong as 30 inches. Then {| 
the great length of stalks be- | 
tween the joints render it a most | 
unusual dahlia for decorations in | 
large yases. This new dahlia 
has won prizes wherever exhi- 
bited and also won the admira- 
tion of all who have seen itatthe | 
many places where the flower © 
has been shown. One grower | 
reports that he had one — 
flower of this dahlia that 
measured 11 inches in di- 
ameter. 
An idea of the beautiful shade of 
the flower can only be gained by see- 
ing it. As the originator of this mon- 
ster dahlia I am proud to give it my 
Own name, with the assurance that it 
will win for itselfa place at the head 
of the cactus dahlia family. Itis an 
exceedingly stout, high growing 
plant and should have an abundance 
of fertilizer, and an immense quan- 
tity of water, which will amply repay 
one in gorgeous, beautiful flowers, a 
lack of which will sometimes cause 
an inferior flower with open center. 
The New York daily papers in 
coinmenting on this dahlia as shown 
at the Dahlia Show of the American 
Dahlia Society in New York City, - 
said; ‘‘The new hybrid type of Cac- 
tus Dahlia was well exemplified by 
Mr. Stillman’$ veivety crimson noy- 
elty nained after himself, Geo. L. 
Stillman. Itisan immense flower, 
very fulland rich. It might well be 
taken as the standard of ‘American 
Cactus Dahlias’. [ 
Price for Single Bulbs $5. 00 Baas ee Plants, $3. 00 esek 
Get my 1916 free catalogue (just off the press) containing over 175 superb new dahlias of 
my own origin and unequalled anywhere. I grow dahlias exclusively. Over 1,000 varieties. 
GEO. L. STILLMAN, Dahlia Specialist, Box C-6,Westerly, R. I. 
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