September, 1914 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



59 



FIBROUS ROOTS — THE RESULT OF ROOT-PRUNING 



EVERGREENS FOR AUGUST 

 AND SEPTEMBER PLANTING 



They save you 5 to 10 years 



WHITE SPRUCE. 5 feet high, and White Pines. 12 

 to 16 feet— choice ones, all prepared for successful 

 transplanting. All of them have been several 

 times transplanted, grown wide apart, and root pruned. 

 It's this unusual care and attention that makes our 

 evergreens dense and vigorous after vou buy them. They 

 possess stamina. They cost more than smaller trees, or 

 those of the same size of less root pruning and less space; 

 but they are worth more. Decidedly more. They save 

 you anywhere from 5 to 10 years. 



If results— quick, lasting results — are what you want, 

 then buy these trees. 



We guarantee all evergreens planted in August and 

 September, replacing any that fail. 



PRICES REDUCED 



S r-t 'hese rates — 



White Pine 12 ft. high 9 ft. spread 13 years old giq.oo 

 White Pine 6 ft. high 4 ft spread 7 years old 4.50 

 Also — 



White Spruce 3 ft. high 50 trees for 40.00 

 I'"or a hedge, plant 3 ft. apart 



CK5 jre^5 



Isaac Hicks &>Son 



Westburu . Lontf Island 



Lilies 



Fresh From Beds 



When you get lily bulbs fresh from 

 thebeds,with roots left on and packed 

 in damp sphagnum moss, you often 

 gain a whole year on them, because 

 they don't need the time to recover 

 that store bulbs demand. 



My spring catalogue and autumn 

 supplement offer a long list of the 

 kinds of hardy plants that can be 

 grown in cold Vermont, besides a 

 long list of bargains for those who 

 have room to plant liberally. 



Don't fail to send for my catalogue before ^ou order 



F. H. HORSFORD. Charlotte. Vt. 



Landscape Gardening 



A course for Home-makers and 

 Gardeners taught by Prof. Beal, 

 of Cornell University. 



Gardeners who understand up- 

 to-date methods and practice are 

 in demand for the best positions. 



A knowledge of Landscape 

 Gardening is indispensable to 

 those who would have the 

 pleasantest homes. 



250 page catalogue free. Write today 



THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL 



Dept. 9, Springfield, Mass. 



Prof. Beal 



Fairs New%(pdlinglrises 



This illustrates one of Farr's new 

 Seedling Irises, raised at Wyomis- 

 sing and introduced last season. 



The collection of Irises at 

 Wyomissing Nurseries is not only 

 the largest in the world, but in- 

 cludes many varieties of my 

 own hybridizing which cannot be 

 obtained elsewhere. 



Farr's collection of Japanese 

 Irises is unusually fine, and is 

 the result of many years' study; 

 the plants may be depended upon 

 to come absolutely true to de- 



scription, as they are grown at 



Wyomissing. August and early 



September is considered the best 



time to plant all varieties of Irises. 



Farr's Superb Peonies 



My collection numbers over five 

 hundred named Peonies, and includes 

 the rarest and most beautiful varieties 

 from Europe and the Orient. I have 

 spared no effort to insure absolute cor- 

 rectness as to name, color and type of 

 flower. Peonies from Wyomissing will in- 

 crease the pleasure you derive from your 

 garden, and add to its value each season. 



Farr's Hardy Plant Specialties accurately describes all the Irises, 



Poppies, Peonies and other hardy plants grown at Wyomissing. Mailed on request. 



BERTRAND H. FARR 



Wyomissing Nurseries 104 Garfield Avenue, Wyomissing, Pa. 



Start a Fernery 



Brighten up the deep, shady nooks on your lawn, or that dark 

 porch corner- just the places for our hardy wild ferns and wild flower 

 collections. We have been growing them for 25 years and know 

 what varieties are suited to your conditions. Tell us the kind 

 ! of soil you have — light, sandy, clay — and we will advise you. 



Gillett's Ferns and Flowers 



will give the charm of nature to your yard. These include not only hardy wild 

 ferns, but native orchids, and flowers for wet and swampy spots, rocky hillsides 

 and dry woods. We also grow such hardy flowers as primroses, campanulas, 

 digitalis, violets, hepaticas, trilliums, and wild flowers which require open sunlight 

 as well as shade. If you want a bit of an old-time wildwood garden, with flowers 

 just as Nature grows them — send for our new catalogue and let us advise you 

 what to select and how to succeed with them. 



EDWARD GILLETT, 3 Main St., Southwick, Mass. 



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