September, 1915 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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Peonies 



From the Cottage Gardens 

 Famous Collection 



\Y/E OFFER a selection of over 

 three hundred of the choicest 

 varieties in one, two and three year 

 old roots. 



Do not fail to send for our FREE 

 CATALOGUE which gives authentic 

 descriptions. It also tells you how to 

 plant and grow this beautiful flower 

 successfully. 



Shipping season commences September 

 1 st and continues during the Fall months. 



COTTAGE GARDENS CO., Inc. 



NURSERIES 



QUEENS, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK 



HOLLAND BULBS 



Beautiful and desirable varieties 

 in Darwin, and other fine 

 Tulips, Hyacinths, Narcissi, Etc. 



PEONIES AND IRIS 



In Fine Clumps 



PLANT THESE NOW 



Prices not Inflated Quality the Best 

 Prompt Service 



Let Us Send Our Catalogue 



FRANKEN BROTHERS, Deerfield, 111. 



PEONIES 



Fifteen fine named Peonies for S2.50, or 23 for $5.00 all 

 different and truly labeled, a chance to obtain a fine 

 collection at half price, comprising such varieties as 

 Festiva Maxima. Delachei, Achillea, Lady L. Bramwell, 

 Couronne d'Or Prolifica Tricolor, Louis Van Houtte, and 

 various other fine sorts. With any order of above for $5.00 

 I will include one plant of Baroness Schroeder, free. I have 

 the largest stock in America of Lady Alexandra Duff (abso- 

 lutely true) and many other fine varieties. Send for catalogue. 



W. L. GUMM, Peony Specialist 



Remington, Indiana 



IRIS 



Catalog in Colors 



Free on Application 

 PETERSON NURSERY 



36 No. La Salle Street 

 Chicago Illinois 



Fair's Superb Peonies 



FOR EARLY FALL PLANTING 



THE modern Peony is the aristocrat of the hard}' garden. Its 

 ancestors were highly prized in the gardens of the Emperors of 

 China more than a thousand years ago, and their praises sung by 

 the poets of that ancient day. But they only became known to the 

 western world when they were introduced into the gardens of Louis Phillipe, 

 of France, in the nineteenth century. Later these specimens came into the 

 hands of M. Caillot, of Nancy, thence to M. Crousse, who was succeeded 

 by Victor Lemoine. In the gardens of these specialists many wonderful 

 new varieties were raised, reaching their perfection in the dawn of the 

 twentieth century in the gardens of Lemoine, the world's greatest hybridizer, 

 whose grounds at Nancy, the Mecca of all horticulturists, occupy the site 

 of M. Crousse's former garden. 



Only those who have seen these varieties can have any conception of their 

 beauty. They never will become common, since the Peony can only be propa- 

 gated by the slow process of division. Those who obtain a collection of these rare 

 sorts will become the possessors of an asset of distinct worth„and one that will in- 

 crease in value from year to year. Years ago I began to import these Peonies: soon 

 I became so infatuated that I could not be satisfied until I had them all in my 

 possession, and today there are described in my book 



Fair's Hardy Plant Specialties 



over five hundred varieties, every one of clear pedigree. For many" years I 

 have devoted my entire time during the blooming season to studying Peonies. 

 I have spared neither time nor expense to make my list authentic and accurate, 

 and this list, large as it is, contains only the varieties of known origin, all dupli- 

 cates having been omitted. 



This book also contains a list of nearly 500 varieties of Iris, (many of them of my own hybridizing) 

 for which I was awarded a gold medal at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, a splendid collection of Ori- 

 ental Poppies. Hardy Phloxes, Roses and shrubs that may be planted with perfect safety this fall. If 

 you do not have a copy of Hardy Plant Specialties send for it today. I will gladly mail it without charge. 



BERTRAND H. FARR 



Wyomissing Nurseries 

 104 GARFIELD AVE. WYOMISSING, PENNA. 



We are prepared to 

 submit plans and es- 

 timates for laying out 

 the hardy garden and 

 shrub border . This 

 department is in 

 charge of Mr. Hans 

 T. Koehler. one of the 

 most skillful plants- 

 men in the country, 

 and whose years of 

 experience with Amer- 

 ica's foremost land- 

 scape designers, em- 

 inently qualities him 

 for this work. 



PEONIES? 



Yes, and Iris 



Send for Price List 

 GEORGE N. SMITH, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 



IRISES 



EXCLUSIVELY 



Plant them from August to November 



Catalog on request 



THE GARDENS DAYTON, OHIO 



Brand Peonies 



Something new. Just what 

 you want to add to your collec- 

 tion or to select a new one with. 

 Catalogue free 



Brand Nursery Co. 



Box 367 Faribault, Minn. 



