January, 1916 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



177 



The Douglas Spruce 



Height 



Each 



Ten 



3-4 ft. 



$2.25 



$20.00 



4-5 " 



3.00 



27.50 



5-6 " 



4.00 



37.50 



6-7 " 



5.00 



47.50 



7-8 " 



7.00 



67.50 



8-10 ft. 



$ 8.00 to $12.00 



10-20 " 



10.00 to 



25.00 



. 



Choicest of Conifers 



The universal favorite because of its rapid growth, the unusual symmetry of its 

 horizontal branches and the rich beauty of the luxuriant foliage, holding its 

 decorative coloring from one year's end to another. It is always strikingly 

 handsome and harmonizes splendidly with other plantings. Surely, "The Tree 

 for the Million." The owner of one of Westchester County's finest estates says 

 "The Douglas Spruce is one of the two varieties of conifers I like best." Our 

 stock includes sizes from three to twenty feet. The wonderful root develop- 

 ment insures successful transplanting. Order some of these prize trees this 

 season. Special Rates on Carload. 



Plant Now for Immediate Effect 



Our low prices for big, healthy hardy stock will surprise you. Plant our big trees. We have done the waiting. You 

 can at once enjoy their beauty, decoration and shade. Evergreens of 70 varieties from 6 inches to 20 feet. Maples, 

 10 ft. to 25 ft. American Elm, 6 ft. to 20 ft. Lindens, 8 ft. to 18 ft. Hemlock, 1 ft. to 12 ft. Pines, 6 in. to 18 ft. 

 Choice Fruit Trees in Bearing Size will save you two to four years over ordinary sizes. 



Irish Roses, a splendid collection in great variety, including Everblooming, Choice Climbers in 2, 3 and 4 year sizes and 

 Tree Roses on heavy Rugosa Stock. 



Our Customers "Come Back" 



Our list of annual customers includes the names of men of national reputation. One man last Spring bought about #500.00 

 worth of evergreens. He came back in July, 1915, with an order for over #500.00 more to be delivered this Spring. He 

 wanted to be sure of securing the same quality of stock as before and ordered 9 months in advance of delivery. Another 

 m who last year purchased $1388.00 worth came back in September with an order for #1417.00. 

 Evidence that our stock and prices are right. 



Our 1916 catalogue is the finest we have ever issued. Overflowing with practical information for the planter, beau- 

 tifully illustrated and sizes and prices plainly stated. It's free. Send for your copy to-day. 



S. G. Harris 



ROSEDALE NURSERIES 



Tarry town, N. Y. 



Box A 



YOU CAN GROW GLADIOLI 



JUST AS WELL AS A FLORIST 



No other flower is so easy to grow; 



. I call the Gladioli "The Peo- 



.iJr pie's Flower," because they are 



so democratic in their demands 



— they adapt themselves to all 



situations, and will bloom as freely 



for the little child as for the expert 



gardener. In wealth of color and 



daintiness of form they are excelled 



only by rare and costly orchids. 



Cowee's Gladiolus Catalogue 



is my personal message to those who do 

 not know the Gladiolus as my customers 

 and I know it. I have tried to tell 

 how you may grow these splendid flowers 

 in your own garden — and I envy you 

 the joy that is in store for you and your 

 friends when the unfolding petals reveal 

 their wonderful colors. 



Send Your Name and Address 



for a. free copy of this catalogue — it will 

 introduce to you such varieties as Peace, 

 Blue Jay, Dawn, War, and others that I know will prove to be 

 the glory of your garden as they have in many others. Write 

 today for this booklet. 



ARTHUR COWEE, Meadowvale Farms 

 Box 183 Berlin, N. Y. 



The New Cactus Dahlia u Geo. L. Stillman " 



(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 as long as 30 inches. Then 

 the great length of stalks be- 

 tween the joints render it a most 

 unusual dahlia for decorations in 

 large vases. This new dahlia 

 has won prizes wherever exhi- 

 bited and also won the admira- 

 tion of all who have seen it at the 

 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 1 am proud to give it my 

 own name, with the assurance that it 

 will win for itself a place at the head 

 of the cactus dahlia family. It is 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 

 commenting 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's velvety crimson nov- 

 elty named after himself, Geo. L. 

 Stillman. It is an immense flower, 

 very full and rich. It might well be 

 taken as the standard of 'American 

 Cactus Dahlias'." 



Price for Single Bulbs $5.00 each. Strong Plants, $3.00 each 



Get my 1916 free catalogue (nozv in 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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