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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 19 18. 



Bobbink & Atkins 



Worlds 



Choicest 

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 r own In Anient 



500 ACRES OF NURSERY 

 500,000 FEET UNDER GLASS 



Be sure that you have our complete illustrated 

 catalogue before planning for spring planting. 



Rutherford, New Jersey 



Fairfax Roses will grow 

 in YOUR garden 



just as well as they do in ours. They are propagated 

 under natural conditions — not forced in hot green- 

 houses. They are hardy, vigorous plants that will 

 thrive in all climates. They are all wintered out of 

 doors and will bloom freely the first season. The 

 great care we take in selection has enabled us to pro- 

 duce blooms of such extraordinary beauty that Fairfax 

 Roses are celebrated amongst rose growers everywhere, 

 and there is no reason why you should not be able to 

 grow them just as well as we do. Send for a copy of my 



1918 Rose 

 Book — Free 



It not only describes and 

 illustrates the hundreds 

 of beautiful hardy kinds 

 of Fairfax Roses that 

 will thrive in your 

 garden, but it tells you 

 how to grow roses with 

 the greatest success. If 

 you are having trouble 

 with your roses, write me 

 about it and I will gladly 

 advise you what to do. 



The beautiful Fairfax Killar- 

 ney Rose shown here — an 

 exquisite pink. Heavy ^O^ 

 2-year old plants . . JKJ{ ~ 



W. R. Gray 



Box 6 



OAKTON 



Fairfax Co. Virginia 





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ing's Gladioli, 



lyi \ Dahlias and Flower Seeds 



are partly the product of our 

 own seed and bulb farms, part- 

 ly have they been grown for us 

 by famous specialists. To ac- 

 quaint you with their unique 

 qualities, we will mail either 

 twelve choicest Gladioli or eight 

 Superb Dahlias for One Dollar 

 postpaid. Our assortment of 

 Flower Seeds includes all the 

 worth-while Annuals and Per- 

 ennials, as well as many novel- 

 of merit — for which please consult our catalogue. 



Vegetable Seeds of Prolific Specialties 



Soon after we started in Garden Seeds, we began plant breeding and 

 selecting for higher types. 



Tomato — Wing's Red Sunrise: Eclipses any other extra early bright red sort in yield, 

 quality and smoothness. Solid with few seed cells. This is the best tomato we know. 

 Liberal size pkt. Mailed for 10c. 



Corn — Wing's Golden Sugar: This new variety is an enlarged Golden Bantam. Matures 

 in about 80 days from date of planting. We will mail } / 2 lb. 25c; lb. 45c, postpaid. 

 Lettuce— Just in Head: Our latest introduction in the early head lettuces. Matures five 

 days earlier than any other of our tested varieties. Forms large heads of exceptional 

 quality. As we only have a small quantity of this seed, we will be compelled to limit our 

 customers to one small pkt. each. Price 15c. 



Write For Our New Seed Guide 



Describes the very best and most 'reliable sorts of vegetable, 

 flower and field seeds, bulbs and some rare and new specialties 

 which we believe cannot be secured from any other American 

 seedsman. This Seed Guide gives cultural directions and helpful 

 suggestions how to plant for profit. Write for your free copy 

 to-day. 



THE WING SEED COMPANY 



Box 926, Mechanicsburg, Ohio 



(The House of Quality and Moderate Prices) 



Europe's Choicest Dahlias 



for American Dahlia Lovers 



NEW DECORATIVES 



Cream King, Frau G. Scheiff, 

 George Walters, Futurity, Joffre, 

 Mon. Lehrmand, King of Au- 

 tumn, Leviathan (Eng.), Princess 

 Mary and Warneford (the very 

 best white). 



Also the best of the new 

 Peony flowered singles and 

 Pompons. 



600 VARIETIES 



From 10c up to $2.00 a bulb 



12 of one kind for the price of ten. 

 20, my selection, for $1.00 



•1 50c ones, my selection, for $1.00 



8 25c " " " " $1.00 



12 15c & 25c ones, my selection, for $1.00 



ENGLISH EXHIBITION 

 CACTUS DAHLIAS— (NEW) 



A. R. Perry, a large bold flower 

 with incurved tubular ' petals. 

 Color, old rose, tipped gold. 



Fearless, one of the largest 

 dahlias, if not the largest. Holds 

 flowers up facing on stiff stems. 

 The petals are very long, narrow 

 and incurved, 9 inches. Color 

 bright orange scarlet. 



Lady Snathling, a dahlia of 

 beautiful color. Deep salmon pink 

 with golden centre, 8 inches with- 

 out disbudding. 



Phenomenal, a dahlia phe- 

 nomenon. More like a Japanese 

 Chrysanthemum than a dahlia. 

 Flowers very large (9 inches). 

 Petals long and ribbon-like and 

 incurved to form a tangled mass. 

 Color salmon with yellow at base 

 and tips. 



Search Light, the yellow Miss 

 Stredwick. 



Topaze, a dahlia of distinct 

 and peculiar color, almost weird. 

 Base of petals nearly white but 

 soon changing to magenta, purple 

 and rose blended. 



Valiant, a giant flower of bril- 

 liant crimson carried on giant 

 stems. 



Washington, the flowers are 

 very large and of pronounced in- 

 curved form, being both broad and 

 deep. Color crimson. 



Also the best of the new Hybrid 

 Cactus. 



Catalogue ready January 15th, Send card for it. 



Have had a fine season for root growth and tubers all good size. Also have had a 

 fine long blooming season, and clumps could be well labelled all true to name. 



TV/ID C IJ A TATPT DAHLIA GROWER 

 1VIIS.O. n. J\. 1 /\ I SL, AND IMPORTER 



Old Fort North Carolina 



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