Fesrvuary, 1908 THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 31 
he Flowers GrandmotherUsedto Grow 
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made the old-time garden a bower of pure delight. No modern plants have equalled them in the 
giving of gardening joys. Sweet memories cling to every one of them — Bleeding Heart and 
Bloodroot, Candytuft and Columbines, Hellebores and Hollyhocks, Larkspurs and Lilies, Pinks 
and Poppies, Pansies and Primroses, and all the rest. 
Of late we Americans have been thinking more and more of those old-fashioned flowers. We 
have largely come to see that the old plants grown in the old way have been neglected to our loss. 
A garden of them is not only a source of pleasure untold but it is economical—our grandmothers 
wrought their flower-magic with hardy plants, which thrive under adverse conditions and grow on 
year after year without the trouble and cost of renewing. Peter’s Plants, with which to create anew 
THE OLD-TIME HARDY GARDENS 
have been grown in response to the increasing demand for the flowers that were grandmother’s 
favorites. To grow them right we located our nurseries here in the heart of the Southern Allegheny 
Mountains where the season is extra long, the soil rich but shallow -— giving fine masses of fibrous 
roots—and the temperature generally even but with decided extremes. In winter the mercury 
here falls to 17 degrees below zero, but the long summers give our plants so much vigor they go 
through all right—and they will withstand cold very much better than stock grown north. 
GET OUR SPLENDID FREE BOOK — “PETER’S PLANTS” 
before time for spring planting. It tells the whole story in a helpful manner, describing the shrubs and plants we 
grow in a new way—cClassified according to their planting usefulness. We want you to know of our superior 
plants—so superior as to bring us dozens of letters from pleased customers who say they have never seen such 
thrifty, splendid stock as ours. Send your name and address today for a free copy of “Peter’s Plants” and have 
time to read it carefully before planting them. 
PETER’S NURSERY COMPANY, Box 327, KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE 
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O* SURPASSING beauty as a single flower, charming everywhere! This engraving, from a photograph, shows how 
in masses and ideal for planting against shrubbery. sag aes) SOT colle ues is, The owner rus Wiener 
a ope) . u edge sends us handsome orders as he develops his grounds 
3 Over fifteen thousand varieties—with a range of color and : —and has sent us several other customers. The are none 
difference of habit that gives succession of bloom gorgeous seein Hoy us by enthusiastic patrons from Maine to California 
. ‘ x an rom Canada to exico 1S One Of the principa 
moons comparison: I d : 2 pene Soe the growth of our business. Tanai area) 
such easy culture and so inexpensive that it may : 
be given a place in the humblest garden yet so beautiful ee Rosedale Roses—The Best! 
that it must have a place in the planting of more elab- Q ge Our heavy selected stock gives a wealth of bloom the first 
orate grounds. : = pedson: mt die over ze0 varieties—the cream of the choicest 
Unequalled for cut flowers, lasting longer after cuttin see pecuniary ete oe 
q y , Jasting long B Gold Medal, St. Louis Exposition, 1904 
than anything else, presenting its real beauty most aS : Oyitas See ees a eI 1 
. : o SNe er speciaities—trees, ruit an mamental; 
fully as the blooms open and developing its splendid ete at GSE Thee Weisiibg acl isiewby islersicre. 
spikes in water to a greater extent than elsewhere. 
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é ee aie es Rosedale Nurseries - Tarrytown, New York & 
The Gladiolus o : Landscape Dept., 63 Hamilton Place is 
You know it as a flower of great beauty and 
of easy culture—at home alike in the small 
garden and on the large estate. 
But have you seen it in the newer hy- 
brids? Until you have you can gain no 
proper conception of the perfection of form 
and exquisite coloring. 
7 Even the rare and expensive orchids fail 
j to compare in the richness of their beauty 
XN with these superb new Gladioli—yet no 
ey lover of flowers need be without a few of 
__ them as they can be procured at very rea- 
sonable prices. 
My new book, © The Twentieth Century Flower,”’ 
tells the story of the Gladiolus in a practical way and 
will guide you in making selections for spring planting. 
It is a beautiful production, giving the results of years 
of experience in the culture of Gladioli. 
I Will Gladly Send a Copy Free Upon Application 
ARTHUR COWEE 
Gladiolus Specialist 
Meadowvale Farm, Box 12, BERLIN, N. Y. 
