April. 1919 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



103 



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BOLGIANO'S "LONG LOST" LETTUCE 



Delicious 



Table 

 Lettuce 



BOLGIANO'S "LONG LOST" LETTUCE 

 Pkt. 25c, Oz. 50c, 2 Ozs. 95c, l 4 Lb. $1.50, J£ Lb. $2.75, Lb. $5.00 postpaid. 



"The Jewel Recovered" 



PRODUCES THE BEST — Early Heads, Large Heads, Sure 



Heads, Solid Heads, Compact Heads, Tender Heads, 



Globular Heads, Firm Heads, Uniform Heads. 



This wonderful Lettuce was greatly prized by the leading market gar- 

 deners around New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore twenty-five or 

 thirty years ago. For some reason unknown it was lost. More recently 

 it was sold by an unusual Frenchman, who came around with a sack of 

 seed on his back selling this wonderful Lettuce to the Philadelphia market 

 gardeners. Several years ago this Frenchman went away and never 

 returned. Fortunately, through our good friend, Mr. Oliver H. Ott, of 

 Philadelphia, we secured a very few seed of this wonderful Lettuce and, 

 by infinite pains, care and attention, we have grown enough seed of the 

 "Long Lost" Lettuce to supply our wide-awake friends and customers, pro- 

 vided they order quickly before our limited supply of seed is exhausted. 



"Long Lost" Lettuce is decidedly buttery in flavor, sweet, tender, with 

 both finest shipping and eating qualities. Leaves are of much sub- 

 stance and not easily torn. 



"Long Lost" Lettuce is of a solid, bright, attractive green. It is never 

 spotted or brownish in any part. 



"Long Lost" Lettuce produces large, extremely solid, compact, cabbage 

 heads. It is a reliable sure header and is very hardy. It will Winter 

 over better than Big Boston Lettuce. It stands the cold. 



The famous Tomato grower, John Baer, says, "Long Lost" Lettuce is the Oery Best Lettuce 

 ever kjioWn. There has necer been any Lettuce equal to it, for it is something extra good. 



ESTABLISHED 

 1818 



J. BOLGIANO & SON 



Write for Bolgiano's 1919 Seed Annual. It gioes a complete list of Bolgiano's "Big Crop" Seeds beautifully illustrated 

 and fully described. It contains valuable garden information that Will assist you in making your 1919 garden the best. 



"Big Crop" Seeds for 

 Over a Century 





Address Dept. 100 



BALTIMORE, MD. 1 



Unusual Seed Offer 



Dollar and a Half's Worth for $1.00 



You have known of the goodly things that have so many years 

 come from the greenhouses and nurseries of The Sign of the Tree. 

 Now we want you to know about its fine vegetable and flower seeds. 



We want you to have our new catalogue with its choice seed as- 

 sortments and offerings in perennials. The catalogue by itself you 

 are most welcome to. If with a request for one you include a 

 dollar, we will send you a collection of 15 vegetable seeds or 15 flower 

 seeds, costing $1.50. You save 50 cents. Or you save a dollar if 

 you order both vegetable and flower. 



VEGETABLES 



This is an assortment made by our 

 seed expert. He says they are ample 

 for a garden for a family of five. Con- 

 tains hill assortments of such things 

 as radishes, lettuce, beets, to which 

 an added goodly quantity of Golden 

 Bantam corn and stringless beans. 

 15 kinds, costing $1.50, for $1.00, postpaid. 



FLOWERS 



This collection of 15 annuals was 

 made up by the head of the Trowel 

 and Sunbonnet Club. Could you ask 

 for a better guarantee of their choice- 

 ness? By planting them you are as- 

 sured of entire season's succession of 

 bloom. 

 15 kinds, costing $1.50, for $1.00, postpaid. 



fjTuliu? t^eto Ccr 



I yj At The Sifn of The Tie* 



1 Box 10, Rutherford N.J* 



STYRAX JAPONICA 



A Distinctive Flowering Shrub 



This rare shrub (a native of Japan) bears sweetly fra- 

 grant flowers, which cover the bush early in June, and in their 

 dainty waxy whiteness call to mind the loveliness of orange blos- 

 soms. The shrubs are exceedingly graceful with wide-spreading 

 branches. The foliage is dark glossy green. 



Styrax will make a decidedly attractive garden hedge." The foliage 

 is good all summer, and the growth dense enough to afford protec- 

 tion. Certainly you will be anxious to have a few specimens if 

 you do not have room for a hedge. We have some extra fine 

 plants ready to add charm to your garden. 



Each 



2 ft. high $ .50 



4 ft. high 1.00 



10 



$4.00 

 9.00 



"Flowering Trees and Shrubs" 



Monographs. Get on our list for the series. 



is one of Hicks 



It describes and pic- 

 tures the most desirable varieties of shrubs and trees whose blooms 

 add to the charm of home grounds and gardens. A copy will be 

 mailed on request. 



HICKS NURSERIES Box M, Westbury, N. Y. 



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