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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Apei l, 1919 



FARR'S 

 Hardy Plant 

 Specialties 



For Early Spring Planting 



In my comprehensive collection at Wyo- 

 missing may be found plants suitable for 

 every phase of gardening. A few are here 

 noted, to list them all would be impossible: 



raising 



IRISES— many novelties of mv own 

 (Awarded the Panama-Pacific Gold medal). 



PEONIES — the most complete collection of her- 

 baceous and tree Peonies in the world, embracing 

 more than 500 varieties. 



Delphiniums, Phloxes, Chrysanthemums, " 

 Trollius, Long-spurred Columbines, 

 Hardy Asters, New Astilbe, Roses. 



New Japanese and Asiatic Shrubs. Cotoneasters, En- 

 kianthus, Berberis, Flowering Cherries, Corylopsis, etc. 



Dwarf Evergreens. Rare specimens for formal gardens, 

 lawn groups and rock gardens. 



Lilacs, Philadelphus, and Deutzias. A complete col- 

 lection of Lemoine's new creations. 



A complete list of my collection of hardy plants and 

 shrubs will be found in the Sixth Edition (issue of 1918) of 



Farr's Hardy Plant Specialties 



112 pages of text, 30 full page illustrations. Most gardeners have a copy, but if 

 you have not received it, or it has been mislaid, a duplicate will be sent promptly 

 on request. 



BERTRAND H. 



104 Garfield Avenue, Wyomissing, Penna. 



Would you like us to help you plan your garden? I have found it necessary to form a 

 special department in charge of a skilled landscape designer and plantsm .n. 1 will be glad to assist 

 you in any way desirable with off-hand suggestions; or by the preparation of detailed plans for which a 

 charge will be made. 



FARR — Wyomissing Nurseries Co. 



Lovely Blooms From These 

 Special Gladiolus Offers 



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Just a little sum put into either of these collections, 



will make your summer garden lovely with beautiful 



blooms, that are ever-changing in their attractiveness. 



SPECIAL OFFER NO. 1 

 42 Bulbs for $1 , postpaid 



■ ^S 6 America 6 Empress of India 



*j 6 Baron Hulot 6 Halley 



-yw 6 Brenchleyensis 6 Independence 



6 Mrs. Frances King 



SPECIAL OFFER NO. 2 

 20 Bulbs for $1, postpaid 



2 Mrs. F. Pendleton 2 Hollandia 



J 2 Panama 2 Niagara 



2 Apollo 2 Glory of Holland 



2 Chicago White 2 Willy Wigman 



2 Faust 2 Pink Progression 



SPECIAL OFFER NO. 3 

 10 Bulbs for $1, postpaid 



Mary Fennel Golden West 



Dawn Goliath 



Europa Pink. Perfection 



Canary Bird Princeps 



Clarice Victory 



SPECIAL OFFER NO. 4 

 — - 72 Bulbs for $2.75, postpaid 



I This includes all the varieties in collections Nos. I, 2, 3, 

 HV giving an unusually fine assortment. 

 Jr I have a plan whereby you can get twenty-five bulbs for 

 almost nothing. Ask me. 

 Glad" Catalogue describes all the varieties here 

 med, and many others, send for it; or better still, order one 

 or more collections for immediate or future delivery. 



BARBERRY 



THE NEW HARDY EDGING 

 and ..DWARF HEDGE ... 



Garden bordered ivitJi Box-Barberry. Two-year-old stock was used. Photo taken 

 three mo?iths after planting; pla?its set four Inches apart. 



A Distinct Novelty: Offered this Spring 

 for the First Time 



BOX-BARBERRY is a dwarf, upright form of the familiar Berberis 

 Thunbergii; it is perfectly hardy, thriving wherever Berberis Thunbergii 

 grows. It does not carry wheat-rust. 



BOX-BARBERRY lends itself most happily to low edgings for formal gardens, 

 when set about four inches apart. It also makes a beautiful low hedge when 

 set 6 to 8 inches apart. The foliage is light green, changing in autumn to 

 dazzling red and yellow. 



1 year, frame-grown, $20.00 per 100; $175.00 per 1000 



2 year, field-grown, 30.00 per 100; 250.00 per 1000 



3 year, field-grown, 40.00 per 100; 350.00 per 1000 



4 year specimens, $1.00. Six for $5.00 



(50 at 100 rates; 250 at 1000 rates) 



Available stock limited. Orders filled strictly in rotation received. 



THE ELM CITY NURSERY CO., Woodmont Nurseries, Inc. 

 Box 191, New Haven, Conn. (Near Yale Bowl) 





Our Catalogue, now ready, lists a comprehensive assortment of 

 choice Shade and Fruit Trees, Evergreens (including Taxus 

 cuspidata type), Shrubs, Vines, Roses, Hardy Plants. Cata- 

 logue mailed the day your request is received. 



Send for this sample of 



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This carefully- 

 packed sample 

 makes 2 gal. of 

 fertilizer for 10- 

 day test. Send 

 25c. for sample 

 and nearby deal- 

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You Want a Successful Garden 



— not a plot full of stunted plants and 

 shrubs, yielding you a meagre growth of 

 dwarfed vegetables and flowers, but a 

 healthy, luxuriant beauty-spot, which will 

 repay the hours of attention and labor 

 which you give it. 

 The right fer- 

 tilizer is half the secret of a success- 

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 NITROFERTILE is a clean, 

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 Being absolutely odorless it will not 

 make your garden a neighborhood 

 nuisance. 



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 INDOOR (or OUTDOOR) test 



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