March, 1909 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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Read Funk's great book on Corn Breeding, which tells the 

 secret of breeding for high yield. How the Highest Yielding 

 Strains of Seed Corn in the World, the result of over 85 years 

 of corn growing in Illinois, are bred from pedigreed stock. All 

 about the 25,000-acre Funk Farms, the breeding ground of 

 champion yielding seed corn. Explains the care and manage- 

 ment of Breeding Blocks and Multiplying Plots, the method of 

 growing, picking, selecting, curing, testing, storing and grading 

 seed corn. No other corn book at any price can give you the 

 first-hand, accurate, scientific, practical and complete informa- 

 tion that you will find in this book. 



The Marvels of Corn Breeding 



Our z5,ooo-acre seed farm gives us ampie room to separate 

 the different varieties of seed corn, thus absolutely insuring the 

 purity of the strain. 



In our isolated Breeding Blocks we are able by hand pol- 

 lination and complete de-tasselingof the alternate champion 

 rows, to control the influence exerted by the Sires and Dams. 

 Our Book tells in minute detail h ow this and the various other 



operations in con- 

 nection with scien- 

 tific corn breed- 



Butting and Tipping Seed Corn 



The very foundation Ij™ 

 of our success as breeders 

 of high-yielding corn is 

 the absolute prevention of inbreeding. 



Your success as a corn grower depends likewise upon the 

 infusion of new blood. 



Funk's Yellow Dent—The National Corn 



Never in the history of corn improvement has a grade of 

 corn even approaching this in excellence been produced. 



This Pedigreed Aristocrat of the Realm of Corn is the 

 highest yielding variety in the world. 



In a field contest with the best ears from the prize 

 bushel that won everything in sight at the National 

 Corn Exposition, 1907, it proved an easy victor. 



Start Your Own " Breeding Block " 



You should get a supply of our High- Yielding Seed Corn for a Breed- 

 ing Block starter, and thus you will be able to crowd your corn produc 

 tion to the utmost limit. 



We now pack and ship our seed corn in tight crates, wire bound, every 

 package stenciled and sealed with three lead seals hearing our initials. 

 No loss in transit. 



Order early. Send the Coupon or write a letter today for the Free 

 " Book of Corn.'' Address office nearest you. 



FUNK BROS. SK15D CO. 



Dept. S, BLOOMINGTON. 111. 

 Dept. S, 17s Hudson St., NEW YORK CITY. 

 Dept. S, 316 Trust Bldg., DALLAS, TEXAS. 



Sign and Mail to ovir Nearest Office for 



Funk's "Book of Corn"- FREE 



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address 



B. HAMMOND 



FISHK1LL-ON-HUDSON 

 N. Y. 



NFW ASTFI? Beautify your country home and pay 

 nL,r ' rL*-f 1 i-.»X for it with a garden plot of the remark- 

 able new aster, Lady Roosevelt. Exquisite old rose ; blossom 4- 

 and 5-inch : stem 36-inch, erect ; pest-free. Instruction in marketing 

 and special new culture with order. 100 seeds #1. Professor Allan 

 Nellson (formerly associate editor American Florist) Chestertown, Maryland. 



CONTRAST 



CHILDS' 



Long Island Grown 



GLADIOLI 



Are noted the world over for 



SUPERIOR MERIT 



"Our Famous Ten" 



A collection of Gladiolus that will 

 appeal to the most critical observer 



AMERICA_Large flower, flesh pink, beautiful..' The 

 peer of all Gladioli. Awarded certificate of merit 

 wherever exhibited. 



ATTRACTION — Deep, dark, rich crimson with a very 

 conspicuous large pure white center and throat. At 

 once a most beautiful and attractive sort. 



BLANCHE — Large flowers, pure snow-white, 

 with but faint marks. 

 BLUE_JAY— (Baron Hulot)— The finest blue Gladi- 

 olus yet seen. It is a rich deep color of indigo shade. 

 The only real blue Gladiolus on the market. 

 CARDINAL — Perfect flower and spike, very large and 

 the brightest, cleanest and most intense cardinal scar- 

 let yet seen. 



CONTRAST — Flowers of great substance and a 

 beautiful compact spike of perfect form. Color, 

 intense scarlet with a large distinct pure white center, 

 which is neither tinted nor mottled. One of the most 

 striking and beautiful Gladiolus ever introduced. 



MELROSE — White flaked pink, bright crimson 



center. Very large and fine. 



SCRIBE — A beautiful, large, well-open flower and 



an enormous spike. Color like the fine old 



Eugene Scribe, tinted white, freely striped carmine. 



A very attractive sort. 



SULPHUR KING — Beautiful, clean, sulphur yellow, 



finest and clearest of yellow sorts ; without any doubt 



this is the very best yellow variety yet introduced. 



WILD ROSE — Very bright rose or blush tint, exceedingly 



delicate and pretty. This variety needs only to be seen to 



be appreciated. In its particular color it stands alone. 



1 of each for $1.00. 5 of each for $4.00. 

 LYCORIS SOUAMIGERA or ,4 mar»/fe Halli —A perfectly 

 hardy bulb, producing beautiful lavender pink flowers in 

 August, after the foliage has disappeared. 30c each; 4 

 for $1.00. 



CALLA ELUOTIANA — Beautiful golden yellow calla 

 for summer blooming. 20c each; 6 for $1.00. 

 Illustrated catalogue free 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Floral Park, L. I., N.Y. 



DEPT. Wh. 



"BULBS THAT BLOOM" 



BETTER GLADIOLI THAN YOU HAVE EVER SEEN— YOU CAN GROW THEM 



Cedar Acres Gladioli command in the cut-flower market a price six times as high as the regular 

 market rate, because the flowers are larger and finer than any procurable elsewhere. With my bulbs 

 and cultural directions you can grow the same kind. They are as easy to raise as .potatoes. 



The Gladiolus has become the queen of the garden. From the old-time scraggly spike, the 

 gladiolus has developed into a magnificent and stately plant, bearing a wealth of color as delicate as 

 the finest orchid. For cut flowers they are unequaled in beauty, and last for nearly ten days, gradually 

 unfolding. 



My new seedlings, including the famous Harvard, Kathryn and Fireside, have been awarded 

 numerous medals and certificates of merit. 



BOOKLET FREE, showing Harvard in full colors and many other new varieties, with reliable 

 information about each one. Send for it today. 



B. HAMMOND TRACY, 



Cedar Acres, Box 175, 



WENHAM, MASS. 



