February, 1911 



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Dahlias Dahlias 

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From the largest collection in America you have the privilege 

 ■" of selecting when you have our 1911 Garden Manual before 

 *w you. The Manual has this season been rewritten and new illus- 

 gjgjp^ trations used to make it stand in the front as a place to find 



The Newest in Flowers 



The Newest in Vegetables 



The Best in Spring Flowering Bulbs 



Ornamental Shrubs and Fruit Trees 



Perennial Plants 



and Sundries for the Lawn and Garden. 



This Garden Manual is an addition to any collection of 

 reference books. Write us now and we will mail it free. 



_^ ~ - # We want you to know more about our 



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M^€M.llKl€XO to any Post Office in the United States 



Ten Dahlias for $1.00 



Your selection as to whether they shall be Cactus, Decorative, 

 Paeony, Flowered, Show or Single. Our selection as to varieties, 

 all with correct names, mailed to you for $1.00. 



Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co. 



Faneuil Hall Square 



BOSTON 



"BUDS" 



High Grade Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, Fer= 



tilizers, Insecticides, Sprayers, 



Implements, Etc. 



Our European and domestic novelties will prove 

 interesting to everyone interested in horticul- 

 ture. Our lawn grass mixtures as well as our 

 meadow and pasture mixtures have merited 

 universal praise. (We make a specialty of special 

 grass mixtures adapted to all soils, climates and 

 conditions.) 



Correspondence Solicited 



Everything for the complete outfitting of the 

 garden and home grounds. 

 Send for 191 1 Catalogue 



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CARL R. GLOECKNER., Pres. 



76 Barclay Street NEW YORK CITY 



You want the best plants, trees and shrubs for 

 your gardens and grounds — the best kinds and 

 the best sfiecime?is. The climate and soil of 

 western North Carolina is such that on the 

 various elevations may be grown almost every 

 hardy plant or tree. At Biltmore Nursery these 

 advantages are so utilized by skill and care as to 

 produce a.$trai?i of plants of extraordinary vigor. 

 To aid planters in making selections, Biltmore 

 Nursery has published three books, one of 

 which will be mailed free to any home owner. 



"Hardy Garden Flowers' ' 



The illustrations suggest many pleasing and varied 

 forms of hardy garden planting— from the simple door- 

 yard effect to the elaborate formal attainment. The 

 descriptions are full and complete, indicating thepurpose 

 for which each hardy flower is best adapted, yet free 

 from technical terms. 



"Flowering Trees and Shrubs" 



Many ot the best of the trees and shrubs producing 

 showy blossoms are shown, from photographs, as 

 grown in typical gardens, lawns and yards. The 

 pictures and the text give numerous useful ideas for 

 planting home grounds, large and small, where 

 flowering effects are desired. 



Biltmore Nursery Catalogue 



A guide to the cultivated plants of North America. 

 Over two years in the making and cost more than $1.00 

 a copy to complete. Contains 196 large pages and 

 describes more than 300 perennials, 500 flowering shrubs, 

 325 distinct evergreens, 300 deciduous trees and 200 odd 

 vines and plants. 500 odd photographs were made in 

 preparation for this book. 



Ask Us For the Book You Need 



jjyou have a garden of perennials or want one, 

 request" Hardy Garden Floivers." Should you prefer 

 the more shouy things, tell us to send " Flower ing 

 Trees and Shrubs." hi case you have a larger 

 place and can plant extensively of many varieties, tut 

 shall be glad to send the Biltmore Aursery catalogue. 

 7 he edition of each book is limited— write today for 

 the one you can use to best advantage. 



BILTMORE NURSERY, Ba B Ti e d2 N 2 C 



