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T H E G A R 1) E X MAGAZIN E 



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71 



"BULBS THAT BLOOM" 



Cedar Acres Gladioli Are Better 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 mar- 

 ket rate, because the flowers are 

 larger and finer. With my bulbs and 

 cultural directions you can grow them. 

 They are as easy to raise as potatoes. 



For flowers of stately magnificence, 

 richness and diversity of coloring, 

 the gladiolus has become the queen 

 of the garden. From the old-time 

 scraggly spike it has been developed 

 into a magnificent 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. 

 Ease of culture makes them almost 

 It necessary for the home garden. 



Gladi. 



>lus, the Orchid of the 

 Garden 



For many years I have made the gladiolus 

 a specialty and my new seedlings have been 

 awarded many medals and certificates of merit. 

 Booklet, beautifully illustrated, giving many new varieties with the real 

 truth about each one, sent free. I will gladly answer any requests for infor- 

 mation about Gladioli, their culture, best varieties, etc. 



B. HAMMOND TRACY 



Cedar Acres 



Box 179 



Wenham, Mass. 



Beginning the Summer with the Gladiolus — Planting 



I Will Teach You to Grow the 

 Finest Gladioli You Ever Saw 



"The Flower 

 Superb" 



Cowee's Free 

 Gladiolus Book 



Working in a flower garden is one of the most fascinating of recreations, and it becomes 

 delightfully rich in returns of pleasure and salisfaction — if you grow my Gladioli. Of all the 

 forms of gardening I know of none more filled with possibilities for a whole summer of en- 

 joyment than the growing of Gladioli. 

 I was an amateur a few years ago — I have 

 made a success with Gladioli, and so can 

 you. At Meadowvalc Farm I devote 

 many acres to growing Gladioli alone, and 

 hundreds of varieties of the finest bulbs possible to produce are harvested there every fall. 

 I want to send you my handsome book about Meadowvale Farm Gladioli, which shows how 

 I grow these splendid bulbs, and tells how YOU can make them produce splendid beds of 

 bloom. This magnificent book is illustrated with scenes from Meadowvale Farm, and in- 

 cludes a number of illustrations in full color, made by the wonderful new French process. If 

 you are interested in this royal flower I shall be pleased to send you a copy, free. 



ARTHUR COWEE, Meadowvale Farm, Box 62, BERLIN, N. Y. 



Culmination of the Summer with the Gladiolus 



Japan Fern Ball 



A beautiful orna- 

 ment hung up in 

 window or veran- 

 dah, or as center 

 piece for dining 

 table, placed in a 

 glass bowl. We 

 will send one 5-6 

 inch diameter for 

 25 cts., postpaid, 

 or 7-9 inch diam- 

 eter for 50 cts., 

 postpaid, with full 

 directions how to grow, and our interesting and artistic 



Spring, 1910, Catalogue 



For Ten Cents will send one packet Spencer 

 Sweet Pea Seed, Orchid flowering, all colors 

 mixed, and our Catalogue. Or send your name 

 only and Catalogue will be mailed. // is 

 free. Address 



H. H. Berger & Co. 



70 Warren St., New York 



G. M. 



3-' 



H. H. 



Berger & Co. 



70 Warren Street 

 N.V. Cits- 



Enclosed find 



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I Want to Know You 

 if Like Me,\bu Love 

 The Hard^ Garden Plants 



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F YOU are so fortunate as to own a hardy 

 garden, then you and I have an interest in 

 common. We may never meet, but we 

 may become acquainted — you may write to 

 me about your garden, and I will send you 

 my book of Hardy Plant Specialties, which 

 will tell you of Delphiniums, Irises, Peonies, 

 Phloxes, Poppies, etc. My collection of these 

 essentials of the hardy garden is everywhere 

 acknowledged to be the most complete and 

 dependable of any in this country. 



The Delphinium of today is a tall and stately plant,- 

 contrasting more varied shades of lovely and rare colors 

 than any other flower in the garden. For beauty that is 

 wholly ethereal and makes you dream of far-away things, 

 there is none like that of the Iris, the " Rainbow Flower," 

 messenger from the Queen of Heaven to mortals on 

 earth. The message of the Iris to you is in my book. It 

 will tell you, too, of the dazzling Phloxes, and the barbaric 

 splendor of the great oriental Poppies, that are the charm 

 of the hardy garden. There are full-page color plates of 

 fine specimen Irises, and Peonies and Poppies, and of the 

 great field of Peonies which hundreds came to see last 

 year, reproduced for you from color photographs. 



If you care for these things you will want my cata- 

 logue, for it is "different." A copy free if you write for it. 



Bertrand H. Farr, SoToTS.n'sSSi Reading, Pa. 



