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I Measure Rose Value Not 

 Alone By The Size of The 

 Plant, But By Its Vitality 



Size- alone, In a rose plant, counts for little. Tt may be forced 

 into a spindling growth, but if so, it \\\\\ cither die when planted 

 in your garden, or else dwindle along until you have lost all 

 patience with it. 



The successful Rose — the one that adapts itself to whatever 

 conditions it is transplanted into — must have within it what I 

 call "plant character" — a rugged, sturdy vitality that comes from 

 careful and intelligent breeding. The plant that you get must be 

 right, and it must be propagated from a long line of other plants 

 that are right, too. 



Now, there are only a few places where such roses as these can 

 be started successfully — and I am located in one of them. 



Why This Section is Ideal For Rose Culture 



We have a splendid climate for rose-growing. Fairly warm 

 summers, winters cold enough to check all growth, and making it 

 easy to transplant them anywhere. But we have a very long grow- 

 ing season. That enables me to put more growth and vitality in- 

 to a plant of given size, than is possible for growers in colder 

 climates, though my plants are as hardy as any. You can prove 

 by comparison that one of my Fairfax Roses in two or three-year 

 size is larger and better-developed than one produced where the 

 growing season is shorter. 



Fairfax Roses noted for Size and Quality 



Xo plant is forced, but it is made to develop steadily and per- 

 manently. My first aim is to make plants with stocky root-systems; 

 with that there comes a thrifty cane-growth, which expert pruning 

 develops into a good blooming top. That's why my Fairfax Roses 

 come to you ready to begin blooming. 



I Am Growing Nearly 150 Varieties of Roses 



— all leading groups and classes. Every variety is reliable — I 

 investigate new introductions and prove them worthy before 

 recommending them. My customers in every state in the Union, 

 and in many foreign countries, have learned to depend absolutely 

 on the quality of my Fairfax plants. They know they cannot get 

 Roses from me that I am not reasonably sure will succeed for 



them. I per- 

 sonally super- 

 vise the filling 

 of orders. 



My Book 

 "Fairfax Roses" 

 FREE If You 

 Expect to Buy 



My 191 2 Rose 

 Book is com- 

 plete and in- 

 forming. It 

 lists, describes, 

 and illustrates 

 Roses fully and 

 accurately. 

 There are also 

 complete des- 

 criptions of 

 Dahlias, Chrys- 

 anthemum s, 

 rare Ferns, and 

 Bedding Plants 

 of many kinds. 

 Ishallbegladto 

 sendyouacopy. 



W. R. Gray, Box 6, Oakton, Virginia 



Set Your Home Among Evergreens 



If you were building a new house and had two 

 sites equally desirable, except that one was bare of 

 trees or shrubs while on the other the space for the 

 buildings was sheltered by evergreen windbreaks, 

 shaded with maples and oaks and elms, made home- 

 like and attractive with spruces and firs and other 

 conifers, and given a touch of bright beauty by 

 shrubs and vines and roses — wouldn't you much . 

 prefer the latter? 



Where You'd Get Your Returns 



It's the experience of everyone who tries to buy 

 well planted properties that they usually have to 

 pay almost as much for the planting as for the 

 buildings, when such homes are for sale. The best 

 work is done, the greatest prosperity enjoyed and 

 the happiest lives lived in the attractive homes — 

 because home conditions have a great influence on 

 efficiency and enjoyment. 



For Sale— A Complete Home Planting 



By 191 7, if you start this year, you can have a 

 complete $5000 set of windbreaks, evergreens and 

 other good trees and shrubs on your own place. The 

 trees will cost under $300 and planting them less 

 yet. Get them started now — that's the thing. What 

 you need will be easy to decide if you have Hill's 

 56 page Planter's Guide — free to those who need 

 trees. Don't wait till too late to plant this spring. 

 Write for it now. 



D. Hill Nursery Company, Inc. 



Evergreen Specialists 

 Douglas Avenue Dundee, Illinois 



